Word: specializes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Special permission has been secured from Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to enhibit the Government film entitled; "America Preparing," in which the various aspects of the nation-wide movement for adequate defences will be shown. "War As It Really Is" will be another of the films to be shown. This picture was photographed by D. C. Thompson, war correspondent of Leslie's Weekly, while he was under fire. It is recommended by the United States Naval War College, and reveals actual trench fighting, and the Germans marching through Belgium...
Among the other pictures on the program is "With the Army in Mexico," a film taken by a special representative of the Government. The comic reels include "Mutt and Jeff in the Trenches" and "Mutt and Jeff in the National Guard." Each is a series of animated cartoons by Bud Fisher...
...circular is being sent to all graduates and undergraduates of the University in Cambridge by Professor R. M. Johnston, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, urging them to use their special abilities in case of war rather than enlist as a private. This leaflet will to some extent take the place of the census that has been taken in other colleges. It advises all men to endeavor to qualify as officers rather than enlist as privates. Men of special training are to use that training in case of war. The circular enumerated some of the branches in which expert...
...accepted by the Navy Department except during the periods of strained foreign relations or actual war. Classes are being held at the Navy Yard at Charlestown for members of the Naval Reserve, and although men are needed all the time, the work of preparedness is going on rapidly. A special course on gasoline motors is also being given for men interested in the service...
Three scholarships for special students in the School of Architecture with an income of $200 each are offered by the University for the academic year 1917-18. The scholarships will be awarded to those candidates who, having fulfilled all other conditions, stand highest in a competition in architectural design to be conducted by the University...