SUPPLEMENTAL PAMPHLET Changes in regulations governing the qualifications for admission of candidates to the United States Military Academy have made it necessary to publish this supplemental pamphlet. A careful study of the matter herein, in conjunction with the regular pamphlet of Information relative to the Appointment and Admission of Cadets to the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., edition 1929, is essential for those who desire a complete and correct knowledge of the existing regulations governing admission. GENERAL STATEMENT OF NATURE OF CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING ADMISSION The essential changes in the regulations governing admission to the United States Military Academy involve the following: 1st. For all candidates desiring to qualify for admission by certificate: A requirement of 15 units instead of 14 as previously. 2d. For certificate qualification: Recognition by the War Department of certain_additional subjects as acceptable. (See par. 24 below.) 3d. For certain classes of candidates desiring to qualify for admission by certificate: A requirement of validating examinations in Algebra, Geometry, and English, to be taken at the same time and place as the regular entrance examinations. (See par. 23 below.) These important changes necessitate the following alterations in the 1929 edition of the pamphlet Information relative to the Appointment and Admission of Cadets to the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. (References are to the numbered paragraphs in said pamphlet.) Paragraph 3: After the word "certificates" in line 7 insert the following: "With validating examination, or in certain special cases by certificate without mental examination." (See pars. 23 and 23a as revised below.) Paragraph 9: For "14 units" read "15 units"; and also, see paragraphs 23 and 24 as revised below. Paragraph 13: Cancel the whole paragraph, and substitute the following: There are three methods of meeting the educational requirements for admission to the Military Academy, viz, by successfully passing the regular entrance examination, by submitting a satisfactory educational certificate to be validated by special examination, or by submitting an educational certificate which does not need a validating examination. (See pars. 23 and 24 as revised below.) Paragraph 14: Cancel the whole paragraph, and substitute the following: ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, WHEN HELD 14. The regular Military Academy entrance examination and the examination for validating certain classes of certificates are held beginning on the first Tuesday in March each year. Each candidate (unless appointed from the Regular Army) designated to take one of these examinations will receive from the War Department a letter of appointment, and he must appear for examination at the time and place designated therein, before a board of Army officers convened by the War Department. Enlisted men appointed from the Regular Army receive authority from their respective corps area or department commanders to report for examination, and must report at the time and place specified. No other regular mental examination is held during the year and failure to appear at this time, unless prevented by sickness or other unavoidable causes, will vacate the appointment. A second validating examination is held on June 25 at West Point, N. Y., but it is only for emergency vacancies which remain or occur after the March examination. Candidates appointed to such emergency vacancies must qualify by certificate or by certificate supplemented by the validating examination mentioned above. Candidates in the Philippine Islands selected for appointment shall, unless otherwise notified by the War Department, appear for mental and physical examination on the second Tuesday in January of each year before a board of Army officers to be convened at such places in the Philippine Islands as the commanding general of the Philippine Department may designate. Paragraph 16: To the printed schedule for the regular examination add the following: VALIDATING EXAMINATIONTM First day. Report and instructions, 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., 2 hours. English grammar, composition, and literature, part 1 (English grammar and composition), 2 p. m. to 3 p. m., 1 hour. Second day. Algebra, 9.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m., 3 hours. English_grammar, composition, and literature, part 2 (composition and literature), 3 p. m. to 5 p. m., 2 hours. Third day.-Geometry, 9.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m., 3 hours. (For a more complete description of the examination and for sample questions see par. 23 below.) Paragraph 17: Cancel the whole paragraph and substitute the following: ADMISSION BY REGULAR MENTAL EXAMINATION 17. All candidates take the regular mental examination who can not qualify under paragraph 23 or paragraph 23a below. Inasmuch as candidates from the United States at large, the Regular Army, and the National Guard are appointed to vacancies in the order of merit competitively established as a result of the regular mental entrance examination, such candidates are not permitted to submit educational certificates in lieu of that examination, and therefore can not qualify under paragraph 23 or paragraph 23a below. Paragraph 23. Cancel the whole paragraph and substitute the following: ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE AND VALIDATING EXAMINATION 23. The academic board will consider and may accept in lieu of the regular mental entrance examination a certificate (for lists of subjects and weights on certificates see par. 24) with validating examination in the following cases: (1) A properly attested certificate (Form II) that the candidate has graduated from a preparatory school or public high school accredited by the United States Military Academy provided that in his school work he has shown proficiency in subjects amounting to not less than 15 units of the list given below in paragraph 24. Of the 15 units, 2 must be in algebra, 1 in plane geometry, 11⁄2 in English grammar and composition, 11⁄2 in English literature, and 2 in history. The remaining 7 units may be chosen from the list of optional subjects but can not include commercial or other subjects not included in the list. If a scrutiny of the certificate submitted shows evidence of low grades or of graduation at an irregular date, the certificate will be rejected. (2) A properly attested certificate (Form II) that the candidate is in actual attendance in his senior year at a preparatory school or public high school accredited by the United States Military Academy and has satisfactorily completed three and one half years' work at such school provided that the certificate shows specifically by subjects and units the work already completed and also that to be completed by graduation and provided that the course the candidate is pursuing will when completed show proficiency in subjects amounting to not less than 15 units of the list given below and the certificate includes a statement to that effect. Of the 15 units, 2 must be in algebra, 1 in plane geometry, 11⁄2 in English grammar and composition, 11⁄2 in English literature, and 2 in history. The remaining 7 units may be chosen from the list of optional subjects given hercafter but can not include commercial or other subjects not included in the list. If a scrutiny of the certificate submitted shows low grades, the certificate will be rejected. A candidate submitting a certificate showing actual attendance at and prospective graduation from a preparatory or public high school must as a condition of admission continue his course of study and submit his diploma or other formal evidence of graduation at the time of entrance to the United States Military Academy. Failure to submit such evidence of graduation will disqualify the candidate for entrance. (3) A properly attested certificate (Form II) of a candidate accredited as an "honor school" appointee, who has not been graded in academic work in the upper 10 per cent of his class, showing specifically by subjects and units the work already completed and also that to be completed by graduation, provided that the course the candidate is pursuing will when completed show proficiency in subjects amounting to not less than 15 units of the list given below, and that the certificate includes a statement to that effect. Of the 15 units, 2 must be in algebra, 1 in plane geometry, 11⁄2 in English grammer and composition, 11⁄2 in English literature, and 2 in history. The remaining 7 units may be chosen from the list of optional subjects given hereafter, but can not include commercial or other subjects not included in the list. If a scrutiny of the certificate submitted shows low grades, the certificate will be rejected. A candidate whose certificate (Form II) has been rejected must take the regular mental entrance examination. An appointee whose certificate has been accepted subject to a validating examination must show by this examination that he has acquired during his preparatory school work a knowledge of algebra, plane geometry, and English grammer, composition and literature similar to that described in the preceding paragraphs for appointees who enter by the regular mental examination. However, the validating examination will not be as searching as the regular examination, but will be so framed as to determine general knowledge of the subjects without requiring special courses of study in preparation. The following sets of questions are given as examples: 4 5 3x-8y=24 (b) Solve the same equations analytically. Why do you not get the same answers? Which answers are better? 10 Simplify (1+√−2)3—(1−√−2) 10 10 6 7 10 Given 3(a+b)2—4(a3+b3) (a1—b2)+(a1-26)2. Perform the indicated operations and simplify the result. If A gives B $10, B will have three times as much money as A. If B gives A $10, A will have twice as much money as B. How much has each? Find the value of m for which the two roots of (3m+1)x2+(2m+2)x+m=0 are equal and find these equal roots. If the length and breadth of a rectangle were each increased 1 foot, the area would be 48 square A line is divided into two parts in the ratio of 2 to 3 and into two parts in the ratio of 3 to 4; 1 2 Show that+++ +- is a geometrical progression and find the sum of all its terms. VALIDATING EXAMINATION IN PLANE GEOMETRY No. Wt. Time: 3 hours. 1 2 10 10 Theorem: A line drawn through the mid-point of one side of a triangle parallel to the base and terminating in the opposite side, bisects the opposite side and is equal to one half the base. Theorem: The lines drawn from two opposite vertices of a parallelogram to the mid-points of a pair of opposite sides trisect a diagonal of the parallelogram. Theorem: If two circles intersect, their common chord produced bisects their common tangent. Problem: To find the locus of the vertices of triangles having a common base (AB) and their angles at the vertex equal to a given angle (45°). B 5 6 A 10 (a) Exercise: Find the area of an equilateral triangle one side of which is m feet. (b) Theorem: The sum of the perpendiculars to the sides of an equilateral triangle from a point P within the triangle is equal to the altitude of the triangle for all positions of the point P. (Hint: The area of the given triangle equals the sum of the areas of 3 triangles.) 10 (a) Define similar triangles. (b) Problem: In a given circle to inscribe a triangle similar to a given triangle. |