Evening star., 1909-05-04
Social Festivities and Gradu-
alton of the Middies.
THEY WILL BEGIN JUNE 2
Official Reception to Board Of
Visitors on That Day.
BALL AND ALUMNI REUNION
Closing Exercises to Be Held Friday
Morning-Lower Glasses Will
Embark on Practice Fleet.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DbpAtch to The star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. May with not
quite a month intervening before its
opening, the authorities at the Naval
Academy have completed a schedule for
an unusually interesting program Of ex-
ercises for June week. With the sports
and the social gayeties the drills. military
and naval exercises, the reception Of the
board of visitors and the big farewell
ball and graduation OF a large class of
young future admirals the week will be
a busy one and a gay one.
Due to Monday being legal holiday,
the visitors will not come to make the
annual inspection of the Academy. and
the functions incident to their arrival and
entertainment win not begin until Tues
day. June 1. Monday. however. Will be
a holiday for the young sailors. and with
all examinations past and scholastic wor-
ries ended and with the town already
full OF fond papas, mammas, sisters and
sWeethearts the round of pleasure will be
In full swing with that days opening.
The feature Of the day. which was to
nave been big outdoor performance of
one Of Shakespeare's plays by the Ben
Greet Players of New York has in the
last week been abandoned. but there will
be either a dance or q promenade concert
In the evening. and then Tuesday will
come the intermi1gling Of work and play
before the board OF visitors.
Reception to the Visitors.
The official reception to the board will
take place on the big parade ground at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning. when the
two battalions Of middies, paraded as a
brigade OF infantry, will be on hand to
do military honors. Capt. Badger. super
intendent, and the other officers high in
rank will don their best and heaviest bits
OF gold lace and will be almost >onstant-
ly borne down with the respo. -sibility
week. After the official reception the WIS.,
itors will watch brigade OF infantry
drill on the big parade ground.
Following this the board of visitors will
organize and go to work on the mass Of
matter collected for its perusal, and
investigation by Lieut.. Paul J. DashielI,
who was appointed by the last session OF
Congress as the permanent secretary of
the board. After luncheon another prac-
tical exhibition will tear the middies
away from friends while they have a
seamanshfp drill and show the inspectors
Of the institution what they know about
handling boats under oars, sail and
steam. This will be at 2:3O and at 4::N
the first big social event of the week will
be held when Supt. and Mrs. Badger ten
with their wives and families. All of
Annapolis and the academy that has any
claim to being anybody will be present.
First Of tho Dress Parades.
Al 6:15 the first Of the dress parades
will be held. when fair girls from all
over the country will be on hand diked In
best bib and tucker and when the Parish
an creation will rub shoulders with the
dainty homemade ddmity of the sweet
heart from ''home." The presentation
OF colors for general excellence to the
highest rated company OF the brigade
will form the beautiful. though somewhat
formal, climax to this drill
At night the members OF the first class
whose working days are over as strugg-
ling students OF chemistry and physics
and mathematics will hold the time
honored Burial Of Math and Skinny" and
lay away forever the bones Of their hated
enemy. This will take place In the vast
armory and large invited audience will
fill the big balconies.
Wednesday morning the first battalion
will open the day with booming Of big
guns and burn much powder on the drill
ground. Before the visitors they will
demonstrate their efficiency In case they
were ordered ashore from shipboard as
a battalion Of artillery. The second bat
talon will give small-arms target practice
on the rife range ACROSS the Severn dur
ing the morning and then In the mid-aft-
ernoon there will be impressive cere-
monies at the new $30O.OOO chapel. when
the handsome and massive bronze doors
which are now being installed will be
dedicated.
The dress parade in the afternoon will
be marked by the annual presentation of
the sword offered annually to the grad
uate who holds the highest rank in gun
merry All medals and other trophies won
in athletic contests will also be present
ed at this drill. Capt. and Mrs. Badger
will give dinner at their quarters at
o'clock in honor of the members Of the
board OF visitors. and at night there will
probably be promenade concert
Sham Battle.
The first and second battalions will be
pitted against each other In a sham battle
or battle drill at 9:15 Thursday morning.
In the afternoon at $50 there will be
torpedo and mine laying drill by the first
division and fencing bayonet exercises
and setting-up drill by the second division
Of the first battalion, and at 4:30 the sec
ond battalion will give practical exercises
in engineering in the marine engineering
building. This will close the hard work,
and on that afternoon or Friday morning
the board Of visitors will complete Its
labors at the academy. Dress parade will
close the day at 6:15, and then in the
evening the first classmen will hold their
annual german, when custom says that
the girl each lad dances with Is really
the girl and the others find out wheth-
er or not they have been left. Incidentally
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