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...plot that glorifies the U.S. Military Academy. The result is a little monster of a flag-waving, hip-wagging movie combining the misshapen features of both. In a fine burst of freakishness, the Warners have even stuffed overage (46) James Cagney into the uniform of a West Point plebe...
...start of the season, the former Dartmouth coach had a wealth of backfield material and a seasoned defensive club which he could augment with members of last year's undefeated Plebe squad. His main concern was finding six men to fill out his first string offensive line, which was depleted by graduation...
...undefeated soccer teams will be trying to keep their slates clean this been as the Crimson meets Army on the Birdness School field. Paced by four linemen from last year's unbeaten Plebe eleven, the Cadets should be tougher than last season when they lost...
...This Was the System." At Annapolis, for reasons that no one recalls, Sherman acquired the nickname "Joe." But every classmate knows how young (17), undersized Plebe Sherman got an unfortunate reputation among upperclassmen. "Joe wasn't really cocky," said his roommate, "he just wasn't uncertain, as most kids that age are." Though many of his classmates had never seen a ship, the crew-cut kid with the square chin was a walking encyclopedia of Navy history, engagements and ships. In dining hall, when first classmen at his table fired questions at him, Sherman always knew the answers...
Here at the Naval Academy a very quaint system known as the "plebe system" is effect. Under such a system upperclassmen have the privilege of asking plebes, or freshmen, silly questions. I am a plebe, and I have just been asked a silly question which I believe you may be able to answer...