Show THE WEST POINTERS ROm t It Is a Veritable Model of Spar Simplicity and Cleanliness XC York Herald Spartan simplicity Is the predominant feature of the cadet room at West Point They are furnished alike There are no decorations In one that cannot be found in all the others A mfloF sires son has no more privileges tban the poorest lad whose brains and phsl cl perfection secured his appointment No furniture or ornaments are allowed al-lowed in rooms except those called for by the regulations Everything in a cadets iom is i purchased out of the pay he receives from the government No ornaments are allowed on the walls but a few photographs may be placed on the top shelf of the clothes press Each cadet must make up his bed after af-ter reveille Mattresses and blankets are folded neat and pIed against the head Shoes are lined parallel on the floor by the side of the bed An alcove furnished with hooks provides a place for uniforms The hook are numbed for each garment Night clothes and one clothes bag for each cadet hang on pegs next to the bed A small clothespress clothes-press having four shelves stands against the wall near the door This press holds the rmalnlng belongng of the occupants V The mantel ornament consIst or a neat frame giving the hours of instruc ton copies of the army regulations U S M A regulations blue book and a small mirror At the tot of the bed Js a washstand with twO bowls amid a few toilet articles On the transom of tine alcove is each cadets name which stl also appear over his i land s press l-and pegs Guns have a separate rack Two cadets occupy a room The selection se-lection of roommates is left to theca dets themselves the authorities clim Ing no jurisdiction Each cadet takes his turn as room or deny wEekly The orderly is responi ble for the general order and cealr nes ot the room lie mut see that the ventilation is perfect that the lights go out at tapS Upon him rest the re sponsibity of dust appearing on the shelves He must not allow his roommate I mate br any visitor to stand at the window In shirt sleeves and whatever I is done in the room he stands accountable account-able for Formerly cadets were compelled to scrub tile floors of thelrrooms but clv I lans are foor employed for that pur j I pose This is the only evidence of luxury lux-ury that has cropped up at West Point I during the centul of its existence |