Evening star., 1936-05-23
NAVY CELEBRATES
mo MORE RIVERS
Tecumseh Finds Voice to
Condemn instructors
at Academy.
BY the Associated Press.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 23-The
graduating class at the Naval Academy
celebrated the end Of classes yesterday
with q roar of cannon and musketry,
weird costuming and parades. Even
Tecumseh, the Navy's god of u.s."
found q voice to aid his worshippers.
The mo more rivers" celebration got
underway at the midday meal forma-
ton, when the first classmen gathered
about the stone pedestal bearing the
must OF Tecumseh. A loudspeaker,
rugged behind the bust gave the bronze
sachem q deep. gutteral voice.
With the academy band blaring out
Navy songs, o group of Indians" ex-
ecuted q war dance in front of the old
warrior. Tecumseh is believed to bring
the coveted "25" required as a passing
mark at the academy. He also is
credited with aiding Navy teams in
contests with the Army.
The Indians" stripped to the waist,
with torsos daubed with paint, wore
feather headdresses, whiskbroom head
ornaments and fringed green trou-
sers. They carried hammers, javelins,
T-squares and other implements.
Instructors" Arraigned.
Suddenly a yell arose as three
tepees. mounted on wheels, were rolled
through the crowd and q group Of
midshipmen impersonating instructors
and officers were dragged out. One
by one they were arraigned before
Tecumseh for judgment.
"Ugh," grunted the bust when the
first was brought up. Me no like
palefaces."
An instructor" in electricity was
arraigned. wearing earphones and
with wires draped around him. His
crimes against the tribe" during the
year were outlined.
Me know" said Tecumseh. Him
make tribe look at little light that 60
out. Light no good. Hang him at
yardarm."
Him make tribe draw inside of iron
fish," the bust remarked of another.
Lock in confidential locker and forget
combination"
Tecumseh's final command was to
throw all the palefaces in the river.
This brought protest from the In
dians," who pointed out that there
are no more rivers"
The celebration gets its name from
q Navy song mo More Rivers to
| Cross"
Buildings Captured.
After lunch the celebration con-
tinued on several fronts. One group
Of first classmen, attired in firemen's
helmets and dungarees, seized smok-
ing tar boiler which they dragged
through the academy to the marine
engineering building. They stocked j,
with pillows and other material, caus-
ing q long plume Of black smoke tc
drift over the academy.
Another group, made up as French
Legionnaires. and dragging a field
/ piece, marched through the yard and
stormed the electrical engineering
building. Rounding up the instructors
in radio they held mock courts-r1ar.
tial in the laboratory. Rife fire from
this party as 1t attacked" the building
drew a crowd.
While spectators were watching
these groups, the roar of artillery firs
shook the yard from the academy
armory. Investigation revealed an
other group Of first classmen, wearing
white uniforms, literally spotted with
red ink, storming the armory.
Two field pieces we're mounted ir
front Of the building. housing the
department of ordnance and gunnery
Rounds Of blank cartridges were fireo
until the officers of the department
appeared. Then they were surrounded
and offered a surrender by the class.