Dissenting Opinion on the Report of the Faculty Committee on Student Government
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1968-03-25
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"I would like to register a degree of dissent from the Report of the
Faculty Committee on Student Government. I feel that the student proposal,
though far from perfect, and stressing only one aspect of a much broader
issue, is deserving of serious and sympathetic consideration, beyond that
offered in the Report. It is my belief that the student proposal--whether
or not its authors now endorse it--was presented in good faith, with an
adequate sense of responsibility, i.e. the resolve to enforce strict self regulation,
as the other face of the coin autonomy, and that therefore it
deserves to be tried out, in the belief that any defects would soon become
apparent and remedies could then be sought in a democratic manner.
Or even, put to the pragmatic test, that it might prove unexpectedly successful."