The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-08
OPPORTUNITY FOR
THIRD DISTRICT BOYS

Minot, N. D, Nov S.-Congressman
P. D. Norton has been requested by
the secretary of war to nominate a
principal candidate and two ~alternates
to take the examination for admission
to the United States Military academy
at West Point. The principal nomin-r
ated and the ~alternates will be given
an examination under the super
vision of the secretary of war at st.
Paul. MINI. on the first Tuesday in
April, 1914, and the successful can
didate will be admitted to West Point
in June, 1914. Congressman Nor
ton has also been requested by the
secretary Of the navy to nominate a
principal and three a~lternates to take
the next examination to be held for
admission to the United States Naval
academy at Annapolis, Maryland. The
principal nominated n the a~lternateS,
will be given an examination by they
secretary Of the navy at Dickinson
Minot and Williston on the thlr@
Tuesday in February, 1914. The sue
cessful candidate will be admitted to
the naval academy in June, 1914.
Candidates for admission to West
Point must be between h ages OF
seventeen and twenty-five years at
the time of admission to the academy.
Candidates for admission to Annapolis
must be between the ages Of 16 and
20 at the time of taking the entrance
examination. Candidates to be eligi-
BILE to one of those appointments must
be residents of the third congressional
district.
In order that every boy in the third
congressional district wishing an ap-
pointment to either West Point or to
Annapolis may have an equal OPP
p%ortunity to secure n Of the p
pointments to be made by Congress
man Norton he has arranged to have
held at Minot on Tuesday, Nov. 20,
1918, beginning at 8 a.. m.. a prelimin-
airy examination to determine the boys
to whom the appointments should be
given. This examination is open to
any boy in the third congressional
district and will be entirely under the
supervision of an examining COM
mittee concerning of Pres. Frank L..
McVey of the state university, Supt.
p. S. Berg Of the Dickinson High
school n Pres. A G.. Crane Of the
State Normal school at Minot. The
written examination will include all
the common school branches and irs
addition algebra and plant geometry.
The examining committee in charge
of the preliminary examination will
in selecting the boys to be appointed
take into consideration the pro-
ficiency Of the candidates in the sub
jects covered by the usual entrance
examinations to the academies and
also the physical condition OF the
candidates, their general character
and reputation in their respective
communities, their aptitude for ath-
letics and the manly qualities that
are required to best fit them for the
positions they might reasonably be
expected to occupy in the army and
navy. In the preliminary examination
the examining committee will as near
" as feasible follow the underlying
plan of the Rhodes Scholarship X
amfnations, and SO that all the candi-
dates may at the same time personal
ly meet the members of the examining
committee the examination will be held
only at Minot. The boys who are
the successful one in the prelimin-
airy examination will be certified by
the examining committee to Congress
man Norton who will make their APP
pointments accordingly to the secre-
tary of war the secretary of the
navy