Word: naval
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Generally, according to a large body of dogma bordering on idolatry, the flag must be lowered at sundown. But there are many exceptions. It may be displayed after dark for "patriotic effect." It is flown at night from forts and naval vessels which are engaged with an enemy, and also over the east and west fronts of the Capitol Building in Washington, over the grave of Francis Scott Key in Frederick, Md., and over the war memorial at Worcester, Mass., built as an architectural dramatization of the colors...
Refurnishing of the President's House at 17 Quincy Street, war-time headquarters of the Naval training schools centered here, will be undertaken shortly to permit President Conant to move from his current residence in the Dana Palmer House...
...Yardlings rolled over Squantum Naval Air Station and Tufts, and then walloped Tabor on February 6, 61 to 33, for their sixth win of the season. High-scoring Captain John Rockwell of the Freshmen made the chief contribution in this tilt by scoring 26 points...
...Holloway plan, recently passed by Congress as Public Law 729 and due to go into operation next fall, requires trainees to take four full courses in Naval Science, Mathematics through trigonometry, plus a full year of college physics. The Faculty resolutions also demand that students fulfill the usual College language, concentration and distribution plan requirements...
...competitive exams go to the college of their choice, fully backed with tuition, fees and $600 annual pay. Their half of the bargain is fulfilled by taking three summer training cruises while undergraduates, followed by a two-year tour of duty as an active member of the Naval Reserve...