MINUTES OF STUDENT COUNCIL
3:45 P.M. Wed. October 7, 1953
The meeting was opened by the president, Jim Addy. The secretary called the roll and read the minutes which were approved.
The treasurer gave his report. The balance brought forward was $ 2277.72 and thre were no receipts, The disbursements amunted to 68.50 including $ 25.00 for Eastern States Membership, $ 27.50 for payment of small envelopes for the SGA, $10.00 for flowers sent to the dedication of the Student Centre, and $ 6.00 for a last year's bill for May Day expenses. The balance in the treasury at present is $ 2209.22 and the petty cash is 40.24.
The president read a letter of resignation from Joan Carre, a Member-at-Large on the Executive Board. Jim said that this was not yet official because the letter was not addressed to the Executive Board or the Council.
Mary Jane Mack, chairman of the committee investigating the feasibility of a judiciary body for handling campus problems as traffic, said that her committee discussed and investigated the situation and suggested that some sort of a traffic commission be set up rather than a Student Court. Mis Woodward suggested that the committee see Dean Murphy about his problem as she has worked with institutions which had student courts and might prove very helpful on the matter.
George Hohl, the treasurer, then submitted the Budget allocations for the first semester showing tentative figures for the second semester and yearly total. He states that the treasurers of organizations were present to answer any questions about their allocations should then need clarification. George then thanked the members of the Finance Committee for their effort and cooperation in working out the Budget. These members were Mary Jane Mack, Tony Marchione, Irene Paul- who served as secretary of the group- Bill Santman, Lorraine Walke, and Keith Wilson.
The Council then began discussing the budget organization by organization, A few allocations were questioned such as the Class of '57, Marshals, and Glen Players. However, these points were clarified. Discussion was held about an additional $ 50.00 request for the Student Centre to pay for television insurance which was unforseen before the budget request was submitted. Dean Pickens made a motion that $ 50.00 more be added to the Student Centre allocation for the first semester to pay for TV insurance with the stipulation that if this money is not used for insurance it will be deducted from next semester's allocation. The Glee Club had asked for money to pay for awards but George said that there is a ruling that no money should be allotted to an organization which gives credit for membership. It was suggested that this be brought up again as a topic for future discussion. Finally, after completing discussion of the budget allocations Tony Marchione made a motion that we accept the budget presented by the Finance Committee with the $ 50.00 increase for the Student Centre. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
Jim next introduced Dr. Neulander, our Associate Advisor, to the members of the Student Council.
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The next issue on the agenda was the question of whether or not we wished to remain a member-school of NSA The questions were directed to Miss Faye Davis, the delegate to the 6th National Student Congress in Ohio this summer. The questions were:
1. Do you think it is worthwhile to belong to NSA?
Ans. Yes, definitely, because of the services offered in sending cimpoled materials on all phases of student government and more important the prestige gained by having the name of Towson associated with some of the largest colleges and universities in the country in a national organization.
2. Does the NSA representative have to come from the Student Council?
Ans. There is no set policy about this as yet because we only joined the association last year but from experience with NSA Faye said she would recommend that the representative be elected by the Council from the Student Body at large and then made a voting or a non-voting member of the Council depending upon the decision of the Council. She also suggested that the representative chosen should be a person who is free from other obligations so he or she could devote the time necessary to fulfill such a position.
3. Are the faculty and administration in favor of NSA?
Ans. Dr. Hawkins is in favor of the Association and Miss Woodward, although unable to speak for other members of the fcaulty, stated that she also was in favor of NSA.
There was some discussion as to whether or not the rumors were true about NSA being a subversive organization. The answere to this was that NSA has been thoroughly investigated by the State Department, the American Association of Colleges and it received public recognition and encouragement from the American Association for the Deans of Women as well as from President Eisenhower and Mr. Adlai Stevenson.
After the discussion Dean Pickens made a motion that the Student Council choose to remain in NSA for the coming year with the stipulation that the Council decide before leaving college in June whether or not to remain in NSA for teh following year so as not to endanger Towson's chances of holding a regional office. The motion was seconded and carried, the vote being 24 in favor of the motion and 6 abstaining. Those abstaining were: Jim Addy, Gus Bisbikes, Mary Levin, Sherry Mangold, Tony Marchione, and Bill Miller.
There will be a special meeting of the Student Council next Wednesday, Oct. 13, for the purpose of electing a permanent NSA representative to the regional meetings.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Patti Losco
SGA Secretary
