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Duties. In Toledo, Ore., Paul Wallace got his draft call the day he enlisted in the Navy. The draft board deferred him, the Navy ordered him to report for duty, then the Army reconsidered, ordered him to report 16 days before his date with the Navy...
...After that there remains the problem of determining a settled policy for the rest of the war period. This may entail drastic changes in curriculum and method, but when conditions such as the government's draft policy and its effect on colleges becomes clear, the transformation can safely be made...
...students over 21 are being re-registered, as a result of draft head Brigadier General Hershey's order. According to the Secretary of the university Committee on Selective Service, the war will not halt the action of the Yale committee in recommending deferments in local boards where it is best for the national defense...
Approximately 500 undergraduates who were 21 on or before July first must hand in selective questionnaires to University 4 by Friday at the latest as part of a national survey by the Washington headquarters to determine the effect of the draft on American colleges and universities...
...fearing much on that score, Robert Benchley, Coles Phinizy, and Arthur Viner have just finished writing the first draft of this season's "revue." Topically alive, considering the onslaught of Montez, Woodworth and Maxie Rosenblum upon the Yard, the plot will revolve around Hollywood situations...