Word: radio
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...training course in radio-telegraphy and other forms of signalling for men enrolled in the Naval Reserve opened at the Cruft Laboratory on Monday, April 16. The course is under the direction of officials of the navy and is conducted according to the naval regulations. A detachment of the Naval Reserve of about 50 men has been assigned to this station by the Boston District Communication Superintendent of the navy. Another detachment of about the same number of men will report for training soon...
...Thursday, April 12, the Harvard University authorities offered the Cruft High-Tension Laboratory for the use of the Navy Department in training the radio branch of the Coast Defence, class four, Naval Reserve Force. On the following day, Lieutenant Gawler, U. S. N. R. F., Gunner Dame, U. S. N., and I made an inspection of the premises with Professor G. W. Pierce '99 and found great opportunities here for this work. On the next Monday the class was started...
...Only men who can send and receive 15 words per minute, Continental code, are accepted. Some previous radio experience, such as would be obtained by an amateur operator, is expected but not compulsory...
...members of the University enlisted last night, and with this number Captain Russell will form a nucleus for a signal corps class here. He will also detail an army officer to carry on the work. Professor J. W. Pierce of the Cruft Laboratory will furnish the facilities for the radio instruction...
...meeting tonight is open to all members of the University and of Technology who are interested in radio work, or who are considering the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps as a means of serving the country. It will be of particular interest to the men under 21 who are not qualified for army commissions...