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Cadet hazing at West Point a long, disputed tradition
The article reviews historic hazing at West Point, recalling incidents of discipline and punishment under upperclass cadets. It cites captain Longan’s 1910 inquiry style actions, the silence dining scene, and past cases like Boog and Sutton, noting expulsions and Roosevelt era reversals. It weighs defense of hazing as character building against its dangers and deaths.
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Iy James
Edgerton
Roosavelt
Rufus E. Longan
Eleventh Infantry
West Point
Longan
Mothier
Wats Roung
Ahan
Mallenee
Éntiniz
Wade West
Ordet Boor
Boog
Rgéd
Bebetch
Nebraska
Broach
Iteef
Cubs
Case
Sutton
Button
Annapolis
Fon
Academy
Bacetacy Dickinson
Tate
Congress
Weat Point
Shermen
Benat
Frederick ‘Dent Grant
Ulysses
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Fred
Washington