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New Selective Service
Law Outlined For
Students
General Hershey Gives College
Men Special Provisions
Major General Lewis B. Hershey,
Director of Selective Service, today
announced that Selective Service will
not make any special provisions to
give students 30 days after the end
of their academic year to enlist in the
service of their choice. General Her
shey explained that such arrange
ments are not necessary this year as
the 1951 amendments to the Selec
tive Service law provide that students
are hencehorth to be deferred instead
of having their induction postponed.
They will, therefore, have ample OD-
portunity after the completion of their
academic year to enlist in the service
of their choice.
The Selective Service A,ct of 1948
piovided that any student who, while
satisfactorily jiursuing a full-time
course, was ordered for induction
would upon presenting the facts to his
local board have his induction post
poned until the end of his academic
year. At the end of the year, the stu
dent became liable for immediate in
duction. The 1951 amendments to the
Act changed this. General Hershey
pointed out, by providing that any
student pursuing a full-time course
was ordered for induction would, if
he had never before been deferred as
a student, be deferred in Class I-S un
til the end of his academic year, but
he could receive only one such de
ferment.
A student who is entitled to a stat
utory I-S deferment must be ordered
for induction. General Hershey point
ed out, before he can be deferred by
his local board. The law says that he
shall be deferred ‘ upon presenting
the facts” that he is satisfactorily jjur-
suing a full-time course at the time
the order for induction is issued. A
student who is ordered for induction
should not be thrown into a panic.
General Hershey e.xplained, all that
is necessary is for him to request the
Dean or Registrar to immediately give
his local board official notice that he
is a full-time student doing satisfac
tory work and that such work actual
ly commenced prior to the date the
order for induction was mailed. En
rollment, acceptance and registration
do not count, actual attendance at
classes is the prerequisite.
The Selective Service law places
upon each registrant the obligation of
keei^ing the local board advised of his
current status. It would tlnerefore be
a wise move. General Hershey sug
gested, for each student to have his
school send official notice to the lo
cal hoard as soon as the student has
been notified that he has passed his
l^reinduction phy.sical examination. If
the local board has been put on no
tice that the student is pursuing a
full-time course. General Hershey ad
vised, there will be little danger of
a last-minute mix-up which might re
sult in the induction of a student le
gally entitled to a statutory I-S de
ferment.
With all this global aid it seems
that a cannon fired any place in the
world is sure of at least hitting the
American taxpayers pocket.
STATE TEACHERS C'
EDITOR’S NEWS AND VIEWS
Hail to S.T.G. for being given a
clean bill of health in the recent sur
vey conducted by the Audit Bureau
of Raleigh, which investigated the
subsidizing of athletics with state
funds.
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“The place of religion in education
is so clear to a well informed person
that the merest suggestion should be
all that is required, “declared Dr.
Daniel L. Marsh, Chancellor of Bos
ton University, in his address for the
inauguration of Dr. Frank A. Rose as
President of Transylvania College.
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Insofar as regulations on class at
tendance go, Kansas State College fa
culty members agree that students
should be treated as adults. “All our
instructors,” Dean E. R. McCartney
declares, “are required to keep an ac
curate record of the absences and
tardiness and these are reported only
at the end of the semester and make
a permanent part of the record.” This
is necessary in order that we may
have a complete record of a student’s
responses to his obligations. This is
the type of information which em
ployers in general wish to have. Since
this plan has worked so well for us I
believe that it can be made to work
anywhere.
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Our commencement speaker of last
June, Dr. Mordecia W. Johnson, is
celebrating his 25th year as president
ol Howard University. The News Let
ter wishes him matiy happy returns
on his silver anniversary. The progress
of Howard under Dr. Johnson is phe-
nominal and we hope they are suc-
cesful in completing their plans for
physical and academic growth.
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Stanford University recently open
ed a new laboratory containing $70,-
000 worth of what every young school
superintendent should know. The lab
oratory, housing the latest in school
building equipment, both standard
and experimental, and model displays
of almost every type of builjing ma
terials, is housed in the basement of
the Stanford Sc'’ool of Education.
This editor thinks that this labora
tory, unique in the country in its
scope, will soon be similarly planned
by many other schools over the
country.
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Church related colleges lead in the
proportion of graduates who continue
their training for the Ph.D. degree in
science, according to the results of a
special study conducted by Dr. John
R. Sampey, professor of chemistry at
Furman University.
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The practice of issuing mid-term
deficiency reports has been discon
tinued at Kent State University large
ly because time for processing them
usually resulted in the student getting
his warning notice too late to improve
his situation. It was further stated
that the first responsibility for help
ing the student to identify his weak
ness in a course and to plan an appro
priate attack lies with the instructor
of that course.
Ignorance is the mother of fear.
—Home
NEWS LETTER
Sigma Delta Omega
Sponsors “Black and
White” Dance
Inviting the Beta Alphas and their
guests, members of the faculty, and
administrative workers, the all-girl
Delta Sigma Omega social and cultu
ral club sponsored a beautiful “Black
and White” dance on Saturday night,
January 19 .
The Recreation Hall was beauti
fully decorated with crepe paper and
pine, and a serene atmosphere per
vaded the place. No one wanted to
go home.
Refreshments were served and pres
ident Mattie Causer presented souve
nirs which were miniature paper hats
and frizzly decorated horns.
Sigma Rho Sigma
Has Probation
The Sigma Rho Sigma, honorary
Social Studies Club, seems to be tak
ing the lead in inducting new mem
bers. There are two sophomores, Thel
ma Davis and Earl Thomas, and two
juniors, Roland Bowser and Elsie Mil
ler, now on probation.
In order to become a member of
the club, one must maintain a “B”
average in Social Studies and i^ossess
those qualities of personality, atti
tude, and dependability that make for
_;ood citizenship.
Attractive Junior To
Reign As Miss Beta
Alpha
Constance White attractive junior
of Youn^ville, N. C. will be crowned
Miss Beta Alpha” at the club dance
to be held in April.
Attending the charming Connie
w'll be Mary Albritton, a junior of
Washington, N. C., and Francine
Worley of Ahoskie, N. C. President
Roy L. Gerald will crown the ciueen.
A wonderful evening is being plan
ned, and all Beta Alpha members are
looking forward to the glorious oc
casion. ,|j
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^January, I952 ^
Anouncement of |
Scholarships for English- i
Speaking Teachers j
The University of Oslo will hold its -
sixth Summer School from June 21 |
to August 2 ,1952, for American and
Canadian students who have com- ^
pleted at least their freshman year in |
any accredited college or universitv. 1
A special feature of the 1952 session '
will be an Institute as follows; 1
(1) Scholarships covering tuition,
board and room, student and excur-
sion fees, worth $225,
(2) Scholarships covering tuition, |
student and excursion fees, worth ,
$15.
In addition, the Electro-Chemical
and Electro Metallurgical Industry of
Norway is offering a limited number of
Ralph Bundle Awards in honor of Dr,
Ralph Bundle, the recipient of the
1951 Nobel Prize. These awards vfiil
range from $115 to $225 and are
open to those interested in Norway’s
exfiort industries.
The Norwegian American Line all
expense scholarship will be given to
an American student whose main in
terest lies in the field of economies.
It will cover round-trip passage from'
New York to Gilo, tourist class; boarJ,
room, tuition, student and excursion
fees at the Summer School,
Designation of scholarships will be
made on the basis of financial need,
provided the applicant meets all re-
(}uirements for admission.
For catalog of courses, preHniinary
i.vjpplic'itioi'i ?.ny oth^r in*
formation, write;
Oslo Summer School Admissions
Office
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
DR. LOVEJOY URGES STUDENTS
TO PREPARE FOR CITIZENSHIP
Dr. G. W. Lovejoy, Consultant in
Inter "roup Education of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews,
Greensboro, North Carolina, address
ed Elizabeth City State Teachers
College students at the Assembly on
January 9.
Using as the subject, “No Addica-
tion for Us,” Dr. Lovejoy gave inter
esting examples of how individuals
and gro ips in our time give up. He
said, “When problems arise, we can
not lie indifferent; we cannot let
sonirone else take the responsibility.
If the traditional concept; of demo
cracy are to be upheld, there can be
no s’lifting of the problems.
Dr. Lovejoy proceeded giving as
responsibilities for good citizenship
consistency in daily speech and ac-
Lon; participating citizen;hip; sodal
maturity; and religious and moral cen
tering.
“These are times that try mens
souls,” cjuoted Dr. Lovejoy. Car fore
fathers have m.ide a mess of things,
and it is up to this generation to do
something about conditions, for, with
the highly destructive inventions, the
next generation must determine whe
ther the world remains by the manner
in which it handles its problems.
In closing. Dr. Lovejoy said tiat
the basic quality of citizenship is the
ability to get along with people.