Enlistments reduce draft; may avert student call-up
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— The Army hinted today that so many young Americans are volunteering to get into uniform it may not have to begin drafting college students in the near future.
The suggestion was contained in the enlistment figures for the month of February. The Army reported that first enlistments during the month totaled 20,900, almost 2,000 men above January's 10-year high of 19,000 enlistments.
THESE FIGURES ARE MORE than double the enlistment figures of a year ago. Before President Johnson announced the buildup for the war in Vietnam last July only 9,000 to 11,000 men were signing up for Army service in a good month.
The upsure in enlistments has been reflected in lower draft calls. January's enlistment figures caused the Defense Department to revise its draft quota for this month down from 32,900 to 22,400.
Last week the department issued a draft quota of 21,700 men for April. It was the lowest quota
CAPE KENNEDY — (UPI) — Project officials today gave Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott a "go" for launch Wednesday on an action-packed rendezvous and spacewalk flight.
Mission Director William Schneider said there was a reasonable probability for an ontime start Wednesday of the three-day space spectacular.
Gemini shot ready to go
The decision to proceed came after engineers reported that tests on the capsule's repaired oxygen breathing system were going well and that the Atlas booster for Gemini's Agena target was "ready to go."
PLANS TO begin the twin bill today were scrapped Monday by the double dose of Atlas and spacecraft troubles.
Barring last-minute hitches, Gemini's Atlas-Agena rendezvous rocket will streak toward space at 9 a.m. CST Wednesday with Armstrong and Scott following in pursuit atop their Titan 2 at 10:41 a.m.
After a 17,500-mile-an-hour chase for five and one-half hours, Gemini 8 will catch up with the orbiting Agena. A few minutes later, Armstrong will guide Gemini 8 to the first of four historic bookups with the Agena. Scott will take the spotlight later with a record two-hour and 10-minute spacewalk.
Official Bulletin
TODAY
Catholic Mass, 4:45 p.m. St. Lawrence Chapel, Classes at Student Center, to Catholicism. Fundamentals of Theology and New Testament, 7 p.m.
Duplicate Bridge, 7 p.m. 306 West, Kansas Union.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship,
7 p.m. Pine Room, Kansas Union. "Is
Jesus Christ God?" Richard Burson.
KU Committee to End the War in
Christian Science Organization, 7:30 p.m. Danforth Chapel.
Humilies Lecture, 8 p.m. Douglas Moore, composer-in-residence,
"Opera in America." Swarthout Reeled Hall
Protestant Worship, 9:15 p.m. Wesley Foundation Methodist Center.
TOMORROW
Catholic Mass. 6:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. St. Lawrence Chapel, Classes at 7:10 a.m. St. James Church, In-ology. 7:00. Open Door. 8:15 p.m.
Protestant Worship. 7:10 a.m. Wesley School.
Jan. 31, there were 2,899,724 men in uniform.
A Selective Service official confirmed today that if the inductionstay well below the 30,000 mark each month, as they are now, there is a chance of avoiding drafting college students.
Supervisory Seminar, All Day. Un-
low.
Classical Film, 7 p.m. "Alexander
Nixon." Duplicate.
since last September and continued a downward trend in the draft since December's post-Korea high of 40,200 men.
Carillon Recital, 7 p.m. Albert Garken.
The Army report of increased enlistments gave no indication of the reasons for the upsurge.
Faculty Recital, 8 p.m. University
Music Hall, 410 W. 27th St., cla
classinetist, Swarthout Recital Hali
Greek Week Sing, 7:30 p.m. Hoch And.
LAST SUMMER IT WAS calculated that if enlistments remained constant, draft calls of about 30,000 men or more a month would be necessary for the armed forces to reach a total planned strength of 3,093,000 men. As of
Leadership committee facing abolishment
Plans to abolish the All Student Council Leadership Committee will be presented at the next meeting of the council, said Tom Rader, Greensburg sophomore and chairman of the Committee Evaluation Board.
This may be the first of several committees to be changed on the recommendation of the board, which investigated the problems and effectiveness of ASC executive committees.
"The Evaluation Board feels the Leadership Committee no longer serves its purpose of training students in the area of student government," Rader said.
Among the functions sponsored by the committee were a freshman leadership program and a campus leadership program.
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Jerry Barney, Calgary, Canada,
sophonite and chairman of the
committee, agreed his committee should be abolished.
One of the most disappointing responses to the committee programs this year came from a questionnaire to discover freshman interest in campus politics, Barney said.
"The freshman women showed an interest, but only six of the 600 questionnaires distributed to freshman men were returned," said Barney.
Both Barney and Rader said they feel the functions of the committee are duplicated by the KU-Y, SUA, and other ASC committees. Barney said that a purpose of the committee, formed in 1964, was only briefly explained in two sentences of ASC bill number 26. In evaluating the committee, he found that, for the ASC, the programs were a waste of time and ASC money.
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Provost Surface said that the administration feels a responsibility for the students because many of them are experiencing independence and acceptance as adults for the first time.
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"Many students are trying out the values of their parents," he said. "We attempt to give them some support in this period that we see as a transition".
Among the topics discussed at
Reports received from state laboratories indicated antibody levels in the patients' blood did not rise after recovery, indicating that they did not have the illness.
The KU Student Peace Union yesterday announced that it will not lend its support to a rally March 26 in Kansas City opposing the U.S. position in South Viet Nam.
The rally will represent local participation in the "International Days of Protest," a nation-wide series of forums and demonstrations.
Six students hospitalized during the last week of February with respiratory infections did not have the Asian flu, Dr. Raymond Schwegler, acting director of Watkins Hospital, said yesterday.
Schwegler said no proved cases of Asian flu have yet been reported in Kansas.
Illness not flu
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the meeting were University rules forbidding the consumption of beer on campus, even though it is not prohibited by state law; the University's role in student law violations; disciplinary procedures and channels, and the opportunities for student appeal; and dorm rules regulating students' private lives.
SPU to ignore K.C. peace rally
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