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Whether the Faculty will divide sharply over the report or easily reach a consensus is, however, not entirely certain at the moment. Franklin Ford, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is one who is optimistic; he foresees little political infighting and expects the report to pass with only a few modifications or amendments. Ford, whose initial concern over the disarray of undergraduate education led to the formation of the Doty Committee, will chair the Faculty meeting and is one of the most influential supporters of the report. ("Its his baby now," said one member of the special committee...
This is not to suggest that there is a consensus for the Doty Report. Some think it says too little, some too much; some think it's gone too fast, some too slow; some think its too liberal, some too conservative. But it will be difficult for those who aren't really happy with the report to find a flag around which they can rally...
...short, there may be no great consensus for the report, but there will probably not be a great debate. What controversy there is will most likely center around the changes in administrative structure not the means and ends of General Education. And even there, it is likely that accommodation within the broad guidelines of the report will be reached between the college and dissident departments...
After hearing of the stalemate Monday afternoon, Vermont's Governor Hoff expressed to a group of FDP lobbyists the consensus of many Northern moderates: "Don't you recognize your responsibility to the Party and the country? When you're up against a Goldwater, you sacrifice for party harmony or lose not only Mississippi but the nation, maybe the world. I'm for you morally, but if you push this to the floor I'll vote against...
...Kubie's article, the Yale Journal agrees. It points out that courts, as the ultimate arbiters of family disputes, would always have the right to review committee decisions at the request of either parent. Moreover, suggests the note, overworked courts might be helping themselves by heeding the consensus of such private councils in difficult custody disputes...