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Substitute Invitations

However, according to Mr. Hereford, Mr.
Rogers decided to interpret the lack of response
by the officers as a refusal and instructed Mr.
Hereford to invite Messrs. Clement and Fell.

Mr. Hereford did so and wrote a letter to
Mr. Ogle, dated November 25, which said that
the Council's officers were not scheduled to
meet with the Visitors.

Mr. Ogle did not receive the letter until
December 1, after the Thanksgiving break, and
he immediately attempted to contact the
Acting President. The two met yesterday at a
meeting arranged last month by Mr. Ogle,
which he had set to discuss the agenda for the
meeting with the Board.

Mr. Hereford explained the events that led
to the misunderstanding and told Mr. Ogle that
he would see if something could be arranged.
He then contacted Mr. Rogers who decided
yesterday afternoon that the agenda was too
crowded, and that there was no way in which
he could fit a meeting with Council's officers
into the schedule this month.

Mr. Hereford said that he considered the
affair an unfortunate incident and that he was
confident that the Board would seek the
opinion of the Student Council at its future
meetings.

Mr. Ogle was not so restrained, saying that
he and the Council thought that this incident
showed that the Board was not so concerned
with the area of increased communication as
was the Council itself.

Mr. Rogers could not be reached for
comment.