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When the war came, the Conants generously allowed the Navy to administrate its V-12 school from the house. The Colonial-style home was immediately transformed into a "ship." A twenty-four hour watch was stood, and classes for midshipmen were held over the same mahogany table where the Overseers dined in years past. Mis-behaving scamen were assigned to scrub the "deck" and polish the "brightwork"--in this case, oak floors and gold mirrors. Consequently, when the admiral moved out, the ship was little worse for the wear and tear. The Conants were astonished to discover that even...
...President and his lady were settled in the reviewing stand, the parade began. In the ten-mile-long procession, there was something for everyone: cowboys & Indians, barelegged Texas beauties (six landed in the hospital with colds), rank upon fast-stepping rank of soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, WACs, cadets, midshipmen, veterans...
...Princeton by 2½ lengths and swamped the perennial West Coast powerhouses, Washington (by 3 lengths) and California (by 3½). Navy's time: 5:57.7, just one second off California's 1948 Olympic trial mark. Finishing at a sprinting beat of 42 strokes a minute, the midshipmen became the first Olympic crew from the Eastern U.S. since Yale's 1924 crew, the first from Annapolis since...
R.O.T.C. units in the College next year are expected to include over 1,300 students, according to estimates made recently by the heads of the three service departments. This figure would represent an increase of 300 cadets and midshipmen over this year, and a doubling of last year...
Regular NROTC juniors and freshmen will embark on their summer cruise on July 18, the Navy Department announced Saturday. An eight-ship convoy, consisting of a battleship, a cruiser, and six destroyers, will carry the midshipmen to Europe, where they will dock at two as yet undisclosed ports...