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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the terms of the new charter, councils in the future will serve from February to February. Nominations for the eight House candidates open today and close next Wednesday; elections will take place the following Wednesday. Petitions signed by twenty people are necessary for nomination...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: 85 Percent Vote 'Yes' on Altered Council Charter | 11/22/1950 | See Source »

Only 69 percent of Leverett balloters voted for the new charter. Dunster had the biggest turnout and was the only House which cast more than 200 votes. One-hundred and eighty-eight approved of the constitution and 37 voted against...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: 85 Percent Vote 'Yes' on Altered Council Charter | 11/22/1950 | See Source »

...constitutional referendum of 1947 a majority of the student body was required to favor the charter for ratification; in this election, only two-thirds of the students who voted had to approve to put the constitution into effect...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: 85 Percent Vote 'Yes' on Altered Council Charter | 11/22/1950 | See Source »

...major changes in the revised charter fall into five categories: period of tenure, appointments, nominations, freshman representation, and rights to initiative...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: New Constitution Continues Trend Toward Long-Range Council Reports | 11/21/1950 | See Source »

...charter continues trends which began in 1936. These trends have diminished the council's disciplinary powers over the individual student; they have made the group's primary function that of investigation and inquiry into University policies and programs; they have made the body more elective than appointive. In short, formerly a government of the students, the organization has gradually become, as its name indicates, a "council," by and for the students...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: New Constitution Continues Trend Toward Long-Range Council Reports | 11/21/1950 | See Source »

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