THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940
Current Comment —
Analyzing The Draft
And Metis
(This column 'dealing with cur
rent news will be written daily
by members of the student body.) N
As this is written, the Burke-
Wadsworth Selective Service Bill
is still before the House after pass
ing the Senate. The implications
of the bill are legion. It has left
a major question unanswered on
the lips of millions of men between
the ages of 21 and 31: "Will I be
drafted?”
' In all there are 12,000,000 men
in the eligible age group. Plans
indicate that 400,000 will be called
by January 1, with a maximum of
900,000 to be trained at one time.
Beginning October 1, men are ex
pected to be called at the rate of
20&,000 a month.
-What this will mean to a college
like Penn State is not easy to
determine because rulings on ex
emption- and ' deferment are still
indefinite. The possibilities, - how
ever, seem to be divided into three
main groups:. One wholly mathe
matical, ohe assuming few college
exemptions, and one assuming gen
eral-' exemption of- college students.
proceeding with a dis
cussion of these points it will be
well to take stock of a few import
ant statistics. There are 12,000,000
men in the United States within
the draft ages. .0f.7,200 Penn State
students last year, 1,734 were men
within the draft ages. It is . rea
sonable to believe there will be
as- many or more this year.
(1) The first possibility is purely
mathematical, With ia,000,000 men
available; one in 120 will be called
for every 100,000 drafted. On this
ratio, Pens State would lose only
14 stndentsfor each mr.ooo draft
ed. Thus it would lose 56 in a 400,-
000 draft, and 126 in a 900,000
draft.
’-(2) It is more likely that exemp
tions and deferment* will change
the proportion of college students
taken. Under the provisions of ex
emption or deferment for men with
dependents, men engaged in essen
tial -industry, men with physical
disability, and men with military
training, the list of available men
would be .cut from 12,000,000 to
4,500,000, the Army estimates. Only
a : few college students would’ be
affected by these exemptions. The
result, is they would bear more
than their normal proportion of
enlistments. Possibly the number
of Penn State eligibles would be
reduced only 10 percent while the
number of eligibles nationally was
reduced 60 per cent This would
mean Penn State would lose some
thing Ipse .33 students for every,
IDO,OOO drafted. It would lose 132
itt a 400,000-man draft and 297
in a 900,000 draft.
-(3) The third possibility is the
ohe .on which colleges are count
'ingi'Tt is that students will receive
deferred rating. Hope that this may
be carried out is based largely on
President Roosevelt’s statement
telling students it is their “patri
otic duty” to continue their studies.
.'Another suggestion that sounds
extremely well is that college stu
dents should be allowed to begin
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Calendar Sprinkled
With Social Events
Dad, Mother and the Alumni
get one day each during the
College" year and the girl (or
boy) back home gets as many
John Student is inclined to want.
Dad’s Day falls on Saturday,
October 5, when Penn State and
Bucknell meet in football.
Mother’s Day falls on Sunday,
May 11, and winds up a week
end that begins with May Day
on Saturday, May 10.
Alumni Homecoming is ob
served the weekend of Saturday,
October 12, when home games
are scheduled with West Vir
ginia in football, Western Mary
land in soccer, and Bucknell in
freshman football.
The one-and-only can have his
(or her) day almost anytime
with.the following recommend
ed: Collegian dance, Friday, Oc
tober 12; Fall Houseparty ,on
Friday and Saturday, November
1 and 2; Soph Hop over N. Y. U.
football weekend November 15
a&d 16; Senior Ball on Friday,
February 21; Interfratemity
Ball on Friday, April 4; Junior
Prom on Friday, May 2, and
Spring Houseparty on Friday
and Saturday, June 6 and 7.
Army Draft Will Call
Few College Students
(Continued from page 1)
show distributions within the draft
age limits of last year’s students:
. No. in Age Per Cent
Class Limit. 21-31 of Class
Senior 832 85%
Junior 473 48%
Sophomore .’.....308 22%
Freshman 134
Total 1,747
If the proposed 900,000 limit-to
the. draft is adopted, it will mean
that a maximum of about 126 Penn
State students would be affected if
deferment factors were not con
sidered.
Deferments because of depend
ents and physical .disability are
expected to be fewer among col-
Ige students, but provisions to de
fer seniors and specialized students
would considerably' reduce" the
proportion of college students con
scripted.
their , training on July l when a
year out will not seriously disrupt
their college educations. Under
such a plan the student would lose
on money in defaulted fees and
would have his education postpon
ed only a year. To take him in the
middle of a term would put him
at least three semesters and quite
a few dollars behind.
This last proposal—which col
leges all over America should
urge on the President, Congress
and the draft boards would
allow college schedules to run
smoothly and would be particular
ly valuable to seniors. Instead of
finding a job and then losing it
because of the draft, they would
be enabled to delay their start Si
year and then go to work with the
knowledge that they will not be
called except in an emergency.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Campus Calendar —
Freshman
Date Book
(In this issue the Freshman
Date Book takes the place of
the daily - calendar of campus
activities which will appear
during the year.)
ROOMS
List of available rooms for men
may be obtained at Penn State
Christian Association, 304 Old
Main. (Men planning to join
fraternities should not sign room
ing contracts.)
Women arrange for rooms in
office of Dean of Women, 204 Old
Main.
MEETINGS
8 p. m., Wednesday, September
11— Welcome mass meeting in
Schwab Auditorium. (To be fol
lowed. by men’s counselor meet
ings and women’s get-togethers.)
B.p. m., Thursday, September
12— Activities ma.ss meeting in
Schwab Auditorium.
8 p. m. Friday, September 13-
Religious activities mass meeting
in Schwab Auditorium.
11 a. m. Sunday, September 15
—Freshman chapel in Schwab
Auditorium.
8 p. m. Monday, September 16-
Library mass meeting in Schwab
Auditorium.
’ For" other meetings see Fresh
man Week Booklet, daily calen
dar in the Student Handbook, and
the September 12 Booster Issue of
Collegian.
REGISTRATION
Freshmen , register in Recreation
Hall on Thursday and Friday,
September 12 and 13, upperclass
men .on Monday ahd Tuesday,
September 16and 17. Be sure to
have pen and ink. •
FEES
Freshman pay first semester’s
fees in Armory on Thursday, Sep
tember 19. - For amounts see Col
lege Catalog and Freshman Week
booklet. (Upperclassmen pay fees
on Thursday, and Friday, Septem
ber 26 and. 27.)
, MISCELLANEOUS
Complete schedules are contain
ed in the Student; Handbook and
in the Freshman Week booklet.
Watch the .Daily Collegian for late
announcements and schedule
changes: Student Union desk, in
Old Main lobby, will ansWer ques
tions and provide information.
Sommer Fellowship
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Samuel A. Dum, a senior in
agricultural education, was award
ed this year’s Danforth Founda
tion summer fellowship. The
award covered all expenses dur
ing two weeks of study at St.
Louis and-two Weeks of leadership
training. at the American Youth
Foundation Camp at Shelby, Mich.
The fellowships are offered at
38 state universities. Dum is
president-elect : of the agricultural
student council.
At Augustana College, Hock Is
land, 111., there are only seven
music majors and 10 English ma
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Class of '44 Enters College,
May Graduate from University
The freshman class-entering the
Pennsylvania State College next
week may never graduate from it.
But hold, gentle reader, they may
graduate frbm the Pennsylvania
State University.
In truth, they will—if plans
warming for the last 20 years and
boiling for the last two finally
materialize. The matter current
ly is before the Board of Trustees
which is holding •up the change
pending a complete revision of the
College charter.
The drive to change the College
to a university reached a n
early peak in 1922 when it carried
as far as Washington, D. C. At
that time President Warren Hard
ing was interested to the extent
that he issued the following state
ment:
“My attention has been called
to your endeavor to develop Penn
sylvania State College into a state
university of that great common
wealth. I wish you all success in
your undertaking to persuade the
people of Pennsylvania to follow
the example of every state west
of them, and to provide a free in
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stitution of learning ample to
meet the needs of the common
wealth.”
President John Thomas, in his
inaugural address to the College
in 1921 had pledged himself to
have the name changed to univer
sity.
After that time, interest in the
change seems to have lagged un
til it was merely simmering in
February, 1938. At that time it
was stirred up again by Gov
ernor George Earle, who urged it
in a speech at the ground-break
ing exercises for the building pro
gram just completed.
Since Governor Earle has urged
the change, interest has run high,
although lagging recently from
sheer inactivtiy.
The matter is still before the
Board of Trustees awaiting word
which will send it before the Cen
tre County court or the Pennsyl
vania General Assembly. Either
of these groups can grant the
change under terms of the College
charter. The College, it is indi
cated, would probably desire ap
proval of both.
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