"Be satisfied that you're doing well enough as it is.
Don't be in a hurry to joggle up a spine that has had about as much as it could stand." "I'll bet you I ride in the exhibition riding before the Board of Visitors," proposed Prescott earnestly.
"I shall be mightily disappointed in your judgment if you attempt it without first having received a positive order," retorted Greg.
"Don't be a chump, old ramrod." The exhibition before the Board of Visitors to which Dick had referred is one of the annual features of West Point life.

The Board is appointed by the President of the United States.

The Board goes to West Point a few days before graduation and thoroughly "inspects" the Academy and all its workings.

The Board of Visitors impressively attends graduation exercises.

Afterwards the Board writes its report on the Military Academy, and suggests anything that occurs to the members as being an improvement on the way things are being already conducted by Army officers who know their business.
One man in the second class was going badly to pieces in these closing days of the academic year.