CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST DAY AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY A few minutes before nine o'clock, the next morning, Dave and Dan were strolling through Lover's Lane, not far from the administration building at the United States Naval Academy.
Their instructions bade them report at 9.15.

Dan was for going in at once and "calling on" the aide to the superintendent.

But this Dave vetoed, holding that the best thing for them to do was to stick to the very letter of their orders.
So, as they waited, the young men got a glimpse of the imposing piles of buildings that compose the newer Naval Academy.

Especially did handsome, big, white Bancroft Hall enchain their admiration.

This structure is one of the noblest in the country.