Council Nominations

SECRETARIES OF alumni clubs and associations have been notified that certain positions on the Alumni Council will become vacant in June. According to constitutional provisions the nominations for these places will be made by alumni clubs in the six council districts of the country, but there is also a means of submitting nominations from any group of one hundred or more alumni. This latter possibility is explained below.

After nominations are received by the secretary of the Alumni Association in Hanover mail ballots for election will be sent to all graduates of the College where more than one nominee is running for a Council vacancy.

In the New England States district Dr. Thomas A. Foster '10 of Portland completes his first term of office and is therefore eligible for reelection from this district.

In the Middle Atlantic States district Morton B. French '03 of New York City completes his second term of office and is therefore not eligible for reelection.

In the Central States district William R. Abbott Jr. '27 of Chicago completes his first term of office. Mr. Abbott is eligible for reelection.

In the Middlewestern States district Luther S. Oakes '99 of Minneapolis completes his second term of office and is therefore not eligible for reelection.

In the Southern States district A. Pollack Boyd '22 of Chattanooga completes his first term of office and is therefore eligible for reelection.

In the Rocky Mountain and PacificStates district Dr. Thomas D. Cunningham '13 of Denver completes his first term of office. Mr. Cunningham is eligible for reelection.

METHOD OF NOMINATION

According to Article V, Section 3, of the Alumni Council constitution, nominations beyond those submitted by approved alumni clubs may be made as follows:

The Secretary of the General Association of Alumni shall publish in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE not later than the February issue a statement of the vacancies, if any, tobe filled the ensuing July J. In addition tothe method of making nominationsthrough local alumni clubs and associations as explained above, it will be possiblefor any group of zoo alumni qualified tovote in the Alumni Council election ofthat year to petition the Secretary in favorof a properly qualified nominee, the petition to carry the endorsement of the candidate whose name will then appear on theelection ballot of that district. Such nominations must be received by the Secretaryof the General Association not later thanApril 10.