University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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During the first regular session of school, following the orientation program, an almost in- credible drop in the number of freshmen brought before the Council for infractions was observed. So successful did the program appear to be, that it was expanded to include transfers from other schools who had entered the University in the upper classes. Once again a notable decrease in violations occurred, and the Council decided to exert its influence to see the system perpetuated in Carolina student government. Much along these same lines, the Council attempted during the year to cooperate with the Faculty-Executive Committee in seeking to effect a complete understanding of the Honor System between student leaders and faculty members. A great deal of constructive work was done in ad- justing new men to conditions laid down by the University examination plan. For the enlightenment of the general student body typical cases were aired through the medium of the Daily Tar Heel : critical estimates and comments were welcomed by the Council. With the continuation of this publicity, started last year, and the complete development of the orientation program, the doors to the Council chambers were further thrown open to the stu- dents with the result that Mr. Average Student is at last beginning to realize the constructive work that is taking place within the highest student governmental organization at the University. As things look now, this understanding is leading to an appreciation which in time should be reflected in a thoughtful and intelligent exercise of the franchise in the annual election of men to the Council. GOVERnmEriT First Ron; Left lo Right: Steve Karres, Steve Peck, Bert Bfnm i i. llill.l . |i illN KiLPATRICK. Second Row: Harry Allen, John Henley, Don Hfnson, Dotson Palmer. 27

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Beki LtsiER Bhnnett men ' s STUDEni OFFICERS Bert Lester Bennett President James Stevenson Peck Vice-President Ira Samuel Gambill, Jr. . . . Secretary-Treasurer J 0 »ONG on perspiration and short on acclamation might well be the epitaph of this year ' s Student Council. Headed by efficient, energetic Bert Bennett the Council started its year ' s work early in the summer sessions and then went on from there to compile an enviable record of achieve- ment. Hard work and plenty of it was the Bennett key to success as the Council set about the mammoth task of acclimating each new student to the Honor System and the Campus Code. Working through the extensive freshman orientation program, the Council started its indoctrination campaign before the new men had time to settle into University routine. Countless letters had been written during the summer months preparing counselors and freshmen alike for what was to come. Small groups of new men were brought up before the Council each night during the fall quarter until every man in the freshman class had been thus contacted. All ramifications of the Honor System and the Campus Code were explained, test cases were utilized to show the methods of the Council and questions were encouraged. 26

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Makmia Hood uuomEn ' s GOVERnmEni le. OFFICERS Marsha Hood President Frances Allison Vice-President Betsy Powell Secretary USHING enthusiastically into the very thick of the confusion that ever) ' newly founded governmental organization may expect as its first heritage, the Women ' s Government Association finally came to age this past year under the leadership of Marsha Hood. Organized in the spring of 1941 to complement the tri-cameral men ' s governmental set-up, the WGA consists of an Honor Council, whose function is purely judicial; a Coed Senate, whose function is purely legislative; and an Interdormitory Council, which is designed to regulate and supervise all aspects of coed dormitory life. Profiting by the natural mistakes made by the pioneers of ' 41, this year ' s ' WGA leaders have gone ahead to build a substantial superstructure on the solid foundation that was left to them upon the grad- uation of last year ' s officers. Ironing out the kinks in the reorganized groups, the Association has carved for itself a considerable niche in student affairs. The testing period appears to be over and the permanancy of the ' WGA assured. The Honor Council completed a year in which it attained a laudable reputation in coed eyes. Ever mindful of the individual needs and problems of those girls coming before it, the Council was successful