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The special claims of such studies
for recognition] in a practical and liberal
University course to be established on
this coast will hardly be contested.

I hope that this suggestion may receive
due consideration irrespective of any personal
claims of my own. I would, however, beg
leave to present myself as an applicant
for a position in the teaching faculty
of the new University.

I was born in Chic- in 1850; entered the
Navy at 17 and am now a Lieutenant.
My standing has been good throughout
my 22 years of Naval Service and I
was graduated with credit at the U. S.
Naval Academy in 1871.

I have cruised in most parts of the
world and have been on duty in the

Hydrographic Office, the Office of Naval
Intelligence, and the Library of the Navy
Department, and I have delivered a
course of lectures at th Naval War College.

In addition to work in compiling, ana-
lyzing and translating information for official
publications I have written several papers
for the Proceedings of the Naval Institute.
In 1883 and again in 1886 I received the
prize medal of the Naval Institute for
essays submitted in competitions open
to all officers of the Navy.

I have had good opportunities for studying
foreign countries. I have tried to improve
them by close observation and extensive
reading and I am credited with an
unusual amount of solid information
and literary culture by my associates,