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NAVAL ACADEMY 



is washed, combed with coarse metal brushes, 

 then worked into yarn on a spindle. The looms 

 for weaving are similar to those used by other 

 primitive peoples. Between two poles, set in 

 the ground a short distance apart, are fastened 



NAVAHO LOOM 



Upon such crude devices the famous Navaho 

 blankets are made. 



two horizontal beams. Between these the warp 

 is stretched. For a shuttle they use a blunt 

 stick, and the weaving is begun at the bottom, 

 the cloth being rolled on a long pole as the 

 work progresses. Dark blue, yellow, red, black 

 and white are the favorite colors, white and 

 black wool being mixed to produce the much- 

 used gray. The women become very skilful at 

 weaving in certain designs. No two blankets 

 are alike, for they do not work from any pat- 

 or drawing, but plan as they weave. The 

 Navahos are shrewd traders and do not ex- 

 change their blankets and silver ornaments for 

 beads and tobacco. Their blankets bring good 

 prices, the finest grade selling for $100 and 

 more. The prices of the less expensive range 

 as low as $10. C.II.H. 



Consult Matthews' Navaho Legend*. 



NAVAL ACADEMY, UNITED STATES, the most 

 important naval school in America and one of 

 the best equipped institutions of its kind in 

 "il'l It was authorized in 1846 by th, 

 United States government and established at 

 Annapoh-. M<1.. for th<? purpose of giving in- 

 struction to young men to fit them for positions 

 officers in the navy. The students of th, 

 Naval Academy are called midshipmen. Pre- 

 vious to 1902 they had been called naval cadets, 

 that year the old term midshipman was 

 ed. 



ions for midshipmen are al- 



> Senator and Representative in 



Congress, two for the District of Columbia, 



fifteen each year for the United States at large, 

 and twenty-five are admitted each year from 

 the personnel of enlisted men in the navy. 

 The nominations for the District of Columbia 

 and the states at large are made by the Presi- 

 dent. New nominations are made only as va- 

 cancies occur by graduation, resignation or 

 death; each vacancy is filled from the district 

 to which the former midshipman was accredited, 

 so membership in the school may be equitably 

 distributed over the country. One nomination 

 is allowed for Porto Rico, the nominee being 

 a native and recommended by the governor of 

 the island. 



Entrance Requirements and Studies. The 

 fact of nomination does not admit a young 

 man to the academy; he must pass entrance 

 examinations of high school grade and must be 

 physically sound and of robust constitution. 

 The course at the academy extends over a 

 period of four years, when the graduates as- 

 sume the work of ensign in the United States 

 navy. The course of education and naval 

 training is thorough, the discipline of the 

 academy severe. Each midshipman receives 

 from the government $600 per year during his 

 course. Candidates for appointment must be 

 between sixteen and twenty years of age. Can- 

 didates must be unmarried; if married during 

 their course of study they are dismissed from 

 the service. 



The educational requirements for officers of 

 the United States navy are so high that a can- 

 didate to be successful must have the ground- 

 work of a broad education, for in four years 



LOCATION OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY 



of study he has to acquire knowledge sufficient 

 to enable him to pass searching examinations 

 before he can enter upon a naval career. A 

 graduate of the Naval Academy must be a sea- 

 man, an engineer, a marine engineer, navigator, 



