Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-04-04

/ be res,ing stand and the chair from
he Platform 10 have moro room for a
demonstration of how the old White
stockings pitched twenty eight years
! he bows woke up as With an electric
/ hook and were warmly enthusiastic
until the end. when he prayed for the
pirit Of Don't Give Up the ship" in
hese bows, on whom tho hope of our
coantry's safety rests"
AT the clJse of his address the Rev.
sunday PRAYED one of his characters
ne prayers Indeed. few knew he was
praying, so conversational lis his man
ner Of petitioniuc when he dnished his
sermon it was almost possible to hear
The breathing Of the crowd. so rapt had
he held them, ami before they knew 1t
he was IN the midst of his prayer.
Thank YOU. Jesus. he said "for his
opportunity to speak here Isn't this
3 hne-looking bunch Jesus2 Bless the
boys bless their mothers and fathers.
and the homes from which they have
come ! feel like I have been talking
20 the future through the lcng-distance
mirals here Many here may be lead
ers whose names will go ringing down
the history of the naticn Some here
may command ships and may fight tha
nations battles till the ship goes down
TO defend their eountlys flag. Help
them 90 be as true to Jesus. whom
having not seen we love. Amen"
The applause which followed ev-
ceedod i'm length and enthusiasm any
which SUNDAY has receiv,l in Ba'ti-
more It was followed by ringing
cheers for Billy and Ma led by a. c.
Miles, of the student y NJ G. A.. and
participated IN : Y all, tn commandant
OF the academy doing his best 70 make
himself heard above the rest
Ma Sunday responded to calls for
speech by telling the boys that the
party h1i inspected the Academy and
found three things which they will re-
member when all else is forgotten
The remains of John Paul Jones, the
raft on which Hobson left the Merri-
mae and the battlenags,
Ma Sunday told how she had lent
Daddy 20 an denominations since she
had mede him a Presbyterian. Presi-
dent Miles. OF the Academy Young
Mems Christian Association, then faced
the crewd raised his hand amh gave
ortlcrs for the Academy yell, winding
Up with three Billy Sundays and three
Ma Sundays" This was done with a
viii aud Captain Eberle. Admiral Beat
ty, Lieutenant Underwood ana all the
other officers joining in with full voice.
This was called the initiation" and II
is said that few civilians and fewer
women are honored with il
II was but fifteen minutes before
li1ne to entran Cor Baltimore. but the
solid wall of middies out in the en-
trance hall proved irresistible TO Sun
day. How much time have we cot.
Mag" he shouted as he made a lunge
for q half dozen of the nearest hands
lie went the entire round OF nearly
-four hundred men in I'VE minutes ,wav-
ed "a farewell to the boys who banked
the railing Oh the second and third
floors and was off at a trot for the car
line
As he was soaking wet from his ser
mon ne went INTO Il compartment OF
the special ear and changod all of his
clothes, as he had after his monning
sermon. The car was waiting for
clear track and Bill saw crowd OF
piekaninnies on the sidewalk. Out he
jumped shook hands with them ana
had Ma give quarter to q little lame
negro boy.
Settling himself comfortably i'm the
front chair of the car he said he had
never made trip with more comfort
and less fatigue and began talking
about what a line lot of fellows the
midshipmen We're. He didn't put his
collar on again at alias everybody IN
the car was "home folks" and Il chat
cl his neck
Records on the Washington, Balti-
more and Annapolis Electric Line were
said 90 have been broken by Conduc-
tor y. r. Provance ard Motorman r. G.
Catlctt The special car left the sta
ton Baltimore. at S.25 am. and reach.
el the Washington terminal at $40
O'Clock II left Washington at LAS D.
ia. and reached the Naval Academy
gate IL 3t2 pm. 1t left Annapolis az
610 and reached Baltimore at 704
Provance and Catlett both received
gift from Sunday