Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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Qgpsilon , . . I EPSll,ON MU. the Senior Honorary Society of the college, is composed of a inaxiinuin of live persons chosen at the end of the junior year on the basis of leadership, general excel- lence, participation in extra-curricular activities, and scholar- ship. Catherine Doyle. Samuel Haggluncl, llirger Johnson and Margaret King were the only ineinbers of the class of '37 to attain this honor. lX'lC111l3Cl'Sl'1l1D in Pi Epsilon Mu constitutes the highest undergraduate honor a student niay achieve at Upsala College. HRS exit? Page One Hzzfzdrcd Scwnzty-l 0zz1'

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THE STUDENT CGUNCIL HE student governing body of Up sala College is called the Student Council. This body's chief object is to form a link between the stu- I' dent body and the governing authorities. The specific duties of the Council are to regulate all undergraduate traditions, to have the privilege of making recommendations to the faculty over all cases of ' I I undergraduate misconduct necessitating disciplinary action, the pow- - er to nominate candidates for student representatives for any pur- pose. and the supervision of all general elections. Besides these spe- cific powers the Council may assess the student body an amount not exceeding twenty-five dollars at a time for student activities, and also takes charge of stu- dent assembly programs, awarding of Gold Uls, and the arranging of school func- tions: such as. receptions and Spring Week. Members of the Student Council are elected by each class as a unit. The sen- ior class elects five members, the junior class elects three members, the sopho- more class two members and the freshmen class one member. After these gen- eral class elections have been held, usually during the second week in May, the outgoing Student Council President appoints three members from the student body, one member from each of the three upper classes, as members of the next year's council. In this way worthwhile students or members of minority groups may be represented on the council. , This past year has found the Student Council performing many new and worthwhile projects. Most notable has been a complete revision of the Gold U system. This system has been changed in accordance with the will of many of the faculty so that the award may be harder to earn and therefore more appre- ciated by the students. In conjunction with the new endowment drive. the Stu- dent Council has fostered a drive for funds among the students, so that the stu- dent body has now accepted a plan whereby each student shall be taxed Eve dollars per year. the money being set aside in a separate student endowment fund. The Council has also improved the freshmen rule system. with the prime purpose of formulating fewer and better rules. The dramatic club was aided con- siderably this year when the Council set up a fund from a fifty-cent fee from each student so that new equipment could be purchased and the plays more easily pro- duced. To facilitate the work, the Council has been divided into committees. Closely connected with the Student Council is the Student Publication Board. This Board's membership is composed of those members on the Student Council and also the Editors and Business Managers of the Upsalite and Gazette. The object of the Publication Board is to supervise the work connected with the publications and make appropriations to these publications. fl ! 'Q-F, M ' 1.. ....... i.... .. Page Ona Hundred Setfefzfy-Tl1l'v12

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-u l I ' ' I-El' 9-4 . i - --Ii s - - tJlflflClClQS CA'I'lll'fRINlf IYJUYIJC .. IJ1'f'.VI'fl'l'IIf ,I 141,-xiw ,'XNm5RsoN ..,. I'ii'e-l 1'cxifie11l Imam: t'ixx'ixNix1'm:11 ., , Sl'l'1't'flII'.X' Licox llRlflfNI3liRf1 Sfilye illaliuger .XRIJICI.I, Kltins ..,. .. lfzrsizzesx Jlzzzluyer r CQTDHIQ lfootlight Cluln. L'psala's tlrainatic society, will finish one of their inost successful years when they put on Beauty and the Qlacolainu this Spring' Xyeelc. With Paul ,Xnclerson as coach ancl a wealth of good talent to clraw from this organiza- tion has put on several lirst class procluctions. Last Spring Vlveelc the tanious Spanish play. The XN'oinen Have Their XVay. a clelighttul coinecly depicting a typical Span- ish town ot the eighteenth century was successfully enacted. llir,Q'er ,lohnson and Ruth lN'oerner hacl the lead. ancl lluane Johnston ancl Catherine Doyle playecl their parts exceptionally well. The annual try-out plays were presentecl on Novenilmer 12 in the Viking' g'ylH1lZlSlUlll. lt is on the lmasis of the acting in these plays that new lneniluers are chosen into the society. There were live one-act plays, each one coached lay nieinluers ot the lfoot- ligjht Club. The try-out plays were a great success ancl from their casts twelve stnclents were chosen as having' reinarkalule almility as actors ancl actresses. Then on March 2, Owen Davis' Pulitzer Prize play. lee- laounclf' was given in the Columbian School. The setting is in prini New lfnglancl ancl the characters stand out strongly against the severe hack,Q'rouncl. Page Une llzzzzzilrud Si