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...petition points out that the Student Council should not run the Class Marshal elections since it usually has one of its members as a candidate, in this case, Leland. This is probably a cogent criticism, but the fact remains that the Student Council has been running this election for many years, and there can be no good reason for choosing 1958-59 as the year to have a new election under a hastily instituted new procedure...
...fourth point is the most significant one made, for it is true that some 100 seniors did not vote because Final Club dinners coincided with the Class Marshal balloting; but this again is a complaint that could and should have been made before the election and not after...
Concerning the past class marshal elections there are two issues which must be carefully considered: 1) honesty of the election; 2) the election procedure. With regard to the honesty of the election, it must be pointed out that to date there has been no direct evidence of corruption. So far the evidence brought to light is circumstantial. As regards this evidence I believe that it is up to the members of the Senior Class as intelligent college students to decide for themselves whether or not this evidence is in itself sufficient to demand a new election...
...deny, however, that the election procedure has many mechanical deficiencies. The whole system, including the date of the polling and the counting of the ballot, is open to question. On these grounds, demands for new class marshal elections may be justified, but it is up to the class to decide for itself; it is certainly not up to the recently elected marshals...
Even if there had been no question as to the honesty or the mechanical procedure of the election I still think that it is within the rights of the class to call a new election at any time it sees fit. The class marshal position is primarily for the class and not merely for the glory of those elected...