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Council veterans Tim Zagat and Roger Leed, asked by President Phillips to do a general study of the Council, also expressed "general dissatisfaction" and mourned the "tragedy of an organization passively presiding at its own dissolution." But Messrs. Leed and Zagat offered remedies quite different in approach and machinery from the Bailey plan. They reasoned that most students express themselves through organizations rather than through the House; they observed that the current elections through the Houses had produced a non-representative Council "verging on complete lethargy"; thus they suggested a Council composed of representatives of organizations and members selected...
...representative should the Council try to be? Both reports hedged on this question, although Leed and Zagat emphasized that the "Council should be as effective a spokesman for the student body as possible." Bailey, in his original statement, contended that the new Council should act chiefly as a coordinator of House activities. Bailey and others unhappy with the present Council are extremely suspicious (perhaps unwarrantedly so) of any Constitution implying that the Council represents undergraduates on anything. They point with horror to the murky record of recent years where the personal political career of the Council President has sometimes found...
Free speech has taken a beating around here lately as it is, and Phillips' and Leed's statement makes one wonder what the College is coming to. Dean Monro has a perfect right to say what he would like the Council to be, or what he thinks CRIMSON editorial policy should be, or what numbers he wants to hear the Glee Club sing. And, of course, the Council, the CRIMSON, and the Glee Club have an equal right to ignore him. It seems strange that the Council would complain about "meddling," since a large part...
...seems plausible that Monro did read the Leed Zagat report, but, like so many others, was left speechless by a proposal that would enlarge the Council to 50-75 men, most of whom would have less reason to be on the Council than some of the present members. As for the matter of ignoring Council votes, it seems absurd for the Council to consider itself the last word on something like Sophomore Standing, and to think that a 10-9 head count should end discussion. A committee like the SCCEP is valuable for the points it raises on both sides...
...short, Phillips and Leed seem much too quick too condemn a man who has been honest in his conduct and use of influence. Monro has never hesitated to speak his mind, but he has not forced demands on any student or organization. Both he and the principle of free comment have been unnecessarily and nonsensically smeared...