Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-25
ANNAPOLIS. MD. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. lsee
THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
RETIREMENT OF COM'DR.
JASPER.
First Class Cadets Not to Be Allowed
The Privilege Of Hazing Lower
C'ass Men-The Foot
Ball Team.


Commander Robert T. Jasper. U. S.
N. formerly head of the department OF
English at the Naval Academy. has been
retired and will reside at his home in
Charleston. w. Va. Recently Mr.. las
per's daughter was married in Annapolis
TO Assistant Naval Constructor DuBose.
OF the Navy. Commander Jasper was
appointed TO the Naval Academy from
New York, and entered the navy July
7Ist, 1864. He has recently been on
sick leave. He was very popular at the
Naval Academy.
Under the naval personnel bill eight
employees of the Naval Academy have
been retired. under three-fourths pay. as
follows: Seaman Norman. Chief Quar-
termaster Shemback, Machinist VIM. II.
Smith, Ships Cook Carr, (col..) Boat
swain's Mate George August, Fireman
William Booze. (col.,) Master-at-Arms
Stone, Gunner Mate w. T. Smith. Chief
Boatswain's Mate John Bentley. who has
had IS years service. three years in the
Civil War, will retire at the expiration of
his present enlistment. Chief Equipment
Yeoman Rasmus Clausen. who was on
the Baltimore when the A. S. Abel Com
pany presented the cruiser handsome
library. and who was among the signeTs
to the testimonial OF the crew tor the gift,
will retire in about year. along with
Yeoman John Duffy and Sailmaker la
cobson. All the above mentioned per-
sons entered the navy about the same
time,
The Naval Academy authorities have
discovered that some of the upper class
men have been haring the "plebes, and
have determined to stamp this unusual
violation of the regulations out with Wig
orous measures. This annoyance is gen.
orally left to the third-class men, or the
youngsters. and, for the first class to
take hand in it breaks academic prece-
dents that the superintendent does not
intend to tolerate. 1t is understood that
the first classmen picked this fad up dur
ing their late visit TO West Point, where
they learned that the first class there
takes hand in running. or hazing. the
fourth class. The following order has
been issued on the subject by Comman-
der {. L. Hutchins, the commandant of
cadets:
"Until further orders cadets OF the
fourth class shall not receive visits from
upper classmen, without permission OF the
officer in charge. nor shall they visit the
rooms OF the upper classmen on their
quarters without permission.
Ii is customary for fourth class man
to obey any order he receives from an
upper classman, although he knows that
in repairing to the designated room it is
to be hazed. This order overrules the
unwriiten code. and both hazer and haI-
ed will violate the law if the customary
obedience is given TO the harers.
The Naval Cadet football team lined
up for the first time this season today.
LIS first game is with Princeton, October
9TH. and on October I4th the team will
play Georgetown. The full schedule of
games has not yet been made out. but it
embraces Trinity College. Bucknell. Uni
versity OF North Carolina. and closes
with West Point on December and at
Philadelphia. Naval Cadet Charles p.
Huff. who hurt his kneecap at football
practice and was put to crutch, is ex-
pected to get on the practice field at the
end Of this week.