The New York herald., 1865-06-23
THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
Our West Point Correspondence.

Our West Point Correspondence.
WEST POINT, June q, 1896.
Tame, dull and monotonous will continue the daily
programme here until the period Of going into camp,
when an improved change will come over the spirit Of
things generally. Then there will be class added
to the corps Of Cadets filling the vacancy caused by tho
departure Of the graduating Glass; then there will be
examinations hostile professional and pacidty
Of cadet brows; then there will be studying; then
there will be hops three evenings week, and stros in
the shaded walks by day and talks by moonlight and
music and hronging crowds and all the commingedgay
ETY. OF youth, beauty, fans and crnolne Two days
more ii is supposed will finish the examination Of the
lower classes another two days will sufficiently develop
the intellectual requirements Of the Pebes and deter
mine who shall be admitted and who rejected and then
will 60 up the summers camp which, when it has gone
up, Il will be time TO describe
THk EXAMINATIONS OF THE LOWER CLASSIC
II hardly possible to add anything to what have
already written about the examinations II Is unveY
sally conceded that more satisfactory examination has
not been passed for years This statement has reference
10 a the classes Each student has shown disposition
to reflect tho highest credit the institution and make
70 this BY this mean TO say that the rivalry has been
hightoned, manly and generous The first class to-day
finished mathematics The second class finished chemis-
try and have entered on infantry tactics The third
Class is being examined in French
Talk about the drilling our new soldiers used to get,
II was nothing TO the drilling candidates for admission
into the next class are receiving All have been fitted
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