Obsolete ROTC Programs Spark Campus Contests
On college campuses from Boston to Berkeley ROTC faces criticism as students protest compulsory drills and outdated instruction. Editors and instructors call for reforms while Army ROTC shifts to emphasize career opportunities and officer training over patriotic rhetoric as enrollment trends slip but graduate numbers rise.
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ROTC
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Nincompoops
U.S
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Yale University
Yale
Hampton Institute
Virginia
Stokley Carmichael
Mark Stevens
Washington State University
Ft. Monroe
Ohio State University
America
New York University
Army
West Point
Pentagon
Arthur von Rohr
James Osgard
Vietnam
Army Rotc
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Earnest Johnson
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Morgantown
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