Warsaw High School - Blast Yearbook (Warsaw, NY)

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Tuesday, April 2-Annapolis. Twenty-five miles as the crow flies from either Wasliiiigton or Baltimore, is the city on the Severn River which throughout the world is known as the home of the United State Naval Aca- demy. In the halls of the Academy twenty-four hundred Midship- men are housed. They comprise the famous Navy so well known and feared in sport and war. Wlietlier it be a long end run, or a hard battle, the Middies are there! Annapolis itself is wrapped yet in the eighteenth century. As you pass through the streets of the town, you are struck by the stately colonial designs of the buildings. The low overhanging trees, narrow streets and colonial architecture make one feel out of place in 1929 after seeing Wasliington. But the Academy itself, possesses modern architecture to the highest degree. Cn the way to the Naval Academy we visited the following points of interest, The Maryland State House where George Wasli- ington resigned as Commander-in-chief of the army of the Revolu- tion and where the Continental Congress met when Annapolis was the Nation's capital, St. John's College and on its Campus the Liberty tree which is said to be more than six sundred years old, also St. Anne's Church, established by an act of Parliament in 1692, Then came the Academy, itself. As we arrived, the men were just passing to and from classes. U VVe passed through the building in an awakening sense of realization. John Paul Jones' mausoleum attracted many. The cases of gold trophies, swords, baseballs, basketballs and footballs attracted those more athletically inclined. Huge tablets on the wall displayed the outcome and score of every Army-Navy game. Now for sports-. The Navy always has a good football team as its trophies bear witness. Evidently its basketball team also knows when, where, why and how! There are about twenty-eight tennis courts forming two long rows near the campus.-Attention, McGee!-Gold baseballs, symbolic of victories, also adorn the trophy shelves. Yes- we're proud of our Navy! We should be when they can produce annually an excellent array of baseball, football, basketball, rowing, soccer, track, lacrosse, tennis, swim- ming, boxing, wrestling and fencing teams. If you are planning a visit to Wasliington, D. C., be sure to in- clude Annapolis in your itinery. If you have already been to VVashington plan another pilgrimage to Annapolis, for if you have never seen the Naval Academy, you can scarcely deny your- self such an enjoyable trip. Page twenty-two

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Ch, pipe down. I know you didn't sleep all night, you didn't get to bed much before daylight. And moreover you were right here at that party yourself. Your language reminds me of something-Are we going to church this morning? Thus began our second day in Wasliington. Many went to the various prominent churches of the city, others slept and still others browsed around the city. About two otclock we left in buses for the Zoological park. This is a large tract of land with many beautiful drives. There are outdoor cages for certain birds and animals and large build- ings housing many other forms of bird or animal life. Many en- joyed feeding peanuts to the elephants, others watched the eagles, some studied the birds-but ah !-the monkeys. There was such a crowd around the place that it was impossible to see much. No one knows whether Annetta was wise cracking as usual or just eager to learn, but she surpassed even Edwin by her questions about the queer creatures. After about two hours of walking and sight seeing we went by buses to the Franciscan Monastery and its Grottos. It was a sud- den transposition from the busy streets into the old world atmos- phere of the monastery. The trip through the catacombs was very interesting. The entire structure was unusually impressive and beautiful. From there we returned to the Hotel and everyone was soon rushing around to some favorite restaurant while others reposed in the hotel dining room. In the evening we went to the Library of Congress. This is the largest library in the Western I-Iemisphere. It covers about fourteen acres and has most of the official state and national docu- ments of interest in an excellent state of preservation. Among these are the original Declaration of Independence and the Con- stitution. There are also many old colonial newspapers on file. The Congressional Library incorporates the Il. S. System of Copyrights. Because of this at least one copy of every book ever granted a copyright is on file. The library is a reference and not a lending library. The reading room is only open to certain people. This is a beautiful room view from a gallery open to the public. The architecture of the building is excellent. There are some very beautiful paintings on the walls and ceilings. After an evening of valuable sightseeing we returned to the hotel tired and weary, but ready for several hours of fun before retiring. Page twenty-one

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Friday, March 8-Atlantic City Br-r-r, Br-r-r, Br-r-r- Oh, darn it, somebody get up and answer that telephone. Answer it yourself, you aren't a cripple by any chance!!! 'LC, what do you want? Room 5227? Good Morning. Its six-forty-live. tvoice with a smilel. Oh, Yes! Thank you! fclankj Hey, the rest of you, its time to get up. What! Just got to bed. Well whose fault is that? Where do we go today. Ch!! to none other than America's playground. No, not Atlantic City. Q Yep! Let's go down to the Cafeteria for breakfast. Alright, it 's too late for anything else. I i 1 S S 'I IVell, good lord, don't blame me, I didn't say it was a. good place to eat. If I ever could get my hands on that little shrimp, I'll wring his neck. Who? Who do you expect? Eddie Wagenblass -Sure, he said it was O. K. Ugh! ! ' Hurry up, want to miss the bus? Well, look at it rain. You knew it. Well, dummy, why didn't you tell me? I'd have worn a hat that didn 't bulge in the middle when it got wet. N o time to change now!! Boy! what a day. Raining here in Atlantic City, too. Taxi! Sure! Boardwalk. Well, jipped again. Only half a block. Here we are, now to get dry. Gosh, I'm hungry. You say, let's go in this book store? How 's that going to keep me from starving? Oh alright have it your own way. Well, let 's get out of here, besides being stuffy, it is expen- sive. Ch, air again!fRain has stopped. It has too. No, Charles, that 's the Casino, not the place they swim. See they swim over here. Well, let's eat. What! you want more books? Come on, we 'll get the next taxi. There we missed it because you were so slow. Ferry. Seems like Buffalo. Brakeman must have fallen asleep and left the brake on. Slow! Here we are! Somebody say this was Camden? Well, I didn't know it. Here this is our train. Sure, don't you see the ' Page twenty-three