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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These four criticisms point up an inadequacy in the present election system which undoubtedly should undergo study and revision; but they certainly do not represent grounds for a new election...
...closing sentence of the petition which asks "in the best interests of the class" that a new election be held "to clear up the present atmosphere of unrest," presents an absurdly naive solution to the four points which precede it. The petition, against the implications of which there is no possible defense, has already created a very considerable degree of unrest, for it obviously implies that there was dishonesty involved in the ballot-counting on December 11, and further, that this dishonesty was responsible for Leland's victory...
...College may admit a considerably enlarged Freshman Class next fall, according to one high Administration official. "I cannot help but feel that next year's Freshman class will be larger than the present one," the official said yesterday. "It might even include an extra hundred students...
...true, he said, that there will be more Yard rooms available next year. "Under present plans, Freshmen will move into most of Wigglesworth next fall, as well as Thayer North, which is new being renovated. This gives us around 170 more spaces than this year...
However, von Stade pointed out, there are at present about 60 "forced commuters" (students who would prefer to live in the Yard, but were accepted on the condition that they live out). "Forced commuting is not a healthy situation," he noted, "and we should be able to eliminate it next year...