united states naval academy -- juvenile fiction
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In this juvenile series installment, midshipmen Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell navigate their second Annapolis year: brigade honor clashes with a resentful peer, a sea rescue tests endurance, and academic peril threatens Dan. Dave's integrity and naval ideals are stressed throughout. (Low-spoiler; fuller detail withheld.)
Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis follows midshipmen Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell through their third-class year at the U.S. Naval Academy and summer cruise. The sampled chapters show Dave confronting a classmate, Pennington, found intoxicated in an opium den (Ch. I); Dave reports the den, earning Pennington's enmity and the label 'greaser' (Ch. I). At sea, Pennington sabotages Dave by locking him and others in a shed ashore, but they escape via spar battering ram and tender (Ch. VII). Later, Hallam falls overboard; Dave and Dan rescue him, drifting until liner rescue and return to fleet (Ch. X). Back at Academy, Dan faces academic dismissal (Ch. XIII–XIV) but passes after peer tutoring. Dave fights first-classman Treadwell in a brigade boxing match and loses on count (Ch. XVII). The year closes with exams passed, social dances, and an anonymous photo mischief resolved quietly (Ch. XX). Pennington remains estranged. (Spoilers withheld per options.)
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Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis follows midshipmen Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell through their third-class year at the U.S. Naval Academy and summer cruise. The sampled chapters show Dave confronting a classmate, Pennington, found intoxicated in an opium den (Ch. I); Dave reports the den, earning Pennington's enmity and the label 'greaser' (Ch. I). At sea, Pennington sabotages Dave by locking him and others in a shed ashore, but they escape via spar battering ram and tender (Ch. VII). Later, Hallam falls overboard; Dave and Dan rescue him, drifting until liner rescue and return to fleet (Ch. X). Back at Academy, Dan faces academic dismissal (Ch. XIII–XIV) but passes after peer tutoring. Dave fights first-classman Treadwell in a brigade boxing match and loses on count (Ch. XVII). The year closes with exams passed, social dances, and an anonymous photo mischief resolved quietly (Ch. XX). Pennington remains estranged. (Spoilers withheld per options.)
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The book is fiction by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock following midshipmen Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell through their third-class year at the U.S. Naval Academy and a summer cruise. Sampled chapters show peer conflict, a sea rescue, an academic board hearing, and final exams. The source metadata lists it as English-language juvenile fiction with no supplied author biography or original publication year.
In the supplied text, 'youngsters' and 'first classman' refer to rank by year within the Academy; fourth classmen are the lowest (Ch. IV title and sample). 'Hop' is a dance event midshipmen attend with invited girls (Ch. XII, XIV titles; Ch. XX sample). 'Recall' is a signal or order to return (Ch. VIII, XVII samples). 'Pap-sheet' appears in a chapter title but is not defined in the supplied sample.
The source notes fighting between midshipmen is depicted as a severe offense punishable by dismissal (Ch. IV sample). Academic failure can trigger appearance before the Academic Board and possible dropout (Ch. XVI sample). A simulated or real 'man overboard' event leads to presumed drownings and shipboard funeral services (Ch. VIII sample). These are content notes from the supplied page, not external ratings.
The reading difficulty is listed as intermediate. The language is plain early-20th-century English with period military slang such as 'middies,' 'skinny,' and 'bust list' that may need glossing. The structure is episodic serial chapters with clear moral beats and low narrative density, but it assumes familiarity with Naval Academy customs not explained in the supplied text.
The source recommends reading in short chapter batches and keeping a note of rank titles and signals. It advises treating dialogue as period-coded rather than realistic, and using the supplied discussion questions to probe implied values instead of plot recall. This guidance is from the page's recommended approach section.
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