Word: manual
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...finding out at the present ime. A few months ago the majority of the juniors were college kids. This stage was quickly followed by transition to the level of a hound (chow, liberty and/or sack variety). Now they're all, willing or no, supply beavers, gnawing away at the Manual. But the climax came early this week when Lt. Comdr. Ambrose received the literal bird during his weekly lecture to the junior class in Potter Auditorium. The bird in this case, the class ornithologist claims, was a starling; but whatever it was, it had come into Potter to escape...
Richards also pointed to the program at the Great Lakes Naval Training, Sation recently. The Bluejacket's Manual, Bible of the Navy, was put into Basic English, and a group of 15 to 20 sailors studied the simplified version. They made better scores than did those who used the standard text, and they learned it more rapidly...
Orchids to Dangerous Danny for his new, snappy 10-count manual, designed to evacuate the typing room . . . Danny is certainly riding the range these days...
...Work-play in laboratories and manual-training shops...
After presentation to the commandant, there will be an exercise in the manual of arms and maneuvers by the NROTC men. Awards will then be given to the 12 outstanding Seniors in the group of 33 to be commissioned ensigns October...