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April 28, 1950
Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill becomes superintendent.
September 2-4, 1950
First open house held for parents of plebes
-- origin of Plebe-Parents Weekend.
November 21, 1951
The Postgraduate School moves from Annapolis
to Monterey, California.
1952
Navy 8-oared crew win gold medal at Olympic
Games in Helsinki, Finland, and are National Intercollegiate Champions.
August 4, 1952
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy becomes superintendent.
1954
Tradition of mandatory Sunday afternoon
"tea fights" resumes.
August 12, 1954
Rear Admiral Walter F. Boone becomes superintendent.
1955
Tradition of greasing Herndon Monument
for plebe climb to exchange plebe hat for midshipman's is started.
This signals the start of graduation events.
March 15, 1956
Rear Admiral William R. Smedberg, III
becomes superintendent.
1957
Academy's first field house, later named
for Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, is completed.
June 27, 1958
Rear Admiral Charles L. Melson becomes
superintendent.
September 26, 1959
The Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is dedicated. There are dedicatory
letters from President Eisenhower, Vice-President Nixon, Secretary
of Defense McElroy, Secretary of the Navy Franke, Chief of Naval
Operations Arleigh Burke, Commandant of the Marine Corps R. McC.
Pate, and Naval Academy Superintendent C. L. Melson. Neil McElroy's
letter is headed "Non Sibi Sed Patriae," words that are
inscribed over the doors of the chapel. He cites "the spirit
of Annapolis where service is 'Not for self, but for country.'"
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