New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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y it ac, W Wi., 2-GQ scnuc lAllERI!IERT D. XVIEISER, AB. Cllrincetonj Professor of English H9091 XVILLIAM H. Hman, A.B. CColgatej Assistant l rofessor of English Ql914j I'IARRY M. BLANK, A.B. fflornellj Instructor in English Ql9l7j l'lERMAN R. SCHOELER fYalej Instructor in English Ql9l7j CHARLES M. MYLIUS CZanerian Art Schoolj Instructor in Penmanship Cl9l7j Mr. lfVeiser and his assistants have again gone over the top and routed the enemy, but what could be expected with such skilled skirmish- ers on one side, and on the other only poor inoffensive cadets who never wanted to study the darned stuff anyway? Here's a picture, however, which shows that at least one of his strong points, the study of the short story, fell on fertile ground. Salty,', one of his prize students of former days, but now a grave but far-from-reverend member of the faculty, is telling one of his rich and rare stories from the rialto, and it needs no demonstration to p1'ove that, as usual, he has made a hit with his hearers. ln-Q 4 15

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