Son's Sword

ARMY & NAVY

Next to having a son decorated for bravery in battle--and fathers do not hanker for battles for their sons--it" is pleasing to a U. S. fighting man to have a son take graduating honors at West Point or Annapolis. Such was the pacific pleasure last week of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, desk chief of the Navy's air forces. Other midshipmen graduated last week by the U. S. Naval Academy took prizes for excellence in navigation, high standing in special studies, knowledge of current events, skill with small sailing craft, and well expressed ideas on thrift. Brisk, wiry Midshipman George H. Moffett's prize was the sword presented by last year's graduating class to that cadet "who has contributed most of his officerlike qualities and positive character to the development of the naval spirit and loyalty within the regiment." Besides the abstract virtues, Midshipman Moffett's attainments include handiness with his fists. He was on the undefeated Navy boxing team.

Besides the "officerlike" sword, the Class of 1927 presented Annapolis with a window for the chapel entitled "The Commission Invisible," symbolizing the Navy's unspoken obligations. The window was unveiled last week. Also dedicated was a bronze tablet to the late Commander John Rodgers who, after having flown from California to Hawaiian waters, plunged to accidental death in the Delaware at Philadelphia.