The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06
JUNE WEEK BEGINS
FOR WEST POINTERS
Largest Class in Acadcmy's
History, 1854 Cadets, to
BE Graduated.
MANY ATHLETES on ROLL

WEST roiNr. June June week"
will be officially ushcred In at the mill
tary academy tomorrow. when the Rev.
II. Percy silver. chaplain, will deliver
the graduation sermon in the big
church on Chapel Hin to the cadets OF
the graduating class OF 1915.
Visitors to the academy are already
here in large numbers for the festivities
and military drills that will occupy all
OF next week and terminate In the
graduation OF the first class on Satur
day.
one hundred and sixty-four cadets
will on that morning receive from the
hands OF the Secretary OF War. l.indlcy
~ Garrison. their diplomas certifying
fo their completion OF the four years
course and emitting them TO comm.s-
.sions rs Second Lieutcnants IN the
United States Army.
The class OF 1915 is the largest that
was ever turned out at West Point. II
numbered 2iS member when 1t was ad-
mitted In the summer OF 1911. eighty
four delinquents having left. This II a
large percentage OF failure" for a class
at West Point-nearly "a per cent
Many Athletes In Class.
This years class is notable for several
fhings. All the cadets who will cradu-
ate this year are Americans; that Is,
there are no foreign cadets who will
get diplomas with the cadets OF 1915.
In athletics the class has especially
distinguished Itself. Some OF the best
athletes the academy ever had are leav-
ing ii this year. For instance. in foot
ball alone there Is the much dreaded
forward Tass monopoly" o. "prichard
70 Marrillaf - ono tho KING Nui tho
other the prince OF forward passers.
Hobbs, star kicker In football and
slugger on the baseball team, will be
missed so will Benedict, Bradley. Her
rick, HodgsoE. woodruff. Boots. Larkir,
Eisenhower and Hooker whom the foot
ball season rolls around again in the
fall. Boye. MacTagg1rt. Wal1ron and
Howell. not to mention Hobbs again.
will leave a big hole when IL comes time
for the army haskothal,crs 10 get to.
gether next winter.
In hockey tre cadets lose Strong. cap
tain of the team. Coughl!n and Brady.
the champion golf players 81 the acad-
envy. will lso graduate.
only three state. IN the Union are
not represented by ut least ne cadet
~ this years class. They are Rhode
Island, NJ ntana and North Dakota.
PENNSYLVANIA leads with sixteen. New
York is second with nfteen. The New
N'AN WV W. SFA Hl'' hilA'HlAS Nlu
the Congressional districts from which
ihey Were appointed are as follows ]
II. Conklin ,3lsD. \. l.. C~ronkhite
, sIbth), \. ". Waldron t32dD. X.
Marsh cam. ! X. Meroelev ,23dI.
y. B.. Hyde. j. Cist), j. \. Mcpcrmu:t
i7th). r. -. Ferris ,odp. 6. e. Mae
Donald t32d). T.. e. Mcclure Gith,
w. :. T. IIalcomh ,2?th). :. McNahb
t1Sth), II. Il. Harmon t6thl. O. \.
Browne.l t25th) and +. W. Boye lith).
Two Cadets From Islands.
Anas,acio Yer, a Fllirlno, me second
Cne to graduate from West Point from
the Philippine Islands. IS a member Of
The class. Luis Raul Fsteves is anothe~
kadet from the iusular possessions. He
is the first cadet from Porto Rico that
eve graduated from the academy.
Cadet Robert h. Lo.ch OF Kentucky is
the oldest man In the classic years
md 5 months. Cadet G. Il Eisen-
tchmidt Of oklahoma is the youngest,
man. He came in on june II, 1911.
and had 20 remain at the academy
until July 80 OF that year at his own
expense In order to he legally admitted
on that date, when he would be II years
old.
There Is a pretty race f1r frs. honor
between Edwin Richardson K.mble. waD
was appointed f'om tho seventh con.
hl'NFlilltN h|fAAH'N VI A'NlFF gnu
tam T.. Il. Covel. who was app int'l
from the District ot Columbia. In the
order OF merit and proportional parts
OF last years cl IS record kimBle had
c7l04 tut of a maximum of 500. Covell
had for the same period 770.o9. The
fnai examination and class work must
determine tn" relative me"its ~ these
two men. There Is also some uncer-
tair;y as 10 who will graduate goat"
ur last man in IN" class. Three cadets
are said to have each a chance for Il,
Programme for Week.
The programme of events for the
week and the list OF the graduates fol-
lows:
sundsy-Gradus,ion sermon, 10: 40 A. NJ.
dress parade . = NJ h'nd concert y
Mosday-ReyieS Q, battalion by super.
'Tuesday-Gymnsstic exercises, fourth
class, s;45, large, ,practicei $ inch
battalion infantry iriil. as 7, NJ; parade,
Sc n open air pay; NJ, ..
IN. mogntain c%avalry ard nelh artillery
drill r NJ parade; 8 r. NJ "a
A.Taa'u: ': :s.i,.r '.at p%i5sh, m ' - ST hal a;,a /"
cation Of Gerhard memorial haptlsnal
P'M' " 20 anu '"''' mop '"'
Friday--Mm'ary callsthenics. 10 \ NJ;
ception. Secretary Of war. - VI gradua
tion- parade. 6 = VI class reunions classes
Of 10. '7j and 80. graduation bail
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oAcrc!s,- At Battle
Monumtrt 10 4 "
The class will leave here NJ mon IN
h 18th and with the members Of 1917
GLASS, who will go on Through for "
months, will go to Now York.
The new 'plche' class will report
for entrance on Monday the IAN.