John William Ward, Former President of the College, 1979 June 19

Subject coverage: On coming to Amherst, Started professional career in English; reasons for switching to History, Demands of presidency preempt ability to maintain scholarly study, Opportunities, as president, to meet variety of people, Reaction on being invited to become president, Effect of coming to the post from the faculty, Some pleasant aspects of being president, Reflections on proposing the admission of women, Effects of coeducation on the College, some disadvantages of being president, Comments of sitting in at Westover, Relationship with the Board of Trustees, Greatest satisfaction was handling of question of coeducation, On maintaining the quality of the faculty, Consideration of tenure criteria, On the faculty's teaching load, Faculty relationship to discipline and the institution, Comments on liberal education and the curriculum, Liberal education and "teaching" morality, Amherst and Five-College Cooperation, Amherst's connections with Doshisha and the Folger, Discussion of relationship with the faculty, Comments on relationship with campus minority groups, Future plans uncertain