University to Set Dates, Administer Draft Exams

Harvard will administer the Selective college qualification tests this Spring, Dean Ford and Dean Monro said yesterday.

The tests, which are not mandatory, will be used by local draft boards along with class rank in determining student deferments. They will be given only on May 14 and 21, and June 3 to members diversity.

One of 1200 centers that will give the test, the University will determine on which of the three dates students will take the tests. Under normal circumstances, Selective Service sets the test dates.

Ford and Monro explained that this arrangement was made because the June 3 date falls during exam period and because the Law School and Ed School have asked their students to take the tests on special dates.

Students must submit their applications to the Registrar's office instead of sending them to Science Research Associates in Chicago, Ill., as other applicants must do. Students will be able to Although President Pusey and Monro favor the use of the test in the draft deferment procedure, Ford said that the University will not advise students to take the test. Because the University "is not in the business of recruiting or acting as a sanctuary from the draft," Ford said, it should not oppose or support taking the tests. "When you urge either way," Ford continued, "you support the system or go against it."

Robert Shenton, Registrar of the College, has estimated that at most 8500 undergraduates and graduates will apply to take the test. Of this number about 4500 will probably be undergraduates.

Most students, Shenton said, will probably take the test on the first two dates He estimates that less than 1000 will want to take the tesa on June 3.

According to earlier reports from the Service, applications and information about the test should be sent to colleges and local draft boards by applications for the tests must be postmarked no later than April 23.

The test will be three-and-one-half-hours long and will be given from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on each of the testing dates. Each applicant will be fingerprinted when he reports for the exam.

Robert Shenton, Registrar of the College, has estimated that at most 8500 undergraduates and graduates will apply to take the test. Of this number about 4500 will probably be undergraduates.

Most students, Shenton said, will probably take the test on the first two dates He estimates that less than 1000 will want to take the tesa on June 3.

According to earlier reports from the Service, applications and information about the test should be sent to colleges and local draft boards by applications for the tests must be postmarked no later than April 23.

The test will be three-and-one-half-hours long and will be given from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on each of the testing dates. Each applicant will be fingerprinted when he reports for the exam.