Student -Council in evaluating each deCiSiOn,
before it,may not always acted Wisely, it may
As President of the,,Student Councia4 I have errored. Minoritk—or maybe even the
would like to take this opportunity to
majority—factions of. the Student body have
deliver, both to the members of the Cotulcilfrom•timo to time criticized such policies
and to the student body which we represertt as:
and serve a summary report as required by
the constitution, out'linini; our past
activities, our present status, and our
future plans.
As this particular Council has been meet
ing regularly this past semester, one
thing has become absolutely clear; this
year's Council will not allow itself to
be bridled by outdated, outworn and out
moded precedents. IVe have done nothing
because-it was done in the past. Each
idea presented to . the'Ceincil:was con
sidered on its dwn meritsand-either
accepted orrejected_on those merits
alone.. Because of thiS policy; several
old traditions have been replaced by the
march of Progrebs, and at the same . time .
sersral nes ideas have been inaugurated.
Gone for the first time this year are
basketball, which was replaced by the '
much more popular bowling and the.sparsely
attended Christmas Semi, which was changed
to the Christmas Social attended by'aver
300 giiists. Adopted for the first time
this year as traditions• we hope— were
the fdillaWing:
1. The Council sponsored football trip
2. The Chess Tournament
3. The Dancing and Card kartY
4.& S. The already mentioned Bowling
and Christmas Social
6. The extra entertainment at our
dances.'
All these, may T repeat, are new ideas .
suggested,
,Debated, and planned by the,
Coundil. These alone constitute arecord
well worthy of praise. Other iwkideag,
under discussion for the futute are:
1. A roller skating party
2. Archery classes
3. Blue Band concert.to aid our
Student. Union Building Fund.
PRESTDENI I SRE‘ORT
HAZLETON bbilEGtAti
1. - Financing the football thiP but
refusing the Opera trip •
2. ,Giving. , 440 to the Collegian but
refusing $2O to the German Club
3. Refusin6 to alter ; upon petition;
the date of the Christmas Social.
Council had a definite reason for its action
in all these cases. Whether you accept or
reject its ,motives, on these several question
able actionsitakenhythe Council s you _shouls:
not allow. these minor instances to blind
you to the long list of StccesSfo - actions
undertaken,
Its committees have acted'alwakS7, at all
times, in the interests of the student body.
They have had almost unparalleled success.
They hope to achieve even greater results
in the future.
The Traffic Committee has continued to'
protect the rights of drivrs and.passengers
at the parkingjot, on, the drive way, and
at the top of the hil/
The House Rules ComMittee suggested the
combined Dancing and Card party which
combined two excellent ideas into a perfect
evening, it inagurated and supervised the
Chess Tournament, and finally it made and
enforced the rules under which the Student
Recreational Funding is managed.
The Sports Committee made all the rules,
plant, and arrangements needed to establish
the first i'enn State, Student Coundil
spoxtsored Fowling League.
The'Social COmmittee has planned.three dance;
two of which were almost unparalleled success
The Council did not act on either the'traffif
sithation or the Student Union Funding.
T4e solution to the first problem lies
beyond the'power of Council; and the solutiol
to the second one, Council decided, could
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