Word: electives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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They were as follows: (1) to add eight House chairmen automatically without reducing the number of Seniors elected or appointed by the present methods; (2) to add the eight chairmen and reduce the number of Seniors otherwise chosen; (3) to cut the number of Juniors so that eight additional men could be accommodated without materially increasing the size of the Council; (4) to appoint half the House chairmen for one half year, and the other half for the other half year; (5) to make the present unofficial meeting of the House chairmen an official additional function of the Council...
...half dozen schemes that have flown unfledged from the Council nest, all offer difficulties in the way of operation. The best possible solution would be to elect eight seniors to the big board, one from each House, all of whom would be members of their respective House committees. These men could be House chairmen or not, as the plebiscite and their individual wishes determined, but care should be taken not to overburden them with excessive routine duties in House organization, lest their efficiency and enthusiasm on the Council be impaired. Three more seniors would then be appointed at large...
...people as the captain of the yacht on which Edward & Mrs. Simpson cruised; to the most convivial of the ex-King's equerries, Major Sir John ("Jackie") Renton Aird; and to Edward VIII's air pilot, Wing Commander Edward Hedley ("Mouse") Fielden. When famed "Mouse" did not elect to serve the Duke of Windsor, London newspapers printed that he has retained under George VI his Edward-invented rank, "Captain of the King's Flight," but in listing him last week for the Royal Vic orian Order, 4th Class, no such title was mentioned...
...Botts Hoxsey. its listing expert. Last week the Stock Exchange honored Mr. Hoxsey by making him a full-fledged member of the listing committee, invited him to sit in on meetings of the governing committee. It appeared from his writings, however, that the Exchange could have done worse than elect old Mr. Hoxsey president ten years ago. In 1930 in reference to Alleghany Corp. old Mr. Hoxsey memorialized prophetically: "If corporations of this type are multiplied, there is likely to be a strong public protest...
Last week in Manhattan more than 500 legalists, old and young, liberal and radical, gathered in the stately chambers of the New York Bar Association to elect temporary local Guild officers. Looking down from their gilt frames, first U. S. Chief Justice John Jay and 19 past presidents of the Bar Association beheld a scene of fine parliamentary confusion, as scores of pent-up legal spirits strug gled to express themselves. In a two-hour session, highlighted by a plea "to call in a few lawyers" to restore order, Paul Kern, Manhattan Civil Service Commissioner, was elected president, two steering...