Word: questionable
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...year when missiles are cut from the budget still-born, any expenditure on the scale of either plan seems out of the question. Moreover, neither plan contemplates ending the draft, for even under the Cordiner proposals the Army will need privates and the Navy able-bodied seamen. But the only suport for the present system seems to be the argument that without the draft, enlistments in all branches of the armed forces would fall and make it impossible to maintain a military establishment of two-and-a-half million...
...real question that needs to be asked and isn't being asked about the draft is whether it is assuring the nation a well-trained force of men under arms and a reserve capable of rapid and effective mobilization. To both parts of the question, many critics maintain, the answer is an unqualified "No." They view the present arrangement as obsolete in terms of military realities in that it does not set up small fighting units ready for instant transportation to limited trouble spots, so-called "brushfire wars." Nor does it encourage the maintenance of a highly trained technical corps...
...recent upsurge in Democratic criticism of foreign policy, coming in conjunction with the incapacitation of the Secretary of State, has renewed the question of who can and does direct the foreign policy of the United States...
Since the passage of the CEP proposals last spring, the question of non-honors tutorial has tended to degenerate into debates over the relative importance of Houses and departments, controversy on the concessions which can be allowed to non-honors students, and, in general, procrastinating argument. Yet the issue remains essentially unchanged: will the College recognize the existence of students who, while not interested in meeting honors requirements, can and will benefit from working in small groups on individualized subject matter...
Terrence P. Curier '57-2, speaking in support of the study, criticized what he called "the feminizing of a masculine institution." He requested that the committee study not only the day-to-day problems of Harvard-Radcliffe relations, but also the whole question of co-education at the University...