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Many may still disagree with the President's concept of how the University can foster social change, but he explained it articulately and handled a two-hour fusillade of questions with steady composure. Inevitably the dialogue was only partially successful, but Pusey deserves credit for his willingness to face SFAC's questions...
...Making SFAC responsible to the Faculty has one great merit according to Hoffmann: "It takes us out of the vacuum. We know now who we're talking to." Nonetheless Tuesday's events are a blow to SFAC. The Council's first major recommendation has been rejected and if the issues raised by the Dow demonstration are muddled by a new demonstration next week, SFAC's first five meetings will seem dreadfully futile. And there is the further fear that Pusey's decision makes recommendations of the student-dominated Council meaningless unless they are approved by the Faculty...
...every SFAC resolution will have to be sent to a full Faculty meeting for approval, Pusey said Wednesday. For instance the Dow resolution could have been directed to the standing Faculty Committee which supervises the Office of Graduate and Career Plans...
...effect of this system for handling SFAC resolutions, as Stanley H. Hoffmann said Tuesday night, is to take pressure off Pusey. The President's decision to leave Dow and future resolutions to the Faculty is understandable. "I myself am satisfied that at least there was a Faculty discussion," Hoffmann said. If Pusey had simply rejected the postponement request himself, the Administration would have been the whipping boy for student discontent. "At least in this case," Hoffmann said, "they must be angry with...
...other hand, the Faculty showed SFAC considerable deference Tuesday. The exception to its probation rules the Faculty voted for Dudley's John Fouts was purely a gesture of respect to the Council. And that an entire Faculty meeting centered on SFAC business was itself a landmark. The Faculty showed that it is still resting heavy hopes on the Council, and it now seems certain that any major SFAC resolution will be insured full Faculty consideration...