Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Crimson Key's first year has been a success. The Key has performed its numerous duties in fine style and has won itself a place in the extracurricular scene. But its first year has also revealed a great organizational problem...
This basic problem is the old one of small-group efficiency versus adequate representation. The Society must remain representative of the student body so that it will not degenerate to a club of self-styled BMOC's, as has happened at other colleges; it must not be unwieldy...
This year's constitution tried to handle the problem by making up the executive body from representatives of undergraduate organizations. But these representatives had little time for their work, and most of the Key's activities were handled by a separate group called the Associates. The new Constitution makes these Associates full Key members and calls them the Permanent Body, as opposed to the Representative Body. It sets up a careful balance of power, with each Body including 32 members. The 64 Key-men will meet only four times a year to determine policy; the day-to-day work will...
...only that, but he intends to earn the degree in only one year. Entrance exams bore him; these he dismisses with a high-honors shrug. Freshman hazing presents somewhat more of a problem, and Mr. Belvedere faithfully wears his '52 beanie until he emancipates his class by pole-vaulting 14 feet to win the "Soph-Fresh" track meet. In order to earn money, he indulges in a more sophisticated baby sitting, working as a "hasher" in a sorority and civilizing its unmannered members...