Word: snickered
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...never had an honor graduate separated from West Point, Shattuck drills its boys as smartly in the classroom as on the parade ground. Shattuck boys call themselves Shads, their food "garbage," the girls of nearby St. Mary's "saints," the demerits they get (for anything from an unmilitary snicker to an unmade bed) "soaks." Proudest Shads are those who make the Crack Squad of 16 boys, which drills in special uniforms, with the last remaining 1870 Army rifles, and is rated by Army men one of the best pre cision teams...