| Show Editorial Why Why The proposed new constitution is the result of a growing discontent with the present organization of student and some new ideas brought back to Utah by delegates to the 1955 National Student Association The new constitution in the reorganization of student activities will be a boon to coming generations who will go to school on a much-expanded campus with a much-expanded The reorganization of has these points in its 1 A clearly outlined progression of No more concern over who-should-do-what and When and if the new constitution goes into these important points will add new life to student All of these points are in direct relation to each More because the commission will hold a single meeting periodically where policies will be made with full authority to do As it stands both the student senate and the executive council are making Sometimes the two groups Sometimes policies that should be made aren't The fairly-new senate is struggling for power against a long-established exec council that has few Student government now has a lack of If one set of student leaders wants to find out about the activities of another a meeting has to be Student leaders are sick of The only cure for this lack of communications is to call meetings and more And communications are important to make sure everything gets done and to prevent duplication of work in some areas and conflicting work in other For the recently appointed chairman of the judging committee arranged for publicity about Founders' Day and attempted to set up arrangements for the an efficient Founders' Day committee had made arrangements The resulting confusion stopped movement on the publicity and no doubt caused some bad public relations with the judges and the downtown With full authority and with full communication in the meeting of the proposed 12 man such inefficiency would be The size of the commission adds to the Such groups as state legislatures have long bemoaned the fact that large groups do not work well together and spend expensive time merely getting The 12 man commission would eliminate the present senate i. poor yet would eliminate the present exec council i. lack of Every commissioner would have a well defined area to He would have at his fingertips the chairmen of the various committees and functions in his When somebody fouls the man at the top the commissioner would be responsible for the and could take the necessary steps to correct the The working in his single could coordinate arrangements so that nothing or nobody would be At the same he would eliminate duplication of The commissioner would feel student and faculty pressure when deficiencies resulted in his He would have complete And clear lines of At the top stands the 12 man with a commissioner overseeing every area of student Under each commissioner comes the chairmen of the committees and councils working in that Under each chairman comes the students working on the which in turn regulate the functions for which they are No more wondering if the senate should handle it or if the exec council is the group to The new as stated will contain the very necessary responsibility and authority that an expanded student body on an expanded campus will The new union building will provide an excellent setting for this new concept of student The progressive has predicted that student government will soon infiltrate into many more areas than it covers at Academic curricula faculty all may be part of future student In order to handle the student government must be on firm This new and drastic step will provide the University of Utah with the background to go ahead to a fresh approach on a major part of college life student Nola Grant |
