Show College Students Educators Reper CHICAGO CHICAGO American American college students students students stu stu- dents have war jitters university officials throughout the nation re re- port As as result many men students h b ive lYe adopted a the use attitude and dropped out of school The survey of more than 55 colleges colleges col col- leges and universities showed that many students had been pen called d into reserve units and that large numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of students planned to enlist after term mid-term examinations rather rath rath- er than wait walt to te to drafted in June so they might have their pick of the services Some students Just did not show up after Christmas A University of Texas official said about students had dropped out of school to lo enlist in recent months Students at Princeton said dormitory dormitory dormi tory janitors had been asked to tomake tomake tomake make a check to see just who had come back from the Christmas holidays hol hol- University officials there ther predicted their enrollment would drop to 2000 next tall fall a decline o of 01 one I Victims of Worry A Duquesne University official said a check showed that five pe per percent cent of the students had adopted a dont darn dont darn a attitude and were cutting classes and ignoring their studies lie He said another 2 20 per cent centt were the victims of worry and general tension Other universities reported many students were ignoring their classes and that grades had dropped in inmany inmany inmany many cases J J. J D. D Williams chancellor of the University of Mississippi reported The uncertainty of the mobilization tion program has bas contributed to restlessness impatience confusion frustration and In some Instances despair on the part of many stu stu- stu- stu dents Some seem relieved when they actually were called to active duty At Yale Harvard Dartmouth Drown Brown and Princeton a general genera unrest was reported A Dartmouth Dartmouth Dart Dart- mouth spokesman said the school already already al al- al ready had lost a sizeable percentage percentage percentage percent age of students through enlistments enlist ments At the University of Florida J J. Hillis Miller Muter the president scheduled a meeting of all male students in an effort efort to combat the despondent attitude caused by bythe bythe bytho the tho war threat and draft Professors Professors sors said grades in all except reI reserve re re- I serve save officer training courses had plummeted and the student newspaper news Ii paper estimated about 50 SO men a week were quitting school to en en- I list hat Scholastic Averages Drop I We need a clearer outlook for students said Willis Tate vice president of Southern Methodist University Many of the weaker students students those those in the lower hallof halt hall haltof of their class class definitely definitely are study studying ing less After all aU they've lost their incentive because ol ot the present draft dratt laws He Ue said there was much hysteria and anc misinformation on the campus campusand campusand campusand and indecision on the part parC of 01 men meo fared by the hI threat 0 oi of changes in the draft law Other schools reported the scholastic scholastic scho ache lastic average had dropped slightly slight ly Iy partially because of 01 the terrible tee ter ruble turmoil turmon at present and a Bitterness among students student |