Word: similarly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...read a few verses from the Bible, paid gracious tribute to the Johnsons in a brief sermon, and later joined the impromptu congregation for coffee and small talk in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. The idea for the service was Johnson's. However, when he was told that no similar rite had ever been held in the Executive Mansion, he hastily clamped a secrecy lid on the entire meeting...
Although a large-scale move by American colleges to abolish ROTC appears unlikely, it is possible that many colleges will adopt a policy of dissociation similar to the one approved by the B.U. faculty this winter. This possibly arises partly from the increased sensitivity to the military presence on the campuses since the beginning of the Vietnam war. But that is not the most important factor, and even without the war it is quite conceivable that many colleges would soon be trying to reduce the official status enjoyed by ROTC on their campuses...
ROTC is becoming, therefore, a recruiting agency similar to that of any large corporation. As such, many educators feel that it should no longer have its special status on the campus to aid its recruiting of college students. Even if ROTC programs lose this status, however, the result would not be an elitist officer corps, as opponents of "dis-crediting" ROTC often charge. Today's army requires highly educated college graduates. The military academies alone cannot provide them. The nation no longer needs special ROTC programs to "civilianize" the military, if only because many of today's career officers...
...next concrete steps came from the HRPC. After an audit of ROTC courses, the HRPC published a report on Nov. 17 calling for the end of ROTC's academic status. But while the HRPC report was similar to the HUC's in its conclusion--and in its lack of legal effect--it offered a far different basis for the attack on ROTC...
...Princeton, a coordinating administration-faculty committee is now investigating ROTC's position. A similar committee, at Brown, including the dean of the college, a ROTC professor, and two students, has been studying the questions since last year. Both committees should issue reports in about two weeks...