Word: midshipmen
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...Navy match, here at 2 p.m. Saturday, will certainly not have the drama of last Saturday's duel with Princeton, but the Midshipmen could pull some surprises...
...heavyweights take on M.I.T. and a strong Princeton squad, while the varsity lightweights host the Midshipmen from Annapolis. The freshman lights are racing Holy Cross...
...academic caliber of midshipmen could be raised if admissions procedures were changed. Most midshipmen are selected by competition for their Congressman's nomination. No matter how many qualified candidates compete for a nomination, only one can be selected. The reverse can be true: if there is only one candidate seeking a particular Congressman's nomination, he may be nominated regardless of his qualifications. This would change if admissions were made nationally, as for the Coast Guard Academy. DAVID M. SISSON Deerfield Academy Deerfield, Mass...
...senior manages to stay above the bottom 4% of his class, he is as good as an ensign already. Such is the effect of the Naval Academy's unofficial "flunk quota," brought to light last week after a teacher tried to defend his right to fail as many midshipmen as he deemed deficient in scholarship. Though flunk quotas are larger in the lower classes, Annapolis is thus stuck with a grade system that encourages students to coast. Moreover, not only Fs but also Ds are frowned on, and grades are regularly inflated to achieve C averages-all, says...
...proportion of civilian teachers was pushed up to 51%. In the fall of 1963, it became apparent that under toughened standards flunkouts would almost triple. Academic Dean A. Bernard Drought, who came to Annapolis from Marquette, instituted what he thought would be a temporary flunk quota to keep the midshipmen afloat...