Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-11-17
AT VEST POINT
the EXAMINATION WHICH AN APPLI'
CANT MUST SUCCESSFULLY PASS.

After the candidate for West Point
and its military honors has passed the
medical examination, which is very
severe, be enters upon the mental OK.
animation.
In arithmetic the candidates arc
asked to divide 100 by four thou.
sandtbs, aud subtract eight milionths
from the result, How many cords OF
wood can be piled in space 20 feet
long l6 feet wide, and 8 feet high (?
The expense Of building a bridge 10 a
certain town was 1925, which was
betrayed by a tax Of II mills on the
dollar on the property of the town
what was the assessed valuation Of the
property OF the town.
In geography such Summers are
proposed as: How many zones are
thcre2 Give the climate of each 2
What is the equatory What is meant
by the axis of the earth? Name the
ten States touched by the Mississippi
river and give the capital Of each
Name the country through which each
of the following mountain ranges eX-
tends = Pyrenees, Carpathian, Che
viot Hills, Altai and Snow mountains,
What two States are separated by the
Connecticut river, and what two are
crossed by itg Name three islands
near the New England coast and three
lakes in Name?
In United States history the boys
labor over staggerers like these: What
important treaty did the United States
make with foreign nation during
Johnson's Administration What is
the Fourteenth Q4th) Amendment to
the Constitution Tell what you
know of the "Missouri Compromise"
Namo the approximate date of the
opening Of the French and Indian war,
What was its cause, and what its re-
suit? Name the thirteen original
States. Give an account of the four
acts Of the English Government that
led to the war OF the Revolution. With
what military event did this war
close2
In grammar, besides the usual tasks
of difficult parsing, construction OF
sentences, etc, the candidates are ask.
ed to write the plurals Of the follow.
ing nouns Memonto, domino, cargo,
tornado, lily, mystery, fairy, sheaf,
monkey, two. Construct three sen.
tences, using fast as a different part Of
speech in each. Name the simple sub.
iect of this sentence: "Tho service
past, around the pious man with ready
zeal each honest rustic ran" Copy
the following sentences, correcting tho
errors, if any, and giving the reason
for each corrections 1t was neither
hun nor me that was sent. He spoke
very sharp TO the children. Them
amt my books This is the best horse
of the two. The group OF islands
southeast of the United States are
called the West Indies
Besides the written tasks tho exam
iners hold an raj examination, and by
questions, embracing a wide range OF
subjects, informed themselves Us to
the readiness OF apprehension, mental
grasp, antecedents and general char.
acter of each candidate For instance,
he would be asked what he under
stood by vacuum why smoke rises
faster in dry weather than in wet the
difference between a Democratic and q
Republican form of government; if he
was addicted to smoking, etc.
The candidate who passes success.
fully through all this should realize
that this is u small and comparatively
unimpo.tant portion of bis troubles
at is easy to get TO West Point but
it is very bard to get through it, is q
common expression down there, and it
is no less true than common. Not
more than Is per cent. OF those adj
mittcd to the Academy go through
the honors of graduation For in-
stance, the class of 1869 consisted Of
l20 youths, who had each passed medi.
cal examination, but only thirty nine
graduated. The mental examinations
Of the first two years are tolerably Sc
we're, and mnltitudes fall by the way
Young men who have been plucked
at West Point may be found in nearly
all large communities, but they never
allude to the subject at all, and rarely
acknowledge that they have ever seen
the Academy on the bank Of the
classic Hudson.
Daring his stay at the Academy
each student is allowed s5l.50 per
month, and the regulations forbid any
additional allowance by his parents or
guardians. This money is retained by
the Board for the purpose of paying
the expenses of each pupil, and the
balance, which is calculated to average
sl3 (the pay of q private soldier) is
handed to him each month. OF course
some pupils wear more clothing and
other articles, aud thus there IS some
inequality in the residue.