Word: draft
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Over 200,000 men thus satisfied one of the suggested criteria for deferment. In addition to a score of 70 on the exam. satisfactory rank in the college class is recommended as a criterion to be used by draft boards in deferments. Satisfactory standing is upperhalf of the freshman class, upper two-thirds of the sophomore class, and upper three-fourths of the junior class. Seniors admitted to graduate study must stand in the upper half of their class, or get 75 on the exam...
College students, already lost in a swirl of conflicting draft and reserve programs, can take some faint measure of hope from the fact that the Universal Military Training plan which has just been submitted to Congress will almost surely not affect them. But those interested in the nation's struggle to get an adequate Army in a hurry will notice that UMT as proposed to Congress is no solution...
Uncertanty about draft status had little effect on grades in the College last year, according to figures released yesterday by Registrar Sargent Kennedy...
...Draft headquarters last night clarified the new deferment policy for reservists...
Vitold Piscukus, Brown's first-string fullback, has received his draft notice and will report for induction on November...