Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-25
TIL NAVAL CADET
Changes Recommended By the Board of
Visitors at Annapolis
A Six Year, Instead Of Four Year
COurse-LOwer Admission Require
ments-MOre Practical Work.

The report Of the board of visitors to the
Naval Academy. Of which Senator George
Gray was president, which report was writ.
ten by Mr.. Alexander p. Morse of this city
closes with the following, among the sum.
mary OF views and recommendations:
Recommendation.
After a careful and diligent inquiry into
the conditions and needs of the Naval Acad
envy, the board very earnestly urge the fol.
lowing changes in the course of instruction
Of naval cadets:
a. The standard of admission to the acad
envy should be lowered in certain respects
and some of the branches upon which can
didates are now examined should be taught
during the first year.
Candidates should be admitted about June
i and after admission should remain at the
academy during part OF the summer.
The cruise of the cadets after the four
years course at the academy should be dis
continued, and the entire cadet course, six
years, s be at the academy and IN
practice .---ps connected with the acad-
envy.
The present four years course (withou;
material addition to the studies) should be
spread over six years. with longer periods
allotted to practice cruises and more pro-
fessional instruction.
practical work at the academy from May
22 to July 10; they should then have leave
until 5th Of October, two months and twen-
ty days, and no leaves should be granted to
-Four classes. first, second. fourth and
sixth, should make q four-and.a-half
and September, and eight days each In
May and October).
The practice ships should have a COM
structors. and the ships should be otherwise
differed by cadets of the first and second
classes. who will perform the duties of
structor, and the duties of watch and divi-
sion officers.
Admission and Discharge.
On the special subject Of admission to and
discharge from the academy the report
says:
The board. after full examination and
explanation from the superintendent, with
have arrived at the following conclusions:
Appointments for admission to the Naval
Academy should be upon the same basis as
appointments to the Military Academy. To
the accomplishment of this purpose we rec
ommend that the Secretary of the Navy
urgently press upon the attention Of Con-
gress the necessity Of enacting legislation
directing that the appointments to the
Naval Academy be made one year In ad-
vance of the time Of admission to the Acad-
envy.
The board further recommend that the
commandant Of the academy should adopt
rules and regulations, subject to the APP
which cadets shall be admitted ON proba-
ton Of three months. in order that he con-
duct and general qualification of each cadet
for admission may be determined.
The board further recommend that the
Secretary of the Navy urge upon Congress
the passage Of legislation preventing the re-
appointment Of young men who have been
dismissed, II in his opinion, legislation Is
necessary to prevent such reappointment.
II. in the opinion Of the Secretary of the
board recommend that rules shouli be
adopted applying to dismissals and defining
explicitly what misconduct or failure in cb-
tanning academic averages snail disQualify
a person who has been discharged for reap
pointment