Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-04

v~aricate. A man finds himself reported
II he doesn't tell the straight truth.
Then he gets to telling the truth be-
cause he is punished II he doesn't, and
finally a lie becomes so hateful that the
cadets of their own accord scorn and
ostracize a man who habituallY bubbles
with the truth.
The first year is a hard one for boys
who are without habits Of application.
Happily for the green class, they go
into camp on the plain at West Point
shortly after their entrance, and in
camp Of course they are allowed more
privileges. All cadets get out Of bed at
5 o'clock, whether In camp or In cadet
quarters. They have to fold up their
bedding according TO rule, arrange
every article by rule, brush mp their
own rooms, and it doesn't make any
difference whether the boy is heir to
IS, 600, 600 or whether he is the son OF q
stonemason, he obeys the rules and
tends to his own rooms.
No cadet Is allowed to have any mon
ey to spend unless his people have de-
posted 500 for his outfit. Forty-hye
dollars are allowed every cadet each
month to cover his expense, his board
and clothes. He is required, however,
to buy everything at the commissary
department, where everything that Is
supposed to be necessary TO the cadet
during his four years is kept. If he Is
In debt to the academy, as he generally
Is, and is seen spending money, he is
reported and marked for 10. Cadets
are not allowed in officers houses
or to visit any but cadets quarters er-
cept on Saturday and Sunday. They
can only have such articles in their
rooms as the regulations permit. No
trunks are included In this list Of ar
tlcles, and the only time during the
week that q boy is allowed TO see his
trunk is on Sunday morning, when, II
the authorities are favorably disposed,
he is allowed to go TO the trunk-room.
Everything is done by rule. but the
boys seem happy and thrive on IL.
The visiting board makes its annual
inspection the first week Ia June, which
ia a great month in the cadet calendar.
For 10 days the first class while they are
graduating are heroes. At m~idnighton
June IL the second class men become
FIRST class. and then they are the great
men OF West Point. The third class is
bigger than II was five minutes before
the expiration Of June II, and the poor
fourth class sheds it's title Of 'plebe,p
becomes a "yearling" and is now eligible
for introduction TO all the girls, upon
whom up to that time they have not
been eVen privileged to look. After
graduation the graduates take the first
ferry boat, and the faculty takes q vaca-
ton for two months. while the third
class, which is the iurlough class, goes
home.
Ii is not the intention Of West Point
to turn out graduates who can handle
situations with book learning or what
thew have been taught 20 do like par
rots in just that case. The whole end
and aim OF West Point is to ground
young men in all the principles Of mod
ern warfare and tecch them TO reason
for themselves so that they can apply
principles to situations.
MRL- MCGUIRE.
Our American belIes-our American
bellies
How sweet is the story their beauty tells
They are wise bellies, too, for il is their
won't
To use every day their SOZODONT,
Which sweeteas breath n keeps teeth
well,
No woader were proud Of onr American