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Show t I EMERY COUNTY a a k- - nn rrv n 77 PRQGCASTLEDAL r (DADDVS The ostrich and the mountain sheep were feeling better. They were both In the boo talking from their was yards to each other, for the day warm. very "Perhaps," said Blackle, "the trouble waa with us a little while ago that we were uavlng spring weather." "Ton mean, my dear ostrich," said the mountain sheep named Jim, "spring fever." "And why, pray lelL do i mean spring fever?" asked Blackle. "Because that is the thing people get in the spring." "But I'm not 'people' said Blackle." I "What is spring fever, anyway? only know It conies In the spring." "How strange," said Jim with a funny little smile. "Why strange?" asked Blackle, In quite a serious tone, as though ' he did ' not understand at all. "Oh. 1 meant It as a Joke," said Jim. "When I said it was strange that spring fever came in the spring I meant it wasn't strange at all, but quite the most natural time for it to "Those irriawwMiiiiiiWTiBTirfninwii iiMimMirimi a Ih1 lt 6ra iiMjiiKngiu j - Walls" Program for nelia an th- -r ) 'Oft! h..- -. ft" "J"' er.daybyday. i pretty good face uKfi the two aforemenaoneTnS uo ng anything for external her schoolgiri cotnpST But she can't help therT 1 which produces the produces with it a ce of temper, and ofM?i which are not mA.Z She's actually a bD!, sltL works, she he . IIMW do with taking o vi oer (Men Ui' , " o.i friendn""'lD8 life a letters tn in if' t r f for ,n koun l m . B"e "VM July 4. the of normal girt. bui sne has no pleasure to ft needless tasks which fir no day life pile un In fmT; a big black shadow from ttdcb busy come." lB ifffl-,- ' By ELMO SCOTT WATSON JUNE 13 some 2119 young men gathered Id the Dig gymnasium at the Onltetl States Military academy at West int, N. 1 there to receive from the hands of a representative of the secretary of war and MaJ. Gen. William It. Smith, superintendent of the academy, their diplomas of gniduution. And thereby was added to the rolls of t lie United States army the names of 209 "of4 ficers and gentlemen." Mark that phrase well, for It has more meaning than appears from a casual reading of It, and what that meaning Is yon will come to understand a little better further along. On July 1 there will arrive at the academy some 400 young men who come from every part of the United States and from every level of the diversified society which characterizes such a democracy as the United States of America. For these newcome.'s are the raw material from which the "officers and gentlemen" of four years hence are made. During the two months Immediately following their admission to the academy they will spend In an Intensive military training before they are officially accepted Into the United States corps of cadets. This period, the most rigid and exacting of the entire four years at West l'olnt, will be spent under a group of selected Instructors from the first class, known as ihe "Beast Detail," supervised by officers of the tactical department of the academy. For these newcomers in "kaydet slang," are now the "beasts." And It is not until the termination of "beast barracks," followed by a hike of abont a week's duration, that these members, now known as "plehes ," are absorbed into the corps as the fourth class and take up their nev academic dudes the first ,iveek in September. The motto of the United States Military academy Is "Duty, Honor, Country." During the preliminary training of the newcomers this summer one of the first things they will learn is the real meaning back of that motto. Here Is that meaning as it is Interpreted In "Buple Notes," the little handbook which the Vkaydets" call the "Plebe'i Bible." The motto of th corps, the standard by which very cadet regulates his personal life Is "Duty, Honor, Country." "Country" needs no definition; "Our Country, right or wrong" Is the patriot's elogan throughout the nation. But the standards of "Duty" and "Honor" at West Point are distinctive and rigid; and because. In civilian life, the to these two principles from general attitude time to time and from place to place, the following pages are devoted In great part to a definition of the attitude of the corps In matters of duty and honor: ft. N DUTY Graduates of West Point have always Inspired and set the standard of duty in the army. That they have been able to do so, is due entirely to the inculcation of a keen sense of duty and to the faithful, conscientious and cheerful performance of every task Imposed upon them while at the academy. Only he who has acquired the habit of discipline, of duty, and of justice can be trusted to act as a leader In a profession which deals with the lives of men. Performance of one's duty Implies far more than mere obedience to the letter of the law. In other walks of life, technicalities and evasive tactics are condoned and even lauded as an Indication of cleverness. In the army where the lives are the price of failure there are no technicalities and an order Is given, a statement received at Its face value. When it becomes a soldier's duty to obey an order. It also becomes his duty to look beneath the surface of that order for its spirit, and In so doing to put his whole being into Its performance. A fearless readiness to assume responsibility and the determination to do. not just the job. but the whole and the best Job are what Is" expected of a West Pointer. Every cadet Is expected to make It his Individual and personal obligation to maintain the highest possible standard of duty and to do everything Jn his power to discountenance and discourage act or spirit which might place a premium on anj th nonperformance of one's duty. HOXOR Honor is the most cherished principle of life; It is the beacon which guides every one during their stay at the military academy and during the career of later life. The fundamental principles of honor, their application to specific acts and problems, and th methods of administering and enforcing these principles and applications, have long been designated by the general term, the "Honor System" Almost all educational institutions have honor systems, varying In severity, efficiency and effectivenesshonor systems by which to a greater or Guard Mount I'l - 1 J feSI&.V.iY have to shine their shoes and make their own beds. Such a program of work and such strict discipline as to conduct soon proves whether or not the cadet has "real stuff' in him. If he hasn't, if his scholarship falls below par, and If, as previously stated, he doesn't keep the rules, out he goes! Neither birth, family, influence nor wealth count at West Point , Of course, to the average American youth, It would seem easy to "beat ihe game" and :o cover so that he would not suffer up his the penalty for It But at West Point "beating the game" is not a popular sport and here Is where the "All Right" comes In. "And so," said Blackle, "yon said It was strange when you thought it wasn't strange!" "From the tone of my voice yon should have known it was said in fun," said Jim. "I suppose so," said Blackle, smiling a foolish smile, "You see spring fever is something which makes people or animals feel Trophy "Point less degree, students consider themselves bound, and which exert a varying degres of influence on the lives of the several institutions. At the peak of the varying scale stands the honor system of the corps, representing the best, the most steadfastly upheld, the most practical and, at once. Ideal system of honor in the world. The basic principles of the honor system are;; s. . . . no lying, no cheating, no Now all of this may sound very much like the type of thing that you will read In any of the student hnndbooks, which are given to members of the freshmen class In any educational institution in the United States. And to the cynical-mindewho have observed the break down of honor systems In various institutions, this statement from "Bugle Notes" may mean nothing more than a similar statement in other such handbooks. But here lies the difference: At West Point honor is a living reality. Go there, as did the writer of this article, and you will quickly realize that fact. It is not because the cadets go about their business with a conscious air of virtue; It Is not that they parade the fact that their honor Is to them the dearest of ail things ; it is not that there Is a visible evidence of a rigid adherence to a code of honor set forth in formal phrases and exemplified by apparent effort But it is a part of their every day ' fe and as such it finds Its phrasing in a single expressive colloquialism. For the heart and soul and watchword of the West Point code of honor is expressed in Just two words "All Right." Cadet life at West Point Is one of rigid discipline, hedged about by many restrictions. The cadet has a certain time for doing a certain thing, he is supposed to be In certain places for certain duties at certain times. If he is not in those places or performing those duties he will receive demerits, those black marks for which be must make amends, usually by doing "punishment tour," which means that he" must spend some of the extra time that he would ordinarily have for leisure, marching at attention on the campus. Enough demerits received for infraction of the rules of the academy m;;y lead to his expulsion. Cadet life is one of Spartan simplicity. Cadets are not allowed to have or receive money; they cannot smoke except In their own rooms; they cannot leave the reservation except at stated times. Christmas leave Is only Issued a year and a half after the cadet first enters. In addition to the four daily drills In Infantry, field artillery, cavalry and coast artillery lessons must be learned: mathematics, from simple algebra through the latest wrinkle in calculus and least squares; philosophy, chemistry, electricity, French and Spanish, English and history. Cadet rooms must be swept out and cleaned by the cadets themselves four time daily and they half-truth- t? I DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY West Point, thy Duty Is to me from the Vestal Hearth a flame That's in this land and o'er the sea Through all the decades still the same. More precious far than fame. As Y West Point, thy Honor Is to me As straight from heav'n the light of life; X To keep me firmly knit to thee, True to my best In peace or strife. I guard It as my life. I West Point, Our Country is to me beloved and fair, The Mother-LanWhose dear vales long have sheltered ma, Whose duties I am proud to share, Whose uniform I wear. James E. Briggs, '18. d, "no half-truths- Another of the guiding principles of the cadet, as set forth in the "Plebes Bible' Is this: "Quibbling, evasive statements, or technicalities In order to shield guilt o." defeat the ends of justice will not be tolerated. The code of the soldier demands courageous and fearless honesty In setting forth the truth, regardless of consequences." So when the cadet answers "all right" it means just exactly that and not a whit less. If the thing he Is doing when that inquiry is made is not all right then he says nothing and accepts the demerit which he has earned. For "cadrts do not make excuses. Explanations citing extenuating circumstances or adequate reasons for failure In the performance of duty may be submitted." But "Offenders of the code, of honor are never granted Immunity." And those rules and this code of honor apply to all from the lowliest plebe to the most outmember of the first class. There is a standing rather widespread popular belief that in most of our educational institutions athletic stars can "get by with anything." But that distinctly is not true at West Point Take the case of Cadet Cagle "Red" Cagle, as you probably have heard of him, the outstanding backfield star of the foot-bai- l team and next year's captain. Last winter Cagle obtained a leave of absence which he spent In New York city. When he returned to the acad emy he was late, through no especial fault of his by a very short time. But was this breach of rules overlooked in the case of this great football star? It most emphatically was not For the next month "Red" Cagle was doing 22 hours of "punishment tour," 22 extra hours marching at attention on the campus. If you will march for an hour at attention you will soon appreciate that 22 hours in a month, or nearly An hour a day extra, is no Joke and least of all would it seem so If you were doing it for what mlj-h- t seem to be a very unimportant reason. Think bark over the number of times you have been late to an and offered as an excuse for tardl your ness an airy "Sorry, old fellow!" and then see how you would feel if you had to pav for It the way "Red" Cagle did for his tardiness But remember that discipline at the milittrv ncademy comes ahead of anything else Four years of such discipline, of such practice in sif restraint by the young men who are 'enrolled there, by their training In scrupulous regard for duty, by their doing the right 1 thing is the right thing, according to the code S cannot but result in making men of high i'.vsicai and mental standard. Those four years have brought a and physique that couldn't very well knowledge be any other place; have given that insight in tin tha few colleges give; have formed and molded a character that neither knows nor c or deceit; have breathed Into It that spTrit of thS corps exemplified by its motto- h Country- - And that the Z and gentleman." when applied' to PoZ? a means exuclly that I Zto SZ uoes not meet serene confident each si Yen Jeffer n.c wit, mrougn It about runner ahead-atmus Congress. delegates m na, ders why she Isn't Uience to getting enoU "How Strange," Said Jim. sick and poorly and as though they didn't want to do anything at all." "That's what I had," screamed Blackle. "I didn't want , to do anything at all. "That was just the way 1 felt" "Yes," said Jim, "it was Just the way I was feeling. "But that was some time ago." "Some time ago," said the Ostrich. "It is summer now. I don't mind the summer. I like the dry heat "I like heat anyway." "Well, I'm not so fond of it," said Jim, "but I do feel better than I did in the spring." Then the Mountain Sheep went back to talk to some other friends and the Ostrich looked around and sometimes grinned and sometimes moved his head from side to side, and all the time looked just as foolish as he could look. He looked as though he had started to smile over something he didn't quite know what and now he didn't know whether he should stop smiling hut decided he wouldn't bother to stop. Oh he was a foolish fellow, was Blackle, the Ostrich. But one thing he had sense enough to feel and that was that it was very foolish to worry over being foolish when that was the way he was. In that way he really had quite a lot of sense, and perhaps wasn't quite so foolish as we think. He chewed a little and a little-- but very, little thought did was very, very, very, very, very In fact hardly any at all. the thinking he lire that only one cure for ous fidgety type who amount of work to do vim 2 wmtu wauuoi oe avoided that 1 form a program and to stick to " The girl who calmly and effidat! does each day what must be done never faced with gigantic problem i of a sudden, it's the nervoM to Amelia type which Is constantly & ing nervous oreakdowns from What always has a case? W A of and r: independei lived from Ish crown, lection be of Greal totally should luring be the k toand Led bli work. lj togethc Amelia rushes throogb om le Bouse to only pause for a good hard mn over what she's going to do a u hat time old black dress when she geti how propositlo day, and She sits puzzling over this probiaj to att and bewailing her lack of nonej k til some precious time has spetM turday. J past and she's horrified to dlscoirf ake It Int that she has not even completed !k d It to a work before her, let alone soltet u which th problem yet waiting for her. pelves, ai That causes more worry and W May, the work she thereupon proceeds to do bet was arg faulty and Inaccurate because mind Is too crowded with doubt fLWngstor and othei worry to permit Its working hat. Thou You see what 1 mean. That kind frail little thins must have a oromj measure of some sort if she's to keep out i Utility he uni sanitariums the rest of ber lite, Otherwise she will spend her m they weri In wnrrrlno In etvor what fihft m hAR to and the time will slip past and m. will find at the end of the day w has twice as much to da time ; the c irred was Eis Inferring the voice It; Luxury of Cattinesi at fits. they damsel a REATHES there D not then mK nerer - soul so dead who bas he earri mured to a bosom gossip, "Now toH i! the iv our on really good (Maryh therewith plunged into nice fa, the J W ty discussion of acquaintances, I not ye mate and distant? Mis!) ci to few gals There are very f fast rl world who won't own up. under p would human dnatural sure, to a perfectly Nerica. friends-an- low-dow- n ever so often, their friends they tin criticize esire, to In find nd unpleasant-e- h the otl to do It thoroughly. Mams, It doesn't seem exactly I of no gen i! practice this little pastime w policy o over uw Rrltair ing air one's neighbors B but honestly It's the most costly we pie afford. lection ; nry any little maiden can d herself The girl who settles I'! Its boi interested n Ut the c comfortably to tell an ence exactly why Dorothy tal -. Deeln should as she's supposed to be- -w wat what an eipen herself-a- nd not, but P a fart For the sake of a few precious over a ments ef hi ns e's o' En- gossip-snable piece of in her own good reputationpendent Nr trm friendship with her hearers. tbi acquiesi Oh. yes, she is! Not W all silently despising her and p ooriv' listen ins na .ior j...iin - wnt that- at ait. -j. more ueiauo, But somewhere Inside hw note: i mental a making catty Anne CAN be darned what s;e0 . chooses. I wonder about me if she got half g a w Of course, that isn't t then with sclous thought all the impression sticks, of distrust Aj and it breeds There aren't many lto crowd young things in the i to will actually refuse ' i tongue-waggin- m g ajg t Jj PUZZLES What fruit is on a cent? tl kituents, There's l Suppose, for instance, that the cadet leaves his room, the barracks or the post, and in doing so he meets a "tac" (a tactical officer). If the "tac" Inquires, "all right?" and the cadet replies "all right!" It most decidedly IS all right that is to say, these two words are a complete explanation of his action, that h's leaving his room, the barracks, or the post is not an infraction of the rules. For, say the rules, "an 'all right,' involves the purpose of a visit, as well as the place. No cadet may report 'all right" when he Is going anywhere for an unauthorized purpose" And here is another and even finer Interpretation of the rule. "If a cadet is asked 'all right?' his answer should refer to the time that the question was asked and not to the moment that the answer was given." So you see a cadet's action which Is not all right one minute may apparently he all right the next minute, but he can not take advantage of the apparent compliance with the rules within that short space of time, for the code of honor of West Point says o"s "tu" with a A date. A door. What Is always in a work basket? ork. What do you seat when you eat? table. What game do the waves play At pitch and toss. at? What has a pipe on its head and, a door on Its face? A stove. Why Is whispering prohibited in so Because it Is not aloud. ciety? What Is It that people can live In hen under water? A submarine. What Is the best weather for hay making? When it rains pitchforks. What would a fellow do when he "as two dates? He would eat them What runs nine months out of the year and is closed the other three? A school. What would you do If you had a u:; r J J on somebody Anne will never receive low-dow- n j open S5 lent rebuff for ber entitles, She will alwoy to with flattering lntrelea But she will confl loyal friend and Is ret gossip how well ber Dor Even the Dumbest that get wise to the fact nJo s 0 itnetinr . mid dirty. uKlu . jm' SUCH iuicici"'e. ,0 will ' B7,Dtere Anne Dorothy, lust the same amountwno on any girl to u data, a sudden dislike. 0 nj even the v f An to give not is careful sue u- -" k h, conversation, . .t. inn story ten"-- ,,( avoids being consi'." unfrl by; Therefore f t. 1r |