RATIFICATION OF COUNCIL

The first class to consider the new constitution of the Student Council will be the Junior class at its election today. Below is printed the amended form of the constitution. The ratification of this plan remains for the respective classes and will be done at the class elections when the voting for members will also take place. The Senior class will consider the matter at its meeting tomorrow. Men who vote against ratification should, nevertheless, vote for members so that their preferences may be recorded in the event of their being in a minority.

Nominations for Council.

The Nominating Committee of the Student Council has nominated the following men according to the constitution of the proposed Council.

From 1911--9 to be elected--A. Beane, H. F. Corbett, R. C. Floyd, G. R. Harding, R. Hornblower, H. Jaques, Jr., G. E. Jones, H. C. Leslie, J. G. B. Perkins, J. Shillito, S. B. Steel, A. Sweetser.

From 1912--7 to be elected--G. H. Balch, T. J. Campbell, W. H. Fernald, R. T. Fisher, H. L. Gaddis, R. S. Potter, L. D. Smith, A. Strong, R. B. Wigglesworth, H. deWindt.

From 1913--5 to be elected--R. B. Batchelder, S. M. Felton, 3rd., A. M. Goodale, P. M. Hollister, H. P. Lawless, R. P. Lewis, P. L. Wendell, W. M. E. Whitelock.

Constitution of Student Council.

The purpose of this Council is thoroughly to co-operate with the Faculty in raising the general intellectual standard at Harvard, as stated in the undergraduate petition to the Faculty dated April 29, 1908, to bring before the governing bodies of the University expression of undergraduate opinion on subjects pertaining to the University, and to co-operate with the Athletic Committee in eradicating any evils in the conduct of athletics. The attainment of this purpose is to be effected in part by direct jurisdiction over individual students, and in part by creating the general sentiment that it is a question of individual and college honor to maintain a strict attention to scholastic duties.

A. Membership.

I. The Council is to be composed as follows: (1) The four class presidents, (2) the captains of the four major teams, (3) the chief executive officer of each of the following papers: the Advocate, the CRIMSON, the Illustrated Magazine, the Lampoon, and the Monthly Magazine, (4) the vice-president of the Union, (5) three representatives from the Phi Beta Kappa elected by its member (6) twenty-four members from the College at large elected by their respective classes as follows: 9 Seniors, 7 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 3 Freshmen (to be elected at the time of the election of class officers, except in the case of the Senior class).

II. Those men having membership in the Council by virtue of undergraduate office shall retain their membership until the end of the academic year in which the qualifying office was held. The mem- bers elected from the College at large shall retain their membership until their successors are elected. No undergraduate who is not in good standing at the College Office shall be eligible for membership. No member of the Council who fails to maintain good standing shall continue as a member of the Council. The Student Council shall appoint members to fill any vacancies that may occur. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the entire Council after three weeks notice of such change has been given to the undergraduates.

B. Meetings.

I. The Council shall meet at least twice in each academic year. The first meeting shall be held within one week after the annual election of members. The president shall be empowered to call special meetings.

II. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members.

C. Officers.

The officers of the Council shall be a president, a vice-president, and a secretary, all of whom shall be Seniors. The president shall preside at all meetings, and shall have the power to cast a vote only in the case of a tie. The vice-president shall, in the absence of the president, assume all his powers. The secretary shall perform all the duties regularly pertaining to that office. All officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Student Council after the election of members.

D. Committees.

I. Executive Committee. There shall be an Executive Committee of seven members, of whom five shall be Seniors and two Juniors. The officers of the Council shall be ex-officiis members of the Executive Committee. The two remaining Seniors and two Juniors shall be elected at the first meeting of the Council after the election of members. The Executive Committee shall carry on the business of the Council, shall report on its actions to the Council at the first regular meeting of the Council subsequent to the actions in question, and shall have this report published in the CRIMSON as soon after its presentation as expedient. The Executive Committee shall have the power to require any member of the Council to investigate and report to it on any subject in the field of the Council's activity. The Executive Committee shall hold office from its election until June 1. The Executive Committee shall be empowered to fill any vacancy which may occur among its members. The Executive Committee shall meet at least twice in each month during its term of office.

II. Nominating Committee. A Nominating Committee of seven members shall be appointed by the president of the Council before June 1 of each year. The Nominating Committee shall consist of the two Junior members of the Executive Committee, and three Juniors and two Sophomores appointed from the Council at large. The Nominating Committee shall, after the first two weeks of the academic year and before the class elections, make nominations from which the members at large are to be elected by their respective classes. Twelve Seniors, 10 Juniors and 8 Sophomores shall be nominated. Additional nominations for delegates from any one class may be made by petition of 50 members of that class. Such petitions must reach the Nominating Committee at least 48 hours before the elections. The Nominating Committee shall assume all the functions and powers of the Executive Committee from the first day of June to the time of the election of an Executive Committee by the Council in the following Fall.

E. Powers of the Council.

(1) To advise the executive of any student organization open to competition as to the conduct of such organization. (2) To obtain through the College Office necessary information pertaining to the undergraduate body, such as marks, cuts, absences from Cambridge, etc. Note.--The purpose of the above is to enable the Council to have at all times exact data so that it may give warning to individuals, teams, etc., and to assist in the maintenance of the required standard. (3) To investigate any infringement of College rules that it may see fit, with the power of recommendation to the University executive. (4) To confer with any of the governing bodies of the University or any member thereof, upon any subject pertaining to the undergraduate body. (5) To regulate all mass meetings and student demonstrations, athletic, political or otherwise. (6) To prohibit any man who shows an indisposition to respect the recommendation of the Council from becoming and remaining a member of any athletic team, musical club, theatrical club, etc. (7) To confer with the Athletic Committee on athletic questions with power of recommendation as to schedules, etc. (8) To execute all further powers the Faculty may see fit to grant it