Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28

O girl been caught under the table Then fe
was because she let her foot stick out.
The duty officer Immediately noticed the
one little high-heeled shoe among the square
cadet footgear.
No place could be more romantic than the
Naval Academy. Quietly ripping water ON
three sideS-SaiIboats dancing on the waves
long green lanes lined with trees-an old sea
wall. Yet no place could be more strict about
curbing romance. It seems as though the
whole Navy Department has conspired against
Cupid.
AS soon as the cadets ind perfect place
for making love, something happens to it, That
was the way with the sailboats with little
cabins. They've all been replaced with absos
lutely open boats
Why, a cadet can't even hang his girls pic.
lures in his rooml No, indeed, that's forbidden
furnishings! A table, two chairs, two cots and
lockers are all the furniture allowed. when
you get to be first classman you may be able
70 have monograph Of regulation style.
THE only place to hang girls pictures Is in
- side the locker door, Which makes il
rather hard on boy in love.
That's nothing, however, to having 10 pus
lights out at O'Clock when you want to write
q letter to your best girl. There's only one
thing the wise cadet can do about this-wait
until after inspection, rise quietly and walk into
the shower with paper and pen. It Is perfectly
any telltale rays reach the outer corridor.
So if you happen to get letter from mid.
shipman with little water spots ON It, don't
jump at the conclusion that he was writing
WHY tears in his eyes. He was probably writ
ing to you in the shower after lights out"
There are times when midshipmen can en-
terrain The academy gives q number of hops
every year. Girls from Washington, Baltimore
and more distant places flock to them on tho
arms OF Immediately uniformed midshipmen.
All midshipmen, however. cannot go to all the
"hops"
academy. to the Christmas dance and the
June ball-that'S all The youngsters second
classmen and first claSSmen can drag to an
increasing number of hops" rs they advance
from class to class. If cadet never "dragss
girl at all he Is called Red Mike. II he
"drags" every chance he gets he's q Snake
It's thrilling to witness the end of "hop"
Every cadet on the floor stands at attention
and salutes as the orchestra plays THE Star
Spangled Banner"
Then comes the mad dash home And it Is
a mad dash. No cadet is allowed more than As
minutes in which to take his girl home and be
back at the academy It is against the rules to
ride in automobiles. So it would be only natural
to expect that most girls had to walk ha'f Of
the way home alone.
But no. Taxi drivers are very obhging sbout
slipping into dark corners where cadet and
their girls can get in unnoticed. The cadet
slips Off his cap replaces his coat with a sweater
SO that 1T cannot be told at glance he's
midshipman And sees his girl safely home.
OF course, it's taking a chance of getting de-
merits-perhaps losing Ieave-but there is no
other way out.
Not long ago there was a girl who drove her
car down to Annapolis for "hop." She and
the midshipman left the car in dark alley
and went to the dance. When 1t was over, they
slipped off, unnoticed, in the car The plan
worked well until the girl started to drive into
her garage. and noticed discipline officer had
the garage right next to hers. In fash the
cadet was in the back seat covered with
cushions.
Slowly the girl drove in. But the o6l.or
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