Council President Pledges Alumni Support

Norman E. McCulloch Jr. '50 president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, who was in Hanover on Council business at the time of the Trustees' special meeting, issued this statement upon learning of their decision :

I feel very privileged to be on campus to share in the news of the Trustees' decision to implement The Dartmouth Plan for Year-Round Operation of the College and the admission of women for the undergraduate degree.

Today marks a significant turning point in our history. Not only have the Trustees voted decisively on the issue of coeducation, but in their very positive decision on year-round operation they have initiated a bold and inno- vative influence on all of higher education.

These two questions have been debated thoughtfully and conscientiously by reasonable men of many different persuasions. Dartmouth men I have spoken to during these years of debate have said that after the decision has been made one way or another, they would stand behind the action of the Board. Now the moment has come for us to do just that.