Word: functionally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With every passing year, the Student Council seems to wander farther and farther from its original function of advising the Administration on College policy. The most recent step in the wrong direction came when, over vigorous minority opposition, the council supported Massachusetts House Bill No. 646. This bill would reduce transportation fare rates by one half for students of schools, colleges, and universities in the Commonwealth...
...humorist, who had been out of town until yesterday, told representatives of the Smoker Committee that there was a "50-50 chance" that he would appear at the function...
...This is the last of three editorial on the re-organization of the Student Council, which is to take place this term. Tuesday's article traced the development of the Council from an appointed Dean's Advisory group to an elected body which has two functions. Yesterday's editorial showed why the present Council subordinates its original advising function to a multitude of social service activities. This conclusion will show what the Council's proper functions are and how it should be organized to fulfill them...
...home with drivers who are going home, and it publishes an extra-curricular activities bulletin. These services give the elected representatives direct, daily contact with the people who elected them. They are also more gratifying to the "political" personality. In fact, short range, social-service activity is the proper function of such an elected council...
...spends the great majority of its time on small, daily services to the undergraduates. Investigations and reports on instruction, housing, advising, and scholarships continue to take a back seat to football movies, ticket exchanges, activities bulletins, and charity collections. Just how the Council can fulfill its secondary, social service function, without detriment to its primary, advisory function, and how it should be organized to do this, will be discussed in tomorrow's editorial...