New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-12
Head of Naval Academy
Resents InsinuatiOns at
Inquiry.
MIDSHIPMEN TELL
OF USES OF dope"
One Says Man Who Would Re-
veal He Had Advance knOwl-
edge Is a Fool.
fBy telegraph 10 The Tribune J

Annapolis, June l1.-Rear Admiral
Fullam, superintendent of the Naval
Academy. asked to-day to be permitted
to attend the sessions and be repre-
scented by counsel at the court OF in
auiry. He sent a letter to the court,
declaring that his administration of the
academy had been called in question
and the honor Of officers and instruc-
tors under him lmpugned by testimony
on "cribbing" at examinations.
The court sent a prompt reply, refer
ring Admiral Fullam to the pre-
cept which directed en inquiry into all
matters pertaining TO the preparation
and care of exam nation papers, and
adding that the court was sitting with
open doors.
In an authorized statement tonight
Rear Admiral Fullam said he would
welcome a searching investigation into
his administration as superintendent of
the Naval Academy.
Since he had been superintendent, the
admiral said, he had endeavored in
every way 70 impress upon the mem
bers of each successive first class that
they were no longer boys, but were
soon to become commissioned officers in
the navy. Especially in their last year
as mdshipmen they were to maintain
a high standard of honor among them
selves and thus set an example to the
under classmen.
Admiral Fullam said that while what
he considered reasonable precautions
were taken to guard the examination
papers, he did not believe in any sys-
TEN that was calculated to give the
midshipmen an idea that they were not
TO be trusted.
To-day, for the first time since the
opening of the court, midshipmen were
called to the stand. Their point of
view on the practices called into ques
ton was made clear. and expert testi
mony was given on the different kinds
Of examination dope" and how it was
obtained and disseminated.
All Admit Using dope"
The midshipmen who testified to-day
were G.. d. Price, Robert L. Walker,
Harry Van c. Baugh and Harold NJ
Horne; all members of the first class.
All except Horne had been mentioned
in the testimony as having had certain
helps" in the recent modern languages
examination.
All frankly admitted the charge. The
judge advocate asked them what they
thought of midshipmen who had used
such helps" without knowing they
were the examination questions who
found out at the time of the exami-
nation that they were the questions
and who reported the fact to their in
etructors Midshipman Price thought
such men were fools, while Midshipman
Horne thought the class ought TO be
proud Of them.
Midshipman Price said he knew of
but one man in the first and second
classes who did not have advance in
formation on the examinations in mod
ern languages. This was in the form of
copies of sentences and matters that
rad been emphasized in class.
He had no knowledge that any Of the
so-called dope" that was being gener-
ally circulated had been copied from
questions in an official examination
paper. The combined membership Of
the first and second classes, Price said,
was about 1926.
Fullam Gave Them Advice.
The other midshipmen stated that
they had been summoned to the office
of Superintendent Fullam and told that
his opinion was that they ought not to
identify their cases with those of the
seven recommended for dismissal nor
engage the same counsel. Midshipman
Price said that they were told by Ad-
miral Fullam that if they did so it
would be necessary to put them under
arrest
The testimony of the midshipmen es-
tablished that it was quite possible for
them to obtain a distinct advantage
if the instructor was liberal with his
hints. For instance, one instructor
pointed out to mis- section Is of $50
sentences for translation, and told them
to study those, reducing the work by
more than half
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