Word: representation
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NSA claims to represent the views of its member schools. It is not an association of college students or delegates representing their views, but a federation of delegates from student governments. The pronouncements and resolutions of the NSA convention are presented as those of the participating schools, although there does...
Died. Elliott White Springs, 63, fun-loving textile magnate, author and World War I flying ace; of cancer of the pancreas ; in Manhattan. After bagging twelve German planes and winding up the war as the U.S.'s fourth-ranking ace (after Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank Luke and George Vaughn), Springs...
A candle, burning at both ends, is printed on the cover of Poor No More. It may be intended to symbolize the state of society, or of the book's hero, but it might just as well represent brightly burning Author Ruark. Since World War II, besides his syndicated...
However, the more liberal elements of NSA maintain that the representatives actually do represent American students to the extent that delegates are enlightened, intelligent members of the student community. They point to the fact that NSA resolutions have followed the general trend of student thought in the dozen years since...
When the Student Council withdrew from NSA last year, it argued that the Congress passed policy resolutions with undue haste and insufficient consideration. The 1958 report also pointed out that delegates cannot "represent" the diversified political views in the College.