The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-03
HOW EASY II IS
TO ENTER NAVY
HERE ARE SAMPLES OF QUESTIONS
FOR EXAMINATION ON EN-
TERING ANNAPOLIS.
SIXTY PER CENT FAIL
SUPERINTENDENT OBJECTS TO
LOWERING THE STANDARD
AND sECY. MYER AGREES
WITH HIM.
SIXTY PER CENT FAIL
sy VICTOR ELLIOTT,

to pass the entrance examinations to
perhaps be understood by glance at
the character of the education tests to
which the young men are subjected.
"A sample OF these tests or examina-
tions is contained in a report from
the Secretary of the Navy Meyer to
the United States senate. Secretary
Meyer shows that during the past five
years an average of 60 per cent Of
those who have been appointed and
have taken the entrance examinations
have failed to pass In 1907 there
were 30s who passed and 32s who
failed: In 1908 there were 2t9 who
passed. and 30S who failed; In 1909
there were 227 who passed, and 1853
who failed: in 1910 there were 23s
1911 there were 2S2 who passed, and
404 who failed.
AS a rule more than one-third of
those who failed were badly deficient
In every subject. many of them max
ing no attempt to pass and absenting
themselves from the examining rooms
when they saw the character of the
examinations. which, as a matter OF
tact would he likely to staggeF- the
average man who had been five years
out Of school. or course. the appl-
cants have usually been studying for
these exams and those who take
them are fresh from school. but at
that they are difficult, as may be
judged from the following sample ques-
rions selected at random
Spelling.
Spell from dictation. fifty words, of
which the following are examples:
prairie conspicuous" susceptible, %
''sacrilege," .'massaer
Grammar.
Parse the quoted words III this SEN
! teuce, And all whereof" / leaned in
wife and friend IL traitor To my
peace. and all my realm reels back"
into the beast and Jig no more
Give the plural of analy sis. stratum,
Mussulman. Miss Brown.
Correct the following sentence, IL
necessary: DIR. Brown accompanied
by his family has gone abroad"
Write theme of at least one page
on one of these subjects. THE Census
Of 1910" The Navy of the United
States Why ! Would Enter the
Navy How | Got My Appointment"
Geography.
Define monsoon. magnetic poles.
equinox, atoli
Where are the following bodies Of
water: North channel: Gulf OF Alden:
Smith SOUND. Ninward passage: Mag
deilan straits: Gulf of Guayaauil; Sea
of Marmora. Lake Raikal.
Describe a possible inland waterway
from Montreal through New York to
various rivers. lakes and canals ira
versed
United States History.
Give accounts Of the following: The
settlement OF Georgia; Braddock's ex-
petition; Spanish settlements In the
present territory of the United States;
King Philips war.
Give accounts of the following: The
causes and results OF the War of 1912.
the administration of Andrew Jack
son. the Kansas Nebraska act: the
Lincoln-Douglas debates.
White a few lines about each If the
Following: Grover Cleveland; Edmund
Andrus; United States banks; Cyrus
w. Field; acquisition of Alaska
Worlds Histohy.
Discuss the progress made by the
Snaldeans in arts and sciences
Draw a map OF Greece and her
colonies and Locate the following.
Sortnth; Euhoea; Mount Parnassus;
riataea: Aeglna: Mantinea: Alpheus
river Cheronea; Corcyra; Mytilene
Persian Empire.
1iFe summary OF the princfra /
events OF the Macedonian Supremacy
what was the Council of Clernont
GIVE the approximate dates of The
House OF Nalois. Who of this f,nniiv
In your opinion was the greatest >
Give your reasons.
Explain briefly who or what arc
the following; Naseby. Charlotte car
oay. Court of tae Star Chamber
Porhrio Diaz Handel, Tolstai. Treaty
OF Tiisit. Gartbaidi. Sedan, GhfbcJ-
lines.
II " eqfrais ''ax' plus one. diVfdcj
by *" minus one. show tha, ~,
equals "ay plus one divided bv ~,
minus one, and find from either eo,,a-
ton the value of "a -ersar-.ao4
* equals 3 when ''y'' equals ?. Also
for this value of "a" find the value
of * when W equals 10.
A cubic nch OF aluminium weighs
oo92 pounds and a cubic inch of con
per OBI pounds. Find the percen-
fage of each composition by the
weight Of a mixtura OF the two waigh.
ing CTS pound to the cubic inch.
Geometry.
The circumference of circle is
dfNideo INTO partS proportional to the
numbers I. 2. 4 and 5, and quad
rilateral is inscribed. having its yer
tices at the points OF division. Find
the angles between its opposite sides
Define a geometric locus. Find the
locus Of the middle points of a sys-
tenn OF parallel chords in a circle: Of
the middle points of equal chords; of
the middle points of all chords drawn
through fixed point within the cir
Gle.
Arithmetic
An article pays 60 per cent. tariff
duty and Is sold at n profit of IS per
cent. wholesale. and again at retail
for $6S.60 at a profit OF 22I-2 per
cent What WAS the original cost
A map, drawn to a scale of 10 kiio-
meters to centimeter measures 49,
by 9.5 centimeters. Find In square
miles the area represented il one mile
equals 1909 kilometers What would
be the percentage of error In taking
one kilometer equal to SIS OF a mile :
These are some of the questions
which the young men seeking 10 enter
Uncle Sans navy are asked and are
obliged to be able to answer accurate
~ before they can don naval officers
uniform.
The superintendent Of the Naval
academy does not believe that the
standard OF the examinations should
he lowered and Secretary Never