Word: draft
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...older men in the third draft registration (36 to 44) would be called to military service, in proportion to the numbers of their enrollment. The first of this group would be in uniform some time...
...Faculty have been lost to the war, but two more are expected to leave next month. Instead of replacing them, the senior members are increasing their teaching and tutorial burdens. The department only dropped six undergraduates at midyears, but more will be going as a result of the latest draft. Graduate students are expected to be even more severely...
There has been also no reduction in the number of Faculty members since September, but the departure of several younger men to the draft army is now imminent. No course changes have resulted except for the addition of a section in Military German in German E and the predicted dropping next fall of a number of courses which will be given in the summer term...
Undergraduates whose numbers came up early in the draft drawing last week will learn what they're in for when Warren A. Seavey, Bussey Professor of Law, tells "What happens to college men in the Army" tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Kirkland House Common Room...
Thus from one point of view, V-1 is a fine plan to give young men two years of higher education free from the spectre of the draft, as well as a chance to become an officer. From the Navy's angle, it's an assurance of securing up to 80,000 more men a year, which is presumably all they will need annually for a while. But the unsuspecting student who thinks V-1 means a sure thing commission may end up swabbing the decks for the duration unless he knew what he was doing when he signed...