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the first faculty appointmnts were made.
The Director so far had displayed considerable ingenuity in
devising ways of provfding for collective faculty action. Mr. Bamberger
had prevailed so far, but had latterly seemed unwilling to reverse the
Director too often. Therefore he mnaged to insert ~dditioml conditions
which made it necessary for the Board to cut the knot. In each case the
Board's decision xerr,oved the need for collective faculty action.
would be interesting to know whether in this session there was any frank
discussion to shcr the various points of view, ft would seem unlikely,
considering tkt the climax of the cbnflict between Mr. Bamberget and
Dr. Flexner occurred over the sixth Article, which created the director-
ship and its powers and responsibilities; these were decided in the pre-
Board conferences, and were not changed by the Board, 23
Flexnerus draft made the Director responsible for the "ffnal
£emulation of policies to be presented to Trustees and facultym only
~fter consultatian with the President and the faculty. He recmzmnded
that seventy years sholrfd be the noml retiring age for professors, and
apparently presmd that ft would also be for the Director. But the
tenure of any individual might be extended a year at a time by e twol
thirds vote of the Trustees. In case of a vacancy kn his office, a
special cornnittee of Trustees must consult with the faculty as well as
with outsiders before =king its report and recarrnnendatfon for a successor
to the Board. The Director was to be ex aificia a member of the Board,
and was authorized to attend all cmittee meetings. He must mke the
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budget and submit an annual repart which, with the annual reports of the
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President and the Treasurer, must be published each peas.
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