Monday, April 23, 2012

The Citadel: Old and New

The original site of The Citadel was on what is now Marion Square in the City of Charleston.  The gate below is the entrance to the current site of the college.

If you go here, you'll learn more than you'll ever need to know about The Citadel. It's a fun place to visit; lots of handsome young Southern boys here with a handful of female cadets among them.

"The mission of The Citadel is to offer an exceptional educational experience in a military setting and produce principled leaders who are successful in all walks of life by developing the 4 pillars: academics, military, physical training and moral/ethical training. Cadets learn teamwork, discipline, physical and mental strength and honor through the experience of the first year fourth class system. Small classes and a highly qualified faculty provide an exceptional academic experience." (CREDIT: WIKIPEDIA)

32 years ago one of South Carolina's sons, Pat Conroy, published a fictionalized novel about life at a military college, The Lords of Discipline. Since I have read almost all of his books, I decided to reread it.  It 's just as powerful the second time around.

10 comments:

  1. un beau chateau, avec une couleur chaire assez originale

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  2. Am enjoying your Southeast coast tour.

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  3. You are having quite the visit to the South. I'll just travel along with you here.

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  4. I like the color of the building. Pink is not what I would associate with a military school! :)

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  5. I think the medieval inspiration worked just fine on this building.

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  6. The building in the upper shot looks almost like a characature to me. Perhaps it's the pink color, though I can imagine other colors that might be no better. I guess it's just not what I would expect, interesting as it all is!

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  7. Would you believe I have never been there - but I have many friends who on on the staff there! Ah, Lords Of Discipline! One of my all time favorite books! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I do think I know who a couple of the characters are!! I am so glad you enjoyed your visit to my city!! And I really enjoyed meeting you and your husband!!

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  8. Nice castle, the color is interesting.

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  9. Good to catch up on your blog this evening, Great Kate!
    Are you going to the St. Paul Art crawl this weekend?
    Thanks for all your comments - I haven't been good to comment much lately....

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