Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-06-07

| stated that every possible step has
been taken to maintain a high standard
and the Midshipmen themselves well
know it.
II was Officially stated this morning
that of the seven lads under arrest, one
is the centre of the whole trouble. 1t
is stated that this particular MILDLY
| got possession of the examination
questions through some unfair channel
and then distributed them among other
students. The claim by the Middies
that what they had was no more than
casual dope" in line with the helpful
hints they are given in their work
| from time 10 time, is not countenanc-
ed in the slightest by the authorities
The papers. officials say, furnish
prima facia evidence against the ac-
cused, since they were fac SMILES of
the official papers used in the recent
examinations
Already it seems to be apparent that
about one hundred midshipmen will be
examined by the naval court of inquiry
into the Naval Academy "cribbing" or
| 'gouging" scandal in which advance in
| formation was obtained by certainAIid-
dies concerning the questions to be
| asked in their French and Spanish
examinations.
Secretary Daniels has instructed The
court of inquiry to leave no stone un-
| turned to get at the facts What the
Navy Department insists upon ascer-
tanning, If possible, is the place where
the leak" occurred by which the Mid
| shipmen who obtained in advance the
| identical questions that were to be
asked in the examinations and then
passed that information around gener-
ally among other Midshipmen
Secretary Daniels said last night:
Il want to find out the location of
the leak"
The higher officials of the Navy are
still in the dark as to this, and they
are determined that this information
must be obtained if it is possible for
the court to ascertain it,
According to the statement of the
Midshipmen who were found to have
had possession of a set of the exami-
nation papers and who started the in
formation on it's rounds of the Acad-
emy, he received it through the mails
from an unknown source.
There is no doubt that any Midship-
man found guilty of "gouging" viii be
| dismissed from the Academy.
Secretary Daniels said that the in
vestigation which had been made show
ed that the examination papers for ali
of the classes in French and Spanish
| had been generally circulated and it
was not definitely known how many of
the Midshipmen were involved
One of the three dismissed was
charged with attempting to bribe me-
chanic to get him a copy of the exami-
nation papers and the two others were
charged with having broken into the
room of one of the professors to as
certain what markings they had OBJ
| tanned.
All of the classes in the Academy ex-
cept the first and second classes were
| compelled to undergo new examina-
| tions in French and Spanish This fact
in itself shows how general the Acad-
emy authorities believe the cheating
to have been.
Secretary Daniels told how the au-
thorities learned of the cheating. It
seems that when the examinations had
been concluded one of the professors
noticed that nearly all of the waste
baskets in the corridors contained
crumpled up sheets of yellow paper
This aroused his suspicion, and he
proceeded to examine some of these
sheets To his amazement he found
that they contained a full list of the
questions in French and Spanish for
all of the classes They were all in
the same handwriting,
The other professors were informed
of his discovery and that evening there
was a consultation. All of the exami-
nation papers submitted were gone
over until one was found, the hand
writing of which was identical with
that of the writing on the discarded
sheets found in the waste baskets.
Then the young Midshipman who had
submitted that paper was sent for and
was accused of having distributed the
examination questions. He admitted it.
When asked how he had obtained them
he said they had been sent to him
through the mails. He declared that
when he got them he did not know that
they were the actual questions that
would be asked in the examinations,
but thought merely that they were
good dope"
With that idea he passed them around
pretty generally to his friends, in all of
the classes. The seven Midshipmen
whose dismissal has been recommend
ed by the board who made the prelimi-
nary examination were those who had
received original copies
As these copies had on them the date
and time of the examination, the board
held that theMidshipmen ought to have
known, and probably did know. that
they were not mere dope" as to what
the real questions Of the examination
would be, but were the actual axami-
nation papers.
Secretary Daniels seemed greatly
distressed over the occurrence. He said
he hoped the court of inquiry named
by him would be able to ascertain the
whole truth about the fraud so that ali
the guilty could be made to pay the
penalty of their dishonorabIe conduct.
| Henrietta Crosman and an all star