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...same day that the President signed the rigid 'teen-age draft law, Harvard's Military Science Department, in a tradition-smashing move which is line with its high gear war-time policy, yesterday sent notification of acceptance to the advanced course to 75 members of the present Mil Sci 2 class...
...begin its third year work until next semester, and will have to wait for next spring's drills to assume their duties as sergeants, the precedent-breaking early notification will serve to clarify their military status, a fact which takes on added importance now that the 18-19 draft bill...
...teen-age draft bill, minus its original semester deferment for college students, passed the Senate yesterday and was sent to President Roosevelt. The absence of that one clause from the long-politicked bill attracted college students' attention, seeming to affect closely the future of the colleges themselves...
...college students threatened with induction until the end of an academic semester. The Senate, however, made this provision only for high school students, and the interchamber conference which followed did likewise. Final approval of the Senate clause means that college students will begin to be inducted as soon as draft boards can get to them...
...whole situation remains uncertain, but it is safe to say that anyone planning to join the Enlisted Reserve Corps, or Navy V-1, V-5, or V-7, will be well advised to move in the matter quickly. The new draft act may greatly restrict freedom of action...