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THE GOLD BUG NOVEMBER 8,1968 P1GE 3 ROTC at WMC Election of '68 GOLD BUG POLL by Jerry Hopple The y ear of Confusion 01 popular Republican John of ance races close levels. at all upset The most accurate remark that Voters seemed undecided; there cnaree In Rhode Island. Incumbent can be made about the 1968 elec- was certainly no discernible shUt Republican Tim Babcock tn Mon- The GOLD BUG poll on compulsory ROTC, which was sponsored in can. to the rtght,asWalter Lippmann tana lost because he had advocated junction with the Student's Committee on Co_mpul50.Y ROTC, was held on tion Is that utter conruston relgn- and some other analysts a sales tax. New Mexico had a eu-vcosuaus Friday, November 1, 1968. The results of this poll are given below and are pre- were not working had assumed there would be. Re- senteclin an etfcrt-to reveal the existing attitudes of students'once rt&inaspects and the voie r s displayed amazing publicans made :.1 net gain of seesaw race all night on Tuesday, of the ROTC program. selectivity. In Pennsylvania, vo-' but liberal Republican David Car. ter s rejected the liberal Demo- three governorships, gained at go managed to retain the state- cratic incumbent Senator Joseph least four Senate seats and pt ck- house, Democrat Rober t Scottwcn 58% or two hundred and seventy·six out of four hundred and seventy Clark and elected moderate Re- eo up four House seats, The the North Carolina governorship students '8$ponded to the questionaire. Of the sixty-one juniors, 41.6% were publican Richard Schweiker. At congressional gains did not repr-e-, in a hotly' contested race. Both MS Ill's, Of the fifty-eight seniors, 46.3% were M.S. IV's. T,!ree of the 86· fresh the same time. they voted for a sent a substantial Republican in- candidates were conservative, but men were not taking basic ROTC, 85 were there of the 71 Sophomores who road. The GOP had hoped to win the Republican courted the Wallace participated in the poll. Most of the questions, there were about 85 many who Democrat for tile presidency by a many more seats in the House, vote more openly and almost all felt negatively toward ROTC 85 there were those who expressed pro-ROTC very smatt plurality. Arkansas sentiments.. ESpecially significant, however, is question number two in Part III. offers an even clearer case: !lb- and lost most of the marginal of the Negroes voted for Scott. Of the one hundred and fifty·seven freshm(!n and sophomores, a 10lel of One er ar Republican Governor Win- districts which had incumbent De- American Demagogue Party hundred and eight were "slrongly in favor" of an elective progrllm if (!nough men throp Rockefeller was ahead In a mocr sts, candidate George Wallace was, as eho:;e to lake it. Only four were "strongly opposed" to such a proposal. Twenty· close race with a conservative The biggest winner in the Senate one news commentator put it, seven freshmen statad that they would pursue such an electiv(! program, nine Democrat. Vietnam dove Senator r aceswa s Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, "quarantined" to the South. The said they would "probably" continue in ROTC and twelve were undecided: the J. William Fulbright won re-ele- the Democratic keynoter at Chtca- former Alabama governor failed total of these three categories isforty·eighl, and about forty students from each ction and George Wallace outpoll- go. who won with eighty per cent to make Inroads into tradttton- - classgeneraUygoadvanced. ed both Hubert Humphrey and of the vote, Her-man Talmadge of ally Democratic union members Richard Nixon. Georgia received about seventy- and ethnic groups in the North. GOLD BUG QUESTIONNAIRE: Compulsory ROTC five per cent of the vote. 'nus was These groups In the Democratic In addition to ticket splitting, voters also raueo to show a clear the first time. however, that Re- cities of Chicago, Detroit and PART I: Read each of the following sections through carefully and check the one preference for any Vietnam pos- puultcans had nominated a Senate elsewhere stayed with Humphrey. alternative which best expresses your position. candidate in Georgia since Recon- Freshman 86; Sophomore, 71; Junior, 61; Senior, 58. ition. Dove' Clark lost and Sen- struction. Senator JacohJavitsof The Democrats recet veo about six- ty MS I, 83: MS II, 68; MS III, 20;MS IV, 27. ator Wayne xrorse ot oregon was- per cent of the labor vote, behind in a race which was too New York. thenation'shiggestwin_ twenty points less than Johnson's How did the presence of compulsory military scienc:e in the curriculum affect your 'lpr in 1962.easilydefeatedhistwo( decision to apply to INMC? close to predict. Fellow doves in opponerus , sh'owing In 1964. The Wallace the Senate, such as Mccovern in McCartilY Democrat backlash vote in the North liter- Strongly attracted me, 23. South Dakota and Church in Ida- pauj o'Dwvar and the Conserva- ally evaporated. Slightly attracted me,30 ho, were both re-elected with tive party candidate. A major up- The biggest surprise about the Was slightly unattractive to me, 47 sixty-per-cent of the vote.Mean- set occurred in Oklahoma. where presidential election, of course, Was strongly unattractive to me, 21 nomocrat - Did not affect my decision, 155 while. hawks like Bar-r-v Gold- incumbent to Mike Mon- was the closeness of the vote. May- The incorporation of compulsory military training into a liberal arts curriculum at water of Arizona and Edward r oney lost former GOI' Gov- he Nixon had heen overexposed-- WMC. Gurney ot Florida also won: ernor lIenry Hellmon. A three' ne had teen before the electorate Is highly desirable, 50. corcvater made a political com- way race ~as featured in A\nska: for too many months. Maybe Is slightly desirable. 62. aback after a crushing defeat in incumhent Ernest Greuning,.who people had second thoughts about Undecided. 30. the 1964 pre stdanttal race and had lost In the Democrnttc pri- the poushed, srntfing Nixon who Is slightly undesirable, 58. Gurney became the first GOP mary, ran as a write-in candi- ne ver said anything. Mayhe Hu- Is highly undesirable, 76. senator from florida since I~e- date and came in a poor tturrr, m)lhff'!Y'.~ gains stemmed from With respect to maintaining national securily, the compulsory aSpect of Basic ROTC construction. Incumbent Daniel Five uemocr attc doves said to his intensive campaign in the last at WM~san absolutely essential national servi<::e, 10. Brewster in "iaryland. a hawk, have been in danger all won eas- few wef'ks. Whatever the causes, Is an important national service. 83. was defeated (and looked pretty ily--Hihicoff of Connecticut, F"ul- the closeness of the vote was al_ Undecided,29. bombed when he conceded). it hrtght or Al·kansns. Church ()f1"~_ most nnllelievahle: for awhile, isof little importance as a national service. 104. is clear. then. that Vietnam did- 110, McGo\"efll of South Dn kotn and nnly about 10,000 votes separated Isoino importance as a..!lational service, 50. n't have enougu impact to tran- Nelson of Wisconsin. In:] very the two major party candidates, scend local issues such asChur- close race, J{E'pub)icnll Attornery Illinois swung hack ami forth, and In terms of its academic value. the successful complelion of two years of military- ch'.'! anti-gun control poSition; General Willi:lln SaX!1e dereated thoseelection-vote-profile·analy_ trainingasisrequiredofatimenatWMC which helped him immensely in former Cincinatti Congres.~man sis-centers couldn't make pre- is a very fundamental part of my education, 26. and b an important part of my educ~tion, 52. ity Idaho, in Arizona. Goldwater's popular- Jolm Gillil:"an in the Ohio contest. dictions on New .Jersey, Ohio, Undecided,27. In California, DemocrallllanCra- Illinois, Missouri or California Is not II very important part of my education, 65. As for trends, the election pro- nstondefeated Ilepuhlicllllllr.Max until most of the country had Is neither a fundamental or impa,.tant part of my education, 106. duced none. In fact, two of the HaUerty, a ril:"htwing exponent of given up ami gone to bed. The most striking features about the the little red .~choolhouse. vote in Nixon country, the Mid- Strongly Mildly Don't Mildly Strongly election was the tendency to InthegullernatioriaJraces,one dle West and the West, wasn't Like Like Mind Dislike DislikE! split tickets and the preponder. of the higll;e<;t surprises was the p.ven as solidly Nixon as it had Orilt & ceremony in general 33 39 68 53 83 heen eight years ago. No matter Emphasis on obedienee and Muhlenberg College: which candidate had won, neither conformity 33 76 81 would have any kind of a mandate. Subject matter of claSMs in MSI,II 37 91 33 Free University Vermont voters had a much eas· Kind of leadership training ier job than the rest of the na- offered 57 62 tion: they had a Republican Im- Creclithoursofgivenfor "Free university" is a phrase college community. anrl stmlents age to keep up, and therefore. courses 22 56 118 heard more and more on college themselves, Stimulation provided by campuses. The term has heen de- Prohlems have !!een encounter- the state went for Nixon. In the military texis 90 fined by the Marquetiestudent sen- I'd inthe planning of .~\lch programs. senate election, they didn't even Number of semeslers of Basic: ate as "a group of thinking indiVi_ The major difficulty seems-tn he have a choice. Incumbent Re- required 26- 103 duals freely exploring a topic of a decline in stlldent interest after puhlicanGeorge Aiken cross· Time required to go to and mutual interest," In practice, a the opening of the courses. UWM filed and won hoth party primar- prepare for classes and ie.~. Maybe it was because he drill, and to polish shoes, free-university conSists of agroup_ reported that attendance dropped once said that we Should settle brass and weapons 18 81 110 of student organized andadminist- from 100 to I" persons in one of the Vietnam problem 'by with· Restrictions on personal ered seminars run on a no tuition, their seminars, drawing and declaring that we had grooming 34 30 79 43 90 no cr:edit hasis. Instructors complained that stu_ Potential value of Basic Emphasis is placed on learning dents came ill-prepared and con- ROTC courses 57 58 33 55 for the sake of learning as well as trihutedveryJittJetothediscus_ Nixon theWinner on democracy in the classroom. sion,,;. Other problems inCluded a Students of several colleges and need for a non-arhilrarymodera. YR Poll universities, including Lafayette, PART III. For Freshman and sophomoru only. tor to resolve the endless student On the eve of the national elec- With respect to advanced ROTC St. Olaf, and University of West- arguments which hampered the lamstrongly~onsideringgoingadvanced.37. ern Maryland,have instituted these talks. tion, the WMC Young RepubUcan I am considering going adnnced, 15. groups in an effort to makzeduca_ Problems enountered Club sponsored a student preslden_ I amundecided,30. tion more meaningful to the Ufe of Ual preference poll In the Grtlle. I am considering not going advanced,29. the student. Proble-ms in deaUngwithcollege 546 students, about 58% of the stu- I am strongly eonsidering not goingadvancad,46. Course offerings and university administration dent body, cast their ballots for Course offerings of the free uni- have also arisen. Marquelte'sfree their favorite candidates. The re- versity at UWM include: Aliena- univerSity was postponedduetothe sultswere: If the BMie ROTC program could be changed from a compulsory program to an tion, EconomiCS ofUnclerdeveloped refusal of the academic senate to Nixon 285 52.2% ,Iective program, on the condition that enough men would elect to take il to make Countries, San Francisco Renats_ grant the use of university laclli- Humphrey 32.4 the Basic and advanced programs operational sance,SexandMoralltY,andothers ties until further research on the Wallace 177 I would be strongly in favor of such a plan, 108. 30 5.5 I would be mildly in favor of such a plan, 21. on film making, the history of Viet proposed program could be carrted McCarthy 11 2.0 I would ba undecidad with respect to this plan. 15. Nam, and U, S, involvement In Viet out. The posslbtllty 01 holding the Paulson 10 1.8 I would be mildly opposed to such II plan, 9. Nam. seminars off campus is being dis- Rockefeller 8 1.5 I would~estronglyopposedtothisplan,4. Free unlversHles on other cam- cussed. Lindsay 2 0.' puses have organized seminars The key to overcoming these McGovern 0.2 Freshmen Only: suchasThePlaysofArthurMIlIer, difficulties seems to be the Interest MusJde 0.' If the conditional. elective program, as proposed abO'le, were offered next year Black Protest: White Reaction, and of the participants. Student will. Other 21 3.8 I would ,Iect to continue with Basic ROTC, 27. Bases of Ethnical Decisions. Ingness to take responsible, Intelll_ On the basis ofthlsrepresentattve I would problbly elect to continue with Basic ROTC, 9. Instructors for these courses gent action in the formation and sampling, the Young Republican lam undecided. 12, were members of the faculties, of- maintenance oflreeuniversitypro_ Club correctly predtcted that Ric- I would probably not .Ieet to continue with Basic ROTC, 22. ferIng their time on a volunteer grams will determine their ultl- hard Nixon would win the Presid- I would not elect to continue with Basic ROTC, 16. basis, persons from outside the mate successor fallure. ency.