Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idea of presenting his life on the air, in order to integrate the wreckage of the present with his happier past and the promise of a hopeful future. Among the people brought before the mike were the boy's old track coach and the head of his draft board. Says Edwards: "It was just a matter of talking it out. Did we help him? Damn right...
...Draft commitments will not prevent students from securing jobs immediately after graduation this year, Louis L. Newby, director of student placement, stated yesterday...
Meanwhile Registrar Sargent Kennedy '23 reminded students that course failures may now lead to immediate revocation of 2AS draft classification...
Another TIME story sparked the writing of still another book. The article was about Franklin Reed, young reporter for the Houston Post, who was assigned to cover the city's draft boards, eventually got drafted himself, then wrote a column about his experiences in training camp, going overseas and, finally, serving in Korea (TIME, Oct. 13). Mrs. Richard L. Simon read the story, then handed the magazine to her husband, of the publishing firm of Simon & Schuster. "You must read this," she told him. "I'll bet Reed has a wonderful book...
College students are bound to feel the pinch as authorities generally stiffen draft regulations to milk more and more men from deferred ranks into the military, a high draft official told the CRIMSON yesterday...