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...first nation-wide draft deferment tests will be given in May, Selective Service Director, Lewis B. Hershey said last night...
...Hershey told a meeting of college presidents in Chicago that the tests will be primarily for students with lower class standings. Local draft boards will use a student's test results combined with his class rank to determine if he should be reclassified 1-A, Hershey said...
...last week, college students in general will no longer be automatically deferable; they will be called when necessary to fulfill draft quotas. To decide which students to take, Lieut. General Lewis B. Hershey, 72, the onetime Indiana farm boy who has run the draft for 25 years, has reinstituted the qualification test used during the Korean War. Hershey believes that only the best students should be spared, will demand either a good score on the 100-question College Qualification Test or a reasonably high rank in class to ensure a student of deferment. The new rules, while not necessarily making...
...peril to life and limb-requires a higher duty quotient than usual of those who are called to serve. Still, ever since the city-states of ancient Greece first summoned their youth to arms, young men have responded to-and frequently found satisfaction in-what General Hershey calls "the privilege and obligation of free men" to serve as soldiers. A nation that offers its youth as many opportunities as the U.S. does can hardly expect less...
...Hershey was asked if college students would be drafted if they failed to obtain a passing grade on the test or were unable to maintain their standing in the specified upper portion of their class. He said that he could not estimate when such students might be drafted...