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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shrewd gentry, or more often their wives, deliberately permit a Sevres vase to be broken, send half the fragments to the factory, get a whole new vase in exchange, send the other half of the fragments a little later, get another whole new vase...
...have often envied you, men of Harvard. Walking guard up and down a gravel path at 3 o'clock on a summer's morning has sometimes caused us to wonder why we chose the military academy to a civilian institution. Bells ringing and bugles blowing with unceasing regularity make us sometimes wish that we had chosen the "dorms" of John Harvard to the barracks of West Point. Studying five or six hours a day for recitations makes us wish that we had the lecture courses of Harvard to attend. Leading the almost-convent-like existence of Cadets, we sometimes with...
...question often arises: is that the only way to produce vertebrate men, men with backbone and genius, leaders, generals? College students and cadets are different sides of the same coins. The Harvard theory of civilization and culture contrasts greatly with the West Point theory of civilization and development. Each produces results in its territory. West Point has a single purpose, to produce the highest type of soldiers for the country in time of war. And these West Pointers seem to glow in the spirit of militant service of their country...
...have found an answer that fits our purpose. The rest of the world may praise or blame as it sees fit. To us they are standards that we must follow to be worthy of the men before us. Some are for the good of the individual--though he often doubts it is plebe days and some we would not part with for gold...
This team was often termed the "Head Coaches Eleven" in view of the fact that it started the Yale game that year with four men who were later destined to direct the team at Cambridge, from 1899 to 1916, with the exception of three years. Dibblee took control of the helm the fall after he graduated, when Forbes was called to the Philippines as Governor General, continuing in 1900. Reid and Farley had the coaching responsibilities until 1903. Two years later, Reid was once again called to the Head Coach post. The years from 1909 to 1916 are noted...