Alumni Council Elections
ANNUAL SPRING ELECTIONS of members of L 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. Others are eligible for reelection to a second term.
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 terrhs 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 only one term expires this year. H. Clifford Bean 'l6 of Boston completes his first term and he is therefore eligible for reelection.
In the Middle Atlantic States District only one term expires this year. H. Sheridan Baketel Jr. '20 of Philadelphia completes his first term and he is therefore eligible for reelection.
In the Central States District there are two members of the Council whose terms expire June 30. In the case of Eugene Hotchkiss '22 of Chicago he is not eligible for reelection having completed two terms. Edouard J. Petrequin '25 of Cleveland, however, is completing his first term of membership and is therefore eligible for reelection.
In the Middlewestern States District Frank T. Frey '38 of Milwaukee completes his first term and is eligible for reelection.
In the Southern States District Charles F. Weston 'OB of Hopewell, Va. is not eligible for reelection having completed two terms.
In the Southwestern States District Boyd Rogers '35 of St. Louis, Mo., completes his first term and he is therefore eligible for reelection.
In the Western States District there are two members of the Council whose terms expire June 30. In the case of both William W. Washburn '14 of San Francisco and James W. Hodson '29 of Seattle they are completing their first terms and are therefore 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.
PROFESSOR ROBERT K. CARR, executive secretary of President Truman's Civil Rights Committee, whose report, "To Secure These Rights," received the Roosevelt Foundation Award as the best 1947 publication in the field of government and human welfare. Next month, while on sabbatical leave, he will speak at six alumni dinners in the Southwest.
