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I agree thoroughly with Professor Sleator's comment (TIME, Sept. 23) that Sept. 21 does not mark the beginning of autumn. According to a study I once made for Heating and Ventilating magazine (October 1919) the peak of summer averages about July 23, and the dead of winter about Jan. 23, so that the seasons properly begin on March 8, June 8, Sept. 8, Dec. 8, in this country.
WILLIAM BUCKE CAMPBELL
Philadelphia, Pa.
Sirs:
Your comment . . . was accurate and adequate—perhaps more than adequate for a communication of not much importance. But I am glad to have publicity for my protest against the misuse of the good word summer.
. . . My family is deeply gratified to note that I was not referred to as mole-necked or be-bifocaled. . . .
W. W. SLEATOR
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
"Y" Still Serving
Sirs:
In reference to your article [TIME, Sept. 30] "No More 'Y'?" regarding what you term a change in the status of the Y. M. C. A. and other welfare agencies, I feel it is essential that your attention be called to the order issued from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department on July 10, 1940 to correct any implication that the work of the Army & Navy Y. M. C. A. will cease.
For over 50 years the Army & Navy Y. M. C. A. has served the men in uniform in times of peace and times of war. Its program of leisure-time activity is now operating at 41 points in continental U. S., Hawaii, the Philippines and China, with five new branches opened during the past year. . . .
The official order specifically mentions the Army & Navy Y. M. C. A. and announces that Y. M. C. A. activities at posts at which Y. M. C. A. buildings have been constructed will continue under their present plan of operation. . . .
Expansion plans to meet the requests of high-ranking officers and community leaders who desire the Army & Navy Y. M. C. A. to furnish a leisure-time program for hours that the men are not on duty were started many months ago for the new points of concentration, including Fort Dix, Pensacola, Shreveport, Moffett Field and 30 others. . . .
FRANK ROSS McCOY
Major General U. S. A.,
Retired Co-Chairman National Army & Navy Y. M. C. A.
New York City, N.Y.
Expansion Committee New York City Yardstick
Sirs:
"Love . . . came to television last week" (TIME, Aug. 26, p. 46). But not for the first time. That occurred on May 1, 1931, when Frank Du Vail married Grayce Jones before the television camera and microphone of W2XCR in New York City. . . .
I expect almost any day to find some singer calling herself "the original television girl." In order to avoid claims and counterclaims, it might be well to settle that question too. The title rightfully belongs to Alice Remsen, radio singer, who used to be the regular Saturday night attraction over W2XCD of Passaic, N. J. during the spring of 1931. . . .