The Quincy House Committee voted 10-1 last night to hold a House-wide referendum to decide whether Quincy should send a representative to the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities. A similar referendum last year resulted in Quincy House's boycotting the student-Faculty disciplinary committee.
Last night's vote came after an hour-and-a-half of debate. The central controversy pitted proponents of an all-student disciplinary body against defenders of the CRR.
Dean May appeared at the meeting to present a summary of the growth of the CRR and argue that the committee is not weighted in favor of the Faculty. He was backed by several members of the committee, one of whom, William T. McCue '71, said, "Harvard is not a democratic polity-the idea of judgment by peers doesn't make sense here."
While the sense of the meeting was emphatically in favor of sending a representative to the CRR, opponents of the committee raised strong objections and the matter was left to the House to decide.
Edward Maddox '71 said that he doubted that a student-Faculty body would be able to judge impartially.
One observer went further and told the meeting, "You get things done at Harvard only through confrontation."
If the House members vote in favor of sending a representative, elections will be held next week.
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