Word: bender
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Dean Bender has pointed out, adoption of U.M.S. would mean at first a two year break in enrollment for all colleges. For many this would mean absolute ruin, though Harvard, with its comparatively large endowment, could probably get by. But the entire educational structure of the nation could be changed in that time...
...Bender also points out that Harvard might suffer if the Trytten plan went into force, since students might be more likely to go to a school where the competition is less tough, and thus assure themselves of higher standing and deferment...
...clauses that make men liable for college years, take away some of the advantages to the college student that may have existed before. Of course, a future Congress might change back a rule, and some men could avoid service. "I would not favor this plan at all," Bender said, "unless I thought all would serve at some time or other...
There are, as Dean Bender says, many points neglected in all of the present proposals. What would happen to the present ROTC programs under them? Would the Services reinstitute the V-12 programs of the war years? What would happen to the colleges and their faculties? It will be up to Congress to work out all the angles...
There is also the question of how many men the government actually needs, or will need in the future. Dean Bender points out that, if the number of soldiers necessary to the defense of the country reaches too high a point, the argument on drafting becomes an academic one: the government will then have to draft everyone anyway...