Word: closers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...accordance with the revised constitution's scheme of closer contact between the Council and the student body, Richard G. Axt '46 and Levin H. Campbell, 3rd '48, President of the Council, spoke before the gathering...
...confederation of weak German states. The U.S. and Britain, shying away from either extreme, want a central authority strong enough to govern, superimposed on states which are independent only in local affairs. Britain and the U.S. want the Ruhr to be under German political rule, although both are moving closer to the French proposal for international economic control of Ruhr industries...
...sending representatives of the college to all secondary schools in an area, and not solely to those of the usual array of collected prep and suburban schools, would be the shot in the arm necessary to spread the notion of Harvard scholarships to a greater cross-section. A closer cultivation of educational advisers in the same industrial-rural area schools might dispel much of the gloom that these indifferently-informed sources pass on concerning the cost of a Harvard education and the possibilities for scholarship aid. Lastly, expansion of the Harvard book prizes and other Alumni awards might measurably close...
...This is the first actual test of whether the new constitution, and the principle of closer contact with the student body behind it, will work," Kuhn added. "Since this is the student's chance to break away from the much-maligned nomination committee system, we hope for a strong undergraduate turn...
...several devices that may give Harvard students more of what they want from their Student Council. Popular election of all members save three, representation on a combined House-class basis, and a much improved system of nominations are all mechanisms that will bring the individual Council member to a closer identification with larger groups within the undergraduate body. The College has thus been given an outline which could turn elections into open reviews of issues concerning students generally, and a nominating procedure which might forge a link between each Council member and what could be sneeringly termed a constituency...