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Alumni Amendment

According to the announced
amendment to the proposed
Constitution of the local
alumni chapter, graduate students
who have degrees from the
University are now eligible for
membership under the "same
qualifications as other graduates."

The membership are article in
that proposed constitution details a
special procedure for admittance
into the chapter which merits
mention.

Applications are to be made in
writing to the Membership
Committee on a form they
prescribe. And Article III, Section 2
authorizes the Committee to use
"its discretion, to elect or refuse to
elect to active membership any
eligible applicant."

When a person is cleared by the
Committee, he then pays $10 to
become a full-fledged member for
the first year. It is, or course, what
the leadership of the chapter
considers its current membership
and its perspective membership
who will be allowed to vote on the
constitution.

Hopefully, then the controversy
about the formation of this
Charlottesville alumni chapter has
been in Cavalier Daily writer Rob
Pritchard's words "nullified."

But under the circumstances we
urge interested students who have
received degrees from the
University to be present at the
meeting Tuesday night, November
24, at 5:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall.
There they can make their interest
known and hear the constitution
they will be voting to accept or
reject read in its entirety.