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

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The Students ' Assembly Authorized by the Board of Regents, the students of The University in 1902 met in convocation and formed the Students ' Association, of which every student is a member. A constitution was drawn up and adopted, and by this act definite form was given to the student self-goverment that had existed in The University to some extent since 1883. The constitution named as the legislative body of the Association, the Students ' Assembly, the members of which are: the president, the vice-president, the secretary-treasurer, who are elected in the spring, and 22 other students elected in the fall by and from the various departments, schools, and colleges of The University. The Students ' Assembly meets once a month. Records of its proceedings are bound an- nually; the first bound volume of records dates from 1926-27. In addition to its rights over its members the main powers of the Assembly are; to elect a repre- sentative to the Athletic Council, to elect two members of the Publications Board, to appropriate all monies of the Association and apportion the Blanket Tax proceeds amcng the organizations that receive a share in them, to control arrangements for student celebrations and functions of a general nature, to enact laws for the welfare of the student body, and to prepare amendments to the constitution of the Students ' Association. Important accomplishments of the Student ' s As- sembly are the creation of the Student Publications Board in 1921, formation of Cultural Entertainment Allen Shivers President, Students ' Association Committee which uses an appropriation from the blanket tax proceeds to bring to the campus note- worthy plays, speakers, and entertainers, assumption of control of the AU-University dances and of the Thanksgiving Ball. Ninety-five per cent of the proceeds from dances were appropriated for furnishing the recently com- pleted Student Union Building where the student governmental bodies will have their new quarters. In the spring of 1933 the Students ' Assembly as- sisted in the organization of the Texas Union which took definite form at that time with the election of a board of directors for the Union. 1?. Top Row: Clewis, Walker, Morrison, Lockett, Latimer, Sutton, Harbinoton, Kubricht Second Row: Lockart, Forsman, Parkinson, Hall, Hoffman, Dunlap, Brydson, Sheppard Bottom Row: Yarborough, Neal, Birdwell, Brannon, Bankhead, Williams, Hodges, Shivers, Fair Pagt 19

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Ex Students Association Today 40,000 ex-students of The University can be reached through the directory service of the Ex- Students ' Association. Commencement Day, June 17, 1885, the Alumni Association was organized to keep graduates of The University in touch with each other and in touch with The University; the entire graduating class of 22 students joined that year. In 1914 the name was changed to Ex-Students ' As- sociation, and in 1919 self-supporting, independent status was attained. Membership in the Association for 1931-32 was 2,900; an average of 350 students join each year. All ex-students who have been honorably dismissed from The University are eligible to membership. Services and duties have accumulated with the years. Some of them today are: fostering of donations for scholarships, libraries, collections; furthering of campus improvements; sponsoring of Annual Round- Up; assistance in public relations work of The Universi- ty; provision of $80,000 in student loan funds; publi- cation of the Alcalde, ex-student magazine; keeping up- to-date files on 40,000 ex-students; maintenance of more than 100 local ex-student clubs; and sponsoring ex-student banquets. Outstanding concrete examples of the work of the Association in its co-operation with students are: Gregory Gymnasium, Women ' s Gym- nasium, Student Union Building and Auditorium. An Executive Council of 23 members plans and directs the work of the Association. Officers are Charles I. Francis, president; Ralph C. Goeth, first vice-president; W. G. Swenson, second vice-presi- dent; James B. Marley, third vice-president; C. M. Bartholomew, treasurer; John A. McCurdy, executive Charles I. Francis President, ExStuimts ' Association secretary. Main University members are: E. E. Bewley, Dr. Ghent Graves, H. J. Lutcher Stark, Miss Eunice Aden, Ed. L. Gossett, Edleen Begg, Lloyd Gregory, R. W. Blalock, John A. Lomax. Medical School members: Dr. Joe Gilbert, and Dr. J. C. Thomas. Ex-officio members: Orville BuUington, D. C. Bland, Rhodes S. Baker, T. W. Gregory, (deceased), William L. McGill, and Ireland Graves. John A. McCurdy is executive secretary of the Association. Members of the office include: Misses Ray Perrenot, Lola Jones, Anne Fichtenbaum, and Catherine Wharton. Jones Perrenot Fichtenbaum McCurdy Page 18

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Judiciary Council The Judiciary Council replaces the Honor Councils which were abolished in 1930-31 when the Stu- dents ' Association relinquished the honor system. It constitutes the judicial branch of the student self- government; its purpose is to interpret the consti- tution and by-laws of the Students ' Association and to enforce its laws. In regard to the enforcement of laws, the juris- diction of the Judiciary Council is confined to matters governed by the Students ' Association. The Coun- cil may undertake investigations of breaches of the Student Association laws on its own motion, and It may accept for investigation charges presented to it in writing. Decisions of the Council must be submitted in writing to the Dean of Student Life for administration. For the better performance of its duties the Council keeps records of all cases and the written evidence and other papers pertaining to them, of the expendi- tures of all organizations benefiting by the blanket tax, and of all candidates for positions connected with the Students ' Assembly. Questions which have come before the Judiciary Council during its two years of functioning have had to do with eligibility for office, election returns, election expenses, voting in the Students ' Assembly, the meaning of certain election laws, the appropria- tion of Association funds, and fraud and cheating. A chairman, who must be a man, and six other members, three men and three women, all of whom Joe Pool Chairman, Juiiciary Council must be of at least junior rank, make up the Council. Members for 1932-33 are: Joe Pool, chairman; Simon Frank; DeWitt Kinard; John Walker; Hazel De- Weese; Ruth Thornton; Madge Stewart. Any mem- ber may call a meeting of the Council, but a quorum or a majority is necessary for business. The Judiciary Council has been meeting in im- provised rooms in the Main Building, but the session of 1933-34 w ill find it sitting in its own specially designed quarters in the New Student Union Build- ing. Toy row: DeWeese, Thornton, Stewart, Frank Bottom row: Kinard, Pool, Walker Pane 20