The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-08-12
A NAVAL ACADEMY DAY.


middies' waking Hours.
Let us look for moment at the a.
vision Of time in week in the dcrde-
my. The morning gun awhkeps. the
young midshipman at g o'clock. Tie
has, thirty-hve minutes to dress and
appear for roll call When this is over
he and his comrades march at once to
breakfast II Is then about twenty min.
utes before I O'Clock After breakfast
a short prayer Is offered 10y the chap.
lain. The meal Is over by 100, ana
then there is the sick call Twenty
minutes later The midshpmen must u,
in their ROOMS ready TO so to their first
recitation. At 7:55 they form and
march TO their classes in squads. At \
o'clock they are called to order I'm their
classrOoms.
The actual work OF the day has be-
gun early. and there has been no lag
ging or loaiing AZ the Naval academy
the midshipm"n are trained 70 walk
with a quick st'p aud at q lively gait.
The men in the clnss squads-from six
TO twelve each-marrh two abreast and
In close formation. II does not take
them long TO so froin one building TO
another. For zach midsllpman there
are three recitation periods OF two
hours each. Tlf os zach period is de-
voted 20 study. half 20 nctual recita.
tion In class. The FIRST period Is from
8 to 10 O'Clock In the morning. the sec
ond period from 1915 to 1915 o'clock
and the third period from 2 O'Clock to
4 I'm the afternoon. Between 12:15 and
o'clock the midshipmen eat their din.
ner and have few minutes afterward
for rest At 4 o'clock all the class work
Is over. but not the work Of the day,
for then comes the call TO drill
Drill lasts an hour and half and II
Is work. too, for the naval officer must
know thoroughly the infantry and ar
tillery practice of the soldier as well
as his own particular branch of the pro-
fesslon OF being ready to fight. When
his task is over at $50 the mldship-
man has an hour and half OF recrea.
ton. This is the playtime of the day.
The boys are then on the athletic field
engaged I'm football or baseball prac-
tice, depending on the time OF the year;
sailing I'm catboats on the harbor or in
dulglng in other amusements that they
may choose But during that hour they
are still under the rules governing gen.
eral conduct.
When 6:55 comes the men are called
70 supper, and at 1880 the mldshlpmen
must be In their rooms again and at
their books. The study period is two
hours long. There is a half hours re-
taxation before bedtime, during which
the young men may visit each others
rooms. but at 10 o'clock all lights must
be out.
For five days in the week this is the
unvarying routine, with the exception
of two hours liberty Wednesday after
noon for the first class. On Saturday
and Sunday there is a change. Vary
Ing with the length OF time which they
have spent in the academy, liberty is
granted TO all midshipmen on these
two days OF the week. The members Of
all four classes are permitted TO leave
the grounds after the roll call to din
ner. but they must return before the
formation for supper. After the supper
call the members Of the first and sec
ond classes have permission TO go again
beyond the academic limits, but they
are required TO be back by 9:30. They
may or may not eat their supper at the
academy mess, as they desire, but they
must always report for roll call In
this way the authorities Of the instltu-
tion keep finger on them. - Leslie's
Weekly.