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...passed by the Faculty, the parietals proposal will change substantially the powers of individual House committees. Freshman Council representatives Backy Bagot '73 and Hank Baig '73 said that, consequently, their proposal will have to be presented as an amendment to the Fainsod Committee's recommendations on House government...
...democracy" of the election election procedure. In presenting his plan, Fainsod called it a "modified elective system." He said the Dean-who would have to work with the Council-would have "some power of initiative," while the Faculty retained final rights to approve or reject his choices...
...that his plan would present all political interests and would therefore remove the incentive to form organized political groups within the Faculty. He said it would also remove a potential source of friction between the Dean and the Faculty by taking the Dean out of the nomination process. In Fainsod's system, he said, the elections would turn into votes of confidence in the Dean...
...making the Council representative-Fainsod and several others said that the Dean would be best able to choose a group representative of political, educational, and departmental interests. Bruce Chalmers, Master of Winthrop House, said that "the Dean sees the Faculty from another point of view; he can take different considerations into account." Chalmers added that the current CEP-whose members are appointed-is "far from a monolith...
When the Faculty meets again on Nov. 18, Fainsod's committee will present the rest of its proposals, including creating a Docket Committee for the Faculty, forming four student-Faculty Committees, and inereasing the Faculty's role in many administrative matters...