DEEDS IN COUNCIL

For years the Student Council existed as a vague entity--and nothing more. Its name was attached to iffiaffilffi ffiffiffi Its name was attached to official awards of athletic insignia anywhere from three to six months after the players had won their letters. Upon occasions it made a timid recommendation. It took charge of the Freshman class until first year officers were elected. But beyond that limited sphere it accomplished little. Interest was so slack that it was with difficulty that quorums were obtained for its meetings.

In view of this record it is hardly astonishing that the radical change in the constitution of the Council which was effected last year aroused little enthusiasm among undergraduates. The report issued last night, however, indicates conclusively that the pessimism which greeted that reform has not been justified. The new machinery has worked well and efficiently. The list of actual accomplishments is long enough to prove that there is a real place for this form of student organization in the College. The reforms brought about in the student employment office are alone sufficient to justify the year's labor.

More encouraging and significant is the development of a system of close cooperation between the Dean as representative of the Faculty and the Council as representative of the student body. In this field of liaison lies the Council's true sphere. With further developments and upon the basis of its present record the Council may look forward to an ever increasing prestige.