Word: versus
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Kuhn, and Axt, spurred by Passano, then moved on to the ground of efficiency versus representativeness in the Council, Axt, maintaining that both were important, said that an all-elected Council could do an efficient job. "It of course depends," he said, "on who is elected...
Discussion centered around the whole problem of elective versus appointive offices and the manner of election. Distinct differences of opinion arose on these questions, one group holding that the function of the Council should be that of democratic political body while the other group felt that the expert advisory character of the Council should be maintained through appointments...
...three issues discussed by the Constitutional Committee, were the problems of appointments versus elections, the house versus the class as a basis for election to the Council, and the question of Freshman representation. No final decisions were taken on any of these questions...
Still the major bugaboo is the question of elected versus appointed members, although off-the-record statements by Councilmen indicate that they are reconciled to cutting the number of appointed men severely in the new constitution. Even this obstacle, however, may be sidestepped. Traditional Council claims that appointed men are more efficient on specific tasks could be countered with a provision for use of non-elected men as members of certain committees. If representatives of both sides can go into every meeting with minds, unfettered, with effectiveness and democracy as their bywords, they will be able to produce, in only...
...should like to commend the recent announcement of Tennis Coach Jack Barnaby and the HA.A. To an academic world still pondering the question of emphasized varsity competition versus informal athletics for the general student body, Coach Barnaby has rendered Harvard's reconsidered opinion. In a letter of "apology," it has been revealed that, due to the shortage of facilities, tennis courts are no longer available to students who are not members of the varsity tennis squad or Freshmen required to take physical education. Here is the bold and forthright answer to the University of Chicago's short-sighted de-emphasis...