Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-06-01
NUMBER OF VISITORS
GREATER THAN EVER

! Commencement week at the Naval
! Academy as far as out of door exer-
| cises are concerned and Which al
/ ways attract a galaxy of pretty girls,
/ besides the fond mamas and papas
who have assembled here. had it's
| formal opening this morning. when
the members of the first and second
battalions of the student body en-
| gagged in an infantry drill on Worden
Field
Ideal June weather prevailed for
/ the evOlutions. the skies being only
! slightly fleeced clouds. and as a
result milady disported in dainty.
/ A.msy costume to her hearts con
/ tent. The morning hours also mark
ed the arrival of hundreds of more
visitors. and the crowds on hand are
, by far greater than has marked COM
mencement week Of previous years.
The first OF the official dress pa
rades" by the regiment is scheduled
| for 545 o'clock this afternoon and i'm
| connection with this attractive drill,
| the presentation of the various prizes
won by the midshipmen for excellence
along professional lines and in ath-
| letics during the year, will be made.
! Admiral Henry b. Wilson. command
| ing the Atlantic fleet, now in the bay
eff Annapolis has consented to make
he presentations
Athletic Honor Awards
The two chief athletic awards were
announced today, only after the com
| mittee of the Athletic Association
was confronted with a most difficult
| proposition as to reaching a decision
| between Howard Clark, of Yonkers,
~ Y. and Edward Graves, Of Pennsyl-
| yania, so close was the race between
them. Clark. the hero of Saturdays
| Army-Navy baseball game and star
halfback of the football team. was
finally voted the award of the sword
offered annually for personal excel
lence in athletics, and Graves, who
| Captained the Navy Varsity eight
cared shell crew which finished a
| successful season by winning the
American Henley regatta on the
Schuylkill. and who also played end
on the football team, was given the
honor of having his name engraved
on the Thompson Trophy Cup, as the
midshipman whose personal influence
counted most for the promotion o.
athletics during the academic term.
First Class German Tonight
Tonight the midshipmen graduates
and their fair partners will trip the
! light fantastic at the annual first class
/ german to be given in Macdonough
4 Hall, more famliarly known as the
gymnasium. The german has long
/ been regarded as the most exclusive
social function given during the year,
as only the graduates, or former
| members of the class, together with
their partners. and the official chap
erons are allowed on the dance floor,
although hundreds of persons are per
mitted to view the scene from the
! balconies, by invitation Elaborate
preparations have been made for the
function, the details being published
1 in the social column of the Capital
today. But those who are not fay
ored to participate in the german, or
who do not assemble to witness it,
will not be idle, for arrangements
have been made for an informal dance
TO he held in the auditorium Of Ma
han Hall.
Who Principal Winners Are
Richard NJ, Watt. of Virginia, who
will lead the graduating class. takes
| triple honors. lie will receive the
sword offered by the Naval Academy
Class of 1871 for the graduate having
the best standing in practical and
theoretical ordnance and gunnery. the
sextant offered by Col. Robert NJ.
Thompson for excellence in naviga-
ton, and the cup offered by the
Daughters of the Revolution for the
best work in seamanship and inter-
national law.
Edward ID. Graves. of Pennsylvania,
captain of the Varsity boat crew and
member of the football team, will have
, his name engraved on the cup offered
: by the Sons of the Revolution as the
most expert in practical ordnance and
! gunnery. Ruthyen +. Libby, from
Washington State, will get the medal
/ offered by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy for the member of the third
class making the best showing in
physics 1t isthe first time this award
, has been won, it having been recently
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