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"Before the testimony was transcribed in final form, individuals were
given the opportunity to read the record for their own interviews
for purposes of correction or expansion.

"When the testimony was completed, and as the final record was
transcribed, the typed transcript was delivered to the Chancellor for
his study and his reply.

"In this way 'due process' was observed.

"B. The Committee received much evidence of the Chancellor's efforts to
upgrade the Woman's College, both academically and structurally. The
vigor with which he executed these efforts, it is thought, has been
responsible for some of the opposition which has developed. The
Chancellor, himself, seems to have reached the conclusion that the
present time should be used for an appraisal of his plans for the
College against the setting in which achievement of them has been sought.
We quote the Chancellor on this point:

'Having read the testimony before your committee, as presented
in your hearings on this campus, I have become convinced of the
following: (a) dissatisfaction, involving a substantial fraction
of the Faculty, goes back to the first year of the administration;
(b) it relates not only to administrative differences or procedures
which can be corrected, but also to basic differences of educational
philosophy which cannot be reconciled; (c) these differences have
created a cleavage within the Faculty; and (d) a change in adminis-
tration is essential both for the administration and for the College
as a first step toward rectifying the situation.

'My decision that I should not return to the College next year was
reported to President Friday several weeks ago and was confirmed
in a letter on April 5. So far as the College is concerned, this
removes the element of the individual, and should give the
Consolidated Office opportunity to examine the situation at the
College in the light of basic issues.'

"The report of your Committee, therefore, is briefer than would otherwise
be the case.

Differences which exist between the faculty and the Administration and
between faculty groups.

"a. There is a faculty group which, in our judgment, is irreconcilably
opposed to the Administration.

"b. There is a faculty group which is forthrightly in support of the
Administration.

"c. There is another faculty group which is adversely critical but
which regards the Administration as having some merits to its credit.

"d. There is a faculty group which might be described as 'independent'
of factional identification, the members of which are often critical
of both the Administration and its opponents.

"e. Finally, there are differences on the campus of the Woman's College
of another sort. These differences exist within departments or
schools - differences which in some instances transcent the importance
and bitterness of the differences between faculty and Administration.
This class of controversies is found in the Schools of Home Economics
and Music and in the departments of Biology and English.

"D. Background of These Differences.

"Some of the criticisms arose from personal grievance or disappointment.
Unfortunately, the differences between certain faculty groups and the
Administration grew in importance and resulted in organized faculty
opposition. In support of the Administration, on the other hand, there was
a less organized but nonetheless planned defense by faculty members.
These differences were aired in the local newspapers with each faction
charging the other with 'running to the press.'