The previous day, FDR reviewed the proposed retail merchants' code. He then attended the installation of the new president of Washington College, where he was also conferred an honorary doctorate. The logbook notes that Thomas C. Hart, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, boarded the Sequoia an hour prior to the presidential party's arrival. On October 22nd, the ship sustained minor damage with a puncture in the planking on the port bow above the waterline.