3. To become better acquainted with other CCC officials and 
CCC procedures. 
4. To counsel with youths who are rejected for physical rea¬ 
sons j to discuss their cases with the CCC physician; to 
interpret to them immediately the reasons for rejection, 
and the means by which their physical defects may be cor¬ 
rected. 
The first three paragraphs above are largely self-explana¬ 
tory. Yet it is desirable for selecting agents, as representatives 
of the State and National selecting organization of the Corps, to 
take with them to the points of examination and acceptance copy of 
the official CCC booklet "Standards of Eligibility and Selection for 
Junior Enrollees" (with any changes which may have been issued pro¬ 
perly inserted or securely attached). This booklet may be helpful 
in the event any question arises concerning the rules and regulations 
governing selection. 
Rejected Applicants 
Counseling with youths who have been rejected for physical 
reasons and the development of definite procedure for aiding such 
youths is of sufficient importance to deserve special comment. In¬ 
experienced and immature as most of them are, the applicants who fail 
to pass the CCC physical examination are frequently shocked and dis¬ 
appointed to a greater degree than is often realized. Their hopes 
were high for starting off their careers as men. Suddenly those hopes 
are dashed to the ground. Some times they have no understanding of 
their ailments or what needs to be done to correct them. They suffer 
the dual agony of keen disappointment at losing an opportunity that 
was almost in their grasp, and of fear of the future, arising from a 
lack of knowledge about their physical defects. Their disappointment 
and anxiety genuinely require immediate and sympathetic attention. 
Counseling with the rejected youths about their-difficulties 
is the first necessity to alleviate mental distress. Ordinarily such 
counseling takes the form of indicating what steps may be taken to cure 
or correct the condition. Frequently the selecting agent secures the w 
sympathetic help of the CCC examining doctors in counseling with the 
rejected applicants, indicating in many instances what the remedial 
treatment is likely to consist of and how long it will take to effect 
a cure. Many times, too, selecting agents stress the fortunate cir¬ 
cumstance that the youth got this early and free opportunity to find 
out about a difficulty which might have become more serious if it had 
been allowed to go untreated for a long period of time. 
Medical Treatment 
Fortunately, the development of specific procedures for help¬ 
ing youths who have failed to pass the physical examination usually 
dovetails into the other welfare responsibilities of organizations which 
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