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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Administrators of the College's compulsory PT program have not been influenced by President Bunting's decision to abolish mandatory physical training for Radcliffe freshmen...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: College to Remain Firm About PT Requirement | 9/27/1961 | See Source »

Both von Stade and Nathaniel A. Parker, Director of Physical Training, maintained that the PT program is "the heart of the intra-mural athletic system at Harvard...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: College to Remain Firm About PT Requirement | 9/27/1961 | See Source »

...mechanical changes have been made in the Harvard PT program. Students will be graded either "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory" instead of the former system of a letter grade from A to E. Depending on the number of cuts. Six cuts per terms will be allowed...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: College to Remain Firm About PT Requirement | 9/27/1961 | See Source »

Aware that they stood a good chance of being captured, Taylor and Gardiner wore their uniforms lest they be shot as spies. The two men transferred from a British PT boat to an Italian corvette and were put ashore in the port of Gaeta. They made the 75-mile trip to Rome in an Italian truck, stayed back of the enemy lines for two days, discovered that Badoglio could not give the necessary support to a landing, called off the attack by radio and were flown out to Tunis in an Italian plane. Eisenhower later wrote of Taylor: "The risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cold War: Chief of Staff | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

...MacArthur for his "triumphant" tour, the general thanked the President for making him "feel a part of the current scene." Later the vigorous vintage soldier offered his impressions of the onetime sailor in the White House: "He seems to have changed very little since he was one of my PT-boat commanders in the Pacific war. He was a good one, too-a brave and resourceful young naval officer. But, judging from the luncheon he served me today [pièce de résistance: Cornish hen; dessert: omelette surprise]," added MacArthur, "he is living somewhat higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 28, 1961 | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

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