Council Expected to Accept Motion Asking Referendum on Dining Halls

Overwhelming approval of a motion to carry out a student-body referendum on various proposals for methods of reducing the board rate is expected at the first meeting of the Student Council Monday night. The motion was passed unanimously late last spring with the stipulation that it be re-submitted to the Council this fall.

Today the Council also reported that nearly $4000--an increase of $700 over last year's record high--was received in cash and pledge contributions from undergraduates at registration. As in previous years, the freshman class made far the largest contribution, and this year accounted for 63 per cent of the total of cash contributions.

Ballot to Present Series of Choices

If the motion on the dining halls referendum is passed Monday night, Charles M. Warchol '63, chairman of the Dining Halls Committee, will work out the details of what choices to offer on the ballots so that the poll may be taken within the next three weeks.

The ballot will include six or seven choices, such as whether or not to limit seconds on meat, to use margarine instead of butter, and to mix powdered milk with whole milk. There will also be a provision for students to indicate a preference of no changes.

Warchol plans to include on the ballot the amount of saving each change would produce if instituted. He also plans to consult with the Department of Social Relations to arrive at the wording and organization of the ballot which will produce the most accurate response.

Bundy Expresses Doubts

Earlier in the week, Dean Bundy said that plans to change meal arrangements by methods like closing some dining halls for certain meals and having students pay for less than 21 meals per week, which the Council suggested last year, were "very unlikely to be approved."

When similar experiments have been tried in the past, Bundy declared, they were unsuccessful because they were uneconomical and raised educational problems.