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Student Editors Note: in coapHane with Artiele XIL Setim 3 of the o Cotituties. of the stmiet body b et the aivereity, that decmsent d Is- herewith reproduced. Members si of the Carolina community are 1i urged to fammarlse themselves with its rules and provisions. This r, reproduction is for your benefit. t We, the students of, the Univer- si sity of South Carolina, do hereby a ordain and establish this constitu- b tion of the student body of the a University of South Carolina un- r der the authority granted by the Faculty and the Board of Trustees. n d Article I p Section 1. Membership of the stident body within the scope of this constitution shall be inter- C preted as all students enrolled in any current semester. ti Article .11 C Section 1. The officers of the d student body shall be as follows: h president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. The president shall be elected from the rising senior academic class; the vice-president from the rising senior law class; o the secretary and the treasurer il from the ising junior academic class, a Section 2. Any elective officer d may be removed for cause from t' office by a two-thirds vote of the C students present at the student c body meeting provided five hun- a dred (500) members of the student e body are present, and provided a such officers shall be given ten S (10) days written notice by the t Secretary of the student body with il specifications of the charges and a an opportunity to make a defense. 8 t Article III b Section 1. (a) The president r shall call meetings of the student i body upon approval of a majority a of the student council. He shall r preside over all meetings of the f student body. He shall have the e power to appoint members of the a student council committees, sub- r ject to confirmation by two-thirds e of the members of the student t council.f (b) The president shall be ex- e officio president of the student r council, shall preside at its meet- f ings, and shall be entitled to vote e in the proceedings only th case of a tie vote in that body. t (c) The president may call spe- v cial meetings of the student coun- a cil and shall call such meetings at a the written request of the majority of the members of the student r council.~ a A(d) The president shall dis- ~ charge all other duties incidental or pertaining to his office. COLUM A DAIR S Te phon 4-4171 * * * s ICE C AMr e . C 917 Main reet 1 COLUMBIA, C. WELCOME F ou Are Cordia -,T CO LL E REGULAR ALS -1I The Place is Serv E 'Busin e ice-.o 4 Vege1 / Bread & Breakfast 1015 Sumter Street SAKE ROGERE s" rekeg Cdrem. se Body Section 2. It-hall be the duty al f the vice-president of the student fil ody to assist the paesident in the cl ischarge of his duties an4 to-sx- ei Lime the duties of the president n i the absence of that officer. ti Section 3. The duties of the see- t< 3tary shall be as follows: (a) To f Ike and preserve minutes of all T tudent body and student council t keetings In a permanent record P ook provided for that purpose q nd kept in the Office of the Di- 51 actor of Student Activities. p (b) To serve notice of called ieetings to members of the stu- - ent council and provide for ample : ublicity for student body meet- ti igs. t] (c) To be responsible for all d Drrespondence of the student body b nd student council. Section 4. The duties of the reasurer shall be as followd: to e Brve as treasurer of the student )uncil and to discharge all other s uties incidental and pertaining to is office. v a Article IV b Section 1. The governing power a f this organization shall be vested 8 i the student council. e Section 2. The officers of the tudent council shall be the presi- 5 ent, vice-president, secretary, and C reasurer of the student body. a Ither members shall be the four lass president and elected repre entatives chosen by the regularly nrolled students in the schools nd colleges of the University of e outh Carolina. These representa ives shall be elected on the follow ig bases, with each school having s t least one representative: For c tudent body enrollment up to 8 hree thousand (3000), there shall " e one elected representative per ne hundred (100) students en- e olled in each school. For enroll- c ient of three thousand (3000) or bove, there shall be one elected 1 epresentative per one hundred and 0 ifty (150) students enrolled in ach school. In either system of e ,pportionment used, an additional r epresentative shall be given to S ach school for each major frac- a ional part of the enrollment. The m igures used for each student body a lection shall be the official en- ( ollment from the Registrar's -Of- 0 ice for the term in which the a lection occurs. Section 3. Each class shall have t he following officers: president, ice-president, secretary-treasurer, 1 nd historian, with the usual duties ( ppertaining to those offices. 1 Section 4. No student, while- en- c olled at the University shall be I llowed to hold more than one of c he following offices simultaneous- 2 y: president, vice-president, secre- t ary, and treasurer of th3 student d ody, and president of the junior a nd senior classes; nor shall any a tudent hold any of the above t ffices while serving in any of the e ollowing capacities: editor and 'usiness manager of the Garnet n~ nd Black and editor and business d rmanager of the Gamecock. t Article V S Section 1. The student council d hall have power to act for the a tudent body. The student assem- t ly, by a two-thirds vote, may i, escind any action of the student q ouncil, provided at least one-third a f the members of the student i ody are present. t Section 2. The student council hall meet on or before the second i 'uesday in October and thereafter v RESHMJFN! ~ly invited o GE HOP O AIN SERVICE o --Food isGood xcellent n's Lunch les. k 3 35c I, Propr dmns Sb*S 9WP - ,onstitul least one, a mouth at a date xed by the student counil. spp. M1 meetings shall be held at the il of the president. F6r each keeting of the student council Iere shall be written notification 0 all. members at least twenty bur hours preceding such meeting. he eouncil ,sball have the power o determine its rules or procedure. shall take no action unless a uorum, two-thirds of its member alp not counting the president, is resent. Section 3. Absence without ex ne for two (2) regular meeUngs f the student council shall consti ate an automatic resignation of ie member so absent from that ody. Validity of excuse shall be etermined by the remaining mem ers of the student council. Any tember so expelled shall not be ligible for re-election. Section 4. The members of the udent council shall be elected )r an ensuing academic year. All acancies in the student council nd other elective shall be filled y special election within one ionth after the vacancy occurs, nd by the general rules herein et forth for a general student lection. Section 5. The student council hall make announcements in the amecock of all its actions which ffect the student body. Article VI Section 1. All powers herein numerated shall be vested in the tudent council. Section 2. The student council hall be the standing executive immittee of the student body. It hall have the power to name com iittees for the student council and )r the administration of any proj et sponsored by the student coun il. It shall further have the puwer ) elect student members of joint tudent-faculty committees n o t therwise herein provided for. Section 3. The regulations gov rning social events shall be ad inistered by a Committee on ocial Affairs. This committee hall consist of five (5) members, ot more than two (2) from any chool, and not more than three 3) from either sex. The duties f this committee shall be to plan nd execute campus-wide social ffairs and similar events subject D review. Section 4. There shall be estab shed by the student council a ,ommittee on Student-Faculty Re ations. This committee is to be omposed of the President of the Fniversity, Dean of Domen, Dean f Men, Dean of Arts and Science, ecretary of the Y.M.C.A., Diree or of Student Activities, Presi ent of the student body, one (1) tudent from each school repre ented on the student council and wo (2) faculty representatives hosen by the compnittee. Section 5. There shall be a Fi ance Advisory Committee whose uty shall be to allocate, subject o review, such portion of the stu ent activities fee as Is set aside or apportionment. This committee hall be composed of seven (7) stu ents, three (3) faculty members, nid the director of' student activi ies. Student organizations receiv rig allocations must present ade uate budgets, keep orderly books nd submit accounts and other in ormation requeated by the Direc or of Student Activities. Section 6. There shall be an ntramural Advisory Committee rhose duty it shall be,.to work with he athletic departinent on Intra riural Sports. This committee shall e composed of five (5) students, ot more than three (3) of whom. hall be of the same sez. Section 7. There shall be an Lthlotic A d v iso ry Committee ,hose duty shall be to work with he Faculty Athletic Committee. 'his committee shall be composed f five (5) students, not more than bree (3) of whom shall be of the aine sex. Article UI Section 1. The Honor Council, nder such authority as granted by be Board of Trustees and faculty, as mole and ecomplete jurisdiction f all mattrs of honer. The Key Candy &l Cande - Toba 12S1.12S7 L Lion Pu Section 2. AU authority sad jur lediction foeton In such matter derives frothe Board of Trusteei and faculty jnly. Article VIII Section L- Any one hundrec (100) members of the studeni body, upon ,igning a petition t the student 'Gouncil, or two-thirdi of the menbers of the studeni council, shali have the right t call a meeting of the student body Article IX Section 1. A student body meet. ing shal. be held on or before thf Tuesday immediately preceding the first day of election for thi purpose of n6minating the candi dates for the following offices All student body offices and cheel leaders. Nominations of studeni body officers. may also be mad4 by petition signed by one hundre< (100) members of the studen body. Each elas president shall or or before the same day, hold a meeting of his respective clast for the purpose of nominating candidates for class officers. Nom inations for *Was officers can als< be made by. petition signed bi twenty-five (25) of the member! of the class.. All nominations oi studeht body'. and class officer except that for May Queen shal be in the hands of the president oi the student body by twelve o'clocl noon of the Thursday immediatel' preceding the first day of election Section 2.. A meeting -of the stu dents of each school and colleg of the University shall be held oi or before the Wednesday immedi ately preceding the first day ol election for the purpose of nomin ating the representatives to th4 student council. The -epresenta tives may also be nominated bi petition signed by four per cen (4%) of the enrollment of eacl school but In no case slan thij number be less than fifteen (15) Section 8. There shall be an an nual beauty pageant of junior an< senior co-eds, who should havi completed at least three (3) semes ters at the University of Sout) Carolina, for the purpose of select ing candidatoo Set May Queen. N4 one other than those selected a the pageant shall be eligible fo election to this office. The pagean shall be under the supervision o Kappa Sigma Kappa fraternity un less the student council, by a two thirds vote, deems it advisable t< delegate this authority to som4 other organization. There shall b an accounting of funds collecte( and disbursed to the Finance Com nmittee of the student body. Article X Section 1. All elections shall b< conducted under the supervisioa and control of the student council and all elections shall be conducte< by secret ballot. The student coun cil shall have final jurisdiction ii all contested elections and shal have power to call special elec tions, subject to the provisions con tained in this constitution. Section 2. The election shall be gin the first Monday in April unless changed by a two-third vote of the student council in th event holidays interfere. Publi notice shall be given four (4 weeks prior to the date set fo election. Section 3. Elections shall be heli in the following order: First week May Queen, student body officera cheer leaders, and student counei members from the respectiv< schools, and/or necessary runoff: for these respective offices. Sec end week: Class Officers and an: other elections called for unde: constitutions of publications o: other activities, and/or necessar: runoffs for these respective offices SectIon 4. Freshman academi< elections shall be conducted unde: the supervision of the studen council within the first two month: of the first semester. At least fou: (4) week4 notice of such electio: shall be given. SectIon 5. There shall be elected from the student body eIght (8 cheer leaders, consisting of foua (4) men and four (4) women. ,j head cheer leader shall be elect. (ERBY .j robacco Company cs- Sundries. blis hed by this group from its membe Tryouts will be required for candidates, and will be conduc one week before the general ca pus elections in the spring of ei year. Nominations will be ma from those who try out at tl time. Elected cheer leaders v serve for one academic year. Section 6. To be elected, candidate must receive a major of votes cast. In case no candid shall receive a majority, a spe< election shall be held at a date by the student council, as p vided for in Section 1 of t Article. The two candidates 'ceiving the highest number votes in the first election sh be candidates for such office offices in the runoff election. Section 7. The type of bal used shall be a numbered stub a unnumbered ticket. Members the student council shall serve managers of the polls and tell of the ballots. All ballots shall kept in the college vault for period' of five days following date of election. They shall tI be turned over to the president the student body and a member the Honor Council who shall i meoately destroy them. In c an election is contested, not must be filed with the stud council within four (4) days af the date of election. The stud council shall then take charge the ballots and shall investig the charges of the persons c testing the election. The cou shall order a new election if seems wise, and the result of new election shall be conside: final. Section 8. A member of Honor Board shall.be on hand an observer at all times during eletions and in the counting ballots. Section 9. The terms of office sucessful candidates for the offi of the University of South Ca lina shall begin not la)er than third Wednesday immediately f lowing the first Wednesday election week. Article XI Section 1. Proposed amendme to this constitution and by-la shall be submitted in writing a student council meeting and sh be read three times; no read within an interval of two (2) di from the preceding reading. shall require a majority vote those present to pass the first a second reading. It shall then subject to ratification by eitl of the following means to be cided by the student council: two-thirds vote of those presi provided that at least four h dred (400) members of the stud body are in meeting assembl or two-thirds majority of a tc vote cast in a special election, p vided that at least four hund (400) ballots are cast. Section 2. All proposed amne ments to this constitution and laws shall be posted on the U2 versity bulletin board and p lished in the Gamecock at le one week prior to the day set ratification by either method. fore any amendment becomes fective it must be approved by Faculty .and Board of Truste< Section 3. This constitution by-laws shall be incorporated Ia permanent record book of secretary of the student bodyia shall be permanently preserved the office of the Dean of the ( CALDELL SOUTH Fin * 1334 Si In Full re. legs of Arts and Science, Dean of ali Women, the Univeraity Library, the President of the University of South Carolina, the Director of de Student Activities, the Dean of iat Administration, the Dean of Men, fill and the Directors of Veterans. It shall be the duty of the secretary a of the student body to keep these it copies up-to-date with respect to ial amendments. set ro- Article X1I his Section 1. Rules contained in re of Robert's Rules of Order shall gov all ern the student body meetings in or all cases to which they are applic able and in which they are not lot inconsistent with this constitution ,nd and by-laws. of Section 2. Business may be as transacted by a two-thirds major ers ity of those present in a student be body meeting, provided that at a least one hundred (100) members ;he of the student body are present. en Section 3. This constitution shall of be- properly published at the be of ginning of each school year, and m. publication of pertinent sections ise concerned with election of candi ice dacies shall be published during ?nt the first month of the second ter semester in the Gamecock. nt Section 4. This constitution shall of go into effect at ensuing elections ILte upon proper ratification by the 2n- Student Body, Faculty, and Board icil of Trustees. it -he 1 1 u. -ed Football Tickets :he For Freshmen all Available Today of Aeinabers of the freshman class of may secure their varsity football -es tickets at the ticket office in the ro- field house tomorrow, Monday and he Tuesday, Dr. J. T. Penney, chair Of man of the Faculty Athletic Com mittee, has announced. The office will be open from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Monday and Tuesday, and from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. tomorrow. t a All students must have both all their athletic card and their var ng sity tickets to gain admittance to lys the stadium for varsity contests. It of The student athletic card is valid nd for all freshman games. be Students dating other univer ier sity students may secure tickets de- together regardless of your date's A class standing. The date, with sthdet card, must be with the nsuetwhen tickets are obtained. ed; If students fail to appear during tal your scheduled period, they will ro have to take whatever tickets are red being issued at that time. Septem d- ber 28 is the last day for issuance ni ub anst for Be ef the ~s. Lnd in the nd fjf injk 5S CAFEERIA GA ROLiN A'S west gest * * imter Street J. A. Stoddard Dies Suddenly At Home Here Dr. James A. Stoddard, 72, pro fessor emeritus of secondary edu cation and a member of the faculty of the university for 30 years, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his home on Deveraux road. Dr. Stoddard was one of the states most widely known and revered teachers. He was retired from the university in July 1946. He received his AB degree from the university in 1902, and his MA from Peabody in 1904. For many years the director of the university's summer school. He joined the university school of edu cation faculty in 1918. Dr. Stoddard held membership in many state and national educa tional associations. His honors in cluded membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Phi Kappa, Blue ley, Kappa Sigma Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, and the Wardlaw Club. With his varied experience with and a thorough understanding of the problems facing teachers, Dr. Stoddard was able to impart price less technical advice to his many students. Many of his former stu dents hold important educational positions in schools throughout the state. He wrote the Geography of South Carolina (1922) and "Back Grounds of Secondary Education in South Carolina" (1924). He also wrote articles for professional and popular publications. Doctor Stoddard was born at Owings, October 12, 1876, the son of Robert James and Frances Du Pree Stoddard. A survey of the student body some years ago revealed that 51% of men students and 49% of wo men students in the university be longed to no campus organization of any sort. Fraternities were banished from the university by legislative act in 1897, during Dr. James Woodrow's administration is president. Bronze plaques on trees about the campus commemorate the stu dents who lost their lives 4 the first world war. The student depository at the University was first used October 1, 1943. SAY ... "saw it mn THE GAMECOCK" Things Never Think t ... When we flip * swtch, that Ie.... 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