Show Hays Conflict Robs Seniors Of Right to Ob tain Coveted College Degree The inevitable conflict between education and war has given rise to a situation that one of the in certain one of the most serious that now faces M the University of Utah and other institutions VH of higher learning wf throughout the United if The not a new one nor one impossible of rem- students within an ace iK of obtaining their dc- being called into the nation's armed ser- vices a few brief or possibly Hays Gorey before To- many not made extremely conscious of this situation through close association with perhaps the problem shrinks into insignificance in the light of more crucial But to the senior who has labored for three and one-half in some instances sacrificing Ids pleasure and hard-earned money in a there arc few problems more worthy of notice and After spending a or or four or even five years in the no one can be expected to retain even a spark of the enthusiasm for education which burned in him prior to his if of the seniors whose reach falls just short of a diploma now will return to their pursuit of the cap and gown when they at last are shorn of their military In many economic circumstances will force of education out of the The signing of the treaty of peace probably will see many present-day seniors approaching their late twenties time when a man must think of a family of his and immediate means to support In certain schools of this and other expedited programs will enable many to obtain their degrees as early as April this perhaps a general program to graduate all seniors even those whose particular training is of no particular value in the war is not necessary at this There can be no that minor modifications in the university such as eliminating and relaxing strict academic regulations wherever will enable many who are called before the close of the current year to obtain they might ordinarily be deprived through no fault of their Perhaps a system whereby individual cases could be if the student's record warrants extraordinary consideration could be can be worked there is a a more practical solution to the At any we are gratified to know administrative leaders are conscious of this problem and already have devoted some study-to We hope a satisfactory conclusion will be because the student who has worked nearly four years for a degree in science or social work deserves that just as much as the student of medicine or |