The College

IN the continuing debate on ROTC, the faculty, which had been asked by the Board of Trustees to assay the feasibility of a "modified Princeton plan" of campus military training, has voiced a resounding negative. At a comparatively small turnout last month, the faculty voted 83-7 against the Princeton plan which would have reestablished ROTC at Dartmouth but without credit for courses taught by military officers and with faculty recognition (but not necessarily faculty status) accorded only a unit's commanding officer.

The faculty, in rejecting the Princeton plan, agreed with the interpretation of the ROTC study committee that feasibility "is construed broadly to include not only what can be done, but what should be done." The faculty also voted 78-5 against a proposal to design an academic military affairs program which, like programs in urban studies and environmental studies, would have been set up and staffed by Dartmouth personnel.

Although the faculty action would seem to dim chances for the reappearance of ROTC at Dartmouth, there is still a glimmer of hope for those who would have it return. The vote was not binding on College policy, and President Kemeny emphasized that final determination would be made by the Trustees who already have authorized discussions of various options with the Department of Defense.