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William B. Hopkins '71 had been granted a leave of absence beginning December 10, two days before the Paine Hall sit-in. An Ad Board vote of January 12 rescinded this decision in light of Hopkins' participation in the sit-in, making readmission contingent upon his activities while away from the college...
...Although he had withdrawn, Hopkins was obviously acting as a member of the Harvard community with his participa- tion in the sit-in," Haney said. "The Board was presented with an unusual case--we couldn't ignore him, but we certainly didn't want to be harsher on him than on the other students...
...student groups that were not invited to the meeting--SDS and YPSL--yesterday objected to the student representation plan. SDS is calling for a protest march outside Sanders Theatre when the Faculty begins its meeting there at 3 p.m. today. But SDS members--who led the Dec. 12 sit-in that forced cancellation of the last Faculty meeting slated to discuss ROTC--say they do not plan to obstruct today's meeting...
...getting inculcated with the values of a "liberal education"! Harvard also allows recruiters from various corporations on campus to recruit students to continue the oppression of people in Vietnam, South Africa, Guetamala, Iran, etc. It is not surprising that David Rockfeller (President of Chase Manhattan) and others like him sit as Overseers of Harvard University...
...Campaign to abolish ROTC was at best quixotic, and perhaps even disruptive in intent. This leaflet is aimed at showing very concretely 1) that ROTC is a significant issue, one that must be fought and won; and 2) that the response of the Administration to the Dec, 12 "sit-in" at Paine Hall is the direct result of this importance. Most of the information in this leaflet comes from a memorandum sent by Army ROTC to the Committee on Educational Policy(CEP) including the quotation above. Copies of this memorandum, entitled "I formation to Illuminate the Harvard Anti-ROTC Debate...