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...Arrow-Sims amendment called for the Faculty to nominate all candidates for the Faculty Council; any Faculty member with 20 or more nominations would be a candidate for election to the Council. The election would be run on a proportional representation (PR) system, which gives minority candidates a better chance for election...
Today, most proclamations are initiated by public relations men anxious for some free publicity for their clients. A PR man writes a proclamation which is then signed by a public official or his secretary and the PR man hopes, printed in the local media...
...Edwin E. Moise, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Mathematics, said that Faculty decorum would soon turn the system into a purely appointive set-up. And several professors-especially those who had come from universities with PR election systems-said "the time for democracy has come...
Andrew M. Gleason, professor of Mathematics, challenged Arrow's claim that PR would reduce political tension. He said it would actually encourage more campaigning. And another Faculty member said that regular tests of confidence in the Dean would be an advantage, not a drawback...
Hollis B. Chenery, professor of Economics, replied that a PR election would "be simple and would seem to be fair ... It is hard for the Dean to be as fair as a representative process." Sims said the PR system was the only way to keep a disciplined minority from taking over the elections...