Word: ferguson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nevertheless the rejection of the Friedrich resolution was interpreted as a victory for the Administration, although Dean Ferguson reiterated the statement that "a vote of confidence in President Conant was never under discussion...
...denying the interpretation of an Administration victory, Dean Ferguson hit at a Boston newspaper account of the meeting and at the "apparent breach of confidence" by an unknown Faculty member who related the proceedings of a "closed" meeting to the paper...
...vote of the Faculty at its Tuesday meeting, the Faculty Council will be discontinued for the remainder of the year, and in its place regular meetings of the entire Faculty will be held, it was announced yesterday by Dean of the Faculty, W. Scott Ferguson...
...Dean Ferguson's full statement concerning the Boston newspaper coverage follows: "The Administration regrets the apparent breach of confidence which has resulted in the publication of what purports to be an interpretation as well as a record of the action taken by the Faculty yesterday." Information for the unauthorized story obviously came from a Faculty member, since outsiders are barred from the meeting...
Point for point, the arguments of Dean Ferguson and the Alumni are incontrovertible. But when they have been stated, they have proven absolutely nothing, because they are concerned with entirely different matters than are the Administration critics. They are looking at the College as a whole taken over a long period of time. From this point of view, it is possible to construct a neat set of figures which shows that the budget has declined and consequently has necessitated a drastic climination of men in the lower ranks; and which--by hook or crook--also shows that the total number...