VOTE TODAY! YI rL g10A6 DaitI VOTE TODAY! Vol. LXXVIII, No. 136 Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wednesday, March 13, 1968 Seven Cents ROTCProblems: CreditAcademic Credi $y RON LANDSMAN He includes in his reading lists by the military as well as univer- the R O T C - University liaison ROTC record in assessing his aca- don't regret taking the courses and " Second of Three Parts writers such as Bruce Catton, sities. Writing in Army Magazine, committee, notes, the officers' demic standing. would take them again. LL. "To be able to lead, an officer S. L. A. Marshall, Prof. Inis Col. Gordon Moon lamented: teaching experience is usually Assistant Dean Robert Shaw, ' One student said ROTC was nav must know the nature of the mili- Claude of the political science de- "The holding of graduate de- rather limited. Talks with the of- board chairman, says, "Academic "worthwhile sometimes, but some- ship tary animal - how a military partment, Bernard Fall, and Mor- grees is a fact of life among fac- ficers reveal that by-and-large requirements are much higher in times not." He went on to say, ofa person acts and thinks," explains ris Janowitz. ulty members of modern colleges they have bachelor's 'degrees, oft- our consideration." "I'm reluctant to comment be- tend Marine Major L. H. Buehl. "I avoid the 'dese, deh, dose' and universities that make a pre- en in a social science with a num- Ex-officio administrative boad cause it's ROTC, it puts them on Keb This reasoning supplies the ba- approach," Buehl explains. "I tense of being first-rate. Univer- ber currently working towards member Prof. Otto Graf, chair- the spot. If you have something suc sis of Buehl's approach in teach- want to introduce these lads to sities are rated by the percentage master's degrees in the graduate man of the Honors Council, ex- bad to say - say it to them, and sive ing some eight cadets each year the professional literature in their of faculty members holding doc- school, natural resources, or busi- plains, "In judging a student aca- if you're a radical - get out." too the ways of life in the Marine field - the profession of being a " torates and it is a rare faculty ness administration. demically, I am not inclined to Army ROTC commandant Col. thir Corps. Buehl is the instructor for military officer in th USMC." member, indeed, who does not One professor comments, "I take gym or ROTC grades very H. K. Reynolds disagrees. "I they the four upperclass courses in Na- Buehl's courses, however, are hold a master's degree. Thus, don't see how having a bachelor's seriously." Since the board does don't care about length of hair "tha val ROTC aimed at potential ma- not typical of ROTC. The inten- some professors tend to look down degree qualifies them to teach, not decide by grade point aver- or political bent" he says, "My engi rines tion of the programs being "to their academic noses at ROTC Almost anyone can get a college ages alone, they are flexible in major concern is with vetting Tl Buehl's courses are high-pow- try and take the place of basic instructors whose scholarly cre- degree today." considering grades and their good students." ered presentations which include training," as Army Major Andrew dentials are geared to a somewhat The problem of teaching ability source, and can easily disregard The classes themselves deal i la the sociology of the military, the McVeigh explains, diverts it to lower level, but whose salaries in and credit is a touchy one. Al- credits earned in ROTC. with a variety of subjects in a ng relationship between military some degree from strictly aca- some cases equal or exceed those though the literary college nom- Student comment on grading variety of ways. All have outlines not systems and governments, and the demic considerations. of their learned compatriots." inally gives a total of 12 to 15 and courses varies. One student, and much material supplied by only Marine Corps' specialty - am- Credit and credibility has long As Assistant Dean James Rob- credit hours for ROTC classes. the who is currently trying to with- the national ROTC offices, but ha phibious and counter-insurgency been a problem for ROTC on ertson, director of the Residential college's administrative b o a r d draw from ROTC, says it is an still depend, of course, on the in- are warfare. university campuses, recognized College, and a former member of tends to overlook a student's "automatic 'B'." Others say they dividual instructors. Eight Pages bility Naval Science 202, taught by Herbert Kebschull, deals with al ordnance, armament aboard and administrative functions a naval officer. The course is toward the technical side, schull explains, "I deal with topics as electronics, explo- s and fuses, but I can't get technical. The class is one d lit school students and 'd be lost. "But," he adds, it's the kind of material the neering students want." he technical material taught rgely in the interest of train- the students as, supervisors, as actual practitioners. The arms they would actually dle as commissioned officers side arms, he said. See LONG-TIME, Page 8 S I Evers Loses 0, ..1.1.1., Mississippi House Race Conservative Griffini Wis iiRuof By2-to-1 Margin JACKSON, Miss. (P) - Charles :Griffin, a white conservative, wonr } .. a special election for a U.S. House ::: :.::7-.:.:.r: ...,seat.: yesterday, smnashing the first serious Negro congressional chal- lenge in Mississippi since Recon- struction days. As -the votes piled in from the " {:12-county area ofhsouthwest Mis- sissip'pi, Griffin held a lead of nearly 2 to 1 over Charles Evers, a f.?state Negro leader. t:K"4 . Returns from 272 of the con- .;gr"ess fi 5 district's 308 precincts :" :,;:}.;}}},, :;".;;:;:.:::};},} gave Griffin 75.059 votes to 38,404 :I for Evers. who had been high man in a field of seven in voting onI -Daily-Bernie Baker Feb. 27. Evers led in only three of the SGC VOTING YESTERDAY AND TODAY counties and failed to pick up sub- Voting continues today on SGC presidential candidates, referenda on classified research and the In- stantial new support anywhere. In{ stitute for Defense Analyses, and in Choice '68. An estimated 4,000 votes were cast yesterday with mot ties Grifin o oe poling sites open all day today. SGC election officials. announced that ballot counters were in short sition in the first round of voting. supply yesterday and that many more are needed today. Williams' Seat The 3rd Congressional District MAY CHANGE POLICY seat in Washington was vacated last January when John Bell Wil- liams, a rebel Democrat, resigned to become governor. Requirem ntsGriffin, 41-year-old aide to Wil- C tiu ! l liams for 18 years, won by a wide NRmargin over Evers in Adams Coun- ty, where Evers had led in the first ConsideredbyLS4Com ittround of voting. Evers, 45-year-old state field < secretary of the National Associa- ' By DAVID MANN the ex-officio members of the quests from students to drop lan- tion for the Advancement of Color-t Proposals ranging from abolition board and by the literary college guage courses or the entire require- ed People, led in five of the 12 C of the language requirement alto- steering committee. ment, Shaw said. Because of their counties two weeks ago as the Nixon Smiashes Rocky Write-In McCarthy 21, LBJ 3 in Race For Convention Delegates CONCORD, N.H. (T )- President Johnson squeaked out a New Hampshire primary victory Tuesday but Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy ballooned his anti-Vietnam war campaign into a national crusade with a surprisingly close second place finish. In a popularity test in which his Asian policies became the overriding issue, Johnson got a bare 50 per cent of the Democratic votes cast. McCarthy, a principal war critic, polled 40 per cent of the vote - far higher than even he had expected. Without a major opponent on the ballot, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon rolled up 79 per cent of the Re- - nublicn vote. A write-1n - ----- , --Daly-AndasK1S 11YVVG 1 LV1-1 drive for Gov. Nelson A. E- Mc_