Show Harvard's Backbone The Harvard faculty recently recent recent- ly voted decisively to den deny y student demands for two wee weeks ks of recessed classes this fall the time to be used by th the e students for political activities THUS HARVARD'S administration administration administration adminis adminis- and faculty exhibited exhibit e d a bit of regained backbone not evident recently at Yale Yal e and Princeton and other colleges colleges colleges col col- leges which have been Coerced coerced coerced co co- by militants into granting granting grant grant- ing big such Harvard's official opinion i is s that to move the university Y into political efforts with a week two-week recess to be used for Nixon anti-Nixon policy efforts would involve the heretofore independent university in a partisan political program that could have serious repercussions repercussions repercussions on the college and the country in the future ALTHOUGH individual students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents can engage in personal political programs a Harvard statement pointed out the university should not become a party to political pressure on the government but should jealously protect its role asan as asan asan an institution of learning independent and removed from political partisanship This has traditionally been one of oC the strengths of our universities and the nation as has also been the willingness willing willing- ness of oC American students to admit they dont don't know more than their elders |