NDSU Student Government Records , 1941-1982
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HISTORY
The first evidence of student government at NDSU appears in the NDAC Catalogue
for 1893-94. The students elected officers and established rules to maintain
discipline among each other. The next mention of student government is not until
1911 in the NDAC Agassiz. A student council form of government was adopted in
the winter of 1910, as a result of the students’ desire for a “more
direct and rapid means of conducting the business affairs of the student body.”
The council had a total of thirty representatives, “composed of five members
from each of the college classes, [and] two from every one of the academic courses.”
In 1915, the organization changed its title to Student Commission, with the
ratification of a new Student Body Constitution. A new constitution in 1953-54
changed the name of the governing body to Student Senate. The title of Student
Commission was transferred to the chairmen of the various boards commissioned
by the student senate, essentially the cabinet of the student body president.
The Senate plan consisted of 18 senators elected by the student body, 12 two-year
terms, and six one-year terms. The senate form of student government is still
in action at NDSU today.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The Student Senate Minutes Series contains Student Government Constitutions,
lists of Senators and Commissioners names and addresses, correspondence, and
minutes of Student Senate meetings. The minutes are in chronological order from
November 1941 through April 1982. Several years are incomplete. Minutes are
missing for the years 1942-49, 1958-59, 1969-72, 1975-76, 1977-78, and 1979-81.
Bound volumes contain the minutes for 1941-42 and 1949-54, and 1954-55. The
minutes also contain reports of various student commissions. Minutes of some
of the commissions are located in the Commissions and Committee Minutes Series.
The only records available for the 1976-77 school year are proposed resolutions.
The Budgets Series includes budget requests from various campus commissions
and clubs, draft copies of final budgets and final budgets, from 1962-75. The
budget requests for the Student Activities Commission/Board are separate for
the school years between 1966-69, because of original order. There are no records
for 1970-1972. Some records also include guidelines for allocating funds.
Minutes, lists of members, correspondence, and some operating procedures for
senate commissions make-up the Commissions and Committee Minutes Series. The
commissions, listed in order, include: Commission of Finance, Commission of
Athletics, Board of Organizations and Activities/Commission of Student Activities/Student
Activities Board, Commission of Campus Affairs, Commission of Inter-campus Affairs,
and Commission of Publications. Guidelines for the Committee on Fraternity-University
Relations are in the last folder of the series. Several minutes of the NDSU
Board of Athletics are included with the Commission of Athletics minutes, since
commission members attended board meetings. Cheerleader selection results and
preparation records are also part of the Commission of Athletics papers.
Records of projects and events, and records generated by the university but
otherwise unconnected to the other series, are in the Subject Files Series.
Projects and events included are a book donation to Tottori University of Japan,
1965-66 Freshmen Orientation, 1964, 1965, and 1966 Homecomings, 1965 Leadership
Training Conference, undated Miss America Preliminary Pageant, 1966-67 Model
United Nations, 1966 National Honor Society Convention, 1964 riot against the
Food Service and asserting student rights, and 1966-67 Teacher Evaluation Program
Planning. Petitions against the closing of West College Street and 12th Avenue
Reconstruction environmental statements and transcript of a public hearing on
12th Avenue Reconstruction of 1973 are also included. Associated Student Governments
Association Constitutions and programs, a copy of amended By-laws of the Memorial
Union, a copy of the Constitution of the Student Body, miscellaneous Student
Government election campaign notes, 1978-79 North Dakota Student Association
minutes, an undated Reed-Johnson Constitution, and an Administrative handbook
are other miscellaneous records.
Processed by Lisa Hanson, Fall, 1997
Box/Folder Box listing
1/a Finding Aid
Student Senate Minutes Series
1/1 1941-42, 1949-54
1/2 Inserted pages of 1941-42, 1949-54 Student Senate Minutes Book
1/3 1954-55
1/4 Inserted pages of 1954-55 Student Senate Minutes Book
1/5 1955-56
1/6 1956-57
1/7 1957-58
1/8 1959-60
1/9 1960-61
1/10 1961-62
1/11 1962-63
1/12 1963-64
1/13 1964-65
2/1 1965-66
2/2 1966-67
2/3 1967-68
2/4 1968-69
2/5 1972-73
2/6 1973-74
2/7 1974-75
2/8 Student Senate Resolutions 1976-77
2/9 1978-79
2/10 1981-82
Budgets Series
3/1 1962-63
3/2 1963-64
3/3 1964-65
3/4 1965-66
3/5 1966-67
3/6 Commission of Student Activities Budget 1966-67
3/7 1967-68
3/8 Student Activities Board Budget 1967-68
3/9 1968-69
3/10 Student Activities Board Budget 1968-69
3/11 1969-70
3/12 1972-73
4/1 1973-74
4/2 1974-75
Commissions and Committee Minutes Series
4/3 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1964-65
4/4 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1965-66
4/5 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1966-67
4/6 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1967-68
4/7 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1968-69
4/8 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1969-70
4/9 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1971-72
4/10 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1972-73
4/11 Commission of Finance Standard Operating Procedure, 1974
4/12 Commission of Finance Minutes, 1981-82
4/13 Commission of Athletics Annual Report, 1956-57
4/14 Commission of Athletics Report and Athletic Budget, 1961-62
4/15 Commission of Athletics Minutes, 1962-63
4/16 Commission of Athletics Minutes, 1963-64
4/17 Commission of Athletics Minutes, 1964-65
4/18 Commission of Athletics Minutes, 1965-66
4/19 Commission of Athletics 1965-66 Cheerleader Selection Records
4/20 Board of Organizations and Activities Minutes, 1965-66
4/21 Commission of Student Activities Minutes, 1966-67
4/22 Student Activities Board Minutes, 1967-68
4/23 Student Activities Board Minutes, 1968-69
4/24 Student Activities Board Standard Operating Procedure, 1972-73
4/25 Commission of Campus Affairs Minutes, 1963-64
4/26 Commission of Campus Affairs Minutes, 1964-65
4/27 Commission of Campus Affairs Minutes, 1965-66
5/1 Commission of Inter-campus Affairs Minutes, 1962-63
5/2 Commission of Inter-campus Affairs Minutes, 1965-66
5/3 Commission of Publications Minutes, October 15, 1962
5/4 Committee on Fraternity-University Relations Guidelines
Subject Files Series
5/5 Administrative Handbook, 1974
5/6 Amended By-laws of the Memorial Union
5/7 Associated Student Governments, 1965
5/8 Associated Student Governments, 1966-67
5/9 Book Donation to Tottori University, Japan
5/10 Constitution of the Student Body and Parliamentary Law Guide
5/11 Freshman Orientation, 1965-66
5/12 Homecoming, 1964
5/13 Homecoming, 1965
5/14 Homecoming, 1966
5/15 Leadership Training Conference, 1965
5/16 Miscellaneous Campaign Notes
5/17 Miss America Preliminary Pageant
5/18 Model United Nations, 1966-67
5/19 National Honor Society Convention, 1966
5/20 North Dakota Student Association, 1978-79
5/21 Reed-Johnson Constitution
5/22 Riot Against the Food Service, 1964
5/23 Teacher Evaluation Program Planning, 1966-67
6/1 Environmental Statement for 12th Avenue Reconstruction, January 9, 1974
6/2 Public Hearing on 12th Avenue Reconstruction, September 18, 1973
6/3 Environmental Statement for 12th Avenue Reconstruction Statement (Draft),
September 18, 1973
6/4 Petitions Against West College Street Closing
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