Word: abolished
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...petition, circulated by Vern Countryman, professor of Law, is part of a campaign by the National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee. The campaign began in January, shortly after Congress passed the "Dirksen Amendments" to the McCarran Act. Countryman, who is vice-chairman of the Committee's New England Region, collected 214 signatures from law professors across the country...
Yale University may abolish academic credit for ROTC courses within the next few weeks...
Although a large-scale move by American colleges to abolish ROTC is extremely unlikely, it is possible that many colleges will adopt a policy of dissociation similar to the one approved by the B.U. faculty this winter. This possibility arises partly from the increased sensitivity to the military presence on the campuses since the beginning of the Vietnam war. But that is not the most important factor, and even without the war it is quite conceivable that many colleges would soon be trying to reduce the official status enjoyed by ROTC on their campuses...
...effects of the decision to abolish occupational deferments are not so certain. Since local draft boards will still have wide discretion in granting job exemptions on the basis of community and defense needs, most of the men presently deferred may still escape service. They will not have automatic deferral, however, and instead of one standard rule from Washington, noted Senator Edward Kennedy, there will now be 4,000 rules laid down by the 4,000 different local boards. There is, however, one certainty as a result of last week's edict. Hundreds of thousands of men and their families...
Second, students are asking the University to tear down all the playpen fences. School, they contend, should be reduced to a place where one takes his studies, and no more. The University should not restrict students at all. One evidence of this school of thought is the movement to abolish parietals. Another is the contention of some that the University should not protect them from outside police and should not place them in double jeopardy either...