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Book Title: Ingersoll's Century History, Santa Monica Bay Cities

    THE CALIFORNIA MILITARY ACADEMY, truly a Santa Monica institution in the
sense that it is located in Santa Monica, is incorporated by Santa Monica men
and is backed by Santa Monica capital. It was opened in response to the urgent
demands of a large number of parents who desired to place their boys in a
genuine military academy, near Los Angeles, differing in several important
respects from any school then existing in the vicinity of that city.

    The Academy occupies the premises formerly famous as the Arcadia Hotel. The
institution is organized as a military post under command of the Superintendent,
the members of the Faculty being assigned to perform such military duties as
circumstances may require. The Corps of Cadets is organized similarly to that of
the United States Military Academy, except that it is organized as a cavalry
command, and is governed in accordance with military customs.

    This institution possesses unexcelled facilities for ocean bathing on its
own beach, which is one of the best and safest on the bay. The salt water
plunge, at Ocean Park, is within easy walking distance. Three regular courses of
study, each leading to graduation with the Academy Diploma, are open to Cadets,
as follows :

  I.   The Classical Course, fitting for college.
  II.  The Scientific Course, fitting for Scientific or Technical Institutions.
  III. The English Course, for boys who are not to enter college. 

Effort is made, also, to secure instructors who have had military experience,
especially as cadets in school or college.

    The school year begins on the Wednesday nearest the 25th of September, and
ends on the Wednesday nearest the 10th of June. The usual vacations at Christmas
and Easter are observed, also such legal holidays as may be advisable, and it is
not in session during the summer but its situation and command of facilities for
out of door sports and recreation, render it a most enjoyable place in which to
spend the summer if a boy must be away from home.


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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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