United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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beamahsbip N deference to the skeptical attitude of the general public we refrain from enumerating the volumes assimilated in the single year's course in this department. Whatever the other departments forget or fear to teach is tackled by Seamanship as a matter of course. One great advantage in this branch is the multiplicity of authorities+Knight, Rules of the Road, and the Navy Regs pale into insignificance in comparison with the opinions of each and -ij-'f----'ffr-'fr' . N In A . .I V every ofhcer. Having absorbed concentrated In- ternational Law, the essence of Practical and Theoretical Seamanship, the essentials of Military Law, and a 'A ' few incidentals, a midshipman is sent out into the service to face the eternal question- What do? 15 Y