NEW YORK STATE NAUTICAL SCHOOL BOARD OF GOVERNORS CAPTAIN REGINALD FAY, Chairman.. WILLIAM R. EVANS. CHARLES H. BISSIKUMMER. JOHN DOWD.... Alumni Association, N. Y. Nautical School N. Y. Board of Trade and Transportation CAPTAIN ARTHUR B. CONNER, to December 14, 1923 Marine Society CAPTAIN EDWARD H. COLE, from December 14, 1923 OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL FELIX RIESENBERG, Class of 1897... Superintendent and Commanding Officer JOHN H. BOESCH, Class of 1906. ... P. MASON..... Executive Officer and Instructor SHERMAN B. WETMORE, Class of 1922. Supply Officer and Instructor F. T. HOLMES.. C. E. DAVISON . J. C. MACNICHOL. S. FARRAR KELLEY, M. D.. W. SCHNEIDER. Boatswain and Practical Instructor Mathematics and Spanish Instructor ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW YORK STATE NAUTICAL SCHOOL The board of governors has the honor to submit the following report of the activities of the New York State Nautical School for the year ending December 31, 1924. Attention is invited to the detailed report of the superintendent covering the activities for the year. Charles H. Potter representing the Maritime Association on the board of governors tendered his resignation on August 25, 1924 and the Governor on October 9, 1924, appointed John Dowd, president of the Maritime Association, to fill the vacancy. This was the only change in the board during the year. Because extensive repairs to the Schoolship Newport in the Navy Yard during the early part of the year made it impossible to use the ship, the school course was carried on under very unfavorable conditions, and the method of housing and subsisting both officers and cadets caused considerable loss of time. This condition existed until June 10, 1924 when it was again possible to live on board. The Newport has been thoroughly overhauled at the expense of the Navy Department and is now in very good condition and will probably not need any extensive repairs for several years. The Newport left the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, for the summer cruise on June 26th and after getting ready for sea at Glen Cove and spending a few days in Gardners Bay for drills and boat races took a departure from Montauk Point on July 5th for London, the itinerary including Antwerp, Cadiz, Palos, Funchal, Teneriffe and Bermuda, all of which were visited and New York reached on September 30th. The death on September 24th of Regent Herbert L. Bridgman, who was making the cruise, was very much regretted by all and saddened the home coming. At Bedloe's Island through the courtesy of the Army Department, the use of a building ample for school purposes has been secured, also a building for the storage of equipment and boats not in use during the winter. In this building a part has been partitioned off for use as a machine shop, in which has been installed the machines formerly carried on the ship where there was lack of room to make proper use of them. Under the new conditions the engineer cadets will have an opportunity to receive considerable machine shop practice which was practically impossible heretofore. The work of adapting the building for school purposes and the arranging of the machine shop has been accomplished by the ship's force at a mini mum of expense, and the school now has better facilities than at any time since 1918. A class consisting of twenty-six in the deck department and nine in the engineer department was graduated on October 16, 1924, the exercises being held at the Maritime Exchange. A copy of the program used on that occasion will be found in the appendix. In addition to this class, there were graduated during the interim, three in the deck department and one in the engineer department, making a total of thirty-nine graduated for the year. Notwithstanding the depression in shipping all these young men with two exceptions secured positions and are now in service. On January 10, 1925, the school will have completed 50 years of existence, during which time over 4000 have been enrolled and over 1500 have been graduated and have done their share in the upbuilding of an American merchant marine. The board desires to place on record its appreciation for the interest shown by the maritime bodies, steamship owners and operators, and for the assistance rendered by marine superintendents and port captains in securing positions for the graduates. The chairman wishes to acknowledge the hearty cooperation rendered by the members of the board who have devoted considerable valuable time to the work and made possible its success. Respectfully submitted REGINALD FAY Chairman, Board of Governors |