Word: exam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nature of a valeflictory appearance. It is hard to decide whether this is the beginning of the end--or the end of the beginning! Once again there is an atmosphere of impending doom managing low over Briggs Hall and this time it ain't kiddin'! No paltry little Saturday exam hangs negligibly over our evell-crammed heads. No warm-up session with Ensign Rosalie Jensen, the successor of the noble J. A. Hancock, not yet with Quactham, the inconsequential c-4-D Storekeeper, has us in our present state of nerves this time it's the real thing...
...expected to put in four to six hours work a night, one night a week, but strict attendance won't be required and men will be able to stay away and hit the books during exam periods. Persons from around Boston are preferable, but men from other parts of the country will be taken...
...Army this exam will not put the candidate in the Army any sooner than would the normal course the Selective Service system. For those who pass the exam the Army will provide a "certificate of merit" to be shown at time of induction...
...examination will be the usual type of service exam now familiar, and will include vocabulary, simple mathematics, spatial relations, and possibly some general information. Perkins emphasized the fact that as the exam will be pointed at high schools as well as college, no one need fear...
Application for A-12 and V-12 exams must be made before 5 o'clock today at the War Service Information Bureau in Little Hall by all men who wish to take the tests on April 2. First hurdle into the Navy's V-12 program, the exam is also recommended for any man expecting to enter the Army and to apply for any advanced training. No member of the services, including reserves, may take the tests...