Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-04-04
THE REV.AND MA sunday
INITIATED YESTERDAY
Evangelist and His Wife Given
Navy Yell With Three Billy Sum-
days and Three Ma Sundays
On the End.
SERMON TO MIDSHlPMEN.
A Great Time at Naval Academy Where
the Evangelist is LiOnized by the
Cream Of the Country"


the Evangelist is LiOnized by the
Cream Of the Country"
Pnnctuality Is one Of the many good
characteristics Of the Rev William A.
Sunday, and he is always on time. un-
| less some unforeseen accident happeus
/ Yesterday he was due 10 arrive here al
3.20 y. m.. but he was ahead OF tihr
| and az 3l2 Special Car 10. 100" Of
The w b & a. Electric Line. passed
| the West Street Station,and " down
10 No 2 Gate at the Naval Academy
before the officers detailed TO meet the
Sunday party reached the West Straet
Street station
acknowledgements Kurt. aide
| TO the Superintendent and the Rev
Sydney X. Evans Chaplain. soon
/ found and overlook them IN theparty
were Mr.. and Mrs. Sunday. Rev. DR. r..
| T. watson. representing the sonfcr
ance; Miss Alma Wyhe. and Newton
Nylie, Of Toronto, Ont Misses Flor
ence *. Whitheck. Alma Lock, and
Beryl Vanderpool, Of George Sundays
office force. and Robert Matthews Mrs
Rcdeheaver DR. and Mrs James
Walker. Mrs Rose Foutts George
Brewster, Alfred Peterson and the
Rev. e. A. Sheldrich
As soon as they arrived they wer,
conducted through the buildings alti
grounds by Lieutenant Commander
Kurtzaide to the superintendent and
were joined at Mahan Hail by Chap
fpft Ct.fTs T.
Hall and the Naval Academy ibtArv.
which is located in This mldne The
party visited Bancroft Hall. where Mr..
Sunday went To Memorial Han 10 ln-
spect the stand aul platform erected
for him, and to test It's strength he
did not want the same thing 10 occur
ihat had ha3lrned in the morning ma
Washington when he SMASHED tho
stand 20 smithereeps with one COW
of his hst while attempting to em-
Dhasize a point in his sermon.
The stand at the Naval Academy
stool the tcst,andnassed III SUNDAYS
inspection The party t1len Visited
Luce Hall. where the instruction In
seamanship Is Given. and where The
party were interested in the rant ON
which Hobson LEFT The Mcrrimac s II
also in rope which the party was told
was strong enough to tie Che dewitt"
Then the party left for the officers
mess buildiCgwhere a buffet muchec
was served to them After luncheon
the Sunday party went to the super
tendents Quarters. whore the party
YVES introduced 60 Mrs. Ebcrle by Mrs
Sunday who had met the charming
hostess ana FIRST la,iy of the Naval
Academy the Monday previous.
IN front OF The superintendent
House. the Rev and Mrs. SUNDAY wcrc
photographed with the Superintendent.
Captain Eberle, after which the party
left for Bancroft Hail where the exer-
OiseS were held No citizen has ever
been accorded q moro cordial welcome
than that which greeted billy san
day and MA Sunday at the Nava
Academy. He molle q telling speech.
preached an earnest sermon. and TO
punctuate his remarks he stamped his
foot on the platform with such force
that IT made the people jump. The
contact sounded like a l0-nich gun eX-
ploding.
Some eight hundred midshipmon
and officers greeted Mr.. SUNDAY. lFis
reception by the Middies was inspir-
ine It is rare that civilian is al
lowed 10 speak to them even a civil
ian preacher. except on Sunday morn
ings. II is even rarer that civilian
breaks the ice" there But ii was
fppa Yesterday affarOoOu
The midshipmen filed Memoria
Hall. and a MILDLY officer st the piano
PLAYED stand Up for Jesus" There
was no brighten the Corner" because
Mn Rodeheaver was left IN Washing
ton. Chaplain Evans introduced "3n
| ly." who spoke from a movz bic wooden
| platform. In their earerness the Mid
dies who were seated moved up tb is
chairs closer. scraping the stone floor
With fearful noise. but no more start
/ ling that the cannon-like boom nado
| when Billy gave a mighty stamp with
his foot to emphasize point in the
story of The Man Without q Coun
| try" The loose wooden platform. tine
stone floor and the high-pitched cell
ms made an overwhelmingly loud
/ sounding board Tor that stamp ana y
| startled even Ma Sunday.
! Il never looked into the faces of 8
| more manly looking bunch, Sunday
| began There is no sRir. milk ana
whey mere This is the cream Of the
country and you look it, ] just met
Lieutenant Fletcher. nephew of the
| Admiral. who is from my home town
III Iowa And here the boys let out
a cheer which dealened the hearers.
How many OF you are from Iowa p he
/ shouted when he could be heard and
several hands Went uT
~Ig J help you half as much rs you
have inspired me he said. II viii Ae
| perfectly satisfied" aud then laguch-
ed into the story of Philip Nolan, the
"man without ? country as he had
once before in Baltimore. The boss
| practice in seif-resir iptaid not hrcah
| lose al first. bat when Billy got on oH
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