Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...motion to have the president of the Student Council appoint a committee to meet with proponents of the National Student Association to discuss Harvard's membership in the organization was defeated 9 to 5 by the Council at its meeting last night...
...arguing for a reconsideration of membership in the association, he pointed out that the NSA offers a means for discussion of such topics as tuition and board rates, draft laws, integration, and federal aid to education...
Quoting Leland, Winans said, "The financial problem is not the major one in the consideration of NSA." Since supporters of the Association have offered to provide half the cost of membership, Winans asserted that, "it is absolutely necessary that the Council do no less than hold a referendum." One member of the Council speaking against the motion declared, "The NSA has tended to use Harvard's name for certain proposals and viewpoints which we haven't had a chance to speak...
Further undergraduate support for continued Harvard membership in the NSA developed yesterday when Bakhtiyar Ali Khan '59. Secretary of the Harvard Islamic Society, announced his group's opposition to the Council's vote for withdrawal. The full text of Khan's statement may be found on page five...
Winans said yesterday that he would present a written request to Leland this morning asking permission for him to address the Council tonight. He added that he would propose that the Council put up half of the funds necessary for membership with the proponents of the N.S.A. raising the remainder...