NO UNDUE FAVOR FOR R.O.T.C.

In view of certain misunderstandings of the attitude of the examination board for the Officers' Reserve Corps (Boston District) which appear to have arisen among members of the University, not members of the R. O. T. C., who plan to take the examinations for commissions in the Reserve Corps, the following statement was given out yesterday by a member of the board:

It has been stated that in recommendations for commissions in the Officers' Reserve Corps there will be a certain predisposition against any member of the University who comes up for examination for the Corps without having enrolled in the local Training Corps. This arises from the lack of ambition and sincerity which the failure of students to join the Training Corps may be taken to evidence. It applies only to this extent and is not at all a bar to men who convince the board of the adequacy of their training and experience.

It seems therefore only just that members of the University who are unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary to avail themselves of the opportunity offered them should stand on a less favorable footing than those who are.

The only recommendations for examinations which originate at Harvard are those made by the professors of Military Science and Tactics of members of the R. O. T. C. All other men desiring to take the examinations must make their applications to the Commanding General, Eastern Department, Governor's Island, New York.