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One Hundred Days Lyle Lecture Introrhiees Cadets to Origin Of One Hundred Days Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, March 3, 1967 Number 19 Developinput Plan Lyle Lecture Introrhiees Cadets JSeeds $10 Million To Origin of Traditional Ballad In Six Year Period A ballad is a form of narrative closely associated with the epic tra- verse transmitted by oral tradition dition in literature and is the work Expenditures of $10 million dol- usualy dealing with themes of I of several authors from a unifica- lars, to be taken from the General love or death. Mrs. Katie Letcher I tion of collected tales. The narra- Fund of the Commonwealth of Vir- Lyle explained this literature by j tor sings of love, violence, and ginia, have been recommended in lecture and recital on Monday even- death in an objective tone showing the recently completed VMI Pro- ing in Lejeune Hall. Mrs. Lyle I impassivity to tragedy natural to posed Capital Outlay Plan of 1968- who teaches American literature the community. The action of cru- 1974. and Humanities at Southern Sem- I cial incident dealt with is all-im- Six Year Plan inary, holds a B. A. from Hollins ' portant to the ballad which is not The six year development plan, College, a Masters Degree from I en-.bellished by subtitles or criti- prepared at the governor's request, Johns Hopkins, and is presently i cism. As Mrs. Lyle explained the is not a budget; it does not even working towards a PhD. at Van- i living ballad is "better" than any assure that such funds will be ap- derbilt University. of its individual creators, as by propriated. It does, however, out- Mrs. Lyle explained the origin, constant amendment and addition, line in general terms major fiscal tradition, and subject matter of it reflects the best in style of each requests that will be made in the the ballad in her lecture, after generation. It remains continually three included biennia. By its na- which she illustrated these points germane to each succeeding age, ture as a capital outlay program, by singing several English and includes only those expendi- American ballads. existing as a "living" tale whose tures for new or additional facili- Associated With Epic Tradition truth is reflected by its envir- ties, property and equipment and The ballad is considered to be onment. for major renovations and remodel- TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY was celebrated by some brave (and ing. still anonymous) Texans on Thursday with the Lone Star State First Priority Hag. The flag was neatly secured with a padlock to prevent the Of "Priority 1" is the $3.2 mil- guard team from running up the traditional Virginia flag. Alamo lion dollars to be requested-in the bay is still coming up ... 1968 budget for the purpose of constructing a multipurpose audi- t-orium at thi extreme west end of Alumni Field. The building will ISew W&L FM Radio Station combine a 6,000 seat sports arena with a 3,000 seat auditorium. Tranitmits First Broacleast Auditorium Proposed This building is proposed to rem- j Washington and Lee University's station shortly before it went on edy several problems. Foremost is new radio station^ A\1LUR-FM made the air. 0. \V. Riegel, head. o]E..the the necessity of having a single its initial broadcast Monday night ijoumalism department and e.xecu- facility capable of seatin? the en- with only a few minor hitches. |tive vice president of the station, tire Corps at one time. It will also ".A. new station rarelv operates extended his congratulations to the be used for graduation exercises, to peifection during ' its first ^ WLUR staff and expressed pleas- concerts, major lec.ures, and so night of broadcasting." commented ^^'ith the new station's pro- foith. As such it would be far su- Charles E. Winston. WLUR sta- gi'an^ming. perior to our improvised "folding tion manager and W&L instructor: WLUR will continue broadcast- chair auditorium."—^Cocke Hall. in journalism and communications.: music and special pro- Sports Arena "The basic problems were in grams each week night from 7 to production, due largely to the fact H P™- ^-pecial feature of the As a sports arena, the building that we were operating under a f^^st week of broadcasts are tape will alleviate crowded conditions new format. We made a few mis-!recordings of Washington and Lee's in the field house. It will give ths takes, but there were no major recent '-Contact" symposium. Sche- basketball team a place of its own difficulties and we will correct ^uled for broadcast are speeches and will permit the field house them in time " ' Richmond Flowers Wednesday, to be devoted completely to win- Mr. Winston said the quality of , Frederick Wilhelmsen Thursday See CAPITAL OUTLAY Page 2 WLUR's lO-watt signal on 91.5'Tom Wolfe Friday. Each will megacycles "was predicted." Fifty-between. 10-11 p.m. five persons called the station re-, questing a special post card com-! y]\f J RepuljlioailS Motpd Composer memorating the first night ofj * broadcasting. A majority of them;,v , .. » .. j To Give Lectures reported receiving a strong signal'JJelegatlOll AtteildS and expressed pleasure with thei programming. ' Statt^ ('.Oil VeiltlOIl IA t Lee Chapel The reports came from all over V.Oll>fllHUIl Rockbridge County—and through pip,..,, .-PHrPSPntPd the Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-.\m- some electronic quirk, even from 'f" lepiesented the I erican composer, will present lec- the University of ^•orth Dakota. Republicans at State from where a student reported Convention in ArUngton, Virginia, j ture recitals here Tuesday and picking up the initial broadcast, this past weekend; the eleven ca- j Wednesday, under the auspices of One person heard the program dets were club officers Jim Whae- I the Washington and Lee Concert hile driving north of Lexington: ler, Tom Blair. Jeff O'Connell, i Guild. on U. S. 11. and said the signal' Brad Worthington: committee i Mr. Chou will speak both nights KATIE LETCHER LYLE. Southern Seminary English Professor, remained strong up to six miles j chairmen Rebel Good. Paul Bross, in Lee Chapel, beginning at 8 gave a lecture-recital on "the American Ballad" last Monday ia away Persons in Buena \jsta re-, j ^^^ members ! o'clock, and will illustrate his lec-' Lejeune Hall. port^ good rece,.tion It they had p^^^ ^ ^ ^ gj,j ! tures with slides and tape re- outside antennas, but generally not cordings. without them. , , ^ "Music East and West: Old and studies. When the Japanese occu- ing wi:h Varese, undertook gradu- OBS newsman Roger Mudd. a Elect Convention Officers New" will be his topic on Tues- pied Shanghai he Jeft for free ate work with Otto Luening at Wasnington and Lee graduate,} The purjwse of tiie convention iday, and "The Influence of Edgard China, and began training as an Columbia University. Here he re- vired his best wishes to the new' was to elect Federation officers for ; Varese on Contemporary Music" engineer at Kwangsi University in ; ctived a master's degiw in music I the next two years. The VMI de)e- will be the subject of his Wednes- Kewilin. When the Japane.se ad- in 1954. I gation cast twenty-two votes, the I Major General Frank H. Brit- |day night talk. vanced toward the city he fled to Meanwhile Mr. Chau's composi- 1 fourth largest representation in ton, Deputy Commanding Gen- Chungking, where he graduated tions were beginning to be per- the state. Upon arrival at the Mr. Chou, who for a time was eral of the First U S. Army, from the University with a B.S. ; formed in this country, in Europe i Marriott Motor Hotel, the delega- composer-in-residence at the Uni- made an informal visit to VMI degree in civil engineering at the j and in .Asia, including three per- I tion conducted a series of meet- versity of Illinois, has filled vari- Wednesday, March 1. His pur- end of the war. • foi mances by Leopold Stokowski ings with delegates from other ' ous posts in the music department pose was to visit the Superin- I: dubs and several chairmen for the I 01 Columbia University since 1955,; In the fall of 1946 Mr. Chou re- and the San Francisco Symphony tendent, rrciVssor of Mili- •-•andidates, including those for Ma- : where he is now a professor of: ceived a scholarship in architec- 'in 1953. .A commission from the tary Science, and the Dean. son Green and S. Strother Smitii composition and lecturer in ethno- ture from Yale University and cams i See NOTED COMPOSER Page 2 He toured the Post aud observ- III. ; musiclogy. to the United States. The urge to ed the .Military Science Depai't- I'nit Vote Upheld The composer was born in Chen- devote himself to musical compo- nient. Saturday morning the VMI de- I foo, China in 1923, and in boyhood sition was so strong that he turned BIOODMOH1IE WILL VISIT His visit was part cf an in- legation decision to vote by unit i traveled widely in his country, cul- i to the New England Conservatory VMI .\GAIN ON MAHCH 14 15. formal tour of schools in the rule was challenged before the ' tivating interest in both Chinese' of Music in Boston where he studi- 300 PINTS IS THE GOVL area to observe the KOTC de- Credentials Committee, but was up- and Western music. The Japanese, ed on scholarship with Nicholis PERMISSION CARDS AVAIL- paitmeiits and call un the school I held by a unanimous vote. The de- invasion in lfi37 disrupted his j Slonimsky. In 1S49 he came to ABLE FROM officials and FMS.
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