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what you offer as your first fact [above] is
just not a fact at all; that is, it is not a
fact in the sense that everyone agrees to it;
for example, I do not, and I suspect a
majority of students, faculty and—I suspect—alumni
would not agree either.
This presents us with a dilemma. How do
we proceed with a discussion when we seem
to disagree about the point of departure?
I will think about this, but I am not sure
how to answer it. I can only repeat that I
would like to see the nature of the inquiry
which has led you to present your statement
as a fact.
Furthermore, I think the problem of
setting up a special organization to teach a
particular philosophy within a faculty just
will never work. Those connected with it
would be marked men as having been
bought to present a particular point of view.
This no good member of a faculty would
find tolerable. However, I shall puzzle over
this one, too.
I will repeat the note I made to you in
my earlier letter that it is my general view
that you find all shades of opinion—right,
left and center—on the Cornell faculty. I
would further assert that their spectrum
of political philosophies would not be far
different than the spectrum one would find
off the campus. The only difference would
be a critical judgment and refusal to accept
statements as facts until they had been
carefully examined. I am sure you will agree
with me that this is a proper stance for a
scholar and can sometimes be confused
with political opposition. I am sure you
have not made such a mistake.
In any event, warmest thanks for your
letter, and I will be thinking about your
ideas.
The exchange of letters fixes two issues:
does the student at Cornell get a
fair exposition of economic, social, and
political philosophies? and, can a group
or individual plant a point of view within
the university?
To the first issue, the President clearly
believes the faculty does represent a
wide and reasonable spectrum of beliefs.
Mr. Tuller does not. My own judgment
would be on the side of the President,
based solely on my own experience as
an economics major during the late
1940s and 1950. I returned to Ithaca in
1955 and came to know the men who
had been my teachers better. Six men
in all taught (or tried to teach) me economics,
men in four different colleges,
and all have continued on the faculty
through the period Mr. Tuller criticizes.
Knowing them better now, I would say
one might be judged a "Liberal" in Mr.
Tuller's terms, though I am sure he fails
to fit either the "socialist" or "leftist"
label also used in CACBE literature.
Three of the men are middle-of-the-road,
as best I can judge, one leaning to the
Tuller-favored "free market-limited government"
point of view. The remaining
two seem to me to belong fairly squarely
in Mr. Tuller's camp. I have pointed
Cornell
Engineering
Continuing
Education
Announcing
1967
ENGINEERING
SHORT COURSES
Two-week on-campus short courses
for practicing engineers and scientists.
Approximately 60 hours of instruction
in each course listed.
First Session: June 19-30
1. Introduction to Digital Computing
2. Engineering Applications of
Statistics
3. Topics in Operations Research
4. Thermal Radiation Transfer
5. Quantum Electronics
Second Session: July 10-21
1. Nuclear Measurements
2. Polymer Systems
3. Mechanical Dynamics
4. High Strength/High-Temperature
Composites
All courses are taught by Cornell
faculty. Fee for each course: $350.
Further information may be obtained
from the Director of Continuing Education,
251 Carpenter Hall Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y. 14850.
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