This statement was in response to an earlier metaphor by Stanley Hoffman, professor of Government, who has insisted at several earlier Faculty meetings that non-major curriculum reform was "putting the cart before the horse."

Investigation

In other business, the Faculty heard a long report from chairman Roger Rosenblatt, assistant professor of English, of the Commission on Inquiry's investigation into the Physics Department's cancellation of a lecture by Polaroid Corporation president Edwin H. Land '29, following organized threats of disruption.

The report offered several suggestions for similar situations in the future, but concluded that the Physics Department had acted properly in cancelling the lecture to avoid the likelihood of violence. The complete report will be distributed to students later this week.

The Commission on Inquiry report does not rule out action by the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities. Three complaints have already been filed with the CRR over the episode: one by a Law student against the Physics Department and two by other students against the graduate student who led the group planning the disruption.

All the above, plus the reading of the minutes and presentation of an honorary degree, took forty minutes. The next hour and fifteen minutes was spent in a discussion of Faculty rules.