East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-07
COMPETITIVE EXAMS
FOR NAVAL ACADEMY
COMPLE ETED
FOR TESTS IN THIS CITY
ON JANUARY 80.
Will be Held In the High School
Superintendent Landers VIII Super
vise-Form of Examinations De-
cided on as Fairest Way-Six SUBJ
jects Will he Covered

Competitive examinations to deter
mine who shall be the principal and
alternates for appointment to the U
$. naval academy at Annapolis will
be held at the Pendletoh high school
beginning Friday, January so at a,
m. under the supervision of Supt ].
S. Landers. Representative N. j. SIN
mott having made the necessary ar
rangements while here Sunday. The
examinations will continue over two
days ii necessary.
Representative Sinnott decided to
select his candidate for entrance to
the naval academy in June, 1914. by
means of competitive examination
as the fairest way. The competitor
receiving the highest standing in this
examination will be appointed by Mr..
Sinnott as principal, and the three
standing next in order will be named
as first, second and third alternates,
respectively. The four successful
candidates at the competitive exam
ination will be permitted to take eth
er of the official Annapolis examina-
tions given in Oregon the third Tues
day in February and the third Tues
day in April, 1914, the candidate may
select either date preferred. In case
the principal fails in the official ex-
animation, and the alternate succeeds
he is appointed, ETC., etc.
For the convenience of boys in the
southern portion of Mr.. Sinnotts dis
trict a separate examination will be
held on the same day and hour, at
which the same questions will be
asked, in the Central School Building,
Klamath Falls Oregon. The latter
examination will be under the direc-
ton of Supt. r. H. Dunbar of the
Klamath Falls public schools. Any
competitor may select the place more
convenient to him; b6t If he wishes
to take the examination he should
Immediately notify either Supt. Lam
ders or Supt. Dunbar as the case may
be, in order that suitable arrange
ments may be made for the same.
Any young man may enter the com.
petitive examination who is now, and
was on December 1st, 1913, an actual
resident of the Second Congressional
District of Oregon and is of the re-
uuired age. In order to enter An
napolis In 1914 candidate must be
between the ages of sixteen and
twenty years on the date of one OF
the other of the two official exami-
nations, which will be held in oregon
on the Third Tuesday in February or
-the third Tuesday in April, 1914. A
candidate is eligible the day he be-
comes sixteen and ineligible the day
he becomes twenty
! The competitive examination will
be written in form and will embrace
the following subjects: English Gram
mar. Geography. U. S. History, Arith-
metic, Algebra, and Geometry. Nc
separate examinations in spelling and
| punctuation but these subjects will be
graded from the manuscripts turned
in by competitors in the other sub
jects.
Fuller information as to the scope
of the examinations in the different
subjects can be obtained by writing
to either Superintendent Landers al
Pendleton or superintendent Dunbar
at klamath Falls. Competitor:
should register at once upon decidins
to take the examination