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Experiences related to the sinking of the United States aircraft carrier Wasp will be the theme of a confidential talk to the Caisson Club of the R.O.T.C. by Naval Lieutenant Joseph J. Bodell '41 tonight at 8 o'clock. The meeting place has not yet been decided...
...unanimous vote the Field Artillery and Quartermaster Corps members of the Caisson Club, University Mil Sci organization, decided to part company in a recent joint meeting. The reasons cited for the split included the large size of the two units and the "incompatibility of their diversified interests...
After the break took place, the F.A cadets, still retaining the old name of Caisson Club held their first meeting for the election of new officers. The work of the evening was the election of new officers. The men chosen were Cadet Captains Robert Y. White '43, new President, Wilford S. Alexander '43, Vice-President, Thomas F. Bartlett '44, Secretary, and Niles Chubb 1G and '43, Treasurer...
...Navy, they will play a medley of sea songs including every chanty on the books. Popeye the Sailor, and, in fact, anything that smacks of the briney deep. Then, if enough show up, they will serenade the Army men in uniform who have seats with songs like the "Caisson Song." From there, they will move over in front of the Harvard stands, and will introduce new Freshman to Crimson gridiron tunes...
...answer is that most thoughtful Americans want to see the small brass cannon of 1763 beside the giant bomber; the old horse-drawn cannon of the Revolution beside the motorized caisson; Washington's Delaware River dory beside the amphibian tank, and the flintlocks keeping company with the tommy guns. Blue-blooded Americans want to see these things preserved until necessity demands their sacrifice...