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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...class of 1921 adopted the amendments to the constitutions of the three lower classes proposed by the Student Council in regard to the elections of class officers. By these amendments, which require a vote of at least 60 percent of the members of the class to make an election valid, it is expected that in the future the often unrepresentative elections of the past will be eliminated. With the passing of this measure by the Juniors, the amendments become effective for all classes entering college hereafter, since the Freshmen and Sohomores have already voted favorably on the matter...
...Section 10. Any election of class officers shall be declared valid if 60 percent or more of the members of the class affected shall have voted...
...three lower classes, proposed by the Student Council, to arouse interest in class elections, and already passed by the Freshmen and Sophomores at their last smokers. By requiring 60 per cent. of the members of the class affected as the minimum number of votes to make an election valid, and providing for additional balloting at intervals of not more than 10 days until the necessary three-fifths are cast, it is expected that in the future, class officer elections will be more representative than in the past...
Many words have been wasted about the "deplorable lack of interest" on the part of the undergraduates in their class elections. At last the class constitutions have been amended so that an election will not be valid unless 60 percent of the members of the class vote. But, although this will insure future elections being representative, it will no more do away with indifference than would an amendment saying that undergraduates "must" become interested...
...added to Article 3 of the constitution of the three lower classes, concerning the election of class officers, were unanimously passed. These amendments make it necessary that at least 60 percent of the members of the class affected shall have voted before the election may be declared valid, and that if a sufficient number of votes is not cast at the first election, further balloting shall be held at intervals of not more than 10 days until 60 per cent of the class shall have voted. Suffrage is restricted in that later balloting to those members who have not already...