Since Mr. Calvert's candidacy
and personal constancy have been
questioned, I feel that, as one who
knows him well, I must speak
on his behalf. Gordon's decision
to run for President of the College
was neither easily nor quickly
made; while I, too, am sad to
see him make a move to leave
Student Council, to accuse him of
"forsaking his prior promises and
commitments" is to speak in obvious
and almost criminal ignorance
of the facts. Gordon has
done an amazing amount of work
this semester on Council, and
he established a system of legislative
assistants for the University
Party members on Council to enable
them to get sufficient work
done on ideas and bring them before
Council for action much more
quickly. There is no plank of the
platform which Gordon ran on
which is not either already enacted
or being currently worked upon;
a rough draft of the new constitution
and a major study of
funding of student organizations
will both come before Council next
week, and Gordon also played a
very major role in the curriculum
evaluation, which is not even on
the platform.
So you see, one cannot accuse
Mr. Calvert of hypocrisy or of
forsaking his promises. Furthermore,
it is his understanding that
a replacement will be appointed
to Council to pick up where he left
off, someone of similar views who
will work as hard for the same
goals. He does, of course, realize
that he was elected for a one-year
term, and that the students
who elected him would want him
to serve his full term. He feels
however, and he thinks that those
students who voted for him will
agree, that the Honor System is
more important than any individual
member of Student Council.
He did not plan to run for
President of the College, but as
events developed he felt called
upon to offer his services and hard
work on behalf of the Honor
System to the student body. As
a close friend of his, I can assure
you that it is only his own
personal high regard for the Honor
System that is causing him to run.
Finally, I feel I must mention
that according to the Registrar's
Office, Douglas S. Williams, 2nd
Year College, who signed yesterday's
letter, doesn't exist.
Randy Ross
College 3
Although we do not feel that it is
our responsibility, in an community
such as this, to check on the validity
of signatures which follow our letters,
we must apologize to Mr. Calvert for
publication of yesterday's letter. We
are saddened and disgusted that there
is a person in the University community
so base and cowardly that he
would make an attack such as that
letter made and then his name.
-Ed.
