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Although a large-scale move by American colleges to abolish ROTC appears 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 possibly 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...
...Little Englander," who would end all of Britain's commitments beyond Europe, dissolve the Commonwealth and cut loose Rhodesia to go the route of former colonies in America. On a few domestic questions he is mildly progressive: Powell was among those Tories who voted with Labor M.P.s to abolish capital punishment and liberalize laws on homosexuality...
...last year. The number of executions has sharply declined since 1930, when the Federal Government first began keeping track of them; in 1967, only two persons were executed. One major reason for the decline is growing public opposition to capital punishment, which has led some states to abolish it. More than 435 prisoners reside on death rows across the U.S. They received stays of execution last year either because of individual appeals or because the death penalty itself is under attack in the courts on constitutional grounds...
...playgoers. All the preacher-teacher-playwrights - Ibsen, Shaw, Arthur Miller-are gluttons for sinners. They want converts streaming up the aisles to purify the world. They are all moral abolitionists who, despite their obvious love of the theater, confuse drama with reform and statecraft. They write Plays to Abolish Things By-poverty, prejudice, war, injustice, capitalism, moral obliquity. This is the dramatic form of preventive medicine, and it has never averted a single plague that mankind is heir...
...motion put forth by Professor Putnam to abolish ROTC in any form from the Harvard University campus. Charles E. Allen Jr. '70 Steven Roose '70 Robert W. Steinberg '69 Norman B. Epstein '71 Martin Hanlon '69 Noelle Caskey '70 David Palmer '70 Wesley E. Profit '69 Tracey R. Lecklider '69 Johnathan D. Ritvo '69 Michael A. Bundy '70 Joan S. Rubin Joe McCune '70 James Kilbreth...