Word: enlisting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...palpable coup. With collegians throughout the nation eager to get into the air corps, President Cowling had got the Army, Navy and Marines to collaborate in training fledgling flyers on his campus while they continue their college education. Some 300 of Carleton's 450 men students will be enlisted in the corps, known as CCOC (Carleton College Officers Corps). Most of them will enlist as reservists in the Navy. Carleton promptly christened the outfit "The Flying Carls...
...forces whose actions have been so hampered by the ambiguity of American policy. Now is the time to rally the remains of the democratic spirit in the people of France by answering General de Gaulle's plea in which he said: "What could we tell French citizens whom we enlist to suffer torture and death in resistance if it were understood that the French-men who have been fighting are treated neither as allies nor as belligerents. . . . Fighting France intends to go along with the Allies so long as the Allies go along with her. She will do everything...
...four terms of study. It is entirely possible, therefore, that a Harvard V-1 enrollee might be called for active service after only four terms instead of the six which he could crowd into two years by accelerating. Another pitfall is that only 35,000 of those who enlist each year are going to get commissions under present plans. The Navy will probably grade the examinations on a sliding scale, and many potential officers may be left out. There is no alternative for them. They go into the Navy as gobs. Still a further contingency, which students considering...
...present time," he said, "the program is primarily inadequate in that it cannot grant deferment until the end of the Senior year." Applicants for this semster's course, he revealed, must contract to enlist in the Army or Navy in June, unless they are selected for higher training...
...Bijur, Inc. announced that it would suspend for the duration. Yet the agency had more business than ever; from Johnson & Johnson, Mutual Broadcasting, Lea & Perrins Sauce, other accounts, its billings would have topped $1,000,000 this year. Reason for quitting: George Bijur and all his executives want to enlist. Said he this week: "I don't like to quit, but I'd feel much worse if I stayed...