THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Committee on Referral
Replies to SGC Action
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Following are
excerpts from yesterday's statement
by Student Government Council's
Committee on Referral which lists
several objections to SGC's proposal
on structuring its authority over
membership in student organiza-
tions. The committee serves in an
advisory capacity for Vice-President
for Student Affairs James A. Lewis,
who is empowered to veto SGC ac-
tions.)
The Committee on Referral held
meetings on Oct. 16, 21 and 22 to
consider the various objections
advanced against adoption of the
Membership Regulations Plan as
presently drawn and the answer-
ing arguments thereto.
It submits as its conclusions the
following statement, which should,
in its opinion, be weighed by Stu-
dent Government Council in re-
viewing its action of Oct. 2 with
regard to the plan:
Legality ,
With regard to the objections of
a legal and constitutional nature,
the committee does not feel that
they should be controlling over
SGC's action in this matter. Wil-
liam Lemmer, attorney for the
University, has presented a legal
opinion to the vice-president for
student affairs which refutes the
contentions.
The committee has reviewed
that opinion. The Committee on
Referral has also been made
aware that legal advice was sought
and obtained by SGC from mem-
bers of the Law School faculty
during preparation of the draft of
the Regulations.
It understands that Council was
assured that the Membership Reg-
ulation Plan, as drafted, meets all
legal and constitutional require-
ments. The committee feels that
the legal issues raised are beyond
its competence to assume to re-
solve.
Tribunal
The Committee on Referral is of
the opinion, however, that the Ian-
guage of Section 22 of the Mem-
bership Regulations Plan is of
questionable validity under the
teris of the SGC Plan adopted by
the Regents in 1959. The Student
Government Plan, which is the
"charter" under which Council
must operate, describes the au-
thority of SGC as follows:
To serve as an appointing
body for the selection of student
committees, and student repre-
sentatives to University commit-
tees and to establish such stu-
dent boards and committees and
to adopt such operating pro-
cedures as may be necessary to
carry out the functions of stu-
dent government as herein de-
scribed (emphasis added).
The language of the proposed
Section 22, it is true, does not say
explicitly that the third member of
the Membership Tribunal shall be
someone other than a student (i.e.,
a faculty member, an administra-
tive officer, or an alumnus) ; but
the Committee on Referral has
been led to believe that this was
the purpose in using the term
"member of the University" to
identify the category of persons
who may be appointed to the
Membership Tribunal.
Student Only
The specifications that "at least
two" of its members shall be se-
lected from the student body lends
substance to this interpretation.
Sphinx, Scroll
Tap Members
Sphinx, junior men's honorary,
tapped four new members Mon-
day night. Tapped were Valentine
Barker, '65BAd; James Boughey,
'66A&D; Richard Rindfuss, '65Ed,
and Lawrence Tregoning, '65Ed.
Scroll Senior Women's honorary
also recently tapped new members.
Those honored for leadership, ser-
vice an-. scholarship were Allen
Brockman, Carol Fuchs and Elaine
Resmer.
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WALT DI NEY'S
The Committee on Referral is of
the opinion that the provisions of
the SGC Plan quoted above limits
Council to selecting "students" as
members of student committees;
to selecting "students" as members
of University Committees; and to
"establishing" only" student boards
and committees," i.e., boards and
committees made up of students
only.
It has no authority under the
SGC Plan, in the opinion of the
Committee on Referral, to create
a "University Committee" which
the Membership Tribunal would
be if it had a non-student member.
We do not understand how a
faculty member or a University
administrative official, by accept-
ing appointment at the hands of
SGC, can shed his faculty or Uni-
versity administrative status and
to all intents and purposes con-
vert himself into a student.
The Committee on Referral is
fully aware of the considerations
which have led SGC to provide
for a Membership Tribunal of
which at least one member will be
Across
Campus
The Student Laboratory Thea-
tre will present Georges Courte-
line's "These Cornfields" and Ten-
nessee Williams' "This Property is
Condemned" at 4:10 p.m. today in
the Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg.
"These Cornfields" is a farce
about married life at the turn of
the century, and "This Property
is Condemned," a dramatic dia-
logue evoking the dream world of
a young boy and girl against a set-
ting of poverty.
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Judiciary . .
Prof. C. Herman Pritchett of the
University of Chicago will discuss
"Political Science and the Judi-
cial Process" at 8 p.m. today in
Rackham Amphitheatre.
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Nov. 15
Mr. Jay Gampel, NO 8-8141
S. Division, No. 1
A tryout examination for the
Putman Mathematics Competition
team will be given in Rm. 338,
West Engineering Bldg., at 4 p.m.
today.
The team will represent the
University in the national comnp-
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a more mature, experienced person tition. Those who are unable to
than might be the case if all its attend the examination but who
members were students. would like to try out for the team
It believes, however, that for the should contact either Prof. Ronald
SGC to go ahead with its imple- Douglas or Prof. Nicholas D. Kaz-
See REFERRAL, Page 8 arinoff.
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