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Wednesday, February 29,1956

THE COLLEGE NEWS-



Page Three.



pecial College Election Supplement



Candidates for Undergrad

Questionnaire for candidates for
President of Undergrad:

1, What do you think is the
most important function~or~fune-
tions of the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation?

2. Do you have any suggestions
on how to bring the knowledge of
and interest in the Undergrad
Board activities to the level of ev-
ery student member?

8. To what extent do you think
that Undergrad’s co-ordination of
activities is necessary and/or suc-
cessful? . :

4 .What do you feel is the least
successful aspect of Undergrad?

The following is a list of candi-
dates for the President of the Un-
dergraduate Association, listed in
alphabetical order:

MIMI MACHADO
MICKEY NUSBAUM
JOAN PARKER
JANE WHITE

MIMI MACHADO

Freshman:
Temporary Class Chairman
Class Vice-President and Treas-

urer
Chorus
Freshman Show
Permission Giver
Nominating Committee

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Sophomore:
Varsity Swimming Team
Chorus
Permission Giver
Campus Guide

Junior:
Chorus,
Junior Show
Varsity Swimming Team Cap-
tain
Chairman of Senior Songbook
Curriculum Committee
Permission Giver
Campus Guide

The Undergraduate Association

is the representative of the stu-

dent body. As such it must co-or-
dinate all the various student ac-
tivities, as well as faculty-student
relationships, functions essential
to keeping the college running
smoothly. Improvements in. this
enormous area could, of course, be
made, but a far more serious de-
.fect is found in the lack of student
awareness of Undergrad. Ostensi-
bly the organization of the stu-
dents, Undergrad must keep track
—of-campus.issues and opinions, a

function even more important than

its job of co-ordination.

What little that is generally
known about Undergrad is mostly
negative. _ Undergrad is often
thought of as the organization to
which is given left over jobs. In
order to increase campus aware-
ness of Undergrad I would sug-
gest more- émphasis on opening

‘Board meetings to students. Un-
dergrad is written up in the Fresh-

Joan Parker, Mickey Nusbaum, Jane White, Mimi Machado.



man Handbook; this, however, is
usually read before the student en-
ters college, when nothing can be
properly related to anything else.
I think that a later writeup in
College News, for example, would

ie

be. invaluable in clarifying the or-

ganization of Undergrad. -
More representation is needed to

solidify the college as an entity;

therefore, more co-ordination is

needed between hall and class rep-
resentatives. By this, and by bring-
ing more issues to the halls, I be-
tieve that the students and Under-
grad can be more unified.

MICKEY NUSBAUM

freshman:
Freshman Show
Temporary Rep to Self-Gov
‘Chorus
Synchronized Swimming Club

Sophomore:
.Subscription Board of College
News
Assistant Librarian of Chorus
Co-Chairman Publicity of Maids
and Porters Show
Campus Guide

Junior:
Junior Show
Junior Class Song Mistress
Second Junior to Undergrad
Librarian of Chorus

_ Co-Director Maids and Porters

Caroling

Campus Guide

It is the job of Undergrad to su-
pervise specific activities on cam-
pus—such as dances, clubs, com-
mittees and the continuance of col-
lege traditions. Undergrad should

have its finger on every pulse and
it is only by co-ordinating ‘these
numerous projects that this can be
accomplished. There is room for
improvement with the Curriculum
Committee, class reps, the function
of the Legislature and the position
of N.S.A. on campus.

However, I feel that Under-
grad’s primary function is to voice
campus opinion on matters large
and small. The important consid-
eration is that of getting student
opinion to the Board, rather than
informing the student body of the
Board’s opinions.

The least successful aspect of
Undergrad is its lack of student
participation. Being an ipso facto
member, each student is affected
by policies made and discussed by
the Board. Although each Board
hmember=is—elected for her repre-
sentative qualities, it is impossible
for her to be aware of every cam-
pus problem. © Perhaps. stheduled
open meetings, inviting student
participation and suggestions and
more hall coffee-hour discussions
with Board members would help
remedy this lack. I would also
like to smooth out channels for
better administration-faculty-stu-
dent relations.



JOAN PARKER
Freshman:
lst Varsity Hockey, Basketball
and Softball
Freshman Show
Campus Guide
Sophomore:
Director, Bryn Mawr Summer
Camp
Soda Fountain Manager
College News
lst Varsity Hockey, Basketball
and Lacrosse
Campus Guidgs
A.A. Hall Rep
A.A. Rep to National Conference
Manager of the Basketball Team
Freshman Week Committee
Junior:
Freshman Week Committee
Junior Class Rep. to A.A.
College News
Hockey Varsity
Lacrosse Manager
Campus Guide
Junior Show
Undergrad should not only func-
tion as a channel for the exchange
of opinion, but also present the
college with important issues
which will stimulate opinion. Il
think its primary function should
be the correlation of committees
which go directly to students or
faculty, e.g., the Size-of-the-Col-
lege and the Curriculum Commit-
tees. It is necessary, therefore,
that Undergrad not get too bogged
down in the detail of executive du-.
ties. Through more delegation of
these duties, the members could
handle the unavoidable last-minute
detail and still have time to think.
Bryn Mawr is hall-oriented, al-
though we do not recognize this,
for we elect class reps, and there-
by assume that the large differ-
enees of opinion lie within the
classes. Undergrad’ Board present-
ly consists of four members from
Rock, two from the Pembrokes,
two from Merion, and one Non-
Res. To contact opinion at a level
closer to every member of the col-
lege (not just in Undergrad Coun-
cil which is too far above the col-
lege level to have maximum Con-
tact with all campus opinion), I
suggest a Board of hall reps.. To
incorporate: this group with the ex-
isting Board might produce too un-
wieldy a group, therefore, this
Board could meet weekly with the
Undergrad President as a separate
body. ;
Undergrad should co-ordinate
faculty, students and administra-
tion. I suggested one way in which
student opinion might be informed
of Undergrad and vice-versa. The
Curriculum Committee should use
its excellent opportunity to further
student-faculty relationships, and
Undergrad might work to keep
students better informed of admin-
istrative policy.. fe

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Lee

JANE WHITE
Freshman:
Chorus
Campus Guide
Freshman Show Kick Chorus
Basketball J.V.
Lacrosse Varsity
Sophomore:
Sophomore Hall Representative
Campus Guide
Permission Giver
Business Manager of the Fresh-
man Handbook
Basketball Varsity
Lacrosse Varsity
Lacrosse Manager
Junior:
Class President
Secretary of the College Coun-
cil =
Pembroke East Vice-President
Freshman Week Committee
Campus Guide
Permission Giver
Hall Bookshop
Basketball Varsity
Junior Show
The most important function of
the Undergraduate Association is
to act as a liaison between the stu-

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dents and the administration and
faculty. On every campus some
organization is necessary to co-or-
dinate the various activities, and
to provide the means for discus-
sion of problems which are of
common interest to the college as

a whole. Through Undergrad’s
Executive Board, its clubs and
committees, the association is

keenly aware, of student opinions,
and, in acting with the Undergrad-
uate and College Councils, is able
to fulfill successfully the need for
_o-ordination, |
Although Undergrad’s activities
affect each student, few realize ex-
actly what the organization does.
There is an obvious lack of inter-
est in Undergrad—clearly indicat-
ing a definite need for wider pub-
licity of the organization.
Because of Undergrad’s relative-
ly small campus and class-elected
board, a hall may not have a’rep-
resentative on the board and may
easily not hear of issues which are

discussed: at the meetings. To in-
crease the knowledge of and in-
‘terest in Undergrad, each hall
might elect an Undergrad repre-
sentative who would attend an Un-
dergrad meeting, perhaps monthly,
or meet with the President to dis-
cuss some of the more important
issues. Also, by strengthening the
Legislature, the President would
have an additional way to dissemi-
nate information about the organi-
zation.

In addition, I would strongly
suggest a more complete coverage
of Undergrad in The College News,
including, for example some of the
fascinating issues which arise in
College Council.



The statements written by all

candidates were limited to ap-

proximately 200 words due to



lack of space.











PATTY FERGUSON

Freshman:
Pembroke East Hall Representa-
tive
Freshman Hall Plays
Freshman Show

Rotating Member to Self-Gov-
ernment

Tennis Junior Varsity
Basketball Junior. Varsity



Sophomore: al
Freshman Week Committee
Campus Guide
Advisor to Freshman Hall Play
Director of Maids’ and Porters’

Show
Soda Fountain (worker)
Counterpoint Board
Permission Giver
Tennis Junior Varsity
Basketball Varsity

Junior : 2

Second Junior Member to Self-
Government

Freshman Week Committee

Junior Show

Campus Guile

Permission Giver

Revue Board (first half year),
Revue Editor (second half
year)

Basketball Varsity

PAT FOX

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Freshman:
Radio Station Announcer
Property Committee (Chairman)
for Freshman Show '

Sophomore:
‘Sophomore Hall Rep
Hall’ Rep to the Dance Commit-
tee
Soda Fountain Crew

Junior:
President of Rockefeller Hall
Advisory Board to Self-Gov
‘Election System Revision Com-

mittee



Candidates for Self-Gov



Pat Fox, Patty Ferguson, Mary Lou Kemp, Elizabeth Thomas.

MARY LOU KEMP

Freshman:
Freshman Hall Plays

Freshman Hall Representative
to Alliance

Rotating Member to Self-Gov-
ernment

Freshman Show (stage crew and
publicity)

Sophomore:
-, Hall representative to Alliance
Permission Giver

Junior:
Secretary of Self-Government
Permission Giver

ELIZABETH B. THOMAS

Freshman:

Stage Manager
Hall Play

Prompter for Freshman Show
Alliance Freshman Hall Rep
Lacrosse Varsity

Badminton J.V. sub.
Badminton Class Manager

of Freshman

Chairman of Committee for
WBMC Dance
Sophomore:

Class Secretary

WBMC Board, Record Librarian,
Secretary

Permission Giver

Campus Guide

AA Hall Rep

Advisor to Freshman Hall Play

Hockey Varsity sub.

Badminton Varsity

Lacrosse Varsity.

Junior:
WBMC Station Manager
Permission Giver
Campus Guide

Prompter for Junior Show
Hockey Varsity

Badminton Varsity

os



Junior Prom Committee

Lacrosse Captain