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...student members of the Committee of Fifteen have prepared an amendment to the recommendations of the Fainsod Committee which, if approved, would allow students in the Houses to elect directly the Harvard student members of two proposed student-Faculty committees...
...Committee on the Organization of the Faculty-which was headed by Merle Fainsod, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor-proposed last month that the dean of the Faculty appoint student members to the new committees upon the recommendation of the Harvard Undergraduate Council and the Harvard-Radcliffe Policy Committee respectively...
...Fainsod said last night, however, that his was a "temporary proposal," and that he and his committee "would certainly not oppose" the Edsall amendment...
Legitimacy of the Council-Fainsod and others argued that the dean, in making appointments to the council, would be striving to make sure all faculty factions were represented. Opponents of the Fainsod plan countered by saying that, while the dean might very well do this, it was important that all Faculty members participate in the selections. so that they would recognize the council's legitimacy and stand by it even in a crisis...
Yesterday. Fainsod objected to the citation of other universities "where, we were told, democracy ruled triumphant." proceeded to analyze the other universities, and found their elected bodies and electoral systems not comparable to those proposed by Arrow, Arrow, a former Stanford professor, took issue with Fainsod's view, at least in the case of Stanford, which he said was essentially similar to Harvard...