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Consti Printed below is the propos stitution: THE PRE We, the students of the Un order to conduct student affair systematic manner; to define sponsibilities of the students, ir secure for ourselves training a ment; and to provide an orgar which our efforts for a better uni versity may be directed do hereby ordain and establish this constitu tion of the Student Body of the University of South Carolina. THE EXECUTIVE Article I Section 1 The executive department shall consist of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treas urer of the Student Body, At torney General, the Cabinet, and the specifically appointed Com mittee Chairmen. Section 2 The duties and powers of the President are: 1. He shall act as the official representative of the student body in all matters pertain ing to the students. 2. He may participate in the debate of the Senate with the approval of the body. 8. He may appoint any person to act as a non-voting ex officio member of any Senate committee. 4. He may call and preside over meetings of the Student Body. 5. He may veto any bill passed by the Senate. 6. He may cause to be issued by the Treasurer any check which shall not exceed ten dollars which he may re quire in the performance of courtesies in the name of the Student Body government, and he shall present a state ment of all such checks for post-approval of the Senate. 7. He shall serve as chairman of an advisory cabinet consist ing of officers of the Student Body and presidents of the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes. 8. He shall address the Senate at least once a semester on student affairs and may recommend legislation that he deems necessary. 9. He shall appoint with the approval of a majority of the Senate all persons represent ing the Student Government in any official capacity. 10. He shall assume all powers and responsibilities pertain ing to his office. Section 8 The President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Student Body of the University of South Carolina must have a scholastic average of three or bet ter and shall be in good standing with the University at the time of their inauguration. The President at the time of his nomination must be a rising senior and have completed not less than 75 credit liours. The Vice-President of the Stu dent Body shall be elected from the rising junior or senior class, including the Law School. The Secretary and the Treasurer of the Student Body shall be elected from the rising junior or senior academic class. Seedion 4 The duties and powers of the vice-President are: 1. He shall serve as the pre siding officer of the Senate. 2. He shall succeed to the of fiee of President, should that o ff icee be permanently vacated. SeedIon 5 The duties and powers of the Secretary are: 1. He shall take and maintain the official role and minutes of all cabinet meetings. 2. He shall maintain an ar dhives in which shall be placed an official copy of all laws, the minutes of the N N33J I@m. BE AN or snoN f 0A Ltutio ad Student Government Con AMBLE iversity of South Carolina, in i in gn efficient, orderly, and elearly the privileges and re dividually and collectively; to nd experience in self-govern 3zational framework through Senate, all official corres spondence, as well as any other pertinent reports. 8. He shall send, receive, and distribute all official cor respondence of the Student Body Government. 4. He shall perform any other duties assigned to him by the President pertaining to his office. 5. He shall organize and train a secretariat. Section 6 The duties and powers of the Treasurer are: 1. He shall have access to all financial records of any or ganization which receives or requests monies from the Student Body Government. 2. He shall record all receipts, expenditures, and appropria tions of the monies of the student body government in conjunction with the Treas urer of the University of South Carolina. These rec ords shall be public and sub ject to be audited by the Treasurer of the University at any time. 3. He shall perform any other duties germane to his office assigned to him by the President. Section 7 The duties and powers of the Uttorney General are: 1. He shall be elected from the rising senior law class, and nominated from the law school. 2. He shall also investigate, gather evidence, and prose cute any offenders of the Student Constitution of the University of South Caro lina or any statutes in per suance thereof. 3. He shall assist and represent the president in the perform ance of his duties as thc President shall direct. Section 8 There shall be officers of the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes. These officers shall consist of z President, Vice-President, Sec. retary and Treasurer of the re spective classes. The Presidents of these classes shall serve as members of th< President's Advisory Cabinet. LEGISLATIVE BRANCII Article II SectIon 1 All legislative powers hereir granted shall be vested in a Sen. ate which shall be composed of rn more than 30 voting Senators. Section 2 No student excepting first sem ester freshmen shall be eligible for nomination to the Senate unless he has maintained an over-all grade ratio of at least two at the Uni versity. The Senate shall have thE authority to prescribe the qualifi cations for election as a delegat4 and shall have the power to regu. late elections. SectIon 3 Each school at the Universitl shall be represented on the Senat< by delegates, the number of which shall be proportionate to thai school's spring semester enroll. ment in the University. Each oj the schools shall have at least on< Your Finest PU, KNOX ABBOTT 1 BrinE delegate. Four of the 30 Senators i shall be the Presidents of the I Senior, Junior, Sophomore and Freshman classes. Thgree additional non-voting Senators in the Senate shall be chosen by the Freshman class in the election to be held on or before the second Friday in November. Section 4 The Senate shall meet no less than twice each month during the regular school. semesters. It shall establish before the second meet ing of each semester the time and place of its regular meetings. All meetings shall be open to the stu dents and faculty unless desig nated by the Vice-President or a majority vote of the Senate as an executive session. Any non-mem ber will be allowed to address the Senate only upon invitation of the body. The Senate shall as a second order of business adopt its own rules by a two-thirds vote. Two- n thirds of the Senate shall consti tute a quorum. Section 5 The first order of business of a newly elected Senate shall be the election of a President pro tempore and a clerk. Any duly elected voting member of the Sen ate shall be eligible 0o hold these offices. The President pro-tem pore and the clerk shall be voting members of the Senate. The presiding officer, the Vice-Presi dent, shall vote only in eases of ties. Section 6 Special meeting of the Senate may be called by the President or by the Vice-President or by writ ten request of 50 per cent of the members of the Senate. Section 7 Members of the 'Senate who shall miss more than four meetings of that body shall be deemed to have resigned automatically. Section 8 Only elected Senators of the Senate will be allowed to serve in the Senate. No proxys, substitutes or alternate may act in the place of a delegate. Section 9 If a bill is passed by a majority of the Legislature, signed by the Student Body President, and not vetoed by the President of the University within 10 working days after passage, a bill becomes law. In order for a bill to become law over the veto of the Student Body President, it is necessary for the Senate to pass it by a two-thirds majority. Section 10 The Senate shall have the power to pass any rules or regulations which are necessary and proper for the most efficient conduct of the Student Government and the Student Body. Section 11 All officers of the Student Body Government charged with non-feasance, misfeasance, or mal feasance may be impeached and if found guilty of such charge shall be removed from office. Furthermore, if a student body officer is guilty of any crime or found to be guilty of any conduct which would reflect dishonor upon CAMPBELL'! PH ARI Cornell DRUGF- SCH( NOTIONS - SO Sport-Relax andP !T-Pi GOLF FERENT COURSES - 36 EXCITING LY 1 P.M. TIL. MIDNIGHT - CLOSEC DRIVE -CAYCE * gs Wit he Undversity he may be removed y impeachment proceedings. vo Impeachment proceedings may thi >e started by any Senator 'by fil- H< ng a complaint with the secretary if the Student Body Government. ro ['he Secretary must refer the com- be )laint to the Senate at its next tit neeting. A special committee of in1 senators shall be appointed to nvestigate and to be responsible or the prosecution (with the aid >f the Attorney General). During ms mpeaohmeut proceedings, the Sen- vo te shall act as a court to try the tic Lecused. An affirmative vote of pe hree-quarters of the full member- pr hip of the Legislature shall be - tecessary for the removal of any officer so impeached. Section 12 If a vacancy occurs in the Sen ite, the appropriate school shall iominate its candidate on a peti ion of five per cent of the school Hu r by 25 students, whichever shall __ eo lesser. From those nominated, t he Senate shall fill the vacancy ps >y a majority vote. Ac Section 13 del The Senate shall have the ne >ower to create such committees e vithin the Senate as it shall deem tecessary. Pr. Section 14 S0 The Senate shall by majority Be rote approve or amend the pro- Ar )osed budget presented by the wa President. me Section 15 in The Senate shall hear the Presi- Ef lent of the Student Body upon his O request and shall consider bills or -esolutions offered by the Presi- ti lent. Gu Section 16 Gy A majority vote by the Senate ' s necessary to ratify all appoint- - nents made by the President of he Student Body. * Article 111 Section 1 The Honor Board, under such tuthority as 'granted by the Board >f Trustees and faculty, has sole foi md complete jurisdiction in all Di natters of honor. rat Section 2 All authority and jurisdiction co for action in such matters derives su from the Board of Trustees and [aculty only. -rel Article IV All elective offices provided for po n this constitution shall be filled it an election to be held annually tra luring the first wveek of April us mnless changed by a two-thirds be rote of the.- Senate, in the event bhi ;hat day proves impracticable. th All elections shall be conducted su y secret ballot. The Senate chall. letermine the time and place of b roting. Election officials shall be ap-- pe >Ointed by the student body presi- wr lent and confirmed by a majority s; rote of the Senate. To be elected a candidate must 'eceive a majority of the votes ~ast. In case no candidate shall 'eceive a major'ity, there shall be run-off election on a (lay desig iated by the Senate at least 14 lays after the student body elec Ions. CORNELL AACY Arms IOL SUPPLIES DA FOUNTAIN lay . .. iTT IOLES( SUNDAYS 4 BLOCKS BEYOND HOLIDAY INN MOTEL le Chd rhe Senate shall by a majority efj be provide for the election of th aerleaders, a May Queen and in mecoming Queen. ll persons registered and en led in this University are mem re of the student body and en- ml led to vote in all of its proceed- 14 Article V Amendments to this constitution y be proposed by a majority te of the Senate or by a peti- fei n signed by not less than 10 to r cent of the student body. A inj )posed amendment shall become by 3. C. Psycho I 'lects Ball. Kenneth Ball and E 1 m o n d phi ghes were elected president and rie rebary-treasurer respectively of ph South Oarolina Association of je< ychology Students at the Science ademy last week. The Carolina S,i egation competed against Fur-' dei .n University and Winthrop Col- sp, ,e for the offices. Ph Dr. Elmore Martin was elected seident of the South Carolina As- we iation of Psychology, and Dr. dii r ris Gertz is the president-elect. song the papers read at SCAP a Dr. Thomas Scott's "Measure- De nt of Change of Perceived Size. Dx the Archimedes of Spiral After- "A fects." Other members of the A rolina Psychology staff attend were Dr. Erland Nelson, Dr. sii ido Borasio, and Dr. Malcolm RL -nther. N< i, Placing second in the student B Di ommlttee unishes 2 JSC Males rwo male students were recently and guilty by the University aciplinary Committee for sepa ;e offenses. Dne of the two students was upelled to move off campus and rrender his voluntary attendance ca having a "master key." He was Pr orted by other students. n George W. Tomlin, dean of men, te, Inted out that 'his office has been uli ring to discourage students from ne ng or possessing "master keys" a. ~ause of the danger of being mied if anything is stolen from g.r ir d (ormitories. Possession of cu h keys is therefore strictly flor- it [den.so A second male student was sus- in ided from the University for e iting a forged check which lhe 'ned with a fictitious name, an KUDL m ACROSS 8. where the nuts come from 1. Fraternal letter 4. Cricketera' 5i. Haywire craving - 9. Crewdrivers 5. This is basic, 10. This is poison in basic 11. Sport for 6. Like switching Willie the to Koois 'Penguin (8 words) (2 words) 7. Upright 13. Seat-of-the. (2 words) pants condition 8. Necessity for 14. They go Pop's car with out, 12. Traveling 15. Grand, hand (2 words) or band--.... 16. Curvaceous 17. Smali accounts aure 20. Little 17. It's good in organization the hole 21. Strike out 18. Modern art 26. With dames sounds ' 29. Hlayseedy educational (p1.) man's name 19. Classy classes 80. Whst Harvard 21. Kools are -. men fish for favored by 81. A little less discerning than many smokers 82. Akin 22. It follows 85. Between you 23. -- --sja matr s ' gIt's coo Ii Kool, 27 Crame . Menthol Magic erame 41. Khan man 281. Pedal wiggler 42. "Jernt" 88. Buy 'a carton 44. Kind of cent of KCools at your 45. Libido favorite..... 46. Backward idol 84. Count. in Italy for instance 47. Bees's curve 85. It precedes 48. An age 80 Across 49. N. C. college 86. Unopened 88. America's most DOWN '*e" 1. ..-...de 89. Prefix meaning Boulogne "within" 2. Reaching 40. Kind of dive without 48. Knowledgeable the ring fellow YOU NEED OFKl mges lective when ratified by a two. lrds majozlty of' those voting a campus-wide election. All iendments shall be voted or thin 60 days after being pro. sed. Any proposed amendmenl wst be made public not less thar days_ before the election ir dioh it is to be considered. Article VI This constitution shall take ef. t upon proper ratification by i 'o-thirds majority of those vot i in a campus wide election and the approval of the faculty. ogy Group President ilosophical essay contest was Car. Bartell, who used the philoso. er Alfred Whitehead as her sub. t. Dr. T. T. Lafferty and Dr. Jamee nmons were elected vice-presi. nt and secretary-treasurer, re actively, of the South Carolinm ilosophy Association. A number of scholarly essay. re presented in the philosoph3 rision by staff members. Dr land Nelson presented "A Criti m of Criticism." Dr. James Sim mns' topic was "A Philosophica finition of Argumentation," an< T. T. Lafferty's subject wa: Metaphysical Interpretation o1 Logical Problem." Papers w e r e presented fron ier departments of the Univer ;y. Dr. John H. Herr and Hwa iey Chen, and Dr. William H rman presented papers from th4 ology department. Dr. A. P ench and Dr. J. H. Overton, an< Fred H. Giles represented th< ysics Department. M. S. Wheeler and Margare heeler represented 'the Chemistr3 partment. inear Expert 'lans Talks 1t BA School Dr. Giuseppe M. Ferrero di Roc ferrera, will speak on "Linea ograming As Applied To Busi as Problems" Friday, April 8. The first of his two lectures )tatively scheduled for the fac ;y lounge of the School of Busi ss Administration, will be at 14 n. and the second at 3.:30 p.m Dr. Roccaferrera, perhaps th< r~emost authority on linear pro aming in the Southeast, will dis as the kinds of business poblemi: can solve and those it canno ive, as well as defining the tern his lectures. The lecture is open to all inter ~ed students, but is expected t< peal primarily to engineering d mathematics majors. >SSWORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 26 27 29 30 32 33 35 36 41 . 42 44 45 Whnyur throat you it's time for a c yo)u need a areal charie..0 T HE }1a Campus Briefs I "Gamecock" Meeting There will be a meeting of "Thp Gamecock" at a f f today in room 208, Russell House at 3 p.m. " " " Carolina Christian Fellowship I Chaplain A. J. Turner, aesstaMt post chaplain at Ft. Jackson will bring a special message in tlhe YMCA lounge, Russell House,. Fri day at 7:30 p.m. All Oarolina stu dents are invited to the meeting after which refreshments will be served. " i 0 Junior-Senior "Y" The junior-senior "Y" luncheon will be held on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Russell House assembly room. * * 0 Pep Club The Pop Club will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in room 204, Russell House. Members are re quired to be present as the new constitution will be read and second semester dues must be paid at this meeting. * " C WUSC-AM Meeting The s t'a f f of WUSC-AM will meet today in room 204, Russell House at 5 p.m. " " " Press Club Luncheon The Press Club will hold its weekly luncheon meeting today in the Azalea Room, Russell House at 1 p.m. * S * Student Union Movie The Student Union movie for April 7 is "Love is a Many Splen dored Thing," starring Jennifer Jones and William Holden. Movies will start at 3, 6, and 8:30 p.m. Law Group Pledges 19 At Carolina Pinkney Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, national law fraternity, pledged the following men from - the members of the University law school: Thomas E. Lydon, Wil liam T. Goldfinch, James B. Ellisor, William G. Cain, Conrad A. Hol bert, Pierce S. White, Jr., Murray - A. Danz, Frank .J. Bryan, and 5 D)udley Britt. SAlso, Richard K. Smith, Clar I ence T. Goolsby, Michael J. Suritz, Michael J. Burkett, Bernard L. - Friedman, Win. Timothy Johnson, Louis Ingram, Robert A. Dobson, Frank Register and Olin Ray Dabney. No. 10 7 8 "R YO K(DL ENOUGH TO KRACK THIS?" 21 22 23 24 25 28 31 34 37 38 39 40 43 46' 49 ~ ALSO AVAILABLE WITHOUT ,L leA' FILTER