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siderations with them, hoping that they will spare no stimulus, and that the students
will fail in no response." It is natural that we should feel that the current action
implies on the part of the Executive Committee some loss of confidence in the faculty
during the intervening four years. Should such loss of confidence be further
indicated by subsequent action of the Trustees - that is, if the action on Saturday
classes should become a precedent and a pattern for dealing with problems involv-
ing a substantial content of educational policy - then faculty morale, already
definitely affected, will predictably reach a very low ebb. It will be reflected in
the loss of good teachers, in failure to secure other good teachers, and in deteriora-
tion of the general level of faculty performance. Under the impact of the current
tensions of our society, faculties - others as well as our own - are peculiarly sensi-
tive to curtailment of their traditional responsibilities.

On the matter of the efficient utilization of the weekend time of students, we
respectfully submit that there are certain realities which must be taken into considera-
tion: (a) the automobile, which has revolutionized off-campus living in America,
cannot be expected to leave no tire prints on the campus; (b) many off-campus
influences including the influence of parents who welcome frequent visits from their
sons and daughters and who, in many cases, provide them with automobiles - contribute to the problem; (c) many of our students have been and will be mature
veterans who, while serious minded about their academic work, rightfully regard
themselves as adults sofar as regulation of their daily lives is concerned; (d)
crowded housing, study, and eating facilities have encouraged student wanderlust,
though this should be on the wane as a contributing cause of the problem; (e)
uncertainties regarding experience to be anticipated in a certainly approaching
period of military service have affected the attitudes of many of our students and
their parents; (f) growing acceptance of the five-day week as a norm for working
time - however, much we may question its validity as applied to the acquisition of
higher learning - has affected students as well as adult thought; (g) training of
advanced youth for citizenship in a free society necessarily involves the fullest
measure of freedom during the training period. Compatible with appropriate em-
phasis on personal responsibility as a necessary component of freedom.

We do not cite these factors in an attempt to demonstrate that no improvement
in our situation is possible. We list them only as justification for the assertion
that the problem is a complex one which permits of no single, simple solution. We
realize that it is a problem we share with all other institutions of higher learning,
though we believe that its magnitude tends to vary with such factors as " (a)
selectivity in admissions; (b) pre-college training and experience of the average
student; (c) size of student body; (d) ratio of full-time faculty to the total number
of students; (e) the number of different educational programs the institution offers;
(f) the size of the city in which the institution is located; and (g) the distance between
the campus and the home of the average student.

We believe that the Trustees share our doubt that there is a simple and perfect
solution for the problem. We recognize that it calls for continuing effort and is not
a matter to be intermittently shelved. We do not assert that we have found the best
possible solution. We recognize that legally it is a matter within the ultimate
responsibility of the Trustees and that, if the faculty produces no solution justifiable
to the minds of reasonable men, the Trustees have a duty to intervene. Nevertheless,
we believe that it is properly a matter within the responsibility of the faculty. This
is the traditional and generally accepted method of operation in this and other
respected institutions of higher learning.

As we have indicated we regret that the Executive Committee felt it necessary
to intervene and we believe the wisdom of its action is debatable. However, we do
not feel that the faculty at this time should devote its primary effort to an attempt
to demonstrate that there is no substantive merit in a proposal for Saturday classes.
We believe that faculty energy should rather be directed to insuring that there can
be no reasonable justification for future action by the Trustees, not recommended
by the faculty, concerning the effective utilization of student time and the orderly
development of campus life in general.

To this end, the Council recommends: (a) that responsibility within the
faculty for continuing study of and recommendation regarding utilization of student
time and development of campus life should be effectively centered; (b) that the
Chancellor assign such responsibility either to a standing committee of the faculty
or to a special committee of seven members of the Council to be appointed by him;
(c) that the responsible committee, with the Chancellor as an ex-officio member,
should, with the approval of the President, maintain the closest possible liaison
with the Trustees, through their Visiting Committee and in such other ways as the
Trustees may deem desirable. In this manner, at all times the faculty will be
fully aware of the Trustees' viewpoints, suggestions and criticisms, and the
Trustees will be fully aware of the faculty's active programs, its plans and proposals,