Don't Skimp on the Food
West Point Cadets in Full Military Parade Dress, Courtesy of The New York Public Library
In college I had the opportunity to play against the cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point on twice. The first time when I played for Hall of Fame coach Paul Wehrum at Herkimer County Community College. West Point Coach Jack Emmer scheduled a game between our junior college team and the cadets B team. Coach Emmer had been Coach Wehrum’s college coach at Cortlandt State. Coach Emmer arranged for our team to get a free meal in the cadets mess hall. Here I was junior college student eating in the same dining hall as the cadets; It just didn’t feel right to me a guy who barely graduated from high school. Then I tried the food and it was horrible. I thought to myself you all are spending so much to educate these cadets that you had no budget left for good food so you skimping on their meals. The Black Panthers understood back in the late 1960s, that students needed good food to excel in class.
