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This line of argument approaches a mildly radical critique of political parties in this nation. It does not call forth the forces which would like to abolish and have done with the Democrats and Republicans...
...From their inception, the two courses have faced continued opposition from some members of the Soc Rel Department," the statement says. "We believe that the present objections, and the suggestion that we apply to Gen Ed, are just another attempt to abolish...
Daniels, a member of neither caucus, said that calls for academic freedom at Harvard mean essentially an alliance with the ruling class. "The Corporation has shown its hand," he said. "To abolish ROTC, we're going to have to fight them very hard," he concluded...
THERE WAS something wrong. Perhaps the Corporation didn't quite understand. It was true that the Faculty had voted against abolishing ROTC outright but no one had taken this to represent a ringing affirmation of the program. What was worse, the Corporation had not even committed itself to the changes which the Faculty had approved. The strongest commitment of Pusey's letter seemed to be contained in his determination that ROTC be retained at Harvard: as for the Faculty's requests for reforms, the Corporation had agreed only to enter into negotiations to try to implement them. The Corporation appears...
...nothing in Pusey's letter that specifically contradicts the decision of the Faculty, it is painfully clear that the two decisions don't look at all the same. In particular, a number of Faculty members are unhappy that the Corporation chose to interpret the Faculty's refusal to abolish ROTC as a firm decision to retain it. The distinction seems clear enough to the people who participated in the ROTC debate at Harvard, but it is hardly a distinction that the Corporation could have been expected to respect. Nevertheless, the effect is distressing to many. "The debates were generally quite...