| I. | A Competitive Examination for the Naval Academy | [11] |
| II. | Mr. Thomas G. Short and His Man | [21] |
| III. | Short’s Method of Passing an Examination | [33] |
| IV. | Short’s Naval Career is Short | [44] |
| V. | Himskihumskonski | [55] |
| VI. | The Summer Practice Cruise Begins | [65] |
| VII. | Man Overboard | [76] |
| VIII. | Bollup’s Watch in a Queer Place | [88] |
| IX. | “Indignant Fourth Classman” | [101] |
| X. | “The Osborn Demonstration” | [113] |
| XI. | Third Classman Osborn | [122] |
| XII. | Chief Water Tender Hester | [132] |
| XIII. | Oiler Collins Jumps Ship | [145] |
| XIV. | Ralph is Kidnapped | [156] |
| XV. | Ralph Breakfasts with His Captain | [164] |
| XVI. | A Boiler Explosion | [173] |
| XVII. | Third Classmen Elect Class Officers | [187] |
| XVIII. | “Professor Moehler is a Liar and a Fool” | [198] |
| XIX. | “Osborn Never Wrote It, Sir” | [209] |
| XX. | Himski Saves Ralph | [219] |
| XXI. | “Creelton, I Believe You are the Man” | [230] |
| XXII. | Ralph at Bollup’s Home | [241] |
| XXIII. | Ralph Saves Bollup from Dismissal | [252] |
| XXIV. | Ralph has a Joke Played on Him by a Candidate | [262] |
| XXV. | Ralph Court-Martialed for Hazing | [275] |
| XXVI. | Ralph is Dismissed by Sentence of General Court Martial | [289] |
| XXVII. | Himski and Company are Joyfully Astonished | [300] |
| XXVIII. | First Class Leave at Hampden Grove | [309] |
| XXIX. | “Turn Out On This Floor. Turn Out, Turn Out” | [320] |
| XXX. | The Thief Unmasked | [333] |
| XXXI. | Ralph’s Lost Watch is Found | [346] |
| XXXII. | Ralph Finds His Uncle at Last | [359] |