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Stocky Dr. Henry Cadan of Brooklyn said last week that in many cases he could do a lot about color blindness. The Air Forces and the Navy do not want colorblind men, weed them out with color cards composed of varicolored dot patterns. Those who flunk color tests and go to doctors get various kinds of handling: some doctors give no treatment at all ("color blindness is not curable"); others try everything but the kitchen sink. At the Optometric Extension Foundation, Duncan, Okla., 25% of the young colorblind men who took vitamin A and practiced looking at lights through...
...Officer Candidate School is the destination after their fundamental weeks. The remainder, who are neither returned to college nor sent to Candidate School, will be sent out with troops. According to one authority, the Army will give examinations at the graduations of high school students to weed out those who should be sent to college for training. He stated that the Navy may also follow this policy...
...nine-boat race which took place on a one-mile course, was won by a crew consisting of seven Freshmen and stroked by Dick Emmet. With Gus Merwin as their only Varsity regular, the crew rowed the course in 5:19, beating a crew stroked by Oreu Weed, with only six feet to spare...
Meanwhile an army of 4,000 men has for several weeks been uprooting ragweed in New York City, where it is now a legal offense to let the weed grow. Similar campaigns are under way in other towns...
Also helpful in accident prevention are the new elaborate "screening" tests given candidates at induction and preflight centers. A series of 21 physical, mental and mechanical examinations weed out a high percentage of men who would be apt to crash...