Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most important changes which adoption of the report would establish lie in the composition of the Council's membership. The Council's existence has rested on the democratic but unrealistic belief that it is the spearhead of student opinion. Elections affording an ambitious, personally motivated politician the opportunity to capitalize on undergraduate apathy do not result in true representation. With elections under the new House and Class constituency proposal, students may still have to elect politicians-but they will know their politicians better...
...With a university degree come the assurance of a salary starting at the unusually high figure of 600 pounds ($1700), opportunities for rapid advancement in any field, and the highly-coveted privilege of associating with the country's Westernized intelligentsia. A degree, in short, confers upon its owner provisional membership in a New Elite...
...referendum provides that one-third of the Council members be appointed rather than elected, and stresses House, as well as Class, representation. If passed, the referendum would also expand Council membership...
Discussion on Harvard's membership in the National Student Association raged for more than two hours at the Student Council's open agenda meeting held last night...
Marc E. Leland '59, President of the Student Council, said the referendum on the issue of Harvard's membership in the NSA would be held sometime "before a week from last Monday...