Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10
JUNE WEEK PROGRAM
BEGINS MAY 20
First Class Midshipmen to Grad
uate On Friday June 2.
A GAY AND FESTIVE WEEK.
First Class German to be Held On
Thursday Night June l---Pro-
gram of Events.

thursday Night June l---Pro-
gram of Events.
June Week" glories at the Naval
Academy with all the usual accompan-
iment OF azure skies. pretty girls. gaily
bedeckai in their home dressma ker's
~bestest' creations and gallant middles
and grizzled admirals, is forecasted i'm
Annapolis with the issuance today OF
the official program for the gala seven
days of the life of a MILDLY
The round of official functions. mil
itary display and social gaities will
open on Momiay. May %. with the ar
rival of the Board OF Visitors. about
whose august persons the following
days stunts are merely supposed to
circle. From then on there will be a
daily series of drills. parades. practical
demonstrations afo2t and ashore. sand
wiched in with board meetings and
hearings on Naval Academy needs at
the hands of Congressman while the
"hlling' to this sandwich will consist
of the usual promenade concerts. dan
ces, strools, sailing parties and re-
ceptions.
The windup will come on Friday
June ,. when the graduation exercises
will be held in Dahlgren Hall. TO be
followed by the farewell ball at night
The First Glass German. that exclus-
lively senior affair toward which all
midides with social buzzirgs lock for
ward for four years. will be held on
Thursday night. while the two per
formances by The Masqueraders are
booked for Monday and Tuesday nights
There will be a garden party for the
graduates and their families and sweet
hearts on Wednesday night at the Su-
perintendents Quarters. The program
in detail follows:
Monday, May 29th.
11.O0 a. m.-Offcial Reception Of the
Board Of Visitors.
1l.30a am.-Regiment of Infantry.
800 p Injecting of Board of Visit
ors for Organization in Administrations
Building. Inspection of Buildings ami
Grounds by Board of Visitors.
$50 p. m.-Dress Parade. Presenta-
tion OF awards.
$50 p. m.-lnformal Hop. Graduat-
ing Class and friends in Memorial Hall
$50 p. m.--Masqueraders. Under
classmen and friends, in Mahan Hall.
300 to 11.00 p. Reception for the
Board of Visitors, their families. and
house guests in the SUperintendent's
Quarters
Tuesday. May 30.
$50 p. -MasQueraders Board OF
Visitors. officers, graduating class and
friends in Mahan hall
Wednesday, May 81.
9.15 a. ma Competitive Artillery
Drill. flag competition
11.00 a m.-Session of Board of Wis
itors in Administration Building.
go p. m.- Seamanshp Drill, boats
under oars, sail and steam.
$50 p. m. Dress Parade.
800 to ll.00 .. m.-Gatlen Party for
the members of the Graduating Class
their families and guests in Superin-
tendents Qparters
Thursday, June Isl.
9.15 a. m Competitive Infantry
Drill, flag competition
1l.00 d. m.-SessiOn OF Board of Wis
itors in the Administration Building.
2.30 p. m.-Torpedo and Gun Drills
4.30 p. Impractical Engineering
Exercises IN Sampson and Ishwood
Halls.
$50 p. m.--Dress Parade. presenta-
tion of colors.
7.3G p. m.-Alumni Dinner in Mahar
Hall
$50 p m.-Informal Hop. Under
clasmen and friemis in Memorial Hall
800 p m. to LOO a. m.-First Glass
German. in Luce Hall
Friday, June end.
1000 a. m Graduating Exercises in
Dahlgren Hall
$50 p. m to $50 a. Farewell
Ball in Dahlgren Hall.
At dress parade on Monday, May p
or. in case of had weather. at dress
parade on the first favorable lay there
after, the following presentations will
be made:
Sword presented by the Class nj
1871 for excellence IN practical and
theoretical ordnance and gunnery.
Cup presented by the National Scci-
ETY., Sons of the Revolution. for excel
lence in practical ordnance and gun
merry; name of midshipman to whom
award is made to be engraved on the
cup; cup 10 be retained at the Naval
Academy
Cup presented by the National Soci-
ETY.. Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, for excellence in seamanshir
and international law.
Navigating Sextant, presented by Col
Robert NJ. Thompson, for excellence in
practical and theoretical navigation
Medal presented by the Admiral
Trenchard Section. No. 3,Navy League
of the United States. for best original
esay on a topic. naval or patriotic in
character, by any midshipman under
/ instruction in English