The plan of the Naval School at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Maryland, approved by the Navy Department August 28, 1846, provided that a Superintendent of the school be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy from a list of officers of a rank not higher than commander. The Superintendent was to have responsibility for the general management of the institution, including overseeing the course of study, professors, and other personnel connected with the Academy. He could appoint and remove all persons employed at the Academy except those for whose appointment or discharge special provision was made by the laws or regulations of the Navy or the Academy. He had general charge of the buildings, grounds, and ships belonging to the Academy. The Superintendent also formulated the code of rules and regulations for the internal government of the school to be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy for approval. After 1867, officers were assigned by the Navy Department to the Academy to serve as assistants or aides to the Superintendent. The Office of the Superintendent as described in the 1846 plan remained relatively unchanged throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Officers of ranks higher than commander, however, have served in the position.
This entry contains a manuscript register showing the name of the candidate failing the examination, state from which appointed, age, subjects failed, and type of previous education (public or private). The register also lists the total number of applicants and failed applicants per admission period. Occasionally, the register also includes the admission period calculated totals for candidates failed per subject.
Arranged chronologically by admission period, and thereunder by candidate number.
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Other register books, maintained by the Department of Ethics and English Studies examination committee containing written, oral, and full board admission candidate examination grades are found in entry 67: "Record of Examination of Candidates for Cadet Midshipmen, 1867-1873" (NAID: 3021181); entry 68: "Marks for the First Oral Examination of Candidates for Cadet Midshipmen, 1867-1870" (NAID: 3021185); and entry 69: "Record of Examination of Candidates for Cadet Engineers, 1871-1873" (NAID: 3021191). Similar record books containing grades received on oral, written and full board examinations in subjects enumerated in these volumes as "arithmetic," by candidates for admission are found in Subseries 1d: Mathematics Entrance Examination Grade Books, 1867-1903 in entry 201f: "Records of the Division of Mathematics and Science, 1862-1995." Other candidate examination grades and remarks are found in entry 70: "Register of Grades Received on Examinations for Admission by Applicants for Cadet Appointments, 1873-1886" (NAID: 3021194); and entry 71: "Register of Grades Received by Candidates for Appointment at Entrance Examinations, 1874-1890" (NAID: 3023070). Registers containing more information on candidates listed in this entry, as well as earlier and later engineer candidates are found in entry 62: "Registers of Candidates for Admission to the Academy, 1849-1871; 1876-1930" (NAID: 3000050); entry 63: "Register of Candidates for Admission to the Academy as Midshipmen, Acting Third Assistant Engineers, and Cadet Engineers, 1861-1867; 1871; 1875" (NAID: 3020758); and entry 64: "Register of Candidates for Admission to the Academy as Acting Third Assistant and Cadet Engineers, 1867-1875" (NAID: 3020766).
No materials have been removed from this collection and cataloged separately.
Office of the Superintendent/Administrative Records: Register of Candidates Who Failed to Pass the Required Examination for Admission to the Academy, RG 405.2.3 Entry 72
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