Show indoor mast for middies under the of comman dor der W F 11 balses alse head of the depart wl ij ment ot 01 seamanship at the united states naval academy there lias has been erected in the new boat boathouse bouse at annapolis a mast 72 feet high mith alth all the sails yards yard blocks and ropes set exactly as on a full rigged ship the purpose of this novel feature Is to give tho the cadot cadets practical exercises dicing during seasons when it 1 is impossible for them to bo be on the ater in ili somo some 9 eign institutions there are indoor r ts but none so tall or so perfect in lit its As equipment as this one there Is a net not to prevent serious falls from tho the rigging to the concrete floor |