This leaves us with several rules on which the council and faculty committee appear to agree, but which have not been phrased with an eye on the future. Foremost among these is the Financial Responsibility rule already cited. To clear up a possible ambiguity regarding to when the organization should be responsible, the rule should be rephrased in some such way as this: "Each organization shall be solely responsible to its won members for its own finances."

Likewise the rule about membership lists should make it clear that the Dean's Office is not to keep these lists in its files unless the organization has no objections (as few but groups worried about political persecution will have). The Dean, of course, should have the right to call for lists whenever he wants them for administrative purposes.

ADMISSION FEES

The rule reading "Admission fees are permissible provided their purpose is to support the legitimate activities of the organization, concerned," leaves too much dependent on the vague word "legitimate" and makes no reference to fees charged on other than University property. It should be changed to "Admission fees are permissible except insofar as they endanger the tax-exempt status of the University."

And the rule reading "Organizations taking part in public performances outside of Cambridge must receive prior permission from the Dean's Office," should be changed to "... must notify the Dean's Office in advance."

CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS MADE

If it weren't for the highly important exceptions noted above this newest set of rules would be well on its way to becoming what Dean's Office, Council, and the undergraduate organizations themselves have been shouting for. Only a little cleaning up would remain to be done. But regrettably these exceptions are of such significance as to indicate that an excessively paternal regard for the Harvard man still lurks in the breast of officialdom. Perhaps not. Let us hope not. Certainly the rules have come a long way from the original version.