1966_03 The Daily Collegian March 1966

              The Dally Collegian
EDITORIAL
The Student Vs. The Draft
As fee war In Viet Nam grows more Intense, the number of men
needed by the Selective Service steadily Increases and the number of
coUege students worried shout fee draft continues to rise.
Both have been caused by a war—a war feat has not been declared—
The Viet Nam conflict has become of prime concern
students. With the increase in the amount of draft calls ei
fee college' male becomes more aware of his draft status.
students at Fresno State CoUege have not reacted to fee
draft call-up as students si other schools have. There have been no
draft card burnings, no sit-ins, no teach-ins. Each student here keeps
his feelings about the draft and the war cloaked within his skin.
Perhaps fee grandeur of the Valley has taken its effect on our stu¬
dents. Perhaps It is better that we not say much about the draft and
the prospects of each student's fulfilling his educational desires.
But the draft has become an almost unavoidable harassment.
The student wife s 2-S or 1-A draft status snows dire concern
over each statement feat Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of the
Selective Service, makes.
He recently noted feat fee increased buUdup of United States armed
forces In Viet Nam has depleted the Selective Service's list of eligible
draft-age men to such a degree that a 2-S, or coUege deferment, re¬
quirements must be revised.
Hershey noted that It Is likely that the new requirements will not
substantially change current requirements, but will bo used in addition
to those now in effect. Requirements now in effect are feat a student
must enter coUege Immediately after graduation from high school,
complete requirements tor a bachelor degree in tour years, average
18 units per semester and make normal progress toward obtaining a
degree, wife adequate grades.
The announcement bro^ht very Uttie reaction from students on
campus although it is estimated that nearly 30 per cent of fee male
enrollment may be affected.
Though fee latter requirements were not followed strictly until
President Johnson's notice of Increased call-ups last July, the
Selective Service has since been very critical of students who did not
meet fee requirements.
The methods fee Selective Service has used to induct men into the
armed forces has received a rash of criticism.
Students have burned draft cards, stopped military trains and con¬
ducted protest msrchiSi Many have protested the war itself, while
nethods used by tho Selective Service for
The Great Debate
Coalition Government In South Viet Nam
Masque Ball Forms Are Due
All   organizations  wishing to The Masque Ball will be held
enter a skit in the Masque Ball Mar. 18 at the Fresno Memorial
must have their applications In Auditorium   from  8:30 p.m.  to
by Mar. 11. midnight. The Vlbrants will sup-
Jay Donlon, chairman of the &* tne  entertainment,  and the
Rally Committee and fee dance, dross Is grubby,
encourages all organizations to ,„ „ ..      ■.. -
participate. The skits can be of *** ttck,u »«■«• essj at the
a comedy or musical nature. AU door tor Si.
entries will be pro-Judged.
Thursday. March 3, 1968
Deadline For
Y Trip Reset
Registration deadline for fee
San Francisco Weekender has
been reset tor Mar. 7.
The trip, sponsored by the
College Y, is planned forMar. Il¬
ia at a cost of 124 per person.
According to The Rev. James
White, CoUege «Y' advisor, fee
purpose of fee trip is to be¬
come exposed to ail sides of Ufa
In the bay city.
Points of Interest to be visited
are North Beach, Synanoo House,
Hunter's Point, Fillmore District
and the Night Ministry. The group
will also take In a performance
of The Committee. This is cur¬
rently under study of fee Federal
Bureau of Investigation tor ques¬
tionable remarks concerning fee
American government.
An orientation meeting tor
those Interested in fee trip will
be held Mar. 3 at 7 p.m. In fee
College Religious Center.
Contest Tim* Correction
The Fresno State College
Rodeo Queen Contest wfll beheld
Mar. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in fee Labor¬
atory School Instead of Mar. 8
as reported in Wednesday's Dally
Committee Forms Due
So much has been said and done by 'others' that 30 RepubUcan
Congressmen have begun procedures to Investigate what they termed
■mounting evidence of gross Inefficiency in the Selective Service
Among fee points feat fee GOP members said Justified an investi¬
gation of fee system were:
—The administration of the draft is Inefficient. The papers of thou¬
sands of men are bottled up in 'the bureaucratic pipeline.*
-Nearly 448,000 physically and mentally qualified men will be
available through June 30. Why then, they asked, Is lt necessary to
re-examine previously disqualified men?
-•There does not appear to be a clear order of priority to which
fee Administration is considering calling the various manpower
groups tor service.*
-Tests designed to aid local draft boards to deciding whether a
coUege student should receive a determent—by fee admission of
Hershey—easier for science students than those taking liberal arts
tog Committee are available in
the student President's Office.
All sppUcsttons must be returned
by Mar. 11.
Jay Evans, committee chair¬
man, said that fee committee can
use approximately  80 students.
CALL DOUG EATON
TED WILLS or
BRANT CASTEEL
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The younger
the weekend
the better for
RAND
Each student is now pressured. He is pressured to take a delegated
number of units; be Is pressured to attain a higher standing in his
class.
To a degree, professors are also pressured. Each must now con¬
sider that a student who does not complete satisfactory work will
move higher on the list of draft eUgibles.
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