The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-11-02
70 Prepare for the Navy.

Owing to change in the plans OF
Congressman Bacharach the prelim-
mary meeting of the county superin-
tendents of schools for the purpose of
creating an examining board to con-
duct the examination of applicants for
the purpose of obtaining three candi-
dates for nomination to take the ex-
animation at Annapolis in the Spring
Of 1916. the meeting was held at the
Office Of the Congressman on Satur-
day, the 23rd, instead of Friday, the
22nd, as previously announced. The
superintendent of schools of the four
counties comprising the Second Con-
RressionaI district were present. Con-
gresham Bacharach addressed the
gentlemen present and stated that he
had been called upon by the Secretary
Of the Navy to nominate principal
and two alternate candidates to take
the examination for appointment to
the naval academy at Annapolis, and
ia order that every young man in the
district with ambitions of going to the
naval academy might have an oppor-
tunity to secure the honor, he determ-
ined upon the course of making his
nominations solely upon merit, and for
that reason it was his desire that the
examination be conducted by the coun-
" superintendents of schools by form
ing themselves into an examining
board He further stated that after
outlining his ideas on the subject the
matter was entirely in their hands, and
it was his desire that political or per-
sonal influence should play no part in
his nominations, and that other than
TO receive applications, which he would
refer to the board, he would now di-
vorce himself from the proceedings
and await the findings of the board
with its recommendations as to whom
he should nominate for principal and
first and second alternates; these to be
the three young men who finished first
second and third, respectively.
Organization Of the board was per-
fected by the election of Mr.. Hand, of
Cape May county, as chairman, and
Mr.. Unger, of Cumberland county, as
secretary. The board agreed upon
Monday, December sixth, as the date
for the examination, which will be held
in the Atlantic City high school, from
ten o'clock in the morning until four
in the afternoon, with an hour for re-
cess. The following schedule of sub
jects to be covered was adopted: 1,
grammar and spelling; 2. history and
geography; 8, arithmetic and algebra;
4, geometry.
As the date for the examination has
been set back, applications may be
filed up to November 18th. 1t is open
to all young men who are bona fide
residents of the district, between the
ages of sixteen and twenty. The pay
of midshipman is 5000 per year, be-
ginning with the date of his admis-
sion to the academy.
In placing this opportunity within
the reach of every young man in the
district, Congressman Bacharach has
inaugurated a custom that is entirely
new in the history of the Second Con-
gressional district, and in fact it has
been attempted in only one or two
places throughout the United States,
and he is actuated in his motive by the
desire to send to the military and
naval schools only such young men as
shall show good promise of being able
to pursue the studies at the academies
to successful termination, with the
hope that some day they may rank
among the foremost men in naval and
military affairs and bring honor and
distinction to the Second Congressional
district of New Jersey. There should
therefore be generous response from
the young men of the district as an
evidence of appreciation for the op-
portunity accorded to them. All that
is required to take this preliminary
examination is good moral character,
a strong and robust physical consitu-
ton and mental makeup that will
reasonably insure ones passing the
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