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the ship is jarred, jolted and tested in an effort to leam her faults and strengthen them. To give endurance, agility, and confidence to the Naval officer, athletics is unsurpassed, The ability to appreciate team- ! 4 worlt and to command under g Ere develops to its highest degree in the AC2ClCl'IflY sports pmgfgm. S - ii xg At last the warship receives ' 9 i -2 her orders and steams to join the Fleet-its crew well-drilled, its ' guns well-aligned, and the ship iwelf an evidence of the world's finest Naval workmanship. But no ship was ever prepared with more care and thought to join the Fleet than the graduating midshipman has been prepared over his years at the Academy to commence his career as a Naval officer. The finished ship, however powerful and well-made, is but a part of the entire Fleet. Even so, the graduating class at the Naval Academy is 1 but one of the many classes of 4.1 ,Qi- the past and the last of many asa. uri.-grim --w Z more to come. 5: The Navy Yards have fur- - . '. 5' 'Ni' ..,.,q--,L,,, NY nished the shipsg the Naval ' ' .sai- Academy has furnished a por- tion of the men who guide ' -fir them. lt is our profound desire that both these products of our nation will remain S0 efficient and so alert that they will never again be Called to defend our country. 'k CONTE The Yard . . Administration . Biographies . . Plebe Year . Youngster Year . First Class Year . Athletics .... First Class Spring . Underclasses . . . lndex of First Class ..... Advertising . . . S 14 28 50 184 310 340 370 404 434 462 457
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Ships and men grow strong together ning has resulted in the Navy whose performance is second to none. The proper design and layout of its course of in- struction has always played an important role at Annapolis. also. Over the period of its history, the Naval Academy has constantly sought to End the V , best possible system of producing .Q , V the best possible Naval officers. X if i lv l fill nj T I me I N rf l , yy X l Not all of these changes have been I successful, not does the Academy ll? 1' -as S ' ' system lack its critics, but no one 4 has questioned the war-proven re- 'fv sults of an Annapolis education. Iron ore from Minnesota, timber from the West, steel from the mills of Alabama and Pennsylvania and California, pro- ducts from a thousand other areas flow to the Navy Yard. An entire nation plays a role in the production of its Fleet. ln a much similar pattern come the candidates to Annapolis. From every state, territory, and many a Southern neighbor arrive the men who will rise to lead their country's Navy. After the planning stage has f been completed and the mate- 5 rials gathered, the initial step of - ' lx, QL construction is taken and the keel 1- 5 ' of the new warship is laid. It is Tx It 9 axiomatic that upon the strength 9-day V E 'yi of the keel depends the strength f of the ship. Similarly upon a ' l 'Q Naval of'Hcer's Plebe Year depends much of his achieve- ments in the Fleet. The molding of character, the instilled dis- cipline and loyalty developed during this first year furnishes, not only a wealth of wardroom steric, but a firm founda- tion for the future. Months of labor followed the i laying of a ship's keel, climaxed, VFIQ' at length, by its launching and Vif-'ffgf ' 323' . . f'.g,MX 5j 'ggi a period of outfittmg at the dock- side. Guns must be emplaced, L-'A' 4 7 -l,' . l X: qblnm 'l . Ai AW i' . i fire-control instruments installed, -IT: :E I di and the warship made ready for i. ,F .: s its duty. At the Naval Academy, plebe year draws to a close, and a new clas is launched to spend its remaining period as underclassmen in preparation for Erst class year. Drills and recitations stretch on for what seems an interminable length, but, as the ship must be out- '. - ' fitted, so the undergraduate must absorb the required knowledge in order that he, too, may be 3 ready for duty. 1 ' ll ' -1. rf f , nf . ,Iii F 1--1 55 : Ejrw' , ' V .- Y AQ: Amid ceremony and crowds L X 51, ,kt I' of well-wishers, the completed ':l ' A ship Ls commissioned. Still unready for sea duty, the ship has yet to become a full-fledged and accredited member of the Fleet and with her new crew aboard begins the final period before leaving the yard. Each June, at Annapolis, a new class receives their class rings amid the ceremony of the Ring Dance. This event announces their new rank as lirst class, and the commencement of the last year before joining the Fleet. An invaluable aid in the production of a well-built Naval vessel is its shake- down cruise. On this cruise, at drill and practice,
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