The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-10-30
EXAMINATION FOR
NAVAL ACADEMY.
Examining Board Named By Con-
gresham Bacharach Organizes
and Adopts Schedule of Subjects

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The preliminary meeting of the
County superintendent of Schools
in the four counties comprising the
Second Congressional District for
the purpose of creating an Examin-
ing Board to conduct the examina-
ton of applicants for the obtaining
of three candidates for nomination to
take the examination at Annapolis in
the Spring of 1916, was held at the
office of Congressman Bacharach on
Saturday, the 23rd. Congressman
Bacharach addressed them and stated
that he had been called upon by the
Secretary of the Navy to nominate a
principal and two alternate candi-
dates to take the examination for ap-
pointment to the Naval Academy, and
in order that every young man in the
District with ambitions of going to
the Academy might have an oppor-
tunity to secure the honor, he deter
mined 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
County Superintendent of Schools
by forming themselves into an Exam
lining Board. He further stated that
after outlining his ideas on the sub
:ject the matter was entirely in their
hands, and it was his desire that po-
litical or personal influence should
play no part in the nominations, and
that other than to receive applica-
tions, which he would refer to the
Board, he would now divorce himself
from the proceedings and await the
findings of the Board with its recon-
mendations as to whom he should
nominate, these to be the three young
men who finished first, second and
third, respectively.
Organization of the Board was per-
fected with the election of Mr.. Hand
of Cape May County as Chairman,
and Mr.. Unger, of Cumberland Coun-
ty 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 morn
ing until four in the afternoon, with
an hour for recess. The following
schedule of subjects 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 a Midshipman is 5000 per
year, beginning with the date of his
admission to the Academy.
In placing this opportunity within
the reach of every young mar in the
District, Congressman Bacharach has
inaugurated a custom that is entirely
new in the history of the Second
Congressional District, and in fact it
two places throughout the United
States; and he is actuated in his mo-
tive by the desire to send to the Mill
tary and Naval schools only such
young men as shall show good prom
Use of being able to pursue the stud
les at the Academies to a successful
termination, with the hope that some
day they may rank among the fore
most men in Naval and Military af-
fairs and bring honor and distinction
to the Second Congressional District
of New Jersey. There should there
fore be a generous response from the
young men of the District as an evil
dence of appreciation for the oppor-
tunity accorded to them. All that is
required to take this preliminary ex-
animation is a good moral character,
a strong and robust physical consti-
tuition and a mental makeup that will
reasonably insure ones passing the