Word: hershey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...least, the new Harvard man must wonder and worry about what his venture into highest education will-bring him. After all, learning and frustration often cross. At the same time, he is terribly aware that his future depends on the unpredictable actions of Major General Hershey and Congressman Vinson of Georgia and, of course, Premier Joseph Stalin. No, this is not a beginning to crow about, hardly a start to the supposedly leisurely, satisfying process of learning...
...June and July, about 300,000 more students will take the test. Then it will be up to local draft boards to decide which ones are to continue their education. But from Major General Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, came one note of caution: no longer could students expect that 70% of the nation's million-odd draft eligibles now in college will be deferred. The new estimate: about...
Students who unavoidably missed taking last Saturday's draft qualification test will get a chance at a later examination. Major General Lewis B. Hershey announced Tuesday that men who held tickets for the Saturday exam but missed it because of "circumstances beyond their control" could apply for the June 16 or June 30 tests...
...Hershey said that such students should write immediately to the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., explaining the circumstances and enclosing their ticket of admission to Saturday's test. He stated that "a new ticket will be issued . . . in deserving cases...
Only 500,000 students will escape service under the scholastic deferments program, spokesmen for Draft Director Major General Hershey disclosed Saturday...