Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...another way, is it likely that anyone who does feel strongly against the draft would fail to take this opportunity to express himself? In either case, the inevitable conclusion is that the vast majority of those not answering the questionnaire do not hold as deep a dissent as those who did answer. So what did the questionnaire show? It showed that 22 per cent (and 22 per cent is, let it be noted, closer to one out of five than one out of four) of 43 per cent of the senior class expressed the opinions accurately listed by the Crimson...
That almost 10 per cent should express deep revulsion from national policy is an important dissent. It only does a disservice to the cause of this significant body for Mr. Lerner to concoct a transparently hyperbolic "poll" tabulation. Marsh McCall '60 Instructor in Classics Assistant Senior Tutor, Lowell House
...intensified enforcement of SSS regulations has not been enough--the rules have been extended to include punitive measures. General Hershey's original directive "suggested" the reclassification of demonstrators and obstructors because their actions were, again, not in the "national interest." The exercise of the right of dissent changed their status from that of a student deferred in the national interest to that of a person in a "nonessential" endeavor...
WGBH had planned extensive analysis of last week's teach-in through back-up interviews in their studios and on the scene at Lowell Lecture Hall. They were collecting historical information on the moral, political and legal aspects of dissent. The program would have been of great interest and service to the Boston community. Harvard's only "long-standing policy" in these matters has been to support such vital forums, as witnessed by the University's continued financial contributions to WGBH...
...summer of '67 marked his move from dissent to resistance, as he spent the greater part of three months "hassling" with his local board in a vain attempt to be granted CO status or be reclassified 2-S. He made numerous trips to Buffalo and couldn't hold a regular summer...