Teaching Panel May Be Named, Dean Ford Says

NEW YORK, May 14--Dean Ford told the gathering of Harvard alumni here Friday that he and Theodore R. Sizer, mean of the Faculty of education, had a commended "within the last 48 hours" he formation of a committee on instruction.

The announcement of the committee's formation and of its members may take face after today's meeting of the Corporation.

Ford had suggested earlier this year that such a committee composed of members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Education might be set up to deal with "the technological revolution in instruction." It was suggested at that time that the committee would deal with the University's use the teaching machines, television, recorded tapes, and notion pictures, as well as with the administrative teaching structure.

Ford's remarks came while he was moderating a discussion of the College during "Harvard Comes to New York" week, a glorified alumni reunion. In the past the Associated Harvard Clubs have hold an annual get-together during the spring. This year the clubs have merged with the Harvard alumni association, forming the associated Harvard alumni. The New York gathering was AHA's first.

The alumni--several hundred of them--were wheeled out to Lincoln center Wednesday night for a performance of the New York City ballet and to 'Harvard Day at the World's Fair" on Thursday.

On Friday afternoon, president Pusey moderated a discussion of three research programs being conducted by the graduate schools. Pusey was asked after the discussion whether Harvard should consider appointing professors purely for research purposes. In order to leave teaching to those who choose to specialize in it.

He answered that Harvard had never considered it, and that "when a few years ago federal money came up for purely research professorships, our Medical Faculty turned it down." He pointed out that "We have a few professorships in the University that have no teaching requirement--the University Professorships--and it would be difficult to find a group of men who have been more active in teaching.