CADETS AND CARS

Cadets are not permitted to have cars on the reservation prior to the end of Spring Break for Cows today. In 'olden' days, that date applied to Firsties. Local car dealers used to be invited to the annual car show and display their wares under the supervision of the Cadet Car Committee. Cadets, being the virile young people that they are naturally went for the sportiest, 'coolest' looking car they could find rather than the sedate sedans, etc. Come graduation day, some suddenly realized the dream car did not have much, if any, room for luggage, etc. that they had failed to ship to their first duty station and it was always fun watching them trying to figure out what to do. Those who graduated in the WWII classes and immediately thereafter were simply happy to be able to get what was available in those days. Some cadets also bought used cars from members of the USMA staff rather than go into deep debt for a car.

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