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...another development at yesterday's meeting, the Faculty voted to abolish the system of "selected members," which has been in force for few years to insure a quorum at meetings. Instead the Faculty voted that the following members should ordinarily go to all meetings...
...Yugoslavia, India and Egypt withdrew from the sessions, thus preventing a quorum...
...same time, Henry M. Silviera, Jr. '51, Student Council president, said that a meeting of Housemasters which was to have taken up the parietal rules question today has been postponed due to lack of a quorum. That meeting was called to consider a measure sponsored by the chairmen of the House committees which would extend the deadline to 12 midnight on the Dartmouth and Yale weekends only...
Other Fish to Fry. The usually philosophic Douglas shouted, "I object." Hot and rumpled, he paced the floor, demanded a quorum so that the question of whether his words had been objectionable could be put to a vote. Actually the matter was of little importance, but Douglas, angry at McKellar, insisted that his colleagues go through the whole rigmarole. Annoyed Senators, with other fish to fry, were herded complainingly out of offices and cloakroom and onto the floor. Morse slumped in his seat, grinning gleefully, while the still indignant Douglas had the record read. McKellar gave up, let the record...
Until Christmas? Just after midnight, Cain abruptly ended his speech and demanded a quorum call. His filibuster had lasted 12 hours and 8 minutes.* The sergeant-at-arms began routing out snoozing Senators and, when he could not find enough, was ordered to arrest a few-a temper-raising procedure which had not been invoked since 1942. But arrests proved unnecessary as, one by one, Senators straggled in, grinning sheepishly as their waiting colleagues applauded each latecomer. For an hour the Senators wrangled. Lucas wanted an agreement to vote on the bill itself; Wherry demanded a vote on a motion...