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Colonel Thayer administered The United States Military Academy with two guiding principles- strict adherence to the rule of discipline and subordination and advance- ment or promotion according to merit. Thayer ' s disciplinary measures are the basis of those in use today as are his aims and goals. He demand- ed of the cadets excellence of character and excellence of know- ledge. To supervise their military training he appointed the first Com- mandant of Cadets. Knowing the country ' s need for engineers, he made civil engineering the core of the curriculum. His genius placed The United States Military Academy as an institution of learn- ing on the eminence it has main- tained ever since. Thayer ' s most important contribution was to raise the technical and ethical standards of an army officer from vocational skills that could be acquired by practice to that of a person of edu- cation and training. n
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