Word: monroes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Perhaps the word "unethical" is the backbone of the problem. In an interview a few weeks ago, John U. Monro '34, Dean of the College, discussed the philosophical ramifications of a corporation's investments. He saw possible moral objections to much of Harvard's common stock portfolio...
...Monro said, "if you start limiting your investments with social welfare in mind, there aren't going to be that many companies available which are free from social criticism...
...instance, he strongly questioned Harvard's million dollar holdings in R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Should the University realize a profit from cigarette companies engaged in "as cynical a game as there is in the world--hooking youths and keeping them hooked?" he asked. In addition Monro pointed out that to those who consider the Vietnam war unjust, the various Harvard investments in companies supplying and "getting rich" on the war could be considered unethical. In this category he lumped University holdings in I.B.M. ($30,715,717, as of June, 1966), Texaco ($26,413,567), General Electric...
Arguments can be made against the use of drugs, but this one is not particularly felicitous. One would hope that Dean Monro does not plan to expel all drug-users, but rather that his statement is a result of the increased pressure from police and groups outside the University who feel that the College must be cleaned...
...condemn drug use as illegal or dangerous is one thing, but to condemn all the students who have experimented with drugs as wasting their time at Harvard, is quite another. We can only hope that the new Monro Doctrine does not represent a change in University policy towards drug-users and that it is only a meaningless sop thrown to the Food and Drugs investigators...