Fieldston School - Fieldglass Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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The CXClfCll'lCI1f atte11da11t upon tl1e April eleetio11s and tl1e subsequent B11dget Meet- ings created Z1 schism among the Se11iors. lt also produced upon the Form 1 soberrng 111 fluence xvl11el1 m1de It releg1te Stude11t Cox ern1ne11t to 1 pos1t1o11 of less th 111 rts 11or1111l nnportanee As 11 res11lt 110 nexx proyeets xx ere begun by the COllIlCll lllltll 1fter tl1e Chnst mas x lC21tl0ll and ro11t111e 1111tters xx ere p1ssed upon 1fter less th111 the 11or1111l 1mount of d1seuss1on In the Spnng of 1947 at the 111111111 Bud get Meetrng speeel1es bx 1r1te 111e111bers of the Fmanee Comnnttee and the Trersurer llld pree1p1tated tl1e lmgerlng questlon of eommrttee depe11denee and of the Publ1e1 trons and Flnanee Commrttees 1n p1rt1eu lar Efherenev experts harangued for 111ton omy for these organ171t1ons Wrth them xvere m1nv who beheved tl11t these s1111ll groups afforded 1n opportumty for self ew press1on superror to that of the Counerl and therefore better tr'11n1ng1n self government Equally Heree xvere the pI'Ot6St'ltl0ll9 1nd gnmaees of those who held Cl1ffCICI1t vrexvs They n111nta1ned tl11t tl1e Fown Meetmg system should eontmue Iexv rf anx sm 1 xxax to resolxe these see111111glx 1nt1pathet1e behefs ll1t0 o11e form of gOXC1'l1l11Cl1t b11t tl1e d1se11ss1o11 xx1x1ed so eloque11t tl1at the C0llllCll xx 19 foreed to stop budgetlng Ill order to rex 1111p 1ts debrtmg procedure restr1et111g post questron rl1etor1e to those xx l1ose hands xvere rused It the e1ll Phe lfglll11Cl1lZ oxer the urthorrtx of C0111 1111ttees xxas left unresolx ed is is The F111 IIICC C0lll11llttCC pl ned 1 spee t1e11l1r p1rt lll 9tllClCllt gox Cfllllltllt tl11s xelr lllCfClx bx dorng 1ts routme xx orl1 Its funetlon IS to 111x estrgate 11nd prepare budgets for tl1e Co11ne1l to XKll1Cll tl1ev are PI'CSClltCCl Olllx rfter thorough C01lSlClCl' 1t1o11 Sex er1l 111e111 bers felt 1 l1een sense of frustr 1t1o11 durrng the Budget Meetrng xx l1e11 the Counerl fflllf lesslx debated 1te111s 1pprox ed bx tl1e s111 1ller represe11t1t1xe group C - L 2 ' 1 1 11 2 1' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 '11 - 1 , 1 , 1 ' z .- 11 1 1 11 c , 1. 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 . , c c ' VV . y. , c L1 , . . 1 . 1 c 1 . 5 . - e C - . J . - c 4 . ' 1 , , c c c f C -A- L 7 xg . 1 . - g , L . 1. 1 c . . r X. c c 4' ' 1 171 1.1 1 1 - , 1, c c 1 1 1- 1 ff. 1 , '1, 1. ., 1 , 1 11 11 1 '21 ' ' 11 'v 11' c L 7 1 . K 1 lk.. .K - 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 L. 1 1. . .1 . 1 11 1 1 - c c 1 1 1 5 1 ' 11 111 1 , c 1 L 1 1 ' 1 1 ' Q. 1 L c 1 1 1 1 . 1 , . . 1 , 1 1 1 1 11 1 7 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' '11 1 1 c L . 4 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1' ' 'Y 11 1 , 4 , 1 -C 1 1 X c V .

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