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...Council also criticized the action of the Department in requiring attendance of NROTC members and in associating the University name "with a film that does not in any way reflect the views of the students or faculty insofar as it purports to be historic fact rather than political interpretation...
...hostile, jeering crowd filled up even the standing room in 2 Divinity Ave. to see an NROTC-sponsored showing of a movie prepared by the Un-American Activities Committee. The film, "Operation Abolition," "communist-inspired" students demonstrating last May against the Com San Francisco bearings. Its aim is to counteract the recent movement some liberal groups to abolish the Committee...
...NROTC students (who were in uniform, since the showing was this week's drill them) in a body in the front section of the auditorium. They were much subdued than the "civilian" rear sections, which kept up a steady fire of and cheers for the demonstrating students. At no time, however, was the film inaudible, and there were no incidents of violence...
...enrolled in the AROTC this year compares with the Navy's 49, an increase of nine over last year's total. Capt. Richard B. Rodmayne, Commander of the NROTC unit in the University, attributed the increase to a greater effort on the Navy's part in seeking out prospects in various schools. He said that even more information should be available to incoming students, however, pointing out that a great many freshmen knew nothing about the Navy program at the end of Freshman week...
...Army and the Navy also showed significant decreases in enrollment between the year '56-'57 and '57-'58. The incoming freshmen in the AFROTC fell from 85 to 56, and in the NROTC the enrollment dropped from 98 to 65. In the year '58-'59, however, the total jumped back up to 69 and 78, respectively...