Word: classman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ranks in the area to stand reveille. After the roll has been called, the ranks dissolve, the cadein rush back to their rooms, make their beds, sweep the floor, shave, and dress for breakfast. At six-twenty another bell rings for Police Call, when one First Classman (a senior) in each division inspects every room to see that the beds are made and the floor swept. At six-thirty the cadets again form in ranks and march to Washington Hall for breakfast...
...every week and a conference of an hour's duration with his instructor every other week. In this way, instruction in Freshman courses might he adjusted to the needs and aptitude of the individual, thus providing for the Freshman within a course some of the advantages given the upper classman within his broader field of concentration under the tutorial system. If the obstacle of expense can be overcome, a wider use of the preceptorial method offers a most promising method of improving instruction in Freshman courses...
This cryptic statement of the Tactical Department adequately summarizes the annual encampment of the Corps of Cadets. To the newly recognized yearling summer camp is the fulfillment of all the hopes and dreams of a long plebe year just past; to the first classman it means chevrons and the privileges which only a first classman may enjoy; to everybody summer camp is a period of welcome relief and relaxation after a long and exacting academic grind. West Point life during the pleasant summer months more than lives up to the hopes entertained...