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Massachusetts' Democratic Junior Senator John F. Kennedy was "very comfortable" in Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery after a successful operation on his spine, injured when his PT boat was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer during World...
Though the undergraduate has crossed officialdom frequently over parietal rules, he has held as a cherished possession his right to a car, to drink as he sees fit, and except for freshman PT credits, to exercise when and how he likes. And on such occasions when the parietal rules cramp his style, Boston awaits his dollar with open arms...
Died. Hubert Scott-Paine, 62, British-born aircraft pioneer and boat designer, who, after 25 years of experimenting, developed the U.S. Navy's vaunted PT (patrol torpedo) boat; after long illness; at his home in Greenwich, Conn...
...wrote in his diary: "I rode with Lieut. Colonel Eisenhower 50 minutes this morning while he flew a Stearman PT. His flying was fairly good, but not as smooth as it could be." May 15, 1937: "Lieut. Colonel Eisenhower was out and flew for 15 minutes, making three good landings." May 19: "I flew with Lieut. Colonel Eisenhower for 20 minutes and then let him solo. This is the first solo flight he ever made, and he was very happy." During the war, in North Africa and Europe, General Eisenhower occasionally flew a small liaison plane...
...proponents of required physical training also argue that the program introduces all students to the Harvard athletic plant. But when it comes to introductions, the directors should realize that it is more important to introduce freshmen to the educational advantages here. Those who work and still want to attend PT should, but men with six-hour jobs who don't have time need and deserve an exemption...