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to higher education I includin junioi Ii cmer ncv, in order that the trainii tudents d rvio n y be :elerated, 9 rhe National I >mmitt< on Educal n and I m States Office of Education Wartime I ommission b It l>i nd publish ac< a n t s of c h a n j - m a d e I in tional in itui % in th in - of w ar service, 10. Ci lit be awarded only to individual n the « f tl servic who shall apply to the institution for this ind wh ill i such t< s as the institution may prescrib In in which > distinct advantage to students in the servi f it is jjn that departure from this practice, on an individual 1 m 11. All colleges and universities take Mich - ps as will b nee to bring ( ch individual student to his highest j ssibl< ! of phj J fitness. 12. The . n e r a l a p p l i c a t i o n i>\ t h e p r i n c i p l e of sel t i \ servic p r o m i s e s t h e most effective m e a n s for tin pla< m e n ! of tin* indi d in

a c c o r d a n c e with his capacity to serve n a t i o n a l n« ds a n d with th

d i s t u r b a n c e ^ i basic social i n s t i t u t i o n s . 13. The Selective Service System be requested to make visions for the deferment of bona fide premedical students in >1 1< tentative admission to an approved medical school has already been d 'ii the basis of the completion of not less than t\\ years of >1 1< 14. The Selective Service System be requested to make similar pr visions for the deferment of bona fide pre dental students in >1 - wh< s 1< tentative admission to an approved dental school has ilr b >sured m the basis of the completion of not less than two years of colleg

15, T h e Selective S e r v i c e S y s t e m he request I to m a k e pi f

the deferment of hona tide pre theological students in :olleges oi i\ iti who have been approved by their appropriate ecclesiasti tl author 16, The Selective Service System he urged to issue a din ive ill ttention of state directors and local selective service '' ds | tl n < and th< consequent necessity of providing occupational dc sel« I individuals pursuing graduate work. So much for the general background and policies again wl h air University resources for wartime service are being deveh That development has been in progress \in- mam months and has pr< led very rapidl) ^\\\cc December 7, 1941, as the following indicate

1. R< h work for the A r m y and \a\\ is now being a |>

1 in I members of our teaching and research staffs both h mp nd away from the campus, The Department of Phys s g ml leav< to Professor Loomis, the he.id ^\ the department, and s:\ r mor< its principal men to irrj on a highl) I :hnical pr -w h in the East, -ill oi which has been in pi s for ovei R veai lli« Department ol Chemistry has » number ^^ men similarly important research projects related to the war tot varum departmcni oi th< o\ rnment. The h id of this department, Di K ulam in now i VII Chairman ^\ Division l» (Chemistry utul • I liii'in iim;) oi the National Do fen Ros< irch Commits