Word: behind
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...times as many cadet officers come from the top ten percent in physical aptitude as from the bottom ten, while almost all maladjustments come from the physically inept. The cynical believe that West Point's uniformly excellent athletic teams are a cause, rather than an effect, of the theory behind them, while heaven knows how many battered opponents have been left to wonder if their defeat wasn't perhaps the result of some deep-seated maladjustment...
Still a third method employed in the goal of character training is the Honor System, a code rooted in absolute truthfulness and honesty to his fellow-Cadets and to his officers. Ex-Secretary of War Newton D. Baker formulated the theory behind the Honor system by saying...
...philosophy each holds, all are probably as diametrically opposed as two groups of people could get. Whether or not militarism is undemocratic and vicious, or the Regular Army officer is blind and reactionary, the West Point Cadet has the faith of a tradition and a pride born of integrity behind that swagger in his walk...
Harvey Thayer, a Varsity sprinter last spring, ran fast and far on well set up reverses to the left and behind good blocking on right end sweeps for most of the Winthrop yardage. The Bunnies made two sustained drives in the final quarter, capitalizing on Winthrop penalties, but lost the ball and the game on two unpropitious fumbles...
With an opening game victory behind it, the Freshman soccer team travels to Milton Academy this afternoon for a game at 3 o'clock. Last year the Yardlings easily bested the Milton team, and indications are that this year's test should be no harder...