Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-06-14
MIDSHIPMAN WARD DIFFERS AS
ODEGREE OF GUILT OF "GOUCERS"
Former President Of Present Second Class Holds Those ddes With
Advanced Dope" On Yellow Sheets Equally As Cupabe AS
Ones Who Had Possession Of MimeOgraph Copies Of
Questions On White Paper.
COURT BEGINS SECOND WEEK OF INQUIRY OF SCAN
Statement That More Advanced Information Pertaining to Exams
Come From Modern Language Department Among Evidence
Gathered TODAY

The greater amount of advance in
formation pertaining TO examinations
at the Naval Academy. got out from
instructors in the department OF mod
ern languages, than any other depart
ment of the institution. was among the
evidence that went into the record OF
the naval court of inquiry this morn
| ing
Another important admission was
that Of Midshipman Clarence O.Ward.
former president of the present sec
| ond class, TO the effect that all mid
| shipmen who had advance informa-
tion of the questions in the tests were
| equally as guilty as those who had
them on the white mimeographed
sheets, of the type used in examina-
tions
| Today marked the beginning of the
second weeks sitting of the court and
the end is, apparently, not in sight, as
a large number of other witnesses
have been subpoenoed, and besides
there is no doubt that the defense will
consume much time in handling their
side of the inquiry.
Giving it as his own belief, as well
as the general sentiment of his class
mates that midshipmen having seen
examination questions on yellow
dope" sheets, should be regarded as
equally as guilty as those who saw
them arranged I'm like manner on the
white, or mimeographed sheets. Mid
| hipman Clarence 0. Ward former
| president of the present second class.
testified this morning before the naval
court of inquiry that is probing the
gouging scandal and other irregular
tiles of the examinations.
Midshipman Ward made this state
ment in answer to a question put by
Ensign w. j. Nunnelly. a recent grad
uate, who was made an interested
party to the proceedings on Saturday.
Midshipman Ward came from the
enlisted ranks of the Navy. He told
the court that personally he had no
advance information on the examina-
| tions and did not know of any others
who had il. He commended the three
members of his class who are among
the original defendants Moss, Dun
can and T. w Harrison.
He gave il as the sentiment of his
class that it is not believed they had
information other than the dope"
that is always passed around, and one
is equally as guilty as the others. He
said further he does not believe that
either of them got information through
illegitimate channels
Lucian L. Fournon, an instructor in
the department of modern languages.
whose name had been mentioned in
previous testimony. was the first wit
ness of the morning He denied that
he ever gave out information pertain
ing to examinations, outside of the
class rooms, nor does he know of any
other instructor who had. He said he
did not know what the character of
the late examinations would be. nor
OF any other examinations, and he did
not know where the questions were
placed, except that they were in the
rooms OF the head of the department.
lie said that the only directions ever
issued by the department head as to
helping the midshipmen was that in
structors should let the middies know
in substance the general character OF
the questions. President Russell. of
the court, put most of the questions to
this witness. and this was taken as an
indication of the courts desire TO get
comprehensive information in connec-
ton with methods employed in pre-
pairing examinations.
Midshipman William S. Heath. sec
| nnn class l.aa H.,
10 per cent of the examination ques-
tions in the dope" that was circula-
ted about. but that he never saw a
complete set of questions. He said
other information he received was to
study the first forty pages of the text
I book, and also that the examinations
| would contain no verbs. This latter
information was given out in the sec
tion room by Professor voinot and he
AIDED that at least 90 per cent. of his
class had such information.
That the greatest amount of ad-
vance information pertaining to exam
nations was given out by the Depart
ment of Modern Languages, was the
| statement OF Ensign w. r. Adams.
honor" man of the graduating class
when called today to verify his testi-
| mony of Saturday He made this
statement in response to a question
by the court. Answering another
question: he said such information was
not impaired by one instructor any
more than another. He also added
that he had never received informa-
tion either in or out of classroom. that
that other midshipmen did not get.
/ Rear Admiral Fullam, superintend-
ent of the Naval Academy today modi-
fed his order pertaining to the COM
plete Incarceration of the seven orig