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Council Endorses Recommendation
Limiting Size Of Entering Class

By Ann Brown
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Citing overcrowded conditions in
classrooms and dormitories, the Student
Council Tuesday night unanimously endorsed
the Admissions Committee's recent
recommendation that the size of
next year's entering class remain the same
as this year's or be reduced.

This proposal will be sent to the
Provost for approval by the committee, in
support of the Admissions group's
decision. While speaking in support of the
proposal, council members also stressed
the need to raise academic standards and
prevent cutting down the number of
out-of-state students.

Meeting in the Mary Munford Lounge,
the Council passed a motion which would
recommend that Mr. Shannon appoint student
and administration representatives, in addition
to faculty members, to a committee set up to
study the University Senate proposal. The idea
of organizing a committee of faculty
representatives from each of the ten schools
had previously been discussed at a meeting of
the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Council President Kevin Mannix reported
that a letter had been received from Gilbert J.
Sullivan of the Alumni Association's Board of
Managers concerning the use of discriminatory
facilities by alumni groups. Mr. Mannix and
Hugh Antrim will be meeting with Mr. Sullivan
in the near future to discuss this problem.

Bradshaw's Plea

In response to a plea from Jim Bradshaw, an
honors student in psychology, the Council
agreed to allocate 350 dollars to aid him in
financing an undergraduate independent
research project. Mr. Bradshaw listed numerous
organizations at the University and elsewhere
that he had contacted without success in his bid
for research funds. He stated that
"undergraduate funds are impossible to find"
and asked that the Council "set a precedent"
by allocating money for his research survey "to
show the University that a need exists."

Undergraduate Grants

A motion was also approved to set up a
committee which would seek the establishment
by the school of a fund for undergraduate
research.

The Council also discussed a proposal to
limit the activity of the Student Activities
Committee. This motion, which was tabled for
further consideration, would have made the
committee the final appeal in cases of the
interpretation of the Board of Visitors' rules
concerning organizations and publications, but
questions dealing with the amount of allocations
would go no further than the Student Council
itself. The Student Activities Committee, to
which Mr. Mannix is a representative and of
which Mr. Antrim is an ex-officio member, is
composed of three students, three faculty
members and three administrators.

Calender Committee

A representative to the University Calendar
Committee, voiced that group's desire for
student opinion on the proposed schedule
changes which would have first semester
examinations to fall before Christmas and the
second semester to end in the middle of May.
The possibility of a student referendum before
the end of the year on these calendar changes
was mentioned. The adjustments if approved
would probably not go into effect until the
academic year, 1972-1973.