Word: cadet
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...real shock," said Roy Etnyre, athletic director of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill. "It's like somebody dying," murmured Seattle Lawyer Archie Greenlee. They had a right to be shocked: both men are parents of cadets who were suddenly dropped from the roster of the U.S. Air Force Academy last week in the wake of the widening, deepening stolen-exam scandal. At Colorado Springs, academy officials sealed off the grounds as tightly as a SAC base on alert, while special investigators from Washington grilled an estimated 700 members of the 2,500-strong cadet wing...
...pressured tempo of a relatively new institution still on shakedown maneuvers. Academy exams, like those at approximately one-fifth of the nation's colleges, are conducted on the honor system, without proctors. At Colorado Springs, students may take the same tests days apart. As potential officers and gentlemen, cadets are expected not to cheat. Those who fail to report a cribber are subject to the same stiff punishment (expulsion) as the cheater himself.* The cadet manual warns that "there will be no shading, no equivocation, no quibbling among honorable...
...cadet's code is far harsher than rules at civilian schools, explains Brigadier General Robert F. McDermott, dean of the faculty, "because if our cadets were to cheat and carry this attitude into the service, the consequences could be a tragedy of national or international scope." But the life of Air Force cadets, most of whom were academically tops in high school, is harder in other respects as well. Many carry 146 credit hours, compared with the 120 hours required by most state universities, are encouraged while undergraduates to take extra courses leading toward a master's degree...
...against the weak Cadet defense, the Crimson might be able to get some-thing going. Ron Butterfield, an all-East second-team defenseman last year, can't carry the entire Army defense by himself. His three companions are all untested sophomores, as are the two Cadet goalies...
Corris, in fact, may hold the key to victory in the individual medley where he will be supported by Henry Frye. Frye upset Army's Paul Bucha last year, but Bucha, the Cadet's captain, has supposedly improved and the race will doubtless be close. The backstroke will also be close, where sophomore Tony Fingleton and junior A1 Lincoln, winner against Springfield, meet strong competition in Cadets Gatsey and O'Hara...