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James D. Zellerbach, chairman of the National Manpower Council, urged in a radio address last night that the president tighten up the draft regulations which permit boys deferred for college under the 2A status to escape service by marrying and having children before they graduate...
Students who decelerate or extend their undergraduate program beyond the normal four years disqualify themselves for a 2A student deferment, state draft officials yesterday announced to colleges and universities...
Registrar Sargent Kennedy '28 warned of the Selective Service time limit yesterday. He again cautioned that course failures would probably lead to the immediate loss of 2A classification...
Reports of the probable raising of the draft test score necessary for deferment and of lowering the number of 2A deferments have circulated since Anna Rosenberg. Assistant Secretary of Defense, announced an expected release of over 8,00,000 soldiers over the summer. There will be no raising of the draft test passing mark of 70, according to the manpower official, and 2A deferments will continue to be granted in about the same quantity as before...
Several Mathematics and Chemistry majors shift to this field every year, for this is considered a pretty easy concentration for a man with not too much ability at Mathematics--once he passes the obstacles of Math 1 and 2a. The latter is considered especially stiff...