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More letters from alumni about Wasteful balloting


How could Mr. Baumgartner determine that his choices for trustee were a liberal, a liberal, or an ultra-liberal? Does he get more information than I do?

I can only determine the candidate's age, sex, location, occupation, and volunteer work. I wish I could be informed of his poliical, social, and Princeton views. There is no meat in the bio.

When I have complained to the univeristy in the past about the inability to make an informed vote, Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 has replied to me that it doesn't matter. This is not comparable to a national political election. The nominating committee does such an excellent job of prescreening, that you cannot go wrong with whomever you elect.

My take is: Then why bother and waste the expense of this sham election?

Max Maizels, '72


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