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"Meeting Necessary"

The candidates present at the
meeting were Charles Murdock,
Council representative, former
chairman of the Elections Committee,
and newly-declared independent
candidate for President; Whit
Clement, nominee of the Skull and
Keys Political Society; and Gregory
Hodges, nominee of the Sceptre
Society.

The candidates felt the meeting
was necessary, for unexpected
complications had made the orderly
procedure of a campaign nearly
impossible. Spring vacation had
come at a particularly bad time:
although the date for the election
had been set long ago, it followed
barely a week after the resumption
of classes. Society caucuses were
hurriedly finished just before the
break. Then, over break, Sceptre
discovered it had no way to print
its posters after Gitchell's studio
burned to the ground.

When classes resumed Monday,
students were greeted with the
normal flood of campaign posters -
but they were all Skull and Keys.
Although Sceptre had made arrangements
to get their posters printed
elsewhere, they felt they would be
too late, since they would be
distributed only three campaign
days before the original election
date.