Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Rear adm Leamy Academy superintendent. Small but highly selective would Bea Good description of the . Coast guard Academy new London Conn. With an enrolment of Between 450 and 500 the coast guard Academy is the smallest of the nation s military academies yet the military and academic program is on a Par with that of the Navy Academy at Annapolis the military Academy at West Point and the new air Force acad Emy at Colorado Springs. Additionally the coast guard Academy is the Only service Academy to which students Are admitted on the basis of scholarship alone. Appointment by a con Gressman is not a requirement and carries no weight except possibly As one of the several personal recommendations required. Unlike tote . Naval Academy which Calls its students midshipmen coast guard students Are called cadets. The course runs four years and according to one senior it s academically excellent and plenty  daily inspections make regularity and tidiness a habit for cadets at the coast guard Academy. In each Cadet s room hangs a framed copy of the Mission of the Academy. It reads to graduate Young men with sound bodies Stout hearts and Alert minds with a liking for the sea and its lore and with that High sense of Honor loyalty and obedience which goes with trained Initia Tive and leadership Well grounded in sea Manship the sciences and the amenities and Strong in the resolve to be worthy of the traditions of officers in the United Stales coast guard in the service of their country and  the last few words of that statement have a special meaning for officers and men of the coast. Guard. Their Mission is essentially humanitarian. Though technically an armed Force of the ., the coast guard in peacetime is under the . Treas Ury department. Only in wartime does the coast guard come under the department of defense at which time it operates As an integral part of the . Navy. By Brendan p. Mulready staff writer an accredited degree granting institution the coast guard Academy specializes in training officers for an  quite often hazardous Type of duty at sea. As the name implies the coast guard is concerned with the Protection of the . Shores. In effect it is a policeman and guardian of life and property. Our history As a nation is filled with thrilling stories of Rescue at sea performed by coastguards men in Defiance of the fury of the ele ments. The elemental forces of wind and water have never stayed the coast guard in the performance of its humanitarian duty in the saving of human lives. The lengthy Honor Roll of coast guardsmen lost at sea bears silent testimony to their Devo Tion to duty. At. The coast guard Academy nowadays the concept of Devotion to duty has taken the form of excellence in training and education. Prompted by the current re appraisal of the nation s need of a higher Standard of education for prospective offi cers of the armed forces the coast guard Academy last year played Host to the first conference of service Academy superintendents designed to resolve Mutual prob lems and develop methods for Exchange and improvement of educational methods. The conference which shows Promise of becoming an annual discussion forum was planned by rear adm Frank a. Loamy superintendent of the coast guard acad Emy. Leamy a 58-year-old Philadelphia who has packed a wide and varied experience into nearly 40 years in the service is firm believer in education. Enlisting in the . Army in world War i he saw service with the army tank corps after which he enrolled As a student in civil Engineer ing at the University of Delaware. Subsequently passing the Entrance examination for the coast guard Academy he graduated in 1924. Since then lie has had a variety of duty assignments including coast guard aviation. Our Job Here at the Academy is to train leaders said Leamy. The training is de signed to make the Cadet an informed and educated member of society ready to assume life s responsibilities and interests. It is especially designed to make the individual a competent officer and an administrator qualified to Deal with seafaring matters he  four year training at the Academy is divided roughly into two years of Educa Tion in the humanities and the sciences followed by two years of intensive train ing and study in professional matters Lead ing to a Bachelor of science degree and oriented toward a life of following the sea. Summers Are spent at sea aboard the sail ing ship Eagle and other coast guard  it was first organized in 1790. The coast. Guard has grown steadily in  and importance. All vessels operating in . Coastal Waters rely on the coast guard in matters of maritime safety and that includes everything from the Small privately owned pleasure Craft to Large commercial Ocean going vessels. Additionally the serv ice performs specialized duties in Remote sections of the world. It works in close cooperation with the Federal customs and narcotics bureaus the department of Justice and other government agencies. The service also operates Ocean weather stations where lonely coast guardsmen aboard ship make daily weather observations As an Aid to International safety on the High  40,000 navigational aids such As lighthouses lightship radio beacons buoys and other installations and devices Are under the sole jurisdiction of the . Coast  lonely Lighthouse keeper of coast guard tradition now lives in the age of  the nucleonics age and with the diversity of services we Are called on to perform we of the coast guard feel that we must have the Best available officer material. That s Why we have a High acad Emic Standard Here at the Academy and that s Why we continually strive for improvement said Leamy. Coast guard Academy cadets learn to be real salts As they swarm up masts of Eagle on summer cruise. Is Burguss the . Coast guard Academy the coast guard training ship 12 is outward bound. Calm seas give the cadets Opportunity for boat Drill the stars and stripes Cadet at training ship wheel keeps weather Eye on Compass. Snappy Cost guard cadets pass in review before service Academy chiefs. Swabbing decks is part of the Cadet s summer training wednesday february 18, 1959 the stars and stripes Paa u