Word: pelled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...April 28, Robert H. Pell, head of Harvard's Army ROTC unit, received a mimeographed letter from "The Anti-War Establishment" which said, "a group of students has become so concerned with the cancer that exists in Shannon Hall that they believe the only recourse is to burn...
...Pell's office promptly notified the University police, Dean Glimp's office, and the other ROTC units of the threat. Robert Tonis, Chief of University Police, had no comment on the letter. Archie C. Epps, assistant dean of Harvard College, said yesterday, "We did receive an unconfirmed rumor that something would happen to Shannon Hall. We considered it an unconfirmed rumor and did nothing about...
Friday night the action moves outdoors with W. C. Felds and Road Runner appearing on the screen. Ever since the movie of Colonel Pell two weeks ago, people have been turning out in droves for Quincy film presentations. Beer will be available...
...Pell denied that the SDS anti-ROTC campaign had any affect on students' desire to join ROTC. He said that the decline in applications was merely evidence that the panic caused by last year's cancellation of graduate deferments had subsided...
After the cancellation, Pell said, "Graduate students thought they were going to be drafted and pressed the panic button. But when they saw that everyone was not called up, pressure to get into uniform and beat the draft was lessened...