Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite conflicting opinions, the election for officers of the incoming Student Council will be held this Wednesday, Marc E. Leland '59, president of the present Council, announced late last night.
Leland stated that according to the constitution, this election must be held during the reading period preceding the term and that the Constitution will be followed.
There had been a question as to Leland's opinion on the date of the election because many new Council members were elected only last week and are not yet acquainted with one another.
Lewis B. Oliver, Jr. '61, the third presidential candidate, said that he "wanted the constitution followed" and that the Council's prestige was at stake if it violated these constitutional provisions. He also obtained a petition signed by 15 members of the present Council favoring a reading period election.
The petition which has been circulated in the dining halls during the past few days asking for a new election of Senior Class Marshals has accumlated the signatures of 565 seniors, according to King K. Holmes '59. This total represents slightly more than fifty per cent of the Senior Class...