 | The Cavalier daily. Tuesday, January 7, 1969 |  |
E-School Elects Kurtz
Sherman Leads Council Vote
By Tom Adams
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
Tony Shorman and Kevin
Mannix led a field of thirteen
candidates to win election to the
Student Council in College
elections held immediately before
Christmas vacation. Paul Hurdle
and Ron Cass were also chosen,
winning the other two Council seats
which were up for election from
the College.
At the same time, Jay Burton
and George Brown won election to
the Judiciary Committee from a
field of six candidates.
Mssrs. Sherman and Mannix,
both second-year students, received
14 and 654 votes respectively.
Third-year men Hurdle and Cass
received 576 and 573 votes.
By 18 Votes
Mr. Cass received only 18 votes
more than Joel Gardner, who
finished fifth and thus did not gain
election.
In a referendum vote, 1,312
students said they favored
coeducation at the University,
while 539 voted against it, in the
College.
A constitutional amendment on
the ballot to establish a seat on the
Council for a first-year student
received 1,275 votes for and 535
votes against. The First-Year
Committee's campaign for write-in
votes for their "protest" candidate,
Scott Saunders, met with little
success as only 55 students wrote
the name in.
60 Per Cent Needed
To pass an amendment to the
Student Council constitution, 60
per cent of the student body of the
University has to approve of the
resolution. Although figures from
all schools were not available
yesterday, the amendment has
apparently failed us on 54.1 per cent
of the College's students voted.
1,924 students voted in the
College's election. In last spring's
Student Council election, a record
2,161 students cast ballots, slightly
over 60 per cent.
Early Dismissal
Early dismissal of the University
for the Christmas vacation due to
the many illnesses reported
accounted largely for this
semester's smaller turnout.
Prior to the balloting, an
agreement was reached by the
candidates in the College and
Engineering school that if a certain
number of students did not vote,
the polls would reopen after the
holiday recess. Both "quotas,"
however, were easily reached.
Three Winners
The University Party sponsored
three of the four winners in the
College Council election. Mr.
Hurdle was the only victor
nominated by the political
societies. The three independent
candidates finished 10th, 11th and
13th.
The vote totals in the College of
Arts and Sciences are as follows:
| Tony Sherman | 814 |
| Kevin Mannix | 654 |
| Paul Hurdle | 576 |
| Ron Cass | 573 |
| Joel Gardner | 555 |
| Chris Thaiss | 537 |
| Dan Lyons | 526 |
| Everette Doffermyre | 484 |
| Bill Nixon | 392 |
| Joseph Sydnor | 358 |
| J. I. Richardson | 297 |
| Stephen Jacobs | 269 |
| ob Kerns | 99 |
| Jay Burton | 553 |
| George Brown | 541 |
| Ben Dailey | 481 |
| Bob Card | 471 |
| Jim Beachell | 464 |
| Ridge Porter | 453 |
Jim Roebuck, who administered
the College elections, said he was
pleased with the turnout. He said
that the voting machines used made
the counting of the ballots much
easier, and it took only two hours
rather than the usual five or six to
arrive at the final results.
Victors In Vote-Total Order
In the Engineering school, Rob
Kurtz won the single Student
Council post for election, easily
defeating his opponent, Michael
Williams, by a vote of 289 to 195
votes. Barry Grossman was elected
to the Judiciary Committee over
Lou Paulson by a vote of 289 to
205.
Over 40 Per Cent
Slightly over 40 per cent of the
engineering students participated in
the election. On the coeducation
issue, 327 students voted for
coeducation while 163 opposed it.
The Engineering Council's new
constitution was approved
overwhelmingly, 460 votes to 27.
The first-year representation
amendment received 303 votes,
while 147 students voted against it.
| The Cavalier daily. Tuesday, January 7, 1969 | |