This week a poll of the opinions of a representative section of the Junior Class was taken by your correspondents. The topical question was divided into two parts, as follows, "When do you think, (1) the European War will end? and (2) the Pacific War will end?" Seventy-five men answered the questions.

The results seemed to point to that feeling which is prevalent throughout the country today--that optimism is justified because the war in Europe will soon be over. The following were the results:

EUROPEAN WAR:

76 percent feel the war will be over in 1944.

24 percent of those polled feel the war will be over in 1945.

1944 broken down by months:

13 percent say the European war will be over in September, while 25 percent think it will be over in October, 21 percent in November, and 17 percent in December.

PACIFIC WAR:

46 percent feel this conflict will be over in 1945, 45 percent in 1946, and 9 percent in 1947-48.

The choice as to the month of the end of this phase of the War showed no unanimity of opinion. The period of December 1945 through January 1946 seemed to be the choice of the majority--not very strong--with a total of 24 percent having the hunch that Hirohito will throw in the Imperial sponge during those two months.

Among some of the comments made were the following: Jaffa: "Now you boys are entirely too, too unrealistic. You are guided purely by pseudo-romantic motives. The war can't possibly end until 1948." Perhaps, this, Mr. Jaffa, is purely a "dramatic hypothesis." Don Brown. I'It appears to me futile to speculate on any one date as the day on which fighting will cease. Governments might capitulate, but the military forces can well go on fighting." Jack Frost: "Don's balmy. The European war will end as I have predicted, on October 10, 1944 at exactly 5:10 A.M.--oh, er, pardon me--I mean 0510."

Chick Henn: "I was talking to Art Hein last night and he told me the war would end." (Note: We agree with Mr. Hein.)

Despite the results of the poll, and even if the war should end in the middle of tomorrow's Disbursing Class, the fact remains that we have a job to do. We should do it as best we can until such time as we can begin to pick up the threads of normal life we dropped over two years ago.

Social Events

Beer Bust. As has been announced, the Midshipman Class together with both the Junior and Senior Classes, will give a mammoth Beer Bust this evening on the quadrangle between Mellon and Chase. So go easy boys; Middies still only make $65 (less deductions of $64.27) per month.