Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-10-31
THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
Social Life in Naval CircIes-The
Academy " NJ q. A.-Target
Practice
SOCIAL EVENTS.

SOCIAL EVENTS
The social season in the Naval Acad.
envy begins on Thanksgiving Eve The
indications are that 1t viii be less bril-
liant than usual, in consequences of
Christmas coming on Sunday, which
precludes a full dress ball on Christmas
Eve, and because the 22d of February
comes in Lent, and that prevents the
usual bail given on Washington's Birth
day The following are the dates as
signed for the social season: Wednesday.
November %, officers reception; Satur
days, November 20, December 8, 10 and
~, cadets hops; SATURDAY., December "a.
unsettled; Saturday, December 81. off,
GERS reception; Saturdays, January Z and
IA, cadets hops; Saturday, January 81
unsettled; Saturday, January %, cadets
hop Saturday, February A. officers re-
ception; Saturday. February IL, cadets
hop. Except on Thanksgiving Eve, all
the hops given by the cadets begin at 8
and close at 10 At present the cadets
are having stag dances from to $50 p.
W.; from 8 80 until 10 ladies take part in
the hops, but this is quite an informal
affair, and no set invitations are given.
THE Y. NJ. c. A.
The Academy Y. NJ G. A., is doing
good work, and has among its members
most of the cadets. Its officers who were
recently elected. are
President, D. c. Nutting, OF Kansas,
first class; vice-presidents, w. p. Robert,
Mississippi, second class, s. T. Smith,
Pennsylvania, third class, and one to be
elected from the fourth class;correspond-
ing secretary, Raymond Stone, Alabama,
| second class; secretary and treasurer. G..
Galbreath, Pennsylvania, second class;
| librarian. +. l. Sheffield. Georgia, third
class. A Bible class OF cadets meets
every Saturday night at Chaplain Clark s
house, and is well attended.
TARGET PRACTICE.
On Tuesday afternoon, the naval ca
diets Of the first class finished under the
instruction of Ensign Haesler, the fall
practice with the three pound rapid fir
| ing gun, preliminary to the spring com
petitiYe drill The Standish left the Ma
| val Academy four afternoons in the
week, taking out cadets. A regulation
target was placed at the angle of tri-
angle. whose sides were 1000 yards in
length. While the Standish crossed the
base line under full head of steam each
cadet was required to fire five shots in
rapid succession. Out OF a possible 25,
some of the cadets made % or 80.
Two large boilers for use at the Naval
Academy are now being transported
from the A. w q b depot. They each
weigh Ia. 900 pounds, and will be placed
in the Steam Enginery Building to be
used for the supply of Steamboat in the
building.
Tie precise drill OF the battalion of
cadets is secured only by incessant labor
on the part OF their accomplished drill
master. Lieut.. w. F. Fullam. The fine
weather of the autumn has given excel
lent opportunity for outdoor drilling.
After vigorous movements, without mu-
81 C, closing exercises is to dispatch ca
Diet to the band stand, form the sections
in company front, two lines deep, and
march off the field to the strains of mar
tial music by the Academy Band.
FOOT BALL.
Considerable talk has been going on
among the Cadets, especially the foot
ball enthusiasts, on account of the re-
port that General u. s A, was bitterly
opposing the coming football contest
between the Cadets and Army boys.
The Cadets have not as yet been given
the authority to leave the Academy to
play the West Pointers. and there is
probably some disappointment in store
for them The Academy team will play
the Rutgers of New Jersey, probably
next Saturday
The Misses Phythian, daughters of
Capt II. l.. Phythian, gave a dinner at
the superintendent residence at the
Academy Saturday night, to which a
number of cadets were invited A por-
tion of the Naval Academy band fur
nished music.