Jun, Jul, Aug 1962 - Navy League of Australia

NAPIER "DELTIC"ENGINES TO POWERR.A.N. SHIPSReport by Capt. E. J. PEEL, D.S.C.passing further professionalexaminations, after which theyproceed to tiie United Kingdom.Your Excellency, Admiral Harrington,Distinguished Guests, Education. Its members in­contemporaries in the RoyalDirector of Commonwealth There, they join up with theirLadies and Gentlemen. It is cluded representatives from the Navy at either Dartmouth orindeed a privilege to welcome National University and the the R.N.E.G. Manadon, dependiucndcni Graduate should not be dull iftheir Naval Career.school. The substance of their the amount of play, which isit is fitting to note that Vice* Report, when it is presented, superimposed u|K>n the work,Admiral Sir William C RES- will do much to illustrate the is taken into account.WELL, the first Chief of the level of the educational standard During their training at thisNaval Stall ol the R.A.N., and to which this establishment instructs.odes ol games that are playedCollege, Cadets play all thethe officer alter whom thisestablishment was named, was In addition to academic by the men that in the futurehorn 110 years ago today. studies, Cadet Midshipmen are they will command. This isThe last Graduation from the instructed in professional mattersto at least the same stand-to take part in these games withdone so that they will be ableRo\al Australian Naval Collegetook place in December, l!Mi(l. aid as is reailied In Cadets ol their men, and by so doing gainIn the intervening period we the Royal Navy alter one year a better understanding of them.have been busy implementing at Dartmouth. Such instruction To attain this aim. Cadets arethe first stage ol the new policy includes a period ol Ifi weeks (aught, and play compulsorily,lor the training ol junior Naval at sea in a training ship. Rugby Union. Australian Rulesofficers. The level ol academic The Graduating Year, Sir. and Soccer in the field of Football.Hotkey is also a winterlea ruing has been ra ised to now join the (teet as Midshipmenon Sunday. They will game in this category, whilethat ol the United KingdomGeneral Certificate ol Educalion.it the Advanced Level forserve lor one year at sea before Basketball is played throughoutstub subjects as Pure Mathemaucs,Applied Mathematics,Physics, English and French,This is the standard requiredfor entry into Britannia RoyalNaval College, Dartmouth, andI regiet to report, Sir. that itappears to be about a yearhigher than a good AustralianM;ioi< ulation pass.The Naval College has justbeen inspected by a distinguishedCommittee of educationalauthorities under the Chairmanshipof Mr. Weedon, theThis R.A.N, order brings the total number of"Deities" ordered to nearly 500, and there arealready more than 400 of these 9 and 1 8-cylinderdiesels in service in marine, rail traction andindustrial installations in many parts of the world.THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITEDSYDNEY AND NEWCASTLE • MELBOURNE . BRISBANE • ADELAIDE . HOBART • PERTHDux of the College was MidshipmanC. J. Skinner, of Adelaide,who was only the second Graduateof the College to be top inall seven subjects, pictured withhis parents.AUGUST, 19627