Alumni Council Elections
ANNUAL SPRING ELECTIONS of members of the Alumni Council whose terms expire June 30 are announced by the Secretary of the College, Sidney C. Hayward '26. Certain positions on the Council will become vacant and in some cases, as described below, present incumbents are not eligible for reelection having completed the allotted years of service which are limited to two terms of two years each.
According to constitutional provisions, nominations are made by alumni clubs and associations in the seven Council districts of the country. There is also a means of submitting nominations from any group of one hundred or more graduates of the College as explained below. Wherever more than one nomination is made from a district mail ballots for election will be sent to all graduates of the College in that section.
The length of term is two years for district representatives. The limit of two successive terms is placed on service in order to provide for membership on the Alumni Council by some number of alumni over a period of years.
JUNE VACANCIES
In the New England States District Arthur T. Soule 'OB of Boston completes his second term and is not eligible for re-election.
In the Middle Atlantic States District John I. Gearhart '26 of Pittsburgh completes his first term and is therefore eligible for reelection.
In the Central States District there are two vacancies: Dr. Robert M. Stecher '19 of Cleveland completes his second term and is not eligible for reelection; and Eugene Hotchkiss '22 of Chicago completes his first term and is therefore eligible for reelection.
In the Middlewestern States District Clifford A. Randall '27 of Milwaukee completes his second term and is not eligible for reelection. In the Southern States District Charles F. Weston '18 of Hopewell, Va.,. completes his first term and is eligible for reelection.
In the Southwestern States District Allen Lathrop '28 of St. Louis completes his first term but is not eligible for reelection on account of removal from the District. This place on the Alumni Council is therefore declared vacant, to be filled in the spring elections.
In the Western States District Fred C. Shaneman '24 of Tacoma completes his second term and is not eligible for reelection. Hubert A. DesMarais '26 of San Francisco completes his second term and is not 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 issuea statement of the vacancies, if any, to befilled the ensuing July 1. In addition to themethod of making nominations throughlocal alumni clubs and associations as explained above, it will be possible for anygroup of 100 alumni qualified to vote inthe Alumni Council election of that year topetition the Secretary in favor of a properly qualified nominee, the petition tocarry the endorsement of the candidatewhose name will then appear on the election ballot of that district. Such nominations must be received by the Secretary ofthe General Association not later thanApril 10.
