Word: freshman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last night's action by the Student Council in doing away with the Freshman election and transferring the functions formerly performed by the class officers to the Union Committee is the culmination of three years of agitation, during which period the CRIMSON has favored the abolition of elections...
...landslide leads to interesting speculations. There is no reason to believe that the Class of 1942 is more anti-election than previous freshman classes. There is rather contrary evidence if the circulation of last year's abolition petition--which was much wider than that of the present one--means anything at all. In the light of this, it would seem that Yardlings have in the past been driven to the polls against their wills. Just as the Communists would force the workers to be free, the Student Council has forced the Freshmen to be "democratic", and has met all protest...
...vote of 432 to 179 the Freshman class yesterday expressed its opposition to holding an election for class officers in a referendum sponsored by the Student Council...
...special meeting held immediately after the ballots were counted the Council withdrew the election scheduled for today and Thursday by striking out the sections of its by-laws on Freshman Elections...
...voted to "empower the Union Committee, with the advice and consent of the student Council representatives on Freshman affairs and the Secretary of the Union, to appoint members of the class to take charge of the various class activities...