Army Rejects Major Points Of ROTC Plan

The Army has rejected the two major proposals in Harvard's three-point ROTC plan--a plan which would have radically revised the program here and possibly throughout the country. The third point, however, dealing with integration of liberal arts into the military curriculum was accepted, and changes have already been made in the College's ROTC course of study.

If the two major provisions of the plan had been approved, ROTC classroom work would have been reduced from four to three years, and summer camp training would have been increased from six to 12 weeks.

By approving the third point in the plan, however, the Army allowed the College to change its present ROTC curriculum. Col. Trevor N. Dupuy, professor of Military Science and Tacties, has announced that Military Sciences 1b, 2b, and 4b have been so altered that civilian students may take them for credit.

Military Science 1b, a course in American military history, will be given by Dupuy, and 4b is actually Government 159, Government and Defense, taught by Samuel P. Huntington, assistant professor of Government. Mil. Sci. 2b has been tentatively set as a course in the history of civic-military relations, to be taught by the history department.

In announcing its decision late in August, the Department of the Army said the plan was not "financially feasible at this time," and that the lengthened summer camp training would put "undue strain" on present Army facilities.

It is understood, however, that many officers were hesitant to experiment with such a radical plan, believing that what was good for Harvard was not necessarily good for other ROTC schools.