Word: mens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...think a majority of elected men is necessary to keep the Council representative. But I think these elected men should be able to obtain the assistance of other men of outstanding and, where necessary, specialized ability. It is not enough that such men be used in a consultative capacity. They must be regular Council members, with voting power, whose opinions and influence can color the attitude of the Council and help mold its final decisions...
What is needed to remedy this situation is a modification of the present universal language requirement. Since it is feasible that men in certain departments like European history or science might find some use for a language, they should continue to meet at least the present minimum requirement. Perhaps there should even be a broader and more comprehensive one, including some basic knowledge of foreign culture and intellectual history. But for others, an altogether different standard should be set perhaps in some cases no standard at all, since a little language is not worth much...
...were mistaken in your editorial of November 15 when you said the Dean used to appoint men to the Student Council. What actually happened under the old Constitution was that a majority of elected members appointed seven or eight other members. The Dean had no more power over the Council then than he does...
Many of us who were once in the Council were sorry to see it become an almost wholly elected group. We felt the Council was strengthened by being able to draft capable men to serve on it, most of whom would never have sought or achieved elective office. I think it fair and realistic to say that many of the talented men at Harvard haven't any great interest in student politics. To say they should have, and organize the Council as if they did, is to beg the issue; and that is what the present Constitution does...
According to their own story, the three Yale men arrived in Cambridge at 11 p.m. Wednesday night and at 12:30 began climbing the north wall of Memorial Hall, across the street from New Lecture Hall...