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Moral indignation against the war in Vietnam is so justified that when, a year ago, hundreds of students violated a University rule in their demonstration against Dow, many professors did all they could to put that incident into its context and to prevent excessive punishment. Moreover, the Dow affair had largely resulted from, and was pointing to, the inadequacy of channels in which students and professors together could discuss issues of public policy involving the University. But I do not believe that the sit-in of last Thursday, which led to the cancellation of the Faculty meeting, can be defended...
...debate on ROTC had been long and thorough--by contrast with the discussion of Dow's visit last Fall. It had revealed sharp divisions among students as well as professors. There were respectable moral convictions on all sides, and even among those who, like myself, feel that a University is not the proper place for military preparation there were divergences over the answer to the problem. One does not have to be a moral relativist, pace Professor Putnam, in order to want to weigh arguments and take note of the legitimate concerns even of those whose point of view...
There, archiac or not, the Harvard process of decision had shown itself responsible to student concern over ROTC. It had taken the Dow incident to get Student-Faculty Council established and a new procedure on recruitment adopted. This time, the docket of the Faulty consisted of resolutions which al reflected student opinions or resulted from student-faculty discussions. Supporters of the SDS position had freely argued their case with SFAC, and a similar resolution was before the Faculty. This time, it could not be said that University passivity had forced the students to act; it was the move of some...
...VARIETY of visceral reasons the Faculty will probably be tempted to punish severely the students who sat in at Paine Hall. Some will quickly lump the R.O.T.C. demonstration with those against Robert McNamara and the Dow Chemical Company and conclude that this sort of thing can't be allowed to happen year after year. Others will be particularly offended because this Fall it was the Harvard Faculty, not unknown outsider like Dow's Mr. Leavit, whose usual business was interrupted...
...meeting was cancelled so early, the students can be charged with preventing the Faculty from meeting only in a very shaky symbolic sense. At worst they disobeyed an order from Dean Glimp. That is an offense, but a milder and different one than physically blocking the movement of a Dow recruiter. It therefore merits milder, not more severe, punishment than the probation slapped on those who sat in at Malinckrodt--either admonition or no punishment at all. Expelling the demonstrators from the Harvard community (subjecting them immediately to the draft as well) would be entirely out of proportion...