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

Text from Pages 1 - 232 of the 1897 volume:

PRESS OP FRANK I.IN' PRINTING COMPANY 516-518 Minor Street piiiladrlpiiia THE LUCKY BAG OF THE United States Naval Academy VOLUME IV CLASS OF 1897 Published Annually by the First Class . .. EDITORS ... J. W. GRAEME, Pa. L. R. SARGENT, Minn. A. J. HEPBURN, Pa. H. E. YARNELL, Iowa. D. S. MAHONY, Mich. Annapolis, Maryland, May, 1897. Chaplain Hf.nrv H. Clark, United States Navy. ane, V V 5 ,J7 wn To Chaplain Henry H. Clark, United States Navy, In token of the love and esteem in which he is held by the Battalion of Cadets, this volume is respectfully dedicated. ava I Scliool founded October 10th, 184 5, JAMES lv POLK, President of the U. States. GEO BANCROFT, Secretary of the aw, WM- 1 v ' ' '■ FOUNDATION TABLET IN OLD RECITATION HALL. 6 Preface CADET Officer of the Forecastle on the cruise lust summer was given the following advice by the First Lieutenant: “ Never during your tour of duty permit anything to remain adrift about the deck; whatever you see, if the owner is not at hand, put it at once in the lucky bag.” The Board of Editors, acting in their official capacity, have followed this advice. Whenever a roast, or a grind, or a stray thought worth preserving has come to their notice, they have popped it into The Lucky Bag without waiting to consult the person to whom it pertained. Now, at the opening of The Lucky Bag, we invite all who may be interested in its contents to examine them freely. Should any one be disposed to be offended at finding his property in such a nondescript collection, we beg him to restrain his temper, and to remember that the Board of Editors have acted in strict accordance with man-of-war rules, and in faithful pursuance of a most respected officer’s advice. We desire to acknowledge our obligations and extend our thanks to the friends outside the class that have so materially aided in making the artistic appearance of the book what it is. The designs for the cover, frontispiece, and finis are by Mr. James J. Hawley, of New York, and we need not say how deeply we are indebted to him. He has not only lightened our labors, but he has done what we would not have dared to attempt ourselves. Lieutenant Colvocoresses has aided by his advice in artistic matters, and has also drawn several beautiful designs, which were unfortunately destroyed by fiie at the engravers, together with a large part of our material. United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Founded, 1845. James K. Polk, President of the United States. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy. Academy Colors: Old Gold and Navy Blue. Academy Yell: Rah ! Rah! Rah! Hi! Ho! Ha! U. S. N. A. Boom ! Sis ! Bah ! Navy! Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy Commander Franklin Buchanan, . . Commander George P. Upshur, . . Commander Cornelius K. Stripling, Commander Louis M. Goldsborough, Captain George S. Blake,.......... Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, . . Commodore John L. Worden, . . . Rear-Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, . . Commodore Foxhall A. Parker, . . Rear-Admiral George B. Balch, . . Rear-Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, . . Captain F. M. Ramsay,............. Commander W. T. Sampson, .... Captain R. L. Phythian,........... Captain P. H. Cooper,............. A-sumcd Command. Sept. 3, 1845 Mar. 15, 1847 July 1, 1850 Nov. 1, 1853 Sept. 15, 1857 Sept. 9, 1865 Dec. 1, 1869 Sept. 22, 1874 July 1, 1S78 Aug. 2, 1879 June 13, 1881 Nov. 14, 1881 Sept. 9, 1886 June 30, 1890 Nov. 15, 1S94 Board of Visitors, June, 1896. Honorable J. B. Robinson, House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, President. J. C. Richberc, Esq., Illinois, Vice-President. Honorable C. II. Gibson, United States Senate, Maryland. Honorable J. C. Burrows, United States Senate, Michigan. Honorable P. B. Low, Home of Representatives, New York. Honorable Adolph Meyer, House of Representatives, Louisiana. General J. C. Tappan, Arkansas. Robert B. Howf.ll, Esq., Nebraska. Captain J. W. Weeks, Massachusetts. Professor E. S. Holden, California. Charles Scott, Esq., Mississippi. F. Wolcott Jackson, Esq., New Jersey. 9 Officers Attached to the United States Naval Academy Superintendent, Captain P. H. COOPER. Assistant to the Superintendent in charge of Buildings and Grounds, Lieutenant-Commander A. Ross. A sistant to the Superintendent and Secretary of the Academic Board, Lieutenant G. A. Merriam. Commandant of Cadets and Head of Department of Discipline, Commander EDWIN WHITE. Assistants, Lieutenant Commander R. T. Jasper, Lieutenant T. Porter, Lieutenant W. A. Marshall, Lieutenant D. Daniels. SEAMANSHIP. Head of Department, Commander W. T. SWINBURNE. Assistants, Lieutenant F. E. Beatty, Lieutenant W. S. Benson, Lieutenant P. W. Hourigan. ORDNANCE. Head of Department, Lieutenant ALEXANDER McCRACKIN Assistants, Lieutenant W. R. Shoemaker. Ensign E. Moale, Jr. io 1 Officers Attached to the United States Naval Academy—Continued. Sword Master, A. J. CoRBESIER. Assistant Sword Masters, J. 15. Retz, G. Hf.iktz. NAVIGATION. Head of Department, Commander B. F. TILLEY. Assistants, Lieutenant J. A. Norris, Lieutenant York Noel, Lieutenant C. J. Boush. STEAM ENGINEERING. Head of Department, Chief Engineer C. W. RAE. Assistants, Passed Assistant Engineer F. H. Ki.dridge, Passed Assistant Engineer L. 1). Miner, Passed Assistant Engineer F. H. Conant, Passed Assistant Engineer L. M. Nulton, Assistant Engineer U. 'I'. Holmes. mechanics. Head of Department, Commander HARRY KNOX Assistants, Lieutenant J. M. Orchard, Lieutenant J. Hood. Lieutenant Harry Phelps, Lieutenant C S. Williams, Professor W. W. Johnson, A. M. physics. Head of Department, Professor N. M. TERRY, A. M., Ph. D. Assistants, Lieutenant T. B. Howard, Lieutenant J. E. Craven, Lieutenant J. A. Hoogewerff, Lieutenant J. W. Oman, Professor Paul J. Dashiell, Ph. D. Officers Attached to the United States Naval Academy—Continued. MATHEMATICS. Head of Department, Commander ASA WALKER. Assistants, Lieutenant H. C. Gearing, Lieutenant A. W. Grant, Lieutenant E. Lloyd, Jr., Lieutenant H. G. Dresel, Ensign W. V. Pratt, Ensign W. H. Buck. ENGLISH. Head of Department, Lieutenant-Commander W. p. POTTER. Assistants, Lieutenant E. B. Underwood, Lieutenant C. B. T. Moore, Lieutenant C. C. Rogers, Lieutenant G. R. Clark. Lieutenant M. C. Gorcas, Ensign Victor Blue, Professor W. W. Fay, A. M., Professor A. N. Brown. languages. Head of Department, Lieutenant-Commander F. M. WISE. Assistants, Lieutenant T. Snowden, Professor Jules Leroux, Professor Henri Marion, Professor Samuel Garner, Ph. D., Assistant Professor P. J. des Garennes, A. M. drawing. Head of Department, Lieutenant G. P. COLVOCORESSES. Assistants, Lieutenant E. F. Lei per, Ensign A. L. Norton, Professor C. F. Blauvelt. Director of Physical Training, Passed Assistant Surgeon A. M. 1). McCormick. Instructor, Matthew Stroiim. 12 Officers Not Attached to Academic Staff, Lieutenant-Commander E. D. F. Heald, in Charge of Ships. Medical Director T. C. Wai.ton. Surgeon G. E. H. Harmon. Passed Assistant Surgeon G. H. Barber. Passed Assistant Surgeon L. L. Von Wedekind. Pay Director 'I'. T. Caswell, Pay Officer and General Storekeeper. Paymaster J. P. Loomis, Commissary and Cadets' Storekeeper. Passed Assistant Engineer H. O. Stickney. Chaplain H. H. Clark. Professor M. Oliver, Librarian. J. M. Spencer, Assistant Librarian. R. M. Chase, Secretary. Santee amt Ships, Boatswain J. S. Sinclair. Boatswain C. F. Pierce. Gunner A. A. Phelps. Carpenter J. B. Fletcher. Mates, C. J. Murphy, W. G. Smith. Marine Officers, Lieutenant-Colonel McLane Tilton, Commanding Marines. First Lieutenant C. A. Doyen. Academic Board. he Superintendent. 'he Commandant of Cadets. ’he Head of THE Department of Seamanship. HE Head OF THE Department OF Ordnance. HE Head OF THE Department OF Navigation. HE Head OF THE Department OF St EA M E NCI N E ER 1N i HE Head OF THE Department OF Mechanics. HE Head OF TH E Department OF Physics. HE Head OF TH e Department OF Mathematics. HE H ead OF TH E Department OF English. IIE Head OF THE Department OF Languages. HE Head OF THE Department OF Drawing. � 3 Cadet Officers of the United States Naval Academy First Division. Houston, Pressey, Gr EME, Kautz. First Division. Landis, PlNNEY, Williams, Boone. Cadtt Lieutenant- Commander, W. G. Du Bose. Cadet Lieutenants, Hepburn, A. ]., Reynolds, W. H.. McCarthy, A. H., Yarn ell, H. E. Cadet Lieutenant and Adjutant, J. W. Powell. Cadet Ensign and Aid, E. F. Ecgert. Cadet Passed Assistant Engineer, F. L. Sheffield. Cadet Assistant Engineer, G. Webber. Cadet Junior Lieutenants, Falconer, W. M., Jones, N. L., Cadet Ensigns, McDowell, W., Sargent, L. R., Perrill, H. P., Boyd, D. F., Jr. Cadet Chief Petty Officer, W. R. Sexton. Mur� in, O. G., Overstreet, L. M. Cadet Petty Officers of the First Class, Second Division. Third Division. Fonrlh Divisum Miller, Thelren, Henderson, Holman, Williams, Hilary, Chase, Kf.mpff, Smith, A. St. C., Jr., Duncan, Asserson. Hart. Giles. Cadet Petty Officers of the Second Class, Second Division. Third Division. Fourth Division. Mag ill, Owen, A. C., White, W. R Owens, C. T. , Ha lligan, Watts, Henry, Cronan, Nelson, Smith, G. L., Evans, F. T. Wright, H. T. Elson. '4 mm The Class of 97 Class of '97. President, Peter Lloyd Pratt. Secretary, Fletcher Lamar Sheffield. Class Colors: White and Gold. CVfcw Yell: Zip a rah ! Boom a rah ! Boom a lack a leven ! Zip a rah ! Boom a rah ! Navy ! Ninety Seven ! Andingp Sheldon Webb, “ So he with difficulty and labor hard moved on. —MlLTON. Engineer ; resigned January, 1897. Brook haven, Miss. Asserson, William Christian, “Jack.” Line, Buzzard, Brooklyn, N. Y. “All mankind love a lover. —EMERSON. U. S. N. A. Base-ball Team,’94; Class Base ball Team, ’94,’95,’9b; Captain Class Base ball Team,’94; U. S. N. A. Foot ball Team, '96; Class Foot-ball Team,’94.’96; Manager of Field, Track, and Gymnasium Athletics, ’c6, ’97 ; Class Yell Committee. Bagby, Robert Coleman, “ J— C—,” “ see the right and I approve it, too. —OVID. Resigned June Sill, 1896. Richmond, Va. Boyd, David French, Jr., “ Davy.” Line, 1 Striper, “Forward and frolic glee was there. —Scott. Y. M. C. A., ’93 (one week); U. S. N. A. Base-ball Team, ’95 ; Usher, '97. Auburn, Ala. Brockway, Benjamin Little, “ Brock,” “Surely mortal man is a broomstick.”—Swift. Obtained sick leave, January, 1S94; entered Class of ’98; resigned January, 1897. Livingston, Ala. Portsmouth, Va. Brown, George, Jr., “ Georgic,” At last he came to be. For length anti breadth the bigness which you see. Bunyan. Obtained sick leave; entered Class of ’9S; resigned November 20th, 1S95. Portsmouth, Va. Bryant, Samuel Wood, “ Chammy,” “ When you speak, Sweet, I'd have you do it ever. —WlNTKRs Talk. Resigned June, 1S96; entered Class of 1900. Washington, Pa. Buford, Charles Slevin, “ Baby,” “Learning by study must be won, ' 7was ne'er entailedfrom son to son. —Gay. Resigned January, 1894. Rock Island, 111. Buttrick, James Tyler, “Jimmy, “Push on, keep moving. —Thomas Mor i on. Resigned January, 1S94; entered Class of 99; resigned January, 1S97. Providence, R. I. Chase, Gilbert, Jimmy.” Line, Buzzard, A moral, sensible, and -well-bred man. —CowpER. Second Class Buzzard ; June Ball Committee. Chase’s Wharf, Ya. Collins, Henry Lafayette, “ Cow,” Dallas Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Alas.' why need you I •« boisterous rough —HENRY IV. Engineer; Class Foot ball Team, ’93; Class Base ball Team, '94.'96; Academy Crew, ”95,’96; June Ball Committee; Hop Committee, ‘97. Day, John Arthur, “John A.,” “Remember, if you mean to please. To press your point with moxlesty and ease—Comtkr. Resigned June, 1896. Brick Church, X. J. Du Bose, William Gunnell, “ Willy. Line. 4 Striper, “ The light that lies in woman's eyes Has b en my heart's undoing.''—Thomas M00RK. Sparta, Ga. First Class Buzzard Second Class year : Manager Foot ball Team, ‘96 ; Hop Committee, '96, '97 ; Lucky Bao Committee, '95, ’96. Duncan, Oscar Dibble, “ Dibble.” Line, Buzzard. “ am a fool, 1 know it, and yet. Got help me, am poor enough to be a wit. —CONOR EVE. Gadsden, Ala. Class King Committee; End Man, Minstrels, ’96; Winning Lady at Cake Walk,'95. Eggert, Ernst Frederic, “ Fejcc.” Line, 1 Striper (Aide), His pathway lies among the stars. —LONCFK.LI.OW. First Class Buzzard Second Class year; Fencing Team, '96, '97. 18 Saginaw, Mich. Maucli Chunk, Pa. Enbody, Joseph Waterhouse, “ Joe,” “ His greatness is a-ripening—Hknry VIII. Resigned January, 1894; entered Class of 1900. Eskridge, Oliver Stevens, “Socks,” Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. “ Absence makes the heart grow fonder''—Baylky. Resigned January. 1894 Falconer, Walter Maxwell, “ Ikey.” Line, 2 Striper, Springfield, Ohio. “ Which not even critics criticize.”—COWI'KR. Fencing Team, 97 ; Class Hase-ball Team, ’94. Falk, Julius, “Julius,” New York, N. Y. “ Where art thou, Lazarus Resigned October, 1S93; entered Class of ’98; resigned October, 1894. Giles, William Pinckney, “ Emma. Line, Buzzard, Thorp Spring, Texas. “I)e-rout and pure, Sober, steadfast and demure. —Ml LION. Second Class Buzzard. Gr;eme, Joseph Wright, “ Joe. Line, Buzzard, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. UA lion among the ladies is a most dreadful thing. — Midsummlr NlGH i s Dream. Chairman Committees on Class Colors and Class Ring ; Medal for Mile run ; Lucky Bag Committee. ’94 ’95 ; Editor-in-Chief, 97 Lucky Bag; U. S. N. A. Crew, ’96. Graham, Andrew Thomas, “ Farmer,” Warren, 111. “ Met ft inks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay. —MIDSUMMER NiGlIl's Drk.am. Engineer; I’. S. N. A. Foot-ball Team, '96; Class Foot ball Team, ’93, ’94, ’95, ’96; U. S. N. A. Base-ball Team, ’96; Class Base-ball Team, ’94, ’96. Green, Grant, “ Grant,” “ Let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. —Bacon. Resigned June, 1S94. La Peer, Mich. Mart, Thomas Charles, “ Dad.” Line, Buzzard, Flint, Mich. A babe in the house is a well spring of pleasure —Turn R. Coxswain U. S. N. A. Crew, ’94,’95 ; Coxswain Champion Cutter Crew, ‘96; Gold Medal for Small Arm Target Practice. Henderson, Robert William, “ Bobbie.” Line, First Buzzard, He proved the best man ' the field''—CORIOLANUS. ( 89 S. Monroe Ave., ( Columbus, Ohio. U. S. N. A. Base ball Team, '94,’95, ’96; Captain U. S. N. A. Base-ball Team. 97; U. S. N. A. Foot-ball Team,'96; Class Foot-ball Team, '94, '95, ‘96; Class Base ball Team, '94, ’95, ’96; General Excellence Medals for Track Athletics, '95, 96; fourteen I'. S. N. A. Medals Academy records for 100, 220, 440-vard runs; June Ball Committee, ’96 ; Hop Committee, ’96, ’97 ; Minstrels. ’96. 19 Carlisle, Pa. Hepburn, Arthur Japy, “ Jaippy.” Line, 3 Striper, First Company, ‘'Hears his blushing honors thick upon hint. —Ilr.NRY VIII. Second Class Buzzard; First Class Buzzard Second Class year; Lucky Bag Committee, ‘95; Board of Editors, '97’s Lucky Bag; Substitute Class Foot-ball Team, '96; U. S. N. A. Hustlers, ’96; Sermon at Burial of Math and Skinny. Herndon, Henry Raymond, “ Biddy St. Jo, Texas. “Of them, but not among them.”—Byron. Second Class Buzzard; physically disqualified, September, 1S95. Hillcary, John Francis, “ Tragedy,” Cumberland, Md. “ can counterfeit the deep tragedian. —RICHARD III. Winning gentleman at Cake Walk, '95 ; resigned February, 1S96. Holman, Frederic Ralph, “ Polly.” Line, Buzzard, Morningside, Sioux City. Iowa. “A form, indeed. —Hamlet. Second Class Buzzard: gave advice concerning Class Ring; voted for Hop Committee. I Ioopcs, Edward Trimble, “ Eddie.” Line. Buzzard, 717 Chestnut Street, Columbia, Pa. “Hang sorrerM, care'll kill a eat. —Bf.N Jonson. Color Guard. ’97; President Athletic Association, ’96, ’97; resigned January, 1S97. Hord, Oliver Saunders, “ Reddy,” Helena, Ky. “Nothing is more terrible than active ignorance. —Gokthe. Resigned January. 1S94; entered Class of '9S; resigned June, 1S96. Houston, Victor Stewert, “ Dago. Line, First Buzzard, “Sweet the memory is to me. Of a land beyond the -cal'—LoNGFF.I.I.OW. i 1418 20th St., X. V., Washington, D. C. Naturalized plebe year; Fencing Team.‘96,'97 ; Gold Medal for Small Sword Contest, '96; President Intcr- Collcgiatc Fencing Association. Hunter, Charles Milton, “ Charlie, Wapokoncta, Ohio. “ was born, sir, when the crab urns ascending, . bid my affairs go backward. —CoNGRF.VR. Resigned January, 1S94; entered Class of'98; resigned June, 1896. Jeffers, William Nicholson, ” Plug,” Annapolis, Md. “His head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat. —ROMEO ani� Jui.lET. Resigned October, 1894; entered Class of '99. Jenson, Henry Norman, “ Swede,” River Falls, Wis. “He knows what's ‘what. —BUTI.FR. Engineer; Second Class Buzzard; Hop Committee, ’95. '96; U. S. N. A. Base-ball Team, ‘94, ‘95, ’96; Manager Base-ball Team, '97 ; Captain Class Base-ball Team, '95, '96. 20 Sardis, Miss. Jones, Needham Lee, “ Needham.” Line, 2 Striper, “ I never dare to be els funny as I can.”—HOLMES. Second Class Buzzard; Kndman Minstrel Show; N. A. Choir, ’95, ’96, ’97 ; June Ball Committee. Kautz, Austin, “ Weary.” Line, Buzzard, U. S. Naval Academy. “.Yof dead} but sleeping. —Bust� .. Second Class Buzzard; Hop Committee, '94, ’95 ; U. S. N. A. Choir, ’94, '95, '96, '97; Leader of Choir, ’97; President of the Consolidated Association for the Propagation of Minstrel Shows, ’97. Keenan, Ernest Clinton, “Towge,” wickedt I is, I's mighty wicked''—II. B. Stowe. Engineer. Potsdam, N. Y. KcmpfT, Clarence Selby, “ Pluvy.” Line, Buzzard, Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal. • Listen to my tale of woe. Captain “ Night Study Party.” Kress, James Chatham, “Jimmy,” Lock Haven, Pa. Let time that makes you homely make you sage. —PARNELL. Resigned January, 1S94 ; entered Class of '98; resigned January, 1S97. Landis, Irwin Franklin, “ Pop.” Line, Buzzard, Kiowa, Kan. “Ease of heart his every look conveyedI'—CraBB. Class Base-ball Team, ’95, ’96; Class Pool-ball Team, '94, ’95, ’96; Captain Class Foot ball Team, ’96; Academy Base-ball Team, ’96; Academy Foot ball Team, ’96. Leahy, William Daniel, “ Bill,” Ashland, Wis. “Hears a lovely face. —DekKER. Engineer; June Ball Committee; Class Foot-ball Team, ’95; Prayer at Burial of Math, and Skinny. Leutze, Trevor William, “ Bull,” Washington, D. C. “God made him and therefore let him pass for a man. —MERCHANT OF VENICE. Resigned September, 1S94. Magill, Samuel George, “ Sam.” Line, Buzzard, Fargo, N. D. “el man -whose aspect doth at once appall, and strike with reverence. Color Guard, ’97 ; Bronze Medal for Small Arm Target Practice, ’95 ; June Ball Committee ; Choir, '97. Mahony, Daniel Sullivan, “ Mike,” “A poor exile of Erin. —CAMPBELL. Engineer; Lucky Bag Committee, ’94; Board of Editors, ’97 Lucky Bag. Detroit, Mich. Mayo, Henry Wise, “ Hank,” “ To those who kntno thee not no words can paint. —Hannah More, Resigned February, 1S95. 21 Richmond, Ya. McCarthy, Albert Henry, “ Irish. Line, 3 Striper, 2d Company, Des Moines, la. “ There are more things in heaven ami earth, Horatio, Than are dreamed of in your philosophy. —I IaMLBT. First Class Buzzard Second Class year; Captain Class Foot ball Team, '93,’9t; member Class Foot ball Team, ’95 ; I '. S. X. A. Foot-ball Team, '94, '96; U. S. X. A. Crew, ’94, '95, ‘96, ’97; Captain U. S. X. A. Crew, 97; Secretary and Treasurer X. A. A. A., ’95, ’96; June Ball Committee. McDougal, Douglas Cassell, Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal. “ Thy ev erlasting yaiuns eonfess The pains and penalties of idleness. —PorE. Resigned June, 1S94. McDowell, Willis, “ Griz. Line, i Striper, Sharon, Pa. “ We that are tr ue lovers Run into strange capers. —As Yor Like It. June Ball Committee. McMullen, Stanley Hastings, “ Dad,” Aurora. Ind. “ Thd lost to sight, to memory dear. —LlNLEY. Resigned February, 1S95. Miller, Cyrus Robinson, “ Cy.” Line, First Buzzard, San Francisco, Cal. “ The very pink of perfection. —Goldsmith. Promoted to Cadet Knsign February, 1S97 ; Manager l'. S. X. A. Crew, '97. Morris, Bennie, “ Bennie, Martinsville, Va. “ To live long it is necessary to live slowly. —ClCKRo. U. S. X. A� Foot ball Team, 93; resigned February, 1S94; entered Class of ’9S; roigned February, 1X95. Morse, John Wise, “ J. W.,” Marlborough, Mass. “ lost me dawg in Bawston. —Fae. Engineer; Second Class Buzzard ; resigned January, 1S97. Murfin, Orin Gould, “ Murphy. Line, 2 Striper, ''Drones hiv not with me. — MERCHANT OF VENICE. Second Class Buzzard. Jackson, Ohio. Naylor, Charles Jacob, “ Spitz,” Chestnut Hill, Pa. My only books Were women's looks. — MooRE. Resigned February, 1896. Oglesby, Richard Janies, Jr., “ Dick, Elkhart, III. Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look. —BLOOMFIELD. Chapel Organist, '94 ; resigned October, 1S95. Overstreet, Luther Martin, “ Lucius” or “ Fat. Line, 2 Striper. Arborville, Neb. ‘ ‘ Bren eh ma n's darling. ’ ’—Cow PE R. Second Class Buzzard ; Class Foot ball Team, ’93, ’94, '95, '96; U. S. X. A. Crew, '94, '95, ‘96; Hop Com- mittee, '95 ; June Ball Committee. 22 Owen, Alfred Crosby, “ Count ” or “ Crabsie.” Line, Buzzard, “Bring me no more reports. MaCHHTII. j 1208 Connecticut Avc., Washington, I). C. Captain Color Guard, ’97; Oration at Burial of Math, and Skinny; Leader of First Class German. Owens, Charles Truesdale, “ Kid.” Line, Buzzard, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pa. “Now ' is little joy To know I'm further offfrom heaven Than when I was a hoy. —Moon. Color Guard, ’97. Pattison, Dilly Nelson, “ Dilly,” Oelwin, Iowa. “Home-keeping youth have cser homely wits. —Two GkNTI.EMKN OF VKRONA. Resigned January, 1895. Peters, Francis Marion, “ Pete,' Dunlow, W. Va. Resigned February, 1S94. “Studious of change. ”—Cow fir. Perriil, Harlan Page, “ Deacon.” Line, 1 Striper, Lebanon, Ind. “MOST men are hail. —Bias OF pRIKNF.. Second Class Buzzard ; Secretary and Treasurer V. M. C. A., ’95 ; Vice-President Y. M. C. A., '96; President Y. M. C. A., ’97. Powell, Joseph Wright, “ Blokcy.” Line, 3 Striper and Adjutant, -j Os vego ' “I think the devil would not have me damned lest the oil that is in me 'would set hell on fire. —Mf.rry Wives of Windsor. First Class Buzzard Second Class year; June Ball Committee; Class Ring Committee ; U. S. N. A. Fool-ball Team,’95,’96; Captain U. S. N. A. Foot ball Team, '96; Class Foot ball Team,’93,'94,‘95,’96; Class Base- ball Team, '95, ’96; U. S. N. A. Choir, ‘97. Pratt, Peter Lloyd, “ Pete,” Sycamore, 111. “ IVhen he next doth ride abroad May I be there to seel —COWPF.R. Fnginccr; promoted to Cadet Passed Assistant Fngineer, February, 1897; President Class of’97 four years: Hop Committee, ’96, '97: Chairman June Ball Committee; Chairman Hop Committee, 97; Silver Medal for Small Aim Target Practice. Prcssey, Alfred Warren, “ Prof.” Line, Buzzard, Broken Bow, Neb. “Such labored nothings in so strange a style, Amazed the dull and made the learned smile. —Port:. Apollo Bclvidere First Class year. Reynolds, William Herbert, “ Knight.” Line, 3 Striper, 3d Company, Waycross, Ga. “ ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But -where my own did hope to sip. — HI RIDAN. Second Class Buzzard; U. S. N. A. Crew, ’96. 23 Richardson, Lewis Clark, “ Richie,” or “ Tillman, “ With various reading stored his empty skull. —ClIURCIIlM.. Engineer; Class Foot-ball Team, ’93, ’96; U. S. N. A. Foot-Ball Team, 96. Greenville, X. C. Roehle, Clifton Charles, All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings. —WALLER. Died at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, July 14th, 1S96. Baltimore, Md. Rutledge, Carl Clyde, “ Rut, “ Tetchy and wayward. —RICHARD III. Resigned March, 1S94; entered Class of ’98; resigned October, 1S95. Kenton, Ohio. Sargent, Leonard Rundlett. Line, i Striper, “Merit wins the soul. —Pore. Lucky Bag Committee, 96; Board of Editors, 97’s Lucky Bag; Fencing Team, '97. St. Paul, Minn. Sexton, Walton Roswell. “ Gazelle.” Line, Cadet Chief Petty Officer, 1 2(! ( Monmouth, 111. “A very valiant trencher man. —Much Ado Arou i Nothing. U. S. N. A. Choir, ’94, ’95, ’96, ’97; Minstrel Show, ’96; Class Base-Hall Team, 94, '95, '96. Sheffield, Fletcher Lamar, “ Mate.” 3 Striper, Cedar Springs, Ga. Keep me innocent, make others great”—Caroline Matii.dk. Engineer; First Class Buzzard Second Class year; Secretary and Treasurer 9 four years. Shelton, Nathan Jordan, “Nat,” “ The most resplendent hair. —Wordsworth. Resigned February, 1895. New York City. Smith, Arthur St. Clairs, “ Bejox. Line, Buzzard, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ''Formed on the goal old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man. —WHITTIER. Class Foot ball Team, '93, ’94, '95, '96; U. S. N. A. Fool-ball Team,'95,’96; Champion Culler Crew, 96. Sykes, Eugene Octave, “ Bill,” His only labor was to kill the time. —THOMSON. Resigned February, 1S95. Aberdeen, Miss. Tarrant, William Theodore. “ Bili,” “ Thou hast no sorrow in thy song. —JOHN LOGAN. Resigned May, 1894. Entered Class of '98. Brcnham, Tex. Taylor, Hugh Kirkpatrick, “ Buck,” Wilmington, Ohio. “ The world knenus nothing of its greatest men. —Henry TAYLOR. Resigned June, 1S94. Entered Class of ’9S; resigned June, 1S96. 24 Terry, Joseph Dandridge, “ Bones, “ My tendency is to philosophize. —BYRON. Resigned July, 1S96. Roanoke. Va. Thelcen, David Elias, “ Bobo.” Line, First Buzzard, Kenosha, VVis. “A'ight after night He satf ami bleared his eyes with boohs.''— I.ONCKEI.I.0W. Second Class Buzzard. Tonkin. John Barnett, Toledo, Ohio. “ ’ Tis grievous parting with good company —GEORGE Ei.IOT. Resigned February, 1894. Tottenham, John William, “ Good luck go with thee. - Henry V. Resigned February, 1S94. Entered Class of'98, resigned February, 1S95. Bellville, Tex. Van Orden, George, “ Gutz,” East Jordan, Mich. “As good luck would have it. —Merry Wives oe Windsor. Engineer. Ward, Joshua Thomason, “Josh, San Antonio, Tex. “ True as needle to the pole. —Barton Booth. Holds three N. A. A. A. medals; resigned February, 1S95. Watson, Henry Willis, Lexington, Miss. “Does the best his circumstance allows. —VouNo. Resigned February, 1894. Webber, George, “ Gaspargoo.” 1 Striper, Texarkana, Ark. “ lest men suspect your tale untrue Keep probability in view. —Gay. Engineer; Class Base-ball Team, ’9$, '96; Class Ring Committee. Wells, Horace Taylor, Jr., “ Rabbit, Lamar, Mo. 'As merry as the day is long. —MUCH A DO ABOUT NOTHING. Resigned February, 1S95. Wells, William Benefici, “Annapolis Bill,” Newton, Iowa. “ This is a bold bad man. —Henry VIII. Resigned February, 1894; entered Class of ’98. Wessels, Arthur Lewis, “ Hungry Joe,” or “ Sergeant,” Clinton, Iowa. “HffW many crimes are committed in thy name. —Madame Roi.AND. Dismissed April, 1896. 25 White, William Russell, “ Senor Blanco.” Line, Buzzard, 1520 Lucas PI., St. Louis, Mo. “ Theres place and means for every man alive?—All's Well That Ends Well. Class Foot ball Team, '95, ’96. Williams, Hilary, “ Jack.” Line, Buzzard, Connersville, Ind. “Sweet and voluble in his discourse?—I.ove s Labour’s Lost. Second Class Buzzard; Academy Foot-ball Team, ’94, '95, '96; Academy Base-ball Team, '95, '96; Class Football Team,'93,'94,’95,’96; Class Baseball Team, 95,’96; Captain Class Football 'Icam, ’95; June Ball Committee; Hop Committee, ’97 ; batting record, '96; holds three N. A. A. A. medals. Williams, Yancey Sullivan, “ Yancey,” Monetta, S. C. “Studious of erne and fond of humble things?—PHILIPS. Resigned June, 1894; entered Class of ’9S. Yarnell, Harry Krvin, ” Harry. Line, 3 Striper, 4th Company, Independence, Iowa. “ Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit?—FIELDING. First Class Buzzard, Second Class year; Class Foot ball Team, ’96; Business Manager LUCKY Bag, ’97. 26 History of the Class of '97 JR play of four acts is drawing to a close, but we trust that many of its strongest features will be found in its last scenes. We regret very deeply that we cannot conclude with a few tableaux including all the orignal actors of the play, but the realism of the play forbids it. Those that have been carried from the stage during the preceding acts have succumbed after a brave struggle. They are a necessary part of the play, and their acting, however minor their parts may have been, deserves the greatest respect and admiration, and has won for them perhaps a star part in the next piece they are called upon to play. Before the dropping of the curtain over the grand finale which visitors will witness on the 4th of next June, the Class of ’97 wishes to speak its epilogue, to bring before the minds of its audience the important events of the play that is about to close, and to sug- gest the moral taught by all that has gone before. As I step before the curtain I feel my soul full of what has been given me to say, and I thrill with the desire to share my enthusiasm with the world. But, as I begin to speak, the greatness of my topic chokes me; visions of oratorical splendor vanish, and I must begin in the very humblest way. It will not be necessary to begin at the beginning; the genesis of the Class of 97 differed in no way from that of any other class—at least, so far as terrestrial demonstra- tions are concerned; what the astronomers saw on those September evenings I never thought to inquire. The only heavenly bodies that our class brought into the firmament to my knowledge appeared later on. That our genesis was not speedily followed by an exodus was due mainly to the influence of our representatives in Congress. I'or two years we made history faster than a single pen could record it. There is a quaint old chronicle kept in a place called the “ Komandant’s Orfise” which tells the story of our doings in those early days. If any daring youth or maiden seeks to learn the secrets that we will not here reveal, he must direct his argosy toward that port. But we warn him that, ere he can accomplish his purpose, he must pass the portals guarded by the terrible Macedonian lion, and traverse the den of the Minotaur within, whose voice alone has often caused the limbs of ’97’s greatest heroes to tremble beneath them. Leaving the blood-curdling secrets of our early years thus safely guarded, we will tell what has befallen us in the epoch extending from the second class semi-anns to the variable limit now. 27 After the second class semi-anns were over, we inspected the remaining body of the class in search of loose feathers that might be shaken from that body by the annual exams. Finding none, we concluded that the Class of ’97 had passed through its last moulting season. Rejoicing in great measure thereat, we exposed ourselves recklessly to weekly 1.5’s. Having resolved not to bone, the next thing on the program was to find something else to do. The Naval Academy would never secure favor as a winter resort, and we were vividly aware of its shortcomings in that respect. There was noth- ing for it but to let our minds hibernate, while we waited, as patiently as possible, for the trees to bud and the grass to grow green. The first trees to show their foliage, as 1 remember, were the steam trees and the math, trees; but these—being evergreens—were not heralds of spring, and did not count. Lent came during our period of rest. A large number of cadets observed Lent by abstaining from the use of ice-cream and other deli- cacies. This evidence of our religious spirit carried great joy to the hearts of Deacon Perrill, Pluvy Kempff, and all others interested in our spiritual welfare, and earned the boat crew many victories. It was 96 that got up the minstrel show, but '97’ talent helped to make it a success. The question of the “Lady or the Tiger” no longer agitates mankind, which busies itself in seeking to discover where Weary had been for a “ weak back.” Blushes still rise unbidden to many cheeks when the owners thereof recall the invitation of that “ hot man, Josic Powell,” to the young ladies at Shelter Island, as quoted by Needham. Duncan’s impersonation of Trilby would have secured a pension from Du Mauricr had it been that gentleman’s good fortune to attend the show ; and his siren’s call—calculated to melt the wax in the most prudent mariner’s ear.c—made the ■' Lieutenant Colahan pancake” behind the scenes vibrate in sympathy. We should like very much to give a play ourselves this year, but, now that they have filled the stage with the “ Saginaw’s ” cutter, we could not use it for any play except the old nautical Pinafore,” and that would probably fail to please our fin de sicc i audience. Moreover, since Sammy Bryant has begun to shave, we could hardly find a “ Little Buttercup in our number. It was some time in the fickle month of April that we lost our most noted history- maker. Sergeant Wessels -sometimes called “ Hungry Joe, from the fact that he cats oranges with a fork—was playing a most interesting and characteristic game in the highway of misdemeanors. A teamster passed that way, and ordered the daring youth to clear the road. Our young Alcibiades rashingly told the teamster to wait until he had finished his game. The teamster failed to follow the example set him in history, and gave his horses free rein. These horses, known as “ Regulations for the Interior Discipline of the United States Naval Academy and “ Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy, sagaciously drove the bold trifler not only off the road, but, it is to be hoped, for the peace of the community, drove him so far that he will not soon again meet the inconsiderate teamster. Wessels is doing well now, thanks to hard work. As he beautifully expresses it. he often works until the “ perspiration stands on his fore- head in large drops of sweat. Meanwhile, at the Academy, “ He leaves (he name at which the • Hoard ’ grows pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale.'' Spring began some time in Lent, and then we began to live. We assiduously prac- ticed the art of vertical progression until we all, except Collins, became proficient in it. 28 We walked after breakfast, dinner, drill, and supper; we walked in study hours as well as out of them; we walked alone and with company. The piano in Blake Row was not more regular in the execution of its scales than we were in our transits by the window, and the curtain in Porter Row fluttered ecstatically as the sound of the laughter of that risible trio—Davy, Dibble, and Dago—was wafted every morning through the pane. We saw with grief the growth of various barriers to future walks, and thought with pity of our successors taking their promenades around the gymnasium track. Walking may be a very mild form of amusement, but, like the Englishman with his joke, it is a source of a great deal of enjoyment to us, and we do not care what other people think of it. While the first class was solving the secret of the compass-needle we drilled the battalion at both infantry and artillery. We did not all distinguish ourselves; but Count Owen, as color-bearer, was the cynosure of admiring eyes, and, out of regard for the fair sex, the Superintendent was induced to give him that proud position for the follow- ing year. Reynolds may have made a “ bust ” or two while drilling his company, but his habit of speaking that unintelligible Georgia dialect kept the fact from being detected, and won him those elaborate decorations in which he now so proudly disports. As adju- tant, McDowell was electrifying. Alas, that it was for only one short week that the heart of the battalion could beat responsive to his trumpet notes! Never shall I forget my feeling of pride when I saw my classmate walking by the side of Lieutenant Bl-k-y Gl-nn-n in front of the battalion. So well he bore himself, it was hard to say which was the experienced drill-master and which the raw cadet. The spring wore on and the exams, approached. I think that those last days of spring were the fairest of our academic calendar. When the exams, were over, and we learned what a loss we were to suffer, we sobered down considerably. It was not a necessary sacrifice ; I have always thought that the god 2.5 could have been propitiated without it. June week followed the week of exams. June week is the velvet-padded plank, you know, over which they drive us, pirate fashion, from our barren imprisonment in the Academy to an uncertain fate on the angry deep. We would not, for any consideration, have them take off the velvet, though—it is a refinement we could not dispense with. We enjoyed June week, but we did not enjoy the things that pleased the Board of Visitors most. For instance, what to one Congressman was a subject of enthusiastic applause in the shape of an ethcrial effect of snowy canvas against a rich, blue sky was to us only an unruly topgallant sail, with its clew lines jammed, that threatened to spoil the drill. We handled oars for the last time—be it hoped—at the cutter drill ; and welcomed the final order, “ Toss and boat your oars,” as our emancipation from one form of labor. That week was all too short, and yet we longed for Friday ; and, in due course of time, Friday came. An excited formation in the armory; a few instructions back of new quarters ; and then we are on our way to the chapel. Here we arc prayed over by the Chaplain, and preached patriotism to by a member of the Board of Visitors. Then we are marched out for the presentation of diplomas. We form in front of the band stand, and the graduates—happy fellows—march to the front and centre, and take their positions facing the Secretary of the Navy and the Superintendent, who deal out those cherished sheepskins. As the last diploma leaves the Secretary's hand, every man’s head becomes a trifle more erect, and his eyes a little brighter. At that moment the functions have 29 become plebes; the plebes, youngsters; the youngsters, second-classmen; and the Class of 97—how strange it seems—the Class of '97 has become the First Class. That evening the June Ball kept us out of bed until the wee sma’ hours of the next morning, and a few hours later reveille called us to the awful task of “ moving to the ship. There is no hydraulic power available to clean these Augean stables, and the task is, therefore, more than Herculean. But, somehow, we finished it by dinner time, and then we gather up what scraps of spooning are left from the night before. At 9 30 we try the temper of our hammocks, and before morning our hammocks have tried our tempers in return. However, after an hour or two spent in readjusting the clews, we managed to make ourselves too comfortable to welcome reveille. The memory of the next day—Sunday—remained with us all the cruise. I think the thought of the three months of hardship to come made us susceptible. On many a night, on the cruise, did we recall those parting scenes in a frame of mind that made the cynical stars exchange winks at our softness; and some of us have not yet proved false to the mem- ories of that day of sweet sorrow. Monday, before noon, we got under way in tow of the “ Bancroft.” As soon as the anchor was up, Powell went below and chose his sextant. As soon as we were well under way the watch was set, and Powell took a time sight; these two formalities were repeated regularly during the cruise. We all turned in early that night, for we knew that we might not be in a condition to rest easily for several nights to come. Powell was the last to turn in, but then he worked four stars sights, for fear the navigator would get ahead of him. Once out of the bay we were at sea—as other travelers have observed. Our experience on the “ Bancroft ” the preceding summer had pretty well salted us, and we were not much affected by the “ ocean’s nasty motion.” We were well out at sea when the “ Bancroft ” left us. The first few days we made glorious runs. The Monongahela soon lost her reputation as an unmanageable tub. Falconer and the First Lieutenant had always said that she could be tacked, and they soon showed the rest of us how to do it. The wind died out at the end of a week but Falconer bent the main trysail, and soon had the old ship bowling along at a good gait. “ spite o’ h—11,” as Jimmy Legs said. It would be impossible to mention the important events of the cruise without bring- ing in Ikey Falconer’s name ; the “ Monongahela’s ” history and his were one for three months, and the cruise is recorded in the annals of our recollections as “ Falconer’s cruise.” We had all sorts of duties at all sorts of times. I think we did the right things very often ; I am sure we did the wrong things occasionally, but we brought the ship back safely in the end. We had plenty of time to loaf on the gun-deck in the day-time, and on the forecastle in the early morning and evening. Our favorite amusement on the gun-deck was taking sights—there is no place like it for meridian altitudes. On the forecastle we enjoyed a great deal of salt sea air and a little American nicotine—they mix extremely well. There was only one sad sight on board the ship; that was Josie Powell. Poor fellow! We used to run across him in the most unexpected out-of-the- way corners, always curled up over a note-book, with a pile of books by his side. It made me think of Little Paul Dombcy at the doctor’s school, and I longed to help him. though I knew his case was incurable. We were fearfully eager to sec land by the time we reached the longitude of Funchal and changed our course to the south. We saw it for the first time early in the morning, and the sight of that great mountain island, so strange 30 and new to most of us, made our hearts beat fast, and made us—I don’t think there’s a man would deny it—made us deeply reverent for some time afterward. We had plenty of liberty in Funchal, and we made the most of it. Looked at from the sea, Madeira is as grand as Olympus ; go ashore and you find it is dirty and mean and sordid. That’s because of the people on it. There is one civilizing influence there in the shape of a school and home for destitute children. There arc a thousand unciv- ilizing influences in the shape of the wineshops, that make the children destitute. The wine is good for all that—to return to the Class of ’97—and we drank some of it, and brought some more home. Every one spent four or five days on shore and had his little share of new experiences. Mrs. Reid, the wife of the English Consul, who was at the same time the acting United States Consul at Madeira, was at home to the cadets and officers the evening before we left port. It would not do for all to go, for no establishment but the Hygeia Hotel has ever been able to survive such a raid. At last, after much deliberation, Falconer was sent to represent the navy, while nineteen other cadets and many officers went along for the fun there was in it. Chaplain Royce chaperoned the party. That there was plenty of fun in it no one has doubted for a minute. Every one was safely on board by midnight, however, and the next day about noon we got under way for home. By sundown we were out of sight of land, and every man was looking longingly at the horizon dead ahead, which was to remain unbroken for many, many days before the familiar sandy shores of Virginia could be sighted. We carried with us from Madeira an acquisition in the shape of a beautiful monkey with a docked tail and a stunted intelligence. The Exec, said that there was only one thing that was worse on shipboard than a monkey, and that was two of them. We held a consultation and decided to split the difference; so we bought the monkey, and the paymaster bought a marmoset. The monkey was very popular while he was with us. We made many plans for his future life at the Academy as well as for a name, which we hoped some one would bequeath him. He soon learned to climb, and he and Eddie Iloopes spent many happy hours in the rigging together. One day during an evolution of tacking ship he disappeared, thus fitly ending his mysterious visit with us; for, as he came on board without the knowledge of the Exec, or any other living soul, so he departed from our midst without leaving a trail behind him The captain refused to lower a life-boat, and the “ Monongahela ” sailed heartlessly away from the scene of the disaster, leaving the budding emblem of ’97’s fondest affections in an ocean five miles deep, with nothing to support him but a beautiful steel chain with a swivel. We soon struck the trades and belayed our braces for a full due. The wind-sails— used to the fickle winds of northern latitudes—had the inexpressible joy of wooing with outstretched arms for two long weeks the same steady breeze. We thought we were nearly home when we struck the doldrums, but we found that the fun had just begun. After about ten days’ vain beating against head winds, and lying motionless in dead calms, we began to despair of ever seeing Cape Henry. Just as our despair was greatest we struck a favorable wind, stood watch and watch for a few nights, and, about two o’clock one morning, bisected the line between Cape Henry and Cape Charles lighthouse, and came to anchor in Lynn Haven Bay, within signaling distance of the “ Bancroft.” Here we learned the sad news of our classmate Roehle’s death, and we were still a very quiet crowd when we started on leave a few days later. We returned from leave to find our new honors waiting for us; we were awfully 31 conscious, at first, of the presence of those decorations, but we tried not to “ let on,” and wc hope that no one noticed anything strange in our deportment. Eddie Hoopcs’s buz- zard left him before he had half made its acquaintance, and he had the honor of being our first clean-sleever. We found First Class year pretty rich grubbing, and we grubbed for a fat margin, which we expect to reap the benefit of next term. Pluvy Kempff outraged all precedents by hitting the first hour in math.; after which feat he turned his attention to navigation, and is now slowly but surely pulling sat. in that subject. Election day was of great importance to us, for people said that Mr. Bryan did not want a navy. We all stood solid for gold except Sam Magill. lie had heard a politician say, in sarcasm, that when Bryan was elected he could put the government stamp on fifty cents and make it a dollar, or put it on a foot and make a yard of it. Sam took him at his word, and fought bravely for Bryan -the man who could, if elected, put the govern- ment stamp on a 1.5 and make it sat. Weary Kautz took up his quarters in the music-room,and has been entertaining the class there ever since. Once he left the music stool for a few minutes, and returned to find Professor Pressey encamped in his place, subjecting his beloved piano to a mauling that threatened to deprive the instrument of its perfect tone. Weary has never been the same man since that awful experience. Josic Powell pushed the Academy foot-ball team through to many victories. Richie will probably thrill his children many years from now with the same tale we have so often heard from his lips, that “ I hayn't never tuk the ball without makin' fust down,” and that “ Profusser Dashiell told me how I wus the best ground-gainer on the team.” Spooner Asserson, behind the line, disentangled himself gracefully from all the worst scrimmages of the year, and Jerry Landis left his admirers undecided whether he was not even more expert at advancing a foot-ball than he showed himself to be last spring at stopping a base-ball. When Japy first went out he was followed into every scrimmage by screams of expectant horror from the side lines. Repeated surprises, however, soon made the spectators regard him with very little more anxiety than they wasted on Bill Smith and the other reliable non-killables. Our class game was not the easy victory we expected. Jack Williams alone made his last appearance on the gridiron a glorious one. We have lived up to our dignity as first classmen this year, and have walked entirely in the daylight and in the straight and narrow path. But, in spite of all our precau- tions, we occasionally fall into the pitfalls that we so recklessly dug in the days of our youth. Weary unthinkingly donned a beautiful sky-blue Beilis blouse—a relic of his blissful youngsterhood—and wore it to inspection. The next time that blouse was seen it was neatly wrapped in paper and marked “ For Cadet Kautz—after graduation.” Weary appeared at the next formation with the regulation Wheems beautificr, with the traditional axis of symmetry up the back. Magill—always an enthusiast on the subject of equestrian sport—traded his little stock of poultry for the excitement of a very short ride in the academic limits. Peter Pratt, as Chairman of the Hop Committee, has done everything, from putting the wax on the floor to borrowing the electricity for the lights. To him alone the hops owe their very existence. If any of our fair visitors have culled enjoyment from these entertainments let them give their thanks to the one to whom it is due. In Marry 32 Yarnell’s presence the last few hops have possessed an attraction that former ones lacked. We always thought that Harry was playing 'possum. Shortly before Christmas the good people of the Naval Academy made up a box of clothing for the poor of Annapolis. Miller contributed very largely to this charity, and Magill was not far behind him in generosity. In view of the treatment they received for this action they are surely entitled to pose as martyrs. In spite of rumors to the contrary, we spent Christmas at the Academy. To some this may seem a severe restriction ; but then, you sec, we were spared from the many temptations that would have beset us in the great cities had we been granted liberty to roam. Paymaster Loomis did what he could to make the day seem like Christmas; many of our sorrows were forgotten at the wonderful dinner he set before us. A week after Christmas we celebrated New Year’s Day in the same way, with a hop thrown in, and the printed bill of fare left out. That day began the year that is to see us forever emancipated. Fill this year as full as the saints' calendar of dates that will live in history, and the one of prime importance to us will still remain the 4th of June. Time is passing very rapidly now. Mate Sheffield has hardly time to scratch one day off his calendar before another one must follow. What a man experiences in the four years of greatest development in his life is not easily to be forgotten ; nor can the scene of these experiences be anything but the very background of his memory. When we leave these walls next June we shall all, I know, experience a transient joy, but I much mistake the working of a man’s heart if we shall not feel a deeper and a deeper pleasure on each succeeding occasion that permits us again to view them. What depths of emotion these memories cannot stir in the future neither love nor passion can stir, for the memories embrace both of these. Hut my remarks are irrelevant in a class history and out of the province of the historian. I wish to be earnest and solemn, but the traditions of my present position will not permit me. I take the only means in my power of making a fitting and impressive ending: Deacon Perrill will now say a prayer. 33 The Engineer Corps of '97. HE 15th of April we were ordered to express a preference for the line or the Engineer Corps. Visions of a summer course at the Academy fairly made the hair on twenty-four men’s heads stand on end in their anxiety to be among the lucky number selected for the corps; but these visions were quickly dis- pelled when, on June 5th, we were given thirty minutes in which to transfer our effects to the “ Bancroft,” our dear little practice-ship. The next day (Sunday) we were kept on board all morning, and to repeated questions as to when we could go ashore, the executive officer replied that we could wait “ Tilley ” got ready for us to go. How nice the Academy grounds seemed to us that day as we paced up and down the hot decks of the ship or stowed our lockers on the berth-deck. While waiting for permission to leave the ship Pete was heard to exclaim, “ I hope I may stickney ’ deep in grease if I ever get into a thing like this again. Finally, however, we did get liberty until half-past nine o'clock in the evening. The next morning we got under way, and towed the Monongahela out to sea for about a hundred miles. Had not the tow-line broken, who knows but what we might have been towing her yet. Late in the afternoon we headed in for Newport News, with nearly every one sick enough to die. A familiar sight was to see Richie securely moored to the mainmast. Arriving at Newport News the next morning, we went ashore to visit the ship-works, and found them so interesting that the visit was repeated each day of our week’s stay. Sketches were made of everything in sight, including plank-walks, coal shovels, wheel-barrows, etc. From Newport News we went to Chester, Pennsylvania, thence to Philadelphia, where we visited Cramps’ ship-yard, the Pencoyd Iron Works, Baldwin’s Locomotive Works, and numerous others. Sketching continued from morning to night, until every one was almost a raving maniac. “ Daniels” yet in his sleep, and hopes of his ultimate recov- ery are indeed scarce. We next went to Elizabeth, N. J., mooring ship several days later at the New York Navy Yard, where we stayed three weeks, during which time we were generously s ri:,r ' much liberty and little money. We anchored about five miles off Bridgeport, Conn., after leaving New York, rowed ashore, and sacrificet! our dinner to go through some brass works where bicycle lamps and other commodities are made. 34 02266230 At twelve o'clock on that clay we got an hour’s liberty with instructions not to drink water, one of the officers saying that, if we were “ shorty” would send us some money. Upon our return to the ship, it was announced that the next morning we would go to New London, “ that fairy-land of middies’ dreams,” and that all the work in the Engineer Department would be done by the cadets. Oh ! how we worked the next morning. Not infrequently would a cadet be seen coming up the fire-room hatch with his hands blistered “orchard.” A boat-load of invitations, which, however, did not have to be answered, reached us just after we came to anchor, and the two succeeding nights found us dancing to good music at the Fort Griswold Hotel. Hops and parties greeted us at Newport upon our arrival there, and it was with many sighs of regret that we set out for Boston. Richie actually shed tears, and for the rest of the cruise his daily cry was, “ Pete, can you lend me a sheet of class-paper?” No one was very enthusiastic when on Saturday afternoon we had to row over from our anchorage to the Boston Navy Yard. Although we had in the boat a man who, if not very strong, “ can handle an oar as well as any man in the service,” our progress was extremely slow, and our rowing miserable. A garden party at Bath, Maine, afforded us our next good time, and last, but by no means least, was the royal entertainment given us by the ladies of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. On our way down the coast we stopped at New York for supplies which, by the way, ran out by the time we came to anchor in Lynn Haven Bay, leaving us to live on love and hope. Our stay in the bay, owing to the failure of the “ Monongahela ” to arrive on schedule time, was much longer than any one anticipated, and the smokers were forced to fill their pipes with dogs’ hair and oakum. The “ Monongahela ” hove in sight at four o’clock in the morning of August 22d, and loud shouts of joy came up from our berth-deck. As soon as possible after daylight we headed for Annapolis, that place which then seemed to us not far removed from heaven, and on August 26th—God bless that day—we were shipmates no longer with our indi- cators, log-books, and coal reports. O, had we this life to live over again, How different would everything he. We thought cadets traveled a pathway of glory, Our troubles wc could not foresee. That dream passed away, but we dreamed once again, Our dreams only fooled us once more. Second-class man, lake heed, if you wish to succeed, Have nothing to do with the “ corps. ” 35 Clifton Charles Roehi.e. m H 3n lUcmortam. Clifton Charles Boehle, (Class of 97. !l. S. 31. A. lOorn September 06, 1877, AT BALTIMORE. MO Oieb 3uly I4tli, 1896, AT LEAGUE ISLANO NAVY YARD, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHILE ATTACHED TO THE U. S. P. S. ■' BANCROFT.•• 37 The Class of ’98. Class of ’98 President, F. T. I!vans. Secretary and Treasurer, W. G. Briggs. Class Colors: Crimson and Black. Class Yell: Hoi.LV KAN00 KANACK KANACK, Rackety yack-y-yack-y-yack, Navy, Navy, Ninety Eight; Rah ! Clarence Arthur Abele, Scott Carter Applewhite, John Franklin Babcock, Charles Boone, Wilbur Gerheart Briggs, Zeno Everett Briggs, Benjamin Little Brockway, Josephus Jarvis Brown, Morris Hamilton Brown, Edward Theodore Constien, Lyman Atkinson Gotten, William Pigott Cronan, Henry Charles Dinger, Herman Jacob Elson, Franck Taylor Evans. Guy William Fallcr, Thomas Benjamin Farrin, Jr., James Blair Gilmer, John Sisson Graham, John Halligan, Jr., James Alexander Hand, Jr., David Carlisle Hanrahan, Arthur Franklin Huntington, Thomas Lee Johnson, James Chatham Kress, James Monroe Love, Jr., Edward William McIntyre, Ulysses Samuel Macy, Zachariah Harvey Madison, Daniel Pratt Mannix, Ralph Norris Marble, Jr.. Alexander Neely Mitchell, Charles Preston Nelson, Roscoc Lloyd Peterson, George Til ford Pet t eng ill, Frank Lucius Pinney, Walter Gordon Roper, John Anderson Schofield, Louis Shane, George Leonard Smith, George Cook Sweet, Walter Benjamin Tardy, William Theodore Tarrant, George Cyrus Thorpe, William Carleton Watts, William Benefici Wells, Henry Williams, Yancey Sullivan Williams, Edward Woods, Henry Tutwiler Wright. 39 History of the Class of '98. I' the finished city of Annapolis, in the province of Maryland, is an institut'on, cut off from the world, and it is of the inmates thereof that I write. It befell, by some freak of fortune, that at one time there was gathered together in this place a goodly assemblage of merry mugs under a banner of crimson and black fashioned by the fair fingers of gentle maidens. Though the before-named assemblage received the name “plebes,” the members bore their troubles complacently, comforted each other in their misery, frolicked and gambled together till they became youngsters; but all this has been told before. At the end of the year, Second-Class Summer,” that long-hoped-for joy of the course, was spent on the ocean wave. It is recorded that about this time a division came amongst them, and they set sail in two ships. The lesser part braved the seas in the beautiful white ship “ Bancroft,” bearing on their banner the coal-shovel and the oil-can ; the greater part, however, chose 40 the staunch old vessel, the “ Monongahela,” carrying on their escutcheon the slush-pot and phantom buzzard. Those of the oil-can were marshaled by one Savvie, and they took along, besides, one of the ancient race of Brobdignags. They plied the harbors of our fatherland, drank beer, and smoked the Captain’s snipes, and returned brimming with tales of “spooney ” times, and of the prowess of Brocke and Zeke. lint James had been badly ragged, spotted, and papped. Those of the shadowy buzzard were conducted by the good bishop of the diocese; they visited an island near a foreign shore, and had many adventures on this voyage. Smug narrowly escaped the dread punishment of crucifixion. While on the island it happened that Little Everett, so young and innocent, became enamored with a soul- consuming passion. Also, upon one occasion, a pilgrimage was made by several devout members to a high mountain. While on this journey young Woods, in his fervor, boldly mounted the palfrey of Spriggs, in sooth a wild and fearful beast. According to the custom of the time, at the end of the cruise they were allowed to go home and wear “ goffies,” and when they came back with heavy hearts they found many things in store for them. Many of those of the slush-pot found, upon their return, a flock of goodly birds, and they tamed these fowls, and found them of great use. Meanwhile trouble was brewing; spells were in the atmosphere (correct at 62° Falir.); clouds were threatening; the beginning of their misery was at hand. It was about 2.50 1). X., on a certain day in September, that a devil came silently among them, and his name was Gow; but, verily, he was an unassuming-looking devil, though he bore a lurking air of Simple Har- monic Motion and dichromatic fluorescence. Scarcely half a period behind came Skinny, too well known before, but gleaming now in a ray of elliptically polarized light, making a loud sound with an evolution of Light and Heat. Then a rolling of wheels was heard with the buzzing of the bobbin and the grinding of the friction-drill. The night wind, as it mournfully howled along the battlements of Old Quarters, spoiling the tendency and setting the little ether waves in undulatory vibrations, seemed to be speaking mystic words, till from the gloom came in uncertain tones the dread prophecy, “ Mene, mene, Rdrdo!” Suddenly the strains of “ Under the Double Integral ” burst upon the breeze, and a host of evil ones appeared ; the Ferguson para- dox, and Mr. Going's fusee, with the uncanny skew-bevels, boring and punching 4« machines, epicyclic trains and masked ratchets with palls came with a rush. There was, besides, the witch of Ag- nosia, and her partner, the wizard of Huntington, with the two-headed Lemniscata, and the Hypocycloid with four fangs besides the whole tribe of Trochoids. During the few intervals of cessation of hostilities, these patriots beguiled the hours in manly sports, and the crimson and black were seen to wave joyously in the breeze, when the class team, with the Old Roman, the deaf wonder, the Hibernec, phenomenal Bill, and other good sons tied the first class, and made an epoch in Naval History. —- And now it is bone, bone, bone ; the first grim on- slaught has passed, but its effect was fatal; many tried to flee, some hiding themselves in Willie’s shoes ; Merry Dick lost his head, and hung his pea- coat on the water-cooler; Juggy forgot about the breeze; Zeke put on his corrugated trousers; Brownie forgot to shave, and Doc, who was gazing off to infinity at the time, forthwith took an extra fencing lesson—all were affected but Hank, but he knew he would be put where he be- longed. At the time of writing we await the great de- cisive battle of the Annual; soon we must expose ourselves to a raking fire, in which we see an early finish. Once we hoped to be called “ Savvy,” but those days are in the dim past, and we fear that soon some of us poor wooden folk will acquire a —— quick return motion, and hie ourselves to join Pete in Africa ; till then, we can only hope. 42 The Class of ’99. Class of '99 President, II. K. Lackey, Secretary ami Treasurer, K. B. Fenner. Class Colors: Purple and White. John Eliot Bailey, John Taliaferro Beckner, Henry Harrison Bisseli, Guy Aloysius Bisset, Claude Charles Bloch, John Treadwell Bowers, Frank Oak Branch, Harry Lerch Brinser, Allen Buchanan, James Tyler Buttrick, James Wilkinson Legare Clement, Jr., Cyrus Willard Cole, James Rockwell Combs, Charles Edward Courtney, Paul Baxter Dungan, Herbert Heard Evans, Edward Blaine Fenner, Charles Hermann Fischer, Charles William Forman, William John Frawley, Henry Miller Gleason, John Wills Greenslade, Charles Byron Hatch, Jr., Frank Pinckney Helm, Jr., Frederick Joseph Horne, Walter Merrill Hunt, William Nicholson Jeffers, Alfred Wilkinson Johnson, Edward Clifford Kalbfus, Victor Ashficld Kimberly, Henry Ellis Lackey, Edgar Brown Larimer, John Earl Lewis, Sterling Hicks McCarty, Samuel Ira Monger Major, James Edward Mathews, William Siebel Miller, Charles Elmer Morgan, Farmer Morrison, Arthur Weed North up, Ralph Elton Pope, Hilary Herbert Royall, Everit Jay Sadler, William Randall Sayles, Chauncey Shack ford, Lloyd Stowell Shaplcy, Clyde Wilbur Smith. Herbert George Sparrow, Joseph Kncfler Taussig, Samuel Brown Thomas, James Harvey Tomb, Roc Willis Vincent, Adolphus Eugene Watson, Ernest Augustus Weichert, Arthur Stuart West, Richard Drace White, Welborn Cicero Wood, Clark Howell Woodward, Henry Lake Wyman, Fred Hammond Yates. 45 History of the Class of '99. ETHER his taste for the sea was due to skill in handling prairie schooners or lumber rafts, each future member of '99 came to Annapolis resolved to stand one, “ unless there were some unusually brilliant students in the class;” and, incidentally, to win the foreign scholarship. In consideration of such high ideals it seems a pity that so many lost interest in naval life after the entrance exams. However, ’99 does not wish to turn out so many fine officers as to entirely eclipse our predecessors and leave no vacancies for our successors, so it may have been all for the best. When we entered the mess hall for the first time most of us felt as Dante probably did when he read the inscription, All hope abandon ye who enter here.” We survived, however, and for a short time thirty-seven white-robed cherubs lived in bliss on the “Santee, until falling out with St. Peter Jimmylegs and in on the dock turned them into thirty-seven fallen angels. Then came the delirious delight of a cruise on the bounding wave; delicious cer- tainly, for no one has any recollection of it. It must be admitted that there were unpleasant points about that cruise. We did not have anything we did want and did have everything we didn't want; otherwise it was charming. However, no joy so great but comcth to an end.” We had to leave our roomy staterooms on the “ Monongahela ” and embark on the “ Santee,” in order that our future classmates might be received with all the comforts of home. They came, and each one showed a commendable thirst for knowledge. Jocko especially asked num- berless questions about the Santee,” saying that it was the first submarine ship he had 46 ever seen (Jocko is from Texas). After all it was pleasant to be back on the old ship again. We were so much nearer home and friends and all that the heart yearns for, particularly pie. So September went on its way, not exactly rejoicing, still with a self- satisfied grin. We were really glad to sec the youngsters come back from leave; they looked so delightfully glum and homesick. But even this source of joy was forgotten when studies began. Math, proved a redoubtable adversary, getting in, with the help of Pud, some of those “choppen plows what no opponent can’t withstand.” Semi-ann. came, saw, and conquered many of the friends we could ill afford to lose. It was lonesome enough on the plebe floor without Pirtkey and Oscar and the Madame. Second term was a repetition of the first; we drilled, and studied, then studied and drilled for variety, until spring fever came. After that we sat in our windows and imag- ined things. From the size of the mails one would have thought that our dreams were less of castles in Spain than of love in a cottage. Maybe they were. Father Time moved along as he generally does, but the old gentleman seemed to have that tired feel- ing himself and the days dragged dreadfully. Finally June week dawned upon us with all its joys of easy work, good music, pretty girls, and, at last, graduation day when, after a year’s plebe incubation we were hatched into youngsterdom. We went to the June Ball that night with suites to let in our hearts, and some enemies have whispered, with flats in our heads. But oh, what a dif- ference in the morning! We crawled out of bed and spent the day trying to stow five bushels of clothes in a five-quart locker, while the friends with whom we had made rash dates the night before, walked in the yard and soliloquized. Another cruise was before us, another opportunity to prove ourselves able seamen, and we proved it conclusively. At the masthead, in particular, we showed our efficiency. Toaey sighted dozens of square-rigged schooners and Willie thought he saw a fore-and- aft brig which turned out to be only a buoy. But it remained for Jocko to cap the climax and capture a four in seamanship by sighting a “ large flock of jelly-fish dead ahead, sir!” The glorious Fourth came and went, and, a few days later, we dropped anchor in Funchal harbor. The beauties of the island affected us in divers ways: Johnny was so affected by the scenery that he lost his appetite until ordered to “go on with your dinner, Mr. Greensladc.” Money and liberty were delightfully plentiful, but no one was sorry to hear the bo’sun pipe “all hands up anchor for home.” It was for home this time, although there were several miles to cover before we arrived. The return was uneventful. Pig distinguished himself by belaying the flying-jib- boo n at the head pin-rail, and by sighting the moon three or four times; Jocko hailed a few more monsters of the deep, and the other monkey got despondent and committed suicide; Jerry amused himself by sprinkling down the poop, and Helm and Courtney worked—once. There was one rather interesting episode; just south of the Azores we sighted the “ Flying Dutchman,” and got a fresh supply of salt-horse from her, ours being somewhat old. Even a practice cruise has one pleasant feature—it ends. Ours was no exception to the rule, but it died hard. Hatteras did its best to make things interesting for us, and succeeded wonderfully. Dead calms and nasty squalls; sand-storms and deluges; blizzards, cyclones, and waterspouts each took a turn. Then they came by permuta- 47 tions and combinations, mechanical mixtures, and chemical compounds, and, finally, the whole crowd lit on us in a bunch. The “ Monongahela ” did not seem to mind, how- ever. She is a peculiarly unexcitable craft, and loses her headway much more easily than she loses her head. At last we sighted the Capes, and the long-dreamed-of leave became a reality. Each cadet wore new shoes and a happy smile as he left the ship, with the exception of Dugan, who was so worried about the amount of money he was carrying that he intended to send himself home in a Wells-Fargo safe. Imagine what a time Tantalus would have had if he could have had a drink of that water after seven or eight centuries of trying, and you mav get some faint glimmering of the way we felt on leave. We ate, drank, and made merry until both feet were in the grave, and then—took homceo- pathic treatment. Only some jovial soul, such as Job or Jeremiah, could do justice to the joy of our family reunion at the Academy when leave was over. Life had been worth living for thirty days ; now it had reverted to its normal state. Ninety-nine went into the academic year with its accustomed vigor, winning much honor thereby. The classical studies of civilian days made themselves felt strongly, especially in English. Trilby told how Homer used constant epithets, always calling his ships hollow, England merry, and Douglas doughty. Alfy anxiously asked, “ Who was that man Ibid that wrote so much?” There isn't much left to tell, but an account of this year would not be complete without some mention of our Christmas dinner. It made the day seem almost like a holiday, and each Cadet Diogenes has put away his lantern, satisfied that he has found an honest man. So far 99’s career has been prosperous. May each one of her members graduate with an amount of information which, if used with care, will last a lifetime. The Class of 1900. ■ Class of 1900. Robert Andrew Abernathy, Clarence Lamont Arnold, Allston Asmus, Benjamin Grady Barthalow, Frank Dunn Berrien, Robert Lawrence Berry, George Fred. Blair. William Henry Boardman, William Brackett, William Franklin Bricker, Claude Browne, Samuel Wood Bryant, Bayard Taylor Bulmer, John Murphy Caffery, Marry Kimball Cage, William Stanhope Case, John Walz Catron, John Gaylord Church, Arthur William Clark, I Ierbert Claiborne Cocke, James Hall Comfort, Lewis Smith Cox, Jr., Edward Otho Cresap, Kirby Barnes Crittenden, Charles Conwell Day. Peyton Brown Dearborn, Joseph Rollic Defrees, Edwin Horace Dodd, John Downes. Jr.. Stafford Henry Rahall Doyle, Arthur Edgar Draper, Hayne Ellis, Josiah Waterhouse Enbody, William Burden Ferguson, Jr., John James Fitzpatrick, Paul Foley, Percy Wright Foote, Orie Walter Fowler, Charles Seymour Freeman, Sinclair Gannon, Carlos Alfonso Gardiner, George Simmons Harris, Julius Frederick Hellwcg, Abram Claude Howard, Charles Peabody Huff, Clive Kelsey Mill lick, John Joseph Hyland, Edward Sharpless Jackson, John Frederick James, Huntington Johnston, Carleton Romig Rear, Arthur Barnes Keating, George Bertram Landertberger, Clarence Elmer Landram, William McEntce, John Ferris Mann, Robert Try on Menner, Harold Bancroft Miles, Benjamin Franklin Miller, Willis Gemmill Mitchell, Robert Morris, Frederick Raymonde Naile, Loveman Noa, Philip Maitland O’Reilly, Hugo Wilson Ostcrhaus, William Satterlee Pye, Robert Yancey Rhea, 5i John Alonzo Rhue, William King Riddle, Charles Verner Roberts, Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, Branch Elliott Russell, John William Schoenfeld, Edison Ernest Scranton, William Henry Shea, James Muir Sloan, Jr., Wilbert Smith, Charles Philip Snyder, John Armistead Spilman, George Washington Steele, Jr., Emil Pravoslav Svarz, Hiroaki Tamura, Scott McGehee Thompson, John Wesley Timmons, William Victor Tomb, Charles Russell Train, Robert Francis Turner, Walter Newhall Vernou, Charles Tobias Wade, John Drayton Waimvright, Hollis Taylor Winston, Robert Thompson Wood, Stanley Woods, Ward Kenneth Wortman, Luke Edward Wright, Jr., Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, Jr. 52 History of the Class of 1900. When «lie gun goes off By the • Santee wharf, In the frosty autumn air You can sec the plebe’s despair, You can hear hun “ cuss and swear. You can hear him sigh and wish to die; You can see him leer with a wicked eye At the man that shoots the gun September mornings. to “ rate ’ DNG has it been recognized that plebes are a necessary evil. On this account, therefore, the last of the nineteenth century offers no apology for his existence. Many like him have gone and many like him are yet to come. If the cherub aloft keeps a bright lookout, he is ultimately destined something. In the dim and distant future, when the honors of his present existence shall have passed away, he will frisk and frolic in the happy hunting-grounds of the upper classman. Now, as a plebe, the evolution of a candidate, the integration of a “ function,” and the chrysalis of a youngster, he is the clown of the Naval Academy circus. He frolics around on his head and he learns to flirt with his broom. And yet, strange though it may seem, the plebe has a history'. The figure familiar to us all when dancing with his chair, or “ laying aloft ” on his wardrobe, is also a man with a “ past.” Many' moons ago, a “ lengthy’ piece ” describing his appointment to the 53 Naval Academy and rehearsing his many brilliant qualities was published about that man in his village paper. The neighbors vaguely imagined that lie was about to enlist as a sailor. In spite of the fact that the principal of the town high school (who, of course, knew all about the entrance examinations) had assured him that he would have no trouble in passing, he probably joined “my class, and received a friendly warning of the “pilots” who might endeavor “to lead him in wrong directions. The pilots failed to materialize, but in the all-pervading horror of the days that followed the plcbe has been heard to exclaim: “ O Bobby! Bobby ! hadst thou told me then to leave my dignity at home, to bring a trunk full of sirs,’ and the biggest club I could find, thou wouldst not. in mine youth, have left me naked to my enemies.” A hundred true and trusty exponents of the great American “ pull ” assembled in Annapolis and prepared to do or die. Most of them died. About a third survived the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, “ biffed the “ exams,” and became expressions involving x with a value dependent on x ( , .r=plebe). What became of the others is a mystery no one can solve. “ They packed their trunks like the Arabs, and silently stole away. A few miles outside of the Ancient City was found a lonely grave, and over it this inscription : Reader, pause, while I relate The story sad of a candidate. I'oo full he was of “bluff” and pride. He • busted cold,” laid down and died. Ilis dust lies here, his soul hath flown. The moral is, “ Don't talk, but bone.’ ” A surprise was in store for the new “functions.” By intricate calculations possibly deduced from observations on the Moon’s altitude, its distance from Madeira, or some such data, it was conclusively proven that the dead-weight aboard the “ Monongahela” was amply sufficient to keep her trim and steady. She therefore sailed away on the summer cruise without any green plebc ballast, and shiver my topsails, she reached Madeira a week ahead of time! What cared the plebes for that? On the 6th of June she was slowly drawn from her berth, carrying with her all that stood between him and happiness, and leaving him in truth the monarch of all he surveyed. Naturally he cheered and all the other little plebes cheered. They made the placid Severn with their merriment resound. K en the brazen bugle in that melody was drowned, the May plebes were coming into glory. The months faded away and September, with its “ Sep. ” plebc and his “ anti-running association,” drifted around. Poor “Sep; plebe! The happy days of the May man were not to be his. Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath not heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive the miseries of his life on the old “Santee.” How often he bangs his head against the deck-beams overhead and ruefully thinks that if these be the “ stars so long and fondly dreamed about, then stars are not for him. But why expose his woes to a cold, unfeeling world ? When all, in the relentless flight of time, were reduced to a common level, they came to know each other better and oftentimes to value most the friendship of the men they “ ran” the hardest. Weeks and months have passed since then, and still the grind goes on. Now, let us pause, for the lights burn low in the “ plebe's paradise,” and our friend, the “freak,” has “disappeared” for a time—to blossom forth, let us hope, in that glorious week in June, crowned with the laural wreath of youngsterdom, and cocked and primed, and ready, indeed, for the dawn of the twen- tieth-century plebc. 54 U. S. Naval Academy Foot-ball Team. Smith, G. L., ’98 Fischer, ’99 Smith A. Sr. C , ’97 McCarthy, ’97 Williams, '97 Shea, 1900 Richardson,’97 Tardy,'98 Powell, '97 (Captain) Hai.mgan,’98 Graham,'97 Henderson,’97 Landis,'97 Asskrson,’97 U. S. N. A. Foot-ball Team, 1896. Joseph W. Powell, 97, Captain. William G. Du Bose, 97, Manager. Siiea, 1900, . . Landis, ’97, Fischer, ’99, . Tardy, ’98, . . . IIalligan, ’98, Graham, '97, . . McCarthy, ’97, Asserson, '97, Richardson, ’97 Powell, '97, . Henderson, '97, Right End. Right Tackle. Right Guard. Centre. Left Guard. Left Tackle. Left End. Quarter-back. Left Half-back. Right Half-back. Full Back. Substitutes : Smith, A. St. C., ’97; Williams, ’97 ; Smith, G. L., '98. Games Played. N. A. October 7th—University of Pennsylvania,.................... o “ 17th—Franklin and Marshall College,.................49 20th—St. John’s College,............................5° 24th—Pennsylvania Reserves,......................... o “ 31st—Rutgers College................................40 November 14th—Lehigh University,..............................24 21 st—White Squadron................................11 “ 28th—Lafayette College,............................. 6 OrroNKNTs. 8 0 6 10 5 18 Inter-Class Games. December 5th, . . ’97..............12 to ’99,...............0 “ 5th, . . ’98.............. 4 to 1900...............0 “ 12th, . . ’97,.............. o to ’98,...............o 57 O VO Class Foot-ball Teams. '97 Foot-ball Team. '99 Foot-ball Team. Yarnell.....................R. E. Brixser,....................R. E. Landis (Captain)............R. T Mathews.....................R. T Smith, .....................R. G. Fischer......................R.G. White.......................C. Kalbfus.....................C. Overstreet..................L. G. Buttrick....................L. G. Graham......................L. T. Bissett,....................L. T. Williams....................L. E. Royali......................L. E. Poweli......................R. II. Buchanan, . . ..........L. II. Richardson..................L. H. Bissell.....................R. If. Asserson,...................Q. B. Taussig (Captain)...........Q. B. Henderson...................E. B. Courtney....................F B. Suds., Hepburn, Leahy. Suds., Major, Sayles. '98 Foot-ball Team. 1900 Foot-ball Team. Hanrahan,...................R. E. Shea........................R. E. Dinger......................R. T. James.......................R. f Wells.......................R.G. Timmons......................R.G. Tardy (Captain).............C. Wortman,....................C. Halligan,...................L.G. Huff........................L. G. Tarrant,....................L. T. Gannon......................L. T. Smith.......................L. E. Boardman....................L. E. Sweet,......................R. H. Spilman (Captain),..........R. If. Marble........................ L. H. Fowler......................L. If. Briggs, W. G.. ............Q. B. Osterhaus, . . ..........Q. B. Graham......................F. B. Wade........................F. B. Suds., Woods, E., Mannix. 5 Fowler Wort man Hanraiian Sweet The Hustlers. Yarnell Tarrant Kalbpus Courtney Prof. Dasiiikll Woods James Major Huff Graham Boardman Macy Overstreet Tardy (Captain) Gannon Marble Smith Spilman Briggs, W. G. Wade The Hustlers, 1896. Collins, ’97, Hepburn, ’97, Leahy, ’97, Williams, H., ’97, Yaknei.l, ’97, Briggs, W. G., ’98, Dinger, ’98, Graham, J. S., ’98, Hanrahan, ’98, Macy, ’98, Marble, ’98, Pettengii.l, ’98, Smith, G. L., ’98, Sweet, ’98, Tardy, 98, Tarrant, ’98, Woods, E., ’98, Beckner, ’99, Brinser, '99, Buchanan, ’99, Courtney, '99, Helm, ’99, Hunt, ’99, J effers, ’99, Kalbfus, ’99, Major, ’99, Royall, ’99, Taussig, ’99, Boardman, 1900, Fowler, 1900, Gannon, 1900, Huff, 1900, James, 1900, Spilman, 1900. Timmons, 1900, Wade, 1900, Winston. 1900, WORTMAN, 1900. Game, November 28th. 1896. Hustlers, 22 ; Gallaudct, 6. 61 The Foot-ball Team I IK gridirons of all the large colleges during the foot-ball season of 1896 have seen one long series of surprises, and probably never in the history of the game have so many unexpected happenings crowded themselves into a short season of two months. Down here by the Severn we have had our share, but in looking back over the past season, there seems little to regret and much to remember with pride and satisfaction. The prospects for a strong Naval Academy team at the opening of the year were not bright, and those best informed on the situation entered into the task of turning out a first-class team with grave doubts as to what might be the outcome—and this with reason, as the graduating class took with them no less than seven of the regular team of 95. leaving behind only four of that “ star ” aggregation, and four others who had played in enough outside games to be considered seasoned material. Of these remaining eight, two were found deficient, and dropped before October 1st. and 011c, because of typhoid fever contracted on the sum- mer cruise, was unable to play until the last of October. So only five men were left to form the nucleus of the team of 96—two guards, two half-backs, and a quarter, the latter afterward going to end. But what was lacking in experience was more than made up in enthusiasm. No better criterion of the popularity « I this game can be given than the unfailing interest for it shown by the Cadet Corps—an interest unfoMcrcd by any prospect of a grand final encounter with our friends and natural athletic rivals, the West Pointers, and for two years without even a good contest with which to end the season. To complete the list of our troubles, lack of funds, want of time to practice, and the fact that any players unsatisfactory in their studies would not be allowed on the field, were difficulties that had to be faced and overcome. What seemed to be the silver lining to our cloud was our schedule, composed of much stronger teams than in other years, and a final game on Thanksgiving Day with Lafayette. Kven here, however, we were destined to be disappointed, as the authorities decided not to allow games with teams representing athletic clubs, and Pennsylvania State College cancelled their date with us, so that we found ourselves, on the 1st of October, with three vacant Saturdays, and little hope of filling them with first rate college teams. 62 Hut, of course, there was a brighter side. I)r. Dashicll was still here, and, thanks to his kind offices and to the Officers’ Auxiliary Athletic Association, we had, as events have proved, a most excellent coach—John P. Poe, Jr., Princeton, ’94. Also, navy grit was still a factor, and a love of the game and willingness to do all in their power made the greenest of the material possibilities as players. These, then, were the conditions when, on the 1st of October, foot-ball unifom s were donned for the first practice of the year. Only six short days there were bcfoie a game with the University of Pennsylvania, a team of veterans that had teen in training for over a month. Every moment was turned to account during those few days. Tackling and falling on the ball for all, punting and handling kicks for the backs, signals for the team, and then a short line-up for applications of the theories of the game. Then black-board talks, with explanations of plays and principles, until the week found the greenlings less green and the veterans in some kind of trim for work. Pennsylvania put her best team in the field, and at the end of two twenty-minute halves the score stood 8-0 in her favor, both her touch-towns having been made early in the first half, after which our goal was hardly ever threatened, while our colors seveial times floated within the enemy’s twenty-yard line. From that day a systematic course of training was adopted with the purpose of gradually developing the team, and for its end a maximum efficiency for our final game. We next played Franklin and Marshall, 49-0, and St. John’s College, 5C-0, two victories that were so easy as to be demoralizing, and then came Waterloo, w hen the Pennsylvania Reserves beat Naval Academy, 6-0. A combination of a team largely made up of substitutes, and if the truth be told, a case of over-confidence, were responsible for the result. But the lesson learned was worth the price, and a more rapid advance was apparent from that day. The guarantee for this game was raised by a cash subscrip- tion from the Cadet Corps and the balance was paid by the Officers' Association. Our next game was with Rutgers, who were defeated 40-6, and in this day’s play there was exhibited for the first time the real team work that counts, where every man helps every other, and eleven men w'ork together as a wrell-ordered machine. About this time a game wras arranged with the White Squadron, a team composed entirely of old Naval Academy players, that had made itself a reputation by playing a 0-0 game with the Elizabeth Athletic Club. Our financial affairs were also put on a more solid basis by a subscription from the battalion and officers, and a generous dona- tion from Mr. Robert M. Thompson, Class of ’67. On the 14th of November, the Naval Academy met their long-time rivals, Lehigh, and this time “they w'ere ours,” the score 24-10, when the referee’s whistle announced the close of the second half. The team work in this game was especially commendable, though frequent fumbling on both sides did much to offset otherwise excellent wrork. In spite of this, howrever, it was during this game that Dr. Dashicll first saw evidence of that finished play that has placed our team this year a little higher on the scale of excellence than those of other years. A wreek later the White Squadron team were defeated 11-5 in one of the best games ever played on our field. It wras another triumph of united effort against individual w-ork, as the Squadron team wrere one and all star players, and many of them graduates of less than a year. In this game we lost the services of our left tackle, the result of which was sadly felt 63 five days later, when our team played Lafayette. And in the last practice of the year, our left end broke a bone in his hand, in spite of which he pluckily played more than half of the Thanksgiving Day game. Lafayette looked rather dangerous that morning when we started out to meet them, but we found we were in the game from the start, and, in the first half, clearly outplayed them, scoring the second touch-down of the year, and a fairly earned one, too, against them and without ever having our own goal menaced. Early in the second half we lost both our left tackle and left-end, two men we could ill spare, and Lafayette began a sys- tematic attack of centre line bucking where their superior weight told against our light line, and yard by yard we were forced back for their first touch-down. A blocked kick and a long run by a fumble on their own side netted them two more touch-downs, on pieces of luck for which little credit was due. With all the advantage of weight, strength, and experience on the other side and in the second half with a crippled team, the Naval Academy played clean, hard, and finished foot-ball from start to finish, and every inch was fought until the last down. Those who saw this game will not soon forget it, and, in spite of the score of 18-6, it was a triumph in defeat. I wish to tender my thanks to the Cadet Corps for the spirit shown from the first of the season. Only three or four men refused to answer a call to try for the team or play on the Hustlers, and there were in all about eighty men in uniform during the two months of play. Not a man left the training list until physical reasons or studies made it imperative, and the Cadet Corps responded most generously to several calls for cash subscriptions paid from the very small store of monthly spending money. And to Dr. Dashiell we give our most sincere assurance of appreciation. What a large place in our regards he holds, I do not believe even he knows. What he has done for the Naval Academy Teams for the last five years is now a matter of our athletic history, and while we have “ Paul” to back us there need be little doubt that any but a first-class team will ever represent us. To Johnnie Poe—well, Johnnie, you left many a staunch friend at the Naval Academy. As a coach, you have few equals, and no superiors, and nothing would make us quite so sure of a successful season for 1897 as to know that you were again to coach the Blue and Gold. The generous support of the Officers' Athletic Association did much to make the season just closed what it was. Their aid must always be an indispensable factor in suc- cessful athletics at the Naval Academy, and the growing interest shown in all branches of sport gives promise of future development of all our teams. Also to Lieutenant Merriam for his interest and aid we express our sincere appreciation, and last, but by no means least, extend to Mr. Thompson hearty thanks both for his moral and financial support so freely given, and tell him how fully all he has done, not alone for foot-ball, but for athletics in general, is appreciated. No one has ever claimed for foot-ball that it was a gentle game, but healthy players, properly uniformed, run no greater risk of more than a bump or a bruise in this than in other contests of strength and skill. Foot-ball is immeasurably the best game of its season, surpassing the others in that it allows a use of judgment as well as of strength and of developing perseverance, coolness, and determination, with quickness of decision that cannot but be of value to the player in after life, and as tending to develop these qualities is essentially a game to be encouraged in a military institution. 64 '97 ill soon step off the stage, and it will fall to 98 to care for and add to our foot- ball laurels. With us, we take many good men whom next year’s team will miss, but we leave behind the nucleus fora team which may hope to surpass our records of all previous years, and the old spirit of grit and determination will be present in the future as in the past. To the team of '97 we make our best bow, and may next season, under the leader- ship of your thrice-tried captain, be one on which you will always look back with pride and pleasure, and, remember, old friends, your success will be our success, and that wherever we may be we will rejoice with you in your victories, and stand by you should defeat fall to your lot So here is to the Naval Academy Teams of ’96 and ’97, to foot- ball, and to foot-ball lovers, past, present, and future. The Captain of the Koot-bau. Team. 65 U. S. N. A. Crews. I IKSI CRKW IN F KI«.R')I NI� . The U. S. Naval Academy Crew. L. C. Palmer, ’96, Captain. H. S. Kimball, ’96, Manager. May 9th, 1896.—Race with Baltimore Athletic Club; in their favor by a boat’s length. Distance, 1 miles; time, 7 min. 3y sec. May 16th.—Race with University of Pennsylvania; result in their favor by four and one-half lengths. Distance, 2 miles; time, 10 min. 53 sec. Cadet Crews for Both Races : Stroke—McCarthy, ’97, 7—Palmer, ’96, 6—Halligan, ’98, 5—Overstreet, ’97, Coxswain—C ron a n 4—Collins, ’97, j—Reynolds, 97, 2—PlNNEY, ’98, —Gr Eme, ’97, , ’98. May 23.—Race with Columbia Athletic Club; resulted in Cadets’ favor by two boat lengths. Distance, 1 mile; time, 5 min. 22 sec. May 30.—Race with Potomacs of Washington ; Cadets won by eight lengths. Distance, 1 mile; time, 5 min. 32 sec. Cadet Crews for Both Races: Stroke—McCarthy, '97, 4—Fjscher, ’99, 7—Palmer, ’96, j—Buchanan. ’99, 6—Collins, ’97, 2—Pinney, ’98, 3—Overstreet, ’97, —Gr.kme, ’97, Coxswain—Greenslade, ’99. 67 The Naval Academy Crew r T is not a little surprising that fora score of years aquatic sports were almost wholly neglected at the Naval Academy. One would naturally think that on account of the cadets’ intimate connection with the water they would be enthusiastic in all such sports; the professional relation should give this form of athletics precedence over all others. What has caused this neglect? Is the professional instinct dying out in the cadet ? Surely no one would be willing to admit the existence of such an unpatriotic condition. At one time, in its ancient history, the Academy had racing crews that were a credit to the institution and to the service. In fact, boating was the first sport engaged in after the return of the Academy from Newport to Annapolis; so brilliant had been the work of the naval service during the preceding five years that anything pertaining to the profession solicited their interest. It then being impossible for them to get races with outside crews, all interest was concentrated in class crews and class races. The spirit in these contests ran so high that it caused much sharp competition for the honor of filling a place in a class four.” A crew once formed and the hard work would begin; each management considered its methods for gaining speed the best, and was careful not to allow its competitors to witness any of the crew's work in practice ; thus almost all of the training was carried on in secret. As a natural result of this hard work the crews became very skillful, and it was not long until Admiral Porter, then Superintendent of the Academy and Acting Secretary of the Navy, felt justified in challenging the world to row the cadets. The challenge was accepted by the Atalanta Boat Club, of New York, which at that time had established a good reputation as oarsmen. With such prospects in view an Academy “ four was formed and every care was taken in the training to get the crew in the best possible condition. The daily practice was carried on with no attempt to conceal the ability of the crew. It appears that no particular notice was taken of the interest manifested by a stranger in the crew's work and of the time they could make. Later, however, the mistake was discovered, for it was not long after his disappearance that the New York crew canceled the engagement. This was a great disappointment to the cadets, for their crew was unusually strong and in excellent condition. No crew thought it safe to contest with them for the world’s championship, and they were rightfully credited with this honor. What a contrast to our status as rowers to-day ! 68 Not yet, however,did the sport decline, for in 1870 a strong crew was formed, which easily defeated the Quaker City Boat Club of the Schuylkill Navy, in a race of a mile and a half and return, the time being twenty minutes and twenty-five seconds. This was the most important race rowed. Class racing continued with much interest until 1877. In this year misfortune and disappointment combined in causing rowing to be given up altogether. The Academy crew was beaten by a crew from the University of Pennsylvania; this defeat being their first one, it had a demoralizing effect upon the cadets, and broke up their interest in crew work. After this it needed but another reverse to completely crush the little hope and interest that still remained. Later in the fall of that year a violent gale swept the Atlantic coast and caused the tide to rise sufficiently high to completely wreck the boat-house and to destroy all the shells, thus dealing the final blow to boating. It was at this time that “ foot ball ” was introduced into the American colleges, and all interest was turned toward it. From 1877 to 1892, almost nothing was done in any kind of athletics, excepting base-ball and foot-ball. In the latter year an old shell was repaired and a crew formed, perhaps not so much with the idea of reviving the sport as to provide its members with a little amusement. However, the start once made, and interest increased ; a short race was rowed with a crew from the city of Annapolis, the result being in the cadets’ favor. The next year an “ eight ” was formed and regular training taken. After four months of hard work it met with defeat in a race of three and a third miles with the ’Varsity crew of the University of Pennsylvania, the latter crew being about six lengths ahead at the finish. The manner of rowing in this race clearly showed the lack of proper and sufficient training, for, although none of the men were overcome by the exertion, they were not able to maintain their stroke when fatigued. The showing in this race should have taught us a lesson, but if any impression was made by it little or nothing was gained, for in June, 1S95, in a mile-and-a-half race with the Potomac Athletic Club, of Washington, we were again defeated, this time by half a beat's length. It is only fair to the crew to say that they rowed at a slight disadvantage, for, just before the race, the practice-shell was given up for a new cedar one that has since proven to be much the slower boat. These defeats, so easily explained, proved to be of great value in conducting the work of last season. With such men as Kimball and Palmer, both of’96, at the head of it, greater support was obtained, this insuring greater success. A very substantial boat-house was built, two new shells purchased, and, besides this, sufficient money was subscribed to enable the cadets to procure the services of a Yale coach for three months. With such advantages at the start in the facilities for work over those of previous years, a better showing was naturally expected. The results will hardly give a fair idea of the work done by last year’s crew, they having been placed at a disadvantage in one race and interfered with in another. It will be better, however, to scorn excuses, and during this season to fully demonstrate our ability as oarsmen by gaining victories over our conquerors of last year. This is the first time that the Academy can be said to have had a crew coach, and due allow- ance should be made for this fact when considering the results of the experiment. In learning anything there are two most important stages that require much attention and patience—the start and the finishing touches. It was the difficulties of teaching the first principles of rowing with which Mr. Kinney had to contend, and considering the short time each day that the crew was under his instructions, he is to be congratulated 69 for the results that he made it possible for them to attain. Heretofore too much has been exacted from this sport—so little participated in, and to which very little support has been given. It is an erroneous idea to think that simply because it is at the Naval Academy it ought to be successful. This, like everything else, must be given a willing and substantial support and a reasonable length of time for develop- ment. To turn out a good crew it takes much longer than it does to train a foot-ball team. This is clearly shown by the fact that at Vale the season for training their crew is three times as long as the season for foot-ball. Rowing is admitted to be the most deeply scientific sport now engaged in by our colleges, the best results being attained only by the perfection of a hundred different points. No other sport demands such concentration of mind, and in a contest such a need of endurance and determination; there never are any intermissions to break the strain. Our prophetic “ Josh ” has often said that it takes a pluckier man to row a good race than it docs to play a good game of foot-ball. This is clearly recognized when we consider the conditions of the man in his work. On the field he is confronted by his opponent, who is ever ready to take advantage of the slightest mistake that is made. So hot is the personal encounter that fatigue is hardly felt, and not much will-power is needed to spur him on for the work. The excitement is sufficient to keep him from having any fear of accident, and daring plays are made on the spur of the moment, before the thought of danger can influence him to be cautious. There is little tax on his courage when once well started in the game. All the while he is before the eyes of the spectators, and is encouraged by the applause he receives for his good plays. All this is lacking to the rower. He has no opponent before him with which to cope and on whom he may give vent to his feelings; his exertions realize no immediate reward, and it is not until the race is almost decided that he is cheered for having done as well as he has. Nothing is near to encourage him to do his duty; it is only done because of the exercise of his will-power, prompted by his sense of honesty to the rest of the crew. To row well and to be deserving of a position in a boat, one must give up all ideas of “ star plays;’ here he must make an honest effort every time his oar strikes the water; no “ soldiering ” can be done on a course. Good races are never wholly won by sudden bursts of skill near the end. When the contest is close the winner is only victorious by carefully gaining and holding the inches all along the course; thus it demands the best efforts throughout. A careful analysis of the naval cadet of twenty years ago will not discover him to be much different from the average one of to-day, this showing that in a comparison of our capabilities as rowers with the ability they showed, little consideration need be made for the change of circumstances. In only two ways are we hampered more than they were; rival sports have sprung up and our recreation time has been made somewhat shorter. However, hopes arc entertained that when their work merits it extra time may be allowed those in training; the work being so similar to our regular boat drills no one could complain that it would be an improper use of time on athletics for mere sport’s sake. It would be foolish to present any argument for the existence of a crew here, our pretensions as seamen should be an indication of a strong interest in boating of all kinds ; one naturally thinks of rowing as being the one marked accomplishment of such a pro- fession ; the lack of it should be considered almost a disgrace. Imagine an army officer unable to ride a horse; who would credit him with any proficiency in the service? 70 We certainly have good and sufficient material to form at least two good “eights,” and by proper use of the time and means good results could easily be attained. With men of a due amount of aptitude and sufficient time for the work, we could have a good crew in a short time; shorter time even than is required elsewhere, for Dr. Hartwell is on record for the statement that naval cadets can be taught anything athletic more readily than any other set of men he has ever had to coach, and such a statement coming from him means a great deal. There are only two requisites that can be said to be absolute to make one a good oarsman, endurance and determination ; both arc culti- vated by proper training during the season before the time for races. It has been remarked that in all contests the cadets display an unusual amount of both of these traits. After a good showing in the first part of the contest we almost always can depend upon a final victory. Time after time it has been demonstrated to all of us that extra weight pitted against them in a short battle results in little advantage for the visit- ing team, thus disparaging the idea that because our crew must necessarily be light and young we will be unable to compete favorably with older and heavier crews. What then hinders us from having one of the best crews in the country ? The only answer is that there has been a lack of ambition to utilize the forces available There is one reason that would not permit us to think that our crew could meet with any sudden success; we are, and will for some time be, to our opponents what the men of Yale’s crew were to the English oarsmen at Henley, mere novices contesting with experts. Nothing else can give the ready assurance of good, honest, and steady work from a good rower as does long experience in racing. The best training fora crew before a race undoubtedly is racing; the experience makes it possible for them to enter the race with a cool head and a sufficient amount of confidence to carry them through. Having been engaged in rowing here for only four years, we have not the experienced men from which to pick the Academy crew ; when once well established it will be only just to expect creditable results from them. It has been the policy of the crew management for the season of ’97 (and it is ear- nestly hoped that the example will be followed in the future) to engage races only with crews of some note, thus hoping to raise the standard of rowing here. Our prospects for victory may be somewhat lessened in consequence, but even with defeats there will be the satisfaction of knowing that it was accomplished only by skilled crews, and ones with whom we may again have a chance to race. With this end in view, challenges are being sent to none but college crews. The first engagement made was with Cornell University to row a two-mile race with their “ Second ’Varsity” crew on the 15th of May. Saturday, the 22d, is reserved for a race with the 'Varsity crew of Columbia College, New York, which we have very good prospects of securing. Correspondence is being carried on with the managements of the Freshmen crews of Yale and Harvard, in the hopes that we can secure a date with them. So far, nothing definite can be told about them, but even without securing a race with them, we have gained in the end by courting their acquaint- ance. The final race of the season, to be rowed on the 29th of May with the ’Varsity Crew of the University of Pennsylvania, promises to be a very interesting one, and in the hope of making this race one of the important annual events of the South, an invitation has been sent to the Baltimore Yacht Club to make one of their cruises down to Annap- olis at this time. Besides being so fortunate in securing races with Northern college crews, we have 7 been extremely fortunate in engaging the services of Mr. Armstrong, captain of the Yale crew of 94, as coach for three months. Too much credit cannot be given to the manager of the boat crew for the efficient manner in which he has sought to further its interests and for his earnest endeavor to elevate the sport to its proper standing. Whatever advancement rowing may take this year over others should all be credited as the result of his work. It is earnestly hoped that our trials in races with the Northern colleges this year will prove sufficiently successful to recommend a similar course during the years to come, for it is onlv by such bold steps that an advance is ever made. Moreover, there is every evidence that if the cadets continue to be enthusiastic in the sport, before many years have passed the Naval Academy will be able to rightfully claim a place in the front rank of the rowing institutions of the world. The Captain of the Boat Crew. Mess Medal of the Crew Training Room, given to the man whom all acknowledged to draw the longest bow. The Cutter Crew. The Cutter Crew. Starboard; Port: Stroke—Craven, . • • 96� Stroke— M cCa uLEY, Captain, •96, No. 5—N KLSON, . . .98, No. -j—Peterson, .... '98, “ j—Poor, . . “ . —Smith, A. Sr. C, . 97. “ j—Mannix, . .’98. “ 7—Royali ’99. “ 2—Tomb, • • ’99. “ 2 -Hunt ’99. Bow—Arnold, . .’98. Bow—Briggs, W. G., . . 98. Coxswain— -Hart, . . . ’97. Raced N. Y. Naval Reserves, May 4th, 1896. Cadets won in 8 min. 64-5 sec. 75 The Cutter Crew UCH interest was aroused at the Naval Academy, when, in the spring of 1896, the cadets received a challenge from the New York Naval Reserves to row a race in cutters at Annapolis, on Saturday, May 4th. This crew had defeated all the best crews of the North Atlantic Squadron, for which they claimed the championship of the coast, and had the reputation of being very fast. We had never had a cutter crew, and as our material was very light, the board of the Athletic Asso- ciation thought it best to refuse, but Lieutenant Grant thought otherwise, and volun- o o teered his services as coach. The challenge was accepted, and as but three weeks remained, two crews were at once gotten out. The best material was already training for the eights, and our chances looked very slim indeed. That a crew so strong and enduring was produced speaks very well for the capabilities of the average cadet, for the crew was mostly made up of men who had never before entered much into athletics. Mr. Grant was a host in himself, and taught rowing on a new system, which certainly proved its worth. Not much attention was paid to the fine points of the stroke; if a man only put his blade in the water and pulled hard enough it did not matter if he feathered a few inches too high. And when the three weeks were up, we had a crew that we thought it would be hard to defeat. The Naval Reserves arrived the day before the race; they averaged many pounds more than the cadets, and looked very muscular. We lost both the toss for position and for boat. The cadets got away first at the start and held the lead all the way, finally winning by a length. The struggle for the lead was at times desperate, making the race a spurt from start to finish. Our crew won by their pluck and endurance. The course was one mile, straight away ; time, 8 minutes 6 4-5 seconds, which compares very favor- ably with all existing records for the distance, being one of the best. This was the origin of the first cutter crew at the Academy. May the succeeding ones do as well. Much credit is due to Mr. Grant for his part. We owe him much. The Coxswain of the Cutter Crew. 76 U. S. N. A. Base-ball Team. Saylks, ’99 Landis, '97 Graham, '97 Tozer, ’96 Frawley, ’99 Littlefield, '96 Henderson, ’97 Williams, ’97 Lkhfeldt, 98 U. S. N. A. Base-ball Team W. L. Littlefield, ’96, . . . Captain. R. II. M. Robinson, ’96, . . . Manager. Landis, 97..........................................................Catcher. Graham, ’97, 1 D- , ... , .....................................................Pitcher. Williams, 97, J Henderson, ’97......................................................First Base. Tozer, ’96..........................................................Second Base. Frawley, ’99........................................................Third Base. Littlefield (Captain) ’96...........................................Short-step. Sayles, ’99.........................................................Left Field. Jenson, ’97,........................................................Centre Field. Bissell, ’99, ... , }.....................................................Right Held. Williams, 97,) Games Played. April 4, 1896. University of Maryland N. A. Opponents. 3 April 11, 1896. 1 April 18, 1896. Hobart College, 5 12 April 25, 1896. I afayette, 7 «3 May 2, 1896. Columbian University S «3 May 16, 1896. Lehigh University, 24 May 30, 1896. St. John’s College, 5 7 79 Class of ’97 Base-ball Team—Inter-class Champions. Asskkson Webber POWRI.L Jenson (Captain) Sexton Henderson Graham Landis Williams Class of 97 Base-ball Team Season of 1896. Games Played. Score: Score; 97 Officers, ...... '97 Officers, '97, 6 '99 '97, ’99 '97, ’? ?, '97, Officers - '97, ' ? , 3 '97, Opponents, The Team. Landis, . . . Williams, . . Graham, . . . Henderson, . . Jenson (Captain), Powell, . . . Asserson, . . Sexton, . . . Webber, . . Catcher. . Pitcher. . Right Held. . Short-stop. . First Rase. . Second Base. . Third Base. . Left Field. . Centre Field. 81 The Base-ball Team. O those who are interested in the national game we can give but little encouragement as to our future. The past season itself was not very conspicuous for its success. At the beginning of the season we had plenty of good material, and everything tended to show that we would have a rattling good team. Through a fault in the manage- ment this was not to be. What was wanted was a good schedule with good college teams, so that we would have something to play for, and some interest would be taken in the game. The teams played against last year were of an inferior class, and it was no great credit to win from them. The result was that most of the team played a listless game, devoid of snap, and we were compelled to close the season with a meagre 500 per cent.— winning and losing three games. The authorities have decided to do away with games against outside teams this next season, and to confine our base-ball playing to games between divisions and against the officers. The usual inter-class games are to be done away with also, as tending to produce too much class feeling. Such a plan as this has never been tried at the Academy before, and it rests entirely with the results of next season whether it is a success or a failure. A schedule has been arranged between the four divisions of the battalion, and it is expected that some highly exciting and interesting games will be played. The object of this is to develop more material, as well as to put all the classes on an equal footing. Competent men have been selected to captain the various division teams, and it is expected that a large quantity of good material will be brought out. These games will probably not be as exciting as games with outside teams, but at the same time they will undoubtedly furnish a great deal of amusement, both to the players and the onlookers. If they succeed in doing this their object is accomplished. As an inspiration to the players to work hard, a picked team from the four divisions will play a series of games with the officers. At the present moment the officers’ team gives but little promise, but they will be under the able coaching of Dr. Paul J. Dashicll, and by the time the first of the series is to be played he will doubtless have a team that will be very hard to beat. The past record of the base-ball team shows that the team has received very little encouragement from the cadets, the interest being confined to the players and a few enthusiasts. No college sport can succeed unless it receives support from others besides the few person- ally interested. What we want at the games is a crowd that will cheer heartily the good plays that happen to be made, and not people who act as if going to a base-ball game were a punishment. It is hoped that, during the coming season, the teams will receive more encourage- ment than they have had in the past, and that all will unite in trying to make the season a success from every point of view. The Captain of the Base-ball Team. 82 The Fencing Team. Egcbrt, 97 Hoopes, ’97 Watts, ’98 Woods, E., ’98 Brown, M. II., '98 Sargent, ’97 Falconer,’97 Houston,'97 Prof. Corbesikr Hepburn, ’97 Kautz,'97 U. S. N. A. Fencing Team. Victor S. Houston, ’97, Captain. Ernst F. Eggert, 97, Walter M. Falconer, 97, Arthur, J. Hepburn, ’97, Edward T. Hoopes, ’97, Austin Kautz, ’97, Leonard R. Sargent, 97, John F. Babcock, ’98, Morris II. Brown, 98, William C. Watts, 98. Edward Woods, ’98, Professor A. J. Corbesier, Swordmastcr U. S. X. A. Assistant Instructors : J. B. Retz, G. Heintz. «5 The Fencing Team. year, at the invitation of the Inter-Collcgiatc Fencing Asso- ciation, the Naval Academy sent a team to represent her at the annual meeting. The cadets who were sent were J. II. Roys, ’96; D. M. Wood, 96, and V. S. Houston,'97. They were accompanied by Swordmaster A. J. Corbcsier, the able and enthusiastic director of swordsmanship at the U. S. N. A. Fencing had always been popular, but it was not until then that anything like real interest was shown in the sport. The Superintendent having given the necessary permission to accept the invitation, the candidates for the team went to work with a will and followed out a systematic course of training and daily practice. The tournament took place in New York, May 4th, under the auspices of the Tennis and Racquet Club, and was a success in every way. Harvard, Columbia, and the Naval Academy were represented by teams. The result was a victory for Harvard; Columbia was second, and the Naval Academy came out third, but the score (10, 9, and 8 bouts respectively), was so close that it was difficult to say who really showed the best form. In New York the members of the U. S. N. A. team were the guests of Mr. R. M. Thomp- son. ’67, who has done so much for athletics at the Academy. This year the prospects for another successful meeting are very bright, and the cadets are showing great interest in the sport. There will be more colleges represented, and it is our hope that our old rival, West Point, will send a team to the competition. The Captain of the Fencing Team. Track Athletic Team. Hanrahan, ’98 Henderson,’97 Leahy,'97 Williams,’97 Evans, ’98 Gleason,’99 Graham, '98 Asserson, ’97 Smith, '98 Mannix, '98 Hunt, ’99 Taussig, '99 Nelson, ’98 Fifth Annual Track Athletic Meeting. Held Under the Auspices of the Navy Auxiliary Athletic Association, Saturday May 9th, 1896. Event. Winner. Time or Distance. 100 yards dash, . Henderson, ’97 10 sec. 220 yards dash, . Henderson, 97 22 1-5 sec. 440 yards run . Henderson, ’97 53 i-5 sec. 880 yards run 2 min. 11 1-5 Mile run . Smith, G. L., 98, 5 min. 29 3-5 220 yards hurdle, . Taussig, 99, 30 2-5 sec. Putting 16-lb. shot, .... . Marshall, ’96, 30 ft. 9 in. Throwing 16-lb. hammer, . Marshall, ’96 74 ft. 5 in. Running broad jump, . . . . Taussig, ’99, 19 ft. 4 in. Running high jump . Taussig, ’99 5 ft. 1 in. Pole vault, . Asserson, ’97, 9 ft. 6 in. Swimming 50 yards . Nelson, 98, 36 3-5 sec. Records Made May 26th, 1896. Event. Winner. Time ok Distance. Running the bases............Must in, ’96,....................14 sec. Throwing the base-ball.............Hilary Williams,’97, . . 341 ft. 3 in. Dec. 12th, 1896—Place kick.Henderson, 97, .... 14 points. “ 12th, 1896—Drop kick, .... Henderson, ’97...........20 points. “ 19th, 1896—Long distance punt, Henderson, 97, .... 152 ft. 3 in. 89 sec. sec. Best Naval Academy Records. Evrnt. Name. Record. 100 yards dash, .... . Robert W. Henderson, ’97, . . 10 sec. 220 yards dash, .... . Robert W. Henderson,’97, . . 22 1-5 sec. 440 yards dash, .... . Robert W. Henderson,’97, . . 53 see. Half-mile run, .... . Arthur MacArthur. Jr., ’96, . 2 min. 102-5 sec. Mile run 5 min. 19 4-5 sec. 120 yards hurdles, . . . 19 sec. Running high jump, . . . A. B. Hoff, ’89 5 ft. 4 in. Running broad jump, . . D. H. Camden, ’91, 21 ft. 4 in. Standing broad jump, . 10 ft. 6l in. Pole vault, ..... 10 ft. % in. Throwing 16-lb. hammer . F. D. Karns, ’95, 92 ft. 7 in. Putting 16-lb. shot, . . . F. D. Karns, ’95 35 ft- 9'A • Standing high kick, . . . C. D. Wilbur, ’88, 9 ft. 1 in.f 50 yards swimming, . . . W. B. Izard, ’95, 314-5 sec. Throwing base-ball, . . . W. B. Izard, ’95, 347 ft. 10 in. Kicking foot-ball, . . . . Robert W. Henderson, 97, . . 152 ft. 8 in. Running bases, .... . II. C. Mustin, ’96, 14 sec. World’s record, t lnicr-Collcgiatc record. Best Inter-Collegiate Records. Evrnt. Namk. Record. 100 yards dash, .... . B F. Weeers, Georgetown, . . . . . 9S sec. 200 yards dash . . B. F. Weeers, Georgetown, . . . . . 21 i sec. Quarter-mile run, . . . . G. B. Shattuck. Amherst, . . . . . 49 Y sec. Half-mile run, .... . . 1 min. 56 sec. One-mile run . G. W. Orton, Pennsylvania, . . . 4 min. 23I sec. 120 yards hurdles, . . • • J II. L. Williams, Yale Stephen Chase, Dartmouth, . . ' | I5s sec. 220 yards hurdles, . . . J. L. Bremer, Harvard . . 241 sec. Running high jump. . . . . . J. S. Winsor, Pennsylvania, . . . . . 6 ft. 1 in. Running broad jump, . . Victor Mapes, Columbia Pole vault ( C. T. Buchholz, Pennsylvania, . . W. W. Hoyt, Harvard, j 11 ft. 2 in. Throwing 16-lb. hammer. . . W. O. Hickok, Yale, . 135 ft. 7 x in. Putting 16-lb. shot, . . . . . W. O. Hickok, Yale . 44 ft. 11 Y‘ in. Miscellaneous Amateur Records. Event. Name. Record. Running the bases,..............II. C. Mustin, U. S. N. A....................14 sec. Swimming 50 yds. (still water), . W. B. Izard, U. S. N. A..............31 sec. Throwing base-ball..............R. C. Campbell,.................381 ft. 2] in. Batting base-ball...............C. R. Partridge........................354 ft- 10 in. Kicking foot-ball (place kick), . W. P. Chadwick......................200 ft. 8 in. Kicking foot-ball (drop kick), . J. E. Duffy,........................168 ft. 7 in. 90 Field, Track, and Gymnasium Athletics E field, track, and gymnasium athletics at the Naval Academy have of late years received a decided im- petus from the active interest that has been taken in them by a large number of cadets, and as a result, many of the Naval Academy records have recently been broken. Much credit is due to the Navy Auxiliary Athletic Association for the support and advice that it has at all times gladly given ; this, with the lively interest taken by them has done much to promote this branch of athletics. With the advent of spring, interest begins to awaken in this branch, as shown by the number of cadets that are working in the Gymnasium, previous to going out upon the track as soon as the weather admits. Last year, for the first time, prizes were given to those cadets winning the bouts in fencing and broadsword. This is to be followed up this year by giving prizes also to the winners of boxing, wrestling, and the cane. The Gymnasium tournament held on the 13th of March proved a success in every way ; the trapeze work of Taussig and Bowers was especially good. This is the first time for many years that the trapeze has played a part in the tournament, but its success this time insures its future use. The flying-rings is another piece of apparatus that has been neglected until this year. The running track is being put in good condition, ready for the athletes to try their mettle on, and let us hope that the sixth annual Athletic Meeting will be, as it promises, a fast and record-breaking one. Manager of Field, Track, and Gymnasium Athletics. 9i The Navy Auxiliary Athletic Association President ; Commander Edwin White, Commandant of Cadets. Executive Committee: Lieutenant-Commander R. T. Jasper. Lieutenant G. A. Merriam, Secretary. Lieutenant W. A. Marshall, Treasurer. Lieutenant E. F. Lei per. Chaplain II. H. Clark. Surgeon A. M. D. McCormick, Director of Physical Training. Professor Paul J. Dasiiieli.. U. S. N. A. Athletic Association. Executive Committee: President,............................................ Treasurer............................................. Captain of Foot-ball Team,............................ Captain of Ease-ball Team,............................ Captain of Boat Creto................................. Captain of Fencing Team............................... Manager of Foot-ball Team............................. Manager of Base-ball Team............................. Manager of Boat Creto................................. Manager of Field, Track, and Gymnasium Athletics, . . E. Woods, ’98. J. K. Taussig, '99. J. W. Powell, ’97. R. W. Henderson, '97. A. II. McCarthy, 97. V. S. Houston, ’97. W. G. Du Rose, 97. H. N. Jenson, ’97. C. R. Miller, ’97. W. C. Asserson, ’97. 92 The Naval Academy Choir. Cotten,’98 Woodward,'99 Catron, 1900 Bailey,’99 Wbichbrt,’99 Kalbi us,'99 Miller,’99 Keating, 1900 Larimer, ’99 Pressey. ’97 Sexton, '97 Kaltz, ’97 Jones, ’97 Macill, ’97 Snyder, 1900 Naval Academy Chapel Choir Choir Master: Austin Kautz, ’97. Sopranos : N. L. Jones, ’97, S. G. Mag ill, '97, L. A. Cotten, ’98. Tenors: J. E. Bailey, ’99, P. E J. W. Catron, 1900. C. I B. I C. I Altos: A. W. PRESSEY, ’97, J. K. A. Weighert, ’99, E. A. B. Keating, 1900. W. Second Bass : R. Sexton, ‘97. E. li. Larimer, ’99. Organist : Professor F. A. Willing, A. M. Baritones: Dungan, 99, I. Woodward, 99, Bulmer, 1900, Snyder, 1900. Fit st Bassos: . Powell, ’97, Kalbels, ’99, Miller, ’99, 95 The Y. M. C. A HE Young Men’s Christian Association of the Academy has been in active operation for many years. It is much unlike similar organizations in that it has an entirely different field, and must so direct its efforts as to best occupy that field. It has very little connection with the central organization, and is not controlled by it. Its object is to promote morality, based upon Christian principles, as laid down in the Scriptures; to assist easily-influenced young men to maintain a high standard of integrity and to cope with the strong temptations they meet. Formerly officers attached to the Academy took an active part in the affairs of the Association, but only the Chaplain docs so now. The membership, by the Constitution, is divided into two classes, active and associate, but the distinctions are not closely fol- lowed. The nominal membership varies from sixty to seventy-five. The average attend- ance is between twenty-five and thirty. This is from ten to twelve per cent, of the whole number of cadets, and is a somewhat higher percentage than that in other secular schools. This may astonish those who have not thought about the matter, but it is, nevertheless, an actual fact. The Constitution provides for an elaborate management, but this was abandoned some years ago. The officers are now a President from the first class, a Vice-President from the second class, and a Secretary and Treasurer from the third class. The duties of the Treasurer are not arduous. The present officers are : President......................II. P. Perrill, ’97. Vice-President.................II. T. Wright, ’98. Secretary and Treasurer, . . . R. D. White, ’99. Organist,.......................H. G. Sparrow, ’99. The meetings arc held every Sunday afternoon at five o'clock, in the chapel. The lessons are taken from the Scriptures, and the meetings are conducted as the leader, selected for each meeting from among the members, sees fit. President of the Y. M. C. A. 96 Editors of ’97 Lucky Bag. A. J. Hephurn L. R. Sargent H. E. Yarnell I). S. Mahony J. V. Gr.tme The Lucky Bag. Founded 1894. Published Annually by the First Class. K. L. Bennett, W. P. Scott, Editors, 1894. S. P. Fullinwider, Iuii(or-in-Chief. Business Manager, Ridley McLean, A. W. Hinds. Editors, J895. J. P. Morton, Editor-in-Chief. K. M. Bennett, Business Manager, G. II. Mann, S. F. Smith, Newton M ansfjeld. Editors, 1896. C. L. Poor , Edit or-in- Chief. R. H. M. Robinson, Business Manager, E. McCauley, Jr. C. K. Gilpin, W. T. Ci.uverius. Editors, 1897. J. W. Gr.i-.me, Editor-in- Chief. H. E. Yarnell, Business Manager, A. J. Hepburn L. R. Sargent, D. S. Mahoky. 99 U. S. N. A. Graduates’ Association. OFFICERS. President. John Wilkes, Class of 47, Charlotte, N. C. Council. Captain P. H. Cooper, U. S. N., Class of ’6o, Chairman. Hon. R. M. Thompson, Class of '68. Lieutenant Commander R. T. Jasper, U. S. N., Class of ’68. Lieutenant G. P. Colvocoresses, U. S. N., Class of ’69. Passed Ass't Engineer F. II. Eldridge, U. S. N., Class of 75. Lieutenant C. S. Williams, U. S. N., Class of ’84. Ass’t Engineer U. T. Holmes, U. S. N., Class of ’90, Sec'y and Treas. Honorary Members of the Graduates' Association. Hon. George Bancroft. Admiral I). D. Porter, U. S. N. Vice Admiral S. C. Rowan, U. S. N. Rear Admiral J. L. Worden, U. S. N. Rear Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, U. S. N. Rear Admiral G. B. Balch, U. S. N. Professor J. H. C. Coffin, U. S. N. Professor H. II. Lockwood, U. S. N. 100 Constitution and By-Laws, As amended June 7th, 1894. Extracts from the Constitution. Article i. The United States Naval Academy Graduates’ Association is established for the purpose of promoting kindly feelings and social intercourse among its members, of fostering the memories of the Naval Academy, and of preserving the records of all the graduates. Art. 2. Any one who has successfully pursued the course prescribed by the Academic Board for his class, at the Academy, shall be deemed a graduate, and shall be entitled to become a member of this Association by assenting to the Constitution and By-laws (ex- cept as provided in Art. 3). Art. 3. Sec. 1. The dismissal from the Navy, or the conviction in a court of justice of an infamous offense, of any graduate, shall constitute a sufficient ground for his exclu- sion from this Association, if not a member, and for his expulsion if a member. Art. 4. Sec. 1. The senior living member of the Association according to the num- bered list of graduates shall be the President, and in his absence the senior member present, according to the same list, shall preside at all meetings. The other officers shall be a Secretary and Treasurer and six members, forming a council of seven, who shall be elected at the annual meeting to serve until the election of their successors, at the next annual meeting. Art. 5. There shall be an annual meeting and dinner at the Naval Academy, at such time as may be determined by the Council, which all graduates shall be entitled to attend ; but no one shall be entitled to speak or to vote at a meeting unless he be a member. Members unable to attend the meeting shall be entitled to vote by proxy in due form in writing. Art. 6. The entrance fee shall be three dollars, which shall be in lieu of all dues. The expenses of the dinner shall be borne by those attending, at a cost not exceeding five dollars each. Any surplus from the dinner receipts shall be added to the general fund of the Association. Art. 7. Honorary members may be elected at any annual meeting by a vote of two- thirds of the members present. Extracts from the By-Laws. 3. All members intending to be present at the annual dinner shall give due notice to the Secretary, that seats may be provided for them. Members wishing to speak at the dinner will notify the Secretary to insure being called upon. 4. The seats will be arranged at the dinner, as nearly as possible, to bring those who were at the Academy at the same time in juxtaposition. 5. Honorary members shall be restricted to twenty members. 101 7 Peter Lloyd Pratt, 97. Chairman, Illinois. William Gunnell Du Bose, 97, Georgia. Robert William Henderson, 97, Ohio. Hilary Williams, 97, Indiana. Henry Lafayette Collins, ’97. Pennsylvania. Charles Preston Nelson, 98, Massachusetts. William Theodore Tarrant, ’98, Texas. Frank Lucius Pinney, '98, Connecticut. Kdgar Brown Larimer, ’99, Kansas. William Siebel Miller, 99. Texas. October 31ST, November 14111, November 25111, Hops Given December 19TH, December 31ST, January i6th, January 30m, February 20TH April 24m. OELZTG Motto:—There arc none so blind as those who cannot sec. President, F. L. Sheffield. Keeper of the Looking G oss, V. C. Asserson. Janitor, §G. Webber. Committee on Test Cards: §W. D. Leahv, Detector-in-Chief. t J. W. GR 1'.me, First Assistant. | A. J. Hepburn, Second Assistant. Committee on Colored Wools: T. C. Hart, t W. R. Sexton, tS. G. Magill, §E. C. Keenan, § H. N. Jenson, § J. W. Morse. Committee on Landmarks Visible from Exam. Room: J V. S. Houston, H. P. Perrill, §G. Van Orden, A. II. McCarthy, ||C. R. Miller. Totally blind. I Fourtcen-foot class. Can’t see to design machinery. l.ove is blind, f Klcvcn-foot class. | F.xpclled for wearing monocle. 104 Founded on the love of a Middy for the good things of life. Object:—The satisfaction of the inner Naval Cadet in the wee sma' hours. Officers. Toastmaster, Peter Lllloyd Pratt, Vice-Toastmaster, Oscar Divvle Duncan, Caterer, Sam. Gee. Magill, Chef, Valter M. Falconier, Carver, L. Woody Bryant, (' worker, Charles Jake Naylor, Head-Waitress, Luscious M. Overstreet. Members. Assekson, Boyd, Bryant, Collins, Duncan, Falconer, I loOPES, McDowell, O V ERSTR EET, POWELL, Magill, Naylor, Pratt. Meetings. First meeting held in Powell Hall, new quarters; second, held in Sick Quarters; third, held in Commandant’s Office; fourth, held on “ Santee.” Meetings then dis- continued by force of circumstances. •Though hi title denies it, he is unanimously voted a corker. 105 Ann—The annual examination. Beak a Hand—To hurry up. Belay—To cease anything; to fasten. Biff—To do a tiling well. her containing the names of cadets that are in danger of being dropped in vari- ous studies. CiT—A civilian. Bilge—To be dismissed or dropped. BiLGER—Cadet dropped from the rolls, especially one who returns in a lower class. Bi.uf. Jacket—A seaman. Bonk—To study. Bones—Physiology and Hygiene. Bootlick (n)—A sycophant. Bootlick (v)—To toady. Boys—Servants (never applied to a cadet). Brace—To brace up is to stand erect. Bust (n)—A failure. Bust (v)—To make a failure. Buzzard—The insignia of rank of a cadet petty officer—an eagle perched on an anchor. Chippy Chew—The second racing boats crew. Christmas Tree—A list posted in Dccem- i Cits—Civilian’s clothes. Clean Sleevf.r—A first classman, line division, without rank. Cold—Hopeless ; an extreme state of any- thing : as to bust cold. Cook—To force an answer to a prob. Also to excel some one else. D esc rip—Desc r i pt i vc G com et ry. Doggy—Swell. 1)rac,—To drag a femme to a hop is to escort her there. Elec—Electricity. Exam—Examination. Ff.mme—A young lady. Fiend—One who “ biffs ” anything exceed- ingly well. Fierce—A superlative degree of anything. First Class—The highest class; Seniors. Four—A perfect mark. Frappe—Same as “ Biff.” French ing —Taking French leave—going out of limits without permission. Fume—To smoke. Function—A May plebe before Gradu- ation day. Gangway!—An exclamation meaning “get out of the way.” Gouge (n)—An “ aide memoire.” Any little artifice whereby any one receives un- authorized assistance in the recitation room. Gouge (v)—To obtain unauthorized assist- ance. Government Farm—That part of the sta- tion beyond Graveyard Creek. Grease—Same as “ Bootlick.” Greaser—Any one in the Engineer Corps. Gun-deck Sight—A meridian altitude of the sun obtained from the Navigator’s Latitude. Gunfire—The firing of a gun at the sea- wall at reveille and at 9.30 P. m. Gym—Gymnasium. Gyrene—A marine. Handsomely—Just a little. Hazing—Teaching a plcbe his new duties. Hit—Same as “ Biff” To “ hit the team ” or “ the list ” is to get on either. Holy Joe—The Chaplain. Hot—Same as “ Doggy.” Hustlers—The scrub foot-ball team. Knock—To do well or to succeed in, as to knock Math; also to obtain a good mark, as to knock a 3.5 in Skinny. Knock Off—To cease. Jimmy Legs—The Master-at-Arms. Jumped On—Spoken to roughly. Leave—Furlough. List—The sick or excused list. Math—Mathematics. May Plebe—A cadet who enters in May. May Pole—A list similar to the Christmas Tree, published in May. Mess—Those cadets sitting at the same table in the Mess Hall. Mess Hall—The dining hall. Mid or Middy—A midshipman; naval cadet. Moke—A colored servant. Naval Destruction—Naval construction. Night Owl—A member of the Night Study Party. Night Study Party—Those cadets un- satisfactory in at least one study, who are allowed to study until 11 p. m. On the Tree—When a cadet gets less than 2.50 in any study, his name is posted on the bulletin board as a mark of woodenness for that week. He is then “ on the tree.” Orderly A marine on duty attending an officer. Pap—The daily conduct report. Plebe’s Bible—The regulation book. Plebe—A fourth classman. Posted—To be posted is to be on the tree. Pred—The Prcd of any cadet is the one who last represented that cadet’s district at the Academy. Prob—Problem. Pull (n)—Influence. Pull the Sick List—To get on the sick list. Pull the Doctor’s Leg—To get on the sick list when not ill. Push—To smoke. Rag—To report; to rag an instructor’s marks is to view them surreptitiously. Rate—To exceed in rank ; to rate a privi- lege is to be entitled to it. Req—A request or requisition. 107 Requisite—Amount necessary to make on an examination to give a satisfactory final mark. Reveille—6.00 a. m. bugle call. Running—Hazing; also guying. Salt Horse—Beef served on board ship. Santee—The U. S. S. “ Santee,” used as a cadet prison ship. Santeed—Imprisoned on the “ Santee.” Sat—Satisfactory in studies. Savez (a)—Bright, capable. Savez (n)—Intelligence. Savez (v)—To understand. Sec—The Secretary of the Navy. Semi Ann—The semi-annual examination. Sep. Plebe—A plcbe who enters in Sep- tember. Shake a Leg—Same as “ Bear a Hand.” Shake it Ur—Same as “ Shake a Leg. Shift—To change from one uniform to another. Shoot the Sun—To take an altitude of the sun with the sextant. Skinny—Physics and Chemistry. Skylarking—Frolicking. Slam—A gag. Slimy—Excessively greasy. Slush—The superlative form of greasing. Soak—To give lower marks than deserved. Spoon—To spoon on a plcbe is to befriend him. To spoon on an inanimate object is to admire it; like it. Spooney Man—A cadet who goes spoon- ing frequently. Spooning—Associating with the fair sex. Spot—To report; to put on the Pap. Spuds—Potatoes. Squid—The awkward squad. Stab—A wild guess ; a bluff. Stag Hop—A dance without femmes. Stand By !—An exclamation meaning to prepare; to look out for something that is to follow immediately. Star—To obtain 85 per cent, of the mul- tiple for the year's work. Stereo—Stereographic projections. Striper—A cadet officer, so called because they wear stripes on the sleeves of their uniform. Supe—The Superintendent. Sux—Not difficult. Taps—10.00 p. m. bugle call; time to turn in and put out lights. Tendency—A draft favorable for smoking. Tree—A list of cadets unsatisfactory for the week in any subject. Touge—Assumed toughness in manners. Turn In—To retire. Turn Out—To rise. Valentine—A notice from the Secretary of the Navy received by unsatisfactory cadets soon after the Semi-Ann., request- ing their resignations. Wet Hash—A Naval Academy ollapo- drida served for supper. Wooden—Dull; not Savez. Youngster—A third classman. Zip—Zero; a total failure. 108 Draper. Captain of main-top, cruise of 1896. Norman. Tom Knowles Who lashed Farragut to the rigging. Types of American Seamen. Jansen. Dayman, cruise of 1896. A Misconception. I know a cadet who is sterling stuff, Yet his life in here has been mighty rough; If you care to know, I’ll tell you why Things with my friend have gone awry. ’Twas all because of the proverb old That speech is silver and silence gold ; He followed that proverb through thick and thin, While others talked, he “ held his chin.” From Love Lane to the section room His sombre silence cast a gloom ; On his first class cruise this wretched trait Settled his unhappy fate. The sleeve on his blouse next year was clean, And lie wore the longest face e’er seen. I knew his worth and told him so, And he poured in my car his tale of woe. I laughed at first, then said, “ Poor chap! In your line of reason you’ve left a gap; That your proverb is true I don’t deny, Hut you’ve read it wrong—I can show you why. “ You know the anchors ensigns wear? They shine, you’ll note, with a silvery glare, While the juniors there, the middies bold, Wear collars decked with your precious gold. “ The boatswain, carpenter, and mate Wear symbols of gold to tell their rate; While the admiral of the ranking grade Has his stars of mere silver made. “ So straighten out your thinking gear. And read that proverb true and clear, And learn this potent truth I crave’e That sixty cent silver rates gold in the navy. 111 At the Hop. ) Y COLLINS ambles up to the fair Miss Pert with his cow-like stride, turns his toes pigeon-wise, executes the eighteenth exercise, looks at his feet (which are now on the other tack) and says, “ Er-er-you—that is I-er-er-say let's dance.” Weely Reynolds swims in crab-wise, left shoulder forward, stripes in front, to Miss Annie Body, and asks sotto voce—“ Weel you daince onct with me ? She cannot refuse such promising material, as with a grin, Weely steps on her toes and they glide off. Professor Pressey comes up panting with unwonted exertion ; the beads of perspira- tion play foot-ball on his countenance; he sweats “ lak a boss;” his eagle eye discovers Miss Neva Bin-squeezed, and his ponderous frame is trundled in that direction. With a Louis Ouin .e bow and preparatory “ Hem !” he inquires, “ If-er-I-cr might dawnce-er- with you ?” The terrified girl is clasped in his mighty arms, and his Gorgon appetite for the dance is sated. Ruth Asserson, gentle and tender, with a dreamy look in his gazelle eyes, timidly approaches Grace Sweet, his face aglow with the tender passion, Cupid’s darts in every glance. “ May I danth with you ? ” They float away in ecstatic bliss. Ealconer strides up with martial step, a “ Ha! I had to laugh,” air, a non-reg. collar and neatly bunged bangs. “ Miss Spooner, this is my dance. Will you dance?” She wilts. Pluvy Kempflf with a heavenly (unearthly) smile stretching from right car to left, asks Miss Fitt in his “ Sir, I have n’t had a 2.$ this term ” way for “ one dance, don’t you know ?’’ She declines with regrets; no flowers please. Gris. McDowell waddles up to Mrs. Winger; he drawls, “ Don’t know how to spoon? I'll learn you if you dance with me. “ Now this dance is slow-er-I mean it is awful long. “ Sir !” Count Owen approaches Miss Dcbo Naire. Ye gods. The ices melt; the bass drum shrivels ; even the steam heater thaws out as he passes by. Calm, blase, the ne’ plus ultra of sang froid, he informs her that she has the pleasure of his company for the next dance. With smelling salts, cau de cologne, and a pinch from her chaperone, the girl revives to accept the honor ! Curtain ! Herr Weary Kautz saunters up to Miss Winnie Wiirst, his head full of Chopin and somnolence. “ Won’t you favor me with a dance ?” “ Really, Mr. Kautz, I have told you yes nine times.” 1 Ic sleeps. Gramme stalks up to little Verie Short, and after giving her his latitude, and assuring her that it is not cold up where he is, offers to fasten her stilts. (Tableau.) Dago Houston comes in all fire; knocks over Lieut. Sour; steps on Mrs. Prim’s train; “ Haf ycz seen Mees Flir-r-t, eh? Sapristif I haf zc naixt dance mit her; I say -allegretto! I can’t fint her-o-ooh-zere she was!” Fat Boy Overstreet steers his noble form in the direction of Miss Fligh. She is elusive, he persistent; she coquettish, he determined. Finally he sees an opening, and rushing in with a “ I’m on your five-yard line expression,ejaculates “ Huh! my dance! tried to get it all night! Huh!” The Unexpected; Or, How It Sometimes Happens. ACT I. ROOM 51, NIC’ After drill, one autumn day, A note lies on his table. “ Come, it says, “ on Saturday, To supper if you’re able.” kr QUARTERS. “ Mrs. Officer, so kind. I shall be delighted,” Answers he with merry mind, Glad he is invited. ACT II. AT THE FOOT-BAI.L GAME. Saturday there is a game— Foot-ball, near Old Quarters. Mrs. Officer soon came— New girl with her daughters. Mow d' y’ do,” to Mrs. O., “ Charming day—good playing, Other team a little slow Signals in obeying.” Mrs. O.—“ Pardon me, but Mr. Brown, Miss Gaythynge, my cousin ; For the day away from town— Wish she'd stay a dozen.” He.—‘‘Charmed to meet you, I am sure— So you know Kate Glummer? Pretty girl—was so demure. What! Eloped this summer!” She.—“ Mr. Brown, do tell me why, They shout so many numbers ? Should he kick the ball so high ? Cadets are surely wonders!” ACT III. SUPPER AT MRS. OFFICER’S. She.—“Have an olive, Mr. Brown, You can't refuse, from me. Glad you like my simple gown ; Now let me pour your tea.” He.—“ You mustn’t go away so soon, Do promise me a date. Say to-morrow afternoon, At any hour you state.” ACT IV. THE GOVERNMENT FARM. She.—“ How lovely Nature is to-day. The trees all dressed in yellow, One cannot keep from being gay (With such a jolly fellow).” He.—“ Such a charming girl as you (Nature’s less entrancing) Thrills a Middy through and through ; Sets his pulses dancing !” Scene II. 114 ACT V. Mr. and Mrs. R. Gaythynge Request the honor of your presence At the marriage of their daughter Vera to Ensign Doesemup Brown, U. S. N. St. Paul’s Church, At noon on June 15th, 1898. Curtain. De Witt’s Ship. De W.—Now let this be a ship. Cadet (wonderingly).—Is—is that hollow, sir ? De W. (casting a pitying glance over his shoulder).—Naw—it’s filled with candy. 1 !5 Tecumseh’s Proverbs. Be sure you are right, then go ahead. Otherwise you may pcradvcnture salute a moke. A stitch in time saves one demerit. Eat and be merry, but do not drink and get jagged. Health is better than riches; but the sick-list is better than a 1.5. Reading maketh a full man ; writing a ready man ; and mathematics a bilger. Love not thy bed lest thou come to the officer-in-charge’s office every morning before reveille. To err is human; to forgive lies with the commandant. Facilis decensus Santee. A Warning. There was a youth. I have been told, In Greek mythology, Who chanced, reflected in a pond, Mis image fair to sec; And who, by rapture held, remained And gazed and gazed, until The gods, in anger, changed him to A yellow daffodil. I think it only fair in me, If this thing did occur, To quote it as a warning To my classmate—Falconer. 116 A Legend. I KARS and years ago, when the traditions of our Navy were as leaves from a plcbc’s diary, there floated on the tranquil waters of Long Island Sound a small and dingy vessel, which was the forerunner of that grand old storm king, the United States Practice Ship “ Monongahcla.” The deck of this vessel is strewn with white-clothed cadets, engaged, even as in later cruises, in checking the fermentation of the tar in the seams. In the tops are a few agonized victims, receiving on their sun-browned arms and chests the marks of the needle and the ink, according to the barbarous custom of their time. Below, on the gun-deck, is a scene of agony of a superior order—the agony of the mind. Some twenty cadets are seated at a long table, working fitfully with paper and pencil. These are the cadets of the First Class. A look of despair is on every face, the work languishes, and a dispirited conversation is begun. “ Well, I’m some place in Utah, people, and I can’t see what's wrong. I’ve tried my best and I can’t locate this old hooker anywhere else.” A sigh escapes the speaker, he lets his pencil fall from his hand, and rests his head wearily on the table. Other complaints follow, and soon the cadets arc comparing answers, only to find that at that moment no two of them are on the same part of the earth. One cadet only continues diligently working in his cross- section note-book; his face is aglow with inspiration; the working of genius has trans- figured him. His comrades notice his appearance, and watch him with awestruck interest. At last the worker makes four marks on his note-book, thus, w. Lo! One tradi- tion is established: from that day to this that symbol has had no other meaning among naval cadets than “Eureka!” lie points proudly at the result of his work, and his classmates see with wonder the latitude and longitude of their position to a second. “ It’s a new thing in the science,” the young navigator says, proudly ; “ it can’t possibly fail; it’s a sort of talisman, you know—I call it the ‘ C-W.’ ” That generation of naval cadets can now be seen only on framed canvas on the walls of the mess hall. Their deeds arc told with pride by every patriot, but to none of them do our hearts go out with the same feeling of love and gratitude as to the nameless de- liverer who discovered the secret of the “ C-W.” T 117 A Dark Red Sardonyx I gave unto the maiden Who is mistress of my heart, A ring from which for any else I would refuse to part. 'Twas a massive ring and golden, With Ninety-seven’s crest, When I took it from my finger And in her soft hand pressed. I did not wish too suddenly The ring thus to resign, So I held the hand I’d placed it in Within the clasp of mine. While still within our hands we kept The ring from sight concealed, I told her what on opening them Would be to her revealed: The crest and monograms in gold I first explained at length, The thirteen stars upon the crown, Our nucleus of strength. The name within—my own of course— I mentioned as I passed, And all the while like one entranced I held her interest fast. And, when I paused and loosed my grasp. She asked in anxious tone. Ere yet slic'd looked upon the ring, “ Pray what is on the stone ?” “ The stone, I said, “ is quite unmarked, It’s surface bearcth naught. Hut what is held in its mystic depths I’ve often vainly sought. 118 “ There’s a bit of dark red color That lurks somewhere below; I catch a glimpse of it now and then, When I hold the ring just so; I see it—and then it escapes me— I never can hold it in view, But I believe, and the fancy haunts me, ’Tis the soul of the stone shining through. “ Tis a soul that is common to all things, But its spirit I cannot divine; To hold it in study a moment Were to make all wisdom mine.” “ Why, then,” my listener whispered, “ Let's see what two can do.” Our eyes met on the surface bright— And I read the secret true! From the depths of the stone were smiling Her eyes up into mine, And in the meshes of their glance Was held a truth divine; The sprite that long had baffled me Was snared like a careless dove; And lo! our little captive Was the spirit men call Love. 1 9 Eddie's Query. 3|X the cruise last summer, the Captain of the mizzen-top discovered, one day that the mizzen-topsail yard was badly sprung. The yard was at once sent down on deck, and. as Luce recommends, it was “ fished, woolded anti wedged.” Of course we had a lesson on the operation the very next day. Seated at one of the aftermcss-tables, the instructor started in briskly, and Eddie was the first victim. “ Now. Mr. I Ioopcs, just take this pencil and paper and compute how much that top-sail yard weighs.” As neither Eddie nor any of the rest of us had any data at all on the weight or size of the yard, he was decidedly stumped. However, he picked up his pencil and began to figure desperately. Suddenly he stopped, evidently finding that he needed some fact or other to aid his calculation, and said : But. sir, I would like to know what the patent log read at the time ?” Weary on Pie. Xt was on the cruise, and Weary was trying, in a dim, uncertain way, to pick out the G. A. Dec. for July 23d, from the G. M. column for August j 23d—it would not jibe, and he was sorely troubled. Just then the Dago remarked in his brightest Parisian tone of voice: “ Golly, fellows, ‘af you sec dose fine apple pies, de baker he make? A chorus of “What, has he got pies to sell ?” “ Good work !” “ I'll lay in a few dozen ! “ Which baker?” “How much docs he stick you for ’em?” etc., etc. But Weary was unmoved by this storm and clatter—his mighty brain was working, wrestling lustily with a problem about that pic; right ascen- sions, sidereal time, and flaky crust were badly mixed. Suddenly his ideas took shape—he opened his mouth—wisdom shone refulgent from his eyes ! “ Hush!” says every one, “ Weary is going to speak!” A moment later he spoke, slowly, carefully, with deliber- ation : “ Say—fellows—what is—that apple pie—made of?” 120 Uppf.k Quarters. Mother Goose for Naval Cadets I ley diddle diddle! See little Dibble Taking a gun-deck sight. The Class monkey laughed to sec the fun. For the day was as cloudy as night. There was a crooked middy And he ran a crooked mile, Adown a crooked mountain In a very crooked style. He chased a crooked cap All down a crooked stream. And all he remembers, Is a very crooked dream. Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey. She sighted the “ Prof. A long way off, And quickly ran away! (And you couldn't see her for dust.) Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Pass the ball back for a kick ; He passed too high, the ball went by, And Bloke sat down and ’gan to cry. Crabsy was a Welshman, Crabsy was a thief, Crabsy came to my room and stole (list omitted for want of space). I went to Crabsy’s room, Crabsy wasn’t home; I went through his wardrobe and took back all my own. 123 Little Bo-pap lost his cap. And didn’t know where to find it; Let it alone, and it'll come home— “ Name plainly marked on inside of band.” Eddie Hoopes and Bessie Snoopcs Went walking on a Sunday. Said Eddie Hoopes to Bessie Snoopcs, “-----? !--;----------! ! To-morrow will be Monday.” Young Middy Horner, sat in the corner, Eating his Christmas duff; He said, “ By gum, there isn’t a plum. And they don’t give a man half enough.” [,Paymaster Loomis had not arrived. Peter Pratt could do no Math., And Bones did naught but dream ; So, of the two, our Pete got through By specializing steam. Hickery dickcry dock. He hit the Math, tree with a shock ; His mark was a one, so home he run, Hickery dickery dock! There was a man in our class Who wasn’t wondrous wise, He boned from reveille till taps, And used up both his eyes. He couldn’t see, and so he had From boning to desist; On leave, he went to Baltimore, To see an oculist. And the unfeeling crowd shouted, “ Get on to Leahy and the specs.” 124 Some Information From Jimmy Legs. Y, did you know dis ship aint widin six miles of her true posish ? Dat’s right. I mean widin six miles o’ where tic skipper tinks she is. I'll tell ye how’tis. Ye know how cloudy’twas other day? Well, dat young felly dat’s all the time rusliin’ around gittin' altytudes and things—what’s his name? McPowell? Yas, dat’s him. Well, he wuz up here tryin' to git a sight, and de navigator wuz over there. Pretty soon I seen the sun a-comin’, and I says to him, says I, “ Dere she is.” Well, say. he didn’t have ’is instrimint set light, so he had about four feet to screw her down. An’ ye know de old sun wuz gettin’ fainter all the time, an' he wuz just a-bustin’ hisself a-scrcwin’ her down. Say, it wuz fierce. Ye oughter seen him. An’just as de sun went under a cloud he says, says he, “ Stand by, Mark,”—all togedder—just like dat, see?—an' still a-screwin’. Den de young gent’man dat wuz markin’ time—he wuzn’t ready eeder, ye know—he pulls his potato out his pocket and looks at it. Aw! say, he didn’t get widin ten minnits of it. And say, de navigator didn’t get no sight, and ast him if he’d got a good one. Aw haw! say (here Jimmy gets confidential, leans over and places his hand on your knee), say, ye ought o’ seen him smile. An’ he says, says he, Yes, sir; I think I did.” So de navigator took his sight and dat’s how I know dat we doesn’t know where we re at. But I’sc seen worse’n dat down to Samira in th’ Saratoga.” Aw! de dodgasted ol' lollygobber! Eight decks an’ no bottom! Sumpin’ fierce. Say, her bert’ deck alluz made two knots more’n the spar deck. Yes, y-e-s, dat's right, etc. 12; To My Back Room Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber’s chains have bound me, I’ve risen nearly dead with cold And pulled my blanket round me. My overcoat, And raincoat too, Upon my bed were thrown, To stop the cold, By north wind bold, In through my window blown. Thus oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber’s chain has bound me, I’ve cursed out a back room And pulled my blanket round me. And oft in the stilly night, Just after taps inspection. I’ve clambered out of bed Without thought of detection. My window closed, And then, worse luck, I also closed the transom, When along the hall, A soft foot-fall Would come with sound so gruesome. Then in the early morn, Ere slumber's chains unbound me, I 'd hear my name upon the pap ; Without surprise I found me reported for “ window and transom tightly closed 14th inst.,” reporting officer, Lieut. Dutchy. 126 The Burial of Math, and Skinny. HE evening of February the 6th was chosen for this ceremony. There was great satisfaction in hearing on the morning of this day from Pacinotti— Satan’s private secretary —that the spirits of Math, and Skinny had been received in the non-radiating enclosure, and had already established an equilibrium of temperature. Assured of the everlasting discomfort of their souls, we proceeded to dispose fittingly of the bodies of Math, and Skinny. It was a weird procession that followed the honored remains to the grave. Over- powering grief manifested itself in many ways. The Church was represented by a learned and devout delegation, chief among whom was the notorious Bishop William Dennis Leah)'. Prominent among the mourners was the dignified yet sorrowful figure of His Grace My Lord Owen ; to no man had Math, and Skinny been nearer and dearer than to him. He loved them as the 2.5 on his monthly reports, and he grieved bounteously at their loss. The sorrow expressed in the face of brother Hepburn was eloquent and striking, yet not too deep; for it is a merciful dispensation of providence that young minds are not powerfully depressed by even the sorest bereavements. The appearance of E. Pluvius Kcmpflf was shocking in the extreme. He had indeed felt the wind of the fatal blow that carried off our friends. Well might he exclaim. “ Can it be that these are taken and I am left!” Supported on a sumptuous bier, borne by loving hands, preceded by the martial music of a famous band, and guarded by a picked company of marines under the com- mand of the debonnair Italian Count. Mahoni, the bodies of Math, and Skinny proceeded slowly through the winding corridors of New Quarters until the site of the grave was reached. Here, at the brink of a pit descending to the nethermost depths of the base- ment—a distance of thirty feet—the last honors were paid to the departed friends. 129 Over their lamented bodies telegrams were read from many friends in distant lands, all expressive of deep sympathy for our loss and interest in our future. Among the telegrams were the following : I send you by express an ogival head as a reminder of my best wishes to the class of ’97. Is Kempflfstill with you! The Pirate. Sorry you left our department, but wish you good luck. I should like to know how many lessons in Skinny Mr. Webber entirely read over. My greetings to Mr. Jones. Goat. Good-bye. If any of the class find the moment of inertia I lost, kindly send it to me, name plainly marked on inside of K Tau. The chief mourner, friend, and adviser to the deceased, His Gracious Highness already mentioned, then made some fitting and respectful remarks over the coffin. He spoke feelingly of the lifework of Math, and Skinny, and of the one great failure of their career—the escape of the airy ignis fatuus Pluvy. Touching incidents in their history were mentioned, and tears were frequently brought to the eyes of the listeners, especially of Kempff, Powell, and Prcsscy, who were reminded most forcibly of the bitterness of their loss. Inclosing his remarks, His Grace led the mourners in singing a chant in honor of the spirits of the inanimate clay before him. Extracts follow : “ Holy, Holy, Holy King Math. Almighty; Calc and Least Squares are full of the majesty of thy glory. The glorious company of lunatics praise thee; the great army of plebes and bilgers acknowledge thee. When thou didst overcome the curses of 96, thou didst open thy pit to '97. Math, save 98; Skinny bless '99; vouchsafe Oh, Jack, to keep them this year without bilging. Oh, Satan ! In thee have they trusted, let them not be disappointed.” No sooner had His Grace ceased to speak than the fiery eloquence of Jaippy thrilled the mourners to tears and wailing dreadful to see and hear. Never before had their grief been made so poignant. All were thankful to hear the words of hope and com- fort that followed in the prayer pronounced by Bishop Leahy as a last tribute to the dead. The Bishop’s manner was modest—he began: “Parade rest! God save the State. God be with you. Excuse me while I pray.” This secured attention at once, and he continued as follows, in a voice at once impressive and devout (we regret that we must omit many of his pious remarks): “ This is the end which wast the beginning; and he whosoever did believe in me, though he was sat., yet waseth he bilged; and he whosoever did believe in me not but bonethed with his light under a blanket, even like Richardson, him could I not bilge of the class of ’97. The Cit gave what Skinny would have taken away; blessed be the name of the Cit. Number my days (119) that I may be graduated. How long have I to bone? A man hcapeth up marks and cannot tell who will take them away. Oh, Skinny ! Thou wert our scourge from one term even unto another ; for a semi-ann. is in thy sight but as a cadet hop, seeing it is past, even as a midwatch in the night. “If after the manner of all I have fought with Math, what profiteth me if the dead rise? But they rise not. But be ye not deceived; every man in his own order. The first cometh last, and those that follow go before, even unto the end. For Math, and 130 Skinny must reign until they are put under the feet of each one. Behold, I show you not a mystery, but a fact. But some second classman saycth : How do the dead rise, and with what purpose do they come?’ Thou fool! That which we bury is but dead for us, and will rise up even against you to be again put down. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in grease, even as Joie Powell— and ye shall find that your labor is not availing against Math, and Skinny. “ As it was in the beginning, it is not now, nor ever shall be, even unto the end. Forasmuch, as it has pleased the Almighty Fiend to take from us his servants, we therefore commit them to his care and their bodies to the calorific formula. Faith unto earth, ashes to ashes,—Math, and Skinny to oblivion.” After these words, the bodies were placed over the mouth of the pit and were then released. Gravity being free to act upon them they reached the bottom in due course of time according to the formula June Week, 1896. id “ Make Sail!’ BATTERED, worn hulk, dismasted, dismantled, and beyond repair—is all that remains of my napkin ring. How well 1 remember when first I beheld it in my plcbc days—what a shining silvery beauty it was then! It was chased with marvelous waving flowers, more strange than the rarest orchid of the South American forests; its four elaborately carved legs, defiantly and strongly placed, held it firm and upright, presenting to all the name of its owner carved deep into the metal in letters of cunning workmanship. So rich and polished did the ring appear that I at once took it for granted that the purest silver, just from the mines of Mexico or the West, had been used in its making. I even argued the matter with fellow plebes till the arrival of the pass-books next month. Then, alas, I was forced to acknowledge that the silver of a ring that cost 85 cents, including cost of engraving name, might not be of the highest quality. I soon found that the ring was pewter, and of a very malle- able sort at that. Plebes did not rate cutting their napkin rings, so I contented myself by enviously watching the youngsters as they chopped nicks and saw teeth and punched or flattened each other’s rings. However, when next year came, I started by cutting nicks for unsat. exams. This threatened to eliminate the ring, so I changed my tactics and cut notches for the sat. ones instead. About this time, the fellow across the table swiped my ring, and by dint of squeezing and crushing under his chair, succeeded in squaring the circle in a very beautiful manner. I got even by developing the cylinder of his ring into a beautiful wavy plane. He did not appreciate my efforts and succeeded in removing the two starboard legs from my pewter vassal. Our Second Class Christmas was a doleful one, so I spent most of my X-mas dinner in carving the beautifully exe- cuted date to commemorate the event, which may be seen to this day. I also began a nick abreast the date which I have generously made deeper and deeper each time the memory of that awful time occurred to me. I heralded the event of First Class year by cutting in the date and having one of the two remaining legs cut off in a scrimmage. I began cutting a notch for each month as it passed, bringing us nearer and nearer the glorious day of graduation, but alas, I only got three notches in, for the commandant made an unexpected inspection one day after dinner and ragged about thirty of the most beautifully decorated rings, mine among them. Fate decreed that the pap should net me three demerits for “ mutilated napkin ring,” thus insulting my artistic taste and put- ting me on the second grade at the same time. Then the old ring that had stuck by me for three years and a half departed from the Mess Hall and went into an honored retirement. 132 Says the Maiden to the Middy. That you’re just chuck full of brilliance There is not the slightest doubt, For the glitter of your buttons Is that brilliance coming out. If you’ll take a word of warning Let it come out gradually, That combustion may not follow— For that would be sad, you see. Nick-Names. The subject of cadets’ nick-names is always an interesting one to visitors at the Naval Academy, and quite frequently one is at a loss as to the explanation of the origin of some of them. The following is a case in point, it being a part of a conversation overheard by the writer : Miss C.—“O Mr. Powell! do tell me about your nick names. I heard you had so many, and I do so want to know why they call you ‘ Pressey’.” 133 Overheard at the Mast. ES’ like dis, Cap'n,” said the tough seaman, brought to the mast for fighting, “ as I trows me divan in de ditch, I pipes de spud peeler plantin' his feelers on me swash can, and—” “ Hold up—what’s that!” said the Captain. “ He means to say, Captain,” said the officer of the deck, “ that, as he was stowing his hammock in the nettings, he saw the cook trying to take his water bucket.” “ He hangs de bluff agin me dat de can is his’n, continued the seaman, “ but I digs de packing out o’ my peepers and goes to squeeze de bone.” “Which is equivalent to saying,” said the officer of the deck, “that the cook would have him believe that the bucket was his own, but the seaman, refusing to be hoodwinked, started to recover his property.” “ I digs him in de stoop wid me stilt, and plants me squeezers in his ticklers, but de guy starts de ki-yi, when I jolts him in de mask.” That is to say,” said the officer of the deck, “ that he gave the cook a kick, and commenced to pull his whiskers, when the latter started to yell, whereupon the seaman hit him in the face. “ I breaks a brace o’ tombstones, and lets de gccser free—when he plants a stall agin me wind, and starts de fizz at me sniffer, and—” “Stop! Stop!” said the Captain. “ I take it,” said the officer of the deck. “ that he knocked two of the cook’s teeth out, and then let him go, but the cook not being satisfied, commenced to choke the seaman, and gave him a blow which caused his nose to bleed. “Well now, my man, said the Captain, sarcastically, if I hear any more Choctaw spiel like that, I’ll caress the stomach of your jeans in a way that will remind you of a Hindoo skate on the Midway, and in the meantime I'll give you a boobie watch, with bracelets, in the refrigerator, for a seven spot.” “ Which means,” observed the officer of the deck to the seaman, “ that any more mutilation of the English language by you will cause the Captain to kick the stuffing out of you, and meanwhile you get a week in the brig, in double irons. '34 The “ Designing ” Exam. Hard o’er his books a middy was poring, Struggling with Zoro and Blondy, On the next day’s exam, lie hadst need go a fouring, Struggling with Blondy and Zoro; His mark for the last term was only 2.3, For he loved not hard work, and no boner was he, And to pull a mark sat. is a difficulty, Struggling with Zoro and Blondy. He came to a sketch he could not learn at all, Struggling with Zoro and Blondy ; Quoth he, “ Let it go, hanging up on the wall, Struggling with Blondy and Zoro, In this very same sketch, not a yard from my seat. Will I get a 2.5, well this is but meat. Alas for the middy, too wise in conceit, Struggling with Zoro and Blondy, For the picture was turned towards the wall, By Jackson. 135 We Have all been There Ourselves Mrs. Lieutenant Ropem—“Oh, do you know, Mr. Spoonimun, I am going to have such a lovely girl he:c for the next hop. She is a perfect beauty, and I must soon look out for an escort for her. Mr. Spoonimun (thrown off his guard by the description)—“ Why, Mrs. Ropem, if I may offer myself—I should be charmed,” etc., etc. WHAT HE EXI-ECTEI). WHAT III. . � r. Lives there a man with soul so dead, W ho never to himself has said As he slid from his hammock and lit on his head, __ __ _ _ !!!???,,,. Heard at a Meeting of the Lucky Bag Committee. Time—Friday Evening. Editors Present. No. 4.— Did you say Greaser Jones just got married? No. $.— Mump!� ! I have said a good many things to the last named gent—and been sorry that I spoke. One Monday morning, for instance, at the beginning of the recitation I told him that I had conscientious scruples about boning on Sunday and so wasn’t prepared on the lesson. He said he was sorry, that he had intended not to call on me, but now he felt it his duty to do so. No. 1.—Oh! but that wasn’t a circumstance to Pluvy on the cruise. You heard about that, didn't you ? No. 3.—Mike, here, hasn't I guess. No. 1.—You know we had t take a meridian altitude every day. For Kngr. Corps.—What’s that ? No. 1.—A meridian altitude? Why. a sight of the sun, you poor fool—and on Sunday Pluvy went to the Captain and said he objected to working nav. on the Sabbath day. Old Eddie said. “ Mr. K—. do you think we ought to come to anchor out here in three miles of water on account of your religious scruples? Now. Mr. K—. I’m Captain of this ship and Bishop of this diocese, and I ordain that you take a meridian altitude. Now, get right out of my cabin.” For Engr. Corps.—Ha, ha ! Did Pluvy “ git ’’? No. 1.—Oh. yes; he got ” all right, but he didn’t work his nav. He waited until Monday and gouged it from somebody else. No. 2.—That was worthy of Hungry Joe—if Hungry had only had scruples of any kind at all. No. 5.—Hungry did have them. You remember his traveling on Sunday, don't you ? No 3.—Yes, and about going to his room for his Bible, too. No. 4.—What ? I never heard that. No. 5.—You remember when we went on youngster leave we were to have per- mission to leave the ship on Friday morning. Well. Hungry put in a request to go on Thursday bccau e he couldn't reach home before Saturday evening then, and he had religious scruples against traveling on Sunday. Goo told him he had better wait until Monday. No. 1.—Sec here, people, knock off that jaw and let's get to work. Listen to this slam I’ve written up and tell me what’s wrong with it. (Reads). IN THE OFFICE. Wooden D. (to Officer-of-the-Day).—Send for the Cadet Lieutenant of the fourth division. 137 Officcr-of-the-Day goes to speaking tube and in the course of a few minutes the cadet appears with a furtive, ready-for-anything, what’s-coming-now expression on his face. W. D.—Mr. G—, you were in charge of lower quarters to-day, weren't you? and here you have reported Mr. Sherk absent from all formations, every one! every single formation! But that young man isn’t accounted for, he isn’t on the sick list. (He ponders.) Very strange! Now you ought to have telephoned up here as soon as you found him absent, don’t you know that? Cadet.—I thought— W. I).—Yes, yes, I know all about that. But this is a very serious matter. It will have to go to the Commandant—everything—every single circumstance, and he will make a thorough investigation—thorough investigation. Why that young man might have deserted (ponders again)—I guess he has—I guess he has. Why when I was on the “ Alliance ”—executive officer, by the way—we had hard work keeping enough of them aboard to— What’s that ? Cadet.—1 just said that I thought he was on the sick list (walks over and examines list). Yes, sir, here he is; his name is spelled wrong, though. W. D. (goes to the bulletin board and gazes at list. Picks his teeth).—Um-m-m, on the sick list, eh! Um-m-m. Kind o’ thought he was there all the time. Very well, that’s all I wanted to know. (He finishes. Dead silence for a minute.) No. 3 (slowly).—That’s all right, I guess. (Pauses.) I say let it go. Wooden’s given me thirteen demerits already this month. Etc., etc., etc. What Do? • T was past six bells in the afternoon watch on a hot afternoon in July. Scene, Mid- Atlantic. The good ship “ Monongehcla was running the condenser at the rate of four knots, wind aft. My lord, his excellency, Count of Crabs, in the awful dignity of his office, occupied the horse-block, and his pensive gaze wandered listlessly over the menials on deck. Needless to say, he was thinking, “ Emergency, what do ?” Suddenly, from far forward, a splash was heard, and the hoarse cry rang out “ Man overboard!’’ The bos’n had heaved a grating overboard. Instantly my lord was on the alert; thought of the advice in Luce, “ Keep cool and grease, and mentally saw three stripes. Me calmly promenaded across the bridge, calculated the mean probability of his knocking less than a four, looked for the Captain and First Lieutenant, saw both watching him expectantly, and, strange to say, for the first time in his life, got rattled. Seizing the trumpet in both hands, the Count hurled it at the grating floating by, shouting, “ Keep her a good full for stays, you know, Quartermaster. Main clew garnets and buntlines, spanker outhaul! Haul taut—and oh, yes; keep silence fore and aft! Haul away there, heavy heave! Up main-sail! . . . etc,” until the Captain shocked, surprised, and horrified ordered “ some- body to relieve that blanked idiot and save the grating.” But what recketh Crabs? Has he not his three stripes and ten others besides, for is he not Captain of the color guard ? 138 Love ] Lane. What Was He Trying to Celebrate? The Middy stops to meditate, And hatch a plan to captivate The charmer he would osculate. Now thoughts of Math, he’ll relegate— He has no time to calculate, While loving fancies aggravate The doubts that make him hesitate His earnest love to stipulate. He thinks lie’ll surely suffocate, If circumstances irritate The thoughts he cannot tolerate Of scores of reasons adequate Why he should really abdicate The throne of love, and deprecate The fact that naught will mitigate His broken heart disconsolate. Now straightway does lie irrigate, With tears that fast accumulate, His sentiments unfortunate. 141 Grinds. —forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit. , R ‘■Jt' ' s..: J- .OUND in the topsail halliards!” Powell, reefing top$ails. fi i .-i Hoopcs’ seamanship descriptions are said to be; “Very good for a landsman.” “ Sir; the ship is wound, the chronometers arc under all plain sail, and the officer of the deck is making ten knots.”—Tm-: Gyrene. “ Has the milkman came?”—Richie. Webber—“Wait till I go to Harvard and wear a chrysantheum on my coat.” “ Why, if you make a hole in the bottom of the ship, the stability will fill up with water, sir. —Hoopes. “ Yes, I’ve gained considerable notorcty here recently.”—Gaspargoo. “ Clear away the down-hauls, haul down ! —Giles. “ Head sheets arc not drawing at all, sir! —Jones. “ Red to red and green to green, Perfect safety, go between! —Magill. “ August, where’s my spit-kit ?” “ Let go the fore-topmast halliards on deck !” Instructor (pointing to steam-gauge)—“ Mr. Keenan, what is that? Jimmy (taken aback)—“ Uh-h-h- a thermometer, sir! George R.—“A ship on the port tack heads north and a light house is dead astern ; ship goes about; where away is the light-house?” Rroadus—“ In the same place, sir.” 142 Hog— Mr. Wessels, how do you say: ‘ I am dead broke?’ ” Sarge.— ’Je suis sur le train de pork, sir!” Leo—“ Mr. Keenan, do you always stutter that way?” Jimmv—“ N-n-n-no, sir, o-o-nly when I t-t-t-alk, sir.” Broadus—“ Some machines spark incurably, sir.” Hoogy—“Aw, come off, Mr. Anding, you’re only fooling.” Instructor—“ What’s a safety-fuse?” Holman—“ Why they’re—oh, yes; they’re fuses that don’t explode except when you want ’em to.” Kempff (wishing to show he has boned the lesson)—“ Why do they put drinking water in the division-tubs during action, sir?” Instructor in Ordnance—” Why to wash in, of course.” “ The Bible says that whisky is a beeverage.”—WEBBER. “ II ne voulait pas l’epouser parcequ’clle n’avait pas de dot,”—but he said dough. ‘‘Steel is an alloy of two parts wrought iron and one part cast iron.—Pressey. Lieut. B. (Instructor in Naval Construction)— Mr. Williams, what does BM stand for?” Williams—“ ‘ BM ?’ Oh, that stands for bending moment, sir.” Instructor—” Explain what is meant by the ‘ sheer draft.’ ” Sexton—” Why, the sheer draught—lemme see; oh, yes, sir, the sheer draught is the extreme draught of the ship, from the keel to the rail.” Instructor (during recitation on Sextants)—“ Mr. Powell, is there any remedy for a warped limb ?” Powell—“ No, sir; none whatever.” (Looks sadly down at his own.) The Dago (running down the corridor and shouting in an exciting tone)— Oh, say, fellows, wh-wh-what’s Apjohn’s Formula for Columns ?” Instructor—“ Mr. Kempff, what is meant by the ' metacentre?’” Kempff— Why—er, the metaccntrc is the point in the ship about which every- thing revolves.” Cronan’s Law—“ The square of the mark varies inversely as the visibility of the marked.” Wessels (at Math, recitation)— Er-r, yes, sir, I work these probs with a great deal of facility in my room, sir, but in here I can’t work them at all, sir.” Count Wells— Aw, you don't say.” 43 Webber—“ I wonder who is going to get my one stripe ’ Section Leader (reporting section)—“ Mr. Powell absent, sir. Instructor (repeating)— Mr. Powell. Section Leader (misunderstanding)— Mr. Powell, sir. Instructor (same)— Mr. Powell? Section Leader (affirmingly)—“ Yes, sir. Mr. Powell. Instructor (repeating)—“Oh, Mr. Powell!” Lt. Bens-n—“ Mr. Hoopes, how should the water breaker in a boat be fitted? HooPES—“ Well, sir, it ought to have a spigot for the water to run out.” Lt. Bens-n—“ Yes, but what else? Mow have you always seen them fitted? Moopes—“ Why, I have generally seen them with a bung in the end and a— Lt. Bens-n—“ With a bung in the end ? Did you ever sec that ?” I Ioopes—“ Well, no, sir. To tell the truth, I never saw anything but the bung-hole. Henri—“ La primera persona del indicativo presente del verbo dar— rw-ston.” Tiie Dago— Yo-yo-er-um-cr—Dago! X—“ Heard you knocked a four on that ordnance exam. Y—“ Oh, h—1, yes !” “ Well, Mr. Sweet, how arc you coming on with that problem ? “ Pretty well, sir I’ve got an expression for the answer involving ‘ x.’ but ‘ x ’ is determined by this quadratic equation over here which can’t be solved. The approxi- mate answer is [e i ] May I use the log book? Dramatis Persona : The Lion, Pete. The Lamis, Smuggs. Act I. Scene I. Place—Skinny Lab. Time—Practical work day. last month of youngster year. Properties—A bottle of CS . A white hat, comparatively clean. Pete (cautiously approaching hat and quickly emptying hoi tic on it. Draws breath in three short spasms)—“ At last I’ve done my little do. Act III. Scene IV. Time—Same as Act I. Place—In grounds. Section returning to quarters. Smuggs (soliloquizing and patronizing)—“ What did he put on it ? Was it ether? A Second Class Chant. Gyrene! Gyrene! On that math, tree, Am I a heavy bough ? When but a plebe I cut it cold, But it ne’er forsakes me now. In Steam “ Now, — this is,----eunh, — 2 inches,------------and, — this, — ehm, — is 3 inches,---------and this wheel is,------ahem, — 5 inches,----and,----------- ehm, — now work that, please,-----ahem, — will yer ?” Seamanship Department. Instructor—“ How is the log line marked ?” Hobby De Witt—“ It’s not marked, sir.” Instructor—“ How do you tell the speed of the ship then?” Hobby De Witt—“ Ky the knots, sir.” How do you spell t double o, too—an adverb? Instructor—“ Mr. Halligan, how do you mix sulphuric acid and water?” Halligan (dubiously)—“ Pour one on the other, sir.” The Chance or a Lifetime—For five 2-cent stamps I will send, prepaid, a treatise on “ How to make soft soap and not to be taken for a farmer.” The first one thousand persons will be sent a pamphlet on “Personal beauty; or, How to be respectful and solve skinny probs without the use of logs.” Room 4, 3 Stribling Row. They tell me the second class no longer looks forward to the millennium. Is it so ? Yes—their hopes will be satisfied when Hoogy puts him where he belongs. Skinny Instructor—“ Now the optical centre of a lens is-- Sweet— Isn’t it the same thing as the geometrical centre?” Skinny Instructor—“ Well, I don’t know, they didn’t have those things when I was here. What is it?” Sweet (knowingly)—“ Why, it’s the intersection of the perpendiculars to the parallel tangents to the two faces (red music, soft light). Instructor (during lesson in Navy Regulations)—“ Now, Mr. Magill, if you were caterer of your mess, what would you do the very first thing before starting on a cruise ?” Magill (without hesitation)—“ See the wine mess stores aboard.” Jacques has just been giving a little dissertation in French on the subject of fish being good brain food. Upon applying to Hank for confirmation he gets the following: “ Oh oui, je mange presque near everything and can't no savoir at all.” •45 Hank Mayo's Good-Bye. Good-bye. you dusty section rooms. Good-bye, you old “ Santee,” No more can you your clutches set On once defenseless me. That numbing chill and misery Must henceforth keep aloof, That once I felt for weeks on end 'Neath Captain Sebrce’s roof. You drawing sheets besmeared with blots, I scorn you from me now, That once caused Colvo every week To raise an awful row. And Peter, too, that English fiend, I ne’er again can greet With pillows three beneath my blouse— I surely shall miss Pete. The time is past when I must grope Within my memory To classify for P-rr-y G-rst, A useless apogee. You commandant and officers, I bid you all adieu. The pangs I feel at parting thus, Relieve me, are but few. 146 Your Mark The following table lias been compiled with a view to facilitate cadets in the unofficial computation of their mark. The arguments arc Subject and Circumstance. The table of Corrections has been computed by Johnson’s Method of Least Squares from a large number of observations and is believed to be correct under normal condi- tions. c .2 V SUBJECT. | O 5 .5 U w 2 u' £ 2 E O z z Ji C li £ S V JZ JZ If you write four boards full. C O G O O CL . c c 0.7 3-2 3-6 Skinny, 26 1.0 3-4 3-7 Steam 2.7 3-6 2.7 25 English, i.S 2.0 4.0 3-8 Nav., 2.1 0.2 3 � 3-7 French, 2.7 oc 3-7 3-5 Drawing 4• 2.0 — 4.0 Seamanship, ..... 2.0 P O 2-3 3-6 Ordnance, 3.0 2-5 3-7 4.0 Discipline 1.5 — — 3-8 v - . ?T3 s JZ T3 .tr 1 O V TABLE OF CORRECTIONS c O $ 5-5 JZ %1 5 2 2 3 H 4 0 Instructor. Correction. V JZ H2 jz - 7 1c •cJ i § 2 2 Is! z O £ jz r Goat, .... Iloogy,. . . rt.io 4-.03 4-92 2.8 2.2 2-3 2.0 Tommy, . . nr.20 3 2.0 2.6 24 Hog OO 3-9 3-8 — — Harry, . . . .IO 0.8 2-5 a • Jack, .... — 70 2.8 2-5 1.6 .2 Woolsey, . — IO 30 x 3-3 34 Jacques, + 2.4 — — — Hog, .... -•50 2.0 2.4 2.8 2-5 Gyreens, . . —.60 2-5 30 3-3 + Save Dan., . —1.50 1.0 — — — Pat, ±2.00 — Wooden D., . +•33 If a striper, add .5 ; buzzards, deduct .3 ; clean sltevi column. X Hits squid and gets papped for neglect of duty. (f Arranged alphabetically. X Never occurs unless you have I log. Unpardonable offense. + It depends. c God help you. «5 rb-3 a you play foot-ball or not. —.03 f r each broken test tube. i Take the I’. It. It., America's standard railroad. 1' Enough to make 2.50. O And a sarcastic grin. u Reason for this is that you have used up all the boai 9 After December 19, 1896, changed to -f.io. •s look in wooden section Henri, 4--05 Pa,............ 4-.40 Cit, .... 00 Paul........... Colvo.......... —.01 Shorty, .... .06 1 Leo, .... -f 001 Stick, . . . —.15 Eddie M., . . .60 Sally, .... 1.00 Zoroaster. . . —.20 Bryan, .... —.40 Blondy, . . . 4“-3° Sissy, .... —.397 Holmes, . . 4 -4° Billy.......... � ■ Is in the building. Mista Beefy, . O-f.So C. B. T., ... I +.30 47 A Christmas Eve Call. I K had promised to call on her Christmas Eve, and of course she was on the lookout for him about 7.30 on that happy evening. It was clear and cold outside, and the stars seemed to shine with a brighter, more steady light than usual, as if to make up for the inky blackness of the sky. The Officer of the Day at Upper Quarters logged the wind as “ N. W., light airs to gentle breeze,” and groaned as he thought of his hard luck at being on duty for Christmas day. No. —, on the Row, with its brilliant lights shining out across the parade, looked hospitable enough to entice any cadet within its doors—and yet he came not. She was sitting on the sofa in the front parlor, looking eagerly out of the window. Surely, if he could have seen the light that sparkled in those lovely eyes, and the expectancy shown by that trim figure as she leaned forward listening for his step, in such a fascinating pose, he would have flown there on the wings of the wind. But hark ! a quick step on the brick walk- outside and the next instant a ringing of the door-bell sufficiently vigorous to wake the ' Seven Sleepers ” proclaimed a cadet, at any rate. In a moment a second-classman, a chum of his, comes in. “ Good evening, Miss Blanque ; I am just on my way to keep an engagement out in town, and I dropped in to tell you that he is not feeling at all well this evening, and as he cannot leave quarters, of course he will not be able to come around.” “ Oh, indeed ; I’m so sorry ! Must you go? Well, good-night, merry Christmas to you !” “Thank you, same to you. Good-night.” The visitor has scarcely gone when in rushes another middy of ’98. How arc you this eve, Miss Blanque ? No, thank you, can’t stay a minute—got a date. He just asked me to tell you that when he said he’d come to sec you to-night, he forgot about a date he made last month, so he can’t come. He feels badly cut up about it, I tell you. Well, I must hurry off; good-night!” “ Good-night!” Out he goes, only to open the door for another classmate. “ Well, this is getting interesting,” says Miss B. to herself. “ I wonder if another excuse is coming now.” “ Good evening, Mr. Smith.” “ Good evening. Miss Blanque. “ Won’t you sit down, or arc you going to rush off, as everyone else has to-night ?” ” Why, thank you very much, but I really haven’t a minute to stop—there are three fellows waiting outside for me—we’re going to paint Annapolis sea-green to-night. 148 You see, he asked me to let you know that his aunt has unexpectedly come down this evening, and she telegraphed him to meet her at the train. He had to go out to the Short Line Station, so of course he will not get a chance to see you.” After this third messenger had gone, Miss Blanquc was somewhat mystified. I lore was a man who was meeting his aunt at the train, was keeping a date, and was ill in his room, all at one and the same time! A remarkable state of affairs, truly. However, being a wise little maiden, she thought a moment, and then, putting two and two together, she came to the conclusion that they made four, in this matter as well as in mathematics. The next morning, the Cadct-of-many-excuses was surprised to find upon his table a dainty box, with “Huyler on the cover. Amid the crowd of cadets that always assembles when anything edible is in sight, he carefully cast off the string and lifted the cover. What should greet his astonished gaze but a neat little bottle of Bromo-Seltzer and a large and juicy lemon ! And the worst part of it was that he couldn't help recognizing her handwriting on the direction of the box ! Passing in Review. 149 tt U- S S- “Santee Cruise, 1893-97. Commander, D. I '. Horn. Executive Officer, A. S. Wessels. Navigator, Samuel George Magill, Jr. Watch Officers: T. C. Hart, E. T. Hoopes, A. C. Owi Ship's Corporal, Joseph Wright Powell. Able Seamen : 0. D. Duncan, R. W. Henderson, 1. F. Landis, L. R. Sargent. Ordinary Seamen: Arthur St. Clair Smith, W. D. Leaiiv, C. R. Miller, D. S. Mahony, P. L. Pratt, L. M. Overstreet, H. L. Collins, H. Williams. Ordinary Landsman: Walter Maxwell Falconer, U. S. X. Hoopes at Church. Hoopes was a conscientious fellow, who followed the Golden Rule to the letter, but was not much of a church member. One Sunday during Second Class summer he went out in town to the Catholic church. The service being entirely strange to him, he felt more ill at ease than usual when in church. When the priest started up the aisle to sprinkle the congregation with holy water, a look of horror came over Hoopes’ face. “What's that stuff he’s throwing around?” gasped Hoopes. “ Holy water.” By this time the priest was opposite him, and distributed a large-sized shower in Hoopes’ direction. But did any of it get on Eddie? We trow not, for he dodged like a man, muttering, “ They’ve got to get something stronger than that to save me.” Give Me Those Cards. “Gimme high-l-l-low, jack, and the g-game, and two p-p-pedros,” stuttered Jimmy, when a hoarse whisper was heard, “ Here comes Savvy Dan !’’ He was coming ; in fact, he was already there, and found four cadets looking as innocent as lambs. The deck had disappeared up several sleeves. Savvy’s eye wandered over the compartment, till it fell on the empty card-case under the table. “ Hand me those cards,” he ordered, with a delighted grin. The “cards” were handed to him, and opening the case he drew out a card on which was a strutting rooster. Savvy got the joker. At the Staff Table Officer-in-Chak6e, Four Striper, Officer of the Dav, Falconer, Acting Adjutant, Spriggs (Colored), Head Waiter. Corps of Cadets at Mess Fables. Time, Supper. Falconer. Ha! Had to laugh. Did you sec that plebe, sir ? (to Officer in- Charge) Any of you people see him? H—’s delight! Funniest thing I ever saw! (Laughs; strikes (he table with both hands. Mess-hall lapses into a dismayed silence.) Yes sir; you’d a died. The poor imbecile—I beg your pardon, sir—mean to say this plebc —afraid of getting demerits, wants to hit the first grade so as to go out in town on Saturdays—he told me so himself. Had to laugh! 1 used to go out in town when I was a plebc—on the restricted list, too. II—’s delight! I never was on the first grade. I think this is a mighty bum class of plebes; don't you think so, sir? (Looks around the table to greet a chorus of resigned nods.) Well, it was pitiful, absolutely piti- ful ! This plebe had his mouth full of tobacco and ran plumb into S. D. He's a pretty p or excuse for an officer, don’t you think so, sir? (Officer-in-Cii arge looks doubtful.) Mean to say, sir. he doesn't treat the cadets very well. Well, the plebc was scared out of his seven senses —hasn't any nerve. Why, I've often been caught tighter than that— but this plebc hadn't any nerve. He just saw the officer and thought of the demerits. Ha! ha! ha! (Shrieks and strikes the table.) It was awful! sickening I vile! He swal- lowed the tobacco, sir, swallowed it! G—! Think of it! He’s in the hospital now. Some people never seem to have any brains; they never know what to do. It’s pitiful— that’s what I say—simply pitiful. (Stops to drink a glass of milk.) Officer of the Dav. (To Officer-in-Charge) Did you say, sir, that you wished to---------------. Falconer. Oh, say! I forgot to tell the best part. Ha! ha! ha! ( fowls; hits his head on the table.) Yes, sir; that plebe's worse than the average, etc., etc., etc. (Stops to eat a muffin.) Four Striper. I have heard, sir, that the Superintendent------. Falconer. Did you ever stop to think, sir—it occurred to me to-day that perhaps some of the officers didn't know. I just happened to think of it—thought I'd tell you, etc., etc., etc. (Stops to send the boy for more milk.) Officer-in-Charge. (To Officer of the Day) Did you mention in the log---------- Falconer. Speaking of logs, sir, makes me think of the one that pitiful idiot K— wrote up on the cruise. Haven’t you heard of that, sir? Ha! I’ll swear you’ve missed half your life. II—’s delight. I had to laugh when I saw it. etc., etc., etc. (Spriggs gingerly insinuates himself between the Officer-in-Charge and Falconer salutes former.) Spriggs. “Cadets is all through, sir.” (Falconer isn’t, but lie finishes on the First Class Floor at 9.5$ that evening.) '52 Monkey Jugs nj$ .'OST people, when they determine to write an article on any subject, arc ||| moved by a desire to impart information on that subject, or, when the iijjp article appears in a volume like this, they get credit for trying to be funny. The motive for this article is somewhat different. The initial letter with which it begins having been drawn, it was found that there was no place to use it, and orders were therefore given to grind out something to begin with the letter . The initial letter itself suggested the subject— monkey jugs —and it really does bear a striking resemblance to one. These articles are globular, half baked, jars of porous earthenware. With wicker- work baskets, chairs, etc., they arc known by that euphemism “ Articles of Madeira Industry. If there is such a thing as Madeira Industry, it is a possession of the little overworked mules or the poor underpaid beggars, who really do work pretty hard for a living, owing partly to their disagreeable habit of spitting at you if you offer anything less than a ioo-reis piece. As for the women that weave the baskets and make monkey jugs, they are not at all industrious. I have watched them at work, and nothing simpler could be imagined. They must do it to pass away time. But, however produced, the monkey jug is a very useful thing. Their modus oper- andi is that by the evaporation of water from the outside of the jug that within is kept cool. The higher the temperature on the outside, therefore, the greater the evaporation and the colder grows the water inside. It was so hot on the last cruise that many jugs were burst by the water freezing. Some experience and considerable delicacy of touch is necessary in manipulating a monkey jug. They must be slung in a net that supports them all around, because Madeira Industry and water make common mud, which, as every one knows, is rather fragile for crockery ware. So when you drink from one, you must place both hands tenderly around the bowl, raise it gingerly, adjust your lips carefully over the straight stem on top and take a good hearty drink. Some devil will probably have filled it with salt water, but in that case you need not drink so heartily. One sweltering night on the cruise I felt that I must have a drink of cold water or die. You probably know the sensation when one’s mouth and throat feel as if they were turned to leather and covered with a coat of mucilage. Well, I dragged myself along the gun-deck and rapped on the jugs swinging above until my knuckles were sore. Those that did not puncture gave forth a hollow sound. I stubbed my bare toes against ring bolts, then held them 153 and cursed. I dove under hammocks, and they sciaped all the skin from the back of my neck. Their occupants awoke and cursed. I overturned campstools, strewed clothes broadcast, and scattered mess pails to every corner of the ship. Finally, away up forward, I accidentally bumped my head against a full jug. With a sigh of pain at my bump and of joy at the jug I raised it to my lips and drank long and deeply. Kerswat! The jug was on the deck and I was leaning out a port. I afterward learned that it was only a mixture of tea, coffee, cocoa, and condensed milk, but at the time I would have sw'orn I was drinking a mixture of the sulphides of sub-group B. To any cadet that intends to buy a monkey jug let me give this advice. Steer clear of those decorated with the Portuguese idea of art—leaves and things scratched in with a stick before the mud is dry. I knew a case of a man's buying one of these and he never got a drink out of it himself. Everybody wanted to drink from that particular jug and nobody was happy till he got it. It got so bad that people lay awake nights until they thought everybody else was asleep, then sneak up on that jug only to find some- body before them taking a surreptitious swig. Madeira IUi.i.a Carta. '54 Interior of Seamanship Building. Heard in the Steam Building. Er—r, yes—ah—we do not expect that you will remember—r—r all the minor details, but—ah—the number of tubes in a 747 1 II P—er—Thornycroft boiler—er—is very important. That will do—er, Mr. Leahy, what have you, er—Mr. Collins? Now let me present this to you in another light. In this case the centrifugal forces arc whirling around in this circle ; however, this is not very important. You will find out more about it next term from my famous book on Entropy, which is the most important book we have outside of that on Rcgu Rations. Take these sliwps, gcntlemun. Wroite your slubjects at the towp of yourboawrds. The lussun is vury easy, so I don’t explect to give any explanations. We had been indulging in a fire drill. “Secure” had sounded, and Jimmy Chase was trying to get his piece of hose stopped up on the reel over his head. He was knot- ting a piece of rope-yarn for that purpose when something jarred the hose. The reel turned and brought the heavy brass nozzle down with a crash on Jimmy’s poorly pro- tected head. It nearly floored him, but he went on tying the rope-yarn : I knew if I left the hose that way, and didn’t stop it up,” he said explainingly, it would fall down some time, and perhaps hit somebody.” Sir :—I respectfully request permission to visit Annapolis Sunday afternoon for the purpose of seeing my parents, whom I have not seen since Christmas. I am on the First Grade, as I had only four demerits last month. Amount available, $36.19. A Request. U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., May 10th, 1896. Very respectfully, I. M. Mazed, Naval Cadet, Fourth Class. 157 The Commandant of Cadets. Hungry's Statement Report—Profanitj• on drill. Dated—May 9, S96. Reporting Officer—Lieutenant Dc Witless. STATEMENT. Sir:—I respectfully state that I have the honer to be stationed on the four-royal yard at scamenship drill, and on the day in question, after light yards had been sent down, I was sitting on the Morn of the Jack with the royal quarter block in my hand, which I was about to secure to the said Jack, but some person or persons on deck begun to hall on the royal clewline leading through said block so that I was in danger of being hailed off of the Jack if I did not let go of the block. I haled the deck mildly to “ Let go the starboard four-royal clewline on deck. No attention was payed to my hale, how- ever; ihen I haled a little louder to the same affect, but at this they hailed harder than ever. Then I realized that I was in a criticle position and something had to be done. If prompt measures was not at once taken 1 would have to leave go the block, endan- gering the lives of hunderds of my own classmates on deck. So I shouted in a loud voice, “---------you---------------fools on deck, let go that------clewline,” and it was let go immediately. Very respectively, A. L. Wessels, Saval Cadet, Third Class. The Commandant of Cadets. Boatswain’s Mate Thompson. 15S Famous Speeches “ Huh!” “ Rowdy! “ r dr d theeta.” “I’ll learn ye!” “ ICrrrr—hold up!” “ Count offn force!” 1 la! Had to laugh ! “ I have none, William. “ War’s that midshipman ?” “ Gentleman of the watch !” “ 1 lamecltun ! 1 lameeltun !! “ Now it stands to reason—” “ Que savez-vous de Nelson ? “ August, war’s my spit-kit?” “ Quartermawster, lay awft!” This is how oi would do it.” “ Do you know Wcely Asserson?” “ Well, gentlemen, our time is up.” ” Le verbe, e’est lame du discours.” ” Now what is the element of area ?” “ Pipetodinner henh ? pipetodinner! “ Oh, Mista Reenolds, yo' nose is so cold! “ L’examen, messieurs! l’examen s'approche! “ Une bonne correction fait unc bonne reponse. Now, I have to study this just as hard as you do.” “ Tain’t no light, tain't no heat, tain't no justice nohow. “ Gentlemen---------you—may----take-----------the board.” “ Well, now, suppose a five-second ship met a ten-second wave?” “ Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen! Huh, not half enough !” “ Now—er—is this a—er—round-nosed tool, or—er—a diamond-point—cr—tool ?” ” That ain't what you might call a A t rivet, but that’s a good and strong and tight rivet. Pthewff!” “ Step front, one hanhli. Parry, one, two, hanhh. Extaind, lunge, hup! hanhh! Hanhh. Come in goot, extaind dot left laig! Gar—r—r—de hanhh ! Step r—r—rear ! Bend on yo knees, hanhh.” 159 An Unfortunate Euphemism 11 IE flickering gaslight on the “Santee’s” deck gives to view a most peaceful scene. From the weather-worn Kallegio in the corner to the group of cadets at the table by the hatch, all is content and happiness. It is Sunday even- ing, and the cadets are worshiping in their own way—they are offering up to the God 2.5 the sacrifice of a few hours of hard boning. Kallegio is happy in their silence. A new figure appears, and takes its place at a point of vantage behind the industrious group. The figure wears a rugged countenance and the uniform of a com- mander. He regards the cadets in a kindly manner; the history of their crimes has no terrors for him. Suddenly his manner changes, his brow lowers and his fists clench ; he strides wrathfully toward the cadets, and rolls the billows of his mighty voice before him: “ Take that sign down, young gentlemen, I won’t have any more of this damned sacrilege! ” And he points his finger like a firearm at a modest piece of card-board above their heads bearing the familiar motto : 160 We Beg Leave to Call the Attention Of the Superintendent to the fact that there are other trees in the Academy besides those growing in the yard. Of the Commandant to the fact that regulation woolens are not so smooth as silk. Of the Senior Assistant to the fact that the average cadet is not cursed with ambition to become a millionaire. Of Blondy to the fact that a 2.5 doesn’t mean a perfect recitation. Of Billy Bryan to the fact that when a cadet has recited on one subject, he would like to sit down. Of Zoroaster to the fact that not all are born geniuses. Of the Goat to the fact that it is irksome to be stopped in the middle of a long problem to be given another subject. Of the Ordnance Department to the fact that it requires more than chalk, ruler, and a half hour’s time to make a mechanical drawing of a turret mount. Of the English Department to the fact that the department paper on “ Howto form your letters ” is not legible. Of the Choir to the fact that it was written apostles, not “ appossuls ” ; servants, not “ servants humble, not “ humbull etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. Of the Librarian to the fact that a vestibule 4' x 3' will not quite hold all the overcoats or rain-clothes of the battalion. 161 Calendar. June 5th. June 6th. June 6th. June 7th. June 8th. June 9th. June 12th. June 13th. June 16th. June 24th. July 7th. July 10th. July 17th. July 18th. July 18th. July 20th. August 1st. August 2 cl. August 2cl. August 3d. August 8th. August 18th. August 20th. October 4th. October 7th. October nth. October 17th. October 17th. October 19th. October 20th. Graduation Day; June Ball. Extra duty on Second Class floor discontinued. Cadets embarked on U. S. S. “ Monongahela ” for summer practice cruise. Ice-cream for dinner. Sailed from Annapolis in tow of Bancroft. Passed the Capes; all cadets mustered at lee gangway; “ Bancroft leaves us. Best day’s run of the cruise—224 miles. Powell takes a star sight—Vega. Nav. begins for the rest of the Class. Exec, busts and Falconer requests permission to tack ship. Arrive at Funchal, Madeira. Kaut . publishes “ Daily Report of Conduct of Cadets katooched, katached. katiched, ka, ka, etc. Consul's garden party. Reiding maketh a full man.” The Monk surreptitiously introduced on board. Up anchor for home. Richie visits Coney Island. Man overboard. Saved. “ Monk ” overboard. Lost. Three stunsail booms carried away (while bracing yards) by heavy wind felt only on the bridge. Magill manoeuvres ship in dead calm. Gyrccn reports wineometers ground. Gasper gets heart disease from eating six lobsters. The Captain has his mattress stuffed. Offering for Eagle Lectern asked for. Foot-ball game : Pennsylvania 8, U. S. X. A., o. Still waiting. Thclccn loses his collar in the wash. Foot-ball game: Franklin and Marshall, o; U. S. X. A., 49. Webber doesn’t understand about felicity of error. Foot-ball game: St. John’s, o; U. S. N. A., 50. 162 October 24th. October 31st. November 12th. November 14th. November 21st. November 28th. November 28th. November 28th. December 24th. December 25th. December 26th. January 1st. January 25th. January 30th. February 12th. February 13th. February 14th. February 1 Sell. February 22d. February 27th. March 13th. March 13th. March 14th. March I4th-2ist. March 21st. March 26th. April 3d. May 8th. May 8th. June 4th. Foot-ball game: Pennsylvania Reserves, 6; U. S. N. A., o. Foot-ball game: Rutgers, 6; U. S. N. A., 40. Fine day. Foot-ball game: Lehigh, 10: U. S. X. A., 24. Foot-ball game: White Squadron, 5 ; U. S. N. A., 11. Foot-ball game: Lafayette, iS; U. S. N. A., 6. Hustlers defeat Gallaudet, 22 to 6. 1 helccn’s collar comes back. Rumors of Christmas. Rumors gain ground. Rumors discredited. New Year's Day. Opened fresh barrel of Salt Horse. Semi-ann. begins—reveille at 5 a. m. Semi-ann. ends—reveille at 6.25 a. m. Dog disturbs slumbers of Robert Fulton on the “ Santee. Robert borrows the Captain’s suspenders. Crabsie and the rest of the First Class receive valentines. Navy Department heard from ; special trains leave by the Short Line. Washington’s Birthday appropriately celebrated. Kempff missed the Nav. tree. Crabbs buys soap—one cake. Athletic Tournament held in the Gymnasium. Weather Bureau prophesies fair, sunny weather. Steady rain. Crabbs borrows soap—three cakes. Clouds of bone dust descend upon the yard. Boxing and wrestling contest in the Gymnasium. First Class German. Field Day. Pluvy salutes nine times on receiving his diploma. in iinnniilll.'llliUllUliniMIflll IIHIIfllllHllidlllHHUHIIHIlrWI Fragment of mitral decoration from a temple at Luxor on the Nile, showing that the buzzard was not unknown to the ancient Egyptians. 163 The Monk. I HE above is his picture, and only as “the monk” has he ever been known. He departed this life and the U. S. Ship “ Monongahela ” at one and the same time somewhere in latitude 230 N., longitude 48° W. Were it not that there is good reason to believe him dead, we might question his judg- ment in the choice of a stopping-off place—but he has made no complaint. For hardly two weeks had he been the pet of the forecastle when that rash instinct to jump ship took possession of him. Like many an embryo tar before him, he probably soon realized his mistake. As for his history, it is conspicuous by its absence. The forty opinions of his forty custodians deprived him of a name until he was gone, when, with great unanimity, they agreed to call him “ poor little devil.” His age was a mystery, in spite of the advice so frequently offered to “ look at his teeth.” The manner of his entrance aboard ship was another mystery, and one whose solution would at one time have been gladly welcomed by the executive officer. The final mystery is that of his departure—what became of the monk ? 165 The single incident that broke the monotony of his two weeks sea duty was his attempt to eat some concentrated lye. This, however, created a large fracture in it. Hut he is gone, and it’s no use now to speculate, as we used to do, as to whether we should be allowed to keep him in the music-room and have Spriggs feed him. No use now to wonder whether he could be trained to wear a cap and take up a collection while Weary played the piano. He is gone, and let this be his epitaph: “ The little monk fell in the drink. Unable to swim he did probably sink. If lie didn't sink, lie's atloat, I should think. A I- I.YING MOOK. Going Aboard the t “ MONONGAHELA ” FOR SEAMANSHIP DRILL. Practical Work in Navigation. First Class. January Sth, 1897. Time Allowed, 14M. 39s., 43.712 V. G. 1). H. Time. [-] a. Find latitude and longitude of all points on the earth’s surface and last quarter of the moon. Results to be correct to thirty places of decimals. b. Make a neat chart of places found in a, giving names of streets, position of jails, reform schools, and insane asylums for all cities of over 30 inhabitants. Scale of chart, 2 feet=i inch. [=] a. Find time of highest high tide and lowest low tide at places found in [1] for each haljjhour of the next five years. b. Give length, breadth, height, depth, displacement, acceleration, period, and travel of shadow of all waves formed by above. c. Construct an astronomical, automatic, automobile tide-registering machine, and with it measure height of all tides from 1750 to 1865. [3] a. By simultaneous observations of Polaris, the Southern Cross, and any other ten stars, determine exact position of all undiscovered islands of the world. b. Make a chart of above, giving position of light-houses, channels, sunken rocks, shoals, depth of water in feet and tenths, facilities for rating chronometers, direction and force of wind, yearly rainfall, and death rate. w a. Construct a Base Line, one end to be at a point 40° west of some other point, the other in the crater of some active volcano in Siberia. b. Measure length of Base Line in feet, inches, millimetres, yards, days, months, years, and centuries, and correct same for temperature, aberration, nutation, eccentricity, inclination to ecliptic, and hygrometric state of atmosphere. c. Given height above Base Line and that the maximum mark for the wooden section is 1.8, find distance, mass, density, size, orbit, time of rotation. Synodical period, temperature of fusion, and number of inhabitants of any thirty of the planets. 169 [5] a. On the night of July 4th, 18 4, observations were taken in Love Lane, using megaphone and artificial horizon. Make an alphabetical list of all stars, comets, meteors, and nebula: visible from above point at that time, giving semi-diameter, dip, refraction, horizontal parallax, declination, right ascension, lunar distance, advance of line of apsides, time of apogee, logarithm of radius vector, and heliocentric coordinates. b. Same for all same not visible from above position at above time. [ ■ ] a. Draw to natural scale the Dipper, and by Simpson’s rules, find its capacity in cubic feet, gallons (beer and wine), litres, bushels, culombs, microhms, kines, boles, and microfarads. b. Given that the Milky Way is 97.9% water, and using above Dipper, how long would it take to empty same with a perfectly reversible shunt-wound alternator worked by a wattless current, the volts being out of step with the amperes and internal resist- ance equal to infinity. c. Find course and distance from club door to Lieut. Drunkagin’s quarters by Rhumb line sailing, correcting same for set, drift, deviation, variation, parts gone over twice, hiccoughs, and lamp posts. Street Scene in 1'cnchai., Madeira. 170 The Tale of a Non-Reg. Pillow. I low well I remember the time— The June week of ninety-five. That I won a philopena From the dearest girl alive. She made this lovely pillow Of blue, with 'broidered gold. That has been my true companion In quarters new and old. Every Sunday for inspection, By the Commandant’s keen eye, I stowed that dainty pillow In a clothes-bag on the sly. I le never ragged my pillow, But one sad and fatal day I just stabbed at my wash-list. And I let that pillow stay. They took it to the laundry And I hit the pap for ten. While the pillow’s confiscated— And I’ll ne’er see it again ! 171 lilllS J LAtt IL jtA Notes on the Whitehead Torpedo 1. Do not put the torpedo tail first in the tube. 2. Torpedoes must not be dropped from aloft or from deck to deck. 3. The “ War-nose ” should not be exposed to the sun’s rays unless the old man has “ anteed up.” 4. A wooden commander or heavy top maul will remove the “valve group” “en masse.” 5. Unless the tail is secured by a stout line, it will go overboard with the torpedo when fired. 6. In case of doubt, put in a porpoise-hide washer. 7. Don’t blow in the tail to clear it of dust when water is being blown out of the cylinders. Let the captain do it. A Texarkana Flying Machine CROWD of first-classmen were sitting on the forecastle of the “ Bancroft ” discussing sub-marine boats, with more or less regard for facts. A figure on the capstan moved uneasily, finally yielded to temptation, and volunteered the following veracious bit of information : “ I don’t know much about sub marine boats, but I don’t think they’re as wonderful as flying machines. Now, down South, where I live, there is a man lives next door to me in a red house with an iron fence, that invented a flying machine that was a bird. He made a model of it about two feet long and one foot thick, and painted it blue, and kept it in the chicken-coop. One night his little boy went out to the coop and opened the door, and the machine flew away.” Then the Shade of Ananias turned green with envy. I wonder if smoking’s forbidden Because we’re in love with it so ; 'Tis better to smoke while here on earth. Than to smoke when down below. “Leave Your Quarters!” 74 The Story of a Math. Exam '75 “Us Greasers ’ [At the earnest request of the Engineer Corps the Hoard of Editors has consented to allow the following to appear, but renounce all responsibility for the same.] “ tUcr liebt niebt wein, weib, unb icsan(i, E cr blcibt efn narr sdn leben laitfl.” PREPAHATORV. We are a!! jolly greasers, companions are we Who drink only whiskey, and follow the sea. Here is Colonel Belay, and Zoro the clown, Who fondly imagines he'll keep the Corps down, Our President, Peter, and the wild Gaspergoo, Who arc going to Harvard, the old place to do; Broadus and Blondy, who make a fine pair, I see no resemblance, except in the hair, And our child called the Kid, who loves Stick the more. Because he was luck)-, and dropped from the Corps, Many others we have, whom to name takes too long. So empty your glasses, and join our song. Haul Down! First Verse.—Of the Class of ’97 We are the Greaser Corps, A happy, careless lot are we On shipboard or on shore, We can lead the gay cotillion. Or shovel dusty coal, In this world of strife you can bet your life We will always reach the goal. Chorus. We're right at home on the water, And equally so on earth, We’re full chock-a-block with savoir, And full to the brim with mirth, 176 1 And ’twon’t be our fault if we aren’t Full to the brim with beer, When each one gets commissioned An assistant engineer. Second Verse.—By ambition to be admirals, We never yet were cursed, Besides, an assistant engineer Is better reimbursed Than the ensign poor, whose income, Consists in part of rank, Which cannot be discounted, Or deposited in the bank.—Chorus. Last Verse.—Time passes lightly o’er us, Monotony we flee, We know not pain or sorrow, From worry we are free, When life presents obstructions, We’ll go ahead to ram, Tis plain to all observers That we do not care a rap.—Chorus. The Macedonian’s” Lion. The British Lion that stood on the quarter-deck of II. M frigate “ Macedonian ” when captured by the U. S. frigate “ United States,” the 25th of October, 1812, now stationed at the door of the Commandant’s office. I?? Two Opinions. was our first Nav. lesson on the cruise, and Crabbs had not yet thoroughly mastered the plotting of a Sumner line. Though we were in north latitude, he put his greater latitude down at the bottom of the chart, instead of at the top. This did look suspiciously like south latitude, and Crabbs was dubious, and thought he had better explain it to the instructor, who might not grasp his method. He therefore made the following note on his Mercator’s chart: “ I have plotted greater latitude at the bottom, by mistake, but I do not think it affects the result, as far as finding the position on the chart is concerned.” The instructor evidently did not quite see Crabbs’ course of reasoning, for the book came back the next day with the following terse annotation in blue pencil: “ But it does. Poor Crabbs! he says it wasn’t his fault that he stood third from wooden in Nav. that month. Hard Tack Race, July 4th, 1896. .78 Marching to Recitation. IO.I5 A M. E officer of the day receives the reports; the squad leader of the first class aces the sections the wrong way, swears under his breath, and faces them bout; the plebe section leader for upper quarters, with the eyes of his lassmates upon him, steps to the front, listens attentively while the first classman says, “Senior section leader for upper quarters, take charge!” salutes painfully at the end, and, with as martial a voice as he can command and one eye on the officer- in-charge (and the other on his feet, to see that he steps off in time), gives the important order, “ Forward march!” His mark is 2.8. The sections for lower quarters march off and, until they cross the avenue, probably no word is said. Then, suddenly, from the rear of the column, “ Confound that fool in front! Who is it, anyway? The idiot can’t keep step with himself.” Then the band strikes up (on the wrong foot) and that question is settled. Next a series something on the following order is sure to occur: “ Say, docs anybody know anything about this? I swear I haven’t read the lesson over.” (This, by the way, is probably the most popular lie told at the Naval Academy.) “ You are just as well off.” “ Say, people, you want to keep Sally talking, this morning.” “ Took to the front, Du Bose; look to the front, there, Cy!” (Everybody immediately turns their eyes on Love Lane, and a chorus of “ Go down !” “ Guide right!” “ Who's the one in the middle?” “ Hully gee [Dad Hart], a new dress!” is heard. This unfinished business disposed of, the talk goes back to recitations. “ Well, (resignedly), I don’t care what he gives me, I can’t do any of it.” “ Say, that plani- meter’s the devil, ain’t it?” etc., etc. Presently a warning Sh-h-h ” travels down the line, as an officer heaves in sight. The squad leader gets efficient, and remarks to the effect that “you people’ve got to knock off that yappin’, back there;” and now they do knock it off—not out of consideration for the squad leader, 0I1, no—but they are pretty- near the recitation hall now, and everybody is trying to recall some formula for maxi- mum pressure or muzzle velocity, or perhaps trying to take a last surreptitious look at his book. Alfred the Great (reciting in Ordnance).—“ Why, it stands to reason, sir, that the inner diameter of the outer tube is larger than the outer diameter of the inner tube.” 79 The Moke of the Watch Oh, a down-trodden wretch is the moke of the watch ; He gets the credit for every botch— Alow and aloft, fore and aft, ’tis the same, Whatever goes wrong, the poor moke gets the blame. His the sad duty to write up the log. Put in cumulus clouds, thermo, readings and fogs, Heave the log, read the patent, and dip up some sea To obtain the correct surface reading, you see. ’Tis he calls the watch in the night’s weary hour, Shouting, “ Turn out, first starboard! with mighty lung power. While groans, muttered curses, and grumbling all show. That they wish him provided a warm place below. He musters the watch by his lantern's dull light. And reports all those absent with thrills of delight; Late hammocks, and hammocks improperly lashed, On the pap by the moke arc most ruthlessly dashed. How oft the moke cusses his billet we know, For we’ve all had his job for a few days or so ; And to all the mokes of the future do we Extend in their trouble our true sympathy. 180 Scaling the Wall. : 1 Open Air Concert. July 30th, 1895. Engagement for One Night Only of “’97 VAUDEVILLE STARS, presenting HALT! A FARCE. Music by Gas House Orchestra. Hook by One I I ho Knows. CHARACTERS REPRESENTED. Officer-of-the-Day, unofficially off duty..................Du Bose. Professor—Who obeys order to halt upon running into a brick wall, . Pressey. Cow—Caught while down, ....................................Collins. Lucius—Who doesn’t stop for a tennis net...................Overstreet. Dibble—Who makes Academy record for encircling grounds, .... Duncan. Candidates, Cadets.......... I Known to be there. I Names asked, but not given. Fairies, sprites, mermaids, peasants, etc.......... Officer-in-Chargc (of megaphone), AND ( Jones. • Sheffield. I Hepburn. f Mat Strohm. | Geogiian. ' Reuben. j Malone. Jervis. Bl.OKY GLENNON. SYNOPSIS. First and only Act. Time, 8.30 p. m. Scene.—Sea-wall by gas tank. Opening chorus of fairies. Arrival of candidates and cadets. Sword-swallowing act. Other acts. Arrival of Officer-in-Chargc. “ Halt! Departure of cadets. Departure of Officer-in-Charge. Grand finale by fairies, sprites, and mermaids. Ballet.—Reuben, premiere danseuse. 183 Announcement. UK Aquatic Sports Association of the U. S. N. A. announces the following contests for the coming marine carnival on May 29th : First Event—Swimming two miles, in heavy marching order, viz., knap- sack, haversack, blankets, canteen, belt with 125 rounds, and rifle. Winner of three consecutive stretches to be officially pronounced Academic Champion. Second Event—Tub race (for the encouragement of seamanlike qualities and bear- ing). Course, 50 yards. Winner to be presented with a polished oak cavil. Third Event—Hoisting the topsails. The hoisting crews will be composed of ten men from each division; each topsail will be set three times. Winning crew will be given one halliard rack full of Anheuser-Busch, and will be known as Champion Divi- sional Topsail Hoisters. Fourth Event—Catting the anchor. The 8,000-lb. bower to be used. Time limit, 45 seconds. Members of the winning crew will have an anchor placed opposite their names in the Naval Academy Register. Fifth Event—Oyster-tonging contest. Tongs to be of the standard Annapolis type, handles 30 feet long. Each cadet will be given a pair of tongs, put aboard a cut- ter without oars, sculls, or rudder. He will exercise hi seamanlike ingenuity in reach- ing the oyster beds (which latter he will locate by experiment). Five minutes time will be allowed for the entire evolution. The oysters will be counted by a committee of three cadets, and the contestant tonging the largest number of bushels of culled oysters will receive one iron oyster opener and have value of oysters deducted from mess bill. Bum Boat People on Board, Punchai.. 184 For the POSTAL COMPANY’S SYSTEM REACHES ALL IMPORTANT POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH AMERICA, AND via COMMERCIAL CABLES, TO ALL THE WORLD. TELECRA POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY. This Company transmits and delivers messages subject to the terms and conditions printed on the hack of this blauk. t°' J0HN O. STEVENS, Secretary. ALBERT B. CHANDLER President and Ccneral Manager. Check ' Roccivrd at fo 4 (WHERE ANY I EPLY SHOULD BE S hlT.) 'x-r , _jSq (LA ___ A Slight Discouragement.” Miss Posie Rorter—“ Do you know, I heard our minister say last Sunday that ‘ all flesh is grass,’ and I couldn't help thinking that—that— Gapper—“ Well, what’d you think ?” Miss Posie Rorter—“Why, 1 thought that if that were true, Mr. Pressey would be a load of hay !” “Josh,” The Hustlers’ Mascot. Tuestripe—“ I hear that Ensign Blank is going to apply for a divorce.” Buzzhard— Really? On what grounds? Tuest ipe—“Why, Naval Academy Grounds, of course.” 186 All Rkadv to Coast Down the Mountain, Funchal, Madeira. As Others See Us. It seems that mail addressed in any of the following ways will be safely delivered: U. S. Navy Skule. Navel Cadet, U. S. Military College. Navle Cadet, West Point Naval Academy. Aspirant de la Marine, St. John’s Naval School. Annapolis Naval Academy. Annapolis Training Station. U. S. P. S. Santee. Naval Student, Annapolis, Indiana. Midshipman, Indianapolis, Md. Navel Asylum, Napolis, Mud. Gov’t Sailor School, Annapolis, M. D. Nautical Institute, Anappolis, Md. Marine School, Anapolis, Md. 187 Too Late for Classification 1 Iere arc three bees That love math, trees Bone, bust, bilge,—sad fate; But still there’s hope Just use Pear’s soap, And grease, gouge, graduate. Rain, rain, go away, Come again some other day, If you don’t the drill will be, Infantry in the armory. Entrada da Cuidade, Funchal, Madeira. 188 Order for Naval Cadets of the Third Class. On going aboard the practice ship for the summer cruise, each cadet will provide himself with the following articles : i cake soap. I clock. 1 thermometer. 2 working suits. I sheet. I pillow sham. I hammock clew, i bedstead, i grand piano. 12 pairs tennis shoes, i white hat. i umbrella. 4 parade caps. 3 dress jackets. i feather duster, i ice-cream freezer. l suit foot-ball clothes. 3 quarts lime juice. • For running away with jib halliards. I89 Statistics of the NAME. Nickname. Politics. State District. Favorite Drink. i Anding, . . Broadus, . . . Democrat, . . 9th Miss., .... Lime juice, .... Asserson, . Jack, .... Republican, . 4th N. Y., . . . Manhanset punch, . Boyd, . . . Davy, .... Democrat, . . 3d Ala., .... Coal oil, Chase, . . Jimmy Democrat, . . 1st Ya., .... Persimmon beer, 5 Collins, . . Cow, Republican, . 22d Pa., .... Blizzard, Du Bose, Billy, .... Democrat, . . 10th Ga., . . . Vermuth cocktail. . Duncan, . . Dibble, .... Democrat, . . 7th Ala Gin fizz, Eggert, . . I-'iji, Republican, . 8th Mich., . . . Don’t indulge, . . Falconer, . Ikey, Republican, . 7th Ohio, .... Soft soap, . . . 10 Giles, . . Emma Democrat, . . 8th Tex., .... Red lemonade, . . GRjEME, . . loe, Democrat, . . 12th Pa., . . . . Malmsey, Graham, Farmer, . . . Populist, . . 6th 111., Don’t drink, . . . Hart, . . . Dad, Republican, . 6th Mich., . . . Cura ;oa, .... Henderson, Bobby Republican, . 12th Ohio, . . . 'fallow 15 Hepburn, . Japy, .... Republican, . 9th Pa.,. . Petroleum, .... Holman, Polly, .... Republican, . 11th Iowa, . . . Beef tea, Hoopes, . . Eddy, .... Republican, . 10th Pa., .... Fizz of any kind, . Houston, . Dago, ... Republican, . S. Dak. at large, . Catsup, J knson, . . Pretty, .... Republican, . loth Wis., . . . H,SO, 20 JONES, . . Needham, . . Democrat, . . 2d Miss., .... Beer, Kautz, . . Weary At large A large schooner, . Keenan, Touge, .... Republican, . 2 2d N. Y Anything, .... Kempff, . . Pluvy, .... Republican, . 3d Cal., .... Bilge water, . . . Landis, . . Jerry, .... Populist, . . 7th Kan., .... Milk shake, . . . 25 Leahy, . . Bill, Popocrat, . . 9th Wis. Poteen Magill, . . Sam Democrat, . . N. Dak. at large, . Coffee cocktail, . . Mahony, Mike Democrat, . . 1st Mich., .... Hand grenade, . . McCarthy, Irish, .... Republican, . 7th Iowa Hot water, .... McDowell, Griz, . . Republican, . Pa. at large. . . . Tom and Jerry, . . 30 Miller, . . Cy, Republican, . 5th Cal., .... Pommery sec, . . . Morse, . . Johnny, . . . Republican, . 4th Mass.,. . . . Iced water, .... Murein, . . Murfy, .... Republican, . 10th Ohio, . . . Sea water, .... Overstreet, Lucius, .... Republican, . 4th Neb , . . . . Iced tea Owen, A. C . Count Democrat, . . I istrict Columbia. Sweet cider, . . . 3 Owens, C.T.. Kid Republican, . 21st Pa., . . . . Goat milk Perrill, . . Deacon, . . . Greenback, . 9th Ind Soda water, .... Powell, . . Blokey, . . . Tammany, . . 24th N. Y Milk Pratt, . . Pete Democrat, . . 111. at large. . . . Absinthe Pressey, . . Prof Prohibitionist, 6th Neb., . . . lersey lightning. 40 Reynolds. . Knight, . . . Democrat, . . 1 ith Ga Applejack Richardson, Richie, ... Tillmanite, 3d S. C , .... Dispensary licker. . Sargent, Len, Republican. . 4th Minn., . . . Nectar, Sexton, . . Gazelle, . . . Republican, . nth III Tabasco, Sheffield, . Mate, .... Democrat, . . 2d Ga Red point 45 Smith, . . Bejox, .... Republican, . 5th Iowa Mountain dew, . . Tiieleen, . Tureen, . . . Republican, . 1 st Wis Hires’ root l� eer, . . Van Orden, Gutz, .... Republican. . 1 ith Mich Blackberry brandy. Webber, . . Gaspergoo, . . Democrat, . . 3d Ark., .... Manhattan cocktail. White, . . Sefior Blanco. . Democrat. . . Arizona Mescal 50 Williams, . lack, Democrat, . . 6th Ind Maple syrup. . . . Yarn ell. . Harry, .... Republican, . 3d Iowa .... Orange cider. . . . 190 Class of '97. Hair. Favorite Occupation. Favorite Expression. i White, Boning Swinton, Humph. Brown, Spooning, A soft smile. On the wane, . . . Raising h—1, Bien ! Piebald, Dreaming, Well felluhs. 111 Alluring, Spooning, Well, I sweah. Mud color, .... See Reynolds, Whatever fits. Mastic, 'Faking lunar distances, Hello, you. ! ! !, Yaping, Anything profane. io Straight, Letter-writing, Why, man. Bent, Looking wise, Oh, Lord. Agricultural, . . . Plowing, Well, I swan. Silken, Playing marbles, Say . Bay, Base-ball, 1 don’t see it. 15 Brown, Dolce far niente, I tell you. Feathery, Spooning Darling. Auburn, Batting, He knows what he can do. Black, Fencing Oh-h-h. Gilt Skating, Was you? 20 Maroon, Prevaricating In the summer of ’76—. Egyptian, Sleeping W—w-w-what ? Ragged, Stuttering, , I’m tired. Onkempfft, .... Boning Math., By the jumping cats. Calico, Playing base-ball, Gol darn it. 25 Wiry, Growling Be G’s. Non-reg., Trying to sing, Chuh, chuh. Green, Snuffling, Erin go bragh. Brindle, Being good Hold your slides, fellows. Gray, Teaching spooning I’ll learn ye. 30 Psyche knot, . . . Reading Life He’s no lady. Puritanical, .... Eating beans, Now in Bawston—. Plastered, Getting fat, 'Fee hee. Fierce, Praising Bryan, Huh. Pompadour, .... Getting court-martialed It stands to reason. 35 Growing, Boning novels, Glad I changed. Clerical Missionary work, Praise God. Foot ball Greasing, Ha! ha ! Wig Maintaining peace in ’97, .... Cha, cha. Bandoline, .... Dining out, Er-no, sir! 40 Sorrel, See Duncan, Oh, no, man. Sparse, Political speech making It’s this a way. Curly, Thinking, How will this do. Red, Singing “ Doris.” Wough ! Mongrel Keeping quiet, Morning, captain. 45 Bald Playing chess, Well. Straw, Worrying about his mark Why—a—. Black Doing nothing, Did y’ever see such luck ? Bangs Prevaricating Lemme lone ! Stubble Admiring Blanco, It’s a dirty soak. 50 Fluffy, Playing foot-ball, It’s this way, fellows. Dark Going to stag hops, Well let ’er go. 191 Our Second Class Supper. KRE’S to the jolly meeting. Of which I often think! Here’s to the joys we planned in vain, And the wine we didn't drink ! Here's to the toasts impromptu, That arc rotting on their shelves! Here's to the toasters that lament That chance to spread themselves! Here's to all harmless pleasures For four years contraband ! Here’s to the deserts we leave behind, And here’s to the Promised Land! Here’s to the joyful freedom That is coming very soon ; We'll drain this glass with a brandy smack To the fun we ll have in June! 192 O fj O' cSjo rf t •t •! 'J'l t l f 4� 4 4 4 ps 14� 4 4’� 4 4 1 U. $. Haval Jlcaacmv - ... Preparatory School, jfitnapolis, Maryland. WE HAVE made the work of preparing candidates for the Naval Academy a special study, and our success has never been equalled by any other school. For a year and a half we were the only preparatory school from which any candidates entered the Naval Academy. In three years two hundred and sixty-three of our pupils were passed, as to mental qualifications, at the U. S. Naval Academy. Eleven out of twelve were passed on one examination and twenty-six out of twenty-seven on another. We put in about eight-five per cent, of those that enter. Our pupils take high class standing after entering the Naval Academy, twelve out of the first thirteen in standing for the year, in one fourth class, and the first twenty-six in another, having been under our instruc- tion prior to entrance. We make it a point to give each pupil a great deal of individual instruction, designed to enable him not only to enter but to stand well after entrance. Pupils are received into classes at any time. We prefer to stand upon our record but we will furnish references, if it be desired, from the Naval Academy, the Navy, the Army, from Congress, and from gentlemen of prominence all over the country. Our testimonials come from the highest sources. We publish yearly the examination papers that have been given to candidates. For further information address the Principal, ROBERT L. WERNTZ, Class of '84, U. S. N. A. I97 American Ordnance Company, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF «T HOTCHKISS, .... DRIGGS-SCHROEDER, «fr FLETCHER, DASHIELL Rapid-Firing uns FOR NAVAL, . . . 4 COAST, FIELD and . 4 MOUNTAIN SERVICE. 4 . . . ALSO OF . . . HOTCHKISS REVOLVING CANNON, ACCLES MACHINE GUNS, HOWELL AUTOMOBILE TORPEDOES. ADVICE AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR EQUIPMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS, LAND FORCES AND FORTIFICATIONS. OFFICE: 702 SEVENTEENTH ST., ... WASHINGTON, D. C. 198 Gun Factory: Bridgeport, Conn. Projectile Factory: Lynn, Mass. For U Academy. Preparatory_ School. Students are Received into Classes at any Time. 11 IS school has always bad distinguished success in I®) preparing young men for entrance to the Naval Academy, and has the highest endorsement from the officers stationed at Annapolis. The course of instruction is not limited to the re- quirements for admission, but students are advanced as far as possible in the mathematics of the first term in the Naval Academy. Tuition for the Term, from ist October to May Examination, $125.00 “ “ “ “ ist June “ Sept. “ 65.00 For further information address the President of Saint John’s College, Or, FREDERICK WILLING, M. A., Special Instructor in Charge of this Department. «99 THOMAS FELL, LL. D. “ Right training Is better than riches. ' 26th Year. Cheltenham Military Academy, OGONTZ, Near Philadelphia, Pa. The object of Cheltenham is to give its pupils thorough preparation, under the most whole- some influences, for entering leading colleges and scientific schools. How well it succeeds in accomplishing its purpose is indicated by the fact that the number of Cheltenham graduates now in Yale, Harvard. Princeton. Cornell. Rensselaer Polytechnic. Lehigh, and the University of Pennsylvania is equal to nearly one-half the total present attendance of the school. $600 per year; no extras. Special terms to Clergymen and to Army and Naval Officers. For illustrated circular, address. Oalvani ed Steel Ships’ Rigging. Galvanized Steel Hawsers. Galvanized Steel Flexible Running Ropes. The Yachts Vigilant and Defender rigged with Hazard Steel Wire Rope. NEW YORK OFFICE : JOHN C. RICE, Ph. D., Principal. 87 Liberty Street. Ruffham, Photographer. NAVAL ACADEMY STUDIO. 48 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, Md. FINE PHOTOGRAPHS. Naval Cadet Class and Athletic Groups, Views of the Naval Academy, Also of Historical Buildings and Colonial Architecture of Annapolis, for sale. Orders by mail promptly attended to. 200 IVM. H. BELLIS KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL ASSORTMENT OF Y JJs rW'UJ MADE TO ORDER IN THE MOST FASHIONABLE STYLE. Naval and Military Uniforms OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS MADE TO ORDER ON REASONABLE TERMS. 201 The Niles Tool Works Company. .MAIN OFFICE AND WORKS: Hamilton. Ohio. BRANCHES: New York. Chicago. Philadelphia. Pittsburg, and Boston. GUN LATHES OF THE LARGEST TYPES. BORING AND TURNING MILLS. HORIZONTAL BORING, DRILLING, AND MILLING MACHINES, Etc., Etc. Boring and Turning l.athe (or Ciuns Irom S-inch to 12-inch Caliber. Weight. 202.000 Pounds. WE would respectfully invite your attention to the machinery we have furnished the dif- ferent Navy Yards and Arsenals of the United States Government We illustrate one of the large Gun Lathes that was furnished Watervliet Arsenal by our Company, and also a Mill. t02-inch swing, which was furnished by us to a manufacturer for use in boring and turning steel Gun Rings. We have furnished in addition Horizontal Boring and Drilling Machines. Boring and Turning Mills. 16 to 24 feet swing, and the heaviest machinery that is in use by the United States Government. We have furnished the Mare Island Navy Yard the largest set of Bending Rolls ever built in this country. The weight of this machine is 2$o tons, and it is used for bending Armor Plate 22 feet long by 2 inches thick. Our machines are in use, and giving perfect satisfaction, in Watertown. Wateivliet. Norfolk. Ports- mouth, Mare Island, and other Arsenals and Navy Yards of the United States Government. Correspondence Invited. Write for our Catalogue. An invitation is extended to visit our 202 Special .Mill (or Boring ami (urning Steel Oun Rings. Swing, io2 inches: Weight. 12.1.000 Lbs. works. RAKERS OF.. hfftfhfhghfh “p ESIGNS and estimates furnished for Presenta- tion Swords, Loving: Cups, and all productions in Gold, Silverware, and fine Stationery U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY -d u. S. MILITARY ACADEMY gy Class Rings :!f!— fe- IFF ANY CO. C’ g Union Square NEW YORK AT _________©1 «II CORRESPONDENCE INVITED J O order will be accepted at a price not consist- ent with the best workman- ship and a quality worthy of the name of the house « 203 F. J. HEIBERGER. Established 1851. 6 sSi= 9 (?) NAVAL.. TAILOR. 10 ■OX? c Sr i© ALL KINDS OF EQUIPMENTS ALWAYS ON HAND. FIFTEENTH ST., WASHINGTON, D. C. CUSHING .. .. COMPANY, TjOOKS LAW........ MEDICAL, . . . CLASSICAL, . . THEOLOGICAL and MISCELLANEOUS. The Text Books Used in the United States Naval Academy. ♦ ♦ ♦ booksellers and Atationers, j J WEDDING INVITATIONS Engraved in the latest style. . Visiting Cards, At Home Cards. Crests. Monograms. Address Dies Engraved to Order. PRINTING- . AND BINDING. 34 West Baltimore Street, . . . BALTIMORE, Md. Stationery HOME, SCHOOL, BANK, COUNTING HOUSE, and PROFESSION AI.. 204 The Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co. 95 aP 97 Liberty St., New York. BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO. LONDON. Manufacturers of Every Variety cf Steam and Power Pumping Machinery. Marine Pumps A Specialty. Air Pumps. ± a ▼ T Circulating Pumps. Feed Pumps. Wrecking Pumps. Bilge Pumps, Etc. ± ± All of the following large United States Navy Vessels are equipped with a complete outfit of BLAKE PUMPS : IOWA, INDIANA, MASSACHUSETTS, BROOKLYN, MINNEAPOLIS, COLUMBIA, NEW YORK, MAINE, AND MANY OTHERS. 205 VyO ' CO 0 V PACTWIttt, Qp ALL KINDS OF MILITARY, SPORTING BLASTING POWDERS GUN COTTON and ELECTRICAL BLASTING APPARATUS. BRANCHES NASHVILLE CHICAGO BUFFALO POTTSVILLE ST. LOUIS DENVER PITTSBURG NEW YORK BALTIMORE NEW ORLEANS 20 f) RICE DUVAL TAILORS £ m :: ' vc-7 vS7 vc-7 m frarmy and Navy 1 Uniforms and Fashionable Civilian Dress. (fe= f v v v MODERATE PRICES v •. 231 Broadway, New York. Opposite New York Post-Office. 207 Insulated Wires and Gables for Aerial, Submarine ani Underground Use. Transmission of Power, Wiring; Buildings, Telegraph, and Telephone Purposes. Write for Samples and Estimates. GENERAL OFFICES: BROADWAY, NEW YORK. -The Weston Standard i Voltmeters ...and... Ammeters for Laboratory Use. ACCURATE, S RELIABLE. S SENSITIVE. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Weston Electrical Instrument Co. 114=120 William Street, NEWARK, N. J. 208 THE DEANE OF HOLYOKE PUMPS AND PUMPING MACHINERY FOR A1ARINE SERVICE, MANUFACTURED BY THE DEANE STEAM PUMP COMPANY, HOLYOKE, MASS. NEW YORK. BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. Vertical Twin Air Pumps. Vertical Duplex Marine Pumps. Boiler Feed Pumps. Fire Pumps. Our Specialties. DEANE DUPLEX BALLAST PUMP. Ballast Pumps. Bilge Pumps. DEANE BOILER FEED PUMP. 209 The MARLBOROUGH CAMERA REVERSIBLE SWINQ BACK RISING ANI) SWING FRONT $X 7. fitted with Rapid Rr tilinr.ir I -ns, I:. L. shutter, and two iMtiblc lloMeis. $Ao. ' r l-i ff 8 X 10. without len .md shutter, . 50. l luitr.itr. 6 ix8',6............................. 45. Hoi'kUt 5 7.................................. 35- The.. Buckeye The simples! nnd best Film Camera Twelve pictures with- out reloading Loaded in Daylight 3' x 3' for Films $X.oo The . . Quad Four Pictures with- out reloading Price, . . $5.00 P A T A I IT P 11 P 1 C D C P I CLIMAX DRV PLATES UH I HLUuUC 1 niL ! The INTERN ATTON A I. AN NT' A I.. Vol. IX., 100 ilhistr.it ions. So practical articles on photography, now ready. Price, 75 cents; postage, 15 cents. ANTHONY’S I'HOTOOKAPHIC lUT.LKTIX. devoted to photography and kindred subjects. Monthly, $1.00 per year; 35 cent per copy. E. Sc H. T. ANTHONY Sc CO., - 591 Broadway, New York. 210 Established 1816. Incorporated 1893, HIS TRADE MARK Guarantees Quality and Price Correctness in Every Detail. Military Goods, Etc A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF REGULATIONS AND . . Price Lists ON APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SERVICE mm. '4- ft MARK TRADE I TRADE MARK REGISTERED. .MAKERS AND IMPORTERS 01 Navy Officers’ Equipments, 211 Jacob Reed’s Sons, Chestnut St, 1412 and 1414, The Choicest Things in PHILADELPHIA. Especial Success... Tailoring ami Outfitting. •JTN providing for young men’s dress needs. Our removal to the beautiful new store at the above address is a fresh departure in enterprise and originality. Clothing, Fur- nishings, Hats, Shoes, Outing Wear, Athletic Specialties of the best at just prices. ROSES... REFERENCE: “The Whole Navy.” or Any Other Flowers. It Does Not Matter where you are, send us your order and we will fill it as well as if you were present. Flowers can be delivered to any part of the country as our agencies are in all large cities. When far from home, and you wish to remember those dear to you, write us and we will furnish them to the exact hour. EDWIN A. SEIDEWITZ, ...FLORIST... Annapolis, Maryland. BRANCH : Baltimore, Md.: 36 W. Lexington Street. 212 (j rford HE popper Robert M. Thompson, Prvsitlrnt. 37 Wall Street, NEW YORK. pper and Nickel melters. ♦ Copper and Nickel Ore, IMalles or 'Bullion 'Purchased, Advances {Made on Consignments for %efining and Sale. Constable's Hook, N. J. Opposite New Brighton, Staten Island. SPECIALTY MADE OF SILVER-BEARING ORES AND MATTES, COPPER INGOTS, WIRE BARS AND CAKES. TTTalleable i | SHOT, PLATES, INGOTS, V XlCKei BARS, SHEETS, WIRE. BEST QUALITY FOR ANODES, GERMAN-SILVER AND NICKEL-STEEL FOR K T- atcs. 213 Cayuga Liake JVIilitary Academy, flurora-on- Cayuga bake, N- V. A thoroughly modern school, healthful location, strict discipline. Prepares for college, technical schools, and the National Military Academies. New steam heating plant and sanitary plumb- ing. Liberal terms to army and navy officers. Col. Vasa E. Stolbnand, Superintendent. AN IDEAL ROUTE to an IDEAL RESORT The Chesapeake Ohio i in the advanced class of railroads. Its service and system are most adequate, and both are maintained in the most exacting manner. From a point of safety it is nearly absolute; for luxury and enjoyment it has no rival. It crosses the very threshold of the world celebrated health resorts of Virginia and her sister State. It brings the Hot Springs ot Virginia within a night's ride of New York or Philadelphia, and eight hours' ride from Washington. V special Pullman compartment car leaves the Pennsylvania Railroad Sta- tion. New York. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at voo p. m„ attached to the Chesapeake Ohio •• F. F. V. Limited, and runs through without change via Wash- ington, arriving at the Springs 9.10 next morning. This train has daily connection at Covington, Ya., for Hot Springs. 25 miles distant on branch line. I hose who have been charmed with the beauties of the Hot Springs Valley in the summer and fall months, will he no less delighted with the sublimity of its environ- ments and its delightfully rare atmosphere during the winter and spring. W bile a great «leal of interest at Hot Springs con1 res in its hath house, which has no equal in America, and in the flowing springs of natural hot water, the curative qualities of which are phenomenal, the high class of its patronage renders the place attractive to those who do not visit it simply as a sanitarium. The New Homestead, unquestionably the finest hotel in the moun- tain regions, is admirably well adapted to all seasons. The heating arrangements are perfect, completely in con- trol, and the ventilation of the rooms and corridors is in thorough command, insuring pure, fresh air at all times without draughts or fluctuations of temperature. Few hotels are better fitted to supply every want and gratify every taste. GEO. '1. BOND, Dist. Pass. Agent, Washington, I). C. Shannon, Miller Grane, 768 BROADWAY, NEW' YORK. One Door Below Ninth Street. Military Goods Caps, Swords, Belts, Shoulder Knots, Shoulder Straps, Epaulettes, Chapeaux, etc. Gold and Silver Trimmings, Flags and Banners. 214 §f?e peppy :©:• See Hydro-Pneumatic fish Ejector. More than 300 in use. ppepapaiopy See Water Tube Boiler. §ehool.... Straight, sub-vertical, solid drawn tubes. No cast metal. Easily cleaned and re- paired. Combined induced and forced FOR THE draught. Low air pressure. Preparation of Candidates Russell-See Electrical Side bight FOR THE Indicator. United States Naval Academy. 'JZ J. A. PERRY, Principal, Graduated U. S. Naval Academy in Class of 893. HORACE SEE. Engineer and naval Architect, No. One Broadway, finnapolis, I?d. NEW YORK. Established 1818. CABLE: J ASM ALL,” N. Y Brooks Brothers, Broadway, cor. 22d Street, J. H. SMALL SONS, New York City. Knickerbocker Suits Pea Jackets, Sweaters, for bicycling and golf. in all weights and colors. Fancy Riding Waist- coats of woolens and Dressing Gowns, Bath cords. Robes, etc. Orchids, Roses, Uiolets, Artistic floral Decorations, The shape, style, and finish of our Ready- made garments for Men, Boys, and Children continue, we believe, to show improvement, and at prices that will compare favorably with articles much inferior in material and work- WASHINGTON. 14 ANO G SlRCCTS. f loi 6 DISTANCE ANO IOCAl NEW YORK ( Teiephone Connections. 1153 Broadway. ' manship. | FORTRESS MONROE. Vfl 215 •: - ;- •: - 'u ■ , � } . I - .r:• ■;r :• Celebrated ■ Oats, Ladies' Round Hats and Bonnets, And the jp ilOlnp Jj ilk I Jn?bi clla. NT VIr m and 180 nFTH AVE., t. 22d nd 23d Sts. INeW Y OrK, |,g, BROADWAY, near Cortlandt St. Chicago, PALMER HOUSE. Philadelphia, 914 chestnut st. Accredited Agencies in all Principal Cities. 216 T23 SAMS®M sr. • PHILADELPHIA • DESIGNERS ARTISTIC ADVERTISING MATTER '� ENGRAVING bV the • HALF-TONE. ZINC ETCHING and • THREE COLOR' PROCESSES. 217 Successors to Black, Starr Frost, Ball, Black Co. Fifth Avenue, Corner 28th St. .... Jewelers DESIGNS and ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR CLASS RINGS Estimates Given Stationery____ for Class Paper, Cards, etc. DCpcirtlllCllt. 218 ilver smiths. Class Rings, medals, Prizes, €tc. In our Special Order Department we are prepared at all times to submit designs and estimates. imons Bro. Co., Silversmiths and Jewelers, 616 and 618 Chestnut Street. 6ft and 613 Sansom Street. Philadelphia. The Atlantic Works, East Boston, Mass. Incorporated 1863. , -T' Steam Yachts, Tow Boats, T5UILDERS OF f • Marine Engines, Boilers Tanks, _ steamships, MARINE RAILWAY. 219 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS PAGE American Ordnance Company..........................................198 Anthony, E. H. T., Co..........................................210 Atlantic Works, The............................................... 219 Beilis, Win. H. Co..............................................201 Black, Starr Frost...............................................218 Blake Mfg. Co.. The Geo. F.........................................205 Brooks Brothers,...................................................215 Buffham............................................................200 Cayuga Lake Military Academy.......................................214 Cheltenham Military Academy........................................200 Chesapeake Ohio R. R.............................................214 Cushing Company..................................................204 Deane Steam Pump Company, The......................................209 Dunlap Co., ... 216 Electro-Tint Engraving Co..........................................217 Hazzard Manufacturing Co., The.....................................200 Heiberger, F. J....................................................204 Horstmann. Wm, H. Company..........................................211 Laflin Rand Powder Co........................................... 206 Niles Tool Works Company, The......................................202 Ochm Co........................................................ .210 Okonite............................................................208 Orford Copper Co.. The.............................................213 Perry Preparatory School, The......................................215 Reed’s Sons, Jacob,................................................212 Rice Duval.................................... .................207 Seidewitz, Edwin A.,...............................................212 Simons Bro. S: Co..................................................219 Shannon, Miller Crane.......................................... 214 Small, J. H. Sons................................................215 See, Horace........................................................215 St. John's Preparatory School.................................... !99 Tiffany Co.......................................................2°3 U. S. N. A. Preparatory School..................................... 97 Weston Electrical Instrument Co....................................208 220 NIMITZ LIBRARY - U S. NAVAL ACADEMY 3 9337 00504 0077 DATE DUE GAYLORD PRINTEOINUSA LUCKY BAG 1897 .il6273527 WKHM