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Various Revisions

To draft a new constitution, the
committee, which was headed by Buzzy
Waitzkin, a Council representative from the
College, made various revisions in the original
charter.

The most obvious change is in voting and in
officer candidate restrictions. Under Mr.
McManus' draft, each undergraduate school of
the University would have one class officer,
elected by the whole class at large. The person
receiving the largest number of votes would
have been President; second, Vice-President,
and so on down the list.

Under the constitution to be presented next
month, however, each officer except the
President will come from a specific school. The
Vice-President will be elected by a majority of
degree candidates in the Engineering School;
the Treasurer from the Commerce School, the
reporter will come from the College, and the
historian from the Architecture School.