Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-01
LUCKY BAG OF CLASS 'OY.
NAVY GRADUATES OFFICIAL
ANNUAL-GOUD ILLUS
TRATIONS.
Clever Grinds Lacking Personalities :
A Worthy Volume Of
Worthy Class.

WOIbHg AIdSs.
Copies of "The Lucky Bag" a his
tory OF the year l906-'07 Of the United
States Naval Academy, have been dis
tributed. The book is the Official an
nual of the graduating class OF mid
shipmen and the '07 copy is Volume
XIV.
This years edition of the Lucky
Bag Is "A work OF art. typographical y
as we'll as in the arrangement of its
subjct matter and quality of its IL
lustrations. The Glass '07 has dedl-
Gated the Lucky bag 10 Professor
William Woodbury. Hendrickson. IT,.
5. NJ, as a token of the high esteem
in which the class have always held
him, and a mark OF their respect and
admiration, which the years have
served to Deepen" A handsome en-
craving of Professor Hendrickson is
the frontispiece. Christy's Navy
Girl" adorns one of the front pages Of
the book in Navy colors--blue and
gold. II was for the Glass '07 that
Christy designed the now famous
Navy Girl"
On other pages are good illustrations
of Rear Admiral Sands, the present
superintendent Captain q. Il. Colvo-
coresses, the commandant; Commander
II. g. Dewey, u. s. N, and whole
page Is given % the Lucky Bag STAFF,
which consists Of the following mid
shipmen:
Editor-in- Chief Earle william m
Pritchard.
Business Warren Case
Nixon.
Asst. Business Manager Burton
Anderson Strait.
Art Editor--N Newton Lord Nichols.
Associate Editors--L. III. Austin,
Sloan Danenhower, Charles q. Davy,
A. w. Frank, X. &. Grinin, X. II.
Gross, Earle II. Johnson, Richard Il.
Kicran, w. III. Lee, Henry Clay MUIR
fin, Jr., Chauncey II. Pugh and Arch
ibald Douglas Turnbull
The class poem is worthy OF repro
duction and Is dedicated to the Glass I:
our student life
It's peace and strife
With work and play forever rife,
We now give Ger
And pass the door
That opens inward never more.
Though other men
Come marching in
To be to you what we have been,
This book perchance
Beneath your glance
Our memory may still enhance.
To each good friend who loycs the
place
And helps TO spread it's fame.
To all tho loyal fellows, too,
Who reverence its name,
Who cripple'any foeman bold
Who 0olic fta hnnnr lama
To any stranger who, mayhap,
Shall turn page or two
To all, we humbly dedicate
And beg you'll read IL through.
one OF the handsomest designs in
the Lucky Bag and a most beautiful
work of printers and engravers' art,
is the illustration of the .class fob, in
black and gold, and the class pin and
class ring, all artistically arranged
and beautifully embossed.
To the class, one hundred and four
pages are devoted. Each Of these
pages contains the photo-engraviDg
of a member, alphabetically arranged,
by the side of which is n humorous
"write-upn in brief of his qualities,
peculiarities and the nickname by
which he is known to his fellows,
and close friends. Just here let ii be
said that the class '07, especially the
editorial staff, is to be congratulated
on the method rersued in writing
these "grinds. They are clean and
without personalities of the unwhole-
some type that distinctly marked those
of the Class '06 Lucky Bag, and gave
ofTense to mothers and friends of the
midshipmen in many instances.
n. IL.
emphasizes little traits of character of
its members, there is not single
word or line that is offensive. 1t is
all good nature and good humor and n
pleasing contrast of former ANIMALS,
especially in this respect.
A portion of the Lucky Bag is devot-
cd to the memory of deceased MEM
bers, notably James Robinson Branch,
Jr., who died November z, '05. A
fitting tribute to his memory is beau
tifully expressed and says ''his life
was sacrificed as a result of a code
of honor Of the brigade in the Acad-
envy, established for years, aud en-
forced most OF our course 1t fur
ther says: .'AlI things work together
for good" and that the death of
Brauch marks the turning course in
the tide of affairs at the Naval Acad
emy-the abolishment of hazing, etc.
Several pages are given to ''The
Unlucky Bag those who dropped
behind or became ''cits'' or entered
the Marine Corps, but who were mem
bers of '07.'
illustrations are given of all the
Academic staff -officers and civilian
professors. Much of tho book is de-
voted to athletics, a large portion of
which is the Army-Navy football
game last season, in which the Navy
was victorious. There are illustra-
tions from Leslie's Weekly, Golfers,
by Prof. w. o. Stevens, Scribner,
Miss Iva l.. Barnes, of Baltimore, Life
Publishing Company and others.
Taken all in all, the 'O7 Lucky Bag
is splendidly edited. handsomely print
ed and illustrated and should be pos
sessed by every friend of the Naval
Academy as well as all friends of the