The University's 1900 veterans, along with reservists across the country, received notification last week advising "that you should arrange your personal affairs in such a manner that entry upon the active duty with short notice will cause minimum inconvenience."

The nation-wide reserve alert, according to a spokesman of the Public Information Office of the Boston Army Base, is designed "to keep everything nice and tight." He would not comment on whether the reserve alert was caused by increasing international tensions.

However, another officer, who refused to be identified, commented that "such notification has never been done before and is connected with a change in the international picture."

The national reserve notification informed the reservist that he was subject to emergency call. It stated that normally a 30-day period would be allowed for the individual to get his personal affairs straightened but that he was subject to emergency call without this notice.

All military personnel, upon discharge, are required to enter the reserve. This obligation varies under different Federal laws depending on when the individual was inducted.