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...more significant factor affecting Ethos' decision not to act was the response it anticipated from the rest of the campus. "The majority of kids would be turned off by harping on the October 7 meeting," explained Karen Williamson '69, past president of Ethos. "From experience we know we can't get a concerted effort with white students. We met resistance last year; even the upperclassmen don't want to change what Wellesley means. I have a feeling that the mass of Wellesley students would be against...
That does not require altering the attitudes or composition of Wellesley's student body. "I see it as enough that the administration will act without the students," concluded Karen Williamson...
...change has always come from students and has usually succeeded only under student pressure. Ethos' adoption of a wait-and-see attitude after the October 7 meeting marked the end of militancy on the campus, at least for the foreseeable future. The only pressure compelling the administration to act is the interest in the COWI proposals which have developed among students...
Prior emphasized, however, that the Supreme Court placed limitations on this directive only in reference to students who are granted deferments by law. He said that he was happy with the decision on classification, but "it should have gone farther." The Selective Service Act should be declared unconstitutional, he believes, and he says he does not intend to cooperate with the Selective Service any more now than in the past...
Some of the forces protecting the status quo are: 1) high fees, 2) inadequate scholarship programs, and 3) conscious admissions policies which act to preserve Harvard's financial and influential position and keep producing leaders of the country. This amounts to what Labaree called "an avowed orientation toward the goal of the education of the ruling class of tomorrow, whom it recognizes largely as the sons of the ruling class of today...