Word: non-council
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...thus a definite, but unpleasant surprise to read of the Student Council's recent appointment to its ranks of the chief non-Council member of the Freshman Election Committee; namely, Richard W. Kimball. At the recent open meeting of the Student Council, which I attended, Mr. Kimball smoothly assured the Council that the election had proceeded perfectly. That group, without pausing itself to investigate, resolved to congratulate Mr. Kimball for his "outstanding ability, special skills, and particular knowledge complementary to the functions of the Council." I find these special skills incompatible with the past record of the Freshman Election Committee...
Look at the Saizburg Seminar: the guiding spirit was a non-Council member, Clemens Heller 1G, who came to the Council with an idea that everyone called impossible--before imagination and hard work brought it to successful reality. Look at the just-released evaluation of General Education's firs year: the sub-committee chairman who sweated this widely-praised document into shape was another non-Council man. Paul Ben Coggins...
...proposed method of nomination, however, appears doomed to failure. Trying to rid itself of the objectionable nominating committee method of putting men on a ballot, the new constitution would require 25 percent of the total House membership to be present at an open nomination, the alternative being another, but non-Council, nominating committee. In the light of the poor attendance at the Constitutional Forums, 25 percent, or about 80 men per House, seems an absurdly high attendance figure...
...alternatives to be presented at House meetings will be 1) the council shall be completely elective, though non-council members may be committee chairmen, or 2) the Council may by a two thirds vote appoint undergraduates to membership, providing such appointments shall not exceed five or some other figure yet to be stipulated...
...Curriculum and Tenure" would presumably refer to changing, initiating, or abolishing of courses and hiring and firing of teachers. The group, a subcommittee of the Council's Education Committee, will include non-Council members from all fields of concentration, mainly from the Junior class. Eugene D. Keith '42 was chosen chairman...