Word: monroes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when he spoke, it was usually on behalf of student ideas and interests. Before the Faculty and within the Administration, he has argued for student positions on parietals, off-campus living, and matters of educational policy such as pass-fail and General Education. Monro was among the first to suggest that the HPC investigate the language requirement. He has ardently supported the efforts of both the HPC and HUC to gain a permanent niche in the decision-making process of the University. And, in general, he has sought means for giving students a more effective voice in policy-making. Recently...
...occasionally criticized, of course, on matters of style and policy. Monro's habit of thinking out loud often gave his conversation the appearance of false starts and long windedness. He is not a scholar or logician. His style is to punch ideas around, not cut them apart. He was often his most severe critic, admitting mistakes readily--as, for example, on his decision to release class ranks to draft boards without consulting students. But he was not often wrong, and he won the respect of Faculty as well as students...
When questioned in November about surrendering names to HUAC, Dean Monro replied that, although the University generally complies with a subpoena, he was not certain of all the legal issues involved in this instance. "Our lawyers will have to look into it," he said...
...Monro the next day told Neustadt and Ford what had happened; they decided that Neustadt should pass it on to Goldberg. Under the circumstances, they thought it likely that he would decide not to come. On the one hand, they felt, he would not want to face a large public meeting, but he also would prefer not to be the cause of disciplinary action...
...leaders, like everyone else, read the statement in the newspapers. And they were angry. They had talked to the Institute and Dean Monro on their own initiative; they had spent most of January "bargaining in good faith." Yet no one had seen fit to let them know about the statement in advance...