Evening star., 1942-12-27
Who Goes 10 COLLEGE,
Becomes One ofU, SIS
Big Wartime Puzzles
Government Expected
To Have as Much Soy
As individual Student
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Who is going to college is a ques-
ton that is rapidly becoming one
OF the big problems of wartime.
With the draft lowered to include
1s-year-olds, the question became, so
far as young men are concerned,
largely one for the Government
rather than the individual to deter
mine.
Part of the answer already has
been given in the Army and Navy
announcements of their training
programs. The rest is yet to come
and may stir up lively debate in
the new Congress.
McNutt Gives Hint.
Paul v. McNutt, the war man
power commissioner, gave hint OF
what high officials have in mind
when he announced last week that
more than $4,000 college men would
get temporary draft deferment to
continue medical, engineering and
other specialized scientific training.
The deferment will last until the
end of the school year and mean
time, Mr.. McNutt said, plans will
be worked out for the education of
a number of civilians by Govern
ment financing.
How large the program will be will
depend on how much money Con-
gress appropriates, and it is consid-
cred certain that the legislators will
examine and debate every detail OF
a plan which involves the question
of whether Johnny, son of con-
stituent back home, shall (a) go
into the Army or Navy, or (b) at
tend college at Government expense.
That applies, of course. only to the
young men physically fit to be SOL
diers or sailors.
Rejectees Get Choice.
Those rejected by the Army and
Navy because OF physical defects
will be free to go to college or not,
depending on their own choice and
financial means. So will the girls,
though Mr.. McNutt said the civilian
education program would include
women as we'll as men.
How to eliminate possibilities Of
favoritism looms as a big headache.
At any rate, entering the Army
or the Navy won't close the door
to a college education. The Army
plans to feed back into the colleges,
beginning in February, men to be
given special technical training
after four months of military train
ing. Some, such as medical, dental
and veterinary students in the Re-
serves, will simply continue in school
with the Army paying their ex-
penses and without interruption for
basic military training.
The Army will select all the men
1t will send to college from those
In the Army. It's case of join the
Army, then compete for the chance
to go to college. The Navy, on the
other hand, will choose some quail
fed high-school graduates to send
through its schooling program.
There is, of course, a group of
young men, physically fit, who may
enter college without regard for the
Army or Navy. They are those
under 18 and ready for college.
Encourages 17-Year-Olds.
DR.. Francis J. Brown. consultant
to the American Council on Educa-
ton, says he expects freshmen
classes next year will include many
17-year- -olds. There Is a movement
afoot to encourage them to enter
college, even though they may not
have completed high school.
Otherwise, DR.. Brown sees next
years college group falling pretty
much into these categories:
l. The women. There may be
slump in numbers due to the temp
tation to pass up college and grab a
high-paying war job.
2. Men not physically fit for the
armed services.
3. professional and profess
sional groups probably given occu-
pational deferment.
q. Students in contract training
under industry. Curtiss-W Wright for
instance, is having approximately
1000 women trained as aviation en-
gineers. Other industrial firms and
the Government may follow suit.
S. Men and women who continue
to work in industry while receiving
tension services.