The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-14
his column,


at those ages are able TO endure
such severe physical hardship and
strain as they might be called on
10 do in military service. The
bones are not set completely at
those ages, mol have the muscles
acquired the highest grade Of to-
nicity.
There are even more patent rea-
sons for d%eferring the call of those
men. Anyone who has been on the
campus OF one Of our large univer-
sites must realize the extent Of
the numerical population that is in
the educational process at the age
levels OF eighteen 10 tw~enty-one.
At the University Of California |
was told last summer that there
were $4,000 students. This means
at least 5000 men, Of whom at
least 1000 are between ages
eighteen to twenty-one. 1t is GER
tainly better for the future Of civil
ization for which We are fighting
that they be allowed to finish their
education.
Duty Of Universities
In this respect the universities
have a c~onsiderat ie duty and obi
CATION. 1t is up to them to see that
the time Of this group is not wasted
from the standpoint of military
usefulness. Nowadays we should
expect that a graduate even from
high school will know the manual
Of arms, drill, and elementary
combat infantry formations.
But that is only the beginning.
Practical courses should be insti-
tuted so that the graduates Of uni
versities will be able TO I'll the
technical positions so necessary
for tire new army. have seen
newspaper accounts of the fact
that universities are announcing
courses in seronautical and auto
mobile mechanics. This is the
spectacular part and is not enough.
Every college graduate today
should have some training in such
useful trades as carpentry. plumb
ing, stenoer2Hhvs typewriting,
electrical mechanics, photography,
metal working. etc. Everybody
thinks he is a carpenter, but that
doesn't make him one, as We found
in the emergency when the camp
buildings had to be put up.
Training in College
In the army are needed hospital
orderlies and they might as well
be trained during the college years
in first aid, the principles of surgi-
cal asepsis, bed making, taking
temperatures, pulse and respira-
ton accurately, bed pan drill and
elementary anatomy and physi-
ology.
This applies 70 the female side
Of the universities that are CO.
educational. We hear there IS a
shortage Of nursing material. Two
hours a day for the goods from
ages eighteen 10 twenty could be
well spent in the same routine as
that for the male hospital order
lies. With such training our girl
graduates could do eighty per cent
Of the work Of the trained nurse
and do it quite effectively.
IN fact the-e is no reason why
such strictly practical courses
should not b, continued as a reg
ular part Of the university curric-
ulum. The times ahead are going
70 be strictly practical for come
decades. 1t vii, hardly suffice for
the universities to turn out only a
group who are owlishly headed for
Ph.D.'s and teaching jobs; or are
trained only in doctrinaire discus
sions Of social science or proto-
zoology.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NJ. |. d.: What, if any, harm is
done by the use Of adrcno-cortical
extract. and how long can its use
be continued?
Answer: Adreno-cortical extract
is a very complicated substance.
1t is designed for use only in spe-
cial cases and it is certainly better
TO leave these questions to your
doctor rather than to try TO decide
them Yourself.