Word: cols
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Capt. Richard T. Spofford, professor of Naval Sciences, will welcome the assembled guests, and Col. DeVere Armstrong, professor of Military Science and Tactics, will administer the oath of office at the joint ceremonies. The main speaker will be Rear Admiral F.B. Warder, Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet...
Finally, in an attempt at direct action, Veritas collected the 200 signatures necessary to nominate one of its supporters by petition as a candidate for the Board of Overseers. Though the name of Col. Laurence E. Bunker '26 a former aide of Gen. MacArthur) did appear on the official ballot, and though half-page ads supporting him were inserted in Cleveland and Philadelphia newspapers, the Veritas candidate failed to gain election. In consequence, the group was reduced to its alumni mailings and sporadic contact with Harvard officials...
Second, he has embarked on an ambitious endowment fund to build the Department library into a worthwhile collection on military studies and national security. The Shannon Fund, named after Col. James T. Shannon, commander of the Harvard Regiment in World War I, has, at latest count, collected $1760 of its $5000 goal...
Closing a varied career, Col. Armstrong will add to his teaching experience when he goes to the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenn., starting next fall. There he will head the junior ROTC program and teach American history. He has also taught Social Sciences at West Point and war planning at the Army War College...
...Col. Armstrong commanded the artillery battery which fired the first atomic round. At the Nevada proving grounds, he had men from the Artillery School and numerous civilian scientists under his command...