Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-07-04

phrase we'll, for 1t has more meaning than appears
from casual reading of It, and what that mean
ing Is you will come to understand little better
further along.
On July there will arrive at the academy some
AGO young who from every part of
the United States and from every level of the
diversified society which characterizes such
democracy the United States Of America For
these newcomers are the raw material from which
the Officers and gentlemen Of four years hence
are made. During the two months Immediately
following their admission TO the academy they
will spend In an intensive military training he
fore they are officially accepted into the United
States corps Of cadets This period the most rigid
and exactins of the entire four years at West
Point will be spent under group of selected in.
structars from the first class known as The Beast
Detail supervised by officers If the tactical de.
partnent of The academy For these newcomers
In "kaydet stang" are the beasts And II
fs not until the termination Of beast barracks"
followed by hike of about weeks duration
that these members, now known as 'plehes' are
absorbed into The corps as the fourth class and
take IN their new academic duties the first week
In September
The motto Of the United States Military acad
envy is DUTY. Honor, Country During the pre-.
Iimnary training Of the newcomers this summer
of the first things they will learn is the
real meaning back of that MOTTO Here Is that
meaning as II is interpreted In .Bugle Notes."
the little handbook which the "kaydets' call the
"plehes Bible"
The motto OF the corps. the standard by which
every cadet regulates his personal life Is DUTY,
Honor. Country" Country" needs definition.
Our Country right wrong" Is the patriots
slogan throughout the nation. But the standards
of DUTY" and Honor at West Point are distnc-
tive and rigid; and because. IN civilian life the
general attitude to these two principles from
time 10 time and from place to place. the following
pages are devoted In great part TO definition Of
the attitude Of the corps in matters OF duty and
honor:
DUTY
Graduates Of West Point have always inspired
and the standard OF duty in the army. That
they have been able to do so, is due entreyto the
fncuication of a keen OF duty and No the
faithful. conscientious and cheerful performance
or every task imposed upon them while at the acad-
only he VINO has acquired the habit OF dis
cipiine. Of duty and Of justice can he trusted to
act as leader IN profession which deals with
the lives of men.
Performance Of ones duty implies far more than
obedience To the letter OF the law. IN Other
walks of life technicaiites and evasve tackles
cnndoned and even anded as an indication OF
cleveriess In the army where the lives are the
price of failure there technicaitiea and an
order is given, statement received at its face
value. When ii becomes q soldiers duty to obey
order. Ii also becomes his duty to look be-
meath the surface of that order for its spirit and
In doing to put his whole being into It's per-
formance fearless readiness to assume respon-
nibility and the determination to do. just the
Job but the whole and the best Job what Is
expected OF West Pointer.
Every cadet is expected to make It his ndivid.
u2I and personal obligation to maintain the high
possible standard Of duty and to do everything
In his power to discountenance and discourage an,
act spirit which might place premium the
nonperformanca OF ones duty.
HONOR
Homer the most cherished principle OF life:
It the beacon which guides every during
thefr stay at the military academy and during the
career Of later life
Tie. fundamental principles OF honor. their Hp-
piIcafons to specific acts and problems. and the
methods Of administering and enforcing these
principles and applications have long been desip
mated by the general term, the Honor System
Almost all educational INSTITUTIONS have honor
systems varying in severity, efficiency and erec-
Gveness-honor systems Ky which to greater or