The New England magazine . lfunctions and make a report to the Secre- 9° NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE tary of the Navy containing recommenda-tions for the future conduct of the acad-emy, which, as a rule, are politely but thor-oughly ignored. Annapolis is a paradise for girls in JuneWeek, and they come flocking from Wash-ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and allother cities of the United States to dance,go canoeing, and flirt with the midshipmen,who have enlarged liberty during JuneWeek; and in Washington and Baltimoreparticularly it is a part of a girls coming out classes now being at their fullest qu
The New England magazine . lfunctions and make a report to the Secre- 9° NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE tary of the Navy containing recommenda-tions for the future conduct of the acad-emy, which, as a rule, are politely but thor-oughly ignored. Annapolis is a paradise for girls in JuneWeek, and they come flocking from Wash-ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and allother cities of the United States to dance,go canoeing, and flirt with the midshipmen,who have enlarged liberty during JuneWeek; and in Washington and Baltimoreparticularly it is a part of a girls coming out classes now being at their fullest quota andthere having been no June ball previouslysince 1901, owing to the fact that the mid-shipmen have been graduated ahead oftime in the intervening years because of thegreat necessity for increasing the number ofofficers. Those who knew the Naval Academy inthe old days, as they say,—that is, be-fore the modern buildings were constructed,—complain that the atmosphere has beendestroyed, along with the grand old trees. Entrance to Bancroft Hall, in which lie temporarily the remains of John Paul Jones to attend the academy hop. The largedances are held in the new armory, an im-mense building with a floor like polishedglass, but unfortunately so solid, the floorsbeing laid upon thick asphalt, that thosewho dance upon it generally complain ofblistered toes the next morning. At thisyears class cotillion the girls all wore whitedresses and the boys white uniforms withyellow sashes, the decorations of the vasthall were also in white, and the sight whenthe german was at its height was beautifuland impressive. The June ball was thelargest in the history of the academy, the that had to be removed to make way for themodern buildings. These structures arevery fine and very costly, but somehow theyseem to have been designed without refer-ence to the local surroundings, and, more-over, many of them are ill adapted to thepurposes for which they are to be used, andsome are already being
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