Word: wriston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Henry M. Wriston, president of Brown and the Association of American Universities, predicts a "financial hurricane" if the draft age is lowered to 18, that would clean out most colleges...
President Conant, President Wriston of Brown, and others, however, have said they think that some sort of program would just have to be worked out to aid colleges under U.M.S. Wriston says that he considers U.M.S. as only in the theory stage--"the details will have to come later...
...Wriston explained that so far only the principles of the Conant proposal have been drawn up; details will have to be worked out in the future, he said. He argued that the present draft plan would not produce enough men for the services and thus he favored a system with no deferments. Under U.M.S., all men would be drafted at 18, and spend two years in training...
Main advantages of the plan backed by Conant, Wriston stated, were that the student, would not have his education interrupted, that he could pick his vocation without reference to the draft, and that no intellectual elite would be created...
...agreed with Conant that the present international situation warrants implementation of U.M.S., even though the effect on some smaller colleges may be harmful. While Conant is writing for Look's December 5 issue, Wriston will write another article defending his and Conant's position in the January issue of "Ladies" Home Journal...