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Captain Kelley's crew will retain the same seating order this week against the midshipmen at Annapolis, as the eight which won on the Charles May 9. Coach Stevens was pleased with the showing of the winning Crimson boat, the greater smoothness of the visiting crews from Philadelphia being explained by their longer time on the water. The small crudities of style are rapidly disappearing, and the eight which faces the Navy this week will undoubtedly be a faster crew than the one which won its first start on the Charles...
This year, the practice cruise of the midshipmen of the Naval Academy will take them far a-water. Admiral Eberle has issued orders. The battle- ships Arkansas, Utah and New York will arrive off Annapolis on May 30. On June 6, the great cruise begins, down the Atlantic Coast and through the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal and up the Pacific Coast to Seattle, then all the way back. Fifty-two days at sea, 39 days in port, 12,060 miles of travel will make up the itinerary...
Rear Admiral Wilson, the retiring commandant, is a man of unusual charm. Under his superintendence the midshipmen at the academy have been allowed considerable more liberty than during previous regimes. Under previous Superintendents, midshipmen, except first class men, were not allowed to go into "town" or to smoke. Admiral Wilson has also allowed more holiday recesses. One of his contributions as Superin- tendent has been a great improvement in the grounds of the Academy...
...place. The new Superintendent was born in Winchester, Va., Was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1889. At three periods since then he has been assigned to duty at the Academy, The last time, 1915-18, when Admiral Eberle (then Captain) was Superintendent, he served as Commandant of Midshipmen...
...Annapolis, midshipmen cheered loudly into an amplifying telephone transmitter. The Naval Academy football eleven, playing Penn State at State College, Pa., heard the loud cheers clearly issuing from a broadcaster on the sidelines...