Word: huc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...meeting, sponsored by the Harvard Political Union, an audience of about 75 listened to speakers from the HUC, the SFAC and the HPC defend their organizations' proposals for a reduction in the status of ROTC which would nonetheless allow the units to remain on campus in some form. Speakers from SDS argued that Harvard should abolish ROTC outright, while representatives of YPSL supported a student referendum on the question, as has been suggested by Seymour Martin Lipset, professor of Government and Social Relations...
Stephen H. Kaplan '69, HUC president, in answer to the charge said, "We have not heard from the blood drive's chairman. He has not asked for our help...
...status should be changed. The supporters of tomorrow's proposal have argued that the university should not allow ROTC to pursue its recruitment and training activities here in any way, and consequently are pressing for abolition of ROTC. Another group, which includes a majority of the members of the HUC, the HRPC, and the SFAC, has sought to end ROTC's academic status at Harvard while permitting the units to remain here in some form, perhaps in the status similar to that of the Institute of Politics...
...were to demand a radical restructuring of the ROTC units here, it would be told to put up with the present system (perhaps with very minor changes) or else to get out of ROTC altogether. If this were to occur--as it probably would--would the supporters of the HUC-SFAC proposals continue to support Harvard students' right to have ROTC on campus, at the price of abandoning their plans for reform? Or would they, as seems more likely, be willing to admit that the "right" to receive military training within the framework of the university is not quite...
...Harvard Draft Union will present an open forum on ROTC at 8 p.m. tonight in Lowell Lecture Hall. Representatives from YPSL, SDS, HPC, HUC, and SFAC will present their organizations' proposals. A straw poll will follow the discussion...