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...temptation at the outset to attach the Merchant Marine training program, already under government control, to an expanded Merchant fleet, constructed under government expense, in a nationalized Merchant Navy along the lines of the British scheme. The fearsome prospect of financing a gigantic post-war merchant marine with pre-war deficit-subsidy black magic was like nursing an infant until it was in long pants. The problem of training personnel, of maintaining close supervision over shipping movements and dispositions, would have been simplified. Or at least seemed...
CRIMSON competitions for Editorial, Photographic, and Business Boards will begin the week after next. No News Board competitions will be held during the fall, and the editors have also decided to return to the pre-war ruling of barring Freshmen from all comps until after November hour exams...
Sales of the 48-page booklet indicate strong interest in the evaluation of examinations, lecturers, and especially section men by students new to the University who have never before seen this traditional, pre-war CRIMSON service. All data on courses is based on a poll taken last spring of all undergraduates enrolled in Freshman courses...
With a total of 62 men registered for the six events of the summer sculling regatta, Coach Blake Dennison and Edward A. Callanan announced yesterday that plans for renewing another of the University's pre-war athletic traditions were now completed...
...quite a figure, standing there, leaning on the mantel, holding a tall glass of his favorite liqueur and blowing thin streams of smoke into the musty air of his digs. It was a satisfying sight, thought Vag, as he contemplated himself. Almost completely pre-war, normal times, and all of that. His clothes were good: of a fine cut and hanging firmly from his broad shoulders. His white, but toned-down collar curled softly around the proper knot of his knitted tie. His feet rested comfortably in the plush soles of his thick wool seeks, which, in turn, fitted smoothly...