House Groups Alters HCUA Election Date

Postponement of elections to the new Council for Undergraduate Affairs by the Dunster House Committee has revealed divergent opinions of the House Committees' role in the new Council.

The Dunster Committee postponed election of the House's representative at a meeting last Wednesday and added a sixth candidate, Andrew S. Schaffer '63, to five that had submitted petitions before the January 5 deadline for nominations.

On Thursday David J. Oyama '64, one of the original candidates, protested the Committee's action as not in accord with the new Council's Constitution. The Committee withdrew Schaffer from nomination but, saying that House members had not had sufficient time to consider the election, postponed it a week and reopened nominations.

Charles M. Warchol '63, Chairman of the outgoing Council, also questioned the constitutionality of the Committee's action: "The House Committee can certainly set rules for the appointment of its own representative, but election procedures for representatives at large should be determined by the Council election committee."

Dunster House Committee chairman William E. Bailey '62, said that the question is whether the "House Committees will be under the Council or the Council will be under the House Committees." The old Council failed because it was not representative enough, added Bailey.

"One representative should be left to the choice of the House as a whole, to ensure a truly representative Council," said Warchol. "The House Committees appoint outright one-half of the Council members," he added.

David A. Othmer '63, Dunster House Committee member, noted that Committee nominations are to insure adequate representation of each class in Council elections. Four sophomores and one junior were the original five candidates.