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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15612, 9 June 1916, Page 10

According to observations madflgWj the commander of tho Royal Australi*®! Naval College hi bis annual would seem that the class.of btyfjjpfbf siring to cuter upon a naval career ® by no means of a high standard K&r. l tho Melbourne "Age"). Last • Captain Morgan was appointed side over the committee created -\Vb interview and select the 1916 entry;* midshipmen. The committee,- after >* tervinwing 162 candidates from all *Jj*< States, considered only 2D boys fit to enter the college. Tho cdu£»tional test eliminated 275 from itM;. original entry of 437, and the medical; = test 123- Commenting on the resnl» of the selection tests, Captain states that ho considers that, iu * loW of the value of the prize offered—four years of free education and maintenance at a standard equal to or super? o ' to the most expensive schools in Australia—the quality of the candidates *"*, fering themselves is absurdly poor. y ll . a lonient test 60 per cent.' of_ the oP* plicants arc worthless. Judging from, the commander's comments, it is parent that tho mode of selection r&, quires altering, so that only candidates; with a reasonable chance of should be left in tho final" iosU» • .