Word: charter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the assembly voted for this proposal it did go under rights granted it in the UN Charter, rights "to recommend measures for peaceful adjustment of any situation ... which seems likely to impair ... relations among nations." Jerusalem certainly presents such a situation. The Holy City, important because of its size and strategic position, is also held sacred by three religious groups. And two of them have armies with crusader complexes...
Previously clubs had to submit a list of 20 members for an original charter but no requirements other than a copy of the constitution and a financial statement were necessary for rechartering. Switching the rechartering date until after Pay Day was done mainly for convenience of the Students Government and the clubs, which will now know exactly how many members and how much money to expect for the years...
This is not true at Harvard. Only about 15 percent of the College belongs to organizations which worry about discriminatory "qualifications" for admission; only one group has a discriminatory charter. These groups are purely social clubs; their function is severely limited by University Hall restrictions requiring students to pay for room and board in College buildings...
...Collegiate Montaigne Society, although not organized under a Harvard-Radcliffe Charter, has operated within the University for several years. Theodore Spencer, the late Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, once termed it "one of the most encouraging intellectual manifestations in the student body that has come to my attention in a long time...
...Only two charter members are still in business in the Square. These are Edwin R. Sage, owner of Sage's Grocery Store, and Edwin B. Powell, of Powell Printing Company. A third charter member, J. Frederick Olson, retired from business last spring, but is listed as an "ex officio" member...