Word: radio
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Naval Radio School, which has been in Cambridge since April 15, 1917, will move to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station between the fifteenth and the twentieth of this month...
...have not yet been notified of the exact day on which we are to move", said Commander Weaver of the Radio School in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday, "but we are making all preparations to leave shortly after the middle of the month. By that time, the school will be greatly decreased in size, and will probably be easily incorporated into the Training Unit at Great Lakes...
...Radio School has had a remarkable growth from its modest opening two years ago to its size of nearly 5000 sailors before the signing of the armistice. Many of the University buildings, including Pierce Hall, formerly the Engineering building, Perkins Hall, Walter Hastings Hall, the Hemenway Gymnasium, and Memorial Hall have been taken over by the school, but were inadequate to accommodate the increased enrollment. Last Fall it was necessary to erect temporary wooden barracks on the Common to provide room for this growth, but since the close of the war, the enrollment has fallen off steadily...
...part in the usual baseball practice in the fall, but was unable to play in games during the spring because the team was disbanded upon the declaration of war before the spring recess. An informal nine was organized in the fall of 1917 which played regular games with the Radio School. McLeod was catcher and acting captain of this team. He left College early in April to enlist in the aero service and so was unable to take part in any of the games last spring. He had considerable experience as a shortstop on army teams at Rantoul...
Professor Barnell has made a special study of the geological aspects of radio-activity and will present it in a nontechnical way, giving his conclusions on this new and interesting subject...