Evening star., 1935-12-22
Midshipmen
And Cadets
To Give Ball
One of Gayest Events
of Season to Be Given
Christmas Night.

Quite the gayest and most festive
Of the balls given during Christmas
week will be the eighth annual cadet
and midshipman ball, to be held IN
the ball room at the Mayt1ower
Christmas night at 10 o'clock. The
ball room will be decorated with flags
lighted Christmas trees and holly.
In the receiving line will be Gen. ana
Mrs. George S. Simonds, Col. and Mrs.
Alexander D. Surles, Capt. and Mrs.
Allen Reed, Comdr. and Mrs. EDWARD
C. Racquet, Mrs. Isaac Spalding ana
Mrs. James B. Rutter. Col Joseph j.
Staley, U. S. M. c., who has an
uounced the guests for the last seven
years, will announce this year.
The Floor Committee of the COM
missioned officers will be Col. Isaac
Spalding, U. S. A., Comdr. James B.
Rutter, U. S. N, and Lieut.. Frederick
Coleman, U. S. A. Lieut.. Coleman
was on the Cadet Committee for the
four years that he was at West Point
and has been on the Floor Committee
for the commissioned officers for three
years.
The Cadet Committee of rs men will
be under the command of Cadet How
ell NJ. Estes, jr., chairman: Cadet Cor
den H. Austin, first vice chairman, and
Cadet Charles W. Hartman, second
vice chairman. The chairman Of the
Midshipman Floor Committee is Mid
shipman Frank D. Law, the first vice
chairman is MidShipman Allen D.
Reed, jr., and the second vice chair
man Midshipman Edward B. Gibson.
They will have assisting them 25 COM
mitteemen. All officers, cadets and
midshipmen will be in full dress uni
form.
Miss AnSley Spalding, daughter OF
Col. and Mrs. Isaac Spalding, is chair
man of the Floor Committee of the
Army Girls; Miss Eleanor Akin,
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Spencer B.
Akin, is vice chairman. There will
be 20 girls on this committee. The
chairman of the Navy Girls Floor
Committee will be Miss Betty OMal-
ley, daughter of Comdr. and Mrs. John
OMalley, and the vice chairman will
be Miss Florence King, daughter Of
Admiral and Mrs. Ernest J. King.
There will be 20 girls on this commit
tee also.
Mrs. Swanson, who was one Of the
guests of honor in former years, will
be out of town. AS the Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Dern have not yet re-
turned to Washington, it is not known
whether they will be among the honor
guests.
The cadets and midshipmen will
form their line and parade down the
middle of the ball room, the cadets
forming on the right-hand side and
the mjdShipmen on the left, and the
commissioned officers will escort those
in the receiving line to their box
through the line of midshipmen and
cadets. This is always an impressive
sight. The midshipmen arrived in
Washington yesterday and the cadets
will arrive Tuesday morning. AS soon
as the cadets arrive. there will be
rehearsal in the main ball room at the
Mayf1ower, where the cadets and mid
shipmen will have an opportunity Of
meeting all the Army and Navy girls
who are on the Floor Committee. Sup
per will be served in the presidential
dining room at 1890 o'clock.
A great many of the officers of the
Army and Navy who are stationed
here and their wives will be in the
company, and tickets may be obtained
from Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner's secre-
tary, who will be in the lobby Of the
Mayflower tomorrow and Tuesday aft
ernoon from until o'clock. All the
midshipmen and cadet balls have been
sponsored by Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner.