Cadets are encouraged to be patriotic, and they always celebrate Fourth of July. This year, as the Fourth fell on Sunday, the exercises were held on the next day.
Note 1. At my time hazing, or deviling, consisted of little more than harmless badgering, which had the effect of reducing a possibly conceited or bumptuous youth to a frame of mind more consistent with the requirements of military discipline. In time, however, it developed into practices which it was deemed advisable to discontinue, and hazing has entirely disappeared from the Academy.
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.
July 5th, 1869.
President,
| Cadet E. E. Wood | Pennsylvania |
Marshal of the Day,
| Cadet J. Rockwell | New York |
PROGRAMME.