Word: taffrail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Student Council yesterday approved the Taffrail Club after its president submitted a new constitution, which removed objectionable clauses on compulsory dues paying and membership...
Under the new rules, submitted by Robert L. Jenkins '54, president of the Taffrail Club, dues and membership are not compulsory. Jenkins added, however, that "membership in the club is favored by the Navy officers. It shows your office qualities in that you are looking out for the interest of the group." He said that non-membership is looked upon as the "same as not going to drill." "Actually," noted Jenkins, "membership is voluntary only up to the point where you join the unit...
...Taffrail Club president Robert L. Jenkins '54 said last night that he had shown the proposed revisions in the constitution to Watson and Council president Clifford L. Alexander '55, and that both had expressed tentative approval. They will receive finally revised copies today...
Watson last night paraphrased what he expected the revised provision of the Taffrail constitution to say: "All members of the NROTC unit are eligible for active membership in the Taffrail Club. Contributions will be collected from all active members...
...Taffrail Club is a social organization to which, according to present rules, all NROTC students must belong and pay dues. In refusing to approve the club, Dean Watson said, "Harvard's policy has always been one of voluntary membership in undergraduate organizations. It is not in the spirit of things to force students to join or pay dues...