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...active, ponderous but keen. His flat, unhurried Pittsburgh voice might surprise those who think of him as a poet of South Carolina, one of the leaders in the recent revival of Southern letters. But in his 43 years he has come a long way from home. As a plebe at the U. S. Naval Academy he overstrained himself in athletics, was granted an honorable discharge; later (1915) he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with honors as a Bachelor of Science in economics. After a job with the Bell Telephone Co. he enlisted in the National Guard, saw active service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Big Book | 6/26/1933 | See Source »

...Mississippi, summoned her Cadillac to the front door of the Bilbo home at Poplarville, Miss. To her Negro chauffeur, an ex-convict pardoned by her husband, she named her destination: West Point, N. Y. Then away she drove to visit her son. Cadet Theodore Gilmore Bilbo Jr., a plebe at the U. S. Military Academy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hey, Bilbo! | 6/22/1931 | See Source »

...plebe replies virtuously...

Author: By Cadet F. W. ebey, | Title: Some "Kaydets" Enjoy Dress Parade; Average Man Doesn't, Writes Pointer | 10/18/1930 | See Source »

...Well, move your neck back, Dumbjohn. Hey, you file closers get on that plebe. You drive around to my room tonight at first call for supper. Understand...

Author: By Cadet F. W. ebey, | Title: Some "Kaydets" Enjoy Dress Parade; Average Man Doesn't, Writes Pointer | 10/18/1930 | See Source »

...plebe grunts and draws his shoulders back until until the blades are almost touching. Merely correction; not hazing...

Author: By Cadet F. W. ebey, | Title: Some "Kaydets" Enjoy Dress Parade; Average Man Doesn't, Writes Pointer | 10/18/1930 | See Source »

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