0 MACDONOUGH HALL The monument in the foreground is dedicated to Japa- nese Ambassador Hirosi Saito, long-time friend of F. D. Roosevelt, who was Secretary of the Navy when they met. He was serving as naval attache with the Japanese Embassy in Washington when he died, two years before Pearl Harbor. MacDonough Hall gymnasium is named for Commodore Thomas MacDonough, a Naval hero in the War of 1812. It's approximately 400 feet long and 100 feet wide, and includes boxing rings, wrestling and fencing lofts, and an area known to the Brigade as "Misery Hall." Veterans of our wars may correctly guess that's a calisthenics instruction area.

 CREW WITH RACING SHELL In one recent year the Naval Academy produced three national championship teams in lacrosse (North America's oldest sport), soccer and crew! And Navy's 8-man shell is always ranked among the "top five" nationally. A midshipman's day begins with reveille at 0600. Classes start at 0800. Athletics and extra-curricular activities take up his time from 1600 to the evening meal. After chow, there is a compulsory study period. Who was it said, "Better to wear out than to rust out"?

 SAILING ON THE SEVERN RIVER Weekend sailing trips give the midshipmen of Annapolis a chance to see nearby ports (if not the world) on Chesa- peake Bay. There are no reliable statistics to confirm an old Navy saying that a sailor has a "girl in every port," but there is little doubt that these short cruises spread Navy spirit throughout this storied section of the USA. Bay country is, as if you didn't know, world-famous for its shell fish—clams, crabs, and oysters. The people here are close to the sea and always have been. And it was but a few miles up-bay at Fort McHenry that Francis Scott Key composed the "Star Spangled Banner" as a British fleet attacked Baltimore in 1814 during the War of 1812. There may be few who remember that Annapolis was, for a short time in 1783-1784, capital of the United States. It was here that General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress. Did you know the Revolutionary War came to an end in Annapolis? It is true. The "Treaty of Paris" was ratified by Congress in the old Maryland State House!

 NOON FORMATION Here, in Tecumseh Court in front of Bancroft Hall, mid- The "yard" (Navy-ese for the Campus) is located at confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay, once the site of Fort Severn—an old Army garrison. Surrounding the Academy on the landward side is the city of Annapolis, Maryland's capital. The State House, is the oldest in current use—the legislature has met here since Maryland was a British Colony. Some of the city's streets » retain their Colonial names—"Prince George" and "Duke of Glouster."

 SAILBOATS IN SANTEE BASIN Sailing is easily the most popular extracurricular activity at the Academy, with almost 1,000 midshipmen taking part in competitive or recreational sailing. Skills and knowledge used by sailors for centuries in | bringing ships safely home to port are as applicable today as ever. Sailing instruction is a required course. And Navy's collegiate fleet is the largest in the country! shipmen march to lunch. Visitors to the Academy are priv- ileged to witness this formation. Drill and discipline are still very much a part of Academy life. At one time, the midshipmen marched in small groups to every class. To- day's midshipman marches only to meals. Formations such as these promote pride in the service and train the ability to obey, needed by all those destined to command.

VIEW-MASTER REEL TWO 0 MIDSHIPMEN STUDYING IN QUARTERS Bancroft Hall is the largest dormitory in the world. It contains tailor, shoe repair, and barber shops; a store, a sick bay, and dental clinic. The entire Bri- gade of 4,000 midshipmen eats and sleeps in the hall. The Academy's modernized curriculum now trends away from an old "trade school" concept. Mid- shipmen today deal with basic "truths" rather than technical de- tail. Studies include nuclear propulsion, naval architecture, and the Science Of Oceanography, The Naval Academy Library

NAVIGATION TRAINING The sextant (shown here) is an instrument used in meas- uring the elevation or angle of the stars above the horizon. Three or more observations lead to a definite "fix" of position for the navigator, Modern aids to navigation (radio, radar, sonar) are the order of the day. The Academy's course of instruction covers them, too. But, though the aged sextant has taken a "back seat" in the navigator's bag, there is still no more accurate instrument (when properly read by an expert mariner) than the old "star-shooter"!

 DINING AREA Like statistics? Get a load of these: This Mess Hall is the largest single dining room in the world. It seats the whole Brigade (12 men to a table) at one time! And it re- quires just three minutes to serve them. What do midshipmen eat? Well, they go through 900 dozen eggs, 12,000 pancakes, 4,000 quarts of milk, 4,000 pounds of meat, 2,000 pounds of green vegetables and about 1,500 loaves of bread each day! That's a pretty good average. Any mother would agree when this is called "a three- time-a-day miracle."

 THE ROTUNDA—BANCROFT HALL Within the main entrance of Bancroft Hall is an impres sive rotunda, decorated with murals depicting historic naval engagements. The stairway (shown in this view) leads to Memorial Hall, where—among other reminders of the Navy's past—Admiral Perry's "Don't give up the ship" flag is on display. Adjacent to the rotunda is a sample mid- shipman's room for the curious visitor. Take another look at the map on the preceding page. Bancroft Hall is really big! It has eight wings. Surely, the midshipmen need some navigation training just to find the way from the mess hall to their rooms.

 A VIEW FROM BANCROFT HALL The Naval Academy's original 10-acre tract has grown in the years since 1845. With earth-fills to the tidal basin surrounding it, the Yard now includes 309 acres. And that gives a midshipman plenty of room to stroll with his "drag" (a date, if you prefer that term). While taking in the sights, a midshipman would certain- ly show his girl Tecumseh—the "God of C" (Navy's passing grade). That's a must! Then, for luck in his examinations, he might ask (as many have) that she join him in throwing pennies at the old Indian. That's tradition, too. What this slender narrative is attempting to say is that life at Annapolis is well-rounded. From the time of President Polk to the present, 35,000 young men have graduated at the Academy. Each has learned there's more to life than granny knots! Midshipmen in Noon Formation near Bancroft Hall

 MIDSHIPMEN STUDYING IN QUARTERS Michelson Hall was completed in 1968—part of a $55 million construction program at the Yard. It is named for Albert Michelson (class of 1873), the first American to win the Nobel Prize in physics. The Hall was built on the field used by Prof. Michelson, then an Academy instructor, in the first successful attempt to measure the speed of light. His work provided a vital link in man's chain of knowledge from the atom theory to Einstein's theory of relativity and useful atomic energy. ETC