Word: eighteens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Administration had requested blanket authority to draft eighteen-year-olds, but the bill as it stands now could interfere seriously with this program. In deference to the mothers of present and prospective eighteen-year-olds, who seem to constitute a politically influential group, the sub-committee's bill directs local draft boards to take all "available" men in the nineteen-to-twenty-six pool before moving into the eighteens. And to deal with the transition period for the country's colleges, the new bill provides that 75,000 men, chosen on the basis of nationwide tests, will be sent back...
Total enrollment at Radcliffe is expected to drop from 1,270 to 1,245 this term. Eighteen graduate students and 19 undergraduates left the Annex to get married, live nearer their families, or because of low grades. Only two freshmen--an unusually small number according to Ruth Davenport, Registrar--left the Annex as a result of academic difficulties. None of the departing 'Cliffies graduated at mid-year...
...Sophomore class might be similarly deferred and that it was possible, though unlikely, that even the present freshman class might be deferred. I have no basis for saying that present sophomores and juniors will probably be deferred. This possibility is, of course, closely related to what Congress does about eighteen-year olds. If eighteen-year olds are drafted, the possibility that present college students will be allowed to complete their college programs is greatly increased. If, on the other hand, Congress votes not to draft any on under 19, the number of students allowed to continue in college will probably...
...square mile in Manhattan referred to as the Theatre District has been quite active during the fall. Eighteen new offerings have achieved a sort of permanency on the marquees and along with nine holdovers they combine to offer the theatregoer a wide and fairly rewarding selection...
...Eighteen captains of varsity sports, under the leadership of Bob Berke, last night set up the Undergraduate Executive Committee of the Varsity Club, probably the most significant step by the Club's undergraduate membership since...