University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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p. t In ' li Women ' s Council i npHE Chairman and five members of the Women ' s Honor Council are elected at the regular spring elections by vote of the women students of the Uni- versity. It rests upon these six girls to investigate and try the violations of the Honor System among women students, and to affix penalties ranging from probation to suspension in case the defendants are convicted. Final approval of the sentences imposed by the Council, and their administration rests with the Dean of Students. It has been the policy of this Council to take into consideration the individuals and the circumstances, and after investigating the viewpoint of both the stu- dents and professors concerned, to afiix penalties that were just, and that were simple in enforcement. All decisions rendered have been published in the Daily Texan for the information of the Student Body. Each girl on the Women ' s Council has tried most faithfully throughout the year to exert an influence which would strengthen student sentiment towards the Honor System. Frances Agnew, Chairman I ■ I .■ gne v, Little, Taber, Bailey, Heatlv, Cooper I Page 26

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m Students ' Association IS ' M STUDENT self-government has existed at the I ' ni- versity of Texas since 1883. The Students ' Asso- ciation, composed of every student in the University, was formed in 1902 for the purpose of facilitating this form of go ' ernment. This government has evolved into a tripartite form, the ofiiicers of the Students ' Association being the executive branch, the Students ' Assembly being the legislative branch, and the Men ' s and Women ' s Councils constituting the Judiciary. OFFICERS STUDENTS ' ASSOCIATION Richard W. Blalock Warren J. Collins Virginia Harper President . Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer n RicHAUii Blalock, President MEMBERS STUDENTS ' ASSEMBLY Academic Margaret Caldwell Margaret Cousins Suzanne Nimitz Murrin Clark Johnny Estes Tom Pickett Business Administration Pattie Jay Clifford Johnson Olen C. Turner Engineering E. V. Manning I. N. Smith Jim Straiton Education Elizabeth Hightower Charlee Kelly Warren Taliaferro Law Ernest Belcher W Forney Nowlin J. T. Suggs Journalism William Moulton Cobb Graduate Stanley Slavens Top raif— Clark, Suggs, Straiton, Johnson, Pickett, Slavens Middle roro— Manning, Cobb, Belcher, Hightower. Smith, Jay, Estes Bottom roif— Cousins, Kelly, Blalock, Harper, Collins, Nimitz II Page 2!

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Mens Council m ' - ' M npHE Men ' s Council, composed of a representative from each of the schools and a chairman at large, is the students ' court for the trial of men ' s cases arising under the honor system. A sincere effort has been made this year to ad- minister justice fairh to all accused, and to the stu- dent body as a whole. Personal prejudice or favor- itism has not been allowed to enter into the decisions. The freshman was given as fair and unbiased a hear- ing as was the athlete. In the interests of justice and honor, an exten- sive campaign for the education of the freshmen was carried on. Thereafter, unswervingly, the Council suspended all who were found guilt} ' of violations of honor, feeling that it is only through such means that the Honor System can be placed on a firm footing. n Otis Rogers, Chairman a N ' oiGHT, BoYCE, Nichols, Akkermax, Rogers, Taegle i ] 1 1 Page 17