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

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T H c: C U Judiciary L ouncil ZoLLiE Steakley, Chairman Clemice McDonald Fred Korth Betty Love Rugeley Charles Robuck Sarah Turk Paul Cotulla This year witnessed the first year of the Judiciary Council ' s functioning as the judicial branch of student government, the present Council being a combination of the former Women ' s Honor Council and Men ' s Honor Council. The Judiciary Council is com- posed of seven members, three women, three men, and a chairman elected each spring by the student body. Upon entering the duties of their offices, each Council member must have at least junior standing in the University. The Judiciary Council has the responsibility of interpreting the constitution and by-laws of the Students ' Association. It has the power to pass on all cases arising under the constitution and by- laws. Upon trial, a defendant has the privilege of demanding the presence of his accuser and all witnesses. A majority vote of the Council is necessary for a decision, and a student has the right of appeal to the Discipline Committee of the faculty. During the long session of 1931-32 the Council was called upon to determine a number of important questions per- taining to the student elections, eligibility to run for student offices, voting in the Students ' Assembly, and the appropria- tion of funds of the Students ' Association. With the erection of the new Student Union Building, a unit of the University ' s nine-building program, the Judiciary Council will have more adequate quarters, as the plans call for a Council room separate from the Students ' Assembly room. ZoLUE Steakley Chairman, Judiciary Council Korth Robuck Cotulla Steakley McDonald Rugeley Turk Page ii

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H U r!vX Otu dents Association OFFICERS Charles I. Francis, Wichita Falls, President Ralph C. Goeth, Austin, First Vice-President W. G. SwENSON, Stamford, Second Vice-President James B. Marley, Fort Worth, Third Vice-President C. M. Bartholomew, Austin, Treasurer John A. McCurdy, Executive Secretary PAST PRESIDENTS Orville Bullington, ' 05. D. C. Bland, ' 12. Rhodes S. Baker, ' 96. T. W. Gregory, ' 85. William L. McGill, ' 22. Ireland Graves, ' 08. 4T » ........................ ' VB I H organized on a self-supporting, independent basis in 1919, largely PH iHH toi B through the enthusiatic devotion of the late Will C. Hogg to the 1 WH H University. It has followed a consistent general program of 1 Jkikki 9 administering the Student Memorial Loan Fund, keeping track H mUk. 9 ° growing number of ex-students, promoting campus improve- H m HJJB Itk H ments such as the four Student Union buildings (Gregory Gym- nasium, Women ' s Gymnasium, Student Union and Auditorium), performing work in public relations for the University, promoting the annual Texas Round-Up, maintaining more than a hundred local clubs in Texas and other states and sponsoring annual banquets in each club, providing information about ex- students, publishing The Alcalde nine months of the year as a medium of news of the University and its former students, securing choice high school graduates for matriculation, and standing ready at all times to serve the University and Texas Exes. The organization is supported by contributions from former students and by a sustaining roll of members. This year the Association brought to a close its Union building program. More than half a million dollars was subscribed under auspices of the Association for the four student life buildings. The final two units of the program, the Student Union and the Auditorium, are now under construction. The Association will move its hea dquarters from the present location, 2300 San Antonio Street, to the Student Union Building when it is completed. Charles I. Francis President, Ex-Students ' Association EXECUTIVE COUNCIL First row: Miss Edleen Begg, Charles I. Francis, Dr. Joe Gilbert. Second row: Ralph C. Goeth, John A. McCurdy, E. L. Gossett, William L. McGill. Page io

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T H A U 2. Ine Otudents Assenibl Wilson Elkins President, Students ' Association J The Students ' Assembly, the legislative body of the Students ' Association, is composed of the President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer who are elected at the spring election in April, and twenty other members, elected by and from the stu- dents in the various Colleges and Schools of the University at the fall election. The Assembly meets regularly once each month, or upon call of the President, when there are special decisions to be made, and exercises those powers of self-government vested in it by the Board of Regents. Some of the more important powers of the Assembly are the apportionment of the $10.50 blanket-tax to the numerous organi- zations on the campus which depend on it for support, the control of the All-University Dance, the regulation of student social affairs, the bringing of high-class entertainments to the University, and the general making of laws in accordance with the Constitution under which it works. The Assembly has the power to present revisions of the above- mentioned constitution of the Students ' Association to the vote of the student body at the annual spring election and if more than half of the required 50 per cent, of the student population votes in favor of the amendments, they are in- corporated into the Constitution. Such a revision was made this long session, but the Assembly did not see fit to present it for the consideration of the student body because of impending changes in student government. - «. When the new Union Building is completed sometime during the coming long session, the Students ' Assembly, acting in behalf of the Students ' Association will face greatly increased responsibilities. At present a thorough study of the government of Student Unions is being made by a committee, and a plan will no doubt be evolved which will work for a Greater University. Top row: Donovan, Matlock, Wessendorff, Pouncey, Williams, Bishop Bottom raw: Moody, Pool, Bibby, Stafford, Kriegel, Boren A Page 22