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Examinations for appointments as Cadet Midshipmen in the United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps and its academy at Kings Point, Long Island, will be held on the last Saturdays of May, September, and November, and on the last Wednesday of July, the War Shipping Administration has announced...
Note to all midshipmen: Don't worry, boys--if you don't make the lower quartile this term, it's very easy to accomplish it during your junior semester! Tomorrow marks the 70th day before our next leave. That makes Thursday kind of a big holiday. Now we can sing truthfully...
...loading the merchantman Naguilan had discovered a suspicious blaze in the ship's hold. Off the Peruvian coast, the square-rigged Lautaro, one of the world's largest sailing vessels and pride of the Chilean navy, exploded and sank with another cargo of war-scarce nitrate; 19 midshipmen burned to death or drowned...
...class will bear the uninspiring but informative serial number 445, the condensed date of its arrival. "445" will be made up of men ranking from ensign to lieutenant commander. The class will have a varied background since its complement will have come from sea duty, indoctrination school, and midshipmen's school. Yard dorms will, as before, provide quarters for the class...
...Midshipmen in training will receive their commissions at the time of their graduation, and most of the men who complete the course will be assigned supply duties afloat. The instruction center, located in the Harvard Business School, has been the only one of its kind in the United States since the closing of a similar unit at Wellesley College...