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In reference to the column Milestones, TIME, Feb. 24, I was indeed surprised to find your account so brief as to omit all mention of one of Hiram Percy Maxim's greatest interests: Amateur Radio. Himself the holder of an amateur "ticket" [license], he was the esteemed president of the Amateur's foremost protective interest, the American Radio Relay League. In the hearts of Hams [operators] will he be remembered longest and best. . . .
JOHN F. WAGER
Amateur Radio W9MSF
Student Operator, 9th Squadron Radio Section
Delleville, Ill.
Cavalcade's Pain
Sirs:
Now we know what it is like fo be written about in TIME [Feb. 24]. It's bracing, despite the pain at the seat of the pants. . . .
Apologies if TIME'S editors now have so lost their subtlety that Cavalcade acknowledgments to TIME'S inspiration were not direct enough. We recognize TIME and FORTUNE as the best journalism in the world. . . .
WILLIAM J. BRITTAIN
Managing Director
ALAN CAMERON
Editor
Cavalcade London
Tamworth's Young
Sirs:
In your March 9 issue in the Miscellany column you credit Tamworth, N. H. with only six inhabitants all over 90. The original article stated that Tamworth had six inhabitants over 90 and all active. We lay claim to having more than six residents, in fact have 40 pupils in our high school and none of these includes the six mentioned.
OSMAN P. HATCH
Tamworth, N, H.
Springfield v. Freaks
Sirs:
TIME, March 9, described an exceptionally strong boy from Massachusetts. The article closed with the following: "The family have not decided whether to send him to Temple University in Philadelphia or to Y. M. C. A. College in Springfield, Mass. Since he prefers exercise to study, they agree that, like Professor Rogers, he should become a teacher of physical education."
This conveys the impression that it is possible to become a teacher of physical education without much study. Such a statement would have been true 30 years ago but not in any reputable school today. The boy in question would be in for a shock as far as Springfield College is concerned (if admitted at all) to find that, in the four years, he will have to get a regular college course besides his professional subjects. Springfield College does not recruit freaks; nor does it accept muscles as a substitute for brains. Applicants are tested as to aptitudes and then matriculated into one of the three divisions: Liberal Arts, Social Science or Physical Education.
PETER V. KARPOVICH, M. D.
Professor of Physiology
Springfield College
Springfield, Mass.
Does Springfield's Karpovich deny that in many a U. S. college and university, many an athletic numbskull roosts securely in the "physical education department?" — ED.
Peaceways Advertising
Sirs:
Neither I, nor millions of other World War veterans, either organized or individually, have been able to understand what motive possibly has prompted FORTUNE to continue to publish the advertisements which appeared in your January and February issues under the sponsorship of World Peaceways — unless, of course, it be the profit motive. . . .