Constitution Ratified as Council Plots Elections

Ratification of the new Student Council Constitution by a quorum of its members was announced last night by President Levin H. Campbell, 3rd '48, as the Council Elections Committee slated House nomination meetings for the first part of next week.

"Sufficient ground for acceptance," the Council felt, was evidenced by the recent student balloting in which 90 percent of those casting votes were in favor of the revised constitution.

Consisting of Campbell, Roger S. Kuhn '46, and Henry Lee, Jr. '48, the newly-created Elections Committee lists nomination meetings for House representatives to the Council as follows: Winthrop House, Monday at 7 o'clock; Dunster House, Monday at 7:30 o'clock; Kirkland, Leverett and Lowell Houses, Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock; commuters' center, Dudley Hall, Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock; and Eliot House, Wednesday at 7:30 o'clock. Not yet scheduled is the meeting of Adams House.

Test Case for Constitution

Pointing out that this election is merely the transition stage between the old and new elective systems," Kuhn last night stressed that another election, both of House and Class nominees, will take place immediately preceding the May reading period.

"This is the first actual test of whether the new constitution, and the principle of closer contact with the student body behind it, will work," Kuhn added. "Since this is the student's chance to break away from the much-maligned nomination committee system, we hope for a strong undergraduate turn-out."

Under the new scheme, nomination meetings will be managed by the House committee, with two Council members present to discuss their aims, past, present and future.

"Unless at least 25 percent of the House members are present at the meetings, the new constitution provides for the use of nomination committees. House elections are scheduled for the first week in March.