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...Tuesday and Thursday evenings for the next month, the course serves as an introduction to various types of civilian defense work, giving a birdseye view of the field, while preparing the student for a specific job. Dean Chauncey pointed out that it is in the nature of the warden's work to have a rough knowledge of procedures in any sort of emergency, since he is likely to be the first worker on the scene...
...course will begin with a general outline of the warden's duties. A lecture on the theory of combustion and fire fighting control, with a laboratory demonstration, will follow, and there will also be a lecture and demonstration on incendiary bombs and their control. Other subjects to be taken up are high explosive bombs, gases used in warfare and protection against them, blackouts, and the organization of Air Raid Precautions Services...
Provision must also be made for a nucleus of men whose knowledge extends beyond first aid. All these service must be coordinated, and a Harvard "report" center must be established to communicate instantly with Cambridge warden headquarters...
Thus in case incendiary bombs fell on Harvard Hall during a lecture trapping students under fallen being and plaster and starting from the warden's first job would be to inform the report center. If the damage were not sertena, the College would cope with it alone. If outside help were needed, the head Harvard warden would notify the city authorities...
...course itself will consist of 15 hours of lectured on the air raid warden's duties and ten hours of first aid given under the auspices of the Cambridge Red Cross. The first aid part of the course need not be taken by those who have previously had equivalent training, and the work can be studied either simultaneously or later in the College year...