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...weeks ago, Professor Casner advanced an alternative to draft duty--the American Field Service. Men over 18 years, in "good" physical condition are eligible. The American ambulance force operating in the Near East, requires one year of service, but does not excuse a driver from Selective Service should he become dissatisfied...
...temper of the Tribune's reporting the war & peace issue shows in its streamer page 1 headlines: WAR BLAMED ON U.S. ENVOYS WARN SENATE WARMONGERS WAR AGITATORS HIT BY HOLT HALT WAR DRIVE- WHEELER BARE MORE STEPS TO WAR HALIFAX STEERS F.D.R. BILL HOUSE PASSES DICTATOR BILL DRAFT ARMY 'GOING TO WAR' NEW WAR DEAL WITH CANADA BEAT DRUMS FOR CONVOYS DISCLOSE MORE TALK OF A.E.F. PACT PUSHES U.S. NEAR WAR GEN. JOHNSON: WAR IN 60 DAYS* VOTE NO WAR IN WISCONSIN LET PEOPLE DECIDE ON WAR FIGHT JAPS! BRITONS...
...college program started in 1919 as a reaction to the large number of college applicants turned down by draft boards. When the Physical Education Department was reorganized in that year, the corrective exercises program was begun as an experiment...
...every one of these communities, as well as in every draft camp, Americans are coming face to face with the problems of discrimination which have too long blemished our national scene. This time these problems can not be dodged. Out of the racial and class melting pot of the army camps can come a new understanding which will spread over the nation. --From the Vassar Miscellany News...