Cadet Life at West Point

by Hugh T. Reed

This is the message that evermore,

While endlessly stretches the firm gray line,

Each son hears whispered anew by the Corps,

“Your life no longer is wholly thine.

Your utmost strength and your fullest meed

Of service is pledged as the Nation’s right

And all through life’s battle, this be your creed

And watchword forever—Fight! Fight! Fight!”

While most of the contests in which a cadet (i. e., the army) team takes part are played at West Point, some of them are played on other grounds—notably the annual football game with the Annapolis (i. e., the Navy) team—it is played on Franklin Field at Philadelphia, Penn., and it is an event of the year for Washington officials and society folks from near and from far.