Evening star., 1939-05-26
Naval Academy
Color Girl
Is Named
Miss Frances Moses
Of Arkansas to
Present Flags
By the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 26.-Miss
Frances Norfleet Moses, Little Rock,
Ark, today was named the color
girl" for the June Week ceremonies
at the Naval Academy.
Miss Moses, president of the
junior class at Sweet Briar College,
Va, was selected by Midshipman
Benjamin Campbell Jarvis, Freda.
Ark, commander of the lst Mid
shipman Company, which won the
lnter-regimental competition. She
is expected to arrive here early
next week.
The presentation of the colors"
dress parade Tuesday afternoon,
during which Miss Moses advances
to the front of the regiment and
places the National and Academy
colors In the keeping of the 1st
company, will climax the glamor-
GUS June week ceremonies.
She May Be Kissed.
Tradition calls for the COM
mander of the color company to
kiss the color girl" after the pres
entation. This has been followed
IN recent years, although there have
oeen years when it was skipped.
This city turned aside from its
prosaic routine today to observe the
annual Naval Academy June Week.
with long-reserved rooms and
homes rapidly filling with parents,
friends and sWeethearts of the grad
yates, the Academy cleared decks
for activity by naming its honor
men, ending its regular routine and
granting much-desired liberty to
members of the regiment of mid
shlpmen. The years long academic
routine has come to an end.
Battleships Arrive.
Three battleships, the New York,
arkansas and Texas, dropped an
chor off the Academy today, ready
to take the first and third classmen
on a cruise Of the East Coast and
Canada.
Also arriving today were three
West Point athletic squads which
tomorrow will do battle with their
mldshipmen rivals in tennis, lacrosse
and golf. The Navy track and base
Eall squads left early this morning
to engage the Army Cadets on their
home grounds tomorrow.
Mldshipman Louis Harry Roddis,
Jr, son of Comdr. L. H. Roddis
Medical Corps, U. S. ~, of st.
Paul, Mimi, will receive his diploma
hrst on June l as honor man of
the graduating class. Midshipman
Edward Latimer Beach. jr., of Palo
Alto, Calf, was second, and Mid
shipman James Marshall Dunford
OF Seattle, Wash, third.
Honor Man Takes Nine Prizes.
Roddis, in addition to taking top
honors for the four-year course, will
receive nine prizes at the presenta-
tatlon dress parade on May 81, His
prizes follow:
Glass OF 1871 prize-funds to pur-
chase Navy dress sword-won for
proficiency in practical and theo.
retical ordnance and gunnery.
Glass of 1924 prize-pistol-for
standing highest in department of
marine engineering.
National Society Daughters of
American Revolution prize-officer
of the deck telescope-for excelling
in Seamanship.
National Society United States
Daughters of 1872 prize-life mem.
bership in United States Naval In
stltute-for attaining highest merit
! In electrical engineering.
National Woman'S Relief Corps
prize-night binoculars-for pro.
flciency in rules of the road"
Veterans of Foreign Wars prize
marine binoculars-for graduating
at head of class.
Thompson Prize, navigating SEX
tant, for proficiency in practical andS
theoretical navigation.
Gardner L. Caskey Memorial
Prize gold watch, for graduating at
head of his class.
Comdr. James Edward Palmer
Prize, wrist watch, for proficiency in
practical steam engineering.
Ceremonies Start Tonight.
The June Week ceremonies will
begin tonight when group of mid
shipmen will compete for gold
pocket watch in the finals of the
Quarterback Society, academy de-
batting society. Senator David I.
Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts,,
chairman, Senate Naval Affairs
Committee; Capt. Milo F. Draemel,
commandant of midshipmen, and
Prof. Carroll S. Alden, head of the
Academy department of English,
history and government, will be the
judges.
Midshipmen Arthur Mc<ean Ver-
mum, second class; Montrose Ora.
ham Mccormick, first class; Arthur
Dennis Sullivan, fourth class; James
Dawson Chase, second class; Will
liam Edward Kuntz, first class;
James Hutchins Foster, third class,
and Jonathan Frederick Rice, first
class, will compete.
June Week Program.
The program of June Week events
tomorrow:
9 am.-Sherwood Forest, Army.
Navy golf.
II am.-Dahlgren Hall, addition
of names of Rogers S. Ransehousen,
Henry A. Brandenburger, Thomas E.
Zellers and Harlow M. Pine, who
died in service, to the Glass of 1921
Memorial Plaque.
11:15 am, sherwood Hall-Pre.
sentation of bust of late Rear Ad-
miral j. K. Robinson, U. s. N, to
Naval Academy by Naval Academy
Association of New York.
11:45 am, Bancroft Hall-Dedi.
cation of Glass of 1899 Memorial
Bench.
1915 pm, museum-Oficfal op-
ening by superintendent.
12:45 pm, Officers Club-Alumni
luncheon.
2 pm, tennis courts-Army Navy
tennis.
2:30 pm, Thompson stadium
Army-Navy lacrosse.
9 to 11:30 pm, Dahlgren Hall
Regimental hop.
9.30 n m to | m Officers Club