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VARSITY LACROSSE TEAM 1941 LACROSSE TEAM IN ACTION
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NAVAL ACADEMY AND WEST POINT EXAMINATION COURSE TUDENTS in this course are assigned to special sections in the various subjects in which they will be examined. For the Naval Academy the subjects are English grammar, com- position and literature, algebra, plane and solid geometry, physics, chemistry and American history. For West Point the subjects are English grammar, composition and literature, algebra, plane geometry, American history and Ancient history. Severn has had an excellent record of success in this work, due to the advantageous conditions underlwhich a boy works here. Placed in small classes, so that his weak points can beleasily detected and remedied, and with an experienced faculty, some of whom are always at hand to give assistance and direction, he can readily build up the thorough foundation that will bring not only success in the entrance examinations but in the Academy also. The Erst year at either Academy is the most CliEC11lC. Fully eighty per cent of the failures occur during the first year. That is due to a poor beginning on the part of the midshipman or cadet, while he is adjusting himself to the new conditions under which he must live and work, and during that time he is called upon to cover ground in his work much more rapidly than any college requires. The first two or three months' work will in most cases determine whether he will succeed or fail. As additional preparation for the course in the Academy, the period from the time of the examinations to the end of the school year is devoted to introductory courses in the subjects ofthe first term work at the Service academies. These courses include engineering drawing, use of slide rule, college algebra, trigonometry, solid geom- etry, chemistry and modern languages. NECESSITY OF TI-IOROUGH PREPARATION FOR THE NAVAL ACADEMY OR WEST POINT Too often those whose ambition it is to become naval oflicers or army oflicers do not have a clear understanding of the exacting re- 20
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