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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite a last-minute petition by 275 Seniors, the Student Council Committee on Elections last night rejected a move to re-open nominations for Class Marshal. The 11-man group unanimously voted that any new nominations would be "unfair" to the 32 candidates already on the ballot.
"We felt that the nomination deadline had been adequately publicized," Committee chairman Albert L. Jacobs, Jr. '61, commented, although the Seniors' petition had referred specifically to the "inadequate publicity" and the "unfortunate timing" of the deadline.
A group of Seniors, charging that today's Class Marshal election suffers from "inadequate publicity" and "unfortunate timing of the nomination deadline," has started a petition to reopen Marshal nominations.
Jacobs, in making his decision, pointed out that "publicity for the elections certainly was adequate." Citing the name of Harold J. ("Hank") Keohane '60, he stated, "It was up to Keohane to know about the nomination deadline." Keohane has been connected with this petition, although it started with a group...
Even if the group collects the signatures of a majority of the Class of 1960, there is no guarantee that nominations will be reopened. The Elections Committee will impound the ballots and reconsider the entire question; but if it should decide publicity was sufficient, the petition would be denied.