Word: councill
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Radcliffe students yesterday rejected a proposal to subsidize the Radcliffe News with Student Council funds...
Commenting on the results of the referendum, Marc E. Leland '59, president of the Council, said he was "quite pleased," both with the number of students voting and with the outcome itself. He called the turnout "a rather large vote" which, he said, "followed the great majority of the Council's feeling...
However, Derek T. Winans '60, one of the leaders of the opposition to the Council's withdrawal, viewed the outcome as "disappointing." "There should have been a greater number of people voting," Winans claimed. He added his surprise at the results, noting that he did not expect his side to lose...
...discussion of NSA and the referendum have shown that a large number of students and organizations at Harvard are actively interested in NSA despite the Council's failure to publicize its activities," he stated...
Winans stated that he was "going to inquire" into what could be done to regain Harvard's membership in the NSA. However, Leland explained that "the Council is bound by the students' decision until another referendum is taken." This could not be done, he added, until next year, as no referendum may consider the same issue in the same year...