Word: motioning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...statement's contention that a Faculty vote would bind all members "is a non-sequitur." Ptashine said that his resolution uses the standard phrase, "it is the sense of the Faculty." and does not purport to speak for the entire Faculty or those who vote against the motion...
...decision which the Faculty faces on Tuesday with respect to the Vietnam War Motion may be of such consequence that I should like to corrcet before hand some misrepresentations of my own involvement in the issue. During the discussions of the past week I withheld my support until a clearly worded statement could be agreed upon. The statement of the Motion published in the CRIMSON on Friday met most of my objections and I can support...
...same time I insisted that no faculty member should be coerced in any way into supporting or rejecting such a motion if he did not choose to express his attitude on the War in this manner. Indeed I had suggested that a prior vote might be taken on the appropriateness of considering this issue. On Thursday I was asked to join a group of about 20 in discussing ways of permitting faculty members who did not wish to participate in such a vote to do so and I agreed. Since then, however, I have had no contact with such...
Wald said he was withdrawing his motion asking the Faculty to petition for repeal of the draft: "The motions on the war are of overriding importance; the draft issue will come up later...
...Dorfman said. "I think the issue will not come to a vote at the meeting, but if it does we're acting on the presumption that it will not pass. " He said that the vote can be blocked either by a motion to table the resolution or by adjournment of the meeting...