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Secession

I eliminated a factually inaccurate claim that Lincoln disbanded the Maryland legislature. In fact, Governor Hicks originally refused to even call the legislature into session in order to avoid a debate on secession. Later the legislature met and did not propose secession. The arrest of some legislators came after this meeting and the decision was originally made by military leaders, not Lincoln. In any event, it does not seem appropriate to discuss the various political and military machinations that went on in Maryland in this particular article. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 16:49, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:United States Naval Academy/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

This article needs some improvements for it to keep its good article status.

Several sections and paragraphs are uncited, including:
- Most of the paragraphs in "Description"
- Several paragraphs in "History"
- "Campus (The Yard)" is unreferenced
- Most of "Halls and principal buildings" also
- All of "Faculty"
- And so on.

Please keep this page updated with the article's status, thanks. Gary King (talk) 23:08, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No improvements made since this review began, so it is being delisted. Gary King (talk) 21:43, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Green Bowlers

There was a report in 1942, that a tiny group of USNA alumni (from 1907 or thereabouts) had banded together to form a secret clique to ensure that they each made admiral. It was called "The Green Bowlers" and apparently received quite a bit of publicity. See Time letter for one. Probably other refs out there.

Anyway, inspired by this piece of information an entire class of then-brand new grads (1945 I think) decided that they were going to be the "Green Bowlers" (the identity of the others being credibly secret!) and showed up for alumni meetings in, appropriately, and anything-but-discrete, bright-green bowlers! The idea was quite funny at the time. Don't know where mention would go. The first "real" group, which encountered extreme suspicion and publicity, should go somewhere. The second is more for fun than anything else.Student7 (talk) 23:46, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shoeless graduation

A "prank" that might be mentioned is the class of 1952 who stepped out of their shoes when parading for the final time. See description which sounds worse than what I had heard. That wouldn't even be tried today, I don't think. Whatever possessed them? :) This is a good ref BTW which could be used for contructing a sentence someplace. Student7 (talk) 00:01, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually this occurs now annually JWithing (talk) 19:41, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The practice has been actively supressed by the administration in recent years. During the 2007 color parade, the firstie class removed their shoes, and some even sent them flying through the air. Subsequent classes have been threatened with delayed graduation as there is a shoe inspection which follows every color parade now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.122.53.7 (talk) 13:57, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citations needed

Following up on the GA review comments, this article is missing enough citations it doesn't qualify for Milhist B-class. I added some citations on the Midshipman article which might be helpful. Kirk (talk) 20:59, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ricketts Hall namesake

In the subsection on Halls and principal buildings, there is a building called Ricketts Hall. I looked up "Ricketts" and found the following 2 USNA alumni:

Claude V. Ricketts (1906–1964), United States naval admiral
Milton Ernest Ricketts (1913–1942), United States Navy Lieutenant and Medal of Honor recipient

Is one of them the namesake of Ricketts Hall? Eagle4000 (talk) 05:34, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Oops, I forgot to include a subject header.) Eagle4000 (talk) 05:36, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marines

Are there any differences between what those who go into the Marines do while at the Naval Academy compared to those who go into the Navy. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 08:08, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

chapel restoration

Under United States Naval Academy#Halls and principal buildings, at "Naval Academy Chapel", the final sentence says: "From February 2009 to the late fall of 2009, the Chapel is undergoing a restoration project, severely limiting its space, capacity and usage." Is the renovation completed? Eagle4000 (talk) 00:37, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

yes, done last fall - see http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/10/24-19/Naval-Academy-Chapel-restoration-complete.html Jmdeur (talk) 17:55, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hubbard Hall

United States Naval Academy #Campus gives the name of each building's namesake. I just added Hubbard Hall. I then looked up Hubbard (surname); it has only one entry for a USN officer: "Harry Hubbard (1903-1942), American naval officer". His page says USS Harry E. Hubbard is named for him. Is he the building's namesake? If so, we should (1) add his name to the Hubbard Hall paragraph and (2) add Hubbard Hall to his bio page, with a link to United States Naval Academy #Campus. Eagle4000 (talk) 19:02, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]