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Show -114- speaker's exit, the Chairman asked him if he had anything to report from the meeting of the senate. "They're in a real mess over t h e r e , " he told them. "Worse than x?e were t h i s morning. They can't come to any decision. Look!" he went on. "I probably shouldn't say anything here. I heard just a l i t t l e of what x*as said a minute ago. I don't know what xrent before, but I donft think we have to talk about whether to s t r i k e or not to s t r i k e . We c a n ' t decide that anyway. The whole faculty would have to have a say. I just had this idea that if we could frame a resolution - or a series of resolutions - condmning the actions of the board, we could then ask the senate to c a l l a general meeting in which the faculty could meet and discuss, even amend, our recommendations. If we did t h i s , we would^have a t least accomplished something. We would have put the faculty - not jus* our faculty but the whole university faculty - on record against the board. If they didn't pay a t t e n t i o n (and I think the press, the media, xrould see that they did), then would be the time to consider stronger measures. Of course? the Professor thought xrith admiration for his friend, what a simple, yet effective, solution. The majority of the meeting seemed to think so too. There was a clamor among them for recognition. Their colleague's proposal was put in the form of a motion. It passed immediately and easily. The Chairman did not even need to add i t to his l i s t of proposals. |
