The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-12
HOW OUR DEWEYS ARE MADE

tbs sna q tire FIRST year. forty Will rr6b-
ahgy h.ve been Dropped from a fourth
Glass ~ 20. ard ef tns remaining sky
rox nars than eh1rty-sSve prs5zoIy VIII
- graduated three years later. All The
osae-S wI.i have fallen ny .he way, or,
giving av ths struggle. nsys resigned.
4 cades Is liable % fail az any % the
faur annual. Or the eight ssTui-annuai
ssxarrstr@ ttons Glass standing IS gov
srnea ~ a rigid system Of marking az the
monthly. seu.-annuh and annual sxaga-
srsaiSons The highest mark : 40. The
minimum mark q proficiency - - and
a esd v aose ana. average for the term.
or YEAR, All any brA9-a fans below that
paint. Is -; dswn 81 deileieas snG ear
n0t ~ continued IN TIA academy. unleSs
upon The rscomnes "a 8ztosl II The aS&-
lisnc board. which - seldom nsas-
The discipline IL % iSe moe rigid cher
acs4r. and the sligatsst inEraetioR OF ;aS
ralies and regulations. wh.ch are Iegsna,
- punished by - 11any dement's Is.e
scale OF punishment for offsases Is gradu-
aZe5 For instance. eadet o. the first
class having noe tsan ~ dement's. an
taIs. year II open To the penalty of belsg
dropped. A cats, Of the second ei&sz
must rot have more than ~. cadet II
the third class more fhal 2n. or j fourth
class man more iaan - dement's, IL ae
has he is reported 10 the secretary Of the
navy as deficient N conduct, which a.
as bad as ''tieficseas N studies
The slang OF the cade; is different
from that OF all other students: some
words and phrases having naturally a
flavor OF the sea Delay" for instance.
the regular nautical term for "tie'' or
'-fasten." IL used in the sans sense ar
the academy, To "bif'' Is TO DO thing
wei" while TO bust is Ito make fail
ure" Femme means young lady"
and To drag a femme" means ito escort
her - a hop Doggy IS Annapolese
for a swell" fierce expresses the SUI
perla;iYe degree Of anything; wooden
means dull" while "savez' is the syn
onym for intelligence "A stab is "a
aid guess. buff gag" is a siam"
and ''frenehing'' means ~, go beyond the
limits of the academy without perrnis-
sion ITO fume" and ito push" both
mean ito smoke" while tendency
signifies that there il a favorable breeze
or draft which will carry off the odor OF
the tobacco so that IL cannot be detected
by some vigilant officer The chaplain is
irreverentiy called Holy Joe' Jimmy
Legs" is the ''master-al-arms:" SEE"
the secretary % the navy. and ''Supe,"
the superintendent OF the academy al
ways officer Of hIgn rank The
Christmas tree" is list of cadets post
cd In December. who are In danger Of
being dropped at the coming examinations
in January. and ''the Maypole'' Is a sim
liar lis posted in May. prior to the June
exaBias tions. a cadet in either OF the
ISIS is ''on the tree" ''Spooning' means
'associatiag with the fair SEX ITO
spoon ON a ''plebe." the term for cadet
in the lowest c.ass. Is to befriend him.
and ia spoon" on an inanimate object :s
10 admire IL. A cadet VINO has been one
year at the academy becomes a young
ster' dU-!as, the second year, when he is
q third class man. TO pull the doctors
leg Is TO gat on the sick list when not
I'll: the daily conduct report is pap" and
the regulate book IS "the PIebes Bible"
y complete Est OF the academy's slang
phrases would III over a column.
While cadet life is, az a rule strict and
even harsh, 1t is not without it's com1sn-
satIons. \ little world In Itself, the Of
ficers' families AZ the academy are de-
lightful entertainers. and they all have
their favorites among the cadets TO whom
their houses are ever open. Then there
are the academy hops which are at
tended by young ladies from Annapolis.
Baltimore, Washington ana visitors from
all parts Of the country. These hops"
are really part OF cadets education. in
tended TO fiji him for any social function
TO which as an officer he may be hidden.
Uncle Sanr wisely insists that the men
who man his ships shall be not only first
class officers. but accomplished gentlemen
II he,