AFROTC Unit Will Remain Here Unconditionally, Bundy Reveals

The Air Force ROTC unit will remain here unconditionally, Dean Bundy announced yesterday. The decision came more than two months after the service rescinded its original order to discontinue the Harvard unit and 23 others on July 1, 1957.

Col. Waldo B. Jones, professor of Air Science, left yesterday for the Air University in Alabama to consult ROTC officials about changes in the standard Air Science curriculum here. One topic for discussion is adoption of a modified "Harvard Plan," now used by the Army ROTC unit. Air Force refusal to accept such a plan is believed to have been one reason for Administration hesitation in accepting the unit.

Jones is proposing that cadets be permitted to take two civilian half courses for credit. "We have a couple of alternatives in case officials reject this program," Maj. Robert A. Elliott revealed last night.

The original cancellation order and University delay in reaching a decision forced most Air Force sophomores and freshmen to drop the program or transfer to the Army.

Only seven sophomores qualified physically for the advanced training, and all have left the unit. "We are ready to accept return transfers," Elliot asserted, "but probably not until next fall. They will of course receive credit for the term if they were in Army ROTC."

Jones had worked out a plan previous to yesterday's announcement whereby sophomores would be able to complete the program in three years, before the unit would have been dropped.