Evening star., 1938-05-30
NAVY COLOR GIRL
HOLDS INTEREST
Miss Schiedinger to Play
Major Role in Parade
Rehearsal Today.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. May 30.-June
week festivities at the Naval Academy
today centered about Miss Ruth
Schiedinger. Munroe. Mich, the color
girl. and the midshipmen who won
their sport letters during the scholas-
tic year.
Parents and friends of midshipmen.
assembled here from practically all
the States, turned out early for a
rehearsal Of the presentation of colors
dress parade. with Miss Schiedinger
in the major role.
1t was her first Official appearance
since her selection by Midshipman
Elton L. Knapp. Munroe, Mich. COM
mander of the Sd Company that won
the -regimental competition for
the right to be the color company
during the next academic year.
The formal presentation parade will
be held at S pm. tomorrow. Miss
Schiedinger, facing the paraded regi-
ment, will give the regimental and
national colors into the keeping Of
the winning company.
Flags to Be Received.
The Sd Company will receive the
flags from the 4th Company, which
won the honor last year, and will
carry q gold guidon in all parades
and drills as long as they hold the
colors. The company won the flags by
making the greatest number Of points
during the year in boat handling,
nag, blinker and Semaphore signaling
rifle and pistol craftsmanship and
infantry drill.
Following a practice of several years
standing, all letters and awards wor
by midshipmen in sports during the
academic term are presented in the
Thompson Stadium before the assem-
bled regiment.
Rear Admiral Wilson Brown. SUPER
intendent of the academy. and Mrs
Brown will entertain members of ths
graduating class tonight at garden
party. The grounds of the superin-
tendent's quarters have been decorat-
ed with colored lights. A fountain
will play amid roses and other flowers
The graduates and their girl friends
will dance to tlA music of an orches-
ira from the academy band.
The junior class midshipmen will
don their class rings for the first
time at the ring dance in Memorial
Hall. The rings will be christened in
water from the Gulf of Mexico. the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. When
the couples pass through large re-
production of the ring, the girl slips
the ring on her escorts finger as they
kiss.
The dance will be held in a Colonial
setting. Huge white columns. ivy and
rose covered trellises and white picket
fences have been erected in the hall
and its adjoining terrace and Smoke
Park" Large lanterns Of iron, sus-
pended from posts, and Japanese lam
terms will illuminate tables scattered
about the park. Colored lights will
play over the ring as the couples pass
through.
The sophomore class midshipmen
will hold a dance of their own In the
gymnasium.
In an atmosphere stepped in Navy
traditions, members Of the U. s
Naval Academy graduating class At
tended their last chapel service yes
terday, accompanied by parents, rela-
tives and sweethearts. w.
Chaplain breaches.
u- Cannng..V lnlszA-N. Thomas. chap
lain of the Academy, preached the
baccalaureate sermon, urging the mid
shipmen to keep the great securities
OF your faith intact"
The graduates, in gold trimmed. blue
full dress uniforms, marched into the
chapel through q lane Of spectators.
They were seated together under
stained glass windows dedicated To
Admiral Farragut and other naval
heroes Of the past.
The service, accentuating the sense
Of parting from classmates Of four
years, had q poignant touch, that has
given the service the name Of sob
Sunday" Mothers, fathers and sisters
ssat near midshipnaen who soon VIII 60
to the seven seas ON duty.
The notes Of trumpets blended with
the singing Of hymns. The Academy
colors were presented to the altar ~
the graduates stood and sang Of their
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