11/26/1968, Times Argus
GODDARD BOARD
The Board, at its last meeting, voted
unanimously to allow student representatives
from the Greatwood and Northwood campuses
to be seated during the complete session.
The Board also voted at the end of the session
to invite the students back to the next meeting,
and that the Northwood and Greatwood campuses work
out some plan for sending representatives to the
trustees metting on a regular basis.
President Royce S. Pitkin and the Goddard
faculty had already voted in principle to
recommend to the trustees that students be
allowed to attend the meetings.
The students had petitioned for representation
on the Board.
Students at Goddard have been in attendance
at Board meetings in the past. Some 15 years
ago, students demanded the right to sit in on
Board meetings and were granted this privilege
by the Trustees.
The students stopped attending meetings, however,
when the community was reluctant to underwrite
their expenses at Board meetings in Boston
and New York.
Although corporation by-laws will probably
prevent students from having a vote
on the Board, President Pitkin has noted that
decisions of the trustees are rarely made
without some unanimity of feeling among
its members, students now included.
GRANTS SEATS
TO STUDENTS
