Word: pasted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this morning with keen anticipation to the second coming of the Corps within as many years. The meeting with the Academy a year ago marked the resumption of athletic relations on the football field after a lapse of thirty-three seasons. This renewing of a contact which in the past has been characterized by its cordial sportsmanship and which in the present gives so much satisfaction, stands forth in the undergraduate mind as probably one of the most agreeable results of the recently inaugurated rotating-schedule policy of the Athletic Association...
...Plebe must always be ready to answer any question that comes his way. And some of the questions that are asked. The common ones are: "Where are you from?" "What is your P. C. S.?" (Previous condition of servitude), and several others concerning his past history and present status. However the majority are usually dumb or startling, tending to make the Plebe give a dumber answer...
...vigorous, and the ultimate results shed more glory on the name of West Point. Elihu Root, then Secretary of War, in 1899 reported upon the Military Academy:--"I believe that the great services it has rendered the country were never more conspicuous than it has been during the past two years. The faithful and efficient services of its graduates since the declaration of war with Spain have more than repaid the cost of the institution since its foundation...
...country, a child whose diet is mil--the milk of War. Has it not been said, "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace":? West Point is, and always will be, the backbone of the nation's defense. Strengthened by past experiences the Academy continues to fulfill its purpose, confident that when the next great test comes, loyal sons will add fresh laurels to West Point's glorious past.The Old Grey Towers on the Hudson...
...appreciation at the Music School, while the eminence of the teacher may be the cause of drawing a certain group, indicate a general desire to acquire some sort of idea of "what music is all about." In the second place the number of students attending the concerts in the past few years has grown perceptibly. But these general observations are less stable than actual figures; occasionally economic facts are more digestible. In this case it deals with the sale of phonograph records; and the fact is rather amazing. At a record store in the vicinity of the college...