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Military and Naval Science course though not exactly guts, are among Harvard's less demanding offerings. According to the Office of Tests, the average Naval cadet scores half of a grade point higher on his NROTC courses than in his other courses. Cadets consider the easy B in a half-course one of the attractive fringe-benefits of ROTC...
There are some petty, albeit indispensible, objective questions on ROTC exams. The cadet is asked to "determine in yards, to the nearest ten yards, the straight-line distance between monumented Bench Mark 295 in grid square FL9975 and monumented Bench Mark 300 in grid square FL9780." He must be able to fill the blanks in the question, "When marching at quick time, swing your arms--inches straight to the front and--inches to the rear of the seams of your trousers...
...have a great deal of faith in the American government, and when we're in a state of war, I know it is my duty to support the effort," says one cadet. "But I also have a great deal of faith in my teachers and professors here at Harvard, and when so many of them tend to doubt the worth of the war, I start to wonder...
...Another cadet says that he joined NROTC because he was planning a Naval career, but that he has since changed his mind. "I think there's more opportunity outside the Navy. The hierarchy makes it hard to get ahead...
...making their decision, students rarely forget that ROTC pays-and not just the $40 per month which cadets get after they have signed the contract at the beginning of their junior year. They run into monetary incentives at almost every turn. They get $120 per month during their stay at summer camp. When they are commissioned as second lieutenants they draw annual salaries of over $5000 during their two-year term of active duty--enough to finance graduate school in some cases. When they complete their active duty they are eligible under the G.I. Bill, for $100 a month while...