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

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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

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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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M u -0 Xne Otiidents Assenibl 7 The Students ' Assembly will have ample quarters in the Stu- dent Union Building and will continue to afiford an excellent opportunity for those students who are so inclined to represent their fellows while becoming acquainted with practical legislative problems. Officers of the Students ' Association for 1932-33 are Allen Shivers, president, Hill Hodges, vice-president, and Zula Williams, secretary. OFFICERS Wilson Elkins President J. D. Matlock Vice-President Helen Donovan Secretary STUDENTS ' ASSEMBLY Graduate Calhoun McCutcheon Journalism Robert Baldridge Pharmacy Frank Reese F rank H. Carpenter Marie Bowles Dause Bibby C. C. Bankhead Eunice Bishop Truman Pouncey Law James Marberry Education ' Mary Owen Business Administration Ruth Boren Engineering Worth Cottingham Clarence Griffith Arts and Sciences Irving Moody Zula Williams Allen Shivers Student President, 1932-33 E. Byron Singleton Harrison Stafford Henry Kriegel Charles Page Joe R. Pool Marie Wessendorff Top row: Bowles, Owen, Bankhead, Griffith, Cottingham, Page Bottom row: Marberry, Singleton, Carpenter, McCutcheon, Baldridge, Reese Page !3