C. PLANE GEOMETRY. ONE UNIT. The usual theorems and constructions of good textbooks, including the general properties of plane rectilinear figures; the circle and the measurement of angles; similar polygons; areas; regular polygons and the measurement of the circle. The solution of numerous original exercises, including loci problems. Applications to the mensuration of lines and plane surfaces. The usual theorems and constructions of good textbooks, including the relation of planes and lines in space; the properties and measurement of prisms, pyramids cylinders, and cones; the sphere and the spherical triangle. The solution of numerous original exercises, including loci problems. E. TRIGONOMETRY. ONE-HALF UNIT. Definitions and relations of the six trigonometric functions as ratios; circular measurement of angles. Proofs of principal formulas, in particular for the sine, cosine, and tangent of the sum and the difference of two angles, of the double angle and the half angle, the product expressions for the sum or the difference of two sines or of two cosines, etc.; the transformation of trigonometric expressions by means of these formulas. Solution of trigonometric equations of a simple character. Theory and use of logarithms (without the introduction of work involving infinite series). The solution of right and oblique triangles and practical applications, including the solution of right spherical triangles. F. PLANE TRIGONOMETRY. ONE-HALF UNIT. This subject is the same as the preceding except that no topics from spherical trigonometry are included. ENGLISH A AND B. The study of English in school has two main objects: (1) Command of correct and clear English, spoken and written; (2) ability to read with accuracy, intelligence, and appreciation. GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION. ONE AND ONE-HALF UNITS. The first object requires instruction in grammar and composition. English grammar should ordinarily be reviewed in the secondary school; and correct spelling and grammatical accuracy should be rigorously exacted in connection with all written work during the four years. The principles of English composition governing punetuation, the use of words, sentences, and paragraphs should be thoroughly mastered; and practice in composition, oral as well as written, should extend throughout the secondary school period. Written exercises may well comprise letter-writing, narration, description, and easy exposition and argument. It is advisable that subjects for this work be taken from the student's personal experience, general knowledge and studies other than English, as well as from his reading in literature. Finally, special instruction in language and composition should be accompanied by concerted effort of teachers in all branches to cultivate in the student the habit of using good English in his recitations and various exercises, whether oral or written. LITERATURE. ONE AND ONE-HALF UNITS. The second object is sought by means of two lists of books headed, respectively, reading and study, from which may be framed a progressive course in literature covering four years. In connection with both lists, the student should be trained in reading aloud and be encouraged to commit to memory some of the more notable passages both in verse and in prose. As an aid to literary appreciation, he is further advised to acquaint himself with the most important facts in the lives of the authors whose works he reads and with their place in literary history. READING The aim of this course is to foster in the student the habit of intelligent reading and to develop a taste for good literature, by giving him a first-hand knowledge of some of its best specimens. He should read the books carefully, but his attention should not be so fixed upon details that he fails to appreciate the main purpose and charm of what he reads. HISTORY. (a) Ancient history, with special reference to Greek and Roman history, and including also a short introductory study of the more ancient nations and the chief events of the early Middle Ages, down to the death of Charlemagne (814), one unit. (b) Medieval and modern history, from the death of Charlemagne to the present time, one unit. (c) Modern history, one unit. (d) English history, one unit. (f) American history and civil government, one unit. UNIT OF ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS. In order to facilitate the comparison of admission requirements with one another, the board has given its approval to the following statement, formulated by the National Conference Committee on Standards of Colleges and Secondary Schools, descriptive of a unit of admission requirements: A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting approximately a quarter of a full year's work. A four-year secondary school curric ulum should be regarded as representing not more than 16 units of work. This statement is designed to afford a standard of measurement for the work done in secondary schools. It takes the four-year high school course as a basis, and assumes that the length of the school year is from 36 to 40 weeks, that a period is from 40 to 60 minutes in length, and that the study is pursued for four or five periods a week; but under ordinary circumstances, a satisfactory year's work in any subject can not be accomplished in less than 120 sixty-minute hours or their equivalent. Schools organized on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless, estimate their work in terms of this unit. (From Document No. 93, College Entrance Examination Board. Address for further information, 431 West One hundred and seventeenth Street, New York City.) Candidates from the United States at large, the honor schools, the Regular Army, and the National Guard may submit certificates, but such certificates will be considered only in case the authorized number of vacancies for that year is not filled by the regular examination. Certificates should be submitted not later than February 1. A certificate received beween February 1 and the examination will receive consideration, but in view of the short time left to the academic board to investigate its value, no assurance will be given that such certificate can be acted on in time to exempt the candidate from the mental examination. Candidates who submit certificates on a date which does not allow the academic board sufficient time to investigate their value and notify them regarding the final action thereon prior to the day set for the examination should proceed with the regular examination. Candidates who are informed that their certificates have been accepted must present themselves at the regular time and place, as herein prescribed, for physical examination. A certificate which is accepted as satisfactory for one examination will be regarded as satisfactory for any other examination which may be set for entrance with the same class. Any certificate accepted for one class and presented for a succeeding class should be accompanied with a full statement of the candidate's educational work in the interim, and both certificate and statement will be subject to careful scrutiny by the academic board. (Par. 57, Regls., U. S. M. A.) All necessary papers, including a set of blank certificate forms (except Form III, which is sent only upon application), are furnished by The Adjutant General of the Army to each duly nominated candidate with his letter of appointment. Any candidate who contemplates submitting a certificate shall, immediately upon receiving his appointment, forward to the Adjutant, United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., the names and addresses of all educational institutions from which he expects 7 to obtain certificates, in order that information as to the status of those institutions may be procured before the arrival of the certificates. Date of admission.-Candidates who fully conform to the requirements set forth in the preceding paragraphs, and who report in person to the superintendent on the first week day in July, before 12 o'clock, noon, shall be admitted as cadets of the United States Military Academy, and shall receive their warrants of appointment as soon as practicable. Engagement to serve.-Immediately after reporting to the superintendent for admission, and before receiving their warrants of appointment, candidates are required to sign, in the presence of the superintendent, or of some officer deputed by him, engagements for service in the following form: , of the State (or Territory) of aged years, 1, months, do hereby engage (with consent of my parent or guardian) that from the date of my admission as a cadet of the United States Military Academy I will serve in the Army of the United States for eight years unless sooner discharged by competent authority. In the presence of In the case of the Filipino cadets, the engagement shall be made to serve in the Philippine Scouts. (See sec. 1321, R. S.) Oath of allegiance.-Each cadet shall, previous to his admission to the academy, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation in the following form: I, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States paramount to any and all allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty I may owe to any State, county, or country whatsoever, and that I will at all times obey the legal orders of my superior officers and the rules and articles governing the Armies of the United States. (Sec. 1320, R. S.) Sworn to and subscribed at and -, before me. 1 this day of nineteen hundred Qualifications.-No candidate shall be admitted who is under 17 or over 22 years of age, or less than 5 feet 4 inches in height, or who is deformed or afflicted with any disease or infirmity which would render him unfit for the military service, or who has, at the time of presenting himself, any disorder of an infectious or immoral character. Candidates must be unmarried. Candidates are eligible for admission from the day they are 17 (or 19 if from the Regular Army or the National Guard) until the day they become 22 years of age, on which latter day they are not eligible. Each candidate must on reporting at West Point present a certificate showing successful vaccination within one year; or a certificate of two vaccinations, made at least a month apart, within three months. PRELIMINARY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. Each candidate designated as principal or alternate for appointment as a cadet of the Military Academy should ascertain as soon as practicable whether or not he has any physical defect that would disqualify him for admission or any that should be corrected by treatment before presenting himself for examination. For this purpose he should immediately cause himself to be examined by his family physician, and, if he desires, also by an Army surgeon at the nearest military post. Such an examination should enable the candidate to decide whether to devote the time and possible expense which may be necessary for preparation for the entrance examination or to relinquish his appointment. The presentation by an appointee of his letter of conditional appointment, with a request for physical examination, or the presentation by a prospective appointee of a letter signed by a Member of Congress stating that the bearer is a candidate for cadet appointment and requesting that he be physically examined, will be sufficient authority for an Army surgeon at any military post to make the desired physical examination. Upon completion of this examination, the Army surgeon will inform the candidate of the result, and, in case a disability be found, whether such disability is believed to be permanent and disqualifying for military service, or whether it is believed to be of a temporary or curable nature. The examination is to be regarded as preliminary only and in no manner to affect the decision of the regular medical examining board. CHARACTER OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. Candidates who, upon reporting, present evidence that they have been excused from the mental examination under the provisions of the certificate privilege, or as the result of having qualified mentally at a previous examination, are usually examined physically as soon as possible after reporting and are not required to wait until the schedule of mental examinations has been completed. The physical examination of all candidates taking the mental examination begins in the afternoon of the third day and is continued daily until completed. Hearing must be normal (20/20) in each ear. The following-named conditions are causes for rejection: The total loss of an ear, marked hypertrophy or atrophy, or disfiguring deformity of the organ; atresia of the external auditory canal, or tumors of this part; acute or chronic suppurative otitis media, or chronic catarrhal otitis media; mastoiditis, acute or chronic; existing perforation of the membrana tympani following otitis media (not to include traumatic perforations in which hearing is not below prescribed standard, nor former perforations following otitis media when the continuity of the drum has been restored by cicatrization). Vision as determined by the official test types must not fall below 20/40 in either eye. If below 20/20, it must be correctable to 20/20 by proper glasses. Hyperopia or hyperopic astigmatism with vision less than 20/20 is cause for rejection. Both eyes must be free from acute or chronic disease. In the record of all examinations the acuity of vision without glasses, and also with glasses when the acuity is less than 20/20, will be given for each eye separately; in the latter case the correction will also be noted. The following-named conditions are also causes for rejection: Color blindness for red, green, or violet; trachoma, or xerophthalmia; chronic conjunctivitis; pterygium encroaching upon the cornea; complete or extensive destruction of the eyelids, disfiguring cicatrices, adhesions of the lids to each other or to the eyeball; inversion or eversion of the eyelids, or lagophthalmus; trichiasis, ptosis, blepharospasm, or chronic blepheritis; epiphora, chronic dacryocystitis, or lachrymal fistula; chronic keratitis, ulcers of the cornea, staphyloma, or corneal opacities encroaching on the pupillary area and reducing the acuity of vision below the standard noted above; irregularities in the form of the iris, or anterior or posterior synechiae sufficient to reduce the visual acuity below the standard; opacities of the lens or its capsule, sufficient to reduce the acuity of vision below the standard, or progressive cataract of any degree; extensive coloboma of the choroid or iris, absence of pigment, glaucoma, iritis, or extensive or progressive choroiditis; retinitis, detachment of the retina, neuro-retinitis, optic, neuritis, or atrophy of the optic nerve; loss or disorganization of either eye, or pronounced exophthalmus; pronounced nystagmus, or permanent or well-marked strabismus; diplopia, or night blindness; abnormal conditions of the eyes due to disease of the brain; malignant tumors of lids or eyeballs; asthenopia accompanying any ocular defect. A certificate from a competent oculist may be accepted, at the option of the examing board, as evidence of freedom from lesions of the fundus. Teeth.-No candidate will be accepted unless he has a minimum of six serviceable, natural masticating teeth above and six below, opposing, and four serviceable, natural incisors above and four below, opposing. Exception may be made when the third molars have not yet erupted, in which case the minimum requirements for masticating teeth will be four above and four below, opposing. Therefore,, the minimum requirement consists of a total of twelve (or eight) masticating teeth and eight incisor teeth, all of which must be so opposed as to serve the purposes of incision and mastication. Well-crowned teeth or single-tooth replacements by a standard method of fixed bridge work may be considered serviceable, natural teeth. A carious tooth with one or more cavities which can be restored by filling may be considered a serviceable, natural tooth, and a candidate with such unsound teeth may be accepted subject to the conditions of having the cavities filled in a satisfactory manner before the date set for his entrance to West Point. Teeth affected by extensive caries with large cavities involving the pulp will not be considered serviceable. A tooth will not be considered a serviceable, natural tooth when it is involved with excessively deep pyorrhea pockets, or when its root end is manifestly affected with an infection that has or has not an evacuating sinus discharging through the mucous membrane or skin, nor will a tooth be considered serviceable which fails to enter into serviceable occlusion with the opposing tooth. The following-named conditions are further causes for disqualification if found to exist to such a degree as would immediately or at no very distant period impair the efficiency of the candidate: 1. Feeble constitution; unsound health from whatever cause; indications of former ease, glandular swellings, or other symptoms of tuberculosis. |