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Under a 1967 change in regulations, Harvard alumni are allowed to vote in the Overseer elections immediately after they graduate, instead of having to wait five years. Taking advantage of this change, Henry R. Norr '68, former chairman of the Harvard Policy Committee, announced in his Class Day speech June 12 his intention to run for Overseer in the 1969 elections. He said then that he hoped to establish more communication between the Board and students...
Although unwilling to comment specifically on Norr's candidacy, White last week said that "the voice of a recent graduate could be...enormously useful. The closer we get to undergraduates the better off we'll be." Richardson agreed that "it is a good idea to have the board represent the whole range of alumni in terms of classes...
...following is a draft of the oration delivered in Sanders Theatre on Class Day, June 12, 1968. Henry Norr, Class Orator, made his remarks immediately preceding a speech by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, whom the Class of 1968 invited to speak in replacement of her husband...
...election of a younger alumnus to the Overseers, although a new departure, is by no means a revolutionary one. The question is not whether or not students should run Harvard, but simply whether they have a right to be heard at all. Henry Norr's election to the Overseers will give students and younger alumni an articulate voice in matters which are of concern to all Harvard...
...effectiveness can be variously explained: by the hero, elite, or secrecy theory. The hero theory credits the HPC achievements to its 1967-68 chairman, Henry R. Norr '68, an extraordinarily shrewd and articulate advocate of the student proposals. The elite theory holds that the HPC gets things done because its members aren't elected (they are chosen by House Masters and House committees) and are therefore more capable than the kind of student who goes in for campaigning in student elections. A final explanation of the HPC's success (held by many of the members) is that they get things...