Word: manual
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...technical subjects," he stated, "are taught in the basic course. Instead, the men concentrate on the more fundamental subjects, such as marksmanship, practice with hand-grenades, manual of arms, drill, map work, and simple tactics, the kind of knowledge that they would need immediately, as privates...
...greatest developments made by private schools during the war, according to Gummere, will be in the field of more manual work for students. "Some schools," he said, "have already started their own farms, which are worked by students. Others are asking students to help voluntarily in maintenance of the physical facilities of schools, while others are replacing servants with student waiters and workers...
Director Rubin claims two big advantages over R.O.T.C. for his course: 1) it saves time; 2) it uses civilian instructors. In his basic infantry course, students get nine weeks' instruction, three hours a week in marksmanship, grenade and bayonet practice, close order drill, map work, the manual of arms, elementary tactics. From the basic course, students go on to specialized ones...
...Manual labor in all branches will be stressed by the program, which will call students to action three times a week. Far from being recreational, the nearest the periods will come to athletics will be jumping, wall scaling, and obstacle running...
...Army had some advice to give its men on the care and upkeep of tires. In a manual issued by the Office of the Quartermaster General, it summarized the findings of rubber manufacturers...