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No Formal Authority

The few distinct duties it did hold, such as
receiving communications from the Student
Honor Committee and conducting legislation
affecting departments of the University, were
rarely conferred by the Senate. Today, as then,
the Senate has no formal authority. By custom,
the faculty governed issues which pertained to
educational matters and the administration
performed the business matters of the
University.

Last spring, in an informal meeting of
students and faculty members, including Bud
Ogle, Student Council president of last year,
and David H. Flaherty, Professor of History,
the plans for a new and vibrant Senate,
responsive to the needs of every group in the
University community, were discussed.