Fourth Floor Cabinet
The Fourth Floor Cabinet was a student government organization. It apparently began as an informal group of the heads of various activities, and their name likely a reference to the location of their offices on the 4th floor of John Jay Hall. In 1950 the Cabinet was made up of WKCR, Jester, the Rifle Club, Columbian, the Band, the Glee Club, the Spectator, the Orchestra, Review, Columbia University Players, and the Debate Council. In later years the Cabinet was based in Ferris Booth Hall and became a student group umbrella organization.
In 1950, the Cabinet petitioned for an overhaul of Student Board after SB demanded that the Glee Club change its name from Columbia University Glee Club to Columbia College Glee Club. Yup.[1] The Cabinet indignantly "passed a strong resolution condemning the Board's name-change demand and requesting that the Board first investigate the limits to its jurisdiction in relation to the activities," while a "Glee Club Fact-Finding Committee reported on February 20 that the majority of Glee Club members favored keeping the organization's present name. The Board then ordered the Committee to reconsider its findings."
