Show Brockbank Defend Stand on U Officer Proposal Two Executive Council members Tuesday defended their p stand on the proposal of abolishing class jt John Bennion and Second Steve Brockbank issued a reply to the statement of Alumni Association Paul Cracroft and Frank BENNION STATED that he felt students should be made well informed an the issue before it comes up in an open hearing He said the proposition concerned is that class officers have little to do and that their few functions could be carried out in other He explained that the Senate and Executive Council have no authority to assign new functions to class officers since the officers are not under their ASSIGNMENT would have to be made through a constitutional amendment or through the individual initiative of the class officers he The alumni letter suggested that class officers participate as a unit in various campus asked a class a special interest it can be shown that these officers are meaningful representatives of their he there is no reason for them to be elected to participate in activities as a group when they could do so as A CHIEF argument against the present class officer Bennion is that knowing how little their class officers many students feel that all student offices and elections are unimportant and do not He also the opinion that class officers should not be ing points toward membership in honorary organizations for the limited duties which they now In reply to Cracroft and Mc-Kean's suggestion that class officers be allowed to sit in on Executive Council Bennion pointed out that the Council is a small administrative body for the entire student body and not a representative while the class officers are representatives of own segments of the student |