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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Army Reserve Officers Training Corps unit remained unfilled this week when only 82 freshmen enrolled in the 100 new places offered at mid-term. Colonel Charles P. Summerall, Jr., professor of Military Science and Tactics, announced yesterday that the Military Department had accepted 96 out of the 120 freshmen who applied, but that 14 of those had either changed their minds about R.O.T.C. or were prevented from enrolling by difficulties in shifting their courses...
This small number of applicants from the Class of '54 is surprising in view of the widespread desire to enter the reserves last fall. With the Air Force unit limited by the small number of instructors and the Naval R.O.T.C.'s size set by law throughout the nation, the administration and students have asked for an expanded Army corps at the College...
Even with the latest increase, the R.O.T.C. unit compares unfavorably with those in other colleges, according to a Student Council report. Proportionally fewer Harvard men are in R.O.T.C. units than at other colleges, and of these, fewer Harvard men receive draft deferments because of the R.O.T.C...
These other colleges all allow upperclassmen to enter the basic courses while Harvard does not. With the exception of those who just came into the unit, all men who have joined the R.O.T.C. in Cambridge have applied within the first week of their freshmen year...
...Naval R.O.T.C. at Harvard was one of the first six in the country at its creation in 1926. The original six were the only college N.R.O.T.C. groups until after World War II when a 52-unit chain was set up over the country...