Word: matter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...crux of the whole matter lies in the powers of the new Council. These are not specific, definite, or real. We realize that the mere ratification of a new Council with plenary powers would not actually put it in possession of these powers. For, with one or two exceptions, the students have not the authority to grant such powers. These must be obtained from the Faculty. Our point is that unless the Faculty can be persuaded to grant real authority to the new Council, we had better have no such body at all. For another merely advisory Council must result...
...view of the present discussion, there would be much material at hand to work on. This new constitution should embody real powers, but no more than the committee deems essential to render the body effective. If the Faculty refuses to grant these powers or equivalent ones, then the whole matter must be dropped. In adopting such a plan, however, the committee is taking no unnecessary chances. For if the Faculty is not willing to give us an effective body, then, certainly, nothing can be gained from repeating the experiment of another useless Council. In case the Faculty sees...
...they want such a body? This, however, is exactly what the scheme for a new Council proposes, inasmuch as the College is given no chance to consider or to ratify adequately the new plan. The CRIMSON believes that the formation of a new Council and its adoption is a matter important enough to justify discussion and a real ratification. The present scheme with its provision for combined ratification and election as a side issue to the class elections is entirely inadequate...
...this year's members feel differently, let them refer the matter to the proper authority. However, it is inevitable that if the present policy of demonstration without cause is continued, the gallery will be closed permanently, and without notice. E. G. MEARS...
...summary: HARVARD 1914. PRINCETON 1914. Howard, Bulkeley, l.e. r.e., Hubbel Gardiner, l.e. r.t., Speers Bliss, l.g. r.g., Ball Storer, c. c., Corell, Pegram McGuire, Hitchcock, Saltonstall, r.g. l.g., Matter Willetts, r.t. l.t., Phillips Devereux, Milholland, Curtis, r.e. l.e., H. E. Waller Freedley, Grant, q.b. q.b., Baker Reynolds, Sortwell, l.h.b. r.h.b., E. C. Waller Chatfield, O'Brien, r.h.b. l.h.b., Hammond Bettle, f.b. f.b., Shenk...