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Graduates of West Point played a great part in the quick termination of the Mexican War. A great number of the officers of the Civil War also were graduates. But war has not been their only field, for they have been prominent in educational, political and civil life. Graduates of this institution have done great service to the whole country and have had large influence in other countries. West Point commands the respect and confidence of the people...
...will play the Juniors, and the Sophomores, the Freshmen in singles on Jarvis Field at 2 o'clock. The doubles will come directly afterwards, at 3.30 o'clock, each team playing three matches and meeting the same class as in the singles. The two teams that win the largest number of matches tomorrow, will meet on Thursday, when the tournament will be completed. Each match will be for the best two sets out of three...
...Holyoke street tonight. The meeting will be open to all undergraduates interested in gymnastics. Coach C. L. Schrader will discuss the plans and outline the work for the year. The prospects for the team are excellent as only one man was lost by graduation, and as there are a number of promising candidates from the Sophomore class. A Freshman team will be organized for the first time this year...
...little influence. In a little more than a century the Military Academy has sent out nearly five thousand graduates, trained in its strict curriculum, who have held and now hold places of trust and responsibility in official and in civil life. No college can show an equal number of alumni with better average records for public service. It is the West Point that trains men not only in engineering and in military science, but also in discipline and the proper discharge of responsibility, that will be described tonight...
...think of no activity in which are combined so many elements of value, for debating involves valuable training in research, in writing, in argument, and in public speaking. The number of men who are taking courses in these very subjects makes futile any argument as to lack of interest in the fundamental principles of debating...