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Despite the reduction in the under graduate body caused by expected inroads of the draft, the proportion of men receiving scholarships will not be increased, it was announced yesterday by Henry Chauncey '27, assistant dean in charge of scholarships. This will mean that not all the scholarship funds on hand will be distributed in a given year...
...That at Harvard course in the Arts and Sciences be maintained so that a liberal education will still be available to those who are rejected by the draft. Their number will be considerable, for its is estimated that one man out of every four will be rejected. Barred by disability from active war service, these men can make an important contribution to their generation, but unless a definite and responsible effort is made, they are in grave danger that only technical courses will be available to them...
Once more the Harvard War Service information Bureau, under Elliot Perkins '24, has received a call for Harvard volunteers. This time the call comes from the First Motor Squadron of the Massachusetts State Guard, asking for men to replace its draft-depleted ranks...
...case against John Baer was promptly dismissed. Planning to go to his draft board to start all over again, Baer still had one complaint: because legally he was the draftee who wasn't there, the Army would not pay him for his 35 days' service...
...same time, it was disclosed that the National Scholarship program had been discontinued for the ensuing year, due to uncertainties resulting from the 18-19 year draft. This action, however, does not affect scholarship holders now in College...