Evening star., 1927-06-01
ANNAPOLIS PRIZES
TOBE GIVEN TODAY
MidShipman 0verfeIt to Get
Five Scholastic and One
Athletic Awards.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 1,--Presen-
talon CT prizes featured June week
a the Naval Academy this afternoon.
Those who attained high standing in
scholastic work and athletics We're
equally honored.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who
will make the principal address at
graduation ceremonies tomorrow morn
ing, arrived here at noon today. Grad
uatipn will get under way at 1850
O'Clock, when the graduates Il march
to their seats. Following addresses .s.si
by Secretary Wilbur and Admiral
Louis NJ. Mutton, superintendent of
the academy, the graduates will pass
before the Secretary of the Navy in
single file and he will hand each man
his certificate of graduation
During the presentation of the di-
n.omas the hall usually resounds in a
continued roar of applause. An I'M
official section of plebes will howl, as
unofficially commanded, as the men
receive their certificates, which will
be attractively wrapped in navy blue
and gold. ribbon. In addition to the
middies' naval families and guests of
the midshipmen also will applaud their
favorites.
Wall Wins Sword.
Following the close Of the cere-
monies SOL of the graduates viii be
sworn in as ensigns in the line Navy,
25 in the Marine Corps and as en-
signs In the Supply Corps. More than
a score viii resign upon graduation,
owing to physical defects. such as
color blindness.
Prizes presented today follow:
f,J0 nnrF91lfv hV the
class Of 1897 to the midshipman who
las contributed most by his otticer-lke
qualities and positive character to the
DEVELOPMENT of naval spirit and 10y
atty within the regiment was present.
ed to Hubert Gordon Wall, Stoughton,
Mass. Wallis name also viii be IN
scribed on the class cup. :
The sword provided annually by the
class of 1871 for the midshipman OF the
graduating class who is most pro
ficient in practical and theoretical ORD
nance and gunnery, awarded to Forol
Davis Overfelt of Roswell, n. Mex.
The name of Midshipman kenneth
Award Knowles of New York City
will be inscribed on the cup presented
TO the Naval Academy by the Cen
eral Society Sons of the Revolution
as the midshipman who showed the
greatest proficiency in practical ORD
nance and gunnery.
A navigating seXtant awarded oy
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson Of Wash
inQ.ton to Midshipman Overfelt as
the most efficient midshipman in prac-
tical and theoretical navigation.
A gold watch suitably inscribed to
Midshipman Robert Dexter Conrad,
New York City, for having presented
the best original article on a naval
subject. The prize is known as the
Van Dyke award.
A gold watch to Midshipman Over
felt, known as the Gardner L. Caskey
memorial prize to the midshlpman
who led the senior class scholastically.
A pair of marine binoculars, known
as the Maury prize, was presented to
John Bartholomew Webster OF the
third class, by United Daughters of
the Confederacy for excellency in
physics.
Leads i'm Engineering.
A gold watch by the class Of 1924
ito the midshipman who attains the
highest average in engineering and
aeronautics, awarded to Midshipman
Overfelt.
A wrist watch with winners name
engraved, presented annually by the
Military Order of Foreign Wars to
the midshipman of the graduating
class who attains first honors in the
Department of Mathematics. awarded
to Midshipman Overfelt.
Cash prize of $100 to Midshipman
Randolph Monroe Smith, the annual
prize by the National Association of
Mutual Savings Banks to the mid
shipman who submits the best essay
on thrift.
Cash prize of $3.50 by the New York
Times to the midshipman showing by
competitive examination the broadest
knowledge and most intelligent un-
derstanding of current events, both
domestic and foreign, awarded to
Midshipman Norman Tower Ball of
Toledo, Ohio.
COnlmendatory letters were written to
the parents of the following graduates:
Hubert Gordon Wall of Stoughton,
Mass; Harry Ray Horney of Port
land, Greg; Forol Davis Overfelt,
Eliot Olsen, East Milton, Mass; Wal
ter Henry Albach, Omaha, Neb., and
Henry Howard Caldwell, Roseville,
Calf.