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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...period of questioning following World War II raised two issues which have been primary in recent discussions of ROTC: 1) ROTC courses are pre-professional and thus inappropriate to a liberal arts education and 2) ROTC courses are not as rigorous as regular Harvard courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HPC Report on ROTC at Harvard | 11/19/1968 | See Source »

...issue of pre-professionalism is revelant only in a liberal arts institution. In his October 4, 1968 statement, Colonel Pell said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HPC Report on ROTC at Harvard | 11/19/1968 | See Source »

Colonel Pell's statement does not, however, apply to Harvard College, which is solely a liberal arts institution. In a liberal arts college, it is inappropriate to grant credit towards a A.B. degree for completion of courses of a solely pre-professional nature. The HRPC does not try to define what consitutes a solely pre-professional course, nor do we attempt to define what constitutes appropriate rigor. Harvard normally seeks to make decisions in accordance with general guidelines rather than rigid definitions. The military training goal of the ROTC programs is a clear violation of the liberal arts norm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HPC Report on ROTC at Harvard | 11/19/1968 | See Source »

While Edmund Muskie sat with Hubert Humphrey in a pre-election TV talkathon from Los Angeles, Richard Nixon conducted his own four-hour program without the help of his running mate. To make sure that Agnew did not feel slighted, however, Nixon was almost comically extravagant in his praise. The Marylander, said Nixon, "is a man with brains. He's a man of very great courage. He doesn't wilt under fire." Meanwhile, Agnew campaigned in Virginia, then flew home to Maryland, where he relaxed on Election Day on the golf course, and gave a party in Government House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 39th Doge | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

...crowd of 100,000 gathered on the promenade of the channel resort town of Brighton, jostling for a look down the road that led from London. At last, the first car appeared. Then another and another. Finally, after eight hours, the last of some 250 pre-1905 cars to make the annual 50-mile "Old Crocks' Race," puffed, wheezed and whistled into town, piloted by a collection of antique-car buffs who consider themselves the royalty of the auto world. Appropriately enough, some real royalty was on hand for the proceedings: Monaco's Prince Rainier, at the wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 15, 1968 | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

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