Word: bryce
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...advocates for PBH before the full Committee. All of us who appeared before them were disturbed by their insistence on examining, down to the telephone bills, the minutiae of PBH's finances and their consequent inability to understand and to discuss the larger issues we wished to raise. Mr. Bryce's comments, as well as the subcommittee report, make amply clear that...
They persisted in examining PBH in isolation from other academic and extra-curricular activities that possess in Mr. Bryce's horrified term the "carte blanche of permanent subsidy." Throughout their proceedings we were treated as pensioners to the University obligated to justify, at each step, that we have a legitimate place here. Do the following suggest that we were taken seriously: the exhortation to PBH to "get its head together," the reduction of our budget because we could not place all the students who came to PBH this Fall, and the condescension of asking us questions as though...
...open throughout its deliberations. The secrecy of the proceedings was unnecessary and further conducive to the whole procedure of never stating criticisms directly to us. As it now stands it only seems that the Committee felt critical of many aspects of PBH not stated in the subcommittee report. Mr. Bryce's CRIMSON article again implies, "openly and frankly," the existence of criticisms not made public...
What exactly did we ask for? Mr. Bryce suggests we were guilty of "idealistic fiscal musings" in a time of financial stringency. We asked first that we be considered for a permanent place in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences budget. We never suggested that we expected a carte blanche. We were never given the opportunity even to put forth a specific request as to amount and use. I would like to suggest a few pertinent comparisons...
...request looks paltry indeed. The Harvard Dramatic Club also has permanent budgetary status, again in the form of physical plant, professional personnel, and support for production costs. If given the chance, we will again ask for permanent support for certain predictable costs and no more. The subcommittee and Mr. Bryce chose not to recognize the self-imposed stringency of our program and administrative budgets...