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...colleges remain as all-male institutions in which every student must be a cadet: The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute and Vermont's Norwich University. Three others (Texas A. & M., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Pennsylvania's PMC Colleges) have made the cadet corps optional for men. To the dismay of combat-toughened alumni, they have also admitted coeds to all civilian courses. The seventh school, North Georgia College, has always enrolled women. The combined cadet enrollment at the seven has suffered a decline, including a drop of nearly 50% at V.P.I, since...
...first reaction to Marion Bodian's article on Shaw University was absolutely one of dismay. Many reasons point to my reaction--I am black, and I have a conscience, I attend Shaw University, and I too attended summer school during the tutorial project...
...other kind of student, the one who was told by the Admissions Office that he's just the material Harvard wants, and then discovers to his dismay that he's not after all; this sort of student really has no alternative here short of dropping...
Responsible and brainy, Morton has lately harbored an anguished heart. He painfully broke with Lyndon Johnson on the Viet Nam war, looked with dismay at Dirksen's troglodyte image, and saw his party heading for a replay of the 1964 Goldwater debacle. George Romney bored him, Charles Percy faded, and Morton talked up Nelson Rockefeller to his friends. Lately he had become resigned to having a Richard Nixon ticket. Optimistic friends hoped that with an influx of G.O.P. moderates next year, Morton might even oust Dirksen from the Senate leadership. An innately shy man, Morton saw little hope...
There are other limitations. A strong nation can shrug off the disapproval of its friends-but not for long, as Britain learned to its dismay when world opinion forced it to retreat from Suez in 1956. It does not follow, however, that when friends agree with a course of action, their aid can be counted on. It is a paradox, says General Alfred M. Gruenther, that "our power tends to hurt the alliance system." The U.S., he points out, "seems so mighty that our smaller allies stand aside...