Morse Code Practice

A BEGINNERS' COURSE in Morse code practice was inaugurated over the Dartmouth Broadcasting System at the beginning of the summer semester for the benefit of undergraduates enrolled in Civil Pilot Training and the Naval Reserve or looking forward to possible enlistment in the Signal Corps and similar branches of the Army.

Code practice is given for 45 minutes nightly and will gradually work up to approximately 15 words a minute. Thirteen words a minute qualifies for an amateur's certificate, to which importance is attached by both the Army and Navy. Code is broadcast by records and by an audio-oscillator. Tests are given each week and are marked and graded as part of the program which is under the sponsorship of Dean Frank W. Garran of Thayer School, coordinator of the College's CPT.