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...Devens and Mays all are experts on the lateral pass and end runs while Devens and Harper could be called upon for thrusts at the line and off-tackle. The Wood-Putnam-Devens-Harper combination, however, should not be neglected. In all probability this quartet will get a thorough test against the Alligators with the remote idea of starting against Michigan the following week. At the present time the foursome made up of the two Sophomores, Mays and Devens, and the two Seniors, Putnam and Harper, seems to be Coach Horween's best...
Harvard's revamped backfield will get its first test against the Green. This will probably be the only time this quartet will play as a starting backfield as Harper's return next week should again alter the backfield situation...
...will meet in Sever 6. The competition will last four weeks, and will include a course of ground school lectures. This feature gives new members a basis for further instruction in flying and for the operation of the ship. Another new rule of the competition is a short flight test for those candidates who still remain in it at the end. This will not be required of candidates already holding pilot's licenses...
...until that grand time, June Week, comes. This means practically confinement to the Plebe. He is to be seen and heard at meals and formations only. But he knows that when Graduation Parade comes at the end of the week he has passed successfully through a year, meant to test the best and worst in a man, a year of the most strenuous mental and physical building given in any school of the country
...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...