Word: referendums
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Dartmouth's vacation starts today, so further study on the mechanics of such a system has been postponed until after Christmas. When the Undergraduate Council completes the program it will be submitted to a student referendum and to the faculty for approval...
...illness; in Washington. A militant pacifist and isolationist, Ludlow believed that war could be prevented by taking away Congress' power to declare it, in 1938 almost got through a measure (the Ludlow amendment) that would permit a declaration of war only if the voters approved it in a referendum. Franklin Roosevelt intervened and the bill missed enactment in the House by 21 votes...
...Student Council got a new constitution this week, and officers of the group expressed pleasure, following Tuesday's referendum, at the number of students who voted in favor of the changes. They had every right to be pleased, for the new charter is far more concise, flexible, and efficient than its 1947 predecessor...
...Student Council constitution won an overwhelming vote of approval yesterday as 85 percent of the 1746 students who went to the polls checked their ballots in favor of ratification. As a result of the referendum, nominations for House representatives to a new council will open today...
...constitutional referendum of 1947 a majority of the student body was required to favor the charter for ratification; in this election, only two-thirds of the students who voted had to approve to put the constitution into effect...