Word: getting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...future years, the lottery will only apply to those who turned 19 during the previous year. Once you are originally assigned a lottery number, it is yours for the rest of your draft eligible career. Those who get through their 19th year with no exemption without being drafted will probably never be. If a man's exemption ends before he turns 26, he becomes liable to the draft for a year according to his number. just as if he were...
...support, any and all proposals issuing from the Houses." he continued. "I cannot promise to implement them since in most cases I would have no power to do so... I can, and do, however, pledge my best efforts to insure that any recommendations developed by the Houses will get full and fair hearing before the Faculty...
Competing for the Crimson is certainly rather tricky business. There's no guarantee that you'll make it. We're looking for students who can demonstrate competence in some field, however narrow. But remember that it's not as difficult as getting into Harvard or Radeliffe. Few people who stick out the entire competition for any of the four boards get cut in the end. Persistence, initiative, and some work at developing the skills you obviously possess will get you elected...
After you get elected. the Crimson becomes a veritable smorgasbord of delights. Even if you never do another stitch of work for us. you will always be a Crimson editor. It is hoped that you will work for us after election, but there are no chains. And if you get elected on one board, you're free to try your hand at something else. Our current president started out selling...
NEWS BOARD: Competing for the News Board is the fastest, most efficient way to get an aerial view of the bright and dark sides of this wonderland which we call Harvard. It really helps put things into perspective. The News Board Comp also happens to develop skill and facility at writing the English language better than any Expository Writing section. The Board is looking for people who can combine the greatest simplicity with a quality which, for want of a better name, we call style. News editors write on topics ranging from national elections to Faculty intrigues to freshmen riots...