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THE WESLEYAN DECREE Vol. 2 No. 9 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. February 14, 1962 Student Leader Retreat Set For Feb. 24 Committee Completes Work On Changes In Student Government Constitution The work of revising the Student Government Constitution has been completed by the Constitution Com mittee, headed by Vann Massey, and the re-written draft of the complete constitution has been sub mitted to The Decree for publica tion as follows: Preamble The students, faculty, and ad ministration with the approval of the Board of Trustees of North Carolina Wesleyan College hereby establish the North Carolina Wes leyan College Student Government Association. The Association shall be the means whereby students of the College share in the administra tion and government of the Col lege. The responsibilities herein stated are those which the College recognize as the privileges, rights, and responsibilities of students. Article I. Name The name of this orrganization shall be the Student Government Association of North Carolina Wes leyan College. Article II. Purposes The purposes of this organization shall be; to inculcate into the stu dents the principles of self-control, responsibility, and honor; to pro mote the common interest and gen eral welfare of the College com munity; to foster loyalty to the College; and to fuiither in every way possible the 'best interests of North Carolina Wesleyan College. Article III. Membership All students matriculated and re gistered in North Carolina Wesley an College shall be members of the Student Government Association. Article IV. Office Eligibility 1. Only those studemts carrying twelve (12) semester hours or more are eligible to hold any elected office. 2. Those eligible for an office on the Senate, Student life Associa tion, Executive Council and Class Officers must have: a. A C average at the time of election. b. Be carrying 12 hours of aca demic work during the semester in which elected. Article V. Officers 1. The officers of the Association shall be as follows: a. A President who is to be elect ed from the rising Senior Class and who has served on the ‘Sen ate of the Association for at least one semester. b. A Vice-President who is ito be elccted from the rising Junior or Senior Class and who has served for at least one semest er as a member of the Senate of the Association, c. A Secretary who is to be elect ed from the rising Sophoniore, Junior, or Senior Class and who has served at least one semest er as a member of the Finance Commission of the Cabinet. 2. The officers shall all serve for one College year. 3. The officers shall toe elected to office at annual college-wide elec tions. 4. The Senate of the Association may elect temporary officers to fill vacancies until such time as an all-college election can be held. Article VI. Meetings 1. There shall be a minimum of one all-college Student Govern ment Associaition meeting each semester of the college year. 2. Special meetings may be called by the Senate of the Association or by petition of 15 per cent of the members of the Association. Article VII. Executive Agency 1. The Executive Council shall be the Executive and administrative agency of the Association. 2. The function of the Executive Council shall be to carry on the business and program of the Association. 3. The members of the Executive Council shall be: a. The President of the SGA b. The Vice-President of the SGA c. The Secretary of the SGA d. The Treasurer of the SGA e. The Parliamentarian (who shall have no vote) f. The Director of Student Life or his appointed representative. Article VIII. Legislative Agency 1. The Senate shall be the Legisla tive agency of the Association. 2. The Officers of the Association shall serve as officers of the Sen ate. 3. The Members of the Senate shall be. a. The members of the Executive Council. b. The Presidents of the Classes. c.The Chairmen of the Commis sions of the Senate. 4. The Commissions of the Senate shall be: a. The Finance (Commission b. The Athletic Commission c. The Publications Commission d. The Social Activities Comimis- sion e. The Interfaith Commission 5. The Senate shall establish such Committees as it deems neces sary to carry out the program of the Senate and the Associaition. Among them shall be: a. The Elections Committee a. The Constitution Committee c. Awards Committee 6. The Senate shall meet once each week. A special meeting may be callcd by the president or any three members of the Senate. 7. A quorum shall be a two-thirds majority of the members. Article IX. Judicial Agency 1. The Student Life Association shall be the Judicial Agency of the Association. 2. The function of the Student Life Association shall be to maintain I and enforce the rules and regu lation of the Camjpus Code and to co-ordinate the various discip linary councils it represents. It shall also be an agency to which appeals may be heard from a) Women’s Dormitory Council, b) Men’s Dormitory Council, c) Day Students Council. 3. The members of the Student Life Association shall be: a. The Chairman, who shall come from the rising Senior Class, elected by the Student Body at the time the SGA officers are elected. b. The President of the Women’s Dormitory Council. c. The President of the Men’s Dormitory Council. d. The President of the Day Stu dent’s Council. e. The Director of Student Life or his appointed Represe.ntative. 4. Each dorm shall elect a dorm council consisting of 9 members. a. Its purpose is to keep order in the dorm and to enforce the Camjpus Code. b. No more than 4 of the council members may come from first year residents of a Wesleyan Dorm. c. The President of the Dorm Council must be an upper Class man (Jr., Sr.) 5. The Day Students shall elect a Day Student Council consisiting of 9 members. a. The purpose of the Council is to hear cases in which a day stu dent breaks the Campus Code. b. No more than 4 of the council members may come from first year students of Wesleyan Col lege. c. The President of the Council musit be an upper Classman (Jr., Sr.) Article X. Amendment 1. Amendments to the Constitution Program Includes Talks, Meetings And Discussions A planning committee composed of President Thomas Collins, Vann Massey, -John Alden, and Bill Hoyle has initiated a Student Leader Re treat for Feb. 24. The purpose of this retreat is to educate the stu dent on leadership and responsi bilities of his job. The retreat is divided into two sessions. During the morning ses sion President Collins and guest speaker will address the students. After their talks there will be a discussion of the responsibilities of student leaders in college communi ties and how this relates to ours. Organizations attending the re treat will be the Community Coun cil, the Cabinet, Dorm Council, aU the Commissioners, and the Student Life .Association. In the afternoon session, each commission will state its function and purpose, tell what it has done, what it plans to do and how it is going to organize to meet a four year program, shall be presented to the Constitu tion CJommittee for discussion and printed in the College newspaper two weeks prior to the time of spring elections at which time they shall be submitted to the Association for approval. 2. A majority shall be necessary for the approval of amendments to the Constitution, Article XI. Ratification 1. This Constitution shaU be ratified at a student election after it has been printed in the College news paper and discussed at a meet ing open to all students. 2. A majority in favor of the Con stitution shall be necessary to ratify the articles. Amendments I. Temporary Chairman of the Student Life Association 1. This article has the effect of amending the Constitution for the academic year of 1962-63. 2. The Chairman of the Student Life Association shall be from the Junior Class. BYLAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION I. Duties of Officers 1. The President: a. Shall preside at all meetings of the Senate and Association. b. ShaU be the official representa tive of the Association at public functions. (Continued on page 2)