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...alternative, may I suggest that each man be allowed three votes instead of one. This would not interfere with minority representation, yet would provide a fairer test of class preference...
...Hard to Test Success of Conference
Tomorrow will bring another test of the present order. If the men of 1923 and 1924 want class officers, for the sake of tradition or for any other reason, they should be sure to vote tomorrow. But if they feel that officers are unnecessary, or that a new system of class organization should be tried, they should stay away from the polls. It is as absurd for a man to vote just because his roommate does or because he has a personal friend among the nominees as it is for him not to vote because he is too lazy...
...possibility of a strike such as this one is terrible to contemplate. But it is a possibility towards which we have been inevitably approaching in the last few years. No compromise can avert it, however long it may postpone it. Sooner or later we must face the test...
...principle of majority rule is not beyond criticism. But to the greater part of the people it seems, at least, the only acceptable form of government. Now we are facing the first serious test of the principle; the suffering which will be involved will not be inconsiderable; but it seems best that we settle the question...