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Solicitors also took a poll last night asking students why they gave to the charities they had indicated. One student said he gave to the Council because some time he might "need a loan" from them. Another said it was "social compulsion" and a third said he wanted to "be a philanthropist...
These statements came as a "surprise" to John W. Holt, director of the Student Employment Office. He said he has had little success in finding students hotel employment, although he has been able to offer one or two-night jobs once in a while...
...This is the third in a series of editorials discussing Dean's Office and Council proposals for rules relating to undergraduate activities. Tuesday's editorial described the tremendous increase that has taken place since the thirties in Dean's Office regulation of student activities and found four major causes for this increase: 1) the cold war and consequent political tensions, discussed in yesterday's editorial, 2) growing concern over organizational bad debts, and 3) Increased sensitiveness about public relations, discussed today, 4) a trend towards closer Harvard-Radcliffe relations which the Dean's Office considers extremely unfortunate, to be taken...
Because creditors of bankrupt organizations turn to the University for payment, the Dean's Office feels that it must do what it can to prevent student groups from getting into financial difficulties. Hence it has built up a network of financial supervision. For instance, there is a rule, new since the war, that no student group may carry on any activity outside the city limits of Cambridge without Dean's Office permission. And as a check against bankruptcy nearer home, the Dean's Office requires that an annual financial statement be submitted to it by every undergraduate organization...
Unfortunately, the protection of the good name of the University is being achieved at the expense of the freedom of action of student groups...