Show CAIRO EGYPT devastated BY FLOOD I 1 ai U V 4 Z g A 77 N A flood the hie like of which tins nas never before been witt witnessed lessed lu in catro cairo sept that ancient city and wrought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage the photograph shows sho a the ruins resembling those left after an earthquake J T TO B BE E E ENSIGNS 11 JN S I 1 G S annapolis md the fact that but bill ono one member of tho the first or graduating elass class of the naval academy was NIs deficient in scholastic work wore during the terra terni just closed insures that tile num ber of graduates will be unless something unexpected happens it Is seldom that flint a midshipman who reaches his final term drops by the wayside the class Is larger by ZO 50 per cent than tho the largest class which has preceded it nt at tho the naval academy and nearly three throes tawes ns as large MS its tho the normal eliss class of recent tars with will slightly more than theiu regular officers lu the lie service when the united states entered the war the commissioning of nearly GOO ensigns will menu that officers can be spared to C carry rry out necessary steps in service young officers cars wilfae rel released ased for postgraduate post graduate work at the naval acad any kiy und and many temporary officers ceis will lie he returned to civil life or to the grades they previously occupied in tile lie avire the graduation of this class clas will restoration of juno june week the commencement period at tile naval academy 0 to o the brilliancy and Inter interest cst of former years but greatly creased in every way baj juno june week lins lias been a rather somber affair for the last two years graduation was a serious business as the graduates were going goin gout out to active duty with ith the fleet under war titu time e conditions dit ions lons there ans as none of the usual social gayet les and the ceremonies and exercises were reduced to a minimum the restrictions placed upon the visits of 0 the public to naval stations prevented the assemblage of tile lie usual great crowd and altogether there was little of bf the gaiety and interest of former years next june nil of these things thalur w will I 1 I 1 I 1 bo be back again but with an increased nt clest in h keeping with hie larace class and the growth growt li of pol pini lii at t to fotr tr thing ylla walli RA the naval academy for a ipek there will b be e a programmer pro gramme of drills arilis and ex crl ses interspersed with gay social events and ending with the presentation to 0 o the graduates of tile the diplomas which menn mean commissions wi as ensigns |