Show I r is de best best to Ch Chimmy WOt ill Wot illy Wot way teach a girl how to swim SWIm Johnny Johnny Vell Well yer er want to take her gently genth by de hand lead her gently down r to de de' de water put yer arm gently around t her waist and andt andE and and- Oh cut it out Its It's me mel me t E Chimmy Uh l f t SIS sister t er Johnny Johnny- Johnny Oh push pUS l her ler off ff de de' d dock ck Tara nn s r John John- Hopkins University has a department de de- let le- le t of of the lle Philippines s to prepare men glen for service serVIce in In those islands The r Red and Black The following letter will wilt be of f inte interest e t to most students United States Naval Academy Annapolis Md Feb 14 1903 Mr R. R E. E Caldwell Dear Friend Friend I I received your letter etter to day I have kept myself pretty well in informed informed in- in formed tanned on l matters matters matters- l relating to the Varsity Varsity Varsity Var sity The folks send me met all all the newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper accounts of the Sophomore trouble I suppose they are all back and at work What are the Juniors doing now I wish ish I were back with you Here there is no Varsity spirit whatever Th There te teis e eis is a little class spirit but even this is lacking We Ve are in such a position that we cant can't get out and have a time The only time we get out of the Academy limits limits limits lim lim- its is on oil Saturday wh when n we may if we weare weare weare are are on first conduct grade which means that we e haven't received more than twenty demerits during the previous month drop out o of dinner forn formation and remain out until s. s supper formation On Sundays we e have to put in a request to go out But Yen even when hen we get out in Annapolis there is 1 nothing Annapolis is a t toWn of possIbly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly IO OO inhabitants the greater great t part lart negro negro with no life at all ll The rest of the week we have classes and drills Every minute of off the day js is s accounted for They t take k up mathematics by parts part h here re For instance during some weeks weeks' last t term rn we had Algebra Algebra G Geometry t y and n t P Descriptive e Geometry and other weeks weela e we e would have I one alone Since the semi annual examinations a i i period of almost two w weeks eks we ha have e taken up tip Ratio Proportion Variation Limiti Limiting Values Value Van Vanishing shing Fr Fractions Undetermined Fractions Undetermined Coefficients and Partial Fractions and this morning we had an examination in inthe inthe inthe the same The semi seni examinations in n mathematics th l took in Plane and Solid Geometry Algebra Algebra Algebra Al Al- gebra and Descriptive ive Geom Geom- etry ry I got a four in Description and my average for the examinations in mathematics was r n Possibly you dont don't understand this marking which runs from o a to 4 That Thatis is 4 is perfect 25 is a passing mark In Mechanical Drawing I stood third in the class In English and Spanish I didn't do so well veIl This term I am taking French but I find fina language very hard c to learn Here t they teach you to Jo to t talk lk more than they do elsewhere You suggest that I might be able to f write an article about The Way We vVe Do Engineering at the Academy It r sounds very nice but a Plebe doesn't find out all about things here and it keeps 1 him him guessing at their methods Though if I get time I may be able to write something some some- th tiling thing ng for you I suppose Utah will have three more appointments to this place if the Naval Bill passes This bill provides that each congressman make two app appointments appointments ap ap- p to the Naval Academy I dont don't want to prevent anybody from getting here but this is not a place where everything is a cinch and you have to do just what That regulations say and what you are ane told The Superintendent put the third class in confinement last Saturday b because c nse they wouldn't promise to stop running hazing but they finally came around so that now there is hardly hardly anything anything anything any any- thing of the kind g going ing on in the Acad Acad- emy y i h 1 received I bo both bon both n numbers of the Eng Engi- i- i i neer eer a all O. O K h I il think they are e fine and Y 1 certainly ought to make e a hit lut We do don n snot Miot lave have v ally y p per at all here here i u 1 T Tell the other J Juniors I bey s em and alid ia wish vish wish T vas T was was with with them them l again ga n S. S W. W WALLACE 3 J j |