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Show General Sherman at SchotU. A man who was well acquainted with General Sherman the other day said : "The things that General Sherman seemed lo have excelled in in later lifo were thoso in which ho was tlte most deficient while at West Point During Dur-ing tlie time he was n cadet he never was selected as a cadet officer or even a non-commissioned olllcer, ns he was never deemed soldierly enough. "As to the general's standing in his class when ho graduated he was seventh in engineering, seventh in ethics, fourth in minerology and geology, twelfth in infantry tactics, eighth in artillery tactics tac-tics and in deportment ho ranked 210 out of a cUlss of 2:io. Now the idea that a good scholar will not make a good commanding officer is disproved in this case. Had it not been for the general's low average in conduct he would havo in nil probability been a slar scholar; that is, he would have had a star affixed to his name, as the first five men are given this honor. The general's low grade was not due to bad conduct, but to his unsoldierly appearance." appear-ance." Philadelphia Press. |