Word: extracurricular
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...experts believe the statute does not cross constitutional boundaries. Says Dean Kelley of the National Council of Churches: "The big difference is who is doing the praying. When a school sponsors the prayer, it is an establishment of religion. But when students want to organize a religion club in extracurricular time, the school should get out of the way." Many parents and educators believe the distinction is not so evident. "In many cases, student religious groups want the sanction of the school and a captive audience to preach to," argues Marc Stern, one of Westside's lawyers...
ROTC left Harvard in 1969 after it became the focus of anti-Vietnam student unrest and was reduced to extracurricular status by Faculty votes...
According to Faculty legislation passed in April, 1969, ROTC on campus must "operate as other ordinary extracurricular activities with no special privilege or facilities granted either by contract or informal arrangement...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said that ROTC did not have official extracurricular status on campus, but said that the College had made "special provisions" to allow the drills to take place periodically. He said it was the same kind of arrangement which allowed the military to recruit on campus...