The New England magazine (1907) (14589763529)

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Title: The New England magazine

Year: 1887 (1880s)

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Publisher: Boston : (New England Magazine Co.)

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class of1911, may take heart from the immunityenjoyed by the class above them, and maybecome even more intolerable to those whowould have them know their place. Thesuperintendent of the academy testified be-fore the Official Board of Visitors that ha-zing had been stamped out forever. TheCommandant of Midshipmen, when askedfor his opinion, said he was not so sureabout it. Having been brought moreclosely in contact with the boys than the su-perintendent, the commandant may possiblyknow their hearts better than the superin-tendent or the editor of The Lucky Bag.Time was, something less than two hun-dred years ago, when Annapolis, the cap-ital of Maryland, was the centre of fashion,social life, gaiety, hospitality, and all thatgoes with the leading city of a state or na-tion, especially when it happens to be theseat of government. Those were the dayswhen Annapolis was very much like Lon-don, and when the pretentious colonialhouses were being built that are now ad- 86 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE

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Brigade of midshipmen on parade-ground mired as relics of days dead and gone.The city was laid out on the same generalplan as Washington, with the State-houseas the centre, and the avenues radiatingtherefrom like the spokes of a wheel. Inoutward appearance the town has changedbut little in the past two centuries. Therestands the State-house to-day on the crestof the hill near the centre of the city, addedto from time to time, but now with the oldSenate Chamber where George Washing-ton bade farewell to the army restored pre-cisely to what it was when the Father of hisCountry spoke within its sacred precincts. Annapolis has changed so little that ifGeorge Washington should come to life to-day he would have no trouble in makinghis way about. He could go along KingGeorge Street, Prince George Street, Dukeof Gloucester Street, and all the other streetswith the rich old Tory flavor, and easilyfind many of the houses that sheltered hisfriends in the old days and that were thescenes of those

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