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...touched Radcliffe, although indirectly. McNutt's appointment makes a draft of women easily within the realm of possibility. But more immediate effects are already seen. Early next year a WAVE post-grad school is expected to squeeze onto the Radcliffe grounds, giving supply training to follow indoctrination at Smith. Extra-curricularly the 'Cliffe has of course its full quota of Committees and Boards, and such courses as engineering may soon be added to the curriculum, which contains only Harvard courses and omits just a few. Radcliffe would as soon think of a home economics course as Harvard would...
Blame the draft if you want to. Say that Hollywood is a bad influence; that playwrights are still thinking in terms of the '30's; that the public prefers to be amused these days anyway. There are lots of pet theories, but none of them quite covers "Candle In The Wind," "Eve Of St. Mark," "Letters To Lucerne," "Plan M"; none of them can explain away "Heart Of The City," "The Moon Is Down," "The Morning Star," "The Wookey,"--et cetera, ad infinitum, strictement pour les oiseaux...
...Before the Army & Navy set their draft quotas, they must confer with McNutt, who can carry his case to the President if he thinks the armed forces are raiding the civilian population too heavily. Heretofore, Army & Navy have taken men without regard to other manpower needs...
...stop another leak in the manpower pool, men between 18 and 38 will no longer be permitted to enlist, in either Army or Navy. And the draft will no longer take men over 38, who are almost invariably more useful in industry...
...special appeal was voiced by Dean Hanford to Juniors and Seniors, and men on the Dean's List not "to abuse the rather liberal system of attendance at the time of the Christmas recess. Especially for men fearing draft before midyears, attendance is urged for the attainment of a cumulative grade to the time of their departure...