Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
Student Reported Rum0rs.

! tons of the naval service"
Student Reported Rum0rs.
/ Admiral Louis NJ. Mutton, superin
! tendent of the Naval Academy yester
! day afternoon issued the following
| statement:
! 1.-The student body itself. desiring tC
! protect standards of the Naval
! Academy and to maintain its integrity
| reported to the administration a belief
! of the existence Of some irregularity
! in accordance with the keeping of the
mathematics examination of December
1926. This information came from the
third class itself was voluntary, and
| in accordance with the keeping of the
standards and tradition of the naval
service.
Immediate investigation was start
, ed and through frank and unreserved
! answers of every midshipman inter
( rogated the following facts were es-
tablished.
THAT a member Of the second class.
a class senior to the third class. had
| through some unauthorized means
and from an unauthorized source OBJ
tanned information in connection with
the third class mathematics examina-
ton for December and had disposed of
this without disclosing it's source or
it's definite character to four or five
members of the third class for finan-
cial gain to himself.
Source not Known.
1.-THE source of this information is
not at present definitely known and
Is under further investigation. The
character of the information is
definitely established as being a por-
ton of the December third class
mathematics examination. The num-
Der of third classmen involved in
these preliminary transactions is not
over five. They received the infor-
nation as dope The extent, if any,
to which they believed it was irregular
or unlawful is in process of invcs
tigation.
1T is customary during the month,
as a matter of fundamental instruc-
ton in all academic departments for
various instructors. either under the
direction of the head of their depart
ment or on. their own initiative, TO
point out To- their classes what are
considered the fundamental princi-
pies involved in the months work,
but to avoid giving any definite in
formation as to what will be on the
examination, merely exercising the
fundamental principles.
This procedure, an authorized and
desirable one. has been in existence
at the Naval Academy for many
years. 1t is known to the midship-
men and it is quite customary and
proper for midshipmen to confer
among themselves as to what various
instructors have emphasized as being
the most important principles of the
months work. This information is
known as dope, and the current
method Of putting a question is for
one midshipmG-.r to ask another. Have
you any dope?' 1t appears that the
information disseminated by the sec
ond classman trickled out TO a small
degree to a few miGshipmen. who
received 1t in the customary status as
dope and who had no idea or knowl-
edge that it was specific information
bearing on the examination. Such
cases are without criminality.
Recommended for Dismissal.
1.-THE evidence as to the unwar-
ranted source from which the second
class,nan obtained his information is
as yet only circumstantial. There is
no doubt however, as to the character
Of his information or of his intent,
and he has been recommended for dis
missal
"a searching investigation into the
entire situation, during which the mid
shipmen have co-operated with the
administration to the fullest extent
bv frank and unreserved answers. has
shown that the integrity of the stu
dent body is excellent: that the situa-
ton in its serious phase is limited to
about six or eight midshipmen, in
which the question Of their intent Is
at present under investigation.
Attention is invited to the fact
that the suspicious circumstances
were originally reported by the stu
dent body itself. and a most search
ing examination, which has been in
process for a month. has confirmed
the superintendent belief in the in
tegrity of the student body as a
whole, that it's standards are high
and that they themselves jointly
guard them.
Upon the completion Of the details
of the investigation full report Will
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