Word: quota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still, Sisson sees Harvard's action essentially as weathering the storm. "I think it is abominable to ask the classes of '67 and '68 to provide two-thirds of this year's draft quota" he says, "but a lot of people have panicked, and we don't intend...
According to Watson's present plans, a maximum of 20 men per House will live off-campus next year, but he will re-examine this quota before the year ends. Watson said that most Houses would fill their quotas with seniors, leaving few spaces open for juniors...
...spot check of the Houses yesterday revealed that most were able to allow all senior applicants to live off-campus, but that few Houses had any spaces on the off-campus quota for juniors...
Zeph Stewart, Master of Lowell House, was "surprised" that only 18 or 19 seniors--fewer than last year--applied to live off-campus. He attributed the small number to hopes for deconversion in Lowell, currently the most crowded House. Rather than fill the quota with juniors, Stewart said, he would wait to see if seniors discontented with room assignments decided to move off at the last moment...
...many consequences of this inane war of yours is the thwarting of humanitarian goals pursued by American Peace Corps Volunteers by your equally inane Selective Service quota system. Of course this is not to imply that those Volunteers interested primarily in saving their skin have remained secure from the draft either. The distinction between motives is irrelevant: the local boards search and destroy indiscriminately, operating in the best of democratic traditions...