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

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61. 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

62. Navy Jumper, Undressed Whites

Description:
Cotton, 26" x 19" This shirt is representative of the daily dress of the majority of Tufts students during the war. Each Navy student's name was stenciled across the front, the only personal aspect of the uniform.
Date:
circa 1950

63. 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

64. Dance Cards

Description:
Paper and string, 4" x 3" Dance cards served as a small souvenir of formal dances, including the details of the dance and space to record dance partners.
Date:
1943-1946

65. 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

66. "Daily Routine," reproduced from U.S. Navy V-12 Unit Manual

Description:
Paper, 6" x 9"
Date:
1944

67. "My Day by Jumbo," reproduced from Tufts Tracer, Volume 5, #2

Description:
Paper, 4" x 8"
Date:
1945

68. Campus Map, reproduced from Tufts Tracer, Volume 3, #2

Description:
Paper, 20" x 8"
Date:
1943

69. Tickets to Tufts College Regimental Formal

Description:
Paper, 2 ¾" x 4"
Date:
1944

70. Basketball Trophy

Description:
In 1945, an all Navy basketball team led Tufts to the Eastern NCAA playoffs at Madison Square Garden. Despite taking fourth place, the Weekly heralded the event as "the biggest sports news at Tufts in many years."
Date:
1945