Word: councill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?CRIMSONAlan H. GrossmanMembers of ALPHA TAU OMEGA and two of their friends relax in the fraternity living room before a date. The dog, 11 years old, is called "Tau." Seated, at right, is Larry Wright, president of Arcadia--Lehigh's student council--and program manager of the university radio station. In addition to the first floor rooms, A.T.O. has too floors of dormitory and study rooms, and a bar in the basement. Members of the fraternity and pledges are busy constructing steps from the house to a parking lot a few hundred feet...
...student council--which for some reason is called "Arcadia"--is a laughing matter to some, but has increased its potency in recent years. A number of years ago, when Arcadia was at a low point in popularity, the council president became the first Lehigh student to have his head shaved by his classmates, a ceremony which is usually reserved for football weekend attacks on Lafayette freshmen. The next year, the council's prestige was restored somewhat by the election of athlete Joe Gratto as president. Gratto was a member of Lehigh's highly respected wrestling team...
...those Student Council members who recently voted to leave NSA, I have been very much disappointed that the Council's reasons for their decision to withdraw have not been adequately presented to the students, while the proponents of NSA have been quite vociferous...
...then did I vote to leave? Not, as has been represented, because I think Harvard is different--for better or worse, not bcause Harvard can't afford it (though NSA would take at minimum one-fourth of what we received at registration), and not because the Student Council wants to set up a rival organization...
After six years of debate this Council has taken the step of leaving NSA. But we advocate eventual return. We are resigning temporarily in order that Harvard's name, which the NSA flashes quite eagerly, should not be misused. We want certain procedural changes, but to effect them from within the organization is either impossible or impractical. Harvard's withdrawal, we are hoping, will be a glass of cold water. But we are not stopping there. A complete report of our reasons for withdrawal is being sent to every one of the 350 member colleges...