Word: civilians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They say that you can tell a Harvard man a mile away, and what's more this is supposed to hold true even when everyone else in the area is also wearing civilian clothes. It will be just that much more obvious tomorrow afternoon, for any student who makes the trip to West Point will find himself surrounded by 2,496 of the fittest, proudest, and most highly disciplined young men in the world...
...mere chance that the Military Academy attracts such men for its cadets. The standards of physical, mental, and emotional prowess that a boy must show before he is even admitted to West Point are enough to make most youths turn to the less arduous pursuits of the civilian, and the rigors of undergraduate life once he is admitted require either great stamina or a peculiar degree of insensitiveness...
...once he passes his exams at the end of his first year., but even then it runs no danger of becoming decadent. Failure in a single course at any time leads to immediate dismissal, as may deficiency in physical fitness and a host of other details unheeded in most civilian schools...
Another recent change has been the formation of a partially civilian Board of Consultants, headed by Karl Compton, ex-president of M.I.T. After a study of the institution in 1945, this board submitted a report which concluded; "...the four years of college can best be devoted to education in the general fundamentals, enlargement of social vision, and development of cultural appreciation. Because of the variety of duties and of leadership which fall to the lot of the Army officer, to provide a foundation of this type of liberal education becomes increasingly the mission of the Academy...
...nation's second highest civilian medal, the Certificate of Merit, was awarded to 14 Faculty members yesterday...