In an article on Harvard's contribution to the war effort, the Yale Daily News Saturday gave a complete summary of Harvard's nearly total conversion to a military training center.
"John Harvard has given way to Johnny Doughboy for the duration with the virtual transformation of the Harvard Graduate Schools into vital military centers for training officers and conducting research," the News reported. It further described the acute overcrowding caused by the influx of 3,000 Army and Navy officers taking training here.
Editorial Praises Harvard
An editorial in the same issue praised Harvard's contribution to the war effort. "This is the nucleus around which Harvard is building the major part of her war effort, along with the intense laboratory research common to all American universities. It comprises the very highest form of war-time education. . . . the final stepping stone on the road to active participation in the war.
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