eight in the morning
In addition to the foregoing , during the first term , the new midshipman had courses in English and in French . As at West Point , the mathematics is the stumbling block of the new man at Annapolis . In the first term algebra , logarithms and geometry had to be finished , for in the second term trigonometry was the subject in mathematics . Shortly before eight in the morning the bugle call sounded for the first period of recitation . The midshipmen fell in by classes in front of Bancroft Hall . After muster the classes marched away by sections . Each section contained an average of ten men , under command of one of their number , who was known as the section leader .