Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-05
JUNE WEEK EVENTS
COMPLETED TODAY
Drills And Practical Exercises
End And Board Holds Its
Last Session
GRADUATION TOMORROW

The drills and practicai events which
lhaye afforaed so much 81 interest and
INSTRUCTION to The thousands of yisi
tors To the Naval Academy during
June week. will be over This even
ing. and tomorrow the gala period will
CLOSE with the graduation in the morn
ling. and the farewell bali given to the
graduates by he members Of the next
lowest class, II has been wonderful
period. with many incidents not usual
3ly connected wlali June week.
Not only has this been the tirst
Eceremonious commences eiit week fin
Three years. but the class which is
sent into the service is the largest by
al out fifty per cent Of any which has
ever graduated Everything has heen
done on i bigger scale. and bigger
crowd than ever has been here to Wit
ness the different portions of the pro-
gram The presence of tile Atlantic
aAeef. with It's hundred ships and
twenty thousand officers and men, has
added greatly to the impressiveness
Aof the occasion, and afforded naval
spectacle such as has never been seen
here before.
The class which Will graduate tor
morrow will number 452 members. tt
lhegan The year with sol. but more than
THE usual proportion have found the
Itask OF completing four years work
lin three foo much for them SO near
3ly haIf hundred have fallen by the
wnYside. and quite number Of these
have not learned their fate until the
last few days, For both scholastic
land disciplinary reasons. some have
4 een dropped class and others sep-
Iarated from the service, while In some
leases. the nidshipmen may retain their
ssHvmhersl1p 10 this class, but viii not
receive their diplomas for some weeks.
4 The class Is still designated as the
j.elasa og 1920. though graduating q
year ahead
The main event or the morning was
lthe competitive artillery drill. the last
Iof the events which form an element
In the competition for the right to
learry the regInental colors With
THAT completed. the final marks Will
he decided. and the commander 81 the
winning company will receive the col
Tors tonight from the young women Dc
8hfs choice II Is one OF the great hon
ors Of June week. and the result Will
mot he known until the commander OF
THE winning company Is called to the
front to receive the colors The clos
ling practical exercises will be the en-
gineering and construction work I'm
tine machine shops,
The board of Visitors are also hol5 !
Ting their last sessg6A during the day
lCapt. William II. Standiey. command
ant of midshipmen, appeared before
lthem this morning. and q number Of
1.-THE heads Of different Academic de-
lpaTtmenfs This afternoon Will be
spent IN business session during
which II Is expected that the report
will be formulated.
The social events which center
around the graduating class began
Hast evening with the garden party
lgiyen BY superintendent and Mrs.
Scales to The graduates, the members
of their families and special guests
Tonight. the First Class German, "
1.-The great exclusive feature of the
week. will be held II viii be lead BY
AgIdshipnan William A. Ingram, presi-
ldent Of the class, and dancing will be
limited 10 the members og the grad
aating class and their partners.