Judge, 1922-11-18 · page 7 of 36
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# "Recollections of Annapolis Days" This is a nostalgic memoir by Admiral Baron Sotokichi Uriu of Japan's Royal Navy, recounting his four years as a cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis (circa 1881). Uriu reflects warmly on the rigorous academics, athletic competitions (boxing, wrestling, football), and social life—particularly dances with "beautiful young ladies"—that characterized his experience. The article emphasizes the sportsmanship and camaraderie among American and foreign classmates, and notes how supportive local society was toward cadets. A graduation address by President Garfield (assassinated shortly after) inspired the graduating class. The cartoon below, showing fishermen with lobster pots and a warship, appears to be an unrelated humorous sketch, possibly commentary on coastal life or international naval presence—its specific satirical point is unclear from context alone.
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HE four years I spent in Annapolis were pretty hard, as far as the cli room work was concerned. tongue added strang to the under a less intricate side. cadets were games, football and wrestling, boxing, and sham fights—these were among the di- versions that filled much of ourtime. — I have never forgotten the — sportsmanship and spirit of fairness and fellowship which marked my American classmates in the con tests of strength and Recollections Annapolis by Admiral Baron Sotokichi Uriu Royal Japanese Navy cabal. ized that our time « Annapolis was about to end, the gi i sises of 1881 had come. sembled in priv ress of a foreign trenuous duties which a ¢ ny circumstances implied. I must say, however, that we found that life at Annapolis had another and skill. I regard it as being most thoroughly There was dancing, too. ing distance of the beautiful young social functions so highly successful that t easily have overshadowed the ademy were enough dies to make Iways ready to assist us in in my mind our serious work, so were they ever appar- ently glad to acquaint. us with the pas- times of American college life. larking expeditions we hi some reminiscences which an old man had best keep under his hat, or remember only after the exere Ef them fellers runs afoul o’ my lobster pots I’m goin’ to give their capt'in a piece o’ my ud Pr » life of high service was to be brought to an untimely end by an assassin’s bullet two weeks later, de- livered the graduation address. theme has stuc’ “Led nothing to luc! advised us. “Be su everything, no matter how much work The ver since. k,” the President f yourselves in Mr. (later ata (a Admiral) Japanese classmate) and I returned to our native country, with a feeling that the six years spent in Amer- ica could not have been better spent. We could hardly have (Continued on page 27)