Undergraduate Committee Seeks Poll on Student Council Report

Latest development in the stormy minor and Jayvee sports abolition issue is the recommendation of the Undergraduate Athletic Council, headed by Robert T. Gannett '39, that the Student Council sponsor a poll to find out whether or not its plans have secured general acceptance among the undergraduates as a whole.

The minor athletic bombshell which was presented by the Student Council Committee on Athletics more than a week ago has stirred up lively controversy, and the Undergraduate Council wishes to discover the extent of the discontent with the present system and whether or not student opinion warants the change.

Bingham Withholds Comment

The aim behind the recommendation of Gannett's Council is not to open an attack upon the Student Council report, but rather to provide the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports with the general consensus of student feeling. The Regulation Committee meets on May 1 to decide the fate of the plan, and until then William J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, will withhold official comment on the subject.

When informed of the poll proposal, one member of the Student Council Committee voiced the difficulty which the Council has had in securing full understanding of its plan. The entire report has not yet been generally available, and unless it is circulated widely or receives extensive publication, chances of a poll are slight.

The recommendation for the poll will be discussed today at a meeting of the Council Committee on Athletics, headed by Cleveland P. Amory '39.