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Eliminates Scandals

The proposed constitution substantially
helps to eliminate the re-occurrence of such
scandals.

In the election of officers, there were two
choices facing the committee. One was to let
each officer be elected at large. The president
would then have been the candidate receiving
the most votes, the vice-president the second
highest, and so on.

The other choice was to insure each school
of an officer or representative by limiting the
candidates for each officer to certain schools
(except in the presidential race) and allowing
only those degree applicants from that school
to vote in that officer's election.

The committee chose the second course of
action and the reasons are fairly evident. As Mr.
Waitzkin pointed out, the college candidate
would most likely receive the most votes
because the college is the largest school. College
candidates might then have taken more offices
than any other school. The smaller schools may
not have even taken an office and would then
not be represented at all.