Word: cadets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact I suspect every generation in its later days so regards the period of its ascendancy. For instance, there is the classic of the early days of the Military Academy when the Commandant of Cadets was reported to the Superintendent for throwing stones at the Corps of Cadets. I don't know whether cadets ever had to resort to the expedient of attaching the remains of their meat course to the underside of the mess tables with their forks, for use at a later and perhaps less bountiful meal, but it was certainly true, even in my own day, that...
...perhaps cadets never heated their cannon-balls before rolling them, but roll them they certainly did down the iron stairways of cadet barracks to the accompaniment of bucketfuls of stone poured from the upper story windows upon the tin roofs of the porches below. And though I recall no instance of a skunk being placed in the desk of a West Point professor, there is an authentic story to the effect that the superintendent's cow was once hoisted to the top of the tower of the old Academic Building and left there in the night to moo--out hours...
There is, however, something peculiar to the appearance of the Cadet regiment in Cambridge which in this instance adds weight to the persistent words of those who welcome as inter-collegiate athletic contest as a sound social agent. In the very solidarity of the Army ranks is a situation which makes it impossible for Harvard men to be unaware of the nature of these guests from the Hudson. They stand out clear in the view of their hosts, set aside from the motley crowds which throng the stadium. And this picture of the Corps is sure to create an impression...
...passes by C. K. "Red" Cagle, leader of the Army gridiron forces this year, spelled defeat for the Harvard eleven last fall. Coupled with a safety, these two scores gave the West Point invaders a 15 to 0 victory, their first since the initial game between the University and Cadet rivals in 1895. Prior to the resumption of the rivalry between the two institutions in 1928, the Crimson and West Point elevens had clashed 13 times, and each time a Harvard team carried off the honors...
...first game took place in 1895, when the University forces journeyed to West Point and ground out a 4 to 0 victory on a rain-soaked field. Before a group of some 1,000 spectators, Charles Brewon '96 pounded his way through the Cadet eleven and finally crossed the line for the sole touchdown of the afternoon, which then counted four points...