eight o'clock
A tremendously proud day it was for each new midshipman when he first surveyed himself , in uniform , in the mirror ! The regular summer course was now on in earnest for the new men . On Mondays those belonging to the first and second divisions marched down to the seamanship building , there to get their first lessons in seamanship . This began at eight o'clock , lasting until 9.30 . During the same period the men who belonged to the third and fourth divisions received instruction in discipline and ordnance . In the second period , from 10 to 11.30 the members of the first and second division attended instruction in discipline and ordnance while the members of the third and fourth divisions attended seamanship . In the afternoon , from 3 to 4.45 , the halves of the class alternated between seamanship and marine engineering .