The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-03
BEREA COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Principles Of Procedure


ment for a Community Council for
Berea was inaugurated the various
organizations Of the community have
been selecting person to serve as
representatives on the council. Most
Of the organizations have selected
their representatives, as follows:
The Community League, Mr.. b. p.
Allen; Red Cross, Professor Everett
Dix; the Woman's Club, Mrs. r. II.
Cowley; the Progress Club, Mrs. J..W.
Herndon; the Baptist Church, Rev.
John Cunningham; the Christian
Church, Elder w. J. Hudspeth; the
Union Church, Professor c. d. Lewis;
the Methodist Church, Mr.. W. F.
Jarvis; Berea College, DIR. c. r. Ray
mond; the Public School, Professor
f. F. Dizney; the City Council, Mr..
j. W. Stephens; the American Legion,
Mr.. Fleming Griffith.
On last Wednesday evening the
first meeting Of the Council was called
at Boone Tavern. A quorum was
present and the Council organized
by electing Professor Dix chairman
and Mr.. B. p. Allen secretary and
treasurer. The following principles
Of procedure were adopted:
I, Every member Of the Council
shall come as the representative of
its organization, bringing its agreed
plans TO be submitted for the judg-
ment Of the Council. He is to pre-
sent not what he wishes to be done,
nor what he thinks his organization
wishes done, but what the organiza-
tion has definitely decided and agreed
1t wishes done. This applies specif-
ically to the long-term planning which
it is expected the organization will
do through the Community Council
2. Important longtime plans and
policies shall not be decided hastily.
After the various plans submitted by
organizations shall have been con-
sidered and then combined and CO.
ordinated and adopted by the Council,
the composite plan shall be taken
back to the organizations for their
approval. Nor shall longtime plans
be considered fully adopted until
finally approved by a mass meeting
Of the citizens Of the community.
8. This combining of forces for
the purpose Of getting the whole COM
munity behind every good movement
and thus making more certain Of its
successes shall not prevent any or.
ganization from carrying out policies
of its own, independently.
4. Pressing measures which arc
not necessarily part of longtime
community program, but which are
Of general interest and concern may
be acted upon by the Council and
provisions made for carrying them
into effect, with or without referring
them to the various organizations.
This applies when time is an impor
tant element and when the measure
Is Of such a nature that there can
be no doubt of the general concur
renee Of the good citizens of the
community.
s. Publicity shall be given to all
actions taken ,1nless thara ara ada
quate reasons why they should not,
from the nature Of the case, be made
public.
II was voted to have each member
Of the Council bring before his own
organization the matter of formula
ing its proposed rart in the proposed
community program. This should be
their program for not less than
year in the future and preferably for
a period Of five years or more. 1t
is not expected that all the organiza-
tons will have plans of general COM
munity interest to offer from the first
but it is hoped that the opportunity
for offering them will stimulate more
thinking and planning in community
terms. After reasonable time for
formulating the plans has been given
the organizations, the Council will be
called together TO consider them.
e. l.. Dix