FRUSTRATED CLIFFIE

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

As a senior at Radcliffe I would like to protest the present system of RGA elections. Each year for four years I have tried to cope with a slate of candidates completely unknown to me, in elections where there were either no significant issues, or where the candidates did not differ appreciably on those that existed. The small amount of campaign material put out by those in the running has not been adequate to form prejudices (except on the size of the posters), much less intelligent judgements. It would seem to me more sensible and effective if RGA officers were to be elected by the RGA representatives, who presumably have some contact with the candidates and are in a position to judge their qualifications, rather than by a student body the majority of which has no real basis on which to make a decision. I realize that a Radcliffe student's right to vote is a function of her status as a member of RGA, but I must confess that I am alienated from, rather than bound to RGA When it is represented to me by a list of unknowns. At present RGA elections seem a futile and, to me, frustrating gesture. Mellssa M. Black '65