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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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The U.S. Navy banned the defunct secret 'Green Bowlers' society of the Naval Academy after a probe by Rear Adm. Frank J. Lowry found it had limited negative impact on morale, despite no overall good or harm. Society started in 1907.
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BANNED BY NAVY
Secret
Academy Society
Ousted Following Probe
By Admiral
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21
Three years after a 35-year-old secret Naval Academy society the "Green Bowlers", died a "natural death", the Navy formally banned it today.
None around the Navy Department admits knowing what has become of the "Green Bowl," or its origin, but anyway its banned.
The legend is that some dashing young midshipmen got together first in 1907 to try out tobacco, sing and quench their thirst at a Green Bowl. As the years went by rumor had it that to have been a member of the Green Bowlers while a student was a good way to get along later in the Navy.
After a two months investigation Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry, in cooperation
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cooperation with Naval Intelligence the Navy released a report to the effect that it never did any good or any harm to have been a Green Bowler. But the investigators found there had been adverse effect on service morale to a limited degree.
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Nov. 21
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the society died a natural death three years prior but was formally banned today. investigation report stated it did no good or harm but had adverse effect on service morale to a limited degree.
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Three years after the 35-year-old secret Naval Academy society 'Green Bowlers' died a natural death, the Navy formally banned it following a two-month investigation by Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry in cooperation with Naval Intelligence. The society originated in 1907 when midshipmen gathered to try tobacco, sing, and quench their thirst at a Green Bowl. Rumors suggested membership helped advancement in the Navy.