Word: unite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plant at the Western Avenue bridge, for the College heating plant, south of Smith Halls, work will begin on March 3 on the wrecking of the present plant, according to a recent statement made by G. K. Saurwein University engineer. By May 1, the construction of the third house unit, to be located on the power plant site, will be under...
...will cover squad, platoon, company, and battalion organization. They will be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the Rogers building. It is planned to appoint temporary petty officers at each drill until permanent organization plans are completed. This is the first time in the four year history of the unit that drills have been carried on extensively...
...announcement that Harvard's naval training unit will henceforth include infantry drill as a regular part of its curriculum marks a sensible conclusion to a protracted period of controversy with naval headquarters at Washington. The move came as a belated but effective attempt to forestall any possible removal of the naval unit, when it was definitely learned that, in case of war, collegiate naval officers would be drawn exclusively from the six universities, of which Harvard is at the present time one, maintaining training units. Conditions in the University's naval department have not been entirely satisfactory to Washington since...
...certainly less militaristic than a regular standing army, the only alternative: in theory it stands for defense rather than actual warfare. If the Naval Department is to maintain a training unit in Harvard at all, it is futile to argue that any one part of its curriculum is more militaristic than another. Marching is no more martial than a technical knowledge of naval gunnery, and plays at least as important a part in the making of an officer. Furthermore, Naval Science has unfortunately been branded as a snap course, offering an easy grade and, if the undergraduate so desires...
Such a concession to Washington is the only logical move under the circumstances, as harmonious relations with the Navy Department, and a more serious level for Naval Science, are indispensable for the successful maintenance of Harvard's naval unit...