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Although results of the CRIMSON'S poll on the Bureau of Supervisors are not to be taken as an accurate appraisal of the group's efficacy, several weak points came to light in the analysis of the returns...
...Poll Returns Not Complete...
Considering the fact that stamped envelopes were included with the questionnaire, the percentage of returns was not large. Almost three quarters of the poll sheets were not mailed back. Of the 127 answers received, 19 could not be counted in the tabulations usually because the student felt that he had not had enough help from the Bureau to be a fair judge...
Furthermore, in view of the small percentage of answers, it is doubtful whether the CRIMSON reached a sufficient cross-section. Since only a quarter of the poll was returned, it would be rash to make definite assumptions on such little evidence...
...cause for action in the case of what might seem to the layman a clear mandate, a two-to-one majority demanding a new food policy. Perhaps there are reasons, as yet undisclosed, for maintaining the present system. But since the question was considered fit subject for a poll, one is tempted to ask just what majority would warrant action. One group alone, those who now take ten meals a week, opposed the change. They constitute 7.2% of the College. It seems hardly just that so small a group should stand in the way of a change which would...