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1890
The Navy "N" varsity athletic
letter is introduced.
June 13, 1890
Captain Robert L. Phythian becomes superintendent.
November 29, 1890
The Naval Academy football team first
plays and defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0.
1891
The Naval Academy Athletic Association
is founded by Commander Colby M. Chester.
1892
The colors of the Naval Academy are designated
blue and gold. This ends the tradition of each class selecting its
own colors.
1893
Bill the Goat makes his debut as Navy's
mascot.
Midshipman Joseph M. Reeves (USNA 1894) invents the first football
helmet.
1894
The yearbook Lucky Bag is first published.
November 15, 1894
Captain Philip H. Cooper becomes superintendent.
1895
The Board of Visitors, of which Robert
Means Thompson is a member, condemns the Academy's inadequate facilities
and recommends new buildings to replace those erected during the
administration of Admiral Porter. Mr. Ernest Flagg, an eminent New
York architect, develops an architectural and topographical master
plan for a new academy. He and Robert Thompson prepare a comprehensive
plan for rebuilding the entire Naval Academy.
Thompson Trophy for best all-round athlete is established.
January, 1896
The Board of Survey endorsed the Flagg
grand Beaux Arts style plan to rebuild the Naval Academy.
April 23-August, 1898
The Spanish-American War begins. At the
outset of the war, 2,307 midshipmen had graduated from the Naval
Academy. Dewey, Sampson, and Schley are among graduates who win
new combat luster for the school.
July 15, 1898
Rear Admiral Frederick V. McNair becomes superintendent.
July 16, 1898
Following the American naval victory at
Santiago, Admiral Cervera and other officers of the Spanish Navy
are quartered in Academy buildings as "prisoners of war,"
though they are soon paroled and spend the summer enjoying the hospitality
of Academy personnel and Annapolis society more as guests than prisoners.
1899
Park Benjamin, class of 1867, designs the Naval Academy Seal. This
is approved and adopted by the Navy Department. The seal is a hand
grasping a trident, below which is a shield bearing an ancient galley
coming into action. Below that is an open book, indicative of education.
The motto is Ex Scientia Tridens: From Knowledge, Sea Power.
The Army-Navy football game is held for
the first time in Philadelphia (Franklin Field). The score was Army
17 - Navy 5.
March 28, 1899
Construction begins on Dahlgren Hall,
first building of the "New Naval Academy."
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