United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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by turns they were given command of the Ark. And they tacked not, neither did they wear ; yet an admiral in all his glory did never pace the quarter-deck as proudly as one of these. And the thirteen that did abide in the land, being few in number, were captured and were made slaves; and they were made to work. Yea, from morn till night did they toil until their souls did cry out within them. And when the Ark returned a third exodus came to pass. And the name of it was First-class Leave. And when they had gone to their homes, Skinny and Mechanics, a foster brother to Calculus, did once more invade the land. And the band did sniff the battle from afar off,and did hasten to return. And in the battles which followed both these enemies were slain ; and the band did attend the burial thereof, the story of which hath vet an- other told. Thus hath it gone with them in the past. As for the future, who can foretell it ? Here endeth the Fourth Lesson. «7

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And when the Ark did again sail for another load of chips they went not therein, but did stay in their adopted land that they might learn the useful ways of the artificers. And great was their progress in the arts when lo ! one day one of the wisest of their number did exclaim “ Alas ! behold the ruin which I have wrought. For the hole which I have drilled is even too small. And another did use a larger drill and did mend the evil. And when the scribes did see what the youth had done they were amazed at his wisdom, and did wonder much, and the fame of him went abroad throughout the land. Then the band did see the maidens of the land, that they were fair, and they danced with them and said soft words to them, as is the way of second-class- men. This did they do for the whole summer of the second year of tluxir abiding. Then said they one unto another, “ Let us go unto the City of Washington and eat, drink, and be merry. And lo they went, and they sang and made merry with the sound of the timbrel, the psaltry, the sackbut, and the beerglass. And they feasted and were glad, and it was well with them. And then they separated, each unto his own home. And when they came again unto the land of the Middies, behold ! yet another enemy was in store for them. For, lo. a Philistine en- tered into the land and despoiled the fair pleasures thereof, and his name was called Calculus. And yea, even did Calculus and their olden enemy Skinny unite their forces to war against the band. Great was the struggle, and ere the third sacrifice of the Holdover seven of the band did yield up the ghost, and the memory of them was clean gone forever. Now it came to pass that the time for the third festival drew nigh. And at this time the band said one unto another, “ Let us give the dance.” And they gave it, and great was the success thereof. And when the third festival was at hand they did lack yet five more of their number. Now it came to pass that thirteen of the number did set their faces against the band, and did go over unto the Greasers. And the remaining thirty-four did once more set sail upon the Ark, and did visit foreign lands even unto the isles of the sea which men do call the Azores and the Madciras. Many days and nights did they pass upon the angry waters. And 16

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Class of Ninety=P iVe. Class Colors: Pale Blue and White. CLASS YELL. Boom Rah! Boom Ray! U. S. N. A.! Who's alive? Ninety Five! Navy! MEMBERS. Knepper, Orlo Smith. Laning, Harris, McCormack. Michael James. Mallory. Charles King, Mann, George Hiram. MANSFIELD, NKWTOX, Marshall, John Francis, Jr. Martin, Nathaniel Macon, Merritt, Darwin Robert, Monaghan, John Robert. Morton, James Proctor, R a by, James Joseph, Sayers, Joseph Draper, Jr.. Shea, Patrick Francis, Smith, Stuart Farrar, StanDley, William Harry, Takasaki, Motohiko. Todd, David Wooster. Vestal, Samuel Curtis, Wadhams. Albion James, Walker, Charles Henry. Walker, James Erling, Watson, Edward Howe. Williams, Harry Craig, Woods, Edward. Bagi.ey. Worth, Baldwin, Frank Pardee. Baxnon. Philip Michael, Barnes, Cassius Bartlett. Bennett, Kenneth Marratt, Breckinridge. Joseph Cabell. Brumby, Frank Hardeman, Butler, Henry Yarxtm, Jr. Chester, Arthur Tremaine. Cushman. William Reynolds. Davidson, William Christopher, Dennett, Stanley Pullen. Dick, Thomas Murritt, Dunn. Edward Howard, Eckhardt, Ernst Frederick, Freeman, Frederick Newton, Garrison, Daniel Mershon. Gherardi, Walter Rockwell, Groesbeck, William Gerard, Hall. Newt Hamill,. Izard, Walter Blake. Johnston, Rufus Zen as, Jr., Earns, Franklin I). K LEM A N N. JOH X V A LENTl N E, 18