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...debate that the proposal produced among Faculty members. Opponents teed off on two key points. The first of these was based on the philosophical premise that no faculty is competent to judge what areas of knowledge constitute the "core" that is essential to a completely educated person. William H. Bossert '59, McKay Professor of Appplied Mathematics and author of a counter-proposal to thbe Core, poked fun at what he saw as the Core's attempt to eliminate ignorance in all areas. Said Bossert: "The summed ignorance of this particular Faculty is evidence that ignorance is debilitating neither professionally...
...debate over the Bossert proposal was brief. Bossert apologized to the Faculty "for taking your time on a matter which, I am told, and which I believe, has little chance of success...
...tell me that Professor (Walter Jackson) Bate is going to teach a course, I don't care if you call it 'Moral Philosophy' or 'Basketweaving'--I know it will be 'The Age of Johnson'," Bossert said...
Samuel H. Beer, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, spoke against Bossert's proposal, saying the Core proposal "has too much promise to be given...
...Faculty then decisively defeated the Bossert proposal by a show of hands...