The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

intuition and other necessaries by the government.
 The naval department which was necessarily suspended during the great war, will be revived this year under the direction of Ensign Joe Belka of the United States navy. This part of the training given by the academy appeals to the boys and is conducted in waters that are safe under all conditions.
 The course of study is up to the standard in every particular. the acad- emy being on the accredited list of the Southern association. This means that when a boy has finished the prescribe ed course at the academy, he will be ad- mitted into almost any college in the United States without examination. For
 the class work and academic training,
 corps of teachers have been selected
 with the greatest care, all ot them
 being bachelor graduates from stand ard colleges and several of them be-
 ing masters aof arts from the great
 universities. Each of them is man
 who has specialized with boys These
 teachers have been selected not only
 for their ability in the classroom but
 also for their splendid culture ana
 moral tone. Few colleges in the coun- try can boast of finer faculty than IS
 to be found in this institution.
 The boys live in large barracks and
 sleep on wide. screened sleeping porcnes
 with the salt breezes from the water
 permeating their lungs. The climate
 is such that on very few days is It I'm
 possible for the boys to spend most of
 their time out of doors. The open air
 features makes the boys husky and healthy and strong. He is therefore happy and likes his work. The sur roundings of the boys are inspected regularly by the United States sanitary officers and healthfulness is marked characteristic of the cadets corps.
 Of the 546 boys enrolled during the session 191S-19 103 were from Ala bama and 149 from Mississippi. Thus the boys from either of these two states will be closely associated in thelr school fife with the manly men Who will be the leaders in the life Of thelr state in the future, if they come to /. the Gulf Coast Military Academy. This l fact is frequentliy overlooked by par | ents in selecting school.
 | In 1916 the junior department was esta ablished for boys 'yho were younger | or too immature to thrive in constant
 association with larger boys. The de- partment has no superior as schooi l for younger boys Cadets as young as years are enrolled from various sections of the country The enroll ment is limited to 100 boys in the junior l carefully selected from the many who apply for entrance. In the academy | they are safeguarded in every particu- | lar and receive the same careful at- 1 tention from loving hands that would | be given them at home. In addition to this there are exceptionally fine | teachers and they have the same mlli- | tary training and discipline that is in the senior department, although modi- fled slightly to suit the needs of the younger boys.
 l Boys of questionable morals and bad | influence will not be tolerated in this 1 institution and great care is exercised ! by the proprietors to see that no boy l is entered who would lead other boys astray. As a result of this the Gulf l Coast Military Academy has a force of splendid officers and instructors asso- ciated with the cadet corp of fine and I manly boys under the delightful and 1 invigorating conditions, all of which re- suits in the development of the high ! est type of young American manhood