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...Student Council at its weekly meetings convinces the observer that these talkative politicians have little discernible reason for continuing to exist and that the abolition of the Council would be a good thing. Its members come together on the second floor of PBH, wait forty-five minutes until a quorum is gathered, and discuss lunches with the Dean, the formation of the Motorscooter Club, and whether or not a certain member should be allowed to change his vote. Frequently, Council members themselves realize that they have little purpose, and ask agonizingly, "are we just the errand boys of Dean Watson...
Debate Over Quorum...
...Student Council postponed its meeting last night because enough members could not be present to form a voting quorum. The cancellation was made "by mutual consent" because of hour examinations...
...quorum, two thirds of the membership, is necessary to pass either of the two main items on the agenda, which are constitutional amendments. One of the two, a motion to change the present proportional representation balloting system, also requires sanction by two-thirds of the College in a referendum...
...sick and tired of witch hunts, of which the Smith Act prosecutions were the high point," burbled suety Philip M. ("Slim") Connelly, Los Angeles editor of the Communist People's World. Gathered around Connelly in a Los Angeles lawyer's office last week was a jubilant quorum of the 14 California Communist leaders in whose cases the U.S. Supreme Court had just ordered acquittal (for five), and new trials (for nine). Spokesman Connelly was giving out the new Red line that Communist martyrdom (including, said Manhattan's Daily Worker, those "sublimely heroic" atom spies, Julius and Ethel...