Evening star., 1947-06-02
ATHLETIC Events Mark
I'd Day Of June Week
|Ai Naval Academy
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ANNAPOLIS, June June week
at the Naval Academy swung into
Its second day today with q sched-
ule Of events devoted to the athletic
proWess Of the nidshipmen.
1 During the afternoon there was
to be q demonstration Of fancy
shooting at Farragut Field, with
later presentation Of athletic
awards. High spot of the day
howeyer, will be the IN" dance to-
might at Hubbard Hall.
Only midshipmen who won Their
letters in sport may bring theil
dates to the dance.
| Tables viii be placed on floats In
NEARBY Dorsey Greek and Chinese
lanterns will be suspended on poles
along the creek banks to add color
to the traditional affair.
Hawthorne Is Honor Man.
Midshipman James w. Haw-
thorne, Greenwich, Conn, today
was announced as honor man Of the
graduating class.
The winner of three prizes for
scholastic achievements, Midship-
man Hawthorne completed his four
years with q rating Of 1874 points
of a possible 862.
| His special awards were the
Maury prize for excellence in phys
les, the National Woman's Relief
Corps prize for proficiency in ''rules
OF the road" and the Military Order
OF Foreign Wars prize for the high
est standing in mathematics.
David H. Swenson, son Of Mrs
D. H. Swenson of Taylor, Tex, was
named second high man in the
class. Eugene w. Mulligan, son OF
MIR. and Mrs. Eugene w. Mulligan
OF Kingston, Pa, was third.
/ Although June week did not Of
f1cially start until yesterday, fam
lilies and friends of the midshipmen
as well as graduates and other WIS.,
ltors started arriving in Annapolis
on Saturday.
Visitors on Hand.
Admiral William D. Leahy, presi-
Dental chief of staff and a men,
Der of the class of 1897, led a list
OF distinguished Academy graduates
who attended the various activities
over the week end.
The ring dance" was held Sat-
urday night with all the ritual of
many years standing. The ceremony
was climaxed when the midshipmen
dipped their rings into water flown
to the Academy from the seven seas
before hanging them on their con-
sorts necks.
Yesterday the baccalaureate SER
mon was delivered by Chaplain
Everett P. Wuebbens. 1t marked the
last time members of the first class
marched to the chapel prior to their
graduation on Friday.
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
will deliver the address to the
graduates at Friday mornings cere-
monies to be held. as they always
have been, in Dahlgren Hall. About
495 first claSsmen will receive their
commissions this year either as
ensigns in the Navy or second
Iieutenants in the Marine Corps
Farewell Ball Thursday.
The main social event of the week
will precede the graduation exer-
cises Thursday night in the same
large hall-the Farewell Ball.
This is the first dance which
"Plebes" may attend. In addition
to the midshipmen's dates, families
also are invited to this dance-the
largest given at the Academy.
/ In the late afternoon Miss Helen
Gayle Nylen, of Douglas, Wyo., will
act as color girl in the ceremonies
at which her brother, William E.
Nylen, will be presented with the
Brigade Flag Of 1947. As commander
of the % Company, Midshipman
Nylen won the intercompany COM
petition this year.
From 1890 to l pm. tomorrow
Miss Nylen and her brother will be
interviewed from Annapolis over a
Nationwide hookup of the Mutual
Broadcasting System. Originating
from Mahan Hall, the program will
also include concert by the Naval
Academy Band.
A musical skit, "No More Rivers, +"
will be presented at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow by midshipmen of the first
class. AS usual 1t will lampoon life
and customs of the Naval Academy.
Among the graduating class MEM
bers this year will be two South
Americans, Jose Rodriguez Castano,
jr., of Bogota, Columbia, and Ale
jandro Faccioni Marchini, of Titi-
caca, Peru.
Under a special act OF Congress,
approved 1941, providing for train
ing of Latin American students, the
two will serve for one year at sea
following their graduation and then
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