Education: Report Card

¶Out of 339,000 college students who took the draft deferment test last spring, 37% flunked, will be liable for service whenever their draft boards want them. ¶ After studying the compulsory education laws of 48 nations, UNESCO announced that British and Tasmanian children are required to spend more time in school (ten years) than any others. Next: U.S. children, who in most states spend nine. Last in line: Indonesian children, who don’t have to go to school at all. ¶ The University of North Carolina, overwhelmed with protests, changed its mind about exiling its Negro graduate students to end-zone seats during football games (TIME, Oct. 8). Last week the Negroes got regular student passes.