Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Third and Greatest
June Week Begins
Al Naval Academy
Graduation Long Past,
But Middies Celebrate;
Week Lusts Nine Days
By the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ANNAPOLIS, May 24.-Today is
the big day that 1908 Naval Acad-
envy midshipmen have been look
ing forward to for a year.
1t marks the close of final ex-
aminations and the beginning of the
Academy's third-but major June
Week"
There won't be any graduation
the senior class was graduated last
February. But this June Week
packs more thrills, excitement and
glamour than the seniors or the re-
servists-at the second June Week"
earlier this month-enjoyed.
The nine-day June Week'-long-
er than any prior Academy Week"
is crammed full of athletic
events, full-dress parades, informal
dances, hops, moving pictures, pic
MICS, band concerts and colorful
ceremonies.
The presentation of colors at a
full-dress parade Wednesday on
. Worden Field is the high spot of
the program.
Tunney Speaks Monday.
1t. Comdr. Gene Tunney, U. S.
N. R., former heavyweight boxing
champion, will come here Monday
afternoon to address the midship-
man regiment in Thompson Sta
dunn and to demonstrate a new
exercising device.
The June Week" curtain will
rise today with an athletic program
including the Mcmillan Cup elimi-
nation sailing races on Severn River,
baseball and golf matches with the
University of Pittsburgh, tennis with
the University of Maryland and
rife match with the Quantico ma
rines.
Informal dances for the junior
and sophomore classes are scheduled
in the late afternoon with hops
for the two classes and moving pic
lures at night Academy graduates
will get together at an officers hop
at the Officers Club.
Prize Winners Listed.
Names of nine of the Naval Acad-
envy midshipmen who will receive
prizes and awards at a full dress
parade Tuesday were announced
yesterday by Rear Admiral Russell
Wilson, academy superintendent.
Midshipman Robert A. Kirkland,
sophomore, of Newport, R. l., will
receive gold wrist watch from the
Naval Order of the United States
for his knowledge of current world
history.
Second prize, a letter of COM
mendation and two years subscrip-
ton to a news magazine, will go to
Midshipman James j. ODonnell, a
junior, of Baltimore. Midshipman
Joseph l.. Boyd, jr., freshman, of
Fort Knox, KY. won the junior con-
test and will receive the same award
as ODonnell.
The American Legion prize, pair
of marine binoculars, was won by
Midshipman Archie L. Julian, a
sophomore, of Washington, for
standing first in his class for the
course in government.
MidShipman James Hurst. a jun
ior, of San Luis Obispo, Calf, was
declared winner of the Col. Robert
M. Thompson binoculars for achiev-
ing first place in interclass sailing.
For winning second place in the
contest Midshipman George F.
Pierce, sophomore, of Sparta, Ga,
will receive a spyglass.
The juniors who won the first
three places in small arms target
practice and the awards they will
receive: Midshipman Guilford D.
Acker, Charlottesville, Va, first
prize, gold medal; Midshipman
James w. Wyrick, San Francisco,
second prize, silver medal, and Mid
shipman James M. Ashley, jr., Sal
mon, Idaho, third prize, bronze
medal.