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...medical history of George Washington. Their research, published last week in the clinic's Proceedings, shows that, in the course of his 67-year life, Washington suffered from: measles, diphtheria, smallpox, an "infectious disease of uncertain nature," dysentery, malaria, rheumatism, pneumonia, a carbuncle, influenza, conjunctivitis, recurrent headaches, bad eyesight, a tremor of the hands, decaying teeth...
...have be-glassed Japanese 6b students been told that their eyesight will not keep them from a commission in Navy Intelligence. The Navy naturally has not seen fit to announce in a press release that there is such a shortage of men who know the elements of written Japanese that almost everything but heart trouble and half blindness has been waived to fill the Navy's training course at the University of California. So queries about Japanese 6b have brought reassuring predictions about "great need" and a description of the physical requirements that apply to every branch of the Navy...
Look into the history of the rejected recruit, who has bad teeth, poor eyesight and enlarged joints...
...from the Corps because of his race or color. Several men did not have sufficient college credits, and they will, be required to pass a written examination. Many married men were told that they could not be made exceptions to the general regulation which bars them. Men with poor eyesight learned that they might be admitted to the non-flying section of the Air Force...
...last the bogeyman of student participation in the defense program is being pounced on. Announcement that the Army Air Corps will accept as navigators, students whose eyesight falls below the requirements for its flying officers, opens up a new field for the air-minded individual. And it affords Uncle Sam an opportunity to take advantage of the ability of a lot more of his citizens. Steps in this direction are what we need to stop education from being a deterrent to participation in national defense. Uncle Sam will now want--and get--more...