Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-19
WILL, BE MORE LIKE
COLLEGE FESTIVITIES

June Week or commence
ment period at the United States
Naval Academy now is only
three weeks in the offing, and
staid old Annapolis is beginning
to perk up for the gay festivities
that mark that occasion, and ring
down the curtain on the regular
academic term. Already there is
a vanguard of visitors in the city,
arrivals being chiefly relatives or
close friends of the midshipmen
graduates. Many others have
made reservations at the hotels
and the various boarding houses.
Diplomas For About 425
Approximately 425 young men will
receive their coveted "sheepskins,"
and automatically their commissions
as officers of the service. The class
at present has a membership of 4S5.
but indications point to some being
found delinquent in the final examina-
tions that will begin within the next
few days. Not all of the graduates
will go directly In the line of the navy,
as 25 have applied for commissions
as second lieutenants in the military
arm. of the naval service--the Marine
Corps. The others. however, will be
commissioned as full-fiedged ensigns.
Honor Man From Pacific Coast
Kenneth M. McLaren. of Washing
ton State. is expected to be the "honor
man" of the class. He has starred"
since his "Plebe," or first year, and
at the last annual examinations he
had worked his way TO the top. Close
ly pressing him. however. is Harry
r. Carson, Jr., of Louisiana, who was
less than two points behind McLaren
in the tests last May.
i This years events preceding the
graduation exercises will be decidedly
more like university and college COM
mencements. For the past few years
there has been a gradual elimination
of the many drills and practical exer-
cises until now they are practically
nil. SO that the graduates and the un-
derclassmen will have much more time
to mingle with their friends. This
has been made possible by the fact
that no more does the official Board of
Visitors, appointed by the President
and Congress to investigate needs of
the institution, visit the school during
June Week Instead, the board as
sembles here several weeks in ad-
vance, when academic routine Is I'm
full swing. This years board COM
pleted its work nearly a month ago.
BaccaIaurcate Sermon June 3
The ceremonials and festivities
leading up to commencement day,
which will be June z, will be inaugur-
ated on Sunday, June 3, when Rev.
Sydney X. Evans, Chaplain OF the
Academy. will preach the baccalaure-
ate sermon to the graduates. Two
formal drills and three "dress par
ades' will be all the military eclat to
mark the period, and the rest of the
, time will be given over to social func-
, tions, both formal and informal, in
| cluding numerous dinner parties, and.
, in many instances, family gatherings.
Glass reunions OF old grads. will be
I in order, too.
No Drills Opening Day
Monday, June 4, will be day Of re-
, spite from the Official side. except for
dress parade by the regiment late in
, the afternoon. There will be band
concerts, morning and afternoon, and
from until midnight, Rear-Admiral
Henry B. Wilson, superintendent, and
Mrs. Wilson will be hosts at a garden
party on the lawn about their resi-
dence. While this is going on the un-
derclassmen and their friends will en-
JOY dance in Dahlgren Hall.
Tuesday morning, at 10:30, the first
and second battalions Of the regiment
will stage an infantry drill. At in
the afternoon there will be a band
E concert. Dress parade will be in or
: der at $50, and this will be marked
: by the presentation OF national and
! regimental "colors" This award goes
: to the company which has shown the
. greatest efficiency during the year.
The presentation Is made by young
| lady selected by the winning company
: commander, and it is generally ac-
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