College Representatives Meet Here For Defense Loan Program Talks

Representatives from 135 New England colleges met here yesterday for a government sponsored series of workshops on the operation of the new National Defense Student Loan Program, Wallace McDonald '44, Director of Financial Aid, reported last night.

Officers of the University and M.I.T. conducted sessions on the measurement of financial need. Most of the participating colleges were small and unaccustomed to administering an extensive aid program, McDonald remarked. "The workshops attempted to give people with no experience a chance to talk with those who were familiar with the problem."

McDonald noted that the Loan Act specifies some preference for students who intend to teach in secondary schools or who have especially strong preparation in science, mathematics, engineering, or a modern foreign language.

This latter category, he observed, probably covers most entering the College. Since the loans are given out to the whole University as an institution, he said that part designed for potential secondary school teachers would logically go to the Graduate School of Education.

The remainder of time yesterday was spent on methods of keeping government records of fund allocation and on special problems of individual schools. No questions came up on the loyalty oath controversy, McDonald added.