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Harvard wasted no time getting a jump on Army Saturday. Three Cadet passed balls and four Cadet errors helped Harvard to the 7-4 victory...
...they did in Vietnam. In reality, the EROTC does not appear just to be the enemies of ROTC but rather the pro-Soviet enemies of the entire United States. In light of this we find it difficult to take this group or its views seriously. Cadet 4/c Robert M. Alexander USAFR '86 Midshipman 4/c Bradford Baker USMCR '86 Midshipman 4/c Bradford Cabe USNR '86 Paolo S. Coppl '86 Midshipman 4/c David W. Howe USNR '86 Midshipman 4/c John L. Worden IV USNR...
Leading the Harvard charge was senior All-American Howard Sands, who polished off Cadet Chris Wilson 6-2, 6-2, at first singles. The rest of the Harvard ranks followed suit, dispatching their opponents with similar ease...
...among the young gentlemen. So creaky is this convention that there is no attempt to make this story contemporary; it is set in 1964. Some novelties have been added: the rottenest hazers are a secret society leagued with the customarily bonkers commandant; their chief victim is the only black cadet in the corps. Otherwise it is business as usual. The Lords of Discipline is a stiff, improbable movie, full of characters everyone has seen marching in this parade before...
...movie's end. Will has done his job. Good has triumphed, and the white racists have learned a few lessons about loving their neighbor. In a closing scene, a crusty old officer hands Will his cadet ring and tells him he has really earned it, because he has finally learned what it is to be a man. It's hard not to think, though, that he should have instead handed the young man a good, cold beer...