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After a stormy five-hour session the Harvard Council for Undergraduate Affairs last night elected Richard T. "Tom" Seymour '64, of Lowell House and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as chairman...
Four candidates, two of them sophomores, will definitely seek the chairmanship. John R. "Rusty" Taylor '65 will probably walk into the meeting with the largest block of votes, but supporters of challengers Richard T. "Tom" Seymour '64, Charles F. Doran '64, and John P. Russo '65 were confident last night that they hold enough voting power to force at least two ballots...
Some observers have detected a shift in the political winds towards Seymour, who decisively whipped Taylor in the Lowell House election for representative at large. (Taylor later gained the House Committee appointment on a close ballot...
...Seymour headed last fall's explosive investigation of the dining halls and has also served as head of the Freshman Affairs committee. His backers claim his experience with the administration could aid the Council, but skeptics have questioned his leadership abilities...
Members sympathetic to Doran say their candidate may not be as forceful or informed as Seymour or Taylor, but maintain that he will be more successful in guiding the Council through controversial issues. Doran, presented by his spokesmen as a hard worker, was in charge of the recently completed report on the student union. Detractors say, however, that he lacks the drive to apply pressure on the administration...