Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

osoCIAL~fACTIVITIESoSOCIAL COMMITTEEW . Swinson, G. Turton , D. Taylor , R. W ebb , I. Chesterf ield, S. Ritch re, G. Ferris, L. Peake,J . Butt erworth, M. Charlton , M . T hompson, R. Irvin e .• SOCIAL COMMITTEEDu ring the year, the Soc ial Com m itteehas been integrated wit h the S.R.C.to develop student activiti es and to p romotesoc ia l functions for the int e restand welfare of c.T.S. student's.It is ve ry important that stude nts ha veboth o n a cade m ic and a social out lookand to participate in the administrationand orga n iza t ion of schoo l affairs. However,st ude nt activity is generally ot alow ebb, mainly because of the lack ofinterest and lack of enthusiasm shownby the students themselves. Ne vertheless,the va rious activities and soc ia levents organized by the Social Committeeand the S.R.C. have been ve ry successful.The Social Committee wa s formed atthe beginning of the year and its membersinc lude representatives from boththe Engineering and Art Schools. Thesemembers are:­President: Lloyd PeakeSecretary: Glenn FerrisTreasurer: Judy Butterworth26Glenys Sm ith, Judy Beck , MarionCharlton, Stephanie Ritchi e, HelenWebley, Max Thompson , Roy Irvine,Bill Swinson, Geoff Turton, Ian Chesterfield, Reg. Webb, David Taylor (advertising).The Soc ia l Committee ha s endeavouredto meet the social requirements ofthe school and ha s reasonably accompiished this. Meetings were held regularly and were generally well attended,although onl y a few representatives contributed an y origi nal ideas .The activities for the yea r have beenthree donees, a Snow Trip, Cor Triol,the P.S.A Ball and Theatre Night. Anyfurther a tte mpt to a rga n ize somethingdifferent, for example, a River Trip, orto organize clubs of general int erest didnot receive much response (and did notwarrant the effort involved in o rga n izingtheir fulfilment. It is ~ pity recllv.).Also the Social Committee foundstudents who ope n ly expressed their dissatisfactionand caustically condemnedall school functions without actually providing ony thought or interest in thefunction itself, and without sh owing the