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...Letzelter, crashing, flery back who has three years of football at Carnegie Tech and one year on the plebe squad behind him. The rightful successor to Cagle, who has not inherited the tempermental qualities of the former Army All-American...
This cryptic statement of the Tactical Department adequately summarizes the annual encampment of the Corps of Cadets. To the newly recognized yearling summer camp is the fulfillment of all the hopes and dreams of a long plebe year just past; to the first classman it means chevrons and the privileges which only a first classman may enjoy; to everybody summer camp is a period of welcome relief and relaxation after a long and exacting academic grind. West Point life during the pleasant summer months more than lives up to the hopes entertained...
...Navy, of its own free will, advocated a policy of ineligibility for all college players who came to the respective institutions, while Army would go only so far as to adopt the three-year rule, that is, not allowing the men to play on the academy team during their plebe year. The warring factions could not agree and the break came, both sides adopting their respective policies...
...Army varsity rehearsed their plays against a plebe team which not only knew all the Stanford formations but even wore white, cardinal-banded Stanford jersies. The Army varsity enjoyed a big Christmas tree and a jocular ceremony at which gifts which had been sent from home were distributed by Trainer Frank Wandle. The Army varsity gave retiring Coach Biff Jones a white-gold watch. A San Francisco department store gave the Army varsity a 20 per cent discount; the cadets liked this because they are not allowed to carry much money...
Many of the customs are in the form of restrictions placed upon the "plebes." There are restrictions in the mess hall, in barracks, and on the campus. In the mess hall a plebe sits at attention while he eats. His eyes may not wander farther than the perimeter of a circle of radius seven inches, whose center is at the center of his plate; and he must see that all of the upperclassmen at his table are properly supplied with food. In barracks a plebe always removes his hat before entering the room of an upperclassman. He is restricted from...