Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-27
GYMKHANA DRAWS BIG
CROWDS TO ACADEMY
Midshipnen's Biggest ) h o "
Combination OF Stunts And
Acrobatic Feats
THREE-RING CIRCUS ACTS

This years Gynkhana. which took
place Saturday night triumPbcd over
an it's predecessors UNNECESSARILY in
The flct that stands we're erected 20
accommodate The spectators. who were
able TO watch tho tAree-rlng circus in
comfort. without having to peer under
their ne.ghbors elbows. stand On their
toes. or tie themselves mp 10 g.rder
for hours. 10 see wha. was going or
our ia front
The mammoth show. the Liggest on
any plane. including Venus. accordinE
to The posters. with 1000 performer
taking wri. jig the outcome Of The state
of mind OF tie regiment that follows
taat terrible five days in February 4,
each year. when the Mids bring t.
bclr every slratagem their disordered
brains are capable ot producing 10 en-
snare the fitting "2.5"
II says this ON the program: 50 g.
must be so. In other words. il is tho
apotboosis Of the original Burial Of
Nlath and skinny" which of late year
las been the BURIAL of Math and Eng
Hsh." and the funeral obsCquics are
incorporated IN the show.
once more quoting the program.
The class OF % says that it celebrates
The passing OF Math and English ana
leaves them with malice toward
neithor and charity towards both tho
Old stand bys 81 Academy fame For
TWO and half years lac midshipmca
have struggled through logs ntcsrals
and tangental forces. through The
Last Journey OF Captain Cook to tn
Battle Of Jutland." and look wha,
literature has done for them. The
have won through all these showers OF
trouhlc and with thankful hearts la
down the burden that those who fol
low may receive its fall benefit
Although characterized by nothing
so unusual as last years Tia Juana
cabaret, Saturday nights show was
quite up 10 the standard of its prede-
ressDrs To say the midshipmen play
cd TO a packed house is putting il very
mildly there must have been at leas
5000 people in the audience and
later all Of them got together in the
.mazes of the dance in the Riggin~
Loft
The opening feature OF the cyenin-
was the arrival or what looked like I.
lile-size W. u. Il A. car filled with Il
load of girls coming to the hop. The
were met by their midshipmen beau,
and the usual scene that takes place
on big Saturdays al The corner OF
Maryland avenue and King George
street WAS re-enacted to the last de
tail. even 10 there being one Brick
in the bcvy OF beautiful "drags"
One OF the best Of the numerous
specialties was the burlesque aesthetic
dance. the Ode To the Grccian Urn. :.
in which the little White Dancer did
some really graceful posturing while
in process of successfully "vamping"
the Emperor
Another excellent number was the
Bull Fight" replica OF the one a.
Lisbon. as nearly rs il could be done.
minus a bull anu Portuguese back
ground
The after-dinncr speeches, with the
head of the English Department pre-
siding at the table. also took very wei
with the crowd
One Of the greatest hits N every
Gynikhana is the midShipmens repre-
scntation Of the various officers III tho
Academy. and on Saturday night Ad
niral Wilson and Captain Kurt were
there TO the life with no details miss
ing. The Commandment was particu-
larly well done. Discipline officers
who came in for their share Of char
acterization were Lieutenan;s O. l.
Downes and Henry ~ Briggs
An extremely pretty act was that OF
The Gymkhana crack drill squad
whose salute to the Queen" given to
Mrs, Wilson, wife of the Supcrintend-
eat. was AN example of perfect fancy
drilling
The principal committee in charge
Of the big show was composed of the
following midshipmcn of the class OF
-: K. F. Frost, chairman; J. J. u
FulCnwider. J. T. Johnson. A. X. More
house. II. 7. Smith. Midshipmea of
- on the committee were. J. 4
Traylor. J. {. MCCutcheon H. A. Me
meyer. v l.. PO;tle o. NJ. Walker
was the manager.