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According to Clinical Psychologist Charles Stenger, planning coordinator of the Veterans Administration P.O.W. program, the fact of imprisonment has a psychological impact that is "tremendous-an extreme and prolonged stress." This starts at the moment of capture. "That shock is about the most overwhelming, stupendous experience that can happen," says William N. Miller, a psychologist at the Navy's Center for P.O.W. Studies in San Diego. "No one who has not been totally at the mercy of other human beings can understand it. It brings a feeling of total helplessness and then a fantastic apathy...
Filled with guilt, concerned only with physical survival, the prisoner often becomes obsessed with trivial rituals and trivial goals. For instance, says Stenger (a prisoner himself during World War II), "it is routine to spend hours folding a blanket, because it is one of the few things a guy can do from which he can get a feeling of effectiveness if he does it well." USAF Major Fred Thompson, once a P.O.W. in Viet Nam, recalls devoting hours to an effort to train the ants in his cell to fetch crumbs. When that palled, he began building a dream cottage...
...knowledge grows more complex, grasping it requires more specialization. Colleges do their bit by making undergraduate work a mere appetizer for graduate study. "The more I learned about history at Smith," says one M.A.-bound senior, "the more I realized I didn't know." Adds Alan J. Stenger, a Michigan math major: "After a B.A. in math, you really don't have much except a solid background. It would be a shame not to use it." At Chicago, Sally Akan, who is headed for a Harvard M.A. in Chinese, remarks: "My interest lies in a field in which...
John Chaffee, who fills either the 155 or 165-pound class, was recently elected captain of the Bulldogs and is probably the best wrestler on the squad. Norm Hascall at 128 and John Stenger at 165 have been consistent winners for Yale this season, but Stenger may not be available for today's match...