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...gesture of conciliation after the election, John R. Thompson '57, former President of the HYRC and the Times-Republican, and one of the leaders of the Stalker group, seconded a motion proposing that Smith be declared President by acclamation...
...dramatic election meeting which culminated weeks of bitter inter-club dispute, Norman William Smith, Jr. '58 defeated Thomas A. Stalker '58 last night for the Presidency of the HYRC by a vote...
...vehemence with which the entire campaign had been waged and the intense lines of partisanship which had split the HYRC were clearly evident from the moment that President Donald P. Hodel '57 rapped the gavel. The presidential nominating speeches, made by James D. Gibbons '57 for Smith and by Hodel for Stalker were greeted with occasional whistles and hisses which brought about several appeals from the floor for order...
Although the motion was not carried, Smith issued an optimistic statement expressing his hope "that the HYRC will now resume its position as the highly respected organization which the Harvard community desires." He felt that "the time has come to revitalize the Club and it is to this end that I and my colleagues of the newly-elected Planning Committee will direct ourselves in the year ahead...
After campaign machinations end tonight, it is to be hoped that constructive steps will be taken to prevent their recurrence in future elections. The HYRC would do well to take a more positive view of its educative function and replace its emphasis on internal politicking with a comparable concern for external political action...