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ate level for deferments from induction in order to! continue their
dl ! i « '!! i studies. ;
The single t sst planned for the next school ] year probably will be
held in the Spring. Three jtetp per school year have been provided for students each year since the 19511952 school term.- lit the Spring of 1951 when the testing program was initiated, four tests were given within a three-month period.
Main rea(a>ns ciitedj by the Selective Service Director for offering only one opportunity next year for students to take the test are:
!. The number of students taking the tests hay fallen steadily from 74,327 in the fillst full school year under the program to 11.122 in the-school!yeaf just ended.
2. Induction calls lire presently cast for men: 22 years of age and older. The student who progresses normally through school will complete his four years of undergraduate work bv that age. thus the demand for the tests has fallen. |
During the 1956-1957 \ school r ear. 5,859 students across tjheiNation were tested on November 15, 1956, at 269 testing centers; .1,871 -rodents toot the tesf April 18, 1957 at 274 centers arid op Mnv 16. 1657, 1.392' ; students, were tested at 193 centers. |j
Since the program Was initiated in 1951. a total of 592,900 students have taken the test. Of these considerable more than 339.039, Were tested in the
four tests, in May, jjuhr and 1951.
half, or
fi rst
July
37.6%