Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John P. Elder, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said that the new law might draw more graduate students because of the draft advantages. "However, I don't think it is a very admirable way to get now teachers," he added. Elder questioned the quality of people who would become teachers merely to shorten their military service...
Major M. J. Mullin of the Boston draft board said that the new law would not apply to teaching fellows. "We consider them students first and teachers second, so they retain a student status...
John F. Troy, manpower specialist of the Office of Defense Mobilization, stated that the purpose of the law was to help young scientists and researchers continue uninterrupted in their work. He indicated that the case would have to be reviewed by the local draft board on an individual basis...
...National Football League ignored the Crimson and most Ivy League teams in their draft of college seniors. Earlier this week of the 360 chosen, only three were from teams that faced the Crimson: Phil Tarasovic of Yale, choice 101, Bill DeGraaf of Cornell, choice 324, and Royce Flippin of Princeton, pick 334. Bill Meigs commented that while he was not called, he had received a long questionnaire this fall but had shown no great enthusiasm for it. He believed that his light weight had contributed to his neglect by the pros...
...Shortly after 6 a.m., Assistant Press Secretary Murray Snyder arrived at the White House, took one last exacting look at the completed draft, one hour later released it to the press marked FOR RELEASE AT NOON. The signature copies, signed and enclosed in big White House envelopes, were taken up to Capitol Hill. Shortly after noon the clerks began to read the 7,500 words of the message. It took Senate Clerk Edward E. Mansur Jr. 51 minutes and House Clerk George J. Maurer one minute more...