PAGE SIX
ALL-COLLEGE CONS •
(Printed in its entirety below is
the constitution of the Student
Government Association as ap
proved by All-College Cabinet
March 17, 1949.)
PREAMBLE
We, the Students of The Penn
sylvania State College, in order
to form a more representative
union, to promote the welfare of
the student body and the College
as a whole and to insure the
democratic right of self govern
ment, do hereby ordain and estab
lish this Constitution of the Penn
sylvania State College Student
Government Association.
ARTICLF I
Legislative Powers
SECTION 1. All legislative
powers of the Student Govern
ment Association herein granted
shall be vested in the All-College
Cabinet.
All-Collage Cabinet
SECTION 2. A student activity
shall be defined as an activity
whose members are students 'and
whose funds are derived all or in
part from student sources. All
members of Cabinet shall repre
sent student activities. All student
activities shall have their funds
accounted and audited through
the Associated Student Activities
office.
The All-College Cabinet shall
consist of the All-College Presi
dent, the AU-College Vice Presi
dent, All-C ollege Secretary-
Treasurer, the presidents of the
Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and
Freshman classes; the president of
each School Council, the president
of Women's Recreation Associa
tion, the president ,of Women's
Student Government Association,
the president of the Men's Ath
letic Association, the chairman of
the Board of Publications, the
chairman of the Board of Dra
matics and Forensics, the presi
dent of Interfraternity Council,
the president of Panhellenic
Council; the president of the As
sociation of Independent Men and
the president of Leonides. .
Members- Ex-Officio
SECTION 3. The'Deans of Men
and Women, Alumni Association
Secretary, Manager of Student
Union, a Representative from
P.S.C.A., a representative from
Windcrest and the chairman of
Tribunal and Judicial shall serve
as ex-officio members of the Cab
inet.
Eligibility
SECTION 4. 'No person shall be
eligible for membership in the
Cabinet who is not a registered
student at the College and who
has, not attained an All-College
average of "1" or better.
Terms of Office
SECTION 5. The terms of office
of each cabinet member shall be
two consecutive semesters.
Veto Power
SECTION 6. All legislation in
order to become effective must be
passed by a majority of the Cab
inet members voting and ap
proved by the All-College Presi
dent at the same meeting. If
the All-College president should
fail to approve this measure at
this meeting it shall automatically
go into effect. If the All-College
president should veto the legisla
tion, Cabinet can repass the legis
lation, thus avoiding the veto, by
a timo-thirds vote of the members
Present.
Quorum
SECTION 7. Fifteen members
Shall constitute a quorum.
Finances
SECTION 8. The Cabinet shall
have control over all student
funds, including the establish
ment of class dues, the recommen
dation of student activities fees,
the approval of specific budgets,
the approval of expenditures, and
the supervision of the auditing of
these expenditures.
Right of Initiative
SECTION 9. Any member of
the faculty, administration or stu
dent body may attend and pre
sent to Cabinet any matters which
concern student welfare. Cabinet
Must take action upon the matter
thirty days thereafter.
Investigation
SECTION 10. The Cabinet shall
have power to summon before it
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any student and conduct such in
vestigation as it may deem just
and proper.
General Supervision
SECTION 11. The Cabinet shall
have power to regulate and su
pervise All-College student ac
tivities, except that any power not
specifically delegated to the All-
College Cabinet shall be reserved
to the governmental organs speci
fied under Article 1, Section 2.
Recognition
SECTION 12. The Cabinet shall
have power to recognize and grant
charters to any undergraduate or
ganization, and also have the
power to withdraw charter from
existing undergraduate organiza
tion after due consideration and
investigations.
Meetings
SECTION 13. Cabinet shall meet
at least once in every two weeks,
excluding vacations. The All-Col
lege president shall have the
power, however, to call special
meetings at his discretion. All
members of the Cabinet, except
executive sessions, shall be open
to the entire student body. At
tendance to these meetings is
compulsory by the -voting mem
bers of the Cabinet. Substitutions
for class presidents shall be the
vice-presidents of the class. Un
excused absences shall bind the
representatives over to Tribunal
for men and to Judicial for
women.
ARTICLE II
Executive Powers
SECTION 1. The executive
powers shall be vested in the All-
College President.
Election
SECTION 2. The All-College
President shall be elected in the
Spring of every year by the entire
student body •to 'a term of two
consecutive semesters at a time
to be specified by the Elections
Committee and approved by the
Cabinet.
SECTION 3. Before he can ex
ercise any of the powers of his
office, the All-College President
shall take the following oath: "I
do hereby solemnly swear that I
will faithfully execute the office
oft All-College President of the
Pennsylvania State College Stu
dent Government Association and
will, to the best of my ability,
serve to promote the welfare of
the student body and the College
as a whole." The oath shall be
sworn or affirmed to before the
Chairman of Student •Tribunal at
an All-College inauguration with
in one month following the elec
tion. The All-College President
will in turn swear in the various
class presidents at the same cere
mony.
Eligibility
SECTION 4. No person shall
hbld the office of All-College
President who is not a registered
senior at the College and- who
has not attained an All-College
average of "1" or better. No per
son will be eligible for presidency
who holds ,a bachelor's degree.
Additional qualifications may be
specified by the Elections Com
mittee with the approval of Cab
inet.
Chairmanship
SECTION 5. The All-College
President shall serve as chairman
of the Cabinet and shall be privi
leged' to vote to make or break a
tie.
Appointment Power
SECTION 6. The All-College
President shall have full power to
appoint all committees he may
deem necessary to carry out the
work of the Cabinet. The All-
College President shall have the
power to appoint all committees
he may deem necessary to carry
out the work of the Cabinet, sub
ject to the approval of Cabinet.
Special-Commiltees
SECTION 7. The All-College
President shall have power to ap
point, by and with the advice and
consent of Cabinet, any special
committee he may deem neces
sary, except committees charged
with the administration of purely
class functions, the appointment
of which shall rest in the hands of
the respective class presidents.
Veto Power
SECTION 8. The All-College
President shall have power to veto
any legislation passed by Cabinet
according to Article I, Section 6.
Official Representative
SECTION 9. The All-College
President shall be the official rep
resentative of the student body on
any matter pertaining, to the wel
fare of the student body.
Meetings
SECTION 10. The All-College
President shall have the sole
power to call special meetings of
the Cabinet at any time for any
reason whatsoever.
Parliamentary Powers
SECTION 11. The All-College
President shall have full parlia
mentary powers over all meetings
of the Cabinet.
Presidential Vacancy
SECTION 12. In the event of
the resignation or the disqualifi
cation of the All-College Presi
dent, the All-College Vice-Presi
dent shall assume the . duties of
the All-College President.
Temporary Absence
SECTION 13. In the event of
the absence of the All-College
President, the All-College Vice-
President shall assume the chair
manship of the Cabinet and all
relative pOwers. In the absence of
the All - College Vice - President
and the All-College President a
president pro-tern shall be elected
by the Cabinet. '
Succession
SECTION 14. In the event of
the disqualification or resignation
of both the All-College President
and Vice-President, an election for
All-College President and Vice-
President shall be held within
four weeks of the regular college
session after the disqualification
or resignation of the old officers
go into effect.
ARTICLE 111
Judicial Power
SECTION 1. The judicial -pow
ers relative to men students will
be vested in the Student Tribunal,
while the judicial powers relative
to women students shall be vested
in the Judicial Committee.
Nominating Committee
SECTION 2. Nominations to
Tribunal and Judicial shall be
made by a committee composed
of the presiding Tribunal chair
man, the presiding Judicial chair
man, a representative from WSGA
Senate, and the All-College Presi
dent. The All-College President
shall serve as the chairman of the
committee. Ex-officio members
will be deans, of men and women.
Nominations to Judicial and Tri
bunal may be made from the floor
of Cabinet. Nominations for the
successors to the post of Tribunal
or Judicial chairman must be ap
proved by Cabinet one month be
fore the end of Spring Semester.
Other appointments to the judi
cial bodies must take place at
least two weeks before the end of
the same semester.
Membership
SECTION 3. Tribunal shall be
composed of men students and
Judicial shall be composed of
women students. Each judicial
body shall be made up or four
members from each of. the junior
and senior classes. Appointments
shall be made for one school year.
Members whose terms of office
have expired may serve again if
appointed. A member who with
draws or graduates from college
with an unexpired term shall be
replaced .by a new appointment
from that same year who shall
serve until the termination of the
unexpired term. The chairman of
Tribunal and Judicial must be
members of the senior class. Or
iginal membership on either judi
cial body requires an All-College
average of "1" or better.
Investigations
SECTION 4. Tribunal and Ju
dicial shall have the power to
summon before them any student
over which they have jurisdiction
and conduct such investigations
as each may deem just and
proper.
Customs
SECTION 5. Tribunal and Ju
dicial shall have the povier , to
establish and enforce freshman
customs subject to the approval
of Cabinet.
Punishment
SECTION 8. Tribunal and Ju
dicial shall have power, after a
fair trial to affix such punishment
as it may deem justifiable upon
any student found guilty of con
duct detrimental F to the College,
and may recommend when neces
sary penalties up to and including
expulsion from the College.
Trial Procedure
SECTION 7. Tribunal and Ju
dicial shall have power to estab
lish their own procedure except
that any hearing must be open if
the defendant so desires.
Appeal ,
SECTION. 8. Any student may
appeal from a decision of Tribu
nal or Judicial to Cabinet, which
shall have final jurisdiction over
the matter..
ARTICLE IV
Elections Committee
SECTION 1. An Elections Com
mittee shall be appointed by the
Cabinet chairman by and with
the consent of Cabinet each year.
Duties of the Elections Commit
tee shall be to establish and en
forcel the Elections Code which
must! be approved by Cabinet be
fore each election.
SECTION 2. The entire student
body will elect an All-College
presiderit, vice-president, and sec
retary-treasurer, while each class
shall elect a president, vice-presi
dent, and a secretary-treasurer at
a time specified by the Elections
Committee and approved by Cab
inet. The Freshman q Class shall be
organized as soon as advisable
after the opening of the first
semester under the direction of
the Elections Committee.
Eligibility
SECTION 3. No person shall
hold a class office who is not a
registered student in that class
and who does not possess an All-
College average of "1" or better.
Additional qualifications may be
established by Elections Commit
tee with the approval of Cabinet.
Class Meetings
Within one month after the
start .of the fall term the class
presidents must call class meet
ings for their respective classes.
Class presidents may call addi
tional meetings when deemed
necessary.
Presidential Succession
SECTION 5. The• class vice
president shall succeed to the of
fice of the •president upon the
resignation or - disqualification of
the president. The class secretary
treasurer shall succeed to the of
fice of the president in the event
of the resignation or disqualifica
tion of the president and vice
president.
ARTICLE V
SchoOl Councils
SECTION 1. Eath school shall
elect the majority of its council
members in a general election
subject to the approval of the
Elections Committee.
SECTION 2. Additional mem
bers may be elected by honorary
and professional ,soci'etiea• for in
clusion in the council, 'subject to
the approval of the council con
cerned and Elections Committee.
Powers
SECTION 1. The School Coun
one shall have power to discuss
problems pertaining to their own
schools and legislate accordingly.
SECTION 2. The president of
each School CoUncil shall be a
member of the All-College Cabi
net, but any school which has not
organized a Council upon a date
to be specified by the Elections
Committee shall not be given rep
resentation in the Cabinet.
ARTICLE VI
Flame* Board
SECTION 1. The finance, board
shall consist of the All=eollege
secretary-treasurer as chairman,
and the treasurer of each of the
four classes.
Budget Powers
SECTION 2. The board shall
draw up the All-College Cabinet's
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budgets subject to the approval of
Cabinet and the Graduate Man
ager of Associated Student Activi
ties.
ARTICLE VII
Graduate Manager
SECTION 1. The Office of As
sociated Student Activities under
the direction of the Graduate
Manager shall•be custodian for all
student funds controlled by: the
All-College Cabinet, the actual
accounting of which shall be han
dled by a Treisurer.
Accounts
SECTION 2. There shall be
maintained a detailed account and
record of all financial transactions
involving Cabinet finance.
Payment of Bills
SECTION 3. No bill that is not
a part of a regular student gov
ernment activity and provided for
by budget shall be paid until it
has been referred to the Finance
Board for their recommendation
and approved by Cabinet.
Expenditures
SECTION 4. The Graduate
Manager must be consulted' be
fore agreements are made involv
ing expenditures of student gov
ernment funds. Expenditures ex
ceeding over, 100 shall be read at
one meeting of Cabinet and voted
upon at the next meeting. Pro
jects for disposal of the yearly
surplus will 'be submitted to the
Finance Board. The final approval
of above project or projects lies
with Cabinet.
Audit
SECTION 5. 'The accounts and
records of the Treasurer shall be
audited annually by the College
Auditing Department.
SECTION 6. The Graduate
Manager and the Treasurer shall
be bonded to the extent of $5OOO
each by a qualified' surety com
pany.''
ARTICLE VIII
Board of . Publications
SECTION 1. The Board of
Publications shall consist of the
editor and managing editor of
Collegian, editor and managing
editor of La Vie, editor of Froth,
editor of• Critique and the editor
of the Penn State Engineer. The
editor of Collegian shall serve as
chairman of .this board.
ARTICLE IX
'Dramatics and Forensics
The Board of Dramatics and
Forensics shall consist , of the
men's debate manager, women's
debate manager, presidents of the
Glee Club, Blue Band. Players
and Thespians. They shall in turn
elect one of their number to rep
resent them on the Cabinet.
ARTICLE .X
Right to Veto
The right of any undergraduate
student to vote or hold All-Col
lege or class offices shall not be
denied or abriagea because , of
race; colors, age, sex or scholastic
standing except as otherwise
herein provided;
ARTICLE XI
Self-Organization
The organization and function
ing of all other governmental
bodies specified in Article I, Sec
tion 2 shall be left to their respec
tive members but no constitution
of any of these bodies shall be in
consistent with the provisions of
this Constitution.
ARTICLE XU
Amendment
SECTION 1. This constitution
may be amended or revised by a
three-fourths vote of the member•
ship of Cabinet. Every amend
ment must be read at three con
secutive. meetings and can be
passed after the third reading.
Ratification
SECTION 2. Any proposal for
amendment or revision must be
placed before the student body at
a general election if a petition re
questing. such action is signed by
at least 300 students and pre
sented to Cabinet within two
weeks following the published
announcement al the proposed
amendment.