Word: rotc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...recent weeks, it has become increasingly clear that the Corporation is the main defender of ROTC at Harvard. Pusey stated that academic credit is not the issue. In President Pusey's words, it is "our Army" It is their army: Mr. Nickerson, president of the board of Socony Mobil, sleeps better at night in the knowledge that his investments in Iran or Venezuela are shielded not just by military dictators, but by the threat or direct armed intervention by the U.S. government...
...latest innovation in keeping ROTC has occured at Boston University where the administration rendered it "invisible". From now on, ROTC cadets will not wear uniforms during drill and will take ordinary government courses instead of military courses. In other words, the same ideology will be taught without the "militarist" trappings. The Harvard Corporation has also played a leading role in keeping ROTC on American campuses. It has set up direct negotiations with the Pentagon and coordinated its activities with the presidents and trustees of seven other ivy league colleges to keep "their" army functioning smoothly...
...movement against ROTC on this campus and others has forced these men into the open. Many people (and even the Harvard CRIMSON) have clearly seen the Corporation's role as defender of ROTC. But many of us have been prone to take the attitude: "Well, I agree with the argument theoretically; now let's drop this, and discuss something else theoretically." But this approach leads to never seeing that we're involved in a real struggle, and therefore, never fighting...
...Abolish ROTC...
...Replace ROTC scholarships with the equivalent Harvard scholarships. Un-negotiatable, no student Faculty committees, no handing in bursers cards. The Corporation can issue a statement when they give...