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...Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas," wrote Virgil, but in this instance much more fortunate is he who can divine the results of the new course at Annapolis. Those whose illusions concerning the virile midshipman, puissant hero of the boxing ring, the gridiron and the crows nest of a cruiser battling a nasty northwestern, have been shattered are warned against visualizing future admirals in knickers wielding mashles. There are some things, which a narrow deck and a heaving ocean will not permit. Golf might be said to come under the general category...
...strange case of Midshipman Earl B. Zirkle of Kansas, who would not accept an ensign's commission on graduation from the U. S. Naval Academy last June came last week to an impasse...
...through the summer Midshipman Zirkle pondered his decision. In 1925 the rule had been made that every Annapolis man must serve two years as ensign after graduation (TIME, Feb. 9, 1925). A fortnight ago, Midshipman Zirkle reconsidered; Secretary of the Navy Curtis Dwight Wilbur approved his commission. Then a few days later, at a conference with Secretary Wilbur and Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton, superintendent of the Naval Academy, he balked again, said he has a conscientious objection to continuing in the service...
Last week he was ordered to leave Annapolis on board the transport Chaumont, bound for San Francisco, where he will continue indefinitely the role of midshipman on the Pacific fleet. So Midshipman Zirkle, who might have been an ensign with greater pay and privileges, with the opportunity of an honorable discharge in two years, is still a "middy" as long as the Navy wants to keep him. It is expected, however, that he will be allowed to resign in two years when the spirit of the regulation will have been served. The question: if young Midshipman Zirkle is really...
Orpheum--"Midshipman", continuous...