The Conference Meeting.

The Conference Committee, yesterday, met at Sever 3, instead of Sever 21, owing to the latter room being occupied at the time by Mr. Bocher. All the faculty members were present, and all of the delegates from the students, with the exception of Messrs. Huddleston and Claflin, from '86. Before giving an account of the proceedings, it will be well to give a fuller account of the meeting of Thursday last. At this meeting, the points at first raised for discussion were, as to whether such conferences would be advisable in the future, and as to what their powers should be restricted. After a protracted and interesting discussion, the resolution printed in Friday's issue was passed. " Resolved, That it is the sense of the meeting that in case the faculty decide not to grant any executive power to these conferences, it would still be desirable that they be held for deliberative purposes."

As soon as this resolution was passed there was a fierce attempt to tack an amendment to it, resolving that the students desired and hoped for ultimate executive powers. Before this matter could be fully discussed, the meeting adjourned, and the question was postponed till the next meeting.

Yesterday's meeting was called to order at 4 P. M., by Prof. Palmer, and at once proceeded to deliberate a plan for future conferences, and for electing the delegates. Before proceeding with the debate, Mr. Goodale, '85, was chosen secretary of the meeting. The plan then submitted was adopted substantially as given below, being first gone over, clause by clause, and very thoroughly discussed and amended. By the first clause, the students gain a very considerable advantage; for by it any resolution passed by them has the same weight as faculty committee resolution; and the faculty members of the committee are also bound to report the action of the faculty back to the student members. When the clause for the appointment and election of members was reached, three or four schemes were proposed; one of minority representation, a very complex one, providing for delegates from the societies, athletic bodies, and newspapers, and the one which was finally adopted. The '88 delegates here made an ineffectual protest against the small number of delegates allowed them, but their hopes were ruthlessly crushed, and their motion lost, by a vote of 16 to 4.

When the plan was finished, the resolution asking for executive power was again brought up, and the debate on it was long and animated. It finally became evident that the meeting considered such a request as inexpedient at present, and that it might " seriously handicap all conferences in the future," as one gentleman forcibly expressed it. The motion was accordingly lost.

The committee, before adjournment, passed a provision that, in case amendments or alterations to the plan as passed were necessary, or any other business bearing on the subject should occur in the mean time, the same delegates should meet at the summons of the chairman. A motion was also passed deciding not to give any of the particulars of the meeting to the daily press.

The faculty members of the committee express themselves highly satisfied with the moderate, careful, and considerate way in which the matter was debated by the students. Following is the plan adopted by the conference:

I. The committee of conference shall have the powers of a committee of the faculty. By this, it is meant that, whenever the committee sees fit, it can, as the result of a conference, adopt, by a majority vote of the student members, a resolution which the faculty members, a resolution which the faculty members shall report,-like the report of a committee-as soon as possible to the faculty; and the faculty members shall, as soon as possible, report back to the student members the action of the faculty in regard to the report, and the grounds of this action.

II. In the order of business, subjects for discussion that are brought before the committee by the faculty members as a body shall have precedence over all other subjects.

III. The committee shall have power to summon witnesses especially familiar with, or interested in the subject of discussion for that conference.

IV. (a) The student members of the committee shall be elected by secret ballots at polls kept open not less than one day. The votes of each class shall be counted by the president and secretary of the class, assisted by a member or members of the faculty appointed by the chairman of the committee.

(b) Each senior shall deposit a paper, bearing over his signature, the names of five members of his class; each junior, in like manner, a paper with the names of four members of his class; each sophomore, in like manner, a paper with the names of three members of his class; each freshman, in like manner, a paper with the names of two members of his class.

(c) The five members of the senior class who receive the greatest number of votes from their class, together with the four juniors, three sophomores, and two freshmen who recieve the greatest number of votes from their respective classes, shall become members of the committee. They, together with the faculty members, shall, at the first meeting of the year, elect two members at large from the college.

V. (a) The student members shall be elected for one year, during the second week of the college year,-except the freshman members, who shall be elected during the second week after the Christmas recess.

(b) At least four stated meetings of the committee shall be held annually; one in the month of October, one in December, one in February, and one in April. Other meetings may be called by the chairman of the committee, at the request of either a majority of the faculty members, or a majority of the student members.

VI. In case the faculty decide to institute this system of conferences at once, an election shall be held similar in plan to the election provided for above. Persons then elected shall hold office until replaced by the operation of these scheme.

This report was then accepted as a whole by the conference, and was substituted for the resolution adopted at the last meeting.

It was voted that if it became desirable for the present conference to meet again, it could be called together by the chairman. The meeting then adjourned.