Evening star., 1934-05-29
GAY SOCIAL ROUND
. ON AT ANNAPOLIS.
"CoIor Girl" Gives Flags
Into Keeping Of First
Company.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


Navy colors Of blue and gold, Miss Sara
Mumma of Evanston, Ill, presented
the regimental colors to the keeping
of the first company of midshipmen
at $50 pm. yesterday before several
thousand June week visitors who filled
the stands on Worden Field for the
traditional ceremony.
The midshipman regiment, the sun
glinting from brass buttons. band in
struments and fixed bayonets. was
drawn up in a long line of blue and
white, against the background Of the
Severn River, as the "color girl" ad-
vanced from a canopy 10 make the
presentation. She was escorted by
Comdr. W. W. Smith, executive officer
of Bancroft Hall.
Miss Mumma wore a flowing yellow
mousseline de sole dress. with match
ing picture hat trimmed in blue. She
carried a bouquet tied with blue and
gold ribbons.
Given to New Color Bearers.
The first company, commanded by
Midshipman John Murray Wilson of
Scottsburg, Ind, formed three sides
| of square, into which the color girl"
advanced. She transferred the ma
| tional and regimental flags to it's new
color bearers and the first company
unfurled the gold guidon of the color
company.
When the transfer was completed
, the midshipmen of the color company
raised their white caps three times as
they cheered the color girl" The
regiment then cheered the color COM
pany.
The color company took its place in
| the regiment and the midshipmen
passed in review, with the band lead
ing and the midshipman drum and
bugle corps. the bugles hung with fow-
ing yellow pennants. in the middle Of
the column
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, will review
another formal dress parade today,
after he presents prizes and awards
to midshipmen winners on Worden
Field. He will be received with mill
tary honors and a salute of II guns
when he arrives at the academy.
35 Awards Are Listed.
Twenty-eight midshipmen will re-
ceive IS prizes and awards won for
scholastic and athletic supremacy.
The Assistant Secretary will pre-
sent the Secretary of the Navy's
trnyhioc nynoIloneo in
firing. Naval Academy medals for
general excellence in target practice,
the Glass of 1871 sword awarded for
proficiency in ordnance and gunnery,
the General Society of Sons of the
Revolution Cup for excellence in prac-
tical ordnance and gunnery. and the
Van Dyke prize for the best article
on naval or patriotic subject.
He will give Midshipman Hugh O.
Murray. Newman, Ga, the Navy Ath-
letic Association Sword for personal
excellence in athletics. and Midship-
man Wilson the Company Cup, as
captain of the company winning the
colors.
Rear Admiral Thomas c. Hart,
superintendent of the academy, will
lCJlCLo w Nuld-
shipmen Edward Joseph Fahy, Bronx,
N. Y; Richard George Akeroyd, El
Paso. Tex; George Edwin Mumma,
Findley, Ohio; Frank Melvin Whita-
ker. Spokane. Wash: John Jennings
Waybright Clarksburg, W. Va, and
Edward Farwell Dissette, Detroit,
Mich.
Other Prizes to Be Presented.
The superintendent will present
several other prizes. Others who will
present awards are:
Joseph w. Powell, class of 1897
sword
Lieut. John M Kennaday, class of
1923 prize.
Mrs. Frank Madison Dick of Wash
ington, librarian general. D. A. r.,
National Society. Daughters of the
Revolution sword.
Mrs. L. B. Newell. Charlotte, N. c.,
chairman of Finance Committee,
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
Maury prize.
Maj. Paul J. McGahan. Washing
ton. the Military Order of Foreign
Wars prize.
Brig. Gen. Gordon G. Heiner. U. S.
A., retired, Society of the Cincinnati
prize
Mrs. Robert Johnston. Humboldt.
Iowa. national president United
Daughters 1872. sword given by the
organization. She will be accom-
panied by Miss Hazel Graham Gless-
ner. acting treasurer of the society.
Mrs. Frank Rowland Parsells,
Brooklyn, N. Y, president-general
Colonial Daughters of Seventeenth
Century, prize awarded by the society.
Mrs. Mae G. Lincoln. Aurora, ILL.,.
national president National Women
Relief Corps, corps prize. She will
be accompanied by Col Russell
Martin, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Rear Admiral Reginald r. Belknap,
u S. NJ. retired, Naval Order of the
United States prizes.
The presentation dress parade will
be held at pm At 10 am. there
was physical drill. The graduating
class rehearsed their graduating exer-
cises last night. The midshipmen's
orchestra will give a recital tonight
beginning at O'Clock, while the wear
ers of the Navy N will attend dance
in the Navy boat house.