Tennessee Military Institute - Radiogram Yearbook (Sweetwater, TN)

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his place. Furloughs will be granted to all cadets to visit their homes or friends during the Christmas holidays unless provision has been made for them to remain in the school during this period. We urge parents particu- larly not to request furloughs for their sons at any other time except in cases of necessity or emergency. In such case We insist that the request be sent di- rect to the Superintendent. Any wise and reasonable request will be granted, but We reserve the right to withhold permission where no sickness or other emergency is involved. N 0 furloughs will be granted except to visit home or near relatives. Under no circumstances will permission be granted for week- end visits to near-by cities. From every angle furloughs are detrimental. Every class missed means a lowering of class standing of the cadet. In addition, trips home or else- Where do not satisfy the boy, but rather tend to arouse the desire for other trips. Other cadets are disturbed thereby, and seek similar permits from their parents. Since we emphatically disapprove of leaves of absence except in cases of serious sickness in the home or some similar emergency, we place all responsibility for the furlough on the parent. No cadet is permitted to withdraw from the Institute a few days prior to the Christmas vacation or the close of the spring term. SPENDING MONEY Parents are urged to co-operate with the management in holding down the useless spending of money by cadets. A cadet in T. M. I. needs very little money. His needs in the line of clothing, books, and other necessary sup- plies are attended to through our commissary or through orders signed by the Quartermaster, which are charged to the HQ. M. account. For other spend- ing, an allowance of a dollar a week is sufficient. We suggest a deposit for this purpose, from which one dollar is issued to each cadet every Monday morning. Signed vouchers are required of the cadet, and these will later be sent to the parent on request. The sending of money direct to cadets is unwise and dangerous to the individual cadet and to his associates. Page Twenty-Four

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