"Good! I wanted to get your opinions before I broke up the unit."
"No, sir!" said Strong quickly. "Don't do that!"
"Oh?" replied the commander. On the screen he could be seen settling back in his chair.
"And why not?"
"Well, Joan—er—Dr. Dale and myself feel that the boys of Unit 42-D make it potentially the best in the Academy—if they stay together, sir."
Walters considered this for a moment and then asked thoughtfully, "Give me one good reason why the unit shouldn't be washed out."
"The academy needs boys like this, sir," Steve answered flatly. "Needs their intelligence, their experience. They may be a problem now, but if they're handled right, they'll turn out to be ace spacemen, they'll—"
The commander interrupted. "You're pretty sold on them, aren't you, Steve?"
"Yes, sir, I am."
"You know, tomorrow all the units will be assigned to their personal instructors."