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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sargeant F. A. Phinney of the Boston Marine Corps and one of the ten best shots in the country has volunteered his services as coach of the Varsity. Mr. Groote, chief petty officer of the Harvard Naval ROTC, will instruct the Freshman candidates. In addition, a class for beginners has been arranged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RIFLE CLUB RECEIVES MINOR SPORT STATUS | 11/8/1939 | See Source »

...well known French lecturer will collaborate with the Minister of Propaganda in censoring news and issuing communiques to the press concerning war developments. Giraudoux and Morize were assigned by the French Government to Harvard in 1917 to instruct future members of the A.E.F. in trench warfare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Morize to Direct News, Propaganda Bureau for French; Asks for Leave | 10/6/1939 | See Source »

...position where they would seem, both in German and in neutral eyes, guilty of prolonging war. The first response from London was disquieting. The War Cabinet met, decided: 1) to base Britain's policy on the assumption that the war will last three years or more; 2) to instruct all Government departments to make plans on that assumption; 3) to expand production, especially munitions, to meet the demand implicit in that policy; 4) to maintain export trade in the interests of the civil needs of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: War Aims | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

Most common method of securing the lists is to copy the sheets posted for the assignment of lecture seats or sections. A possible solution suggested by the authorities was to instruct monitors to have these lists posted before and after classes only when they can be watched by the monitors. Some courses leave the sheets unwatched for long periods of time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutoring School Agent Offered $25 to Official of University for Class Listings | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

...management was actually self-perpetuating-just as the Armstrong Investigation concluded over 30 years ago. Noting that in the 23 years since Metropolitan shifted to mutual status the management slate has never been opposed, Bill Douglas further noted that at election time it is customary for branch offices to instruct their agents to ask policyholders to sign election ballots. Last week more than a dozen Met agents claimed that it was general practice for them to sign the ballot themselves "in a more or less kidding spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Swing Session | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

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