Word: interests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some people will dispute the point that the Council should have the interest of the student body. They say that there is nothing in the work of the Council to excite interest and that only a basic change in the functions of the organization could affect its position in the eyes of the public...
...Interest Is Expendable...
This year's seniors will be the first ever to permit the College to spend the interest which the gift will earn from year to year, David T. W. McCord '21, chairman of the Fund Council, said yesterday. Interest on the traditional $100,000 gift usually amounts to $25,000 over the 25-year period...
Both professors were dropped from the University of Washington faculty after the University Senate, a faculty body, had voted not to dismiss them. The president of the University, Raymond B. Allen, overrode the decision of the faculty organization. The case has aroused great interest in other colleges all over the nation...
...Council's basic problem is one of personnel. A membership that lacks initiative, interest, or time can hardly make anything but a "do-nothing" group. While griping may go on all year, this is the only time the average undergraduate has a chance to do anything about the Council. Intelligent voting, however, is more difficult here than in, for example, a national election. A candidate can't be judged by his platform for there are no "significant issues" to campaign on, and Council elections have never been the cause of much excitement anyway...