Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-02
BRILLIANT GATHERING AT
ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT
Three Hundred And Ninety
I hree Given Commissions
With Diplomas; 25 Going Into
Marine Corps; Over 100 Re-
sign For Civil Jobs
FAVORITES GREETED BY
PROLONGED APPLAUSE

lou may command obedience
by your rank, but unless YOU
command loyal devotion by your
character, those under you will
never serve you as they would
otherwise. You must pattern
your lives so your men swear by
you-not at YOU"
Our country's aims are clean,
and her ideals are high; our giant
strength and our armament have
been used iii the past and will be
used in the future, only for the
defense of our rights and for the
benefit of humanity"
Commissions For 393
These. among other remarks. punc-
tuated the address OF Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, assistant Secretary of the
Navy. before the graduating class OF
midshipmen at the Naval Academy
this morning. Col. Roosevelt also
handed out the coveted "sheepskins'
to the graduates. More than ordI-
nary interest attached to the com
mencement exercises as the grad
tates constituted the last OF the war
time classes, having entered the ma
val institution in the summer OF 1913,
few months before the signing of
The Armistice. The class has a roll
of $40. approximately 1898 automatic
ally received their commissions in the
regular line of the Navy; % have
availed themselves OF commissions as
Second Lieutenants in the Marine
Corps; and more than 100 who got
their diplomas, have resigned to
launch upon business pursuits in civil
life. The ceremonies therefore mark
ed the final climax OF a long period
Of uncertainty among the graduates,
rs to whether they would get their
commissions at all, owing to the pro-
visions of the Limitation of Armament
conference. and the consequent re-
duction in the personnel of the Navy.
The commencement ceremonies
were held in Dahlgren Hall in the
presence of brilliant assemblage OF
service dignitaries and parents, rela-
tives and friends of the graduates.
Col Roosevelt officially represented
the head of the Navy in the absence
of President Harding, who was de-
tanned in Washington by official busi-
ness and Secretary of the Navy Denly
who is on his way to Japan with the
members of the naval class OF 1881
for reunion as the guests of Ad-
miral Uriu, Imperial Japanese Navy,
a member OF that class. The Marine
Corps branch of the service was rep
resented by General John J. Le-
Jeune.
Governor And Pres. Fell There
Conspicuous among those who oc-
cupied seats on the rostrum was Gov
ernor Albert c. Ritchie who officially
represented Maryland and Dr. Thomas
Fell, President of st. Johns College.
Prominent among the naval officers
on the dais were Rear-Admiral Rob-
ert K. Coontz, Chief of Operations,
and Rear-Admiral Thomas Washing
ton, Chief Of the Bureau OF Intell-
gence, Navy Department; Rear - Ad-
miral Hilary b. Jones, commanding
the midshipmen's summer practice
cruise squadron, now riding at an
chor in the bay ready to take aboard
the undergraduates for their annual
practice cruise, and the commanding
officers of the several vessels; and
Captain David F. Sellers, command
ing the dreadnaught Maryland, also
in the bay, of Annapolis.
Roosevelt Came On Sylph
Assistant Secretary Rooseelt arriv-
ed during the early morning aboard
| the naval yacht Sylph. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt, his naval
aide, Lieut.. Commander Warren, and
a party of other guests. Mrs. Roose-
welt, Mrs. Wilson, wife of the Super
intendent of the Academy; Mrs.
Coontz and Mrs. Washington, occu-
pied row of seats Immediately in
front of the official rostrum.
| Disseminating from the Sylph short-
ly after o'clock, Col Roosevelt and
party entered automobiles and were
driven to the residence of Superin-
tendent and Mrs. Wilson. There the
Assistant Secretary was greeted by
the officers who preside over the sev-
eral academic departments. Soon af-
ter the graduates and the majority of
the audience had been seated, the