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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time of the Plebe year is Christmas. While the other classes are on their ten day leave, the Plebe is "at ease." His class runs the Academy during that time. They furnish the acting cadet officers, have hops of their own and are free to wander around the Post. The Plebe always meets young ladies at the Christmas hops, and the social activities of the week are always looked forward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life and Trials of Plebe Set Forth In Story by Cadet Editor of Pointer | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

Many of the customs are in the form of restrictions placed upon the "plebes." There are restrictions in the mess hall, in barracks, and on the campus. In the mess hall a plebe sits at attention while he eats. His eyes may not wander farther than the perimeter of a circle of radius seven inches, whose center is at the center of his plate; and he must see that all of the upperclassmen at his table are properly supplied with food. In barracks a plebe always removes his hat before entering the room of an upperclassman. He is restricted from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEST POINT LIFE HAS ITS QUOTA OF UNIQUE CUSTOMS | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

...always these public services have been rendered with a private distinction which has marked "Evergreen" hospitality. There, a dinner menu elaborately inscribed on a gold-bordered card is set in a little gold holder before each guest, that he may gauge his appetite. And, dinner done, guests may wander through a library where tier on tier of precious old books are the envy of every bibliophile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: To Rome | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...shall wander through the maze...

Author: By D. R. Sr., | Title: THE CRIME | 6/6/1929 | See Source »

...Marine Band now moves into the East Room. The guests may dance or wander about-until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Description | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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