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Should the Engelhard Foundation be amenable to changing the name, within the context of the current agreement between the University and the Foundation, the negative consequences would be minimized. The short-lived embarrassment the Foundation and the School may face in the course of changing the name would save them both the even greater long-term discomfort surrounding the permanently-named Engelhard Library subjected to persistent public ridicule...
...feel it essential that formal guidelines for the consideration of accepting a gift be established. The guidelines should allow for input from all components of the Kennedy School community. The lack of consultation with faculty and students both before and after the acceptance of the Engelhard gift was perhaps as inconsistent with Kennedy School ideals as the current name of the library...
...President Conant in 1934, strike "at principles fundamental to universities throughout the world." We also agree with the 1969 statement of former Princeton President Goheen in asserting that it is fundamental to the purposes of a university to contribute towards alleviating ignorance, racism, and bigotry. We believe that Charles Engelhard led his life in conflict with these essential principles...
...must encourage more Harvard undergraduates to apply to its graduate programs, an open, honest, and sensitive relationships between the School and the undergraduate community can only serve the School's best interests. Respectfully yours, Jack S. Bloom '79 Chairman, Student Advisory Committee Peter L. Slavin '79 Chairman, Ad Hoc Engelhard Library Subcommittee
Indeed, the recent history of results says something more about our effectiveness--based not only on our "representation" on these committees, but also on our ad-hoc attempts at expressing our opinions and making them felt. I need only point to the Engelhard Library, divestiture, Brustein or the Core as a few examples to demonstrate the truth of this...