98 Most of the following duties are still performed today. Plebes traditionally perform the majority of duties within a Cadet Company. Personal mail is now delivered to each cadet's mailbox. Plebes were also required to deliver the daily New York Times and New York Herald Tribune to upperclass rooms each morning. This has been eliminated with the advent of the Internet.
Cadets now read their papers via the net.
The Gunner was required to cut the dessert into ten equal parts for their ten-person table. This frequently presented a challenge if one or more of the cadets at the table did not desire dessert. Plebes quickly learned to develop templates for cutting a pie into 7 or 9 slices. Templates are normally wrapped in saran wrap and kept in the plebe's hats. Bread slices or bread crumbs support the templates to keep them from coming in contact with the dessert.