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STUDENT ! Revised, 1929 ARTICLE I Members Section 1?All regular matriculates of and candidates for degrees in the University shall be members of the Student Body. ARTICLE II Officers and Elections Section 1?The officers of this body shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer; the President to be elected from the Senior Academic Class, the Vice-President from the Senior Law class; the Secretary and Treasurer from the Junior Law or Junior Academic Class. Section 2?The Student Body shall have as a governing board a Student Council to be composed of fifteen (15) members to be constituted as follows: The President of the Student Body, the Vice-President of the Student Body, the presidents of the four Academic classes, the presidents of tHfcthree Law classes, the president of the Inter-Club Association, and one (1) from the Co-ed Association, and one (1) member from each of the four literary societies, such members to be definitely elected for that purpose. Section 3?Each class shall elect its officers in the spring for the following year on the day four (4) weeks, next, preceding Commencement Day, elections to be effective with the opening of the succeeding session; provided, however, that all classes save the rising Senior Class, may hold their elections within two (2) weeks after the day fixed by this section. Section 4?Each class shall have the following officers: President, VicePresident, Secretary and Treasurer, and Historian. Section 5?The Freshman class shall at this election elect two (2) of its members, one to be a co-ed, to be members of the Honor Committee. The Freshman Class shall elect its officers on the sixth Saturday follow- | ing their matriculation. This election shall be conducted by the Student Council, and shall be by secret'ballot. Section 6?The Freshman Law class shall elect its officers on the fourth ^Saturday following date of matricula.cation. It shall at this time also elect 't3 one (1) of its members to be a member of the Honor Committee. <3 Section 7?The Inter-Club Associa tion and the Co-ed Association shall . hold their elections in the spring with?? in two (2) weeks after the day five gj (5) weeks, next preceding Commence2 ment Day, such elections to be effective upon the opening of the succeeding session. c5> Section 8?The term of office shall cJ be from the opening of the session thru the final Commencement Day. . Section 9?The Chairman of the Student Council shall call a meeting of the council for the purpose of making nominations for upper-class members of the Honor Committee. The above meeting shall be held during the third week in April. The Council shall nominate two (2) men and two (2) co-eds from each of the three upper academic classes and two (2) men from each of the upper Law classes. Within a week after the nominations have been made they shall be announced and for three days following such announcement, the student body at large shall nominate as many additional persons as it sees fit. Within a week after nominations are closed they shall be voted upon. There shall be elected from the aforesaid nominees one man and one co-ed from each of the three upper Academic classes and one man from each of the two upper Law classes. The members so elected shall themselves elect a chairman for the Honor Committee from their number. Student body members entering as freshmen at or after the beginning of the second semester shall be disqualified to vote in this election. Section 10?On the day six weeks next preceding commencement the president of the rising Academic class, the President of the rising Senior Law class, the President of the rising Junior Academic class and the President of the rising Junior Law class each shall call a meeting of their respective classes. The purpose of the rising Senior class (Academic) meeting shall be to make nominations for the presidency of the student body; the purpose of the rising Senior Law class meeting shall be to make nominations for vice-president of the student body; the purpose of the rising Junior Law and academic class meetings shall be for each to make nominations for Secretary and Treasurer of the student body. All nominations shall be handed, on the day made, to the chairman of the Student Council, who shall announce them to the student body the following day. For three days following this announcement, nominations may be made in writing from the student body, provided five men second the nomination. Within three days after nominations come to a close the Student Council shall conduct an election for the above officers by secret ballot. Every-one of the student body shall have the right to vote in said election. In the event no candidate shall receive a majority at the said election, such additional elections as may be necessary shall be conducted by the Student Council at three-day intervals following the first election. This election shall become effective In the clec\ BODY ICONS ? tion of officers in 1928 for the scholastic year of 1929-30. ARTICLE III Duties of Officers Section 1?It shall be the duty of the president to preside over all meetu student body, to announce the business before the assembly in the order in which it is to be acted upon, to inform the assembly when necessary, on points of order or practice pertinent to pending business. 1 he president shall call meetings of the student body at such times as he deems necessary without authorization from anyone. Also any ten members of the student body, upon signing a petition to the president to call a student body meeting, shall have the right to call such meeting if the president refuses to do so Section 2?It shall be the duty of the vice-president to preside in the absence of the president; in the absence of the president; in the absence of both the president and the VLC^iPjesid,ent? ^e duty of presiding shall devolve upon the secretary and 1 treasurer. Section 3?It shall be the duty of the Secretary and Treasurer to take and preserve legible minutes of all otudent Body assemblies, to preserve and dispense such funds as may come into his hand. Swtfon 4?It shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct all necessary correspondence relating to the Student Council or to the interests of any member thereof. It shall be the duty of the Student Council to transact all business which does not by its nature necessitate the action of 'J|e Student Body in assembly. It shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct, by secret ballot, all elections in which every member of the student body is qualified to cast his or her ballot; and it shall be the duty of the Student Council to an...in tl $ ... in c "j ti C k h fi *] c Q 1979, Liooktt A Myers ToiaccoCA. f ' stitutioni; nounce the result of the said election. J j Section5?The President of the Student Body shall be ex officio Chair- ! man of the Student Council. It shall 1 require a two-thirds majority of the i btudent Council to constitute a quo- s rum; a majority of the quorum pres- 1 ent shall be sufficient to conduct all f business. i Section 6?The Chairman shall call 1 meetings of the Student Council on ( fi_rst Wednesday of each school ( month, and at all other times it may 1 be deemed advisable. ARTICLE IV t Honor Principle and Organization Section 1?The Student Body takes it for granted that each student is a gentleman and a man of honor until he proves himself otherwise. It is the duty of each student to report such infractions of the Honor Jrrinciple as came to his notice. The duty of judicial action upon infractions of the Honor Principle rests only upon the Honor Committee. Section 2?The Honor Committee shall be composed of eleven (11) members, who shall sit in judgment upon all breaches reported. Section 3?It shall be necessary for at least eight members to sit in judgment upon each case. No person shall m any way serve as a member of the .Honor Committee unless reRularlv elected thereto. Section 4?Upon any trial, a majority vote plus one of the members assembled shall be necessary for conviction. -Section 5 Any student convicted shall have right to appeal to the Student Body. Section 6?All proceedings shall be conducted in secret. ARTICLE V > By-Laws Section 1-?The rules contained in Robert s Rules of Order shall govern the Student Body in all cases where he rinqj&i cigalr^^^ )TICKIN* to our knittin'"-? neve ing that Chesterfield's popularity de Chesterfield's fast* ... But what tt taste? Aroma, for one :een and spicy fragrance. For anothei rfying something ? flavor, mellow goodness?which we can onlycair'cl Taste is what smokers want; taste Chesterfield offers ? taste above everyth /host r FINE TURKISH tnd DOMES! hey are not inconsistent with the tl Constitution and By-Laws of the Stu- hi lent Body. S Section 2?Business may be trans- ol icted by a majority of those present. Section 3?Proposed amendments e' ind additions to the Constitution and By-Laws shall be submitted in writing bi o the Student Body assembly and s( ihall require these to be read three imes, no reading within an interval bi >f three days from the preceding y< eading. The proposed amendment di nay be discussed only after the sec>nd and third readings. It shall reluire a two-thirds Student Body vote y o carry the third reading. j,, Section 4?The May Queen shall be ol sleeted the second Friday in April, si cjmemcnkA p Jr "EXCLUBI W6\5/ Main St. OPERATED BY C< BEHIND HARPE GAMECOCK PR CLEANINt PRESSINC "You can help make tl Shast :r forget tobacco baracter." erfiel 1C tobaccos, not only BLENDED but ( " ie coronation to be held during the rst week of May. Only Junior and enior co-eds shall be eligible for the fxice of May Queen. Section 5?The cheer leader shall be ected from the Student Body the icond Tuesday in May, his election to e effective during the succeeding sssion. Section 6?This Constitution shall e published not less than once each ear in The Gamecock, and at a time tiring the early part of the first term. Section 7?During the second week i October of each year the Student ody shall elect three (3) of its memers to serve with two (2) members F the Faculty, to be elected at the une time, on the Social Cabinet. Columbia. S. (?. mSSSSSSmm?? -?1 DLLEGE MEN 1R COLLEGE ESSING CLUB 0?85c *?25c ie Gamecock strut" CH / # |F __.Xs.X_ V F f 1/ 9 ^'ILD .. and yet THEY S ATlSFy d .1? OSS-BLENDED