Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

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MAY MEETING, 1937

leaves college before graduation, the loan shall become due six months after the
date of leaving college.
In case the loan is to be paid in installments, the amount due on the first
installment shall be the accumulated interest. That due on subsequent installments shall include both the amount due on the principal and the interest due
to date of payment.
Section 10. The Dean of Students. The Dean of Students is chosen to
act as friend, counselor, and guide to the student body, and has the general
oversight of its welfare and of its several activities. He shall ex officio be of
professorial rank, a member of the University Senate, of the Board in Control
of Student Publications, and the Board of Directors of the Michigan Union,
and chairman of the Committees on Student Affairs, Student Conduct, and
Student Loans.
The Dean of Students shall act as the comptroller of funds and the auditor
of accounts of all student organizations with the exception of fraternities, sororities, the Michigan Union, the Michigan League, the Lawyers Club, and the
activities under the control of the Board in Control of Athletics and 'the Board
in Control of Student Publications. He shall make such rules as may be necessary
concerning the deposit and withdrawal of funds and the keeping and auditing
of accounts.
Section 11. The Dean of Women. The Dean of Women shall receive the
registration of women students upon their first entrance to the University, and
be accessible to them for consultation during regularly appointed hours. To her
shall be reported absences of women students from classes, and upon her rests
the duty to see all women that are failing in their academic work, and to
ascertain the cause.
She shall be ex officio of professorial rank, a member of the University
Senate, of the Board of Directors of the Michigan League, and of the Committees
on Student Affairs, Student Conduct, and Student Loans, and an adviser to the
Director of the Health Service in cases that relate to the health of women
students under University care; and shall be a guide in the social and in the
spiritual life of women students. On the material side she shall carefully inspect
and standardize their housing conditions.
Section 12. The Senate Committee on Student Affairs. There is hereby
created a Committee on Student Affairs to consist of the Dean of Students and
the Dean of Women, ex officio, six members of the Senate, two to be appointed
by the President each year for a period of three years, and five students; viz.,
the President of the Men's Council, the President of the Michigan Union, the
Managing Editor of the Michigan Daily, the President of the Michigan League,
and the Chairman of the Judiciary Council of the Michigan League, all members
to have equal voting power, the Dean of Students to act as chairman of the
committee.
Full supervision and control of all student activities, other than athletic and
those falling within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Student Conduct, shall
be vested in this committee, and no such activities shall be organized or launched
without first obtaining permission from the committee.
The chairman shall have power and authority to appoint such subcommittees as may be deemed necessary for the performance of the duties herein
imposed.
The Dean of Students as chairman of the committee shall have summary
power in the administration of all matters coming under the jurisdiction of the
committee, but questions involving the adoption of, or change in, an established policy shall be referred to and determined by the committee.
Section 13. University Committee on Student Conduct. There is hereby
created a University Committee on Student Conduct to consist of (1) three
senate members appointed by the President for rotating terms of three years:
(2) the Deans or Directors of the several schools and colleges, or their designated
representatives; (3) the Dean of Women; and (4) the Dean of Students, who
shall act as chairman. This committee shall from time to time prescribe standard
principles and rules of conduct for students and student organizations such as
to promote the welfare of the student body and to protect the University from
unwarranted criticism. Such rules shall not be inconsistent with action taken
from time to time by the Board of Regents concerning student conduct.
Section 14. Disciplinary Authorities. The following authorities shall exercise disciplinary powers over students in cases of misconduct.