Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1917 — Prepares to Enter Naval Academy. [ARTICLE]

Prepares to Enter Naval Academy.

Robert Loy, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Loy, of this city, left today (Tuesday) for Marion, Ala., where he will take a preparatory course to enable him to pass the rigid examination to enter the United States Naval Academy’ at AnhapolisTlii June, 1918. The examination will be held the third week in February, 1918, and Robert should be able to meet the requirements very easily. He was an excellent student in the Rensselaer high school and graduated with the class of 1917. He has already passed the physical examination, having undergone that test in Chicago last week. ,The appointment to the naval school is one of great honor and affords the young man receiving the same most splendid opportunities. Robert received his appointment through Congressman Wood of this, the tenth Indiana district. If successful in his mental examination, Robert will spend eighteen months in study at Annapolis. After thi she will go on a three months’ cruise, after which time he will be permitted to visit his home. He will then spend two more years at school and upon graduation will be commissioned an ensign, which is the rank corresponding to a second lieutenant in the regular army. The salary of an ensign is SI,BOO per year. During his cadetship he will receive a salary of S6OO per year and will have all his expenses paid. The regular course at Annapolis extends over a period of four years, but on account of the war some commissions have been issued after three, years’ work. Those receiving commissions from both Annapolis and West Point, the military school, on the short course, are nicknamed “shave-tails.”