Evening star., 1944-06-05
Graduation Exercises
Wednesday 10 Climax
Annapolis June Week
914 Midshipmen Hear
BoecoIoureote Speaker
Tell Of Worlds Ills
By the Associated Press.

SoS@0i0utSutS SpGOkeT
Tell Of Worlds Ills
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 5.-Tra-
ditional June Week ceremonies at
the United States Naval Academy
today moved toward Wednesdays
climax when 9l4 midshipmen will be
graduated. after baccalaureate GER
emonies yesterday, during which
Academy Chaplain william N.
Thomas told the graduates, You
are not only the architects of the
world of tomorrow-you and your
contemporaries are the redeemers
of the world today"
Twenty-one graduates from the
Washington Metropolitan Area have
expressed specific preferences for
their first tour of duty, eight asking
for submarine service. Academy off,
cialS announced
Seven asked for aviation training
and six will be commissioned second
lieurenants in the Marine Corps.
Those who made no specific requests
probably will be distributed among
ships of the line.
World Must Be Rid of Poison.
Delivering the baccalaureate SER
mon within the spacious and quietly
decorated academy chapel, Chaplain
Thomas said, You face world that
demands everything you are and
can be, world that knows it must
rid itself of poisons that would de-
stroy its life.
1T not only needs you; 1t cannot
go forward without you"
The chaplain explained the theme
of his sermon Power to Become
taken from the Gospel of St. John
u.1O:
ITO them gave He power to be-
come the sons OF God"
Chaplain Thomas said:
THE word used by this Christian
philosopher of the first century to
describe the unique gift of the Man
OF Galilee Is the theme word in
every language of the globe this
morning. Power, more than any,
thing else, is uppermost in the
minds OF the inhabitants of a world
that literally has been made into
history's largest battlefield.
At Crossroads of Destiny.
'Manpower, productive power
striking power and numerous other
terms remind us daily that power
stands at the crossroads of destinv
10 direct the course of history.
But the writer of the Fourth
Gospel speaks of a different kind of
power of a life that 50
perfectly fulfilled all the dreams of
men for life at its best that they
instinctively called him the Son of
God" -
Washington area men who asked
Tor submarine duty were Charles 8
bowcock, jr., son of Capt. C. S. Bow
COCK, U. S. A., and Mrs. Bowcock Of
3726 Connecticut avenue NV: Rob-
ert M. Buck, son of Mrs. A. M. Buck
OF 8l4 Fern street NV; Roy K.
Jones, II. son of Mrs. r. K. Jones
g 2lo3 California street; Henry r.
Mayo, III, son of Col. George Mayo.
U. s. A.. and Mrs. Mayo of 250o
i street NV; Louis B. Schneider
son OF Mrs. j. E. Schneider of 442o
brandywine street NV; John l.
son of DR.. and Mrs. F.. M
jr.. of 2343 Green street
Sc; Joseph M. Snyder, jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Snyder of Hv-
attsville, Nd, and Robert G. Doug
las, son OF Capt. A. D. Douglas
o. s. NJ, and Mrs. Douglas of l718
North Harrison street, Arlington,
Va. ''
Seek Air Training.
AVIATION training was requested
oy Joe Alexander Barton, nephew
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Campbell of
3ll Quincy street NV; Robert l.
hays, son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r
Rays OF 1900 F street NV; Richard
2. Rumble, son of Capt. C. A. Rum
Die, U. S. NJ, and Mrs. Rumble of
1882 Thirtieth place NV; Lucius e
Steere, Sd, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. e
Steere, jr., of 51o9 Thirteenth street
NV; Arthur Halsted, jr, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Halsted of 1914
North Fifth street, Arlington. Va:
L. Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. c. johnson of 1900
North Twenty third street, Airing
ton, and Clyde o. Morrison. son of
Comdr. Clyde Morrison and Mrs.
Morrison of 1908 Davis avenue
Inose scheduled to enter the Ma
rine Corps include George j. O'Shea
son Of Col. G. j. O'Shea, u. S. M
and Mrs. O'Shea of 1851 Columbia
road NV; Lawrence v. Wickham
son OF Capt. w. c. Wickham, u. S.N,
and Mrs. Wickham of 1912 Klinple
road NV; Robert N. Davis, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Davis of
Silver Spring, Md; Henry c. Clater-
bos, son of Col. and Mrs. L. j. Clater-
bos of Fort Belvoir, Va; Burton L.
Lucas, jr., son of Col and Mrs.
B. l.. Lucas of 3245 Gunston road.
Alexandria, and Palmer H. RiXev
son OF Col. P. M. Rixey. U. S. M. c..
and Mrs. Rixey of 404 King Street
road, Alexandria.
PIon River Excursion
The annual moonlight excursion
of the Arlington Democratic Execu-
tive Committee is scheduled for