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...elected by the student body) by vote of the Council before November 1 each year. These members would concentrate on the Council's "advisory functions," which involve recommendations to the University Administration on matters of general academic policy. The new constitution also changes the starting time of a Councilman's term from September to February...
...Examiner ran a story hailing a medical discovery made at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.* The paper had to yank it hastily after discovering that the findings were developed from experiments on dogs. The same day, the Examiner headlined a long-distance interview with the Rev. Carl C. Rasmussen, ex-councilman who had written the wartime dog-pound ordinance. As the Examiner told it, Rasmussen, who was in Des Moines, was "shocked" and "horrified" at the "misuse" of his law. But as Rasmussen told the story, after he hurried to Los Angeles, the Examiner had put a lot of "lies...
Dunster House representatives William H. Claflin '50, Alvin H. Baum '52, and Richard M. Edelman '52 had less success with their case. City Councilman Edward Sullivan and property owner Mrs. Eva Bakas opposed Dunster's request to use the University property for a parking...
Soon the Cambridge police will patrol their East Cambridge zones sitting down instead of on their feet. Five shiny new patrol cars are replacing the foot beats in the interests of more efficient coverage of the area. When the plan was up before the City Council, one councilman termed it an "invitation to burglars, rapists, and thieves . . . to come into Cambridge, watch a prowl car go by, and then do their damage." Could...
...student representatives are not likely to spend their time in office quietly studying important College problems and making unspectacular reports to the Dean. Even though this may be their proper function, the members of an elected body will not do it for two reasons. In the first place, each councilman must show the friends who elected him that he is actively working for their personal benefit. In the second place, the type of person who runs for public office and is popular enough to be elected is not generally the type who is willing to bury himself in unacclaimed investigations...