We shall feel grateful to our present enemies, the yearlings--and we will turn around and help the new lot of plebes through the same kind of first-year life.

In the meantime, classmates, I earnestly advise that we establish at least one record here.

Let us, from now on, prove ourselves to be the gamest of plebes who have suffered here in many a year.

The more patiently we bear it now, in all patience, the better yearlings, the better second class men and first class men we shall be when our time comes.

The motto of a famous sovereign is, 'I serve.' Let our plebe class motto be, 'I grin and bear.'" This wasn't exactly what the plebes had been expecting from their new leader.