IT IS DIFFICULT to determine what extent credit for ROTC courses is an inducement to take ROTC programs, although the inducement does seem less than has been claimed. ROTC programs should not be made appealing at the sacrifice of essential principles of the liberal arts institution, especially when the basis of their appeal is unclear in the first place. Colonel Pell is concerned about a potential "disservice to the maintenance of the national defense establishment, as now constituted." We contend that any aspect of the status of ROTC at Harvard which is a disservice to the principles of the liberal art institution cannot possibly be a true service to the national interest, for whose physical protection a national defense establishment exists. At present, the ROTC programs render a disservice to Harvard through the incompatibility of several aspects of their goals and structure with the liberal arts spirit and the principle of academic freedom.

Two resolutions to be presented at the Faculty meeting call for withdrawal of academic credit from ROTC:

SFAC

For the Student-Faculty Advisory Council Professor Albritton will move

Whereas, the ROTC program is externally controlled, i.e., taught by professors who do not hold regular appointments and do not enjoy academic freedom as it ordinarily understood, and

Whereas, The ROTC curriculum, taken as a whole does not, in its substance, deserve to be included in the course offering of Harvard College.

Resolved: That the Student-Faculty Advisory Council requests the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to: 1. Withhold academic credit from any courses offered by the three branches of ROTC at Harvard in the future.

2. Request the Harvard Corporation to terminate the Faculty appointments of the present instructors of these courses as soon as possible after the end of the current year and to make no further such appointments.

3. Request the Harvard Corporation to withdraw the description ROTC courses from the course catalogue and to cease the free allocation of space in University buildings to ROTC.

4. Provide scholarship funds where need is created by this Faculty action.

HUC

For the Harvard Undergraduate Council, Mr. Wilcox will move

1. That the Faculty of Art and Sciences withdraw credit from the courses offered by the three branches of ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) at Harvard.

2. That the description of ROTC courses be withdrawn from the Course Catalogue.

3. That this Faculty request that Corporation withdraw its appointments from instructors of these course.

4. That this Faculty request the Corporation to withdraw automatic allotment of space in Shannon Hall reserved for the ROTC courses.

5. That these changes be effected beginning with the Fall of 1969, affecting the four-year program and the Class of 1973, and the two-year program and the Class of 1971.

6. That any changes in the financial status of ROTC students as a result of this motion be should be given special consideration by the Committee on Admissions and Scholarships.