Word: functional
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Until recently, the function of ROTC remained similar to what it was in 1916. The Corps was created in the spirit of the civilian army; it has long reflected the view that a nation's best defense is a prepared citizenry. As its name suggests, the military training that ROTC brought to the college campus was designed to create a vast body of reserve officers. The Regular Army could use these reserve officers to provide additional leadership in times of national peril. Congress assumed that the military academies could provide the officers for the small peacetime army...
...nation's ROTC programs is the Reserve Officer Training Corps Vitalization Act of 1964. The Vitalization Act is a strange mixture of nostalgic patriotism and modern defense planning. Although Congress voted to increase aid to high school ROTC units against Pentagon opposition, most of the bill reflects the changing function of the postwar ROTC. The bill provides for increased scholarship assistance to ROTC cadets planning to enter active service after graduation, as well as $40-$50 monthly allowances to all cadets in the advanced program. It also allows students to enlist in ROTC as late as their junior year...
...credit" ROTC came from a small group of radical students, later faculty response in favor of changing the status of ROTC was overwhelming. The students and the faculty may have emphasized different aspects of the ROTC issue, but the underlying idea that military training is not a proper function of a university now seems to have won widespread acceptance...
...should pressure the University into doing something radical. The University will then say, 'Shhh!' That serves the most important function. It makes students aware that the University cannot respond because of the way it fits into society...
...Board's most important function is as a college disciplinary body, and this is where the new committee has to be careful. The Board's status as a private review body should not be changed...