Word: pelle
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nine documents included under a single covering letter. The entire package, dated 4 December, was entitled "Information to Illuminate the Harvard Anti-ROTC Debate." Several of the other documents might be of great interest to both proponents and opponents of ROTC. (They include a previously released paper by Colonel Pell, "Justification for Academic Credit for ROTC at Harvard," "The Role of ROTC in a Liberal Arts College," "ROTC and the US Armed Forces," "A Brief History of ROTC," "Army ROTC Enrollment at Harvard, 1968-69," a position paper by some ROTC cadets, and extract copies of the contract between Harvard...
...covering letter, signed by Col. Pell, "The Case for ROTC at Harvard" is introduced as a "Department of Military Science position paper." Clearly, it was intended to convey much more than the personal opinion of Col. Pell. When Dean Glimp suggests (letter to CRIMSON, 10 January) that this document represents only Col. Pell "speaking as a man," he is belittling the significance of this elaborate memorandum. The entire package, which runs to nearly fifty pages, must be viewed as the official position of the U. S. Army ROTC Instructor Group at Harvard (Department of the Army...
...hope that the CRIMSON will reprint other sections and give opponents of ROTC space to reply. We are not disinterested parties, but opponents of ROTC who feel that the fullest and most informed discussion of the issues can only help our cause. To quote a paragraph from Col. Pell's covering letter...
...Harvard chapter of the NEW UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE (a national organization of liberal and radical faculty and graduate students) urges the acceptance of Col. Pell's challenge by abolishing ROTC at Harvard. We hope to convince the Harvard community that it is a political decision of the utmost gravity to maintain or eliminate ROTC. This choice should be made on the basis of accurate information and lengthy, patient discussion of the issues...
...following is a memo submitted to the Committee on Educational Policy on Dec. 4, 1968 by Col. Robert H. Pell, professor of Military Science...