University of St Thomas - Summa Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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The Student Council, as the governing body of the Student Association of the University of St. Thomas, acts as the official representative of the Student Body, making its views articulate on matters directly affecting campus student affairs and caring for its best agencies and other campus student organizations. It organizes and directs the extracurricular activities of the student body and petitions the faculty regarding matters of common interest? The governing board is composed of four elected officers, fOur class presidents, representatives from the Athletics Association, Publications De- partment, N.F.C.C.S. and a Social Representative who plans and makes arrangements for the major social events of the school year. For Faculty Ad- visor, the 1957-58 Student Council was indeed fortunate to have Rev. Joseph B. Courtney, C.S.B. This particular Council will be remembered for having revised the Con- stitution 0f the Students Association. The greatest change arising in the method of balloting from the Preferential System to the Simple Majority Vote for the election of officers and members of the Student Council. Clauses concerning the impeachment and suspension of Council officers and members were added as was the stipulation of possessing a Student Activity Card to be eligible to vote in any Student Council elections. REV. JOSEPH B. COURTNEY, C.S.B. Faculty Advimr FIRST ROW: Rev. J. B. Courtney, C.S.B., Faculty Advisor; Dolores Ozuna, Secretary; J. B. Cirincione, President; Laura Lou Coffee, Vice-President; Herndon Williams, Treasurer. SECOND ROW: Mike Hall, Freshman Class President; Jim Derden, Sophomore Class President; Joe Colvin, Junior Class President; Don Carlton, Senior Class President; Myrna Lamping, N.F.C.C.S. Representative; Mary Cooney, Publications Representative; Larry Gillespie, Social Representative, NOT PICTURED: Tommy Jung, Athletic Representative succeeding Robert John White; Helen Jo Ryan, Second Vice-President.

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REV. JOHN C. O'DONOGHUE, C.S.B. Faculty Advisor N.F.C.C.S. BOARD SEATED: J. B. Cirincione, Student Govern- ment Commission Chairman; Nancy Chau- vin, Regional Vice-President; Myrna Lamp- ing, Senior Delegate; Vince OBrien, Mar- iology Commission Chairman; Mary Lou Green, CURA Representative. STANDING: Ann Brown and N. E. Venza, Co-Chairmen of Regional Forensics Commission; Tex- erator Editor, Bobbie Caviness and assist- ant Helen Foley. N.F.C.C.S. The National Federation of Catholic College Students is a federation of which every student is a member and which seeks to perfect the student life on campus by coordinating the co-curricular and extracurricular ac- tivities. The N.F.C.C.S. is not a campus club but only an agency which tries to help the existing Clubs by giving them unity and furnishing com- munication with other colleges. This year marking its 20th anniversary, the N.F.C.C.S. presented a challenge of Truth to the Catholic College student to realize the necessity of absorbing the truth in his classes, of living it in every phase of his life, and of influencing others with it. On our campus this year, the students showed an active interest and par- ticipated in the programs of the Rosary Club, the Nocturnal Adoration So- ciety, and also in the Pre-Cana Conferences which were held during Lent. St. Thomas University was host in November for the Texas Regional Congress, and in February representatives journeyed in the red school bus to San Antonio for the Student Government Workshop. April marked the College Speech Tournament at St. Thomas University sponsored by the .Regional Forensics Commission which was seated on our campus. The N.F.C.C.S. board carries on the official business and is composed of representatives from each campus organization as well as the Commission chairmen. The Board is represented on the Student Council by the Senior Delegate.