University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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I Fry, Charlene Gilbert. Halvorsen, Kadosch, M. Moen. O'Banion, Porter, Todd. Oke STUDENT Council. . . The Student Council, headed by Dugan Laird, works quietly but effectively in carrying out its objectives for better understanding be- tween faculty and students, definite activity in improving study conditions and classroom conduct, increased contact with the student body, and a close check of the purpose and function of all organizations now in existence at Iowa State Teachers College. A student body alert to those college problems which can be settled by leaders in close touch with campus opinion — this is the goal toward which the Council labored in 1940-1941. Among the innovations which the governing group adopted was a program of definite projects launched during the previous school year. The first of these, an All-College Convocation, brought supple- mentary suggestions from the students, and the Council swelled with righteous pride at the enthusiasm generated from Homecoming Cut Day, which it supervised. An effort was made to stimulate a unified intramural pro- gram by appointment of a student to handle such problems. Democratic In action Cut Day herds

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Neat rows of well-trimmed evergreens . . . green expanses of even grass . . . flowery bushes edging curved campus walks — there are the result of Mr. Cole's efficient policies as Superintendent of Building and Grounds. Also serving as • head director of activities in the Shops buildings, this administrator finds his time taken up in planning a campus beautiful as well as a campus mechanically smooth-running. Repair and care of buildings come also under Mr. Cole's supervision. Mr. Selmar Larson, Registrar, is the guiding force behind the innumerable tasks of enrolling, classifying, registering, and compiling credits for the two thousand • proteges of Iowa State Teachers College. Whether or not a student graduates with all his state-required courses, his requisite grade average, or his cor- rectly recorded certificates often depends on the ability of Mr. Larson's staff to find and straighten out the elusive errors in complicated systems of enrollment. Chief executive of the Faculty Senate and one-man court of student appeals • concerning curriculum is Dr. M. J. Nelson, Dean of the Teachers College Faculty. To Dr. Nelson's sanctum come petitioners, supplicants, and minor iconoclasts seeking help and permissions. The Dean serves as a contacting agent between student and professorial bodies, as well as a guide in determining the adminis- trative policy of the college. Under Mr. Leslie I. Reed's paternal wing are all men students on the campus. As Dean of Men, this kindly guardian smooths the way for newly enrolled collegians with an effective orientation program, settles disputes, and makes decisions on rulings. Through his endeavors and those of his secretaries, the numerous problems of masculine college life are ironed out, and the men are represented in governmental decisions. T. C.'s efficiency expert. Always time for a laugh. At r; st Statistically minded. Campus-builder. The Line.

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Suckow and Frost Frosh Orientation at Libe Social Life Committee select programs Senior Counselors discuss wayward Frosh Good turnout for Rec AJ COMMITTEES The constant contact maintained with the Doans and the Faculty Senate in an effort to adjust the cut system to student desires culminated in a petition of 1,000 signatures. Increased contact with the students was fostered by a series of Bull-sessions on perti- nent topics, a questionnaire at spring quarter registration, and the institution of a campus Gallup Poll system. The Council doubled its number of regular meetings in order to attend to its added responsibilities. Working all year in the badly neglected realm of faculty-student relations, the Council sought either representation in the Faculty Senate or the establishment of a joint faculty- student commission. In the spring quarter the Council began the task of inciting authorities to improve study conditions in the library and class- rooms. In addition to these special under- takings, the group continued its policy of planning Dad's and Mothers' Day, assisting with Homecoming, directing Tutor Ticklers, revising its constitution, and planning occa- sional Play-Nights. For the first time, chairmen of standing committees assumed membership in the Council. The Social Life, Lectures and Enter- tainments, Orientation, Organizations, Cus- toms and Traditions, and Elections Commit- tees actively worked to carry out their indi- vidual objectives.