Word: classing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Women cadets did not do as well at military science (tactics) and engineering as the men, but did somewhat better in the humanities and social sciences. At graduation, there will be only one wom an (Rhodes Scholar-elect Andrea Hollen) in the top 5% of the class, along with 43 men. Yet in some ways female members of the Class of '80 have entirely won the hearts and minds of some male cadets-and vice versa. Soon after graduation 30 of the 62 graduating women will marry cadets or recent West Pointers. The Cadet Chapel is scheduled for weddings...
...Class of '80 women have applied for combat-role assignments and been turned down. They are permitted "combat related" assignments, including air defense and artillery. Like all West Point graduates, they are permitted to express a personal choice but will serve wherever the luck of the draw, the needs of the nation, or the will of the Army puts them. This year for the first time, however, the Department of the Army is trying to work out "joint domicile" assignments for newly married West Pointers, which means that many women and their husbands will wind up serving with...
...male cadet seems deadly serious as he pulls the reporter aside for a private conversation: "The guys in my class are dreading graduation." He speaks earnestly of the sense of loss brought about by the arrival of the women. "We've written to ask President Carter, who's been invited to our graduation, not to play up the woman issue," he continues. "After all, it's our graduation...
West Point cadets started the practice of wearing gold class rings in 1835. But in recent years, high school and college students around the country have exchanged such rings as a symbol of "going steady." Now the price of the precious yellow metal is killing that golden tradition. Only about 40% of the estimated 2.5 million class rings expected to be sold this year will be gold. With the price of men's college rings at $200 or more, and women's at about $135, thrifty young lovers are turning to cheaper sentiment-stainless-steel rings, costing...
Last year, when the price of gold skyrocketed, leading class-ring companies were ready with nickel, chrome and stainless-steel substitutes. In an attempt to retain some glamour, manufacturers have given the alloys exotic trade names like Ultrium and Siladium. Salesmen now proudly point out that the gold substitutes resist tarnish or dents and will not leave rings around the finger. Says R. Lyman Wood, group vice president of Lenox Inc., an industry leader: "You can drop it or step on it. You can even wear it playing football...