Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-20
VACANT CADETsHIP AT WEST
POINT.

we iearu IIlaL Ill0 SIhtS VI tNSsSe
Is entitled to be represented by anoth-
er cadet at the Military Academy,
West Point. Congressman Kendall,
with whom lies the power Of appoint
ment, has decided, In making his rec
ommendation, to be governed by the
result Of a competitive examination,
which will be open to all the youth Of
the State who In respect to age and
physical condition are eligible to ap-
pointment. Mr.. Kendall has appoint
ed as a Board Of Examiners DIR. Web
Der OF Virginia City. John l.. CHM,
local editor of the Virginia Erening
Chronicle, and j. N. Flint, Superin-
tendent Of Public Schools OF Storey
county. The examination Will be
held at the Third Ward s~chool-house
in Virginia City. on saturday Decem-
Der 27th. commencing at 10 A. N.
Those of our youth who are DESTROYS
of competing for the appointment
should 90 into training at once. The
following Information, furnished by
the War Department, will give some
idea Of the requisite physical and In
%tellectual qualifications for admission
to West Point:
Candidates ace admitted Into the
academy only between the ages OF
seventeen and twenty-five years but
those who have served at least n
year in the regular or volunteer army
during the late war. and have been
honorably discharged. are, by special
provision of law. eligible up to the age
Of twenty-four years.
Candidates must he free from any
immoral disorder, and, generally. from
any detormity, disease or infirmlty
which may render them unfit for ardu-
Gus military service.
The candidate is required to be pro-
ficieut in reading and writing, In the
elements OF English grammer, in de.
scriptive geography. particularly OF
his own country, and In the history Of
the United States. +,
In arithmetic the various operations
In addition. subtraction, multiplied
ton, division. reduction, simple and
compound proportion. and vulgar and
decimal fractions must DO thoroughly
understood and readily performed.
Candidates should be able to read
with facility from any book, giving the
| proper information and pauses. and to
write portions that are read aloud for
that purpose, spelling the words and
pu~nctuatlng the sentences properly.
| Some historical work should be prefer
ably chosen, and successive passages
read till the reading exercises are
ended. Then, from another part OF
the book, n suitable paragraph or par
agraphs, Of reasonable length, should
be read aloud to the candidates, with
proper intonations and pauses, as a
guide to punctuation, and written
down bv them as read.
In arithmetic they should be able TO
perform with facility examples under
the four ground rules, aud hence
| should be familiar with the tables OF
addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division, and be able to perform
examples in vulgar and decimal frac-
tions.
In simple and compound proportion
examples of various kinds should be
| given. and the candidates should IN
derstand the ~princirles Of the rules fol-
lowed.
In English grammar candidates
should exhibit a familiarity with the
nine parts of speech and the rules In
| relation thcrsto; should be able to
parse any ordinary sentence given to
them, and. generally, should know
those portions of the subject usually
taught in the higher academies and
schools throughout the country, COM
pretended under the heads OF orthog-
raphy, etymology, syntaS II pros
ody. -,
In descriptive geography they should
name. locate, and describe the natural
grand aud political divisions OF the
earth. and be able to d~elineate any one
of the States or Territories OF the
American Union. with its principal
cities. rivers, lakes, seaports, II
mountains.
In history they should DO able to
name the periods Of the discovery n
settlement of the North American
continent, of the rise aud progress OF
the United States, and Of tho success
siye wars and political administrations
through which the country has passed.
The examinations In photography,
grammar, geography, and history may
be either oral or written.
Candidates undoubtedly deficient In
any one requisite, or more than one,
should resign any expectation Of ad-
mission till the deficiency Is over
come.
Candidates should first be examined
by a medical practitioner with refer,
ence to the ghysical requirements and
disoualifications set forth In the cir
cular such as are manifestly disqual-
flied being 80 informed, and tie public
service receiving the benefit OF all ma
terial doubts. -
The conditions Of body and mind
considered together should be regarded
as well as general proficiency In the
studies rs a whole. Especially should
natural ability and manifest aptitude
for acquiring and applying knowledge
take precedence Of mere scholastic