Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-05-16 | Page 2 | Briefs

BRIEFS ... 6y Baukhage' If you want to be an army officer, you pretty nearly have to be literary liter-ary as well as literate. At least, a 16-page circular advising as to the type of books officers should read include books on philosophy, political science, military science, history, international relations. Stalin's Secret Service and Hitler's Mein Kampf. Oihers are representative works of all the leading countries. "Too dumb to tight!" That's a new one. but it is what the army says about draft registrants regis-trants who cannot read and write. After trying to teach illiterate selectees selec-tees the complications of modern military machines, the Selective Service administration has ordered that a fourth grade education or its equivalent is now necessary before you can get into this new army.