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...addition to its rigorous physical examination, the program requires a mental apitude test much like that given to would-be pilots; its object is more to measure general intelligence than specific information. The details of enlistment as an air crewman are handled in Boston by Lt. Sussenguth at 150 Causeway Street...
Because he likes "to work with men and to watch organizations grow," Lt. Col. A.L. Tuttle, USA, Retired, quit Harvard recently to accept an appointment at Father Flanagan's Boys' Town, at Omaha, Nebraska, where he will head a military training unit. Registered as a first-term Freshman, Lt. Col. Tuttle was at 60 the oldest undergraduate at Harvard...
While he hopes eventually to win a degree, the widower (he has several children) is not concerned with the loss of academic credit that acceptance of the appointment will involve. By studying 60 hours a week on his three courses. Philosophy Aa, English 1a, and Government 4a, Lt. Col. Tuttle has "gained something that he would not sell for $10,000." His previous formal education was stopped before high school, but he has "read a lot in Greek drama, Roman drama, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and the Bible, with a few detective novels thrown...
...Army for 35 years, Lt. Col. Tuttle served as professor of military science and tactics at the University of Puerto Rico, Syracuse University, the University of Akron, and other schools...
Reports are just trickling into the files on last week's activities abroad in Greater Boston, but only a few have taken shape enough for publication. The adventures of Bob Weekes' party, rumored to have included even Lt. Towne, are some of the more interesting off-shoots from the Parker House dance. The spirit here almost matched that displayed by Jim Rafferty, collecting tickets and doing a Frankie Sinatra at the same time...