Cetober 24 t 1955 STUDENT COUNCIL MEETS The weekly meeting of Student Coun— cil was called to order by President Larry KowalAtimat 124 , 40 ; , October!2l in room 208. The minutes of the lasi; meeting were read by Thersa Bobowski and thefloor was. opened to cad.businPs4e The first report was given by John Ma rsicano on the. coming football trip o Marsicano reported that 65 tickets were made avail Able to us by the university, 50 of which have , al.. ready been sold and the money accepted. After the campaign is over, any extra tickets will be given to members of the faculty and staffs Chaperones will be taken free of charge. Thersa Bobowski then took the floor to report on the social committee. The Eagles and a band have been app— ropriated for the first semi—formal dance of the year, November 23. Bobowski said that the sorority had approached her in regards:to holding a dance sometime in the second seme stern This was approved with the pro,- vision that the sorority handle all the details of decorating and arringing etc. Ben Tuchi, chairman of the sports committee, said that the Playhouse Bowling Alleys have been tenatively procured for the coming bowling com— petition. The price has not been definately set. There will be trophies awarded to the winning team and to the highest scoring boy and girl. Also, the girls would like to set up amintra—mural basketball league. This will be discussed at a later date. The traffic committee, headed by William Smith, has decided that if a fine is not paid within 24 hours, the fine will then be doubled. This was questioned by the council with no final decision made. In the way of new business, the first STUDENT COUNCIL ( Con tt) request &Z"...ip.ssed was that if a fine is noi, paid wi;tin 24 hoars, the fine will ihen be doubled, This was questioned by The council. No final decis:7on was made. In the way of Ilew 'Dusiness, the first request disQussed was that from Miss Garbrick. It cor::e.ned refunding the money paid by the Artdeni - s for bus fare to see the opera "La Boheme." It was refused on the grounds that at the time of the trp, the present budget had not been approved and the amount left in last years treasury was not enough to cover the expense. James Chudy took the floor with a plea from the German Club. IPI wanted a grant of $l5-40 in'order to buy German conversational records. • This was also refused On the grounds that although it was. a club, the material requested was of edUcational TAlue and should be appropriated from the. college. These records could not be used by all - stueents except those in the German Club or in the German classes. The Student Council would like to make it clear that they can only grant money to activities that everyone can benefit from, not just a few. A sum of money was - given to Mary Tihansky to buy material for posters to advertise'dances and Other functions around the campus. One other motion was carried and approved. The council than adjourned until next week at the same time. The following budget was approved for the school year by the Student Council for the coming 1955-1956 school year: (emit on page r) Page 2
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