COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR
Crisis May Inaugura
te Change
real constituencyoíthlsLiniversítj'
is Its student body and faculty.
rhis interpretationoftherelation-
ships of power and responsibility
In the Unlversity has bôen impli-
cit in the vieivs expressed durlng
the past tno weeks of crisis and
may soon be embodied in instĩ-
tutíonal airangemenls. These ar-
rangemenls may malte possible
greater parttcipation by students
and faculty in the dBlermínation of
University policies.
The executive commitlee of the
faculty is now concerning itself
ivith the related short and long-
lerm probiems that this erlsis
has given them the opportunity
to doal with. Their objective is
not merely to quiel down the
current uproai- and have students
resttme their work but also to
"set in motion proceiur;s and
mechanisnis that ívlll ensure that
this is the l.indori.'niversitywhere
students wish to attend classes,"
according to Michael Sovern, pro-
'i'hc ,'II
prepare a set of proposals to
revamp Llniversity organizatĩonand
pendent report. Since the commit-
tee can conv.-i _e the entire faculty,
it does have a real base of pwer.
b directly
es, itci
ljy-p;
tho adminĩstration. The Truslees
acĩ on what they are told. When
information flovts to , them from
the Universitythratighpeopleother
tliat Grayson Kirk, then the admin-
istration can no longer act as
a bottlcnech.
To a university presidont, lĩlte
prise, no way ol undermiriing liis
authority ĩs more serious Ihan
going over his head. That is what
the executive committee is doing,
But that is as far as the fac-
ulty has gone. And in going no
further It is losing the faith of
many striking studenls.
fectlve step it could try
ivould be to j-.'ii..■■■.- the absentee
control by the Tmstoes.
Itttion of the currenl upheaval
has been the Trustees' absence
froni the llniverslty and their
ignorance of thlngs that have oc-
cttrred here, sueh as the police
.rutality and tho exlent of supporl
tlic demonstrators drew.
A fĩrst step—but only a first
step— to reduce the distance ol
tho Trustees from Columbiawould
be to have faculty trustees.BeiriÊ
much time, judging fromthemani-
fold other positions trustees hold,
so that men wĩth real academic
interests willnot reject the post
on Ihe grounds that it takes them
away from study or research. The
introductlon of faculty members
into the Trustees will loosen the
solid Mstablishmentcompositionof
the Board.
Some ofthisvtas broughtoutyes-
terday at a meeting oí the execu-
tive committee wlth a group of
"sludent leaders". Tlie committee
vi-.ll bc conferring willi students
while it develops its proposals but
It is not inviting students to join.
lt may be incumbent upon students
to constitute their own grotips to
formulale some comprehensĩve
program and tofunctlon in thenew
syslem whĩch will be established.
ftt all cost a student government
run by campus politicos must be
avoided. Thelessonslearnedinco-
ordinating the strike may prove
valuable in setting up student
groups in the future.
The question now Is whether it
ivlll be possible to have a real
surrender of power to students
andfacultj' by theTrusteesandad-
minĩstration without aformalde-
claration on their part. At present
many of their powers have passed
to the faculty in fields like ap-
polntments, tenure and curricu-
lum. They nowonly rotalnthenom-
inal right to gíve pro torma ap-
proval. The means must be founi"
to extend the areas of pro form;
approval to questions of dĩsci-
pline, planning, design, and com
One of the reasons for the
protest has been to show that due
process does not exist at Col-
umbia. According to the demon-
strotors, the absence of due pro-
cess made it necessary for their
protest to take extralegal forms
and matfe it impossible for them
to abide by the the existing
rules of discipline.
ĩt is doubtful thal Iho transfor-
mation of power currontly under-
way wlll redistritjute power suf-
ficlenlly lo deny the administra-
tion power to impose arbitrary
rules. But it is the business of
students to ensure that the redis-
tríbution of power is in the right
dircetion and tiiat some real bal-
ance is created. It all that is done
is to set up some meanlngless
.iiiiiiiiíitees that tum Into buffers
betwe
formahzed changes will have been
Setting up a perfect charter will
maho Iittle difference if its sta-
. tutes are allowed to fall into des-
; uetude by the majority of campla-
\ cent students or ĩts statutes are
j systematlcally evaded by insen-
: sistive adminlstrators unwilĩingto
. be bothered with tlie demands of
"the inevitably ■small minority"
;of concerned students.
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