Perkins Doesn't Think ERC Will Go Before February 1

The Enlisted Reserve Corps will probably not be called into active service until the first of February, estimated Elliot Perkins '23, Director of the War Service Information Bureau and Master of Lowell House. In addition, Perkins stated that the closing date for enlistment in the ERC has been moved up from December 1 to December 31.

The initial closing date of the ERC was set for today, Perkins believed, in order to show to Reserve just where it stands and allow it to reallocate quotas. Overapplied colleges may now be able to take more men into quotas enlarged by a transfer from less applied colleges. Harvard's quota is still sufficient. Perkins said, to receive quite a few enlistments.