New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-05
CADETS ON THg RACK.
cLMrsEs OF ExAMHArIos pAY AT wrsr
POINT.
PHASES OF IT'S TorTraEs-rmr CADET nxpony
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or
gNUNCIATIol

West Point n ", June 4.-TAe Point wa n -
seen st It's best to-day. "swept and gsruishsd. 4
always Is, but now the waters seem TO bars wass.x
the very leaves Of the spreading Gins ana the sus
TO have como out on purpose to cast pietu.rsop.
shadows and establish Hcooi harborss All IN Aosos
Of the OCCASION For the Exams Is on, and a, Ws.s
Point as at all institutions Of learning nowadsya m
In greater degree here than elsewhere. The a..
animation Ia the very crown aud glory Of the academic
year. Certainly one would not ask for a,es
sight, nor for finer day on which to SEQ II
Tho Board Of Visitors are here Of course, to hs,,
and see tie examination and TO make their animal In
spectton twelve gentlemen appointed for the occs
sion seven by The President Of the United States tso
by the President Of the Senate and three BY ~ &
Speaker of the House Of Representatives This ysss
rather curously, they happen b represent all psss
Of the country west of the Aeghsnaes and south Of As
Potomac. 10, that s not quite exact for seatie.
man ia from Washington, D. G. 1t Is strong bossd.
too. General Lew Wallace is the president, snd ~
Rev. Dr. Arthur Edwards, Of Chicago, the secrenwy.
Senator Daniels OF Virginia. IS notable member q,
In . different direction, is Captain Charles King he
board has divided itself a. usual into committees b
look aftg each Of tho many interests with which -
report win have to deal, including the exazninases
ITSELF which General Wallace appeared to b folova
to-day with great interest %
The examination Is simultaneously conducted b
the Academic Board, organized for the occasion Into
two committees of equal rank and authority, Masn
rs the First and Second Committees.
To-day the nrst committee took the nrst clsss b
engineering while the second committee had the
second class in chemistry, mnersogy and geology end
the thisd class In French toraD, preceded By O
written examination Also Of the latter class
OF the written examinations there would be lntis
10 say, even II the papers were 70 be seen by aay
one save the professors and cadets nmcdistsly
ecrned all written exams must be pretty much
alike. But the oral examination, a. here coneacs<
for years past is peculiar 10 the Military AeadcnT
and may bear word more. Take the nrst eiAss,
for instance, in engineering, apparently including
the whole science of war Nine blackboards stood
In a semi-cIrce before the five professors, and the
small and attentive audience, including, II you please
the heroine OF tho spoOny button. One BY one the cadets
were called up from the benches where their section
was seated only section Of the class, say tsn
cadets attends At timeI Advancing 10 the professors
table each cadet receives slip Of paper on which
written tho question problem he has to answer DC
Illustrate He then goes to the blackboadthree ara
usuaIiy going at onee--and works out the heads or
syllabus Of his topic drawing carefully and clearly
such diagrams as its nature requires. "hen TINS "
DONE he resumes bis seat and waits TO De called on
for his demonstration. These this morning were N
reality little essays, we'll thought out wel ana clearly
exnrcssed anil withal spoken u1pplngp On ne
tonnes Here was tho whole science OF VAL IN hye
h,nuS SS bv ~, Say. rcverberaton from the wsih
tSat NOW and hen suggested the old House q Repre-
S Soam,S for msiormed ssasry There we o.
stance the battle Of Gravel0tte US sIaegy, t ~
and even It's ,Spof fSe eSSnstc ton and use q ha
defences explained and illustrated csPrStsy "
smpes from 1o our Of o~ sT sSa the the attack and
ryrn poSition; the nature and relative AdySatag1
S Sf Ssts az aPf Al the qSssos
iected occasionally, were promptly anu :, ,ssins2
answered not one had to De repesSsa t Sr si
thn taltI IA a
tention. .., go. .o,.uv ,ho.oueh
and eomslly satisfactory. The cadet faced tne oon
mittee his tls cabinet Of Specimens, ms ,,nSs,wsn,
measures and ties; t1es before hn0, sma n en-
sineerinc LIKE him. again, he stood II wei: an IN,
NEST interesting demonstration, pTnp ,oniSations
but whoa il came TO French. three sSnEs xs,s
,otcaable. bad ennncistion, bs1 pronnnc nuos
Of Tho Frcpch. phenomenally bad IN one 1890 Sss1
and hat being said 1,T rcasins % Esaaeia
lion and pronunciation come hero Tom al s h nave
the United states and C on rsy,sISs them !. was
made an and sststaStory 70 observe that transisto
means the rendition nS % an 9as 0s 80 web done
nv The Young gentleman who called DUG -.
and pronouneed the oatis 81 'ens sra a. 10 ,nducs
s srmpsthstc hope that the committee shsS , rs
oars 10 FAULT that seem TO be inhereh' hs aesSem
ana AZ matters stand beyond the reach Oh inc
fine cavalry drn in the schools OF the company
| and battalion ended the days e2ercres'
| COMMANDMENTS AT SCHOOLS AND coLthe1
Oxford. Penn, June 4 speciaD The annual ootn,
,Dsncemeut exercises Of Lincoln University were hee
today. The graduating class consists OF seVen'e.a
Young colored men, eight of whom are from No'N
| Carolina. The Junior contestants were W. d. AAc
| shall, F.. A. Houston. +. ID. llldon' NJ ~.
| n A dillingham; l. y. Porter. Duty won tee nrs'
Dt,c 1Ildon tine second Houston aud Porter honer'
abio mention james L. Curtis deiivered a We
kaFle
1tLs speSkers at the close Of the orsuons py my
gsdpses were the Rey Dr. T. sasSSsa IS'
4" rrirrcson lime 4.-The closing exercises OF ne
Lswrencevlic school for BOYS soos place ~ Ssy
iarsSv A. PrIncebon this fall The Rev, W NJ Tsyof.
! OF New.York, delivered IN eloquent sddress' s'o'
| which the large class received their oipi0"~S'
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