Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-01
FIRST CLASS GERMAN
TO BE HELD TONIGHT

Nearly two thousand guests attend-
ed the garden party given last night
| by the Superintendent of the Naval
Academy to the members of the grad
uating class of mdshipmen The gar
den party is a regular part of June
Week festivities and is one of the So
cial events much enjoyed by the
visitors to the Academy.
The superintendent handsome
quarters, large porches and beautiful
garden were illuminated with quanti-
ties of colored lights, and a colored
fountain played in the middle of the
entrance court.
Admiral and Mrs. Wilson received
their guests, who were presented by
Flag-Lieutenant w. O. Henry in the
small reception room at the head OF
the stairs. The rest of the rooms on
the drawing room floor were used for
dancing, music for which was fur
nished by an orchestra from the Naval
Academy band, stationed in the hall.
In the intervals between the dances
another orchestra PLAYED in the gsr-
den Refreshments were served in
marquee tent on the tennis court
Presentation OF "COlOrs-
Earlier in the day large crowd had
gathered at Worden Field to see the
| irst dress parade of the season, the
| feature of which was the presentation
If the colors to Midshipman William
| B. Ault, commander of the Second
Company, by Miss Anna Dudley, of
Baltimore.
Miss Dudley, looking very charming
in a rose-colored frock, and carrying
| an armful of pink roses, was escorted
| onto the field by Admiral Wilson, and
vas accompanied by five young girl
'riends of the other officers in the
| winning company These were Miss
| Bosnian and the Misses Katherine
Titus, Ruth Coleman, Gertrude
Thompson, and Florida Hepburn. At
frst the audience thought it was to be
disappointed OF the pleasing spectacle
If seeing the midshipman officer kiss
his drag" in front of the rest OF the
regiment and the assembled multi
tudes, but after receiving the colors
with becoming gravity. Midshipman
Ault returned to the post OF duty and
went through the rest of the ceremony
! with great gusto, to the delight of the
onlookers. WtlfI
Middies Stage Mimic Battle
Rain, which set in at 10 o'clock this
morning. put something of a damper
on Commencement Week festivities at
| he Naval Academy as far as outdoor
activities are concerned. However,
he midshipmen entertained tn
galaxy of pretty girls, fathers and
mothers and other relatives, here by
the hundreds, with an infantry drill
# extended order movements, cul-
| ninating with mimic battle in which
blank ammunition was used. The
parade ground of Worden Field was
he scene of "hostilities," and during
| he action" there were casualties on
both sides. The first and fourth bat
talions participated in the drill and
the hospital corps was seen in field
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Prizes At Dress Parade
Events on the program for the rest
! Of the day include regimental dress
parade" at which the prize awards
for excellence in professional bran
ches and athletics will be presented
by Superintendent Wilson, and to-
night the First Glass German will be
held in Macdonough Hall. The latter
is the most exclusive function of the
year at the naval school, as none but
the midshipmen. their partners and
official chaperones are allowed on the
dance floor. Several hundred admis-
sion cards have been issued to the
public, however, to witness the bril-
liant spectacle from the balconies.
: While the graduates and their "best
girls" are thus enjoying themselves.
: midshipmen of the next senior class
will be the hosts at hop in the rig
ging loft of the same building.
Tomorrow, Day OF Days
Tomorrow the commencement cere-
monies will be held in Dahlgren Hall
beginning at 10 o'clock. The address
of the occasion will be delivered by
e Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant
5 Secretary of the Navy, who will make
: the trip to Annapolis on the nava
Secretary's yacht Sylph. He will bt
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt ant
: they will be the luncheon guests o.
Superintendent and Mrs. Wilson.