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...University cannot be expected to make up all of the difference. Both have contributed more than ever before, and students can well afford to give up a couple of trips to the movies, of the price of a quart of Scotch, in order to help Harvard reach its quota. There are only two more days to go, and if the University fails to make up the $11,000 still lacking, most of the blame will lie upon the hands of the student body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brother Can You Spare A Dime | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

Professor A. James Casner announced yesterday that the Officer from the Marine Corps who is to interview applicants for the Marine Corps will be here on Thursday and Friday, February 5 and 6. The quota set by the Marine Corps for Harvard is 25 Seniors, 15 Juniors, and two Sophomores. All the men selected will be enlisted in the Marine Corps and put on inactive status until they have completed their College training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marine Aspirants Will Be Quizzed | 2/4/1942 | See Source »

Rationing was made necessary more by hoarders' fears of it than by a serious shortage in 1942 supplies. Nor does his 1942 quota (77 lb., counting industrial supplies) threaten the U.S. citizen's health, whatever it does to his sweet tooth. But industrial users are in a worse fix. Not only are they under quota, but their foresighted purchasing was in vain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUGAR: Foresight Fails to Pay | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

...quota for the Quartermaster R.O.T.C. at the Business School has been raised from 150 to 400 students. Professor A. James Casner announced last night. He requested that students who are qualified and interested immediately get in touch with the Harvard Business School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Army Supply Accepts 400; Entry to Navy Corps Eased | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

...Naval Supply Corps, whose school is located as an adjunct of the Harvard Business School, is now seeking to fill a quota of 350 men from throughout the United States. University men wishing to enlist, who must be Seniors between 19 and 26 years of age and have 15-20 vision, should not apply at a recruiting station but instead should make a preliminary application at Harvard. These applications will be graded here and then referred to the Supply Corps headquarters, where final selections will be made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Requirements For Enlistment In U.S. Training Programs Relaxed | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

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