The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-26

ton. Cadets of either department who
are of approved scholarship and char
acter may he sent abroad for further
study.
Any boy above fifteen and below
twenty-one years of age is admitted to
the college on passing an entrance ex-
animation but graduates of the govern
mental middle schools, and of public
and private schools which are publicly
acknowledged by the Minister of Edu.
cation to be on an equal footing with
the government middle schools are ad-
mitted to the college without examina-
ton, provided that they hold certif-
Gates of good character and ability
from the respective schools from which
they have graduated. All candidates,
however, must take part in a stiff com
petitiye examination as the number ad-
mitted to the college is limited. The
minimum of passing marks for each
term examination is 80 per cent. for
a principal study, and 40 per cent. for
an auxiliary, to the total sum of which
the disciplinary marks being added, the
grand total must attain at least go per
cent. of the whole.
who receive their education on loan
from the government or from merean-
tile corporation and those who are
paying their own expenses. Students
of such good character and ability as
can be deemed by the college authori
ties as models, are treated as honorary
students and are freed from expenses.
Cadets defraying their college expenses
by loans from the government are, af-
ter their gradua ton, amenable to the
orders of the college authorities to per-
to return two yen per month to the
college until they have refunded the
whole amount borrowed. In the case
of any cadets neglect in repaying the
aforesaid loans, their respective sure
ties are liable for the discharge of the
obligation.
On board the Taisei Maru the com
plement of cadets is divided into four
classes each containing twenty, and are
divided into the two regular watches,
port and starboard. and these watches
are further subdivided into five parts,
viz: forecastle, foretop, maintop, mz-
zentop and quarterback parties. By
this arrangement the cadet s studies
and classes are carried on from day to
day without interfering with the regu-
lar routine. The crew, while on voy-
age, is untiring in its devotion to the
work of the ship, and it appears to be
pleasure to them to bend and unbend
sail, repair and renew standing and
running rigging and sails, cleaning,
painting, vanishing and all such other
petty work. The crew works from
a. m. to 4 p. m. At noon the watch
on deck is relieved by the watch below
who have been employed at their navi-
gational duties and attending class les
sons, ana aTJer the ulluudy H0aA tho
routine is continued by the changed
watches, and so it goes on daily. The,
ship is commanded by naval captain
and the strictest discipline is observed
The officers call the Taisei Maru
four-masted bark. She is 27O feet IN
| length and of 22SS gross tonnage, and
depth of 90 feet 9 inches. She Is
built of steel to model approved by
the nautical college of Toxic, and full
| fills the requirements of training snip
She is provided with two sets OF auxll
iary engines, driving twin screws cap
able of steaming her at the maximum
speed of 10 knots She has two com
plete decks, full poop and midshIp
houses and topgallant forecastle. The
hull and machinery are built under
Lloyd's special survey. The vessel IS
built with double bottoms. The coal
bunkers have a capacity of 1873 tons,
and spare coal is carried in the holds.
The upper deck houses are arranged for