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April 19,
1930 Hubbard Hall boathouse is dedicated. It is named for Rear Admiral John Hubbard (USNA 1870), first Navy crew stroke. October 30, 1930 The Naval Academy curriculum is accredited by the Association of American Universities. May 1, 1931 Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart becomes superintendent. May 25, 1933 President Franklin Roosevelt signs into law an act of Congress providing for the Bachelor of Science degree for Naval, Military, and Coast Guard academies. June 18, 1934 Rear Admiral David F. Sellers becomes superintendent. July 8, 1937 An act of Congress extends to the superintendent authority to award the Bachelor of Science degree to all living graduates. 1938 The Reverend Charles B. Carpenter presents Admiral David Glasgow Farragut's Prayer Book (used on board his flagship Hartford during the Civil War). It is encased in the chapel. February 1, 1938 Rear Admiral Wilson Brown becomes superintendent. June, 1938 Chaplain William N. Thomas introduces the "Prayer of a Midshipman," which he has written at the graduation service for the class of 1938. 1939 Naval Academy Museum building, later named Preble Hall, is dedicated. The Dispensary building is completed. This will later be used for Foreign Languages and will be named Leahy Hall. Still later it will house the Candidate Guidance Office. |
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