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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

In order to clarify the misunderstanding which has arisen in regard to the Senior Album Committee, I wish to make the following statement.

Within the committee there were two diametrically opposite points of view which could not be reconciled. The four other members of the committee took the view that where the office of chairman is not specified on the ballot, a legally elected body has a right to select its chairman by its own vote. They adduced in support of this view a precedent of at least three years immediately preceding 1925, where this was done. My point of view was based on a four years precedent, namely that the person receiving the highest number of votes should become chairman.

At a meeting held last night every possible solution was discussed. The final conclusion was reached in a compromise when I resigned after the committee had acknowledged me as chairman. This compromise was accepted by the entire committee. I should like to have it understood by the members of the class of 1929, that the original question of principle remains undecided.

A regulation undoubtedly will be passed by the Student Council for future committees. I sincerely hope that this year's difficulty is now closed and should like to state that I am not in sympathy with any attempts to continue the matter further. Robert Reinhart '29.