The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-19
THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
The Annual Hop Of tho Graduating
Class at West Point.
THE EXCITEMENT AMONG THE CADETS.
Their Songs and Legends and
"reminiscences.
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THE GRADUATING CLASS.
q Brooklyn Cadet Stands First
In the List.
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The Annual Sermon to the
Graduates,
&C., &C., &c.
THE GRADUATING CLASS.
q Brooklyn Cadet Stands First
In the List.

Our West Point Correspondence
WEST Ponr, June II, 1865.
Altogether this has been the most exciting day Of the
season TO the graduating class the exciting ordeal Of
their examination period nothing 10 It, The younger
classes whose examinations have gone usual before
the Board Of Visitors have paraken of the general
element and many very simple questions have been
very lamey answered in consequence Military officers
on duty here military VISITORS staid professors and the
whole range of outsiders old and young, and fair and
ugly have yielded the endemical influence. General
Grants vist-much all respect and honor the hero
chietan Of all our grand armiesstirred the blood moth
Ing like as it has been stirred to-day.
0What lmeans all this exctementsn heard . new
conner ask resident ofhcer.
sAnnua hop on the brain,' was the laconic answer.
This Ave words Of response briefly recites fact capa
BILE of elongaton into an indefinite number OF para
graphs All the days talk has been Of the hop. All the
days labor has been with view to the hop All this talk
put into print would run pages than the long
est drawn out German novel, All this labor cataogued
would be like spring book sales catalogue Of New York
will not undertake to give the one or make duplicate
of the other Meantime there are other events occurring
in the day. and new facts gathered from renewed sros
over the grounds and buildings requiring mention, and
10 will leave the hop till the music Of the dance begins
LOOKING THROUGH THE RARRAcks.
On drill at the evening dress parade, in their stros
over the graveed walks and along the porcoes Of the
hotels tho cadets II somewhat fictitious advan
age their coats always buttoned closely 70 the
chin their pants scrupuously white, their boots or
shoes, a. tho may be- neatly polished and their
make up is In the highest style Of military
neatness and elegance Here they duty, 30 TO
speak, their dignity and good behaviour 1t Is IN the
barracks In their rooms, the cadets are really SEEM and
only here can and just insight into their stu
dent life be obtained There Is no lack OF dignity and
good behaviour at any tme i is TO be presumed but one
here learn their ways Here they talk free and are
free Here they study and here they have their golden
hours of reaxation and amid smoking wrea&hs OF KILL
kinick, laugh and joke and sing.
THEIR SONGS AND LB0ENDs.
They have their own poets and sing their own
these songs to-day They would mako volume
Tom Moore and Burns, and our own Norris and
Holmes have written better songs, measured by the
Judge them. I have thought on this hot sultry
day, while everybody else Is 30 busy about
the hop, could not not do better than give some
rough verses from Of their songs "Benny Havcns
oh % Ia the popular Of all these academca melo
dies This Benny through selling bbuants and veses
the cadets laid the basis Of his poetic celebrity He
ostracsed from the Point proper and kept contra
band place in the vicinity Of Buttermilk Falls There
twenty three in the song give only the two
concluding ones, composed oy member OF tho present
class nearly three years ago.
Il rings upon our startled ears Union more"
But here's gores yet to come three cheers before we
with three more for the Stars and Stripes and Benny
Ravens, oh!
And amid the battle shock banner eer shall trail,
And hearts that beat beneath its folds shall faint or
basely fail, -
Then may some son OF Bennyg, with quick aVenging
Lt up the nag We loved so well at Benny Ravens, OIL
Next comes song that said to often bring out vocal
powers Of the whole class