Word: hornblowing
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...idea of Council conducting a continuous "auditing of courses and educational programs," proposed by Michael Hornblow '62, especially appealed to the Dean as a procedure with "tremendous possibilities. This is perhaps the direction Council should take...
When Mike Hornblow and a coalition of dissatisfied students started their push for limiting the political activities of the Student Council President, few thought their efforts would lead to a general reorganization struggle. But the Phillips controversy served to unleash years of resentment and anti-Council feeling, and within a few weeks, the Council was on trail for its life...
...hasty council of war met throughout the night of April 16. By dawn, the group, led by Mike Hornblow, had decided to petition the Council for a constitutional change which would bar the President and vice-President from holding office in "or acting as a spokesman" for any partisan organization. The request was not a direct personal attack on the incumbent President, but many elements of the College gleefully joined the fun, thinking that at last Howie could be pricked where it hurt. If approved, the measure would have forced Phillips to choose between his two chief loves--Republicans...
...Hornblow's group worked feverishly throughout the day to gather signatures and Council votes. Just before the meeting they held a conference in Tim Petri's room. His roommate, Bruce Chapman, is a member of the Alberg, Barber, Chapman combination which Phillips claimed had dealt him such an unkind blow in the HYRC. Chapman was not there, but nonetheless the Hornblow movement had the aura of a political war party out for revenge. Since Howie won the Massachusetts YR Chairmanship from former HYRC boss Hugh Barber, he is a strong candidate for national chairman. Bruce Chapman is actively backing current...
...would have seriously limited the Council. Persons interested in the Council Presidency invariably have political interests. The restriction might have prevented political opportunism, but it also would have eliminated many dedicated, able, and talented candidates. A constitutional limitation was hardly the proper remedy. As soon as the Hornblow petiton was defeated, Phillips sensed the next move--a censure. He adjourned the meeting for lack of a quorum (having asked some of his supporters to leave...