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...very pleased to enclose bank draft for $7, being renewal of my subscription to your journal for another year...
...Harvard camp, continued to live in the regular dormitories and to eat in the dining halls. The camp was not exclusively open to Harvard men, but numbered a great many members from other institutions. Most of the 400 remaining at their studies were either physically unfit, or under the draft age of 20. It was estimated that if the age were lowered to 19, there would be left no more than about 120 enrolled...
Even the few students who remained at Harvard to study did not escape army supervision. Student Army Training Corps was established in August, 1918, when the draft age was lowered to 18. Eleven hours a week were devoted to direct military training, and the rest of the time was given over to allied academic subjects, determined by the Government. The SATC was the only channel whereby men could enter the officers' training corps. For those under 18, an SATC Jr. was set up, reducing even more the slim number who evaded the tutelage of the Army...
Similar to the procedure in the last draft in October, a national lottery will determine the order in which the draftees will receive their calls. This lottery will also be held before Labor...
Over 275 Harvard undergraduates will be hit by the announcement yesterday that July 1 has been set for the second registration day of the draft. All men who have reached the age of 21 since last October must register...