Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-29
STRANDED CANDIDATES.
THOSE WHO FAIL IN ACADEMY
EXAMINATION
Difficulties Enc0usiercd n EszChiHx Iheir
IIomes IN the Several States
Of The Ini0n.

-At tuis season. .essrT year Annapolis
fnds herself wifh = number - strand
"a candidates on her hands The nunn-
Der may D. few ~ many. there ray
BE- only one or twu. tut there - sare
tu be some = b1 have failed - pas
fbe examination for eutranee to fhe
Naval Academy and she have not
the money % rlfarn houe.cF : b. ars
| ashamed to % back. where taev
will be twifted for their faiiurs. 30
whose parents refuse 60 have thenH re-
turn. hicb Is known To- have essn
the ease In several tnstaxks kss.
Kiudhearted BOARDING houss keersrs
have Kept the candidate fer weeks
and months uutfi they couid 80 ean-
pi0yment or returu houle- 20 - tauuE.tt
here that many ~ tire ypung men, = hu
speud y hat - oft times hard earned ard
sometimes borrowed maney - ccrne
O. Annapolis 20 take the examination.
" made fully acquainted vita -
conditions. would rot ntake shat -
doomed from th1 frst IT, ts futiie sr
tempt 10 bee0sne American uaisisntfs-
men,
There Is a -rovx in~ feeling In An
nspopis and AZ tire Naval Aeasieuiy
that Il would be step in the rixht
direction il the Navy Department
would have prepared AMI issued 60
Congressfuen and others havfnE tae
right a. appoint candidates to ttAs the
"a animation for admission a. tha "A
val Academy a. midshipmen nsoslets
describing accurately the conditions
of every sort which surrouDd tee al
mission of middies- The Department.
has recently issued such a eegk deal
ing exclusively with the life &c the
49,
men ~ war. While the ignoraneo "a
the youths wh0 fIoek % Annapolis fast
rrior fo the examinations each year -
~ many instances laughahse. IL other
eases it is pitibGe After the sxAmGns
tious Just closed one v0uth, " ho ~as
evidently unprerarsd % make the a.
tempt with any small chance &C ne-
ing successful. Was left praetieaily
stranded in Annapolis. hundreds "a
miles fr0m his home, west "a thc
Rockies
The young fellow. after finding that
the examination Was about 20 pes
cent. severcr than be bad Thought
and after failing miscrabiy, bad a ~
turu-trip ticket 10 Chicago anuut
half the distance home and g. ue
bad incurred a board hilI 81 e.. and.
without telling his Iandiady ~ bis
condition. left. sending her a note
Iuelosing the s.. which meant his
last hope Of even a neal until he
got home. The youth with "a bonn ne
bad roomed that both might reduce
this item Of expense. found out the
facts and insisted upon advancing his
new friend s. TO stave OF hunger an
IA he reached Chicago Gases of this
sort occur each year. the difference
not strong enough to Withstand the
tempation 10 raise mcney BY dishonest
means. one boarding house Keeper is
bemoaning the fact that one 81 the
youths who boarded with her skipped
without paying two months board
and lodging bill After the April eX-
aminations another youth Was reduced
10 forging a fellow Candidate natre.
for which he was arrested before De-
reached Philadelphia
Only a few weeks ago there left An
naDolis a young man Who came here
i've years ago as a candidate for the
Naval Academy. lie failed To pass.
and his father, il Is said. refused o.
hermit him TO return home. tie sought
Il employment a. a ltborer at the Navai
Academy On work Oh the new build
iugs. soon a church in town took a n
interest in the young man. tie began
to receive religious instruction and de-
cided to enter a religious life- To
this cud he was sent by the order o.
a church college. but after q trial it
was decided he bad mistaken BIS vo-
cation and he returned 70 life IN the
| world. For a year or more b. was
/ employed as clerk fer a leading ioeal
frm. hut a few weeks ago tnis oue-
| time stranded eandidafe returned te
his home after an absence ~ some
1 i've years
Another czndidste Who failed fev
| years ago and was also stranded was
| a printer. For a while be wor<sd
az the ease in this ofiiee and later a.
laborer for the Short Line Fafircaai-
| fIe finally saved enoBgh money 60 re-
/ turn home. Still anotber stranded
| candidate sought o. take a trip IN q
/ cattle ship and enlisted lbe fricodsnip
~ a preachers son a. EastDurr. = bo
| Vas - accompany him The ksrersnd
4 gentleman got wise. discovered hfa
/ sons plans and ''Sioppy Anuis. a.
the candidate had been nieknanrsd-
4 failed IN hts sehene and later wss
| korueward bound. Something sBoult
5e done - prevent these mere boys for
/ whom tbers is scarcely . ghost - .
4 chance from coming here 90 f4As ex-
/ e