i Universitytuents Make Ohange fromSI CHANGFE TO SGC-University student government underwent to Student Government Council. On the left Student Legislature cern for what might happen in the future. The next picture shows student government. A a huge transition during the past year. Students, i an all-campus moves into its new temporary quarters the Quonset Hut building Ned Simon, '55, and Ruth Rossner, '55, who served as SL's last right of middle and evi election December 8 and 9 voted by a three and a half to one last fall. Hints that its existence might be. short were already in president and vice-president. in the picture on the majority to change student government from Student Legislature evidence, but SL at this time was operating without much con- The change came and students began preparing for the new of dormitories but wer toSGC .> y v y candidate for SGC speaks in the picture dence of other campaign methods is shown ar right. Posters not only lined the halls G hagn:\ trefot .. _w e_ anging on_.storefronts ELECTIONS SUPPLEMENT p sfhr ~Ittit33 ELECTIONS SUPPLEMENT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 4955 First SGC Election Slated for This Week Study Committee Initiated SGC Plan Van Antwerp Submitted Originalj Brief for New Student Government By MURRY FRYMER When University President Harlan Hatcher authorized a Student Affairs Study Committee in November, 1953, there was lit.tle expecta- tion that a serious reorganization of student. government was necessary. President Hatcher explained that the study was being undertaken "not because we face any crisis" but "it would seem helpful if we had a look at the SAC." The Study group was headed by Prof. Lionel Laing, of the political science department. It included Dean Earl V. Moore, of the music school, Prof. Earl Brit- T ton, of the engineering English Student department, and Prof. Kenneth L. Jones of the botany department, Student Members Seen SOO ' Student members were Al Blum- rosen, '53L, Pete Lardner, '54E, and Sue Popkin, '54. A 25-cent student tax to support; Before long the committee the Student Government Council found the problem much larger will be proposed to the Regents than the boundaries of SAC and asked permission to discuss the at an early spring meeting, ac- entire problem of student govern- cording to Vice-President for Stu- ment. dent Affairs James A. Lewis. With a special brief submitted The proposed tax would be part by Malin Van Antwerp, '55L, last ofthereglartudJanuary the committee set about ofcteeuaremstuentfesco-examining questions of size, fin- lected earasemestdet hsa d-ances, and powers of student gov- Between four and five thousand ernment, coming up with a plan dollars could be raised each se- for a Student Government Coun- mester to operate SGC if the tax cI .C were levied. cl SAC it was said, was part of a Collection of the 25-cent fee maze of inter-related organiza- would begin next September if the tions in the field of student gov- Regents give their efficial ap- ernment. It was recommended proval this spring, that a more efficient system would According to Vice-President embody the powers of both SAC Lewis, until fall SGC will be fin- and the Student Legislature in. anced by student activities funds. one group. He has assured the student Question of Size body that funds will be available The question of size of the SGC to the new government until an brought the first protests. The official .tax is operating. committee had decided that an The new defunct Student Leg- 18-member SGC would be most islature was financed by a $1,200 efficient, consisting of 11 elected fund given by the University an- representatives, and 7 ex-officio nually. This sum was delegated organizational members. SL mem- to "incidental" expenses of the bers in particular were saying that Legislature. the new group was too small for In addition, SL entered into true representation. various money-making operations The committee members sug- to finance its work. gested that the many research Cinema Guild movies every functions of student government weekend of the school year and might be delegated to other com- summer session brought in part pus organizations but this idea of the Legislature's funds. Cam- ran aground when no one could pus organizations sponsored the foresee how SGC might enforce movies, splitting the profits with its delegation of projectsG the Legislature. One plan provided for SGC control of most campus groups, In addition, the annual Home- but this too was protested and rcoming Dance was sponsored by never incorporated "in the final SL, bringing in another portion of plan. income fo. operating expenses of The Student Government Cou- the student government. cil plan was presented first to The Legislature was only able President Hatcher in May,. r d to build up a reserve fund in the then to the Board of Regents last two and a half years of its' meeting in August. The Board existence. During that time, a asked for further study. 'SGC Subject To Review Board Action By JOEL BERGER Student Government Council's Review Board will technically have power to approve action taken by the new SGC. Under the terms of the SGC proposal, the Review Board will move into action whenever a member of the Board requests it within four days after publication of the SGC action in the Daily Official Bulletin. Members of the Board will i.n- elude Dean of Men Walter B. Rea, Dean of Women Deborah Bacon and two students, one of whom would be the Council president. Three Faculty Members Appointed In addition, three faculty mem- bers have been appointed to the Board by University President Harlan H. Hatcher. They are Prof. Lionel H. Laing of the political science department, Prof. Leo Schmidt of the business adminis- tration school and Prof. Earl Brit- ton of the engineering school. President Hatcher approved the three faculty members from possi- bilities submitted by a Faculty Senate sub committee in January. While Prof. Schmidt and Prof. Britton will serve two .and one year terms respectively, Prof. Laing, who was named for a three year term, is now on .sabbatical leave in Australia. His position will be fillea by Dean Walter J. Emmons of the engineering school until Prof. Laing's return here in June. No Precedents Set In the future one faculty ap- pointment will be made annually for a three year term. Vice-President for Student Af- fairs James A. Lewis has said no precedents on naming one mem- ber from each of the three schools was being set. In the future, he added, selections would not neces- sarily be based on equal repre- sentation of the schools. Subject to review by the Board will be any action taken by- SGC originating student projects, mak- ing appointments to the Joint Judiciary Council or providing means for discussing campus is- sues. In addition, the Review Board will be empowered to reconsider! SGC action appointing student representatives to student-faculty committees and organizations, along with administering finances which will be designated for SGC use. Unless the Review Board de- clares its intention to review an SGC action within 96 hours of itsi appearance in the DOB, the Coun- cil's action would take effect. Tnlike thep nrent Sturnt Af... To Elect Eleven SGC Candidates Six Other Elections To Be Decided; No Referenda To Appear on Ballots By DAVE BAAD Students will go to the polls Tuesday and Wednesday to chooe. 11 members for the new Student Government Council. In addition students will elect nine J-Hop candidates, seven for Union Vice-President, three for Board in Control for Student Publications, four literary college senior class officers, four engineer- ing school senior officers and one junior Board in Control fDr Inter- collegiate Athletics member. Although there was rumor of a driving ban referendum, no referenda will be on the ballot at this election. Climaxes Two-Week Campaign The election climaxes two weeks of intensive campaigning which saw aspirants for all elected positions hanging up posters, passing out blotters and folders and mak- " UNION PUBLICITY COMMITTEE PLANTS 'GET OUT THE VOTE' SIGN IN MIDDLE OF DIAG FROM ALMOST SGC TO SGC: Major* SL Accomplishments Traced 411 3 By JIM DYGERT Strangely enough, Student Leg- islature is leaving the University in a turnabout of the way in which is arrived. In 1946, when an all-campus student government was first planned, two distinct ideas were foremost in student minds. One vas a Student Congress composed of heads of campus groups and a popularly-elected nine-man council, something very similar to the Student Govern- ment Council now replacing SL. Other Plan Selected The other plan consister of a Congress-Cabinet government elected from the campus at large. It was this latter proposal that students selected in a campus ref- erendum in March, 1947. Now, eight years later, the cam- pus is turning for effective stu- dent government to the system it once spurned. Much has happened during that eight-year span, and not all of it substantiates claims of SL inef- fectiveness. On the contrary, SL has recorded several accomplish-, ments in its history, success that stand out in today's clamor for a new student government. SL's first major impression on campus affairs was announced boldly in The Daily of Feb. 27, 1949. After months of work by committees from SL and the Uni- versity Faculty Senate, the Board of Regents ended the speech ban which had prohibited political speakers from speaking at open campus meetings since April 1948. Better Communication During the same period, SL's Campus Action Committee was working toward better, communi- cation between Regents and stu- dents. Finally, a modified "Meet Your Regents" program was ap- proved. SL made the headlines again two years later with the contro- versial bias clause issue, bringing to the campus awareness of re- strictive clauses in fraternity con- stitutions. The question has been raised by an SL committee set up to study ways to rid fraternity constitutions of the clauses. A bias bill was passed by the Student Affairs Committee, giv- ing organizations until 1956 to remove their restrictive clauses. But the bill met its death when vetoed by University President! Alexander G. Ruthven, In the late spring of 1952, SL: was finally able to obtain student representation on ' the Lecture Committee, which had been en- trusted with the task of screening speakers by the Regents when the ban on poliical speakers was lifed. Four Day Thanksgiving Weekend Beginning in the fall of 1952, students found themselves with a four-day weekend when Thanks- giving rolled around. The vacation had previously been a one-day affair, but SL had: succeeded in getting the four-day vacation on a two-year trial basis. Just last fall, the four-day vaca- tion was extended for another two- year trial. ing speeches at the various fra- ternity, sorority houses and dor- mitories. Twenty-four candidates for the 11 SGC positions marks the first time in several years the number of candidates has doubled the number of elected positions. Thirty-three ran for 24 Studenit Legislature openings last Decem- ber. There were 26 petitions turned into Ruth Callahan's office at 1020 Administration Bldg. to' run for SGC. Shirlee Clark, '56, and Larry Harris, '56, both SL members, dropped out of the race for per- sonal reasons. Harris, who had to drop out of school temporarily last semester because of bad health, withdrew from the SGC contest because of recurrance of his ill- ness, The 11 elected SGC members will join seven ex-officio members for the first SGC meeting Friday! afternoon. Ex-officio Members The ex-officio group includes League President Lucy Landers; 55, Union President Tom Leo- pold, '55, Interfratermnity Council President Bob Weinbaum, '56, Panhellenic President Barbara Heider, '56, Assembly President Hazel Frank, '56. Inter-House Council President Stan Levy, '55, and Daily Managing Editor Gene Hartwig, '55. In committee with the Dean of Men Walter B. Rea, Dean of Women Deborah Bacon, Vice- President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis, the three faculty members of the Review Board, and Mrs. Callahan the seven ex-offi- cio members have met weekly, since January to discuss SGC transition problems. Called the SGC steering com- mittee, the members have direct- ed the elections, made arrange- a. C. . . - .. - _ _ . t . - . . 1 . Ex-Officios Give Views About SGC, (For purposes of comparison with the candidates running for the eleven elected SGC positions; the seven ex-officio members of SGC also answered The Daily questionnaire' which appears on Page 2 of this supplement.) GENE HARTWIG - Managing Editor, The Michigan Daily 1) It will be important for the success of Student Government Council that its members realize from the beginning the broad scope of SGC as outlined in the proposal. SGC will in fact be the all-cam- pus student government and should be willing to accept. the re- sponsibility of tackling problems affecting the entire student body or which cut across the lines of jurisdiction of other large and small groups on campus. Naturally the scope of SGC can be expected to grow as new prob- lem areas present themselves where judicious solutions must be found. 2) I would first hope to see SGC acquire a sound organization. I would like to see the.council make a stab at working out a more prac- tical set of student driving regula- tions in conjunction with other interested groups, i.e., city and University administration. 3) SGC has been recognized by the Regents as the all-campus student government. Part of the Council's responsibility is to regu- late the external affairs of other - nm mn c n-,r m n f a A nn'r a a f i i Where To Vote Tuesday Polling-places for the all-campus elections will be located at the following: 1. Front of Women's Athletic Bldg. 2. Front of University Hospital. 3. Corner of N. University, E. University and Washtenaw- near Waterman Gymnasium. 4. N. University entrance of the League. Even before this, SL had energ-i ed from a heated controversy over library hours with a new policy from the General Libraray of re- maining open Sunday evenings, a practice still here. While the more controversial is- sues monopolized the headlines,! SL was busy gaining student rep- resentation on student-faculty- administration committees such as. the Union Board of Directors and the TTniversitv Calenaring Con-- 3 t r