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...frigate Constellation, the U.S. Navy's oldest ship, celebrated its 150th birthday. Tied up at a Boston Navy Yard dock next to the U.S.S. Constitution (which was saved from destruction in 1830 by Oliver Wendell Holmes's impassioned "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!"), the Constellation was mastless, and badly in need of a "complete rebuilding." The Navy hoped that "patriotic societies" would come to her rescue...
...Annapolis' blue-jawed, balding, postwar midshipmen, TIME'S ensign is dipped in apology...
...pound Davis, probably the steadiest man in the line all season, won an honorable mention for All-American in 1944 but was in Japan as an ensign for the 1945 campaign. Last fall he played more minutes than any other man on the Crimson squad. He played two years of high school football for Poly Prep in Brooklyn before coming to Cambridge with the Navy V-12 unit. He was mentioned on several all-city teams during his high school gridiron career...
Friends of Harmon reported, however, that he had talked about returning to the merchant service, where he left with the rank of ensign. He had previously renounced his ambitions in the direction of medicine...
After a conference at University Hall yesterday, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted approval of the new Holloway Plan, a four-year training program leading to graduation with Bachelor's degrees and an Ensign commission in the Naval Reserve...