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Over a weekend they poured into the nation's 6,500 draft boards-smooth-faced young men, greying middling-agers. Many a father, scarred by World War I, signed up alongside his son. Waiting their turn in line were: a Supreme Court associate justice (William O. Douglas), an ex-hero (Charles Augustus Lindbergh), a college president (Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago). Aliens registered too: Chinese with Japanese; Austrians, Spaniards, Arabians, Hindus, Javanese. The draft boards had to have on hand specialists to translate Chinese birthdays like K.S. 23, 1, 16 (16th day, 1st month, 23rd year...
Robert Bigham and James Murphy will argue for the Crimson on the question "Resolved. That as a permanent policy, all able bodied male citizens of the United States should have one year of full time military training before attaining draft...
...Tuesday's article on the draft registration you stated that no one of 1300 registrants indicated his status as a conscientious objector, thus showing the high war morale. The country is at war, and so far as I can see, the morale is fairly high, but the legal time for the pacifist to register his objections to war occurs when he receives his questionnaire, at which time he may request and fill out the special form number forty-seven...
...myself attempted to write that I am a conscientious objector on my draft registration card, when I registered in Memorial Hall on Sunday. However, my registrar was so firmly against it that I acquiesced, since the procedure is not legally proper. There are at least fourteen other active members of the Harvard Pacifist Association who will state their objection to war when they receive their questionnaires. Marvin J. Shapivo '42. Dunster...
...While a majority of upper classmen feel that "during the war students should spend most of their time on specific training for war," they also want the universities to concentrate on giving liberal arts training. More than 40 per cent of the college is convinced that if they are drafted their training and experience will not be considered by the Army. In the light of Professor Seavey's recent report on his tour of draft camps, this is clearly a mistaken impression. A large-scale educational campaign may be called for, to convince prospective draftees of the value...