Over the center of the line the colors of the country and the cadet colors were draped with beautiful effect.

Cadets of the three upper classes escorted the visitors through.

The plebes stood by their own tents, answering when spoken to, which was not often.
After the band had played several selections the musicians moved up before a hastily constructed stage.

Plays or musical farces, written and acted by cadets, are often presented.

In Dick's plebe summer, however, the choice had been for a minstrel show.
Half an hour before the opening of the performance thirty of the cadets vanished to a big dressing tent behind the stage.
Before the stage hundreds of seats had been arranged.