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I thought it would end like that . '' This was the first time it had occurred to the elder Drayne that his son 's character would be inquired into . In fact , Mr. Drayne had had half an idea that the United States Military Academy was a place that made a specialty of reforming wild boys and making useful citizens of them . When the Great News Was Given Out At just nine o'clock Congressman Spokes came on to the platform followed by two other men . One of these latter was a town official , who , in a very few words , introduced the Member of Congress . Congressman Spokes now addressed the young men upon the vocations they were seeking to enter . He explained that neither the Military nor the Naval Academy offered an inducement to boys fond only of their ease and good times .