ROLE OF ROTC

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

I was both amused and disappointed by your speceal feature on the Army ROTC in Thursday's CRIMSON. Amused, because the article was obviously written in a hurry without complete knowledge of the entire ROTC program. Disappointed because, although I don't believe he intended to do so, the comments of the writer appeared to associate him with those who pretend a tolerant disdain for things military; an attitude that is all-too-prevalent, but which denies everything which Harvard and American education should represent.

The security of our country depends upon the willingness of our intelligent and educated citizens to bear their leadership responsibilities in the military affairs of our nation, as in all other respects. Like all other disciplines, military discipline is a form of mental training which in no way inhibits intellectual activity, but rather aids the true scholar in objective analysis. The non-military and ROTC instruction of the Harvard Army cadet, therefore, are not two isolated and unrelated activities, as this article unfortunately implies, but rather are integrated and complementary components of the broad education of a group of Harvard students who understand the Army's need for educated men. T. N. Dupuy,   Col., Artillery;   Professor of   Military Science and Tactics