The Crime of the Colleges

By Medical Inspector J. S. Taylor, U. S. Navy
November 1918
In October, 1914, I had a few hours between trains in Rugby and, of course, spent them in visiting the great public school where Tom Brown and East and little ...

Two Astronomical Formulas

By Lieutenant Charles Porta, U.S. N. R. F.
November 1918
(1) Finding the Altitude of a Planet at a Given Time; Thence the Longitude by Same I must say that there are tables by means of which the altitude of ...

Log Chip For A Sea Horizon In Fog

By Lieutenant A. B. Clements, U. S. N. R. F.
November 1918
I have recently heard a good deal of discussion of various devices for obtaining the sun's altitude at sea in a fog, when, as is often the case, the sun ...

A "Bowditch" Course In Navigation

By Commander Paul P. Blackburn, U. S. Navy
November 1918
The war, with its consequent expansion of the navy and the American merchant marine, has increased enormously the number of people studying navigation. A flood of new text-books has followed ...

Minutes Of The Annual Meeting, 1918

November 1918
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING, 1918 U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD., OCTOBER II 1918. In accordance with Article V, Section 1, of the Constitution, two weeks' notice having been ...

Professional Notes

Prepared by Lieutenant W. B. Jupp, U. S. Navy
November 1918
ARGENTINA Argentine Will Increase Navy.—President Irigoyen of the Argentine Republic has asked the Argentine Congress to appropriate $80,000,000 for cruisers, submarines and hydroplanes. Important naval bases are to be established ...

International Notes: Naval War Notes

Prepared by Lieutenant W. B. Jupp, U. S. Navy
November 1918
These articles have been taken from various periodicals and newspapers. The Institute has not at any time had any official means of confirming them or establishing their accuracy, and they ...

International Notes: Diplomatic Notes

Prepared By Allan Westcott, Ph. D., Instructor, U. S. Naval Academy
November 1918
From September 20 to October 20GERMANY'S EFFORT FOR PEACE Germany Approaches President Wilson.—The German Chancellor, Prince Maximilian of Baden, on October 6 addressed to President Wilson a message requesting his ...

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