Word: naval
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Captain Michael L. McHugh, professor of Naval science at MIT, administered the oath of office to 16 students who were appointed either second lieutenant in the Army, Air Force or Marine Corps or ensign in the Navy...
...graduating seniors sitting under a tent in front of Memorial Church listened to a short address by Walter Amory '46, a retired Naval first lieutenant and the head of Amory Engineers, a Duxbury-based civil engineering firm...
After acceleration came into effect in 1943, many of us pushed to get through in three years "in time to save our country." Others dropped out to join the armed services or to follow husbands to military camps and naval stations, returning to finish college after...
...when we left Cambridge, quit "our little corner of the world," we were, in many ways, adults. My husband (Harvard '46, naval ROTC) and I became engaged when we were 19 and, like an astonishingly high number of our classmates, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary this year...
...June 1946, the tradition-laden Commencement Week program was significantly pared down. The graduating seniors and those students graduating late from earlier classes left Harvard without formalities such as Class Day and a baccalaureate service. Even the class' first marshal was not present at Commencement that year; his naval tour of duty was not yet complete...