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 CONSTITUTION 
 
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 The Women's 
 
 Literary Society 
 
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 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TORONTO 
 
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CONSTITUTION 
 
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 The Women's 
 
 Literary Society 
 
 OF 
 
 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TORONTO 
 
 April, 1899 
 
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 University College 
 
 WOMEN'S Literary Society 
 
 Established November 19th, 1891 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 THE SOCIETY. 
 
 Ai'ticle 1. 
 
 1. The Society shall consist of women who are in actual 
 attendance in University College, and of women who on grad- 
 uation were registered in University College in the Faculty of 
 Arts, and all such shall be considered as admitted and in 
 possession of ^he rights of members without nomination or 
 election. {See Article i^i.) 
 
 2. The Society shall be called "The Women's Literary 
 Society of University College, Toronto." 
 
 3. The objects of the Society shall be : (a) the encourage- 
 ment of literary and scientific pursuits, and public speaking ; 
 (6) the management of such affairs and the discussion of such 
 questions as come properly within the province of the mem- 
 bers of this Society. 
 
 4. No controverted point in religion shall be admitted for 
 discussion in the Society. 
 
 5. A magazine, to be known as Sesame, may be published 
 under the auspices of this Society. 
 
 6. Hon. Edward Blake and Mrs. Blake shall be patrons of 
 this Society, and shall have the right of atteridance at all its 
 l^neetin^s. 
 
MKMBERS. 
 
 Artkle 2. 
 
 1. No member shall be entitled to vote at any election or 
 to be elected for any office until she ban paid her fees for the 
 year. 
 
 2. No member who is not in actual attendance in Univer- 
 sity College and proceeding to a degree shall be entitled to 
 vote at the annual election of officers, or to hold office. 
 
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 OFFICERS. 
 
 Article 3. 
 
 1. The Officers of this Society shall consist of a President, 
 a Vice-Presid jnt, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding 
 Secretary, a Treasurer and a Curator, with a Councillor from 
 each year, all of whom shall constitute a General Committee. 
 The President and Vice-President shall belong to the fourth 
 year. An Honorary President shall be appointed from among 
 the women graduates of University College, in whose election 
 said women graduates may vote. 
 
 2. The election shall take place yearly by ballot at the 
 annual meeting, the majority of the votes polled being neces- 
 sary for an election. The President, Recording Secretary, 
 Treasurer, and two Scrutineers, shall conduct the balloting. 
 There shall be no voting by proxy. 
 
 3. The Editorial Board of Sesame shall consist of an Editor- 
 in-Chief, from the fourth year, and one Assistant Editor from 
 each year. The Business Board shall consist of Business 
 Manager and one assistant from each of the third, second and 
 first years. The President of this Society shall be a member 
 of the staff ex officio. 
 
 4. The members of the Boards of Sesame shall be nominated 
 at the Nomination Meeting and elected at the Election Meet- 
 ing of this Society. 
 
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 5. Candidates for office in the Society shall lie nominated 
 at the annual meeting, and no candidate shall be eligible for 
 any office but that for which she has been nominated. 
 
 6. No member siiall be permitted to run for office on the 
 General Committee for two successive years, except in the 
 case of President. 
 
 7. The President, o.* in her absence, the Vice- President, or 
 a member at the request of the President, shall preside over 
 all meetings of the Society, enforce the due observance of the 
 Constitution, decide all (juestion;, of order, announce the 
 result of all voting, and shall give the casting vote in case of 
 a tie. 
 
 8. The Recording Secretary shall keep full and correct 
 accounts of the proceedings of all the meetings of the Society, 
 the names of all candidates proposed and elected, and the 
 number of votes cast at every election or division. She shall 
 also prepare and sign the notices for all meetings of the 
 Society, and post the s ime in the Laidies' room of the College. 
 She shall also post in the Ladies' room, for at least four days, 
 all notices of motion. 
 
 9. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the corres- 
 pondence of the Society and of the General Committee, under 
 the direction of the President, and shall keep copies of all 
 letters sent and files of all letters received by the Society ; 
 shall notify in writing the debaters, essayists and readers for 
 each public meeting, and shall send a report of each such 
 meeting to the 'VAiiSiTY and leading daily papers. 
 
 10. The Treasurer shall receive and account for all money 
 belonging to the Society ; shall, under the direction of the 
 General Committee, paj all expenses incurred by the Society, 
 and at the annual meeti ig submit her report to the Society. 
 She shall keep a roll book in which shall be entered each pay- 
 ment of fees made by each member. 
 
 11. Each officer of the Society shall, at the conclusion of 
 her term of office, deliver to her successor all books and docu- 
 
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 iiientH in h«r poHsessijui belonging to the Society, and hucIi 
 Biiccessor shall henceforth be responsible for the safe keeping 
 of the same. 
 
 12, All reconla in the possession of any oHicer of the Society 
 shall be open to the inspection of any member thereof. 
 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
 Article J^. 
 
 1. The General Committee shall have the power to make 
 by-laws for con«lucting the business of the Society, and shall 
 at the annual meeting present a report upon the business of 
 the year. 
 
 2. Their meetings shall be held at the call of the President. 
 
 3. In case any officer of the Society is absent from three 
 consecutive meetings of the General Committee, it shall be 
 
 , the duty of the Recording Secretary to report the same forth- 
 with to the Society, who may, at their discretion, declare such 
 office vacant. 
 
 4. Vacancies occurring under the foregoing section, or by 
 reason of any other cause, shall be filled in the same manner 
 as at an annual election, and the nomination and election shall 
 take place at the first meeting after that at which the vacancy 
 is announced. 
 
 5. Special Committees of not less than three members may, 
 after «lue notice, be appointed by the President for any pur- 
 pose, and such Committee shall continue in office till dis- 
 charged. 
 
 6. The member first named on any Committee shall be the 
 convener thereof, but the Committee may, at its first meeting, 
 appoint a Chairman and Secretary. A majority of the Com- 
 mittee shall form a quorum. 
 
 7. The minutes of every such Committee shall be kept in 
 the special Committee minute book, w hich shall be deposited 
 
with tho Hecoriling Secretary as Hoon as the Committee has 
 reported. 
 
 8. In case a ((uonim in not piesent at any dnly appointed 
 meeting of any (Committee, the Secretary thereof shall record 
 the namcH of those memberH present, and report the Siinie at 
 the next f rdinary meeting of the Society. 
 
 MKET1N(;S. 
 
 Article ''>. 
 
 1. The regular meetings of the Society shall consist oi )r- 
 dinary and public meetings, and the annual meeting. These 
 meetings shall he hehl at 7.30 o'clock on the second and fourth 
 Saturdays of every month until the end of February and in 
 addition an annual meeting on the second Saturday of March. 
 
 2. Eight membt rs shall form a (luorum. 
 
 3. Announcements forprdinary meetings shall be posted in 
 the Ladies' room of the College by the Recording Secretary at 
 least one week previous to such meetings. 
 
 4. A public meeting of the Society, to which the patrons 
 shall be invited, may oe held on any evening appointed by the 
 General Committee. 
 
 5. Members who take part in the programme of any public 
 meeting, shall be elected by the General Committee at least 
 three weeks ]>efore such meeting. The General Committee 
 shall have power to fill vacancies arising from resignations. 
 Each reader shall submit her selection to the General Com- 
 mittee for their approval. I >ebaters shall select their subject 
 and report the same to the Society one week after their elec- 
 tion ; in default thereof, the General Committee shall select a 
 subject for them. 
 
 6. At the close of each debate, the decision shall be given 
 by the Chairman according to the merits of the arguments, c 
 be referred by her to a vote of the members present ; and at 
 private meetings she may criticise any defects in the style of 
 the essayists, readers, or speakers. 
 
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 7. The Society may have an annual reception, to the in- 
 coming students, which shall be under the management of the 
 General Committee, with power on the part of the Society to 
 add to their numbers. 
 
 8. The General Committee shall have authority to call a 
 special meeting of the Society at any time, and for any pur- 
 pose, by giving not less than twenty-four hours' notice thereof. 
 
 9. The General Committee shall prepare and submit to the 
 Society the programme for each ordinary meeting at least one 
 week previous to such moeting. 
 
 10. The President is empowered to call a meeting of the 
 members of the Society, for the discussion of any subject not 
 forbidden by the Constitution, on the presentation to her of 
 a petition to that effect, signed by eight members. 
 
 11. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held one 
 week before the regular March meeting, for the purpose of 
 nominating officers for the new Committee, the time and place 
 of such meeting to be decided by the General Committee and 
 announced at least two weeks previous to it. 
 
 FINANCE. 
 
 Article 6. 
 
 1. The annual subscription shall be fifty cents. 
 
 2. Whereas Sesame is a publication under the auspices of 
 this Society, which is therefore responsible for any deficit, in 
 case there is a surplus, one-half of said surplus, shall be put 
 aside for the publication of the following year and the other 
 half of same shall go to the Treasury of this Society. 
 
 ALTERATIONS IN THE LAWS. 
 
 Article 7. 
 
 1, Alterations in the laws shall be discussed only at the 
 March meeting, or at such other meetings as the General 
 Committee may appoint. 
 
 2. No such alteration shall take place without receiving the 
 votes of two-thirds of the m^ambers present. 
 
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 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 1. The order of business .at ordinary meetings of the Society 
 shall be as follows : — 
 
 (a) Minutes read, approved, signed. 
 
 (6) Business arising out of the Minutes. 
 
 (c) Notices of Motion. 
 
 {d) Business from General Committee. 
 
 (e) Nominations for Officers and Committees. 
 
 (/) Business from Committees. 
 
 {g) Communications received. 
 
 {h) New Business. 
 
 (i) Literary Programme. 
 
 (j) Announcements. 
 
 2. In the above Order of Business there shall be allowed : — 
 
 (a) To the Essayist, twenty minutes. 
 
 {h) To each speaker, ten minutes, and five minutes for 
 reply, if she be entitled to reply. 
 
 3. In every public debate there shall be allowed to each 
 speaker fifteen minutes, and five minutes for reply, if she be 
 entitled to reply. 
 
 4. The Order of Business at the annual meeting shall be 
 as follows : — 
 
 {a) Minutes read, approved, and signed. 
 
 (b) Business arising out of the Minutes. 
 
 (c) Reports of General Committee and Treasurer. 
 {d) Reports of Special Committees. 
 
 (e) Election of Officers. 
 
 5. Every member in speaking shall address the Chair, con- 
 fine herself to the subject under discussion, and avoid person-- 
 9.1ities and iudecorous language. 
 
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 6. No member shall npeak more than once on any question 
 unless with the permission of the Society, except in explana- 
 tion of a material part of her speech which may have been 
 misconceived, and no new matter shall be introduced upon 
 such explanation. A reply is allowed to a member who has 
 opened a debate or moved a substantive motion other than 
 those enumerated in Rule 15, but not to the mover of an 
 amendment. 
 
 7. When two or more members rise to speak at once, the 
 Chairman shall determine their precedence. 
 
 8. When a member is speaking no person shall inte^'rupt 
 except for the purpose of calling her to order or asking a 
 question. 
 
 9. A member called to order shall at once sit down until 
 the point is stated and determined by tlie Chairman, whose 
 decision shall be given without debate, unless being in doubt, 
 she shall invite discussion. If such decision is appealed from, 
 the grounds for appeal and the reasons for the decision having 
 been stated the question shall, without debate, be put as 
 follows : — " Shall the decision of the chair be sustained." 
 
 10. Any member may require the question under discus- 
 sion to be read at any time, but not so as to interrupt a mem- 
 ber while speaking. 
 
 11. When a member is speaking, a motion being read, or a 
 vote being taken, no member shall walk out of, or across the 
 room, or make any noise. Conversation calculated to disturb 
 any member while speaking or reading, or to hinder the 
 transaction of business, shall be deemed a violation of order, 
 and, if persisted in, shall incur censure. 
 
 12. Every motion shall be seconded and read from the 
 Chair before it is discussed. 
 
 13. All motions and notices of motion shall be in writing, 
 except votes of thanks and motions to reconsider, to adjourn, 
 t;o take the previous question, to close the debate, to lay on, 
 
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 tKe table, to postpone the discussion to some future meeting, 
 to divide (when the same will admit of it), or to refer. 
 
 14. A motion to adjourn shall be in order at any time, 
 except when a member is speaking, during a division or elec- 
 tion, or immediately after a motion, or the adoption of the 
 previous question. A motion to adjourn simply shall be 
 decided without debate. 
 
 16. The previous question shall precede, and, until decided, 
 preclude all amendments to the main motion, and shall be in 
 the form : '* Shall the main motion be put now ? " 
 
 16. On the adoption of a motion to close a debate, the 
 main motion and all amendments already moved, shall be put 
 in the usual order without further discussion. 
 
 17. Only one amendment to an amendment shall be in 
 order, and no irrelevent amendment shall be permitted. 
 
 18. One week's notice in writing shall be given of motions 
 for the appointment of committees, the suspension, expulsion, 
 re-election, or censuring of a member, the reconsideration or 
 discussion of any question or resolution, to amend the laws or 
 rules of order, or for a return from any officer or committee ; 
 and the President may, subject to an appeal to the Society, 
 direct any motion made to stand as a notice. 
 
 19. A motion to reconsider the decision of the Society on 
 any question must be made by a member who voted in favor 
 of such decision. 
 
 20. The Society may, by a vote at any regular meeting, 
 alter, add, strike out, or suspend a rule of order, change the 
 order of business, or suspend a member. 
 
 21. When the Society goes into Committee of the Whole, 
 the President may leave the chair and call upon some o^her 
 member to preside. The Minutes of the Committee shall bo 
 kept by the Secretary of Committees in the Special Committee 
 minute-book. 
 
 22. Twenty-four hours' notice in writing of the meeting of 
 every Committee shall be posted up in the Ladies' roorii. 
 
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 23. Reports of Committees, other than reports of progress, 
 shall be in writing, signed by some officer of the Committee. 
 
 24. When the report of any Committee has been read to 
 the Society, it shall be deemed to be received without any 
 motion to that effect, and may then be adopted with or with- 
 out amendment, considered in Committee of the Whole, 
 referred or laid on the table. 
 
 25. Any member may admit a visitor to a private meeting 
 of the Society. 
 
 26. One week's notice in writing shall be given for the 
 granting of the Society's funds for any purpose other than the 
 defraying of the expenses incurred by the Literary Society 
 proper. 
 
 27. Neither clause 26 nor this clause shall be suspended 
 except by a two-thirds' vote. 
 
 28. Cases not provided for in the foregoing rules shall be 
 governed, as far as possible, by the practice of the Legislative 
 Assembly of Ontario. 
 
CONSTITUTION 
 
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 The Grace Hall Memorial Library 
 
 1. At a meeting of the Women's Literary Society of Uni- 
 versity College it was resolved : 
 
 " That a library be formed, having Grace Hall's books as a 
 nucleus, to be extended by donations of books from graduates 
 as they leave college, for the use of undergraduates who may 
 need such help." 
 
 •2. The library shall be known as the Grace Hall Memorial 
 Library. 
 
 3. The officers shall be elected at a mass meeting in the 
 spring. 
 
 4. The officers shall consist of President, Vice-President 
 and Secretary-Treasurer. 
 
 5. The President shall be convener of the committee, and, 
 with the Vice-Pi \;sident, shall form an Advisory Board. 
 
 6. The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive applications for 
 the loan of books and donations for the extension of the 
 library. 
 
 7. The Committee shall consider applications and have full 
 power of decision. 
 
 8. Two members of the Committee shall form a quorum. 
 
 University College, 
 
 December 8th, 1898.