A.W. s. 1958-59 Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take away with us. Humboldt A. W. S. HANDBOOK 1958 -1959 Edited by ASSOCIATED WOMEN STUDENTS MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY TABLE OF CONTENTS Presidents' Letter ______________________________________________________ Activities Board Representatives _______ __ ____ ______ __ _____ Judiciary-Legislative Board Representatives ______ Student Activities __ ______________ ___ ____ ______________________________ _ Constitution ______ ___________ _ : __ __ __ ______________________ __ __ ___ ---------- 4 5 6 7 9 Residence Closing H ours __________ ______ ________ ___ _______________ 20 Minimum Quiet Regulations _________________________ ___ _____ ___ 21 Additional House Regulations ___ ____ ____ _____ _______________ _ 21 Callers in University Residences ____________________________ 22 Guests, Overnight __ ____________ ______ __ __ _________________ ___ __ _____ :__ 24 Signing Out ___ ___ ___ ____ _______ _______________________ __ ________ ___ ________ 25 Signing In ______ ____ __ ____ ___ _____ ___ ___ __________ ____________ ________________ 27 Penalties for Signing In or Out ______ ___ _______________ __ ____ 28 Late Returning ___________ ________________ ____ ________ ___ _____ ____ ______ _ 29 Campusing _________ _________ _______ ___ _____________ __ _______________________ 30 Late Permissions ______ __ _____ _____ ___ ___________ _____________ ___________ 32 Overnight Permissions ___________________________ ___________________ 34 Working Regulations __________ ____ ______ __________ ______ ____ ____ ___ _ 35 Senior P ermission _____________ ___________ _____ _______ __________________ 36 University Honor Women _____ _____ ____ __ ___ _____ ____________ ___ _ 37 Serenades _______ _________ _____ _________________ ____ _______ ___________ ________ 39 Sports Dress ______ __________ ___ ___ __ ________ ______ ___ ________________ ____ ___ All-University Regulations ________________ _______ ____ ___ ________ 39 40 2 MEET THE CHIEFS Lolly Luhman Activities Board Karen Milligan Judiciary-Legislative Board Hi Ladies! Has your vacation been a happy one? We of A.W.S., A ssociat ed Women Students, certainly hope so. Now you are ready to begin a new school term filled with hard work and yet many rewards. Many of you are just starting a new life, college life; for others it will be the continuation of a memory, not soon to be forgotten. A.W.S. will be at your service this entire year, for each of you is a member of A.W.S. Your A.W.S. is composed of two governing boards. The Activities Board acts in the realm of service, coordinating women's activities as well as participat ing in campus-wide function s. The Judiciary-Legis lative Board is run by your fellow students. It promotes a representative form of self-government, establishes and administers regulations. The regula tions are guide posts to help each woman student recognize her own responsibility. Representatives serve to make your problems and suggestions known. It is to your advantage to make use of them. In the coming year we hope that your A.W.S. will grow to all expectations. Sincerely, Lolly Luhman Karen Milligan 4 1958 - 1959 A.W.S. ACTIVITI ES BOARD OFFICERS Lolly Luhman Drue Graessley Phoebe Osner Carol Nicholson Bonnie Dyer Mary Toth Miss Laurena Beadle Miss Mabel Petersen . . . . . . . . President First Vice President Second Vice President . . . Recording Secretary . . . Corresponding Secretary . T reasurer . .. Adviser .. Adviser REPRESENTATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rochelle Schreiber Mona Dorsey Bersy Woodward Roseanne Cleary Mary T oth Phoebe Osnei Connie Shaneour Jo Wolf Mary Jean Makedonsky Sue Clark ................ . . . . Sue Addison Marie Kaiser Betsy Frost Joan Wooldridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Marr Janice Ball Sue Beekman Bonnie Dyer Nancy Branton Sue Danielson Lois Foulds Jane Idleman ..... ... Kathy McNulty Beverly Steffes Janie Roberts. . . . . . . . . . . . Marsha Levy Carol Ellis Sharon Zimmerman Carol Nicholson Bea Bennett Sue Gallegher Jan Booth Abbot . .. N. Campbell .... S. Campbell Gilchrist E. Landon .... . .. W. Landon Mason E. Mayo .. . W. Mayo . .... Phillips . Snyder Van Hoosen . . . N. Williams S. Williams E . Yakeley W. Yakeley .. Off-Campus . . Off-Campus Sorority Sorority .. . Sorority Sorority ... Alpha Lambda Delta E x- Officio Home Ec. Council ... Inter dorm Council .. ... .. . ....... . Mortar Board . . Pan Hellenic Sno Caps Spartan Women's League ...... T ower Guard . .... . . . ........ YWCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 1958 - 1959 AW.S. JUDICIARY-LEGISLATIVE BOARD OFFICERS Karen Milligan Pat Winters Bar bara Melchoir Joan Kolodziej Gayla Goodrich Miss Mabel Petersen Miss Laurena Beadle ..... P res ident . ... . Vice-President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary .. Treasurer .. Adviser .. . Adviser REPRESENTATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbot Libby Young . N. Campbell Nancy Heller .. S. Campbell Suzanne Lennartson Gilchrist Fran Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. E. Landon Anita Munson . W. Landon Jo Smith Mason Judy Votell . . . . . . . . E. Mayo Betty Landsburg .. ... . .. . W. Mayo Bar bara Melchoir .. . . . . .. Phillips Gayla Goodrich Snyder Gail Grattan . .... N. Williams Mary Speck . . S. Williams Kay Johnson E. Yakeley Pat Douglas ... . .. ... . ...... . ... . .... W. Yakeley Suzann Price Joan Kolodziej . Van Hoosen Nancy Angers . . . .. . . . ..... . .. .. . ....... Sorority Pat Blue Sorority . . . . ..... . .. Sorority Judy DeVille Sue Harrigan Sorority .. . Off-Campus Judy Kuipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 STUDENT ACTIVITIES Eligibility Are you taking part in any extra curricular ac tivities? Then take a look at the eligibility rulings of Student Congress. You must have an all-university 2 point average and must be carrying at least 12 credits to be eli gible for any office or to be nominated as a Queen. You must maintain a 2 point all-university average during your term of office and also during the term previous to your election. If you fall below an all university 2 point average during your term of of fice, you are honor bound to tender your resignation. In case of doubt of status, students should inquire in the Student Government Office. These regulations are similar to those which are followed in other Big Ten schools. They are design ed to foster your effectiveness both academically and in your extra curricular activities. To serve as an officer or to be honored as a Queen is a reward of merit. Records of Your Activities: Each term you will be asked to bring your list of a ctivities up to date on an Activities Card which is kept on file with the cards of your housemates. Be sure to li st all your activities because they will serve you well. While you are in school they will serve as references for organizations such as Tower Guard, Mortar Board, sororities and other organiza tions when t hey are seeking women eligible for membership. This information will be sent to the Advisors of A.W.S. in the Dean of Students' office at the end of each school year to be kept on file and to serve as reference material. Your future employ ers will be interested in your extra curricular activi ties as well as your academic record. 7 Don". be a joiner just for the sake of listing your memberships in the Wolverine. If you limit your activities to those organizations in which you are really interested and really work for them, you will contribute to your own growth as well as to the growth in strength of the organization without re ducing your academic achievement. Whatever you do, may your goal be to do it well. It is not so much how much we do, but how we do it that really counts. Activities for you: Following are the possible campus elected leader ship positions for which you, as a woman student, can petition: Student Congress, elected from living units in spring term. A.W.S ., elected from living units during winter term. Class Officers, elected by each class during spring term (Fleshman class officers are elected fall term.) F rosh-Soph Council, elected fall term by living units. There are many more activities on campus fo r which you volunteer 01' rush. A.W.S. has many ac tivities which welcome help at any time. Just con tact your A.W.S. activities representative 01' the A.W.S. office in Room 338 of the Student Services Building . Here are their standing committees: All Women's Affairs All College Affairs All Board Affairs Publicity and Public Relations 8 A.W.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND OBJECTIVE Section 1. The name of this association shall be the Associated Women Students of Mich igar.. State University. Section 2. The objectives of this association shall be a . To establish and administer a repre sentative form of government whereby the interests of all women students shall be protected and served. b. To determine and maintain such stand ards of conduct as will reflect credit ably on the university and its students. c. To serve as· coordinator of women's activities and to promote the participa tion of women students in co-cur ricular activities. d. To encourage individual women stu dents to limit themselves from over participation in activities in order to promote their high aca.demic and per formance standards. e. To foster among women students friendship, happiness, and a personal sense of responsibility to themselves and to Michigan State University. ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP AND FINANCE Section 1. All undergraduate women shall be ipso facto members of the Associated Women Students by virtue of the payment of fees at the time of registration. 9 Section 2. Each woman is responsible for a knowl edge of the constitution, by-laws. and regulations of the association. Section 3. The A.W.S. Executive Council, shall, in accordance with university regulations, <:ra w up in the spring term, and pre sent to the university treasurer a pro posed budget of funds necessary for the following year. The total amount of the budget will be subject to the approval Ly the University Treasurer and the Fac ulty Committee. ARTICLE III ORGANIZATION OF A.W.S. Section 1. Membership a. The responsibility of Judiciary Legis tion is vested in a Judiciary-Leg isla tive Board composed of the following representatives: From each dormitory- 1 representative (2 representatives if membership in dormitory exceeds 300) From off-campus houses- 1 representative From Pan Hellenic Council 1 representative (non-voting) From sorority houses - 4 representatives (3 alternating, 1 at large) Dormitory representatives shall be elected by the women of their resi dences. The mode of election of off campus representatives shall be de cided upon by their respective councils. The three sorority houses to have a 10 repre~entative shall be designated in accordance with a rotation system of PanHellenic Council. Candidates from these houses shall be elected by their respective housemates. The represent ative at large shall be elected by the sorority women in sorority housing at the time of A.W.S. elec tions. The PanHellenic representatives shall be appointed by the Pan Hellenic Council. living b. Responsibility of women's activities shall be vested in the Activities Board, composed of the following elected rep resentatives: From each dormitory- 1 representative From the off-campus houses- 2 representatives From the sorority houses- 4 representatives (3 alternating, 1 at large) From PanHellenic Council- 1 representative Dormitory r epresentatives shall be elected by the women of their resi dences. The mode of election of off campus representatives shall be de cided upon by their respective councils. The three sorority houses to have a representative shall be designated in accordance with a rotation system of PanHellenic Council. Candidates from these houses shall be elected by their respective housemates. The represent ative at large shall be elected by the sorority women in sorority housing at the time of A.W.S. elec tions. The PanHellenic representatives shall be appointed by the Pan Hellenic Council. Activities Board shall also 'include one representative from each living 11 of the following organizations : Spar tan Women's League, the Y.W.C.A., W .A .A ., Tower Guard, Sno Caps, Mor tar Board, Off-Campus Association of Students, Home Economics Council, and Alpha Lambda Delta. The mode of election of these representatives shall be decided upon by their respec tive councils. Section 2. The executive council shall periodically review the representation on each board and shall be authorized to recommend to both boards for a vote, any modification of the representation system which would assure lines of communication between living groups and organizations. Section 3. Any elected member absent from the university for one term of her own voli tion or throu gh ineligibility shall per manently forfeit her office to the candi nate receiving the next highest vote. Should the runner up be ineligible or not in attendance in school, a new election shall take place at the residence to deter mine the new member. Should a member's absence of one term be through circum stances beyond her control (practice teaching, Merrill Palmer, etc.) she shall resume her duties upon her return to campus. In no instance may a member resume office if her absence is more than a term's duration. Section 4. If a dormitory or off-campus represent ative to the Judiciary-Legislative or Ac tivities Board withdraws from her posi tion because of . The vice-presidents shall assume the duties of the presidents in their ab sence. The vice-president shall be in charge of all membership. The vice president shall be in charge of all publicity concerning the organization and shall maintain a scrapbook (if a Publicity chairman is appointed these duties shall be hers.) c. The recording secretary shall record all minutes of the meetings. The cor responding secretary shall handle all A.W.S. correspondence. d. The treasurer shall perform the duties that regularly pertain to that office, as stated in Robert's Rules of Order, Revised. and shall advise with the University Comptroller. e. The A.W.S. office secretary is an ex officio member of the Judiciary-Legis lative Board. 14 f. The Activities Board shall- send a rep resentative Social Committee. to the Student-Faculty ARTICLE V MEETINGS Section 1. The Activities Board and the Judiciary Legislative Board shall meet separately Tuesday night of each week and hold occasional joint meetings. Additional meetings of either board may be called by its president . Section 2. Absences from meetings and/ or office hours shall be excused only for a valid reason and must be approved in advance by the president or the secretary. Three unexcu sed absences from either meetings or office hours shall automatically con stitute recall of elected members. Whether excused or unexcused, the representative, if unable to attend, shall send a n a lter nate as pre-arranged with the president or the secretary. Section 3. The delegates to the National and Re gional I.A.W.S. Convention shall be the President-elect of the Activities Board and the Judiciary-Legislative Board. Up on their return from the convention the delegates will present a report in writing to the Activities Board and the Judiciary Legislative Board. Section 4. Both the Activities Board and the Judi ciary-Legislative Board will hold an an nual meeting with the incoming boards. Officers and committee chairmen will read their reports of the year's work in their organization or residence. Section 5. Installation of the' new presidents will take place in a ceremony on Lantern Night. Installation of all new officers 15 will take place in a private ceremony of the two boards soon after election. ARTICLE VI DUTIES Section 1. The duties of the Executive Council shall be to study and to plan general policy of A.W.S. as a whole for discussion and ap proval of the boards. They shall deter mine the time of the joint meetings and they, with the assistance of the advisors, shall select the office secretary. Secti·on 2. The duties of the Activities Board shall be: a. To formulate and further such policies and plans as shall be of all-campus in terest to women students. All-campus projects may be presented this group by committees or individuals wishing co-operation from women's .or ganizations. to b. To act as a coordinating body for women's activities in their residences and organizations. c. To approve election schedules submit t ed by various organizations. d. To appoint committees for specific projects. e. To supervise and promote projects such as: STUN (Student Texts Used and New) Big Sister program Activities Carnival Who's Who a nd What's What Student Guides Blood Drive Queens Petitions Lantern Night 16 The board shall supervise and ' pro mote other projects when deemed necessary. f. To check on the eligibility of candi dates for office in all women's organi zations, in compliance with both A.W.S. and Student Government regu lations. Section 3. The duties of the JUdiciary-Legislative Board shall be: a . To hear and judge disciplinary cases and judiciary matters. Women students who have disciplinary cases shall have the right to appeal to the council in person. to consider b. To have jurisdiction over house rules. c. To interpret A.W.S. rules. d. To supervise and verify house reports. e. To promote projects of the Activities Board. Section 4. The duties of the Judiciary-Legislative representatives and Activities Board shall be: a. To supervise all A.W.S. elections in the dormitories. b. To repor t to the governing bodies of the organizations which they represent on matters pertaining to A.W.S. c. To revise annually and approve any revision in the A.W.S. Handbook. d. To set up qualifications for A.W.S. the officers and representatives board. to e. To maintain regular office hours every week and share responsibility of the reception desk. 17 ARTICLE VII PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY Section 1. The A.W.S . Activities and Judiciary Legislative Boar ds shall consult Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, as their parlia mentary authority. ARTICLE VIII BY-LAWS Section 1. A.W.S., to accomplish its objectives, sh all have the power to enact, interpret, a nd enforce the by-laws. ARTICLE IX ADOPTION Section 1. This constitution shall be declared in ef fect upon a majority affirmative count of the votes cast by the women students of the university at an election to be specified by the Judiciary-Legislative Board. ARTICLE X AMENDMENTS Section 1. Amendments may be made to the con stitution by a majority of the v