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...Senate decided that the U.S. could ill afford to lose the school. Henceforth Kings Point cadets will be appointed by their Representatives and Senators, will know for the first time that their diplomas will be as valid as those of West Point and Annapolis. Said one relieved first classman: "It used to be a gamble to come here. Now we've got a school...
...plebe, he was assigned for guidance to 2nd Classman Dwight Eisenhower...
...posthumously last week to Colonel Robert R. Martin, 48-year-old infantry officer from Toledo, Ohio, who stood his ground before a Communist tank, fired his last bazooka rocket when it was only 15 yards away. The medal will be presented to his son, Robert Jr., 19, a third classman at West Point...
...regulations of the U.S. Navy and of the U.S. Naval Academy reflect decades of service wisdom in facing up to all sorts of military situations. But the regulations have nothing explicit to say about what to do when a starling comes to roost on a second classman's shoulder in the middle of June Week ceremonies at Annapolis (see cut). That left the matter up to Drummer Peter F. H. Hughes of Chicago to work out for himself...
...reason that they all crop up out of sight. Chief among these is that the published accounts of a race have little, if anything, to do with its actual conduct. Last Saturday the scribes huddled on the way down to the starting line and selected a cleancut Annapolis second classman as official Recorder of The Stroke. This gentleman stepped to the poop deck of the lobster boat that the HAA had thoughtfully hired, cleared his throat, and made the following announcement...