Excerpt from Copyright, 1917 Soley, Historical Sketch of the United States Naval Academy, 1876; W. 0. Stevens, T 200 Early Proposals for N oval Education (proceed ings of U. S. N aval Institute, N o. W. 0. Stevens and C. S. Alden, A Guide to Annapolis and the Naval Academy; C. S. Alden, The Santee Ah Appreciation (proceedings of U. S. N aval Institute N o. 146) J. A. Murphy, Notes on the Swedish System of Physical T min ing (proceedings of U. S. Naval Institute, N o. J. Halligan, Jr., Post Graduate Education in Naval Engineering (journal of the Society of Naval Engineers, Feb., 1916, vol. Harris Laning, The Necessity of Protecting our Athletes (proceedings of U. S. N aval Institute, N o. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.