Committee Foils Jubilee Nomination Prank

Officials of the Freshman Jubilee Election Committee yesterday nipped an election prank planned by the anonymous supporters of Cesare U. Balzotti III '57, ineligible candidate of last fall's Smoker Committee election. Balzotti's followers had petitioned the eight men of the freshman class named Smith to run in the forthcoming Jubilee election.

Peter N. Stearns '57, chairman of the election committee, advised about the Balzotti joke, last night called a compulsory meeting of all "serious" nominees and demanded a display of bursar's cards for entrance to the meeting.

Reports previous to the meeting said that the pranksters would send men to "represent" the bewildered Smiths at any necessary nominee meetings.

Some of the Smiths actually did show up for last night's meeting "just to find out what it was all about," but later refused to accept the petition. One commented, " I was flattered at having someone nominate me and wanted to see who it was." Others, when informed of the petition, said they thought "it was childish" and that they were "sick of Balzotti's asinine ideas."

One informant said that the Smith Ticket would go ahead with its campaign regardless of meetings. He said the Smith slogan would be "Vote Smith, numbers 1-3 on the ballot" and that posters for Smith would include wild Jubilee Weekend promises such as a night swimming party at a nearby beach.

"Since no Smiths showed up," Stearns asserted last night, "we won't put any on the ballot or allow Smith campaigning." Last night's meeting, he said, reduced the number of eligible nominees from 34 to 13.

Stearns added that he had noticed almost all the Smiths petitions had been signed by the same people. He said, however, there was no rule against this.