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...cannot believe the evidence reveals any harmful effects flowing from this showing," Peter Rossi, professor of Social Relations, who polled 534 students at the nearly-banned showing concluded last night...
Students thought well of the film as an example of movie technique the poll results said, but disapproved it content. "They were aware of its bias," Rossi said, "and discounted the message it contained. The crudity of the propaganda even boomeranged for a large section of the audience, who whistled and jeered and generally thought it a farce...
...most striking thing the College poll shows, according to Rossi, was that those students who were best informed on world events and who were boosting most ardently our present foreign policy were also the most reluctant to help it personally through military service. Harvard came out on top in "political knowledge"--tested by a series of questions on current affairs. A healthy majority supported the war in Korea as a necessary action. But a good deal fewer were willing to back up their sentiments by toting a rifle...
Personal factors affected a good number of the answers, according to Rossi. Students were more willing to join up if their grades were low--probably on the assumption that if the inevitable is coming soon, one might as well enjoy it. Yet, those who admitted they were "not enjoying" college were no more willing to serve than those having a wonderful time. Those students judged neurotic also preferred civies more than most...
...Rossi does not think the results of the survey mean Harvard men are weak-kneed creampuffs, or even more cowardly than Yalies. "It is easy to exaggerate opposition to going into the army," he says. "The impression given by the survey, at Harvard and nationally, is more of a lack of enthusiasm for military service than outright opposition to the idea. I doubt very much if any wholesale draft-dodging will come...