Word: councill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some people will dispute the point that the Council should have the interest of the student body. They say that there is nothing in the work of the Council to excite interest and that only a basic change in the functions of the organization could affect its position in the eyes of the public...
...granted that the students should be concerned with the activities of the group that represents then--and the Council is based on this principle--and given student indifference to the Council, we are faced with a need for change...
There are two possible means of correction. First, that the public should be artificially stimulated by election campaigns and undergraduate hullabaloo to pay more attention. And second, that the Council should be changed in some way to make it more interesting...
...appointed Council would undoubtedly do better (and be more "significant") than an elected one, but there are a great many weaknesses to the appointive system. Probably the loss would be more than the gain...
...best way to improve the Council is to get better men on it. How could we get better men to run for the Council? Have a better Council to attract the best. How could top-flight Council aspirants be sure of a chance in the elections? To have a chance, in pre-election campaigning, to show the excellence of their new and old ideas...