Physics (or chemistry). Mechanical drawing (or biology, etc., list of optional subjects given on p. 27). 1 1 4 Total acceptable units for admission...... 16 If the prospective candidate learns when he has partly finished his secondary school course, of the possibility of an appointment to the Military Academy and desires to shape his course to give him the best preparation, his problem may be more difficult. Suppose, for example, that he has elected during his freshman and sophomore years in the secondary school some studies not on the acceptable list at the Military Academy-studies such as typewriting, stenography, bookkeeping, business accounting, woodworking, machine-shop work, sociology, principles of democracy, economics, business arithmetic, business law, animal husbandry, agriculture he will find that he must choose his subjects for the remainder of the course with the greatest care in order to give him not only the necessary units for certificate qualification but also the desirable foundation for success in the course at the Military Academy. Thus, to give a concrete example, suppose that a young man has taken the following work during his first two years in his secondary school: Suppose, then, at the end of sophomore year he decides to shape his course to qualify him for admission to and success in the Military Academy. He has at the time only six acceptable units. He must elect subjects for the remaining two years of secondary school work which will be acceptable at West Point and will be of direct assistance to him in his course there after he enters. man in this situation might arrange his course for the last two years as follows: A young JUNIOR YEAR, SECONDARY SCHOOL Algebra, quadratics and beyond, acceptable for West Point. History (ancient), acceptable for West Point French (beginner's first year), acceptable for West Point.. SENIOR YEAR, SECONDARY SCHOOL Advanced algebra, one term, acceptable for West Point.. Trigonometry, one term, acceptable for West Point. (Or physics, or chemistry, for an entire academic year, if the above mathematics courses are not included in the regular secondary school curriculum, 1 unit.) Units 1 I 1 1 He will thus, although he did not in his first two years in the secondary school direct his course to that end, have at graduation the 14 units required for certificate qualification and, if his work has been thoroughly done, will also have a good foundation for success in the academic work at the Military Academy. If a young man does not undertake until very late in his secondary school course to shape his work for West Point, and if he has up to that time been pursuing a course containing many subjects not acceptable at West Point, he will find it impossible in a short time to elect and pursue successfully as a part of his regular curriculum enough units in acceptable subjects to qualify him for admission by certificate. He must expect his certificate to be rejected and must, in case he receives an appointment, prepare himself to take the regular entrance examinations. It must be remembered in all cases that the secondary school itself must be one accredited by the United States Military Academy, and that evidence of low grades or of graduation at an irregular date will be sufficient to cause rejcction of the certificate qualifications of a candidate. REQUIREMENTS AS TO AGE, HEIGHT, AND PHYSICAL CONDITION 40. Candidates are eligible for admission from the day they are 17 (or 19 if from the Regular Army or from the National Guard) until the day they become 22 years of age, on which latter day they are not eligible. The age requirements for all candidates, as well as the service requirements for appointment from the Army and from the National Guard, are statutory and can not be waived. No candidate shall be admitted who is 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. All candidates must be unmarried. 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 41. 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 presentimg himself for examination. For this purpose he should immediately cause himself to be examined by a physician, preferably a medical officer of the Regular Army. The preliminary physical examination is of great importance to the candidate, as it should enable him to determine if he has any physical defect which might subsequently prevent 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. REGULAR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 42. The physical examination of all candidates taking the mental examination begins in the afternoon of the third day and is continued daily until completed, but those candidates who upon reporting at the place of examination 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. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 43. a. Hearing must be normal (20/20) in each ear for the whispered voice. 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 from any cause whatever. b. Vision as determined by the official test types must not fall below 20/40 in either eye without glasses. If below 20/20, it must be correctable to 20/20 by proper glasses. Hyperopia, hyperopic astigmatism, or compound hyperopic astigmatism, with vision less than 20/20 without glasses, 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 on the report of physical examination. The following-named conditions are also causes for rejection: Manifest disturbance of muscle balance; esophoria of more than 10 prism diopters, exophoria of more than 5 prism diopters, or hyperphoria of more than one-half prism diopter; 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, neuroretinitis, 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 ophthalmologist may be accepted, at the option of the examining board, as evidence of freedom from lesions of the fundus. c. Teeth. No candidate will be accepted unless he has a minimum of 6 serviceable, natural masticating teeth above and 6 below, opposing, and also 4 serviceable, natural incisors above and 4 below, opposing. Therefore, the minimum requirement consists of a total of 12 masticating teeth and 8 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 bridge work may be considered serviceable, natural teeth. Teeth properly filled with permanent filling material will be considered serviceable, natural teeth. Teeth containing unfilled cavities, or those showing signs of focal infection or involved with pyorrhea pockets even though all cavities are properly filled, will not be considered serviceable teeth. The followed-named conditions are further causes for disqualification if found to exist to such a degree as would immediately or subsequently impair the efficiency of the candidate. d. In general· (1) Any deformity which is repulsive or which prevents the proper functioning of any part to a degree interfering with military efficiency. (2) Obesity when so marked as to interfere with marching or military duties. (3) A height of more than 78 inches. (4) Deficient muscular development. (6) Evidences of physical characteristics of congenital asthenia. The (7) All acute communicable diseases. (8) All diseases and conditions which are not easily remediable or that tend physically to incapacitate the individual, such as e. The skin: (a) Chronic malaria and malarial cachexia. (b) Severe uncinariasis. (c) Tuberculosis, of whatever degree and whether general or localized. (d) Leprosy and actinomycosis. (e) Pellagra and beriberi. (f) Recurrent attacks of rheumatic fever, chronic articular rheumatism, and chronic arthritis. (g) Cellulitis and osteomyelitis. (h) Malignant disease of all kinds in any location. (2) Hemophilia and purpura. (j) Leukemia of all types. (k) Pernicious anemia. (1) Splenic anemia. (m) Fliariasis and trypanosomiasis. (n) Diabetes mellitus or insipidus. (0) Acromegaly, gigantism, myxoedema, cretinism, Addi son's disease, and other endocrine diseases. (p) Chronic metallic poisoning. (1) Eczema of long standing or which is rebellious to treatment. (3) Actinomycosis, dermatitis herpetiformis, or mycosis fungoides. (5) Acne upon face or neck, which is so pronounced as to amount to (6) Elephantiasis. (7) Pediculosis or scabies. (8) Carbuncle. (9) Ulcerations of the skin not amenable to treatment, or those of long standing, or of considerable extent, or of syphilitic or malignant origin. (10) Extensive, deep, or adherent scars that interfere with muscular movements or with the wearing of military equipment, or that show a tendency to break down and ulcerate. (11) Nævi and other erectile tumors if extensive, disfiguring, or exposed to constant pressure. (12) Obscene, offensive, or indecent tattooing on portions of the body subject to exposure. f. The head: (1) Tinea in any form. (2) All tumors which are of sufficient size to interfere with the wearing of military headgear. (3) Imperfect ossification of the cranial bones, or persistence of the anterior fontanelles. (4) Extensive cicatrices, especially such adherent scars as show a tendency to break down and ulcerate. (5) Depressed fractures or depressions, or loss of bony substance of the skull, unless the examiner is certain the defect is slight and will cause no future trouble. (6) Monstrosity of the head, or hydrocephalus. (7) Hernia of the brain. (8) Deformities of the skull of any degree associated with evidence of disease of the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves. g. The face: (1) Extreme ugliness. (2) Unsightly deformities, such as large birthmarks, large hairy moles, extensive cicatrices, mutilations due to injuries or surgical operations, tumors, ulcerations, fistula, atrophy of a part of the face or lack of symmetrical development. (3) Persistent neuralgia, tie doloreux, or paralyses of central nervous origin. (4) Ununited fractures of the maxillary bones, 'deformities of either maxillary bone interfering with mastication or speech, extensive exostosis, caries, necrosis, or osseous cysts. (5) Chronic arthritis of the temporo-maxillary articulation, badly reduced or recurrent dislocations of this joint, or ankylosis, complete or partial. h. The mouth, nose, fauces, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and œsophagus: (1) Harelip, loss of the whole or a large part of either lip, unsightly mutilations of the lips from wounds, burns, or disease. Malformation, partial loss, atrophy or hypertrophy of the tongue, split or bifid tongue, or adhesions of the tongue to the sides of the mouth, provided these conditions interfere with mastication, speech, or swallowing, or appear to be progressive. (2) (3) Malignant tumors of the tongue, or benign tumors that interfere with its functions. (4) Marked stomatitis, or ulcerations, or severe leukoplakia. (5) Ranula if at all extensive, or salivary fistula. (6) Perforation or extensive loss of substance or ulceration of the hard or soft palate, extensive adhesions of the soft palate to the pharynx, or paralysis of the soft palate. (7) Loss of the nose, malformation, or deformities thereof that interfere with speech or breathing, or extensive ulcerations. (8) Perforated nasal septum, if progressive, or if respiration is accom- (9) Nasal obstruction due to septal deviation, hypertrophic rhinitis, (11) Chronic atrophic rhinitis, if marked and accompanied by ozena. (13) Postnasal adenoids interfering with respiration or associated with (14) Chronic enlargement of the tonsils sufficient to interfere with speech or swallowing. (15) Chronic laryngitis from any cause. (16) Paralysis of the vocal cords, or aphonia. (17) Tracheotomy. (18) Stricture or pronounced dilatation of the œsophagus. i. The neck: (1) Cervical adenitis of other than benign origin, including cancer, (2) Adherent and disfiguring scars from disease, injuries, or burns. (4) Exophthalmic goiter, or myxoedema. (5) Thyroid enlargement from any cause associated with toxic symptoms. (6) Benign tumors or cysts which are so large as to interfere with the wearing of a uniform or military equipment. (7) Torticollis. j: The spine: (1) Lateral deviation of the spine from the normal midline of more than 2 inches (scoliosis). (2) Curvature of the spine of any degree in which function is interfered with, or in which there is noticeable deformity when the applicant is dressed (scoliosis, kyphosis, or lordosis). (3) Fractures or dislocations of the vertebræ. (4) Vertebral caries (Pott's disease). (5) Abscess of the spinal column or its vicinity. (6) Osteoarthritis of the spinal column, partial or complete. |