Despite enrollment decrease
Army reports increase in ROTC commissions
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Army has reported a sharp increase in the number of ROTC graduates receiving commissions as second lieutenants despite demonstrations against military training and campus recruiting.
The increase came, an Army spokesman told UPI, despite a slight decline in total ROTC enrollment and a substantial decrease in the number of institutions requiring military
training as part of their curriculum.
The Army said it expects to obtain 16,607 new officers from ROTC programs this year, compared to 14,176 in 1968 and
10,727 in 1967. Including the Air Force and Navy, which also have ROTC programs, U.S. colleges and universities are expected to produce about 25,000 commissioned officers this year, compared to 18,000 in 1968.
Code vote date set
Voice. Two Voice leaders were on the committee and later wrote their ideas into the Dissenting Report of the committee (the minority report).
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Both reports were considered by the ASC and the University Senate Council. Although some amendments were made by both, few incorporated ideas from the minority report.
The code then went to a joint ASC-Senate Council conference committee, then on the final passage by the council and ASC and now faculty approval in the Senate.
Voice holds out
During this time, Voice, which originated the reform movement, held out for the more drastic changes outlined in the minority report, including abolition of the offices of Dean of Men and Dean of Women.
Voice leaders waged a campaign to secure the amendments they sought in meetings, by leaflet and in University living groups.
Voice also demanded a referendum in which students could choose between the proposed code and the proposals of the minority report.
ASC and Senate leaders claimed this was not possible. Joe Goering, Moundridge senior and student body vice president said such a three-way vote-vote yes on either the minority or majority version or vote no-would be illegal.
The students will have a choice between the code as proposed and passed by the ASC or no code at all, said John Lungstrum, Salina graduate student and ASC parliamentarian. "The two are just not parallel," he said.
Liz Atkinson, Lawrence senior and co-author of the minority report, said this was a "run-around."
"I think it's very undemocratic to proceed this way," she said.
ASC considers poll
student body on this issue, possibly at the time of the code vote.
Students may get a chance to indicate how they feel about the Voice version, though. The ASC indicated it might poll the
Such a poll would have no legal effect, ASC leaders said, and no definite plans have been made for one.
Poll or no, both student and faculty leaders are now confident that the code will be approved. They claim that when it goes into effect, KU students will have more voice in University affairs than any other student body in the nation.
Student representation in the University Senate would be about 15 per cent.
More than 88 per cent of the Army's officers come from ROTC and officer training programs. Only about 1,000 each year come from the U.S. Military Academy.
During the past five years, the Army said, the number of institutions with compulsory ROTC courses decreased from 132 to 95 and total enrollment dropped from 159,849 to 150,982.
But the Army noted that under the program the final two years of the four-year course is voluntary in all cases, although the first two years is required in some schools.
Agitation against ROTC and the presence of military recruiters on campuses has occurred at several institutions, including Boston College,
Peace Corps Placement Test
during "Peace Corps Week" in Oread Room of Kansas Union Feb. 10-14.
Howard University, University of Illinois, Michigan State, Rutgers, Stanford and Yale.
Mon.-Fri. at 10:30 & 2:30
Sat. at 10:00 & 11:00
Make appointments and pick up information in the Peace Corps Committee Office B-114 of Kansas Union
"The drop in students since 1965 is primarily the result of a number of schools deciding to adopt elective ROTC programs rather than the required programs they had previously," the Army said.
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New SUA Free University to stress modern topics
Contending there is a lack of courses at KU on contemporary issues, the Student Union Activities (SUA) is sponsoring a Free University whose curriculum will consist of informal discussions as well as films and speakers on contemporary issues.
SUA will offer the first part of a five-week seminar on Civil Disobedience at 2:30, Sunday in Dyche Hall auditorium, said Mike Kirk, Kansas City, Mo., senior, and SUA president.
Featured for this Sunday is
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the film "The Troublemakers," said by Jonas Mekas, spokesman of the New York Underground, to be "the best film of the new American left."
Kirk said the idea of the Free University came from a lack of students opinions of relevant courses. He also said the success of other free universities and the success of KU's Wesley Foundation course on white racism, proved there might be sufficient interest here.
Resembling the Free University established by Hamilton J. Salsich, former KU English instructor, Kirk said the SUA Free University got "most encouraging support from KU
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