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Editor . News Editor .. Sports Editor . Society Editor ............... Campus Editor Feature Editor Copy Editor .. Exchange ,Editor. ................... Managing Editor......... PROPOSED NE The proposed new student constitution is nearing a showdown in student council. It has been requested by the president of the student body that the document be printed in these columns for the criticism and sug gestion of our readers. Although the proposed body of organic law for student government here is ragged and carries much to be desired, it is an ef fort, labored on for five months by members on the Student Council, directed toward more representation of students in their government. Various members of the council have ex pressed desire to throw out the new pro posal and make revisions in the present one, which, according to them, has served well over a number of years. Such a measure would postpone more representation for an other year at least. The new document should be viewed-from an impartial point of view, taking into con sideration that its contents are not immune to challenge and alteration in its present form. The council, to date, has not voted upon its passage. Discussion on the proposed document will be held in open council meeting following the spring holidays. Students are encour aged to attend this meeting, and, in the meantime, letters to The Gamecock and to members of the student council are en couraged. Only a handful of students will read the document fully in spite of the ravings heard last spring for "more representation." However, from this handful, it is hoped that Preamble We, the students of the Univer dhall be the resp sity of South Carolina, in order; present student 4 to procure for ourselves and those Section 3. The who will come after us the ad- dent of the stude vantages of orderly and truly preSident of the representative self-government inp . . Section -. The accord with our cherished Ameri- shall have the pc can tradition, do hereby ordain and1 collect all student establish this constitution of the' letic fees, but tot Student Body of the University of ceed( amount i South Carolina. , islaturej per studl year; to appropri. Article I p)ortioInment to al studenct governml Section 1. Supreme legislative otheri extra-curric authority shall be vested in the to it shajl seenm studet seate.the genteial welfa studentenate.bodly, prIovided th; Section 2. The~ student senate appropriated for shall be composed of tcn hl eal members, half of whom shall be elected annually at general elec- thvaiu tion day of the fall semester andl Scio .T the other half of whom shall be sl ponnet elected annually at general elec- iamjrt oe tion day of the spring semester. snt nyb These members shall be appor- mnrofcsn tionied among the following fourPic'tovic groups: (Il) men students livingntrtur ai in university dormitories, (2) hckmjrt women students living in univer- esalhito .:ity dormitories, (3) men stu- tnu;oseto dents living elsewhere than in uni- "'ti tdn v'ersity dormitories, (4) women uc bod students living elsewhere than in hi I(en )0) university dormitories. The num- Ilw oenn ber' of members of the studentstdn elcin senate from each of these groups ofne gis shall bea the amne r'elationi toctgoingeh the total membership of the sen-i~ axmma ate as the total numbher of per- 'luitkes sons in each group shall b'ear to seii eate the total membership of the stu- knso fess (lent body. The studlent senate redain oa shall have power to make fur- oiitaiehd ther' division oif these groups into stycne~i~ districts. Every member of the tewlaeo student senate shall be a studentwhhaeno in the university in good stand-ofte5t(litb ing and shall be resident of thereurrpot district which he represents. igcmite At the first general electiongaizto ee after this constitution takes ef-os,drctyo feet the full membership of the jtesuln ea student senate shall be elected.itrivdeson shall be electedl for six-surdnteem month terms and shall be(lngoemnt elected for one-year terms. Ap-ncsayadp portionment of re.presentation in tegnrlwl the senate to the various groups(lnboy And division of each group into eletiot dstrct fo ths eecton Section 5. Toe ---.... Robert Isbell Jean Hill . Kenneth Bald*in SNorine Corley James Sheridan - . Van Newman Found lans . ........ Tillie Young editor, 'Th GA University of 8 ...-. ... Jane Dowe year except holI . The oponons e - Carroll Gilliam .earilyis o endorsement alti W CONSTITUTI interest enough will be mustered to act favorably, because the failure to produce student interest poses the question, "Why consider the average student anyway, he doesn't care ?" The student interest is there all right, but the problem is to make it come to the surface. To the average student 'on our campus, the student constitution is just so much baloney whipped up by a group of highminded "wheels," of no concern to Mr. Average Student. Only a major catastro phe will make him take up arms and fight for individual rights. One is at a lost to explain . the sudden spurt of interest in student representation last spring. Nothing was evidenced to pro voke such interest other than the supposed grievances against the administration which took place in the preceding fall term. How ever, this past fall they rose en masse to defend themselves in the Carolina-Clemson parade issue. Too bad they don't voice themselves in organized channels before they are provoked. by some cataclysmic challenge. Much of the rumblings of unrest heard from time to time could find consolation in a student government whereby the average student could find an answer to this problem. The newly proposed document is an ele ment in the answer to many students' "Why d h . .axyu n. A Ind, +t, t reaction of the students to the new pro posal, pro or con, is the answer to ques tions of student leaders and faculty mem bers, "Do they really care, after all?" onsi6ility of the shall not alter the fee structure !ouncil. for a given school year later than first vice-presi- March first of the school year im nt body shall be mediately preceding. student senate. (The fee system in effect at student senate the time this constitution is rati wert enate fied shall obtain until the student fees except ath- senate alters or repeals it.) al fees shall not Section 7. The student senate 'escribed by leg- shall be without power to enact ?nt per calendar legislation unless at least half of ite funds for ap- its duly elected members are pres 1 agencies of the ent to constitute a quorum. mt and to such ular activities as Section 8. The student senate compatible with shall create such class organiza rec of the student tion as it shall deem necessary. it the total funds The senate shall fix the duties student publica- and powers of the class organiza ttcd by the Board tions and the manner in which >r apportionment class funds shall be secured. ublications- Section 9. The Co-Ed Associa ratify or reject tinshall be governed by a coun made by the cil consisting of the officers student body by president, vice-president, secretary, rovided that the treasurer, and eight girls selected aw specify such each year by the Co-Ed Associa it shall deem tion as a whole. ppointment shall All female students enrolled in cation; to over- the University shall be ellgible I vote by a two- for membership in the Co-Ed As >f those voting; sociation. wn rules of pro- Section 10. The Co-ed Associ 'reject members ation shall have po'wer to fix the enate; to estab- manner, mode, and time of elec nate offices and tion of its officers and to estab le senate as it lish its own rules of procedure; r; to make all to make all rules affecting women the conduct of only, which rules shall be enforced ;to determine ini addition to and in the same he student body, manner as enactments of the stu offense and fix- dent senate; to organize and con dl mimimum pen- duct co-ed mass meetings; to pro category, and, vide such special orientation for t proper, fixing women students as it shall deem for particular necessary. to make recoin y faculty or ad- Section 11. There shall be an of the univer- Initerfraternity council composed nlatters affecting of representatives of the various he student body fraternities on the university cam rithin the power pus to handle matters which con dy to adIjust; to cern fraternities alone. rom the stand- Section 12. There shall be a nd from all or- Pan-Hellenic Council composed of ving appropria- repr-esentatives of the various so indirectly, from rorities on the university campus e; to review and to handle which matters which .rule all admin- concern sororities alone. entered into by Article II mnts of the stu to make all laws Section 1. Judicial power shall oper to promote be vested in the judicial council. are of the stu- Section 2. The judicial council phall have the power to determine student senate its own rules of procedure, except rWINd *d* A GRUATER VRITY OF A(JT11 CARO] maber of AssocIted Coleate Pr Distributor of -ollegiate gest 1908, with Rqbert Elliott Gc L cIsi published by and for t mth Carolina weekly, on Fridays, lays and examinations. cresed by dolumnists and letterw 'The Gamecock." Publishing does kough the right to edit is reserved ON OPEN where such rules may be in con flict with provisions of this con stitution. Section 3. Members of the ju dicial- council shall serve from thi time of their election througl their senior year in academi< school. Section 4. The student mem bers of the judicial council shal elect from their membership sucl officers as they may deem neces sary to perform their functions. Section 5. The student mem bers of the judicial council shal elect from their membership i Disciplinary Board and an Hono: Board, each consisting of fou: male and two female members exclusive of an ex-officio chair man and secretary. No- membe: of the judicial council shall servi on both boards, except that thq president and secretary of the ju dicial council shall -serve as ex officio chairman and *ecretary o: both the Disciplinary Board an( the Honor Board. The presiden and the secretary of the judicia council will have no vote in eithe: of the subordinate bodies excep that the chairman ex-offielo shal vote in either body in the even of a tie vote. Section 6. Vacancies on eithe lof the subordinate boards shall b( ilebyVote 'A"imrmann JAAACVU sjv U~ . LSl KV11MInng members of the judicial counci according to the procedure adopted by that body. Section 7. No person who .shal not have been a student in gooI standing at the university for a least one academic year shall b eligible to serve on the judicia council. No member of the cabinet an no member of the student senatA shall be a member of the judicia council. The student body president ma5 not be a member of the judicia council or the student senate. Section 8. T h e Disciplinar: Board shall have original juris, diction in all cases not involving violation of the Honor Principle The Honor Board shall have origi nal jurisdiction in all cases in, volving violation of the Hono1 Principle. Cases shall be referred to the president of the Judicial Counci for assignment to the proper su bordinate board for judgment, pro vided that any case may be trans ferred from one board to the othei if it should later appear that I was improperly assigned. Section 9. The Judicial Coun cil sitting enbank shall have origi nal jurisdiction in all cases in volving the constitutionality of ana act of the student senate whei such act has been actua$y vio lated and its constitutionalitl questioned by the alleged violator The judicial council sitting er bank shall have appellate juris, diction in all cases decided bI either of its subordinate boardi after all members active in reach. ing the decision appealed- fron have disqualified themselves. Ii all cases covered by this section the president and the secretary o1 the judicial council shall vote ir the same manner as other mem bers of the council. Sectioni 10. Except where thi student senate has fixed the limi tations as to punishment for ape cific offenses or categories of of fenses, the judicial council an< each of its subordinate boards shall have discretionary authority provlTng that these bodies shal take full cognizance of the tra ditional punishments for offensei enforced prior to the adoption o: this constitution. Section 11. Any student con victed by either the Disciplinarl Board or the Honor Board shal have the right to appeal to thi judicial council as a whole witi provision that members who werE active in the trial of his case be. fore either subordinate board shal not sit in judgement on his appeal Any student sentenced to be sus pended or dismissed from the nit Busines Assisata Circulat INA Advertk 9" Businesi nsles as the first Say he students of the Bob Mc during the college Katz, F Albert I Mai riters are not nee- Ellen Sc not constitute an Jack M< Decell, I IED FOR versity shall have the right t quest a rehearing. Such rehe4 shall be held not less than days nor more than six days the previous conviction of affi tion of judgement. Section 12. No accused p( shall be denied the presum] of innocence until guilt is pr The right to due notice and a I hearing, the right to face hi cuser before the Judicial Coi .ut r4t necessarily before Disciplinary Board or H Board, and the privilege of ai ance by any' student not a r ber of the Judicial Council be granted if requested. The siding officer of each judicial before which the accused apl shall inform him of his r guaranteed under this sectio the time he is notified of th fense charged against him. Article III. Section 1. Executive power be vested in a president of student body, who shall be eb by the student body from r bers of the rising senior acad b class. He shall have the assisi of a cabinet composed of a vice-president elected from members of the rising senior class, a second vice-pres elected from the female stuc of the rising senior academic c a secretary-treasurer elected members of the rising junior demic class, and the presider the Law Federation, and the p i dents of. the senior, junior, s< I more, and freshman acad classes and representatives the co-ed association and eac I the four literary societies. I bers of the cabinet shall be as i ed duties by the president ol i student body as heads of ai I ing committees, except that first vice-president shall ac president of the student se as provided in Article 1, Se 3. The cabinet shall meet at twice monthly while the sena inm session. Section 2. The president o: student body shall have powe appoint the chairmen and ii bers of standing committees boards not otherwise provided in this constitution; to make ommendations from time to to the student senate; to vote of the student senate, pro, In Discussion of the new si dent .constitution is bel hampered by the ignorai of the present governme among the students the selves and the resultant ovm sight of the needs for ai form. "What is Student Council d, and why do I never hear anyt about it ?" One student, posedly intelligent, has asked question. The answer is that Coun has been working on the ni constitution and has done I tIe else. Student. do not es to read that the president some group said so-and. about Article five, Secti ten. They want to read ab< concrete action, and, now ti we are getting it, are r taking the time to read f results of that action a try to see the reasons I them. The beginninmg of the worn the new constitution was ga to give the student-in-general, little man who is not a mei of any organization and, wh< cidentally, is the majority on campus, a greater voice in student government. Obvious Necessity Need for reform in the stu government has been discu and explained by so many fo long that it is tedious Homm s Manager. ............. tt Business Mgr. ............... [on Manager .................. iing Staff: Dool Coskrey, Lois ivingstain, Fred Tolly, Ben Quark Staff: Electa Itall, Luki Bennet1 REPORTORIAL S. e Gaston, Belinda Collum, Pat Ra Lellan, Ruth Newell, Gladys Johi [unter Russell, Colleen Morris, I funn. -guerite Webb, Ida S. Webb, Be hofield, Jo-Anne Dellinger, Bob Hc )rgan, Jem Newbury, Henry Mac Aloyd Huntington, Joe Molony. STUDENT o re. that he exercise such vote withii kring iten days after the passage of ai three act by the senate; to administei aftXr and enforce the laws enacted b] rma- the student senate; to call an( preside at meetings of the stu irson dent body; to serve. as ex-offich pt1on member of all standing commit. ved. tees and boards falling within th4 fair Executive Department of the stu ac- dent government; to address th4 mel, student senate from time' to time the provided that he shall notify th4 onor President of the senate of his in Isist- tention to address the senate ai nem- least two days in advance; to rep shall resent the student body of thi pre- University of South Carolina ir body all dealings with the students ol sears other schools, colleges, or univer ights sities, and in all dealings with tht n at faculty, administration, or Boar , of. of Trustees; to establish sucl bodies subordinate to his offici as he shall deem necessary anc proper to aid him in the perform ance of his duty. shall Section 3. The first vice-presi. the dent of the Student Body shall ,cted when possible perform the duties nem- of the president in the event ol emic his absence or incapacity. Tht ance first vice-president shall be presi first dent of the Student Senate. theI Section 4. The second vice. law president of the Student Body shall ident perform the duties of presideni lents I in the event of the absence or in lass. capacity of both the president and from first vice-president. She shall sue aca- ceed to the presidency should bott It of the president and first vice-presi resi- dent vacate that office. In suct pho- an event the Student Senate shal emic elect a president pro-tempore from but the president pro-tempore shall h of not succeed to any higher office .em- She shall succeed to the first vice. ngn- presidency in case that offic( the should become vacant. The studeni and- senate shall provide by law fol the filling the office of presiden as should the presidency and bott nate vice-presidential offiret hpcomE :tion vacant. least Section 5. The secretary-treas. be is urer of the Student Body shall re cord accurately and preserve the legible minutes of all meetings o1 r to the Student Body and of the Cabi iem- net. He shall disburse all funds and appropriated by the Student Sen for ate, and shall be chairman of the rec- Budget Committee. time Section 6. The right to recall acts any elected representative in the ided. Student Senate shall rest with the This Corner --- By CARROLL L. GILLIAM u-some seemi to have overlooked ng them. ice At present, the body that gov fnt erns the students is composed of n- the four officers of the student r- body, the four class presidents e- and representatives of the Honor Board, the Coed Association, the >ig Law Federation and the four lit hing erary societies. sup- The students-in-general have this only four directly elected rep resentatives on Student Coun cil cil. Their four class presidents ware supposed to represent their it- wishes. re Clearly, this is impossible, of for no class president can so know very many of his con on stituents and most often rep ut resents the opinions of his at own little circle. ot This does not apply specifi he cally to any of the present class nd presidents, but to the systems of or which they and the entire gov ernment, are a part. on The organizational representa .iged tives on Council are there as the the official voices of little restrictive nber groups. Honor Board, Coed As in- sociation, the Law Federation and this the literary societies are familiar the to only a small segment of stu dents. The .iunior class president has correctly said, however, that the dlent members of the literary societies ssed are the students with the greatest r so interest in campus affairs, and ver. sholdavem -.rsnatoi Ti S Harry W Hiott, Jr. ...... . . Allen McEachorn ................. Lynn Hook WeBride, George Shelor, Alan Is. VAFF m, Jay Rodgers, Ruth Patrick, ison, Carolyn Busbee, Carolyn tupert Blocker, Bob Gillespie, tty Frazer Audrey ph,pman, rton, Joy 6onsid, Ned -eatt klen, Jimmy Crawford, Grady CRITICISM k constituency which he represents. i Such recall shall be effected only by a proper petition to the presi dent of the Senate bearing the names of a majority of voters in such constituency. The president of the senate shall immediately unseat any senator so recalled. A i representative so recalled shall have the right to run for re-elec. tion from the district, or from any other district in which he may thereafter reside. ' Section 7. The Student Senate shall prescribe the manner and time of conducting such special election as may be required to fill vacancies. Section 8. The President of the Student Body may be impeached upon charges brought by any mem ber of the Student Senate, at least '20% f the total membership con curring, or upon charges brought by petition to the senate, signed by at least 2% of the Student Body at large, provided that the total of such signatures shall not be less than 25. The impeachment trial shall be held before the Stu dent Senate not later than three weeks nor earlier than one week following presentation of charges to the senate. Remotal from of fice shall be effected by a two thirds majority vote of the entire Senate membership, after all charges have been heard and after the president shall have been given an opportunity for refuta tion and defense. Article IV Amendments shall be made at any regular student body meeting in the following manner only: 1. Upon unanimous vote, in at least one hundred students being present, or, 2. If the proposed amendment was presented in writing at the preceding meeting and published in The Gamecock at least three days in advance, then the amend ment may be passed by a two thirds majority of those voting, one hundred or more students be ing present; PROVIDED, 3. That upon the unanimous vote at any regular student body 9 meeting, twenty-five or more be ing present, a proposed amend ment may be submitted to the student senate which body may ratify said amendment by a two thirds vote.. is granted, but their inclusion should not be the exclusion of the students outside, for whom the government was formed. Specific members of Council have worked hard to carry out their duties, but the jobs that they hold were established for a university half this size. Their committees, a definitely necessary part of student government, are only beginning to function, after we have been in school for some seven months. Contact by so small a group with the entire student body is impossible. That Student Council is not informed of the pulse count .of the campus was demonstrated by the pa ,rade issue last fail. These things can, and might, hap pen again. A Fair Deal Students at Carolina deserve a fair deal from Council in giving them a greater voice. Opponents have argued that they do not have any interest In the govern ment now, but this can't hold water. There is no interest because students do not think they have a part in it. Power, that is rightly theirs, will naturally breed in terest, and this power may be given without denying It to those who now possess It. This is not the age ef auto cratic government by a few, even on a univer.ity campus.