Evening star., 1934-05-30
navy GRADUATION
HOUR ANNOUNCED
New Ensign Law 0ispeIs
Gloom of 360 Eligible
for Commissions.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 3o.-The
Naval Academy graduation exercises
will be held at IL am. tomorrow in
Dahlgren Hall. The graduation ad-
dress will be made by Rear Admiral
Thomas c. Hart, superintendent OF
the naval school, while Rear Admiral
William D. Leahy. chief of the Bu-
reau of Navigation, will present di-
plomas to the 463 members of the
graduating class.
Yesterday the senior Midshipmen
marched with their regiment for the
last time as the final dress parade
of the season was held on Worden
Field. Prizes and awards we're given
out as a token of a years achieve
ments of % graduates.
Roosevelt Reviews Regiment.
Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy, who presented sew
eral of the prizes and awards, re-
viewed the parade. Josephus Daniels
Ambassador to Mexico and Secretary
of the Navy under President Wilson
during the World War, was with the
guests who watched the ceremony.
The Midshipmen hailed the action
of President Roosevelt in signing the
measure providing commissions for
all graduates, which will result IN l0l
graduates who would have been hon.
orably discharged receiving commits
Sions as ensignS.
Under the new regulations, 1886 OF
the graduates will be commissioned
as ensigns in the line of the Navy
and Is as second lieutenants in the
Marine Corps. One, Enrique Lopez
Jurado, of Lucena. P. l., will grad
uate and be honorably discharged
He will accept commission as a
lieutenant in the PHILIPPINE con-
stabulary. remaining in the United
States for a year to study aviation
1O2 Below Physical Standards.
One hundred and two members OF
the class will resign Immediately
after graduation. The majority OF
these designations are the result OF
failure to meet the strict physical
requirements for commissioning.
A drizzling rain forced the cancel
lation of a physical drill yesterday
but a band concert. the presentation
of awards, dress parade, recital by
the midshipmen's orchestra and the
IN" dance of the Navy athletes at
the boathouse, kept the June week
visitors busy Today there will be
two band concerts and the farewell
ball at night.
Lowering clouds, which for time
threatened the presentation parade,
failed to keep spectators away from
the ceremony, although the crowd
was not as large as that which at
tended the presentation of the colors
parade on Monday.
Ninety-eight of the 1877 honorably
discharged members OF last year
graduating class at the Naval Acad'
emy have applied for commissions ir
the Navy. it was said yesterday.
The statement was made at the
Navy Department yesterday. after
President Roosevelt signed a bill au-
thorizing commissions for honorabll
discharged members of last years
class. Under the law previously II
effect. only half of the group was
eligible.
News that the President had affixed
his signature to the measure brought
cheer to the 463 members of this
years graduating class, half of whom
otherwise would have had to seek
Jobs in other fields. Meanwhile, how
ever. 25 members of the class al
ready had applied for commissions IL
the Marine Corps, and an unstatec
number have been ruled out because
of physical disqualiflcations.
This years graduating exercise:
will be held in Dahlgren Hall. at the
academy. at IL am. tomorrow.