The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-10
Sunlight and Shadow and the Effect
Upon the FashiOnables.
The Season Looking Up and the
Gloom Disappearing.
"--7-" &C
Continuation q the xxaminations- Enei-
nsering, Aineralogy and Geology
g. 1EaneAss 0igossa of-Ths Day
ofDeliveranoe Near at Hand.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR AT REST


the mountains nereabouts tor the past few days.
and occasionally breaking over the valleys
In way that has made summer re-
sort life 30 far utterly uncomfortable, have
at last disappeared, and In their stead
we have clear blue sky and q sweet, balmy air,
worth travelling hundred miles and over to get
Q good breath Of Up to this forenoon, indeed,
It had been the general expectation that West
Point was doomed TO pass the month Of June this
year In darkness and sadness, for 1t seemed that
the more the cadets prayed for good weather-and
they do pray s0metimes-the harder the rain came
down, day after day, and nercer blew the chilly
winds from the mountain tops; and when the rain
storms lulled the drizzles set in, and when the
drizzles died out the sky shrouded itself in deeper
gloom than ever, as If to threaten direr evils STILL
But II is all over now, and the sun has at last won
the fight, and, as ito
MAKE UP FOR LOST TINE,
he has already given us since noon such touch OF
his wrath at being so kept In the background that
even the fever and ague patients who come up here
to find cure have thrown aside their wrappings
and become actually merry, and the pretty girls Of
manageable age, who wouldn't marry II they got
chance or a fortune, you know, and who some
how find greater delight In the glitter OF a brass
button and the dulness Of gray coat than they do
in ordinary broadcloth, are out at last in their
ARREST attire. But this Is not ALL Gloom 1t is true
had Deen universal before and the great corridors
Of Cozzens Hotel had resounded only to the
tramp, tramp Of the idle walters by day.
and the still less idle watchmen at early
eve when watchmen are not supposed to
be indispensable to general happiness; and all on
account Of the rains that persisted In falling and
the clouds that threatened to fall likewise, and
which, by threatening, kept everybody In as ex-
crutiatlng suspense as II they had deluged the
country miles around. The victory OF old Sol over
his enemies has changed all this and even as
write can hear the hubbub OF many strange voices
down stars and
THE BUsTIE AND CONFUSION ~,
incident upon new arrivals; the ncessant callings
for the porters, and the struggling Of the mildly
profane fellows the stairways they pant under
loads OF saratogas heavily laden with Flora McFlim-
sey alone can tell what. To be candid and use q
big modern word at the same time, there has been
q transmogrfcation all round. The season can,
in downright earnest, and nobody or nothing is to
be thanked for it but the suddenly hot weather that
has hustled people out Of the cities, and OF
the attractions and quiet rest West Point offers to
all who come and are heavily laden with the cares
Of metropolitan life, and who come when the noun
waters OF the river way down at their base
glisten like diamonds under the rays OF the sun,
and all nature proclaims "a truce to storm and
tempest"
Although the execrable weather Of the past week
was sufficient to keep the fashionables who are
already here within doors, In heavy clothes and
only their own poutlng to keep them company, and
to prevent others from coming who would other
wise have come long ago, 1t has not been potent
enough to even disturb the regular jog along way
OF the examinations prescribed In general orders
fully week ago by the Grand MOgul in shoulder
straps who rules the academic roost To be sure the
usual outdoor exercises have not been gone through
with as frequently as they would have been had the
weather been fine, for cadet uniforms are not and
they are right glad they are not water proof; yet
the exercises, exclusive OF the examinations, have
veterate ''immortal" in the corps. 1t would GER
tanly be a fine thing II the examinations could be
postponed by the weather the same as a dress
parade, squadron or battalion drill, for then in
deed would
THE DEvoTEEs OF "BoNEpoM,
down among the "fmmOrtas'' pray for the sun to
shine not and heaven to shed tears pentfully, not
only that the earth might be refreshed, but that
days and weeks spent in ldeness since January last
might be retrieved by hard study, and the fate of
the "fesstive cusses be pushed aside triumph
emily When wrote my last letter the graduates
had been taken hold OF In the engineering branch
OF their studies, and four five sections had been
disposed OF for good or bad. Since then the ex-
well as that In mineraogy and geology In giving
the subjects on which each cadet was examined in
Dma not DC taken for granted that
kind OF tray or the same kind Of specimens. In
fact almost each cadet who was given tray had to
subjects than his fellows. The walters at the
hotels you know, often have "trays Of speci-
there is mo- ap
why the geological branch Of the graduates ratio
studtoism should be less susceptible Of variety
particularly as In the present case 1t deals equally
with hards and softs. The subject which seemed
to be the most intelligently understood was the
cadets have not, during the past year, been com
PEELED to study any history Of "Black friday as
reliable authority the worthy philosopher q
he would have gone into OBSTACLES the way one
Of the cadets enthusiastically took up the subject Of
calculation Of the subject, however, Horace might
have been troubled little and been made painfully
pensve over his theories Of deep plougking, sol
think 1t is just well after ALL that he was not on
hand on the occasion.
The following are the last two sections examined
In engineering and the sections OF the entire class
in mineralogy and geology and the subjects each
cadet was examined on:-
RNGINEERING-PIrTH SECTION.
]. Hanna-Approach and parallel, by flying sap.
2. Allen, niagara suspension bridge.
sions So of yoass So Of grained arch. u' 0en
T. Woodbury.-Vaubans first method Of fortiaca-
ton.
g. worden-strains on q rectangular beam,
fastened at one extremity, supported at the other
BY vertical wall, and acted on by weight at
middle point.
g. Brown, q. L. R-Three classes OF field works.
Wygant-Direct denement Of permanent
s. Wetmore-Mintary dispositions at battle Of
O. James-Plan and section through axis Of en-
brasure ola field work.
SIXTH SECTION.
Reap-Plan and profile OF an opening In the
gorge of work closed by o traverse.
Mier-HorizOntal full centre arch.
Jones--Analysis and construction OF the demi
line.
Sutherly-Same OF the covered way.
DavenpOrt-Battfe OF Zama.
Hall--Campaign OF 1905.
LandOn-Mitary mining.
LOw-C0nducting the retreat OF an army.
MINERALOGY-FIRsT SECTION.
Blrnie-Tray OF specimens
Carr-Law OF distribution OF gold.
s-Agricultural geology.
MoOre--Tray Of specimens.