Tufts Answers the Call to Service: V-12 and NROTC at Tufts

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Start Over Date 1944

11. Request for Special Liberty

Description:
Paper, 5 ½" x 8" From 12:30 PM Saturday to evening study hours on Sunday, Navy students were allowed the liberty to travel within a 40 mile radius of Tufts. Travel beyond that limit required a request for special liberty.
Date:
1944

12. The Rules of the Nautical Road

Description:
Paper, 6" x 9" THE RULES OF THE NAUTICAL ROAD was a required text for all NROTC and V-12 students in Midshipman's School. Although one of the drier subjects, knowledge of the rules was crucial for life at sea.
Date:
1944

13. The Tod Kenney Band

Description:
Photographic Print, 8" x 10" Tod "Drummer Boy" Kenney and his band of Navy men were always a swinging hit at Tufts dances.
Date:
circa 1944

18. Jason Samuels in Whites

Description:
Paper, 5 1/2" x 2 7/8" The Whites, formal Navy uniform, were worn when the class of 1945 NROTC was commissioned at Tufts in February 1944
Date:
1944