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...students' acceptance of the proposals, then, indicates that there is a gap between the rhetoric used by COWI members and the reform measures these members introduced. Students who support proposals to increase faculty salaries, to permit leaves of absence, and to change the school's "tree day" image do not necessarily believe that the character and student body of Wellesley College should be drastically altered. Even putting students on Academic Council or on the Admissions Committee gives little guarantee that the college will become more diversified or accommodating to change. In short, student support for the COWI proposals would...
...this very willingness to accept change that COWI members seek to instill into the students and administration at Wellesley. The reform-minded students want to demonstrate that unconventional courses and girls who are not from a "middle class social milieu" are not inferior just because they are different...
...reaction of Ethos' members to the COWI proposals can best be described as sympathetic disinterest. "Ethos," explained Karen Williamson, "is still trying to get the proposals of last spring accepted. They are sort of vaguely included in the COWI proposals. These proposals are an attempt to involve the rest of the student body, so they are watered down.... They are too weak to get our support...and are not even controversial any more. People feel that commentary on the proposals is enough. My feeling is that that's fine and dandy. Now back to business...
Francille A. Rusan '69, another Ethos member, commented, "I don't resent their (COWI) ignoring Ethos.... I just don't have time to become involved with proposals from white students.... Given the structure of the current proposals, it is not necessarily true that Ethos' goals will be satisfied as a natural follower. The proposals are generally so vague that the administration could agree to them and actually do little...
Both Ethos and COWI are willing to work independently of each other for apparently different reforms. Their goals, however, are inter-related. If COWI does succeed in changing the type of student that attends Wellesley, Ethos will find its task easier. Black students will not feel alienated from a student body that prides itself on its diversity; and black courses and perspectives will naturally appear in course listings that are, as COWI wishes, continually being questioned and revised...