"New cadets view of stoop duty..." (1947 SABER Yearbook) |
|
"New cadets view of stoop duty..." (1947 SABER Yearbook) |
|
Lyndon, KY  |
The varsity football team arrives
on campus the first of the month. The team endures 2 to 3 practice
sessions per day in order to get ready for the first game of the season.
|
| The new cadet officers arrive
at the beginning of the week in which school is scheduled to begin (mid-Sept). These newly appointed officers attend
"Cadet Officer Training School" taught by the Military Department.
|
 The 'Rats" (first year cadets) arrive mid-week
to endure two days of getting fitted for uniforms and shoes;
|
| Old cadets arrive and the new
cadet officers are commissioned by the PMS&T during evening Chapel
or early the next day before the first day of classes.
|
  |
(1947 Saber) "Mess Line"  |
Saturday brings the first "Louisville
leave" and the ride to town on the Louisville city bus. New cadets
experience all that the BIG city has to offer: the Savoy and the
Blue Boar!
|
 The first Friday afternoon varsity football
games begin.
|
"Is this anyway to stack a drawer?" |
 |
School work, the fundamentals
of rifle manual and marching, haircuts, demerits (sticks) & report
sheets, Beat Calls, Chapel & Vespers, supervised study hall, orderly
out, inspections in ranks & in your barrack room, Intramural competition.
|
(The Begining)
| [September] |
|
|
[December] |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Kentucky
Military Institute
www.kmialumni.org Send e-mail to: kmimail@kmialumni.org Copyright © All rights reserved. |
 |
receive
military haircuts; learning to close order drill (now which hand was your
left?); receive lectures on KMI policy and Military Spirit; finding your
way around campus.
