Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
DIPLOMAS IN SIGHT
FIFTY MIDDIEs READY FOB
GRADUATION NEXT MONTH.
Must Maintain Present Rating During
; January-List Of Lucky
. Ones.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. January 5.-The scholastic
standing of members of the first class Of
midshipmen obtained from the marks. in
| the whole course. including last month. in
dictate that approximately so Of the 124
members will receive their diplomas in
February, the remainder graduating In
June, the regular time. Only one examina-
ton remains, that in seamanship. At the
beginning Of the scholastic year, there were
III members of the class, but Al graduated
in September last and the graduation Of 80
additional in February will reduce the
number Of final graduates to "a.
The first section received their diplomas
by obtaining a general average Of IS per
cent in all subjects for the three years of
their course According to the first order
on the subject, the second section to gradu-
ate was to consist of those who succeeded
in bringing their aggregate up to the same
per cent by their work during the present
term. 1t was found that this would only
result in small number of additional
graduates and the order was changed so
that the section included all those who
obtained IS per cent for the first three
years and IS per cent for the work of the
present term. The fifty midshipmen men
toned below have obtained this standing
and should they maintain 1t during Janu-
airy will be graduated next month.
OuCeTS III Luc LlSC
The class includes Midshipmen Alfred NJ.
Cohen the mdshipman commander Of the
brigade; Midshipmen Herbert /. Spencer
and Claudius r. Hyatt, the battalion COM
manders, and number of the company
commanders Their graduation will neces-
state new set of midshipmen officers for
most of the important positions in the
brigade. Spencer is captain of the foot ball
team and among the other graduates is
Churchill Humphreys, president OF the
class.
The graduation of this section will play
havoc with base ball prospects, as Capt.
Thibault, Goldthwaite and Cohen, the whole
outfeld, and Symington, first base, are
among it's members. Manager Mcklttrick
of the nine, and Prichard, who pulls bow
oar on the crew, are also among those who
have qualified for early graduation
The full list is: William g. Wallace,
Warrensburg, Mo-; Frank H. King, Scots
boro, Ala. Bruce r. Ware, jr., Newton,
Mass; Preston H. McCrary, Lonoke, Ark;
Archibald D. Turnbull. at large; David S.
H. Howard, Palestine, Tex; William S.
Farber Frankfort, Ind. Maj. c. Shirley,
Anderson, S. c.; Arie A. Corwin, Pontiac,
Mich; Alfred NJ Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa;
George NJ. Ravenscroft, Cleveland, Ohio;
Churchill Humphreys, Louisville, KY; Emil
A. Lichenstein, Corpus Christi, Tex; Fran
els D. Pryor, San Francisco, Cal: Claudius
r. Hyatt Jonesville, Va; Charles w.
Crosse, Stoughton, Wis; Harry j. Albeit,
Covington, Ky. Sloan Danenhower. at
large John S. Barleon. Macarthur, Ohio;
William 7. Smith, Fredericksburg, Va;
Roy P. Enrich, Galesburg, ILL.,; Herbert l..
Spencer, Duluth, Mimi; George McC.
Courts, at large; Stephen B. Mckinney
Knoxville, Tenn; Jacob H. Klein, jr, Gin
cinnati, Ohio William H. Cochrane, jr.,
Bismarck. N. D.; Jacob H. Hydrick.
Orangeburg, S. c.; George c. Logan. Charles
ton, s. c.; Louis F. Thebault, Winsted,
Conn; Henry X. Keller, Meinhard, Ga;
Mich. Wal
ter F. LaFrenz, Spokane. Wash.
George H. Baird Wheeling, w. Va;
Henry G. shonerd, Garlin, New;
Eugene B. Walker, Denver, Col; Clar-
ence Nc. McGill, Lambertville, N. j.;
John B. Earle. Los Angeles, Cal; Herbert
l.. Holden, Portage Wis; Ellis Lando, Hon
olulu, Hawaii; Frederick P. Lilley, Water
bury, Conn. George T. Swasey, Barre, VT;
Richard E. Cassidy, Norwich, Conn; Faux
ner Godthwaite, Hopkinsville, Ky; George
T. Blackburn, Evanston, Wyo.; Harlow T.
Rays, Phoenix, Ariz. Thomas A. Syming-
ton, Gainesville, Md; Earl w Prichard,
Indianapolis, Ind. Robert c. Giffen, Lin
coln Neb.; Frank W. Lagerquist, Mime
apolis. MINI.
Small Arms Practice.
The department of ordnance and gunnery
at the Naval Academy. of which Com
mander T. B. Howard is the head. is de-
voting more attention than ever to the
training of the midshipmen in small-arm
practice. Much attention is being devoted
not only to the candidates for the rifle
team, but also to the midshipmen In gen.
eral.
Five sub-target guns have been installed
in the armory and are in daily use. Two
officers of the department have been as
signed as instructors in this branch. They
are Lieut.. Harris Laning, who acted in the
same capacity last year and also coached
both the Naval Academy and rifle
teams, and Lieut.. A. P. Fairfield.