Word: quotas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...draft of women easily within the realm of possibility. But more immediate effects are already seen. Early next year a WAVE post-grad school is expected to squeeze onto the Radcliffe grounds, giving supply training to follow indoctrination at Smith. Extra-curricularly the 'Cliffe has of course its full quota of Committees and Boards, and such courses as engineering may soon be added to the curriculum, which contains only Harvard courses and omits just a few. Radcliffe would as soon think of a home economics course as Harvard would one in welding, but the war may bring about even that...
...even bothered to notify the Center in advance. The staff and equipment stands idle because some Harvard student lost his nerve, or simply forgot. The irregularity of applicants in keeping appointments has so far caused the Boston Center to run an average of 200 pints behind the army-navy quota of 3000 pints a week. Appointments are still being made throughout the College in increasing numbers. But an appointment slip is not a pint of blood...
From returns available last night it was clear that Winthrop House, so far the only one to excede its quota, was still far in the lead with a total of $1,250 collected. Well on their way to completion were drives in Adams and Leverett, while Lowell and Dunster still lagged in the cellar...
...their blood crusade with enthusiasm which has slowly decreased until they now fail to keep their appointments entirely. Last week 19 students didn't appear, leaving vacancies which might have been filled by more willing persons with pints of valuable blood. The Navy has placed its weekly quota at 3000 pints; last week only 2,388 pints were collected, and the weekly average is only...
...initial closing date of the ERC was set for today, Perkins believed, in order to show to Reserve just where it stands and allow it to reallocate quotas. Overapplied colleges may now be able to take more men into quotas enlarged by a transfer from less applied colleges. Harvard's quota is still sufficient. Perkins said, to receive quite a few enlistments...