THDE MICHIGAN DAILY 9UNflAY, MAY 14, 19OG , Union Far-Reaehing, Chang'es U pFr A o a 1. For Apoval By BOB KEITH Highly significant changes 'in the constitution of the Michigan Union will be up for approval Tuesday night at a mass meeting5 of Union members. Nearly every man at the Univer- sity, faculty member or student, will be eligible to castahis vote at the meeting which starts at 7:30 p.m. in th Union ballroom. A quorum of 4 will be necessary to conduct business. * * * THE AMENDMENTS under consideration would bring about several far-reaching changes in the Union's top levels, and these changes would affect both the Board of Directors and the Union's student organization. Many of the amendments would greatly increase student repre- sentation in Union policy-making and administration. Heated controversy has flared up over a proposed amendment which would enable Union mem- bers to choose their president and secretary in all campus elections. Opponents of this amendment contend it would lea.d to "political intrigue" reminiscent of twenty years ago when the top posts were elective. They assert also that the proposed system would not fit the best man to the right job, and at the most it would be no improve- ment over the present method. * * * . BUT ADVOCATES of the change say it would help alleviate Vo e latedor Constitutional Convention Survey MenP* }r (.EDIORSNOTE 3is method of choosing k presidents and se one of the big issu has completed thef of students who1 poss t heUnion S ~Fraternity men1 s ~the Michigan Unio ministration in th a Daily check rev During this p have held most posts and there stances of one f: represented for years ON NUMEROU -ynior officers have si"+ f ter nity brothers tc fices. But there i that merit and el not fully consider Union officers sc -Daily-Kirk Hampton * * * s * * Tu esday Shows Fraternity redoniinate at Union Proposed Amendments - Because the Michigan Union cretaries will be es at the coming ting The Daily following survey have held high during the past have dominated on's student ad- e last ten years, veals. period affiliates top appointive have been in- fraternity beings two consecutive S occasions se- eappointed fra- osubordinate of- is no indication capabilities were !red. say that the ma- a "lack of student interest in the Union," and they note a number of "safeguards" in the proposed system which would "prevent such problems as occurred twenty years ago." Another controversial amend-, ment would increase the number of students necessary to amend the Union Constitution. This amendment is advocated by the Union Board of Directors in order to make future changes in the Constitution more representa- tive of student opinion. * * * BUT OPPONENTS of this amendment contend that the meeting quorumit stipulates would be difficult to achieve. "It would be more difficult for students to amend the Constitution," they as- sert. One of the proposed amend- ments would 1) increase the num- ber of student-elected vice-presi- dents, who serve on the Board of Directors, and 2) make the elec- tion of these vice-presidents "more representataive." Some opposition is expected to several of this amendment's specific provisions. Most of the other proposed changes are of a technical nature. Union officials have reminded students to bring Union member- ship and ID cards to the Tuesday meeting. i' r Dance FestivalI To Be Billed For ThisWeek The first Dance Festival in Ann Arbor's history will be held this week, sponsored by the Inter- Arts-Union and the Women's Physical Education Department. Citing the lack of dance, both amateur and professional, on the Michigan campus, IAU members arranged this festival to bring examples of dancing to the stu- dents. * * * THE MAIN attractions of the week will be performances by the professional New Dance Group trio of Dudley-Maslow-Bales at 8:30 p.m. Saturday and a combin- ed presentation by the Modern Dance and Ballet Clubs at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Both programs will be pro- duced in Pattengill Auditorium. The trio specializes in making modern dance friendly and un- formidable so that they can 'speak' of contemporary and col- loquial subjects to their audiences. * * * s - TICKETS for the two perfor- mances may be purchased all ths week at the Administration Bldg. Prices for Friday night are 60 and 70 cents; for Saturday, 90 cents, $1.50 and $1.90. jcrity of men who try out on the Union staff are affiliated. The survey shows that twelve of the last 14 Union presidents have been fraternity members. Four of the presidents were members of Phi Delta Theta and two belonged to Delta Up- silon. Of 16 recording secretaries in the ten year period, 12 have been affiliated. Four held memberships in Phi Gamma Delta. APPROXIMATELY 35 indepen- dents and 80 fraternity members have served on the Union's Ju- nior Executive Council during 6he same period. The Executive Coun- cil supervises various Union stu- sdent activities.s This Council, withmebr me br hip, usu: ilt' ntmbering from 10 to 13 men, is appointed by the president and secretary. Presidents and Secretaries are now appointed by the Selection Committee of the Board of Di- rectors. This Selection Committee is at present composed of three faculty or alumni members of the Union and three elected Union vice- presidents, with the Dean of Stu- dents serving as chairman without vote. * * * . DURING the surveyed period, presidents and secretaries have invariably been drawn from the Executive Council. Thus several of the Executive Council members picked by the president and sec- retary are eventually appointed to succeed the president and sec- retary. In the fall of 1943 a Phi Delta Theta president took part in the selection of an Executive Council which included two Phi Delta Theta members. One of these men became president the following semester. The secretary that semester, who was a Delta Upsilon mem- ber, helped appoint two Delta Up- silon men to the Executive Coun- cil. One of these men was appoint- ed to the presidency in fall, 1944, and the oter became secretary the followng spring. * * * THE 1946-47 president, a Phi Delta Theta member, included three fraternity brothers in his Executive Council. The Selection Committee placed one of them in the presidency the following year. COLLEGE SHOP Michigan Union: A special meet-I ing of the Michigan Union mem- bership will be held on Wed., Mayi 10, 7:30 p.m. in the Union ball- room, to take action on ten pro- posed constitutional amendments presented by the Board of Direc- tors. 400 members are necessary for a quorum. An affirmative vote of at least three-quarters of the members present and voting is necessary to adopt the proposed changes. No action shall be taken on any other matters. -Robert P. Seeber, Recording Secretary, Proposed Constitutional Amendments The purpose of this explana- tory sheet is to show how the pro- posed amendments would effect the present Constitution if they are passed. All words in paren- theses would be deleted. All words in boldface type would be added. The general effect of the proposed changes are presented with each amendment. Amendment I Effect: To redefine and make more specific the duties of the Board of Directors. Article 4, Section 2, lines 1-3 The Board of Directors, (except as herein otherwise provided, shall have full power to supervise ard control all the activities of the Union) shall be the governing body of the Union, with full pow- er to determine policies and to control all the activities of the Union except as thereinafter pro- vided. Amendment II Effect: To empower the Presi- dent to appoint special committees if so directed by the Board of Di- rectors. Article 5, Section4 The President of the Union, ex officio; its Financial Secretary, ex- officio; its Recording Secretary, ex-officio; the General Secretary of the Alumni Associatin, ex of- ficio; and the Senior Faculty member of the Board of Directors shall constitute a standing Ap'- pointments Committee, a majority of which shall have sole power to appoint all except the ex officio members of all Committees (au- thorized by the Board of Direc- tors.) of the Board authorized by this article of the Constitution. Special committees may be ap- pointed by the Appointments Com- mittee or by the President as di- rected by the Board of Directors. Amendment III Effect: Roberts Rules of Order shall be followed for conducting formal meetings. Insert a new Article 14: Roberts Rules of Order shall be observed in all meetings of the Board of Directors and all other formal meetings of the Union. Amendment IV Effect: To make the General Manager responsible to the Board of Directors for matters other than finance. Article 7 lines 1 Subject in all respects to the control and direction of the Fi- nance Committee where financial matters are concerned, (all finan- cial) the affairs of the Union, shall be the treasurer of all its committees, shall be its purchas- ing agent, and shall have power to select, discharge and fixthe compensation and duties of all paid employees of the Union. Article 5, Section 1, Paragraph 2 The Finance Committee shall be directly responsible to the Board of Directors to the Board of Re- gents of the Universityand shall have full control over all finan- cial matters relating to the Union; including power to borrow money from time to time and authorize a conveyance of any or all the property of the Union to the Board of Regents of the University, sub- ject to any specified liens and on such stipulations and conditions as the committee may prescribe; power to appoint and discharge (and direct) a General Manager and to fix his compensation. Amendment V Article 10, Section 1, add paragraphs: Only past or present members of the Union Executive Council are eligible for the offices of Pres- ident and Recording Secretary of the Union. Amendment VI Article 12: (Four hundred Union members entitled to vote) Members num- bering five per cent of the student membership shall constitute a quorum of the Union: ten mem- bers of the Board of Directors, a quorum of such Board, and the majority of the members of any Committee of the Board, a quorum of such committee. Amendment VII Article II, Paragraph 1 A special meeting of the mem- bers of the Union shall be called by the Recording Secretary upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Di- man of the Men's Judiciary Coun- cil are assigned to the Eections Committee of the Student Legis- lature and the Nominating Com- mittee of the Board ofDirectors. Article 4, Section 1, Paragraphs 2 and 3 The Board of Directors shall consist of: (Six) Seven Vice-Pres- idents of the Union, to be student members, to be (selected) elected (by schools and colleges on vote of the students herein, respective- ly,) at such annual election as hereinafter provided. (The Chairman of the Men's Judiciary Council, ex officio) Article 10, Section 2 Not later than the second Sat- urday in April in each year, the Appointments Committee shall appoint a Nominating Committee, of five student members of the Union, not more than one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Directors, and none of whom shall, if he accepts, be eligible to election, at the then forthcoming election, to any office of the Union. It shall be the duty of the Nominating Committee, not later than (the last Saturday,) fifteen days before the spring All Cam- pus Elections by a suitable docu- ment to be filed with the (Chair- man of the Men's Judiciary Coun- cil) Elections Committee of the Student Legislature or its coun- O~rpart in election procedure, to nominate, from the student body, officers for the ensuing year, as f ollows : (At least two candidates for each of the Vice Presidents, six in all, one for a) the College of Lit- erature, Science and the Arts and the Graduate School, b) for the Coleges of Engineeringand Ar- chitecture, c) for the Medical School, d) for the Law School, e) for the College of Dental Sur- gery, and f) for the remaining schools and colleges; the candi- dates for Vice-Presidents to be students in good standing in the respective schools or colleges which they are nominated to represent.) At least ten candidates for Vice- Presidents from at least five of the following schools and colleges: Literature, Science, and the Arts; Engineering; Architecture; Fores- try and Conservation; Music; Bus- iness Administration; Education; Pharmacy; and any other school or college primarily under-gradu- ate which may be hereafter reat- ed: and at least fdur candidates from at least three of the following schools: Law; Medicine; Dental; Graduate; Public Health; or any other school primarily graduate which may be hereafter created. Candidates for Vice-Presidents are to be students in good standing in the respective schools or col- leges from which they are nom- inated. Five of these shall be elec- ted from the following schools and colleges by the students therein: Literature, Science, and the Arts; Engineering; Arichitecture; For- estry and Conservation; Music; Business Administration; Educa- tion; Pharmacy; and any other school or college primarily under- graduate which may be hereafter created. At least four schools or colleges shall be represented among the Vice-Presidents from this group. Two of the seven Vice-Presidents shall be elected from the follow- ing schools, by the students there- in: Law; Medical; Graduate; Pub- lic Health; or any other school primarily graduate which may be hereafter created. Two schools shall be represented. Section 3 Any two hundred members of the Union, by signing a petition and filing it, properly signed, with the (Chairman of the Men's Judi- ciary Council) Nominating Com- mittee (at or before 9 a.m. of the fourth) on or before the tenth day preceding the day set for the elec- tion, may nominate a candidate or candidates for Vice-President. Section 4 It shall be the duty of the (Chair- man of the Men's Judiciary Coun- cil) Nominating Committee to see that all nominations herein auth- orized be given prompt and suit- able publicity, among resident members of the Union, by posting notice of each annual election and meeting to be given, by posting and by publication, at least ten days before the date of the same. Section 5 The annual election of the (six) seven Vice-Presidents as above provided shall be held on the day of spring All-Campus Elections. (under the supervision of the Chairman of the Men's Judiciary Council.) Section 6 The polls of such election shall be kept open during the hours de- marily undergraduate which may be hereafter created. Eachstudent in the following schools and colleges shall be en- titled to vote for no more than two candidates: Law; Medical; Dental; Graduate; Public Health; or any other school primarily grad- uate. (The person receiving the highest number of votes for each office shall be declared elected thereto) In case of a tie for any office, the selection shall be made by the Men's Judiciary Council or its counterpart in student elec- tions procedure. Amendment IX Effect: to change the composit- tion of the Selections Committee from three students and three fac- ulty-alumni members to five stu- dents and two faculty-alumni members. Article 10, Section 1, paragraph 1 (The President and its Record- ing Secretary, to be students, are to be appointed by a committee.) The Selections Committee shall be composed of the Dean of Students, ex officio; (three) two faculty or alumni members; and (three) five studentmembers chosen from the (six Vice-Presidents. The facul- ty, alumni, and student members shall be appointed by the Appoint- ments Committee. The Dean of Students shall be Chairman of the Selections Committee and shall have no vote. Article 10, Section 1, paragraph 2 lines 4-6 Such elections shall be by a majority vote of the entire voting membership of the committee. Amendment X (choice of eiter a or b) Effect: a) Except for minor changes to keep the present meth- od of selecting the President and Recording Secretary by the Se- lection Committee, b) To have the President and Recording Sec- retary elected by the student mem- bers from candidates presentedby the Selections Committee. (T h i s Selections Committee shall at a meeting on the second Saturday preceding All-Campus elections, or the postponement of such meeting,) it shall be the duty of the Selections Committee to meet on a date specified by the Board of Directors and elect a President and Recording Secre- tary for the ensuing year Such election shall be by a majority vote of the entire voting commit- tee. The elected officers shall take office immediately. b) The Board of Directors offers, but does not endorse, the follow- ing proposed amendment: Article 10, Section 1, paragraph 1 (The President of the Union and its Recording"Secretary, to be stu- dents, are to be appointed by a committee) The Selections Com- mittee shall be composed of - Article 10, Section 1, paragraph 2 (T h is Selections Committee shall at a meeting on the second Saturday preceding All-Campus elections, or the postponement of such meeting) it shall be the duty of the Selections Committee to meet on a date specified by the Board of Directors and (elect) nominate not more than four oant- didates for President and Record- ing Secretary for the ensuing year. Such nomination shall be by a majority vote of the entire voting committee. The President and the Record- ing Secretary shall be elected by the student members at the annual spring AlI-Campus elections, from among those candidates submitted by the selections committee. The candidate with the highest number of votes shall be Presi- dent; the candidate with the next highest shall be Recording Sec- retary. A suitable document shall be filed with the Student Legis- lature Elections Committee or its counterpart in student elections not later that fifteen days before the spring All-Campus election. Th elected officers shall take of- fice immediately. Seeks Women In Medicine More women should be admit- ted to medical schools, Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, graduate of the med- ical school, told members of Al- pha Epsilon Iota, women's medi- cal sorority, last night. 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