Alcala 1958

STUDENT B O D Y - COLLEGE FOR MEN By IJBENT B DY- L EGE B

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GREGORY L. PEARSON, B.A . S tu den tBody Pr es iden t,1 957 -5 8 Col lege fo r Men dent ident, 7-58 lege r

T HE As soc iat edStu dentBody of the College for Men is lik e a neo phyte arc hit ectwho ha s hada little train­ ing, pos sess es an ide a of wha t he wan ts to do, ske tch esit on paper , thenhope s for the bes t. Oft en the fin ish ed produc t doe sn't co inc ide wit h hi s or igi na l blue­ print. Nonet hel ess , he ha s som eth ing to sho w for hi s work and he has de fin ite ly ma de progres s, bo th wit hin himself and in hi s ma teri al pro duct. Thi s mo re or less des cri be sthe growth andprogres sma de by the ass oci ate dstu den ts of the Coll ege for Men and their go ve rn ing bo dy , the Stu dent Council , in 1957-5 8. Stu dent gov ernme nt at the Coll ege for i ted t yte itect ad a tl train- es ts t es , then s . t e i ed t ide i al - heles , ing itely ess, i i ial ct. is ibes t and s ted ts governing , , 8. ent t

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Me n has been in ope rati onthr ee yea rs an d it is onl y now ar riv ingat the sta ge wh ere in it doe sn't rel y com ple tely on exp eri me nt. Some pre ced ent ha s bee n esta blis hed and should bec om e mo re firm ly ent renched wit hin the ne xt few yea rs. Howev er,pro g­ ress has n't been ea sy . The 19 57 -5 8Stu den t Counc il was bes et with pro blemsrig ht from the star t. Leo nard Ma cat ee, an ex-p ara troo perwho had bee n ele cte d vic e-p res identand was cou nte d on to gi ve ma tur ity and lead ers hip to studen t af fa irs ,di d no t tak e of fic e. He wa s off ere d a posit ion on an expe dit ioninto the Sou th Pa ci fican d pos tpo ned hi s sch oo lin gfor a yea r. Th ere we re a gre at many oth er ear ly drawback s, the mo st not ice ab le of wh ich were cau sed by wea knesses in the cons titu ­ tion that ha d bee n drawn up by US D' s first student coun cil . In ma ny cas es the wo rdi ng of the con stit utio nwas ha zy and thi s cau sedsev era lcom pli cat ion s.Th e coun­ cil app oin ted Vic tor Ast org a cha irman of the Leg al Commit tee, and he wa s empow­ ere d with au tho rit yto stu dy the cons titu ­ tion and sugg est ne eded cha ng es. Du rin g the fol low ingfou r mon ths, he and hi s com­ mit teeme n, Tom Tie rna n, John Arc har d and Ken Ka ufm an ,pre sen ted the nec ess ary amendme nts to the stu dent bo dy , wh ich app rov ed ev er y chan ge . Th is resu lted in a mor e com pa ctand workab le con stit uti on. Astor ga' s comm itt ee als o aide dgre atlyin the pro per func tio ni ngof the student cou nc il. Towa rds the end of the fal l sem ester, Tre asu rer Da ve Bu rne y lef t sch ool to joi n ri ing in l tely i ent. ent s li hed e l e trenched i s. er, - . -58 t il l s t. te , tro per w d resident t d ity hip t irs, d i e. d i ition cific ned ling . l acks, i able i es s - 's cil. i g tion aused l lications. coun- i ted an l it e , - rity - est e es. i g l ing , - t en, n, d f an, te ry ents , i ro ed y ge. is l ct le ution. ga's com ittee ided tl t tioning cil. rds l , rer y l

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