THIS WEEK IN AMHERST HISTORY--February 6, 1942: Reality of war hits College

This announcement came almost two months after the day that the falling bombs of Japanese carrier planes brought America into a war she had tried so vainly to avoid. In the interval, although outrage on campus was unanimous and sentiment overwhelmingly patriotic, few among the student body felt personally committed to the war effort. The only previous draft registration within the College itself had been conducted in the fall of 1940, when 175 students registered. Thus it was, for most, the fir