Annual Register Of The United States Naval Academy Annapolis Md Navpers 15 019 PDF Download

Excerpt from Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., 1945-1946 Under the Academy is organized into the following departments: The executive department headed by the commandant of mid shipmen who is charged with interior discipline, drills, and tactical instruc tion; and the academic departments of seamanship and navigation, Ordnance and gunnery, marine engineering, mathematics, electrical engineering, Eng lish, history, and government, foreign languages, hygiene, and physical training. At present about 28 percent of the academic work is devoted to the so-called cultural subjects, about 54 percent to mathematics and the sciences, pure and applied, and about 18 percent to the professional subj ects. Throughout the course there are many practical exercises and drills in the professional departments of seamanship and navigation and ordnance and gunnery which are not reflected in the above. For many years the three upper classes were sent on practice cruises dur ing June, July and August of each year, for practical instruction in navi gation, seamanship, electrical engineering, marine engineering, gunnery, and radio. In 1929 a second-class summer was established, the midshipmen of that class being retained at the Naval Academy for practical instruction, but it was discontinued in 1941. Beginning in the year 1899, following an appropriation of by Congress for the purpose, the Naval Academy was almost completely rebuilt in the Italian Renaissance style after the designs of the architect, Mr. Ernest F-laggf of New York. The grounds of the Academy proper now comprise 232th acres along the west bank of the Severn River, on which are 217 major buildings, representing an investment of about In addi tion, 101 temporary units have been erected at a total cost of to al leviate the housing shortage due to the war. An act Of Congress approved on May 25, 1933, authorized the Superin tendent to confer the degree of bachelor of science upon all graduates from and after the date of the accrediting of the Academy by the Association of American Universities. That association placed the Naval Academy on its approved list on October 25, 1930, and graduates commencing with the class of 1931 became eligible for the degree. By virtue of an act of Congress approved July 8, 1937, the Superintendent is now authorized to confer the degree upon all living graduates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.