The Class of 2013 was up and about, heading off to the exercise fields to start another day of Plebe Summer.
During this day of training on Thursday, the plebes, or freshmen, started out with reveille at 5:30 a.m. and got to bed at 10 p.m. that night. In between, they would walk rope bridges high in the air on a confidence course, practice sailing 26-footers on the Severn River, and run an obstacle course on Greenbury Point.
Plebe Summer focuses on developing the plebes physically, and on teaching...
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Nice work, '13. - 2009-08-04 13:12:43
Wow, less than 1% attrition? I guess the admissions department finally got it perfectly right this year...that's gotta be the reason, not lower standards or decreased stress on plebes or anything like that.
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