Varicocele, sarcocele, hydrocele, stricture, fistula, hemorrhoids, or varicose veins of lower limbs; Disease of the genito-urinary organs; Chronic ulcers, ingrowing nails, large bunions, or other deformity of the feet; Loss of many teeth, or teeth generally unsound. Attention will also be paid to the stature of the candidate, and no one manifestly under size for his age will be received at the Academy. In the case of doubt about the physical condition of the candidate, any marked deviation from the usual standard of height or weight will add materially to the consideration for rejection. Five feet will be the minimum height for the candidate. XI. Candidates will be examined mentally in reading, writing, punctuation, spelling, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, United States history, world's history, algebra through quadratic equations, and plane geometry (five books of Chauvenet's Geometry, or an equivalent). Deficiency in any one of these subjects may be suthcient to insure the rejection of the candidate. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE EXAMINATION. READING AND WRITING. Candidates must be able to read understandingly, and with proper accent and emphasis, and to write legibly, neatly, and rapidly. SPELLING. They must be able to write, from dictation, paragraphs from standard pieces of English literature, both prose and poetry, sufficient in number to test fully their qualifications in this branch. The spelling throughout the examination will be considered in marking the papers. The academic board are instructed not to reject a candidate whose only deficiency is in spelling when the mark therefor is above a certain figure, to be fixed by the board, subject to the revision of the Department. PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALS. They must be familiar with the rules for punctuation and for the use of capitals. In order to test their knowledge, sentences will be given for correction. GRAMMAR. Candidates must exhibit thorough familiarity with English grammar; they must be able to analyze and parse any sentence given, showing clearly the relations between the different parts of speech, and giving the rules governing those relations. The subject and predicate in the sentence must be given, with modifiers (if any), and also the part of speech and kind, case, voice, mood, tense, number, person, degree of comparison, etc., as the case may be, of each word, and its relation to other words in the sentence. They must be able to define the terms used in grammar, a number of which will be given as a test of their knowledge. A composition on one of three subjects will be required. Since the school grammars used in different parts of the country vary among themselves in their treatment of certain words, an answer approved by any grammar of good repute will be accepted. GEOGRAPHY. Candidates will be required to pass a satisfactory examination in descriptive geography, particularly of our own country. Questions will be given under the following heads: The definitions of latitude and longitude; the zones; the grand divisions of land and water; the character of coast lines; the climate of different parts of the United States; trade winds; the direction and position of important mountain chains and the locality of the higher peaks; the position and course of the principal rivers, their tributaries, and the bodies of water into which they flow; the position of important seas, bays, gulis, and arms of the sea; the position of independent States, their boundaries and capital cities; the position and direction of great peninsulas and the situation of important and prominent capes, straits, sounds, channels, and the most important canals; great lakes and inland seas; position and political connection of important islands and colonial possessions; location of cities of historical, political, or commercial importance, attention being especially called to the rivers and bodies of water on which cities are situated; the course of a vessel in making a voyage between well-known ports. The candidate's knowledge of the geography of the United States can not be too full or specific on all the points referred to above. Accurate knowledge will also be required of the position of the country with reference to other States, and with reference to latitude and longitude, of the boundaries and relative position of the States and Territories, of the name and position of their capitals, and of other important cities and towns. UNITED STATES HISTORY. The examination in this branch will include questions concerning the early settlements in this country; the forms of government in the colonies; the causes, leading events, and results of wars; and prominent events in the history of our Government since its foundation. WORLD'S HISTORY. Candidates must be familiar with the general history of the world, including the rise and the fall of empires and of dynasties; changes in territory as the result of wars or from other causes; the most important treaties of peace; the relations between church and state in different countries; in brief, such information as may be found in the ordinary general histories. The candidate will be required ARITHMETIC. To express in figures any whole, decimal, or mixed number; to write in words any given number; to perform with facility and accuracy the various operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, whether abstract or compound, and to use with facility the tables of money, weights, and measures in common use, including English money. To reduce compound numbers from one denomination to another, and to express them as decimals or fractions of a higher or lower denomination; to state the number of cubic inches in a gallon and the relation between the troy and avoirdupois pounds, and to reduce differences of time to differences of longitude, and vice versa. To define prime and composite numbers; to give the tests of divisibility by 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 25, and 125; to resolve numbers into their prime factors, and to find the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of large as well as of small numbers. To be familiar with all the processes of common and decimal fractions; to give clearly the reasons for such processes, and to be able to use the contracted methods of multiplication and division given in the ordinary text-books on arithmetic. To define ratio and proportion, and to solve problems in simple and compound proportion. To solve problems involving the measurement of rectangular surfaces and of solids; to find the square roots and the cube roots of numbers, and to solve simple problems under percentage, interest, and discount. The candidates are required to possess such a thorough understanding of all the fundamental operations of arithmetic as will enable them to apply the various principles to the solution of any complex problem that can be solved by the methods of arithmetic; in other words, they must possess such a complete knowledge of arithmetic as will enable them to proceed at once to the higher branches of mathematics without further study of arithmetic. ALGEBRA. The examination in algebra will include questions and problems upon the fundamental rules, factoring, greatest common divisor, least common multiple, algebraic fractions, equations of the first degree with one or more unknown quantities, simplification of expressions involving surds, and the solution and theory of quadratic equations. GEOMETRY. In geometry candidates will be required to give accurate definitions of terms used in plane geometry, to demonstrate any proposition of plane geometry as given in the ordinary text-books, and to solve simple geometrical problems, either by a construction or by an application of algebra. CHARACTER OF THE QUESTIONS AT EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION. PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALS. Punctuate and capitalize the following: to the last moment however he manifested a punctilious regard for the duties of his charge he accompanied us in our boat on a dark and gusty night to the packet which lay a little out at sea he saw us on board and then standing up for one moment he said is all right on deck all right sir sang out the ships steward have you lord westport got your clock with you yes sir then pull away boatmen we heard him say as his boat disappeared in the darkness. GRAMMAR. Write a 1. How are verbs classified according to their form? Give an example of each class. sentence with an impersonal verb. What are diminutive nouns? Form diminutive nouns from the following words: Goose, lamb, hill, brook, boot. What are derivative adjectives? Classify the following adjectives: Harsh, despotic, roundish, giving, untrue, lifelike, low-toned, over-bold. Write a complex sentence containing a participial phrase and an adverbial clause. 2. Give the names of the words ending in "ing" derived from the verb see, and write simple sentences in which these words are used. Give a synopsis of the verb "to swim" in the first person singular number, progressive form, through all the modes and tenses (include the participles). Write the plural form of each of the following words: Alkali, elk, obloquy, tipstaff, tooth-brush, knight-baronet. What are conjunctive adverbs? Write five sentences using the verb "depart," in which the action will be affirmed (1) positively, (2) contingently, (3) conditionally, (4) imperatively, (5) unlimitedly. 3. Analyze the following sentence: "Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers so blue and golden Stars that in earth's firmament do shine." 4. Parse the italicized words in the following sentence: Home they brought her warrior dead; She nor swooned, nor uttered cry: All her maidens watching, said, She must weep or she will die.'" 5. Write a composition of not fewer than 180 words and not more than 280 words on one of the following subjects: The English-Boer war. The chief industries of your native State. The present status of Cuba. GEOGRAPHY. 1. Fix the position of the following-named places: Halifax, Poona, Fall River, Palermo, Zamboanga, Petersburg. 2. Fix the position of (1) Hudson Strait, (2) Strait of Juan de Fuca, (3) Dismal Swamp, (4) Mount Hood. Describe (1) the Ganges River and (2) the St. Clair River. 3. Fix the position of (1) Penang, (2) Island of Panay, (3) Island of Martinique, (4) Cape Palmas, Describe trade winds, stating where they blow, why they blow, in what direction they blow, and why in these directions. Describe the Sargasso Sea. Why is the coast of Maine colder than the coast of Oregon? 4. What is meant by (1) the poles of the earth, (2) the equator, (3) latitude, (4) longitude? What is the longitude of a place where it is noon at the same moment that it is 6 p. m. at Greenwich? Which is longer, a degree of the equator or a degree of a meridian? Why? 5. Make a voyage from Duluth to Delagoa Bay, via the Suez Canal, naming the waters traveled through and the States and countries passed. Fix the position of six important seaports that could be visited on the voyage. 6. What city is the capital of the Dutch East Indies? In Africa what are the Portuguese possessions? the English? the German? Name four of the largest Hawaiian Islands. On what one is Honolulu? UNITED STATES HISTORY. 1. Give some account of the following: Joliet, Robert Morris, Count de Grasse, Admiral Farragut. 2. Give an account of the settlement of Pennsylvania and its subsequent history up to the Revolution. Give an account of Shay's rebellion. Name the leader of the victorious forces in the following battles: Trenton, Crown Point, Chippewa, Palo Alto, Chickamauga, Antietam. How and when did the United States acquire Florida? 3. What were the chief defects of the Articles of Confederation? Give the causes that led to the war of 1812. State what treaty ended the war and when and by whom it was signed. State what you understand by a protective tariff, and what political party stands for it. Explain the plan of "Reconstruction" after the civil war. 4. State what led to Clay's compromise measures and give their provisions. What is the Interstate Commerce Commission and what led to it? Give a brief account of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac and state why it was important. WORLD'S HISTORY. 1. Give the dates, causes, and results of the three Punic wars, 2. Give a list of the Stuart rulers of England, with the date of the beginning and the ending of the reign of each. 3. Give some account of the following: Attila, Gustavus Adolphus, Robespierre, William of Orange. 4. State briefly the causes of the following: The Crimean war, the Franco-Prussian war (1870), the Russo-Turkish war (1877-78). ARITHMETIC. 1. Divide 26.78508 by .072 (not by long division). What decimal part of 2718 is .0047565? Divide 1.51983 by 389.7 and 1838.72 by 7182500. Multiply 37.18756 by 2.78956565, contracting the work to two decimal places in the product. Divide 3.14159265 by 2.71828183 to three decimal places in the quotient. 2. Reduce 41. to the decimal of £1. Express 12 lbs. 7 oz. 6 dwt. 8 gr. in avoirdupois pounds and decimals. How many yards does a train moving 60 miles an hour pass over in one second? How many acres are required for a road 20 miles long and 4 rods wide? How many bushels of grain may be put in a barrel which will hold 40 gallons of water? 101-414 and 3& 3 of 9 and multiply their product by 83. Reduce 3. Simplify each of the fractions 4-34-21+17 to a simple fraction. Reduce 0.0194 to a common fraction. Find the prime factors of 32-21-24-18 3553, 7429, and 20387, and express the least common multiple as a product of prime factors. 4. Find the square root of 229.8 to six decimal places and the cube root of 37.68 to five decimals. 5. Find the simple interest on $595.87 for 3 years 3 months and 3 days at 54 per cent per annum. Find the simple interest on £757 17s. 6d. for 1 year 3 months and 10 days at 41 per cent per annum. What sum invested at 6 per cent will amount to $2,750.00 in 2 years 9 months 15 days? At an election A received 67,356 votes, B 19,281, C 16,352, and D 10.281; what per cent of the total vote did cach obtain? 6. A closed rectangular wooden box has the external dimensions 17 inches, 10 inches, and 6 inches; the wood is inch thick, the empty box weighs 7 lbs., and when filled with sand the box weighs 100 lbs. Find the weight of a cubic foot of wood and of a cubic foot of sand. ALGEBRA. 1. Simplify 8-- - {16y - [3.x -- (12y −x) − 8y]+}. Divide p2+pq+2pr−2q2+7gr−3r2 by p+2q-r. Multi ply together (x − a), (x --b), (x -- c), and (z-d), and arrange the result according to descending powers of. Write the square of (a+b+c+d), and the cube of (a+b+c). 2. Find the greatest common divisor of 33-132+23x-21 and 66+2-44x+21. Separate into factors -2-12, 6x+x−2, x2+(a+c)x+ae, x2+a3, 4+64, and a3+b3+c3--3abc. Simplify x-8 x-3 5 x ❍ ---10 x-2 3' 3. Solve the equations 73 +21 =0, }(x-α)-(2x-3b) - (α-≈) = 10+11b, and −13+yx+11=2. Divide a quantity a into two parts proportional to b and c. 2+13 4. Multiply 2+ 13- 16 by 2 - 13+ 16. Simplify 2-13 the equations: and find the square root cf 5+124. Solve x+22 4 9-6 4x+3y-2-7) 5. Solve the equations 11-19x-6=0, (a−b),x2--(a+b)x+ab--0, and 3 GEOMETRY. Find the condition 1. Define Theorem, Postulate, Axiom, Corollary, Scholium. Prove that if a perpendicular be erected at the middle point of a straight line, every point in the perpendicular is equally distant from the extremities of the line and every point not in the perpendicular is unequally distant. What is meant by a geometric locus? Give three examples, and explain what the locus is in each case. 2. Name and define the classes into which quadrilaterals are divided; name and define the species into which parallelograms are divided. Prove that the three perpendiculars erected at the middle points of the sides of a triangle meet in a point; what is this point? Prove that an inscribed angle is measured by one-half the intercepted arc. Two chords are drawn in a circle meeting (1) within the circle, (2) outside the circle; how is the angle between the chords measured in each case (proof not required)? 3. What is meant by a mean proportional between two lines (or quantities)? When are quantities reciprocally proportional Prove that when a perpendicular is let fall upon the hypotenuse of a right triangle from the vertex of the right angle, the two triangles so formed are similar, and the perpendicular is a mean proportional between the segments of the hypotenuse. Show how to construct a mean proportional between two lines. 4. Prove that the area of a triangle is one-half the product of its base and altitude. Prove geometrically that the square described upon the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equivalent to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides. 5. What is meant by dividing a line in extreme and mean ratio? A line A B, length a, is divided in extreme and mean ratio; find the two segments, either by construction or by obtaining algebraic expressions for them. Prove that the area of a regular inscribed dodecagon is equal to three times the square of the radius. If the radius is R, what is the length of a side of the dodecagon? ADMISSION. XII. Candidates that pass the physical and mental examinations will receive appointments as midshipmen, and become students of the Academy. Each midshipman will be required to sign articles by which he binds himself to serve in the United States Navy eight years (including his time of probation at the Naval Academy), unless sooner discharged. The pay of a midshipman is $500 a year, commencing at the date of his admission. |