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. . . And The University's Response

General Hershey's views have great relevance
to the University not only in the
way they affect the futures of several thousand
students but in light of the resolution
brought by Mr. Jones before the Student
Council (see story, p. 1).

While our opinion of the Selective Service
director's competence should be obvious
by now, we hope that the resolution will
fail. As Mr. Jones points out in his first
"whereas," the University's placement office
operates solely as a "convenience" to students.
Since some students have a legitimate
interest in what military recruiters
might have to say, barring these recruiters
from the Grounds would be doing these
students a great inconvenience.

Opposition to General Hershey's directive
should be expressed in a different manner.
We should like to see the Council request
the University to make a statement expressing
disappointment and concern with
the general's attitude and reconfirming the
University's belief in the right of dissent.
President Goheen of Princeton was quite
outspoken in his criticism of General Hershey,
for example, and we feel that President
Shannon, as head of an institution
that takes pride in its Jeffersonian traditions,
should be equally vocal.