Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Second row: Halbertstadt, Hill, Hanpeler Front row: Vozella, Trageser, Street The Student-Faculty Committee was organized to form a link between the large student body and faculty. This link was organized shortly after World War I to help the administration change from a three-semester schedule back to the peacetime program. The effectiveness of the Committee led to its establishment as a permanent organization. The Committee will play an equally major role when this war has ended and we are confronted with a myriad of new problems. Matters discussed at the Institute Committee are first presented to the representatives of the faculty and students. They, in turn, offer recom- mendations to those concerned before action of a definite nature is taken by the Institute Committee. All of this work is carried on by the eight members of the Committee who act without publicity. As little attention is called to the Committee ' s workings, their reforms often go unrecognized except by those immediately concerned. D.WID A. TR.A.GESER Chai Student-Faculty Comm.-harmo [25]

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The Elect ions Committee plays a vital role in the student government at M.I.T. for it is the group that has charge of all elections. The Com- mittee must conduct and publicize all general student elections. The election of officers and mem- bers to Freshmen Council, Junior Prom Commit- tee, Beaver Key Society, Senior Week and all class offices is under the control of the Elections Com- mittee. The preferential type ballot now used in M.I.T. elections means more work in counting and tab- ulation by the Committee. It is generally felt how- ever, that this type ballot is much fairer than the types employed previously. The Committee consists of a chairman, who is a senior and a member of the Institute Committee, and twelve associate members from the other classes. Since the principal function of the Elections Committee is to conduct the important democratic process of election, membership on this Committee is both a worthwhile achievement and a great responsibility. CLINTON H. SPRINGER Chairman Second row: Schiff, Sandock, Feldstein, Smith Front row: Semple, Patterson, Springer, Flood, Bart Elections Committee . . .franchise to all [24]

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Advisory Council directs publications Back Row: Harold E. Lobdell, James R. Killian, Jr. Front Row: Stanley G. H, Fitch, Frederick G. Fassett, Jr. HENRY B. KANE Chairman The various publications at Technology are undoubtedly the outstanding activities on the campus. They provide extracurricula work that enriches their members with writing, organization, and management experience. The four Tech under- graduate publications are The Tech, Voo Doo, The Tech Engineering Mews, and Technique. The Tech, though reduced to a weekly publica- tion since the war, presents the news of the Insti- tute to the student body. Technique, as the year- book, describes in a permanent manner the under- graduate ' s activities in the years he is at the Insti- tute. The Tech Engineering News publishes articles on scientific and engineering subjects by the students and Institute professors. Voo Doo as the comic magazine provides relief from the rigors of Tech life. The Advisory Council on Undergraduate Pub- lications was created for the purpose ot assisting the publications in case of unforeseen difficulties and to act in an advisory capacity to the members of the various publications when called upon. [26]