West Point

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Dedicated to
THE UNITED STATES CORPS
      OF CADETS
Men of The Long Grey Line,
where Grant, Lee and Pershing
once stood....heirs to glorious
tradition
  THE PRIDE OF AMERICA!

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Late in June, candidates
arrive from every state
in the Union....Alaska....
the Philippines....the Army
and National Guard -

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"Dockin' at West Point
  in ten minutes!"

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"Wire the Academy that
General Nuisance is
arriving! Have a flock
of Colonels meet me!"

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"From now on West Point
is going to amount to
    something!"

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"I wonder if Cadets wear
corsets to get that military
         shape."

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"Candidates for West 
Point....line up here!"

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"Pay close attention!
Answer all questions 
in English....or its
    equivalent!"

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"What's your name?"

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"Ben Bolt!"

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"I remember your sister
        Alice!"

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"T-T-T-T-T-Tex
M-M-M-M-M-Mc
N-N-N-N-N-Neil!"

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It's a good thing your
name's not Phillip
 Pfeffenflinger!"

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"Samuel Rosenberg."

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"Ah! An eskimo!"

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"Michael O'Day....thank
         you."

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"Don't thank me! I had
nothing to do with it!"

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"Open mouths....for
tooth inspection!"

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"You've fallen arches!
I'll put you in the
   archery class!"

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"Is that all your own 
       mouth?"

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"You have dandruff, haven't 
          you?"

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"Better sew that up 
before it spreads!"

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"All who want to become 
Generals....raise your
      hands!"

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"Now....sit up and beg!"

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"My name's Brice Wayne....
old man Wayne's smartest
        boy!"

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"Pardon me, gentlemen....
I feel my weak moment 
    coming on."

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"Whom have I the honor
   of thanking?"

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"My name is Betty
    Channing."

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"Betty Channing? What
a beautiful name, my
      child."

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"Lumbago leaves one
 so helpless -"

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"Gee, but you're beautiful!"

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"You're not blind!"

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"Oh, no! I'm the original
    little see-saw!"

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"Major Mullens!"

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"Wayne's the name....
   Brice Wayne."

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"We just had a little
love spat. You know
  how women are."

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"This fresh young person
is a stranger to me! I
don't know him from 
      Adam!"

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"Why, Betty Channing...
you do so! Adam had
     an apple!"

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"She'll get over it when
she sees me in a Cadet
        suit."

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"So you aspire to a 
career in the Army?"

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"Oh, no! I'm just going 
to study a little war....
in case I ever get 
    married."

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"Baggage checks, please!"

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"Mammy!"

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Betty Channing's mother
owned the West Point
      Hotel.

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"I came back from 
furlough just to see
   you, Betty."

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"Watch the old master....
and learn how I take
     them away."

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"When I go get the babies,
Believe me, they stay got!
Compared to me Mark Antony
Was not so very hot!"

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"I'm canned heat to the
	Mommas,
No matter where I rove!
Once I made an Eskimo
Throw away her stove!"

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"MAMMY!"

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"Maybe I can rip off a
few ditties for you and
   the General."

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"Mr. Wayne....meet mr.
      Sperry."

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"What'll it be....The Coughing
Sonata from Camille, or The
Flea Song from Tales of
        Hoffman?"

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"My first number will be that
little Spanish song entitled....
Who put Fido's biscuits in
  Father's hot tamale?"

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"I had a gal in Chili!
One of those Andes queens!
She didn't know her onions,
But she knew her Chili beans!"

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"Mr. Sperry is not permitted
to stay at the post because 
   he's on furlough!"

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"Good-bye, forever!
    Good-bye, forever!"

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"I think you are very 
    discourteous!"

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"A sweet Parisian Mammy
Who lived on Rue d'Barr;
She loved me so, she gave
	to me,
Her little Oo! La! La!"

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"MAMMY!"

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"You're a peach, Betty!
I'm awfully glad you 
     met me!"

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"MOTHER!"

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"Come on....I promise
we won't run out of
gas....no flat tires....
   no detours!"

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"I think I've made a 
mistake, Mr. Wayne."

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"This is a private war,
Soldier! Nobody invited
     the Army!"

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"Gosh, I wish you hadn't 
  punched Chase. He
just lost his entrance 
     fee, too."

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"Serves him right for
     butting in!"

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"How much did he lose?"

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"All his entrance fee....
two hundred and fifty
     dollars."

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"If you tell him where that 
money came from....I'll
   wring your neck!"

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The next day was July
First....the morning on
which all candidates must
report. And at 5:49 1/2 A.M.,
        all's well -

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"Hurry up, Brice! Let's
be among the first to 
     report!"

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"You'll teach these guys 
bad habits....expecting 
    us on time."

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"Look, Brice! I think that's
  a statue of Kosciusko!"

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"I remember him! That's
the wrestler who threw
      Zybyscko!"

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"Greetings, Corporal!
How's the old kid?"

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"You've got a nice joint 
   here....I like it!"

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"That makes us very
      happy."

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"My boy-friend is scared
  of army officers -"

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"- but I'm wise that it's 
all the bunk! Get me?"

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"From now on if we
want any favors....
  we're a cinch!"

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"Say, Boy Scout....where'll
  I find the reception
      committee?"

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"You'd make a swell
looking carriage starter
   at a cafeteria."

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"I'd like to put a bee in 
     his union-suit!"

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"How are you, Mr. West
....how's your Point?"

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"Drop those bags!"

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"Pick 'em up!"

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"Unbuckle those golf trou,
    Mr. Dumbguard!"

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"Pick up those bags!
   Snap it up!"

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"If I unbuckle my trousers
    I'll catch cold!"

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"Do what you're told, Mister!"
And when addressing officers
and upper classmen....use
          SIR!"

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"Wipe that smile off 
     your face!"

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"Mr. Wayne, fall out!
Put your baggage in 
room seventeen thirty-
        one."

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"Pardon me, young
     feller -"

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"Pardon me....Sir! I'd like
an outside room with a
southern exposure -"

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"It was great of you to 
fix it so we can room 
     together."

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"That's all right....don't
      mention it!"

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"Attention-n-n-n!!
New Cadets turn 
out immediately!"

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"Hereafter we'll take 
our time doing things!
  Let him squawk!"

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"I'll show those birds
they can't scare me!"

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"Why didn't you salute
        me?"

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"I thought you were 
 still mad at me."

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"Now....salute!"

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"Why don't you pick on 
somebody your size?"

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"Right....face!"

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9:30 P.M. --
    TAPS.

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"All in?"

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"All in? Hell....I'm
      dead!"

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Then begin the weeks of
hard training which fit
the 'Plebes' for their
 places in the Corps.

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"Gee, Brice! Isn't this
       great?"

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"Great? I think it's a
    lot of bunk!"

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October.

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"Hey, Plebe, toss that
      ball back!"

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"That's nothing! I used to
drop-kick watermelons
over the Brooklyn Bridge."

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"You know, I think you
could be nice....if you 
     wanted to."

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"Why, Baby, I'm probably 
the nicest fellow you've
      ever met."

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"And you're the cutest girl 
I know....so that makes
everything hotsy-totsy!"

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"Why aren't you out 
  on the field?"

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"I'm too valuable a player,
sir....to take chances of being
hurt in that preliminary stuff."

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"Get in at right half!
  We'll soon see how 
    good you are!"

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"Come on, Plebes! Let's
show this Big Team
how to play the game."

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"Look out for me, Mr.
Sperry! I'm death to
      Romeos!"

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"Let me take it around 
      his end."

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"Plebe's ball!"

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"Nice run, Wayne."

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"I really ought to carry
anchors when I play....
to give the boys a 
     chance."

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"What do you think of 
  that demon Plebe?

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"He'll be sweet material
next year....if he's still
able to get his head in
      a helmet."

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JUNE AGAIN -
The long, long Plebe year
is over....and the former
"Mr. Dumbguards" move
into summer camps as
   "Yearlings".

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"Three more years of 
this and we ought to
be a couple of good
     valets!"

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"They must bottle the 
breeze around here and 
save it for Generals!"

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"Mount!"

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"Left by twos....trot!
      March!"

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"What are you waiting 
for....a pillow and a
    blanket?"

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"I've had enough of your 
comedy! Cut it out!"

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Band Concert.

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"That guy Sperry is getting
    terribly annoying."

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"I'm terribly keen for
you, Betty... but I guess
that isn't much of a 
      secret."

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"I didn't mean to fuss
you, Betty. I'll wait for
your answer....as long
as you want me to."

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"I just couldn't go away
  and leave him here
      with you."

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"I'm crazy about you,
       Betty!"

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"And you're crazy about 
  me, too! You can't 
      deny it!"

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"It's going to be awful 
sad for that Navy team
next Saturday....if I
   keep my health."

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"You've been trying to 
give papa the go-by....
   haven't you?"

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"You have no respect for
anybody or anything....
     have you?"

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"Well, I respect the Navy....
but I'm not afraid of 'em."

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"I didn't expect you to 
understand. We have
nothing in common,
   Mr. Wayne!"

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"Is that the open gate 
      for me?"

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"The next time you're late....
you'll find yourself on the
       scrubs!"

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"Lose me....just before
the Navy game? Don't
      be sil!"

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"On the bench....until
that nasty temper of 
  yours cools off!"

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"My name's Shaw ....of 
  the Evening News."

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"How come you're on
    the bench?"

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"It's a lot of jealousy
    and favoritism!"

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"The press is interviewing me,
  my boy! Don't annoy me!"

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"Are you responsible
   for this story?"

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"What of it? It's the truth....
     and you know it!"

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"Wayne, you haven't 
got the spirit of the 
      Corps!"

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"To hell with the Corps!"

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"- and he said....'to
hell with the Corps'!"

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"You handled Wayne perfectly
right! If ever a player means
more than the Corps' honor...
  we'll abolish football!"

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"Brice, you didn't mean 
what you said about 
    the Corps?"

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"I meant every word of it....
     and then some!"

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"Don't say that! Don't
you realize you've got 
   to apologize?"

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"But, Brice....think what
will happen if the Honor
Committee takes it up!"

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"They'll silence you!"

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"That means you'll be 
shunned! No West 
Pointer will even speak
to you....as long as you
        live!"

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"Shut up! I won't 
   apologize!"

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"You've got to! That's 
the spirit of the Corps!"

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"The Honor Committee is
meeting tonight to consider
  silencing Wayne!"

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"And I hope he gets 
     it, too!"

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"You should be the last 
one to hope that....if it
weren't for Brice Wayne
you wouldn't be here!"

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"He's the one who paid
 your entrance fee!"

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"I'm going before the 
  Honor Committee!"

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"Please don't condemn 
Wayne, fellows! Of you
knew him like I do....
you'd understand he 
didn't mean what he 
      said!"

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"He brags about the bad 
things he does...but you
never hear him talk
about the good ones!"

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"Wayne's made of the 
stuff that the Army 
needs! Don't ruin his
career, fellows! Help
        him!"

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"I'll bring him here to 
apologize! I promise
I will! Give me time!
I'll get him here!"

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"Out of respect for McNeil....
  I suggest we postpone
further action until he has 
     recovered."

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"McNeil hasn't come 
     in yet."

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"He won't be in. He's at the
hospital....with concussion
     of the brain."

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"Will you please see that 
this goes through to the
    Superintendent?"

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"I don't suppose you can
 ever forgive me, Tex."

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"It was my fault. I made
        you mad."

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"I've been an awful heel, 
Tex. No wonder the
Corps cut me. I just
   don't belong."

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"Aw, Brice...you mustn't feel
so bad about it...everybody
    makes mistakes -"

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"There isn't a Kaydet in
the Corps who wouldn't
like to be your pal....
 if you'd let them -"

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"And Betty's crazy about 
you, too....she can't fool 
         me!"

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"Wait till you sink the 
Navy next Saturday....
you'll feel different then
       I'll bet!"

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"Have you still got that
  letter I gave you?"

190
"It's gone through."

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"Mr. Dumbguard, how
many days before the
    Navy game?"

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"Three glorious days, sir....
praise be to Allah and the
       Army mule!"

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"What is a goat,
Mr. Dumbjohn?"

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"A goat, Sir, is a beast
 that looks terrible,
smells terrible, and is
terribly afraid of a 
       mule."

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"Battalion-n-n-n
attention-n-n-n!"

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"Following inspection today
the Corps will assemble in
the south area to send the
team off to the Navy game."

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"Time of departure of the
Corps for the game will
be six p.m. tomorrow."

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"Report to the Superintendent
      immediately."

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"Short Corps Yell!"

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"The Army's coming down the river,
The Army's got the goods today.
The Navy's goat begins to shiver
	and quiver,
When the Army's mule begins to bray!"

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"Mr. Wayne, you don't 
like West Point, do 
       you?"

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"Yes I do, sir."

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"I understand you expressed 
  yourself differently."

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"I did, sir....but I'll be 
sorry as long as I live."

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"I'll gladly die for the 
     Corps, sir!"

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"The Corps wants men to
live...and fight for it!"

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"Is there any reason why
I should not approve 
 your resignation?"

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"I would like to the chance
 to make myself worthy 
  of the Corps, sir."

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"Sons of Slum and Gravy,
We will sink the Navy."

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"I believe you have the 
spirit of the Corps 
now - you'll have to 
hurry to catch that 
     train!"

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"Let's give 'em a good....
     In Battery!"

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"I owe the Corps an 
apology, sir...and the 
    team, too."

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The most colorful gridiron
 classic of the year....
  The Army Navy Game!

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"The Navy Middies are
entering the field!"

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"The Army Cadets are
   now entering!"

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"N....A....V....Y!
N-A-A-A-A-A-A-VY!"

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"Ray! Ray! Ray!
RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH!
RAH! RAH! RAH!
West Point!
TEAM! TEAM! TEAM!

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"Remember, you're fighting 
for the Corps! Now get
out there and dig in!"

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"Captain Munson of the
Army wins the toss! The
Cadets will kick off!"

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"Ready, Navy?"

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"Ready, Army?"

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"Hold 'em, Army!
Fight! Fight! Fight!"

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Army - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Navy - 3 - 0 - 0 -

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The last quarter.

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"Five minutes to play!
Army's ball on her own
  twenty yard line!"

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"Wayne!"

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"I want a touchdown....
   understand!"

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"Wayne now playing left 
 half for the Army!"

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"Two more minutes to 
       play."

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"Touchdown, Army!
Touchdown! Touchdown!"

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"I apologize....fellows.
If you can forgive me
...I...I wish you would."

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Another June -
Graduation Parade....
and farewell forever 
to the beloved Corps.

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"They are here in ghostly assemblage,
The men of the Corps long dead,
And our hearts are standing attention
While we wait for the passing tread."

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"Kosciusko's gardens?"

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"Mammy!"

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"Mother!"

The End