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...still does not, seem unreasonable to me for Harvard to move toward such a situation as already obtains at John Hopkins, Fordham, and, I understand, an increasing number of other institutions, namely, an organization of reserve officer training which is extra-curricular for all students involved (as it is even here for graduate and professional school students). I believe that such a transition is in the cards almost everywhere, has been expected for some time by thoughtful people in the service departments and, in our case, could have been effected with good feeling and due regard for the interests...
Representing the SFAC-HUC-HRPC resolution to deny ROTC academic credit, Kenneth M. Glazier '69 stressed the "impropriety" of ROTC's privileged status on campus. He pointed out that the SFAC resolution leaves open the option for ROTC to organize as an extra-curricular activity...
...Harvard, along with other universities and now facing the ROTC issue, ought to take advantage of the opportunity to explore ways whereby the ROTC program can be improved (either as an extra-curricular activity or as one clearly under the supervision of civilians in the regular academic departments...
...thousand girls from a dozen eastern colleges participated in the program. They went to classes, roomed in dormitories temporarily vacated by the Dartmouth students, and participated in many extra-curricular activities. The girls helped put out a coed newspaper and were allowed to attend club meetings...
...Professor Putnam, in order to want to weigh arguments and take note of the legitimate concerns even of those whose point of view one rejects. For instance, while I find little justification for the present ROTC program, I recognize the right of students to pursue military preparation as one extra-curricular activity among others: and while I recognize the moral fervor of those who want, because of Vietnam, to expel ROTC altogether, I find the connection between ROTC, America's armed forces and Vietnam far more complex than that between Dow, napalm and Vietnam; and I do find the parallel...