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When it came time for Hemphill to apply for readmission, the CRR notified her that she must first appear before the body, apologize and promise "good behavior" in the future...
...carting suitcases, Harris was soon drafted and out at Fort Hood, Texas, 123rd Maintenance Battalion. After two years with a clean record in the Army, his company commander agreed to write him a letter of recommendation, vouching for his character and suggesting that the CRR grant him his degree...
While the CRR scrutinized his army record, Harris returned to Cambridge. His senior tutor took him aside and advised him to apologize to the committee so it would grant his request. "He tried to persuade me basically to crawl," Harris says. He refused...
...December 1970, Harris received another letter, this one from Donald G. Anderson, McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics, then CRR chairman, notifying him that he would receive his B.A. degree, but spelling out that "such permission would be granted on the understanding that you do not wish to return to Harvard, but simply wish to be returned to good standing in order that you may apply for the A.B. degree...
From what Harris could make out, the CRR seemed to operate on two levels. On the surface, Harris says, it simply matched the penalty with the offense. But beneath that, the CRR--or rather the administration behind it--seemed to single out the recognized SDS leaders. Of the 400 demonstrators in University Hall, they alone got slapped with the dismissals and suspensions. "In theory," Harris says, "you had broken a rule and therefore had to be expelled. But in practice, they didn't care about the rules...