The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-08-06
COMPETITIVE EXAM
INAT|ON FOR CADET

! Senator w. A. Massey has been call
ed upon by the war department to
nominate principal and two alter
mates for a cadetship at the Military
: academy at West Point. He has con-
cluded, in order to give an opportuni-
i ty to all young men of the state,
to hold competitive examination for
the nomination. DR.. Joseph E. Stubbs,
president of the Nevada State Univer-
sity, has consented to conduct such an
examination on the 18th Of November,
1912, and the young man obtaining the
highest average will receive the nomi-
nation as principal, and the alternates
will be selected according to the aver
ages obtained. The president of the
| University has, in his possession, all
the necessary information regarding
the admission of cadets into the Mill
tary academy, which may be procured
from him direct. 1t is suggested that
those who intend taking this COM
petitive examination correspond with
DIR. Stubbs Immediately, SO that he
may know how many applicants are to
appear.
Candidates must be actual residents
of the state, and are eligible for admis-
sion to the academy from the day they
are seventeen years of age until they
become twenty-five years of age, on
which day they are ineligible. They
must be not less than five feet four
inches in height at the age of seven
teen, or less than five feet five inches
in height at the age of eighteen and
upwards.
No oand;data x,v;l1 ho o5,o;%xo1 - xho
academy who is deformed or afflicted
with any disease or infrmity which
would render him unfit for the military
service, or who has, at the time OF pre-
senting himself, any disorder or any in
fectious of immoral character. Candi-
tdates must be unmarried. Each candi-
date must, on reporting at West Point,
present certificate showing successful
vaccination within one year, or a GER
tificate of two vaccinations, made at
least month apart, within three
months.
The examination to be held by the
J government will include the following
subjects:
} Algebra-Candidate will be requir--
ed to pass a satisfactory examination
J in algebra, including range of sub
jects such as are found in the ordinary
| high school text books.
Plane Geometry-Candidates will be
required to give accurate definitions of
the terms used in plane geometry, to
demonstrate any proposition of plane
geometry as given in the ordinary
text books and to solve simple geomet-
rical problems either by construction
! or by an application of algebra.
English Grammar--Cand;dates must
have good knowledge of English
grammar; they must be able to define
the terms therein; define parts Of
speech; give infections, including de-
clension, conjugation and comparison;
J give corresponding masculine and fem
mime gender nouns and apply the or
dinary rules of syntax. They must be
able to parse correctly, showing good
knowledge of the functions Of each
word in a sentence.
English Composition and English
Observation-Disclosures will be re-
quired by the writing of short themes
!. on subjects chosen by themselves with
in the limits set by the examination
} paper, to prove (a) their ability to
spell, capitalize and punctuate, and (b)
their mastery of the elementary prin-
ciples of composition, including para
graphing and sentence structure.
Geography-Candidates will be re-
; quired to pass a satisfactory examina-
ton in descriptive geography and the
elements of physical geography. A
preponderance of weight is attached
to a knowledge of the geography Of
, the United States.
History-Candidate must be thor
, oughly familiar with so much of the
history of the United States, and of
ancient Greece and Rome as is contain
ed in good high school textbooks on
these subjects, and must have good
knowledge of the important facts in
general ancient history, and in the
history of Medieval Europe t, the end
of the fifteenth century.
Pay of Cadets-The pay of a cadet
is $500 year and one ration per day,
/, or communication therefor ct thirty
cents per day. The total is $709.5O, to
, commence with his admission to the
academy. The actual and necessary
, travelling expenses of candidates from
? their homes to the Military academy
are credited to their accounts after
their admission as cadets.
Promotion After Graduation-Any
cadet of the United States Military
academy having gone through all its
classes and having received regular
diploma from the academic staff, may
be promoted and commissioned as a sec-
} end lieutenant, in any arm or corps or
the army in which there may be vac
ancy and the duties of which he may
have been judged competent to per-
! form; and in case there shall not be .
vacancy in such arm or corps, he may,
, at the discretion of the president, be
, promoted and commissioned in it as an
E additional second lieutenant, with the
usual pay and allowance of second
lieutenant, until such vacancy shall
happen.
Immediately after the result of this
competitive examination of November
(. Is, 1912, being obtained, the nomina-
tions will be sent to the war depart