Word: councill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like the city of Boston, the freshman Union Committee is having charter trouble. Wednesday night, the Student Council Committee on Freshman Affairs presented a new constitution at a meeting with Dean Leighton, Yard proctors, and Union Committeemen. That document would supplant the old system, under which the dean appoints Union Committee members with provisions for an election early in each fall. But the Council's proposals were received ill-favoredly by the freshmen representatives...
...proposed constitution isn't perfect. It makes provision for far too many Committee members, for one thing. But like all constitutions, it can be adjusted in the light of experience. And it has a number of ambitious goals that are certainly worth aiming at. As the Council group says, the elective system should stimulate interest in Union business, and give future Committees the class support that has hitherto been lacking. The constitution also gives the freshmen two representatives on the Student Council, which is a right they have been denied...
...Union Committee can become a much stronger force in Yard affairs, more than just an executive council. It can take a broader interest in freshman affairs, and make excursions into the area of policy. More than this, however, the new style in the Yard can successfully introduce first-year men to the ways and means of democratic organization when they enter the College. Freshmen can handle their affairs while they are freshmen-and not have to wait a year...
Cornell debaters stressed the danger of adopting a federal civil rights program as they beat the Debate Council last night in an Ivy League contest at Winthrop House...
John K. Lally '49 and William Gold '49, also qualified for the positions by number of votes received in the last election, had earlier declined the posts. Arosemena and McCurdy replace former Council President William D. Weeks '49 and Laurence F. O'Donnell...