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After two evenings of wrangling, the Student Council voted Monday to grant a charter to the Sphinx Club, a new final club. The tortuous route which the Sphinx Club's charter application travelled indicates that a fundamental misconception of the chartering process has arisen in the minds of many Council members...
...chief stumbling block which the Sphinx Club faced was that a majority of the Council has serious doubts as to the merit of the club system, and, in particular, the merit of the final club as an institution at Harvard College. Some Council members who disliked the club system felt that they could not vote to give the Sphinx Club a charter because such a vote would constitute endorsement of the club system. These Council members also felt that the chartering of the new final club might lead to a flood of charter applications for more new final clubs...
Because of these doubts about the club system, the resolution chartering the Sphinx Club contained a proviso stating that the charter did not constitute Council endorsement of the club system. The measure chartering the Sphinx Club was also closely linked to a resolution urging next year's Council to investigate the club system...
Whether the Sphinx Club will be able to retain its name and whether it will be able to exist at all as a bona fide Harvard organization must await a decision of the faculty. Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37 announced yesterday...
Another issue slated for discussion is the status of the Sphinx as a final club. In the past, no club could become final without the unanimous consent of all other final clubs...