Burditt, Hyde, Kennedy Elected 1944 Student Council Officers

George M. Burditt '44 of Winthrop House and La Grange, Illinois, was elected president of the Student Council, and Hugh Hyde '44 of 59 Plympton Street and New York City was chosen secretary at the Council's meeting Monday evening. John P. Kennedy, Jr. '44 of Eliot House and Charlotte, North Carolina, was re-elected to the post of treasurer to which he was named last month.

At this meeting, the last for the 1943 administration headed by Thomas Matters, plans were outlined to organize a Permanent Nominating Committee to draw up class and Council elections. It was also decided to conclude the group's investigation of the furniture problem and to develop a workable solution with University officials, if possible, by the end of the week.

Last night Burditt, speaking for the new executives, stated, "We hope that the Council will be able to deal successfully with the problems and responsibilities arising from Harvard's wartime conditions, and that we will be able to live up to the standards of past Councils."

In order to settle current discussions over the method of organizing nominating committees, George A. Saxton '44 was named chairman of an investigating committee which will submit a report at the Council's next meeting.

Nomination Plans Considered

Already several plans have been suggested, with the committee giving special consideration to the idea of erecting a permanent committee from the leaders of undergraduate groups.

The members of this committee from each class would then form the nucleus of a committee to deal with a specific election. In this manner, it was seen that stability and breadth could be given to the nominating committees. Other plans included one suggestion that the nominating committees consist of representatives of the House Committees in order to include all groups in the College.