The Highacres collegian. (Hazleton, PA) 1956-????, October 24, 1955, Image 2

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    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)
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