Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dean Bender said that tension was probably a factor in last year's relapse for the Classes of 1952 and '53. Almost all the students in academic difficulties mentioned draft fear as a reason for their records. Many also admitted spending too much time investigating service opportunities...
...Draft deferments through 4 years of college seem to hold the main attraction for students entering R.O.T.C.. But the services later compensate for the free ride, by holding the newly-commissioned second lieutenants in the reserve for eight years after graduation, subject to call for two years active duty. The graduating class of '51 received notice to report for duty within 90 days after Commencement, and this year's graduates except for the veterans expect to do likewise...
...draft-conscious classes of 1952 and '53 rectified last year's academic drop. Fewer of their classmates have been called to University Hall this year to explain unsatisfactory grades. About the same percentage of men made the Dean's List--34.2 percent--as in the fall of 1950. Last year, however, the College slipped 2.9 percent to an average of 32.2 percent...
Midyear-grades can in no way affect a student's status under current regulations; Draft Boards are interested only in the student's class standing during the previous complete academic year, Kennedy said. The Office of the Registrar, therefore, issued no statistics yesterday as to the grades men need to place in the upper half of their classes...
Basic students might also be allowed to enroll in the advanced course in either unit without receiving draft deferments. These men would probably be given deferments if any of the previously deferred cadets dropped from the program...