NUMBER 16 Midwinters Will Swing To Music Ot Commanders Adm. Radford Heads Band Offers Top Soloists; Mid-Winter Dances Spring Speaker List Taylor Vocalist The V. M. /. Hop Committee The traditional Midwinter dances Friday night, the jifteenth of February Long Talks at VMI following close upon semes- 1956.1957 Second Classmen ter exams and makeovers are the from big break between Christmas and COL. CARRINGTON C. TUTWILER, JR., February 20 Lead Dean's^List Easter for cadets and their girls. 10'til 2 o'clock This year the VMI Commanders Faculty Advisor A list of guest speakers who will provide the music for the formal For First Term GEORGE W. SYDNOR, JR., President speak to the Corps during the dance on Friday night and the in- remainder of the year has been formal dance on Saturday night. Saturday night, the sixteenth of February Playing both smooth and jazz and DAVID T. DUNN, Vice-President announced. The Second Class leads the jump numbers, the Commanders semester Dean's List (formerly from CARTER V. FOX, Business Manger Admiral Arthur Radford, chair- known as the Honor List) for the furnish some of the most dance- able music of any college dance MARVIN REINSTEIN, Treasurer man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, first semester with sixteen plac- 9'til 12 o'clock will make the commencement ad- ing. Close behind are the Rats band in the South. dress at Virginia Military Institute with thirteen. The Firsts are last. The Leader in June, it was announced Satur- First Class Leading on tenor sax is George Miedmeyer with Greg Taylor feat- day. The graduation exercises will Gilmore, W. F. Ala. ured on the vocals with some of 1. 6. , be held June 11. Hargrave, M. I., Jr. V. Kyle, J. C. Va. his famous and inimitable arrange- The Admiral tenatively is sche- Nichols, S. E., Jr. Va. ments. Other special features are Dick Logan on guitar, Denny Rink- duled to make a two-day visit to O'Donohue, W. J., Jr. Va. 2 7 the Institute during the finals per- er on drums, Paul Royer on trum- Rogers, B. B. Va. iod. pet and Mike Maupin on sax. Woodward, J. E., Jr. N. J. Although the Commanders are Other speakers include Holling- Yon, J. L., Jr. Va. ton K. Tong, Nationalist Chinese a VMI organization they will have Second Class playing with them for Midwinters , Ambassador to the United States, Arthur, L. L. Va. Music by who will be at VMI February 19-20, two outsiders from other colleges. receiving a review on the ninteen- Balderson, G. S. Va. Frank Hoss on trombone is attend- Beamer, J. M. Canada 4. th and addressing the cadet corps ing Washington & Lee and is a the the next day. Corr, J. W. Va. star on their varsity basketball Cosentino, I. A. N. Y. team. Denny Rinker is from the Beginning March 10, VMI's five- Harshaw, W. G., Jr. Va. University of Virginia and does an » 5. V. M. 1. Commanders day religious emphasis program King, R. G., Jr. Va. unusually fine job on drums, play- gets under way with' the Rev. Mezzacca, A. L. N. J. ing with various combos at thp Joseph J. Bowman, pastor of Col- A One-Half Hour Intermission Moore, J. W. Tenn. University. lege Hill Baptist Church, Lynch- Parker, J. C., Jr. Va. Jazz and jump will be blasted otit burg, and the Rev. Albert G*. Payne, J. B. Ill " Calif. by a combo composed of Mike Mau- Edwards, pastor of the First Pres- Peters, J. O. Va. byterian Church of Harrisonburg, pin, Frank Hoss, Dick Logan, Paul This is a facsimile of the card which each girl attending Friday night's dance will have Stilwell, J. E. Va. Royer and Jack Christie. Jack conducting the services. tied to her wrist, all properly filled uot. It is enclosed in an engraved folder. Since the card West, J. C. Colo. Christie plays piano with Dick Lo- The superintendents of both the Williamson, S. L., Jr. Va. gan giving out with some excep- dance is new to the present Corps THE CADET explains the mechanics below. United States Military and Naval Witt, S. B. Ill Va. tionally good guitar that won't Academies will visit the Institute Third Class soon be forgotten. and receive reviews and address Anderson, M. W. Md. The Soloists the cadet corps. Major General Berggren, K. Va. Garrison H. Davidson, superinten- Robin Sommers plays lead alto All The Etiquette of Card Dance dent at West Point, will be here Davis, W. M. Va. sax, with Bob Vincent, bass; Pete April 3, and Rear Admiral W. R. Gapenski, L. C. 111. Riddle, Tenor sax, Tex Carr, bari- This Mid-Winters '57 will feature a revival spaces with the names of his brother rats, Gloeckner, K. M. ' Va. Smedberg, superintendent at An- tone sax; Russ Chew, trombone; of an old tradition at VMI, the card dance. or others, whom he would like for his date napolis, will visit VMI at a date yet Hobson, R. L. Wash. and Don Webb, trumpet. Such to dance with for the card dances. It is to be announced. Loop, N. E. Va. numbers as Mood Indigo, Blues in Discontinued in 1942 because of the turmoil Maupin, M. W. Va. the Night, Sophisticated Lady, cur- of the war years, and never reinstated, card customary for the cadet to.take the first and Author James Warner Bellah Nebraska, W. T. Penna. last card dances for himself. will come to the Institute May 15 rent hits, and the band's theme, dances have several distinct advantages to and give the Willis J. Dance Me- Van Kesteren, J. A. Va. Blue Star, will, along with the jazz offer over the standard type of dances we There will be five card dances befbre in- Fourth Class morial Lecture for 1957. He will and jump, provide a rounded and have seen in the past. One of its primary ad- termission and two after, with two break speak on the life of General Robert Ax, G. R. Va. well balanced program. vantages is that it enables a cadet and his dances in between. One dance before each E. Lee. This address comes on the Brittingham, O. J. Ill Va. The Commanders have given day of the traditional New Market Gale, J. W. Va. concerts at Bristol and Madison date to have a break from each other occas- card dance the Master of Ceremonies will Day ceremonies honoring the 10 ca- King, W. R. Va. already this school year, with ap- ionally and for them to meet, and dance, with announce the approaching card dance. dets killed in battle at New Market Moss, M. Y. Tenn. proximately seven more engage- others. The cards are to be given to the cadet's May 15, 1864. Offutt, R. Calif. ments scheduled before Easter. • Out of the approximately thirty dances only date before entry into the gymnasium and at- Powell, J. B. N. C. Innovations In additin the annual Virginia seven are to actually be card dances. Basically tached to her wrist with the looped cord in Industrial Management Conference, Sauder, R. L. W. Va. The theme, naturally enough, for each card. The cards will be distributed to sponsored jointly by the Virginia Tumlinson, J. H. Miss. Midwinter dances will be a winter this is the way the card dance system works: Manufacturers Association, Wash- Van Cleef, N. I. N. J. setting. The Hop Committee, under each cadet planning to attend Friday night cadets on Tuesday night and it is advised that ington and Lee University and WilUams, M. B., Jr. Va. George Sydnor, has procured new will receive a dance card from the Hop Com- each cadet be sure of obtaining one as no one VMI, will be held on the two Woodward, J. A. Va. decorations for the gym with a mittee. On this card will be spaces for seven will be admitted to the dance without one- colleges campuses on March 15. Zay, A. D. Va. tree, sprayed to simulate snow, be- names. The cadet is to fill in the blank ing the center piece. Pine branches also sprayed and placed through- Hammond & Co. Sit Tight out the gym to further produce a Performers and Listeners wintery effect. The bandstand this NOTICE year will be in the middle of the Vienna Octet's Play Is Sublime February 21 and 22 Capt. On Garnett Andrews Heap gym with the chaperons' stand at Inman of the Marine Corps will the far end. Since it is assumed be at the Institute. Capt. Inman Alpha. Company, Cadet Captain that it will be too cold for the cen- Audience's Somewhat Below It will talk to interested Cadets Leroy Hammond, commanding, V. M. L Faculty ter door to be used, entry willbe about the Marine Corps Officer won Garnett Andrews ctompetition BY STAFF BALDERSON of the Schubert work's close ad- through the left door. To do away Training Program. for the first term. "A" Company The concert selected by the herance to the physical features of Adds New Men with some of the confusion which All Cadets interested in be- amassed 728 points, almost one has ensued at past dances over Vienna Octet for its Lexington con- the earlier Beethoven composition, Iii the last months there have coming Marine Officers are urg- hundred more thn second place masses of coats, the girls will place cert last Friday evening merits a it is nonetheless typically Schu- been a few additions to the faculty ed to talk to Capt. Inman when D Company. their wraps upstairs. Something bit of comment before considera- bertian and forms a worthy sequel and tactical staff. he arrives at VMI. new also is the new intermission tion is accorded to the degree of to its magnificent model. Points are given in Garnett Shu-Park Chan came to the time. Intermission wll be from 12:- virtuosity that was displayed Beethoven's Septet in E flat Andrew Competion for parade and Institute on Feburay 1st. Chan, a plaud whenever the performers 30 to 1:00 on Friday night, and throughout the performance. If one seems to be a logical outgrowth of guard mounts, guard teams, month- 1955 graduate of the Institute, is stopped playing in order to turn from 10:30 to 11:00 on Saturday looks over the musical that has the divertimento style of the eigh- an Instructor in Electrical Engi the pages of their music. From the meal formation lines and discipline, night. been written for an expanded en- teenth century. It is early Bee- neering. looks on the faces of the players ly competitive drllla, and intra- Since there have been requests semble of this size, it immediately thoven, and since that composer's Lt. D. C. Brittigan came to one can only assume that they did murals. Standing are tabulated at (continued on page 8) seems apparent that two more sim- earlier compositions are currently VMI as special assistant to the ilar works than the Beethoven Sep- enjoying popularity, the Vienna not enjoy the frequent applause the end of the term, at the end and would have preferred to hear of the year, and monthly. The Commandant as a tactical officer. tet and the Schubert F major Octet Octet is to be thanked for presup- Lt. Brittigan is also serving as a it only at the end of the final winning company at the end of any NOTICE could scarcely have been chosen. posing that the Lexington audience faculty military instructor for dut- would possess the urbanity to re- movement. one of these periods is excused The physical resemblances of the ies related to the discipline and Wednesday the Bloodmobile will Octet to the Septet are too many ceive such a work in a sophisticat- The applause was repeated just from a period of military duty of training of the Corps. He graduat- be at the hospital. As in the past and too obvious to be the restult of ed manner. as often during the Schubert Octet. its choice. ed a lieutenant in '55. a company competition will be chance. The instrumentation of the Beyond the high degree of its There is no doubt that the musi- held, and the company that wins cians will have many interesting Delta Company scored 646 points Lt. Michale M. Belenky came to two works is the same, apart from enthusiasm, however, Friday VMI December 12, 1956. Belenky, will get out of an MEI. In the tales about music in America's and was followed by C with 616, Schubert's doubling of the violins night's audience could not be term- also a 1955 graduate, is an in past the victors only got out of "grass roots" to take back to their Band with 614, E-509, B-496, and in his Octet; the plan of the move- ed "polite," much less "urbane." structor in Chemistry. He is a a drill. ments is roughly similar, each work It is extremely annoying to musi- colleagues in Vienna. F with 217. former CADET staff member. In a recent visit of the unit to containing sonata — from opening cians to have their mood of con- In summing up however, it can > "E" Company -won Garnett A new instructor in Physics is Tech amazing amounts of blo<> and closing movements preceded centration broken between the J only be said that the concert by Andrews for the year of '56-'57 but Lt. Peter K. McCrary. Lt. Mc- were collected and all concerned by a minuet, a scherzo and a set of movements of works such as those I the Vienna Octet probided one of now must relinquish its ribbon to Crary is an alumnus of VMI class hope that the Corps will prove variations; and there is the same played by the members of the ' the most rewarding musical even- the new winner since ribbons are of '56, and assumed his duties Wednesday that Tech has no scheme of key-relations between Vienna Octet. Nevertheless the [ ings to be experienced by this given only on a term basis. December 1, 1956. corner in this important business. the six movements. But regardless Lpxingtonians did not fail to ap- (Continued On Page 8) Years Ago Published Monday afternoon. Entered as second class matter, Spetember 18, 1946 at the post office in Lexington, Virginia, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription during regular school year, $3.00 At VMI for subscription in barracks, $3.50 for subscription out of barracks, for BY ROD McCORMACK SO issues. Member of The Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association There probably hasn't been a sixty-five lieutenant colonels, one man graduated rrom the VMI in hundred and ten majors, three LEWIS H. DIUGUID Editor-in-Chief the past twenty or tliirty years who hundred and ten captains, and a B. DRUMMOND AYRES, JR '. Managing Editor countless number of lieutenants. doesn't wear On the eve of Stonewall, Jackson's FRANK J. KLINE ... Military Editor a class ring greatest victory at Chancellors- ANTHONY R. LASH JR Associate Editor which bears, in ville, "Old Blue Light," himself on SAMUEL B. WITT III Associate Editor one form or an- leave-of-absence from the Institute, NEWS AND FEATURE STAFF other, a proud looked around and discovered that all his cavalry regiments, two of symbol of the T. E. Powell, J. P.Pipkin II, J, E. Snead, B. D. Dunseth, R. D. his divisions, his chief and two bat- McCormack, R. J. Kaye, J. 0. Peters, D. W. Cuthreil Jr., F. S. Hancock, Battle of New talions of his artillery, his leading J. P. Kemp, H. E. Thomas, J. T. Tate, C. L. Willis, A. F. E. Smith, Market. The ca- brigades, and many of his regi- det batt a 1 i o n ments and batteries were com- BUSINESS STAFF covered them- manded by VMI men. No wonder BDWIN P WHITFIELD Business Manager that he made the oft quoted re- JOHN E. WOODWARD JR Advertising Manager selves with glory in that conflict, mark, "The Institute will be heard ALEX CLARKE Circulation Manager and to this day the VMI remains from today." The following day TV Letter as the only military school in the C. M. Clark, C. L. Willis, E. I. Young, C. R. Hamilton, was to find the great leader mortal- world whose cadets have partici- ly wounded by a shot from a Con- R. J. Gianella, D. M. Maddox Last week the CADET carried a letter thanking Gen- pated as an organized unit in a federate picket. CAPTAIN WILLIAM D. BADGETT - Faculty Advisor eral Milton and Colonels Grove and Nichols for the parts formal battle. Yet these boys did When General Pickett made his they played in procuring and installing the new PX tele- much more than participate — famous ill-fated charge at Gettys- vision set. These men worked in conjunction with sev- against superior numbers they burg, his division contained four- The Band Business were instrumental in turning the eral cadets, notably Frank Hammond. teen regiments. Twelve of these At the Inaugural Parade the VPI Band marched with a tide of battle, and today's cadets were commandedtoy VMI men, and flourish and, in spite of the now famous white dog, they The new set was paid for out of the cadet welfare fund daily pass the tomb of five of the a large number had lieutenant col- ten lads who made the supreme strutted off with first prize in the competition. Now our Regi- and the one it replaced was given to the Boys' Home, onels and lower ranking officers at the suggestion of Colonel Echols. Below is the letter sacrifice. The lone battle streamer who were VMI men. mental Band is not of the sort of the Hightie-Tighties, nor that flies from our regimental During the years that VMI grad- is it intended to be. of appreciation from the Boys' Home. color is unique among the military uates were serving the Confeder- « * honors of the world, for it was won VMI's is a good military marching band, and that is what acy so well, the wartime Corps of by Inexperienced boys conducting it is supposed to be. It is not as good as it could be, however. 5 February 1957 Cadets was not idle. In addition to themselves better than battle-pro- The Corps of Cadets the Battle of New Market, they ser- The band needs new instruments, it needs money to re- en veterans. pair the old instruments, and it» needs money to purchase its Virginia Military Institute ved the Confederate States and Virginia in an active capacity on Lexington, Virginia But the stirring tales of New music. The efforts which the band has to muster to get what fourteen occasions. In the Winter Market have been told so many it needs are vigorous ones, but they are often frustrated. Attention: Cadet Frank Hammond of 1859 they went to Charles Town times that we need not repeat them It is interesting to note the source of the band's instru- Gentlemen: to preserve order at the execution here. There seems, however, to This will acknowledge receipt of the television which you of John Brown. In the Spring of ments. About 60% of them are government-owned. It would have been a tendency to overlook 1861, they performed a vital ser- be 100%,. but many men choose to use their own pieces. It so thoughtfully donated to BOYS' HOME. We appreciate the vital part played by VMI In vice by acting as drillmasters for very much this kindness and your interest in the welfare of other phases of the bloodiest chap- is a good thing they do. Trying to get new instruments from the mobilizing Confederate army our boys here at BOYS' HOME. ter in our nation's history. For that the government is like trying to pass filibuster legislation; it's in Richmond. In May of 1862, they reason, it might be worthwhile possible probably, but it just hasn't been done yet. Red tape Again our many thanks and our sincere appreciation for accompanied Stonewall Jackson on here to quickly review some of this thoughtfulness. The very best to you. the McDowell Campaign. In Au- that no doubt reaches into the Pentagon has kept the band those other contributions Of Vir- gust of 1863 they were ordered out from getting any new instruments. Sincerely yours, ginia's School of Arms to the to capture deserters from the Southern Cause. Perhaps the government should also pay for repair of the Robert F. Burrowes, army. Later that month they existing pieces. It does not. Last summer the band got $200 Executive Director A Union general once quoted marched to Goshen in an effort to from the Commandant's Fund for repairs. This was only Boys' Home Abraham Lincoln as having said repulse Averell's first raid. In No- enough for emergency relief; much more is needed. that the Confederacy might have vember they marched to Covington Covington, Va. been crushed much more quickly In the matter of music to play, things are in little better on the occasion of liis second raid. had it not been for "that pesky- In December they marched on condition. Each year the band gets $45 for new music. This little military school in Virginia, Rockbridge Baths and Buchanan. is not enough, and consequently it has been necessary to Types of Publicity which kept turning out officers Averell's third raid. In the Spring canvass the band members themselves for cash for music- and fighters as fast as we could of 1864, 9fter the New Market kill them off!" This statement is Campaign, the Corps went to Rich- Now there are a hundred worthwhile uses for every dollar There are at least two important ways that V. M. I. makes well supported by the facts, for mond to man trenches on the in- VMI can get hold of, but money spent on the band would be itself known to the world: its alumni and its Corps of Cadets. the Confederate State Army cer- termediate line of defense of that wisely spent, we feel. This spring the boys will march in Very little need be said about the job that the alumni does. tainly had more than her share of city. In June of that year, they Winchester, because they are getting $450 from the PX Coun- It may safely be ventured that a better job could scarcely be VMI-trained officers. There were were forced to retreat from Lex- cil to finance the trip. They will look good there, will repre- expected. three major generals and eighteen ington and watch the Institute brigadier generals. Six others had burned by the advancing Federal sent the Corps well. But they won't look as good as they At present, however, something must be said and a great might, and not a few onlookers will have to laugh when they been nominated, but the Confeder- army under Hunter. Later that deal done in the role played by the Corps. In some instances, acy collapsed before their commis- month they participated in the see the battered bells of the tuDas and the silly sight of Sousa- THE CADET feels that the Institute itself is at fault (as in the sions came through. In addition Lynchburg Campaign. In October phones which not only do not match each other but do not visiting team matter, below) but, in the vast majority of there were ninety-five colonels. ( continued on page 8) match any other now in existence. instances it is the Corps, and more specifically, that percent- age of the Corps which, either through lack of respect, im- To Make The Most of Time maturity or without thought, would destroy who V. M. I. has come^'tq stand for in 119 years. SERVICE WITH A SMIRK On the bulletin board of the athletic office in the gym is BY RON KAYE the following quotation by Thomas H. Huxley, "Perhaps the Apparently, the Corps chooses it General Committee and most valuable result of all education is the ability to make then expects the Committee to uphold the standards of yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, V. M. L The fact that the Committee is only a guidance group It has long been the policy of Company" — "Oscar MacCauliffe, is forgotten. The individual cadet is the man to whom falls THE CADET to be honest and whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to Baritone, presented by the W&L the task of upholding the standards. frank. We report all the news concert guild, duPont Auditor- be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is Which we feel is important, re- ium." There is a percentage of cadets in the Corps that is the probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly." gardless of the ghastly results and At first, I was a little dubious exact opposite of the reputation destroying percentage. This terrible repercussions. Each staff This points out one of the outstanding benefits of a VMI about the necessity of informing group of men is greatly criticized whenever it does its duty. writer is told: "If you don't like it education. If a man does his job here at the Institute, he is every cadet in barracks of these THE CADET however, lauds this group and would like to . . . blast it to pieces . . . nothing daily required to bring himself to do the things that he does various "Events,'" but now that I is sacred." point out that it is these men who are the more mature, that think about it, I can just picture not care to do until this is one of his outstanding character- In accordance with the above it is these men whom in later life we will look back upon the wildly cheering multitudes of istics. policy, I would like to invite your with the greatest respect. cadets who will attend that meet- attention to the so-called "Calen- A VMI education is actually an investment which pays a ing of the VMI Board of Visitors, Supposedly, we are here to get an education. There are dar of Events," which is placed in three fold dividend: an excellent, well rounded academic edu- and the roaring throngs that will some men here in gray uniforms rather than brown that can our rooms every so often when no cation, outstanding military training, and a stimulating way pour out of barracks to register also teach a worthwhile lesson. Why must we persist in sleep- one is around to prevent it. I must of life. There are few other schools which can offer as much. for the Eighth Annual Refresher ing throughout their entire class? confess that I was a little confused The VMI cadet is much more fortunate than he may realize. as to just whom this list is publish- Course for Surveyors. I can easily see the platoons of Rats trying to In the issue of TIME of 4 February 1957 in the Education ed for. Suppose we look at some force their way into the Faculty .section there is an article entitled, "Here Come the War which have appeared on the last three lists: ' Club dinner in order to get a Babies!" which points out that in the very near future the For Visiting Athletes ''Meeting of the VMI Board of glimpse of Professor Revely, and American colleges are going to be hard pressed by ^ bumper Visitors, Richmond"—"Eighth an- the screaming masses of cadets crop of applicants. This will have untold effects upon the Last weekend, some three-hundred athletes visited V. M. I. nual refresher course for surveyors who will demand to be present at that talk on "Q-Floors." The faces college scene, and the article quotes Lyod M. Clark, Head- for the Winter Relays. For many of them, that was their begins with registration in JM of the L.A.'s will be gaunt with an- master of Pennsylvania's Kiskiminetas Springs School, "The first and perhaps only visit to V. M. I. The Institute was an Hall" — "Weekly class is basic as- tronomy" — "Panel discussion on xiety over the out-come of the change at the admissions effice," he says, "has altered the entirely different type of school than most of them had ever the use of the electronic digital panel discussion on the electronic atmosphere all over the campus. In the classrooms the pro- seen or ever will see. computer as related to highway digital computer, and no doubt, fessors can insist on high achievement levels and dismiss the THE CADET would like to think that the impressions surveying" — "Faculty Club din- several will be ordered for the En- loafer . . . The time has come when the college student must they carried away were glowing accounts of a "crowd of ner, subs' mess, with guest speaker glish department. As for myself, really produce ... How the educators must love this!" honorable youths." However, more than likely, the Institute Professor W. Taylor Revely, of I'm thankful that someone has seen Southwestern University at Men- to it that the meeting of the execu- And "Produce" is what must be done if one is to continue will remain a mystery to the vast majority of them, and her phis." — "Meeting of the Dean's tive committee of the VMI General to wear the VMI grey. The academic standards have been mess-hall will be the place where their hosts, the Corps of advisory council" — "Meeting of Alumni Association will not slip steadily raised during the last three years, and the new "six Cadets, marched in, ate, and left while the hungry athletes the executive committee of the by unnoticed. You may rest as- hours rule" points the way of things to come One can expect still awaited their breakfast. VMI General Alumni Association" sured, stalwart readers, that your that as more and more pressure is applied from the outside Perhaps, very few of the teams had time to take a tour —"Talk to First Class CE's by Mr. fighting reporter will be present E. E. Pierce and Mr. Dean S. Hub- at that meeting and will accurately by the men who wish to become VMI men, that more and more about the post. In any event, at least they should be offered bell, both of Pittsburgh, Pa. Sub- convey to you each and every will be expected of those who are. the opportunity to do so, especially the other military schools. ject: "Q-Floors" — "Talk to First breathtaking development . . . un- Robert Herrick gives very good advise when he says, •We pride ourselves in the heritage of our past and Corps. Class CE's by Mr. Steuben G. Gran- iess, of course, you all care to "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may . . ." Why not give visiting teams better impressions than this? ger of the Raymond Concrete Pile come. It's AH In A Name ARMED FORCES! RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINT BY ARNOLD SCtfLOSSBERG BY FRANK KLINE Say Sound Off And He'U Tell

Along the line of man-gods there ed why cows are sacred in India— (Continued From Last Week) evident. The Introduction of atomic You Xaivaividhya^ of Thailand comes to mind, among others, the the reason is quite simple. The cargo and personnel carriers. weapons and missiles Is alleviating by A. F. E. SMITH land Rats, Suratana then went to Mikado. The Mikado Is a name Todas of India, primarily a pastoral New Armored Division the situation somewhat , and the VMI receives stuaents from all England to continue his education, familiar to most of U£, I am sure, people, use the dairy as their sanct- The main difference in the new new atomic support commands — over the world. This year there but we do not know his details. uary, and the milkman who attends armored division is in the division virtually artillery task forces — On April 28,1956, Ratanamangcla are four rats from Bangkog, Thai- The Mikado is the spiritual leader the cows is thought of as a god. No artillery. The dlvarty will hive two are being organized to provide flew from London to the United J^nd. Their tongue-twisting names of Japan and is supposed to hold one may touch him except another batteries of 155mm SP Howitzers these weapons. are Kitti Xaivaivldhya, Suratana States. He stayed in Washington the power of the universe. His milk-man, and everyone bows plus a composite of atomic weapons There are two types of ASC's, Ratanamangcla, Phalrot Bulpakdl, for the spring and attend the slightest gesture—the moving of a down in reverence to him. similar to the infantry division's. a light and heavy organization. The and Thanu Dlsayasuta (anyone who VMI Summer session. hand or the turning of his head— The medical element will be plac- light ASC is based on the Corporal, cannot pronounce these names see could cause some natural distur- ed in the division trains. Four a short range ballistic missle, and El-Khourl In room 246). Translated from Thailand to bance that would mean the neces- Student Art Shown 90 mm Gun Tank Battalions — the Honest John, 763mm free English the name Ratanamangcla sary destruction of man. He is An exhibit of student work is thus relegating obscurity the ill- All four of these Thailanders rocket. The Heavy ASC is based means a "mine of diamonds." treated with extreme respect, rev- now on display in the art gallery fated 120mm tank — will provide are constantly plagyed by upper- on the REDSTONE missle, a non- classmen asking where Thailand erence and care at all times. The of duPont Hall at Washington and the basic armored fire power of Thanu Dlsayasuta was born In transportable 200 mile range i.s. Because everybody in barracks Mikado is an incarnation of the Lee and can be seen until Satur- the division. 1936. He attended Assumption Col- day. missle. There will also be self- reads THE CADET, a description most supreme goddess, the God- lege in Bangkok for eight years Airborne Division propelled guns ,ln this organiza- of Thailand will be given so the dess of the Sun, and once a year The exhibit is unusual in that and graduated in 1953. He then there are 20 paintings by 20 ar- The airborne division contains a tion. Both heavy and light ASC's Thailanders will be bothered no the people of Japan do not visit left Talland and headed for Eng- tists, all on one subject. The paint- command and control battalion will have armor for support. more. their temples because all the lesser which Is composed of a head- land. ings vary a great deal in approach These Atomic Support Com- Thailand, flanked by Burma and gods that inhabit them are believ- and technique, running from real- quarters, division aviation com- mands will be used to support Indo-China, is a minute country In England, Tlano busied him- ed to be visiting the Mikado and istic to abstract interpretations. pany, an a SkyCav Reconnaissance our own forces on 9 high level and about the size of Texas. Into this self with learning the English paying him homage in his court. The still life subject has been Troop. There are five airborne may be assigned to foreign armies small country are crammed some language. He attended Ports- He is described as "the incarnate placed against one wall in order Infantry combat groups each con- which are non-atomic to give them 22 million people. The people of mouth College for two years until god who governs the universe." that observers may see how the sisting of five rifle companies, a atomic capabilities. Thailand are about 98% Buddist June of 1955. This may seem unimportant and artists have interpreted the sub- ject. mortar company and a headquart- Since the first atomic bombs and 2% Christian. Rice and timber ridiculous to us, but the Japanese ers and service company. Divarty were dropped on Nagasaki and He- are the main products of this Dlsayasuta then left for New went to even further extremes. contains five batteries of 105mm roshima a military revolution has country. In the southern part are York via British Overseas Airlines Wherever the Mikado went, he had and arrived in this country July 6, Howitzers and one Honest John been coming. With the advent of copper and tin mines while to the to be carried on someone's shoul- BIERER'S PHARMACY 1956. Battery. Support Command con- atomic weapons with tactical capa- north are rubber trees. ders, for his feet were too holy to tains the medical company, QM touch the ground. He could not ex- For Your Drmf Store Needs bilities the need for a new organi- Xaivaivldhya entered with ad- Dlsayasuta plans to follow in the company, and other maintenance pose his head in the air, for the zational concept has been even vanced standing and Is an aca- foot steps of his father who Is a 2We DeUver Phone HO S-3119S and support elements. sun was not deemed worthy enough more pronounced. With its great demic third classman. Because of Colonel in the V o n g s e. The All three of the divisions have to touch his head. Every part of his destructive capabilities, atomic the extreme diflculty that upper- Vongse is the Royal Thailandish an engineer and a signal battalion body was held and respected so power makes the massing of classmen have In pronouncing his Army. modified In every case to me that his hair and nails were never troops, long and complex supply name, he is simply called "Mr. the needs of the division to which Translated into English Tiano cut. The Mikado was required to lines and other necessary evils of X." The English equivalent of his J.A.LAPORTE, assigned. Conspicuously absent are means "arrow" and Dlsayasuta sit on his throne several hours a our heavy divisions obsolete. A first name Kittl, Is "honor." While the Antl-Alrcraft Artillery batta- means "good family." Summer fur- day. He did not sit in an ordinary new organization which would his last name Stlvaividhya, means INCORPORATED lions that were designed to give lough Tlano will either go Jo position, but like a statue, for if create greater flexibility, reduce "good knowledge." at least headquarters and artillery England or back ot his native he moved any part of his body, the number of supporting elements Xaivaivldhya was born In 1935 DREDGING protection from enemy airplanes. Thailand. even blinked his eyes, war and pes- in tactical units, make tactical In the capital city of Bangkok. He This absence of antiaircraft wea- tilence were sure to come upon the units more self sufficient, and did all of his preparatory work at C'ONSTRUCTION pons heralds a revolution in the To say the least the boys from people. adapt Itselif for organic use of Kings College there and, in 1952, field of air defense. Details can- Thailand are a long way from atomic weapons has been needed. after graduating from Kings Col- 1101 WILSON BOULEVARD not be released at present on this home. But they are all glad to India is filled with all sorts of The new organization must be lege, he left Thailand for Europe. lea new idea. about the United States, The gods, but perhaps the most inter- able to split up Into self-sufficient, For 2 years he traveled over VI nla Military Institute, and the Arlington 10, Virginia All in all the new organizational esting one is the Milk-God. Many mobile combat teams to disperse Europe staying in just about every Am lean way of life. people have perhaps often wonder- changes will reduce the standard so as to be less vulnerable to atom- European country. Then, tired of infantry division about 3700 men, ic destruction and to mass quickly traveling, he came to America. to about 13,700 men total, and the for major assaults. It must permit He attended Pennsylvania Mili- airborne division - by about 5600 occupation of areas in great depth tary Academy for one year and men. The strength of the armor- and width during the defense. And, left there in 1956. He traveled to A Campkus-to-Career Case History ed division is not materially chang- it must not be over dependent up- California last summer before com- ed. on complex supply and support to VMI. New Atomic Support Groups elements. It must be air transpor- Phairot Bulpakdl received his The necessity of the army's sup- table. preparatory education at Bangkok plying itself with something to With this in mind the pentagonal and went to England in 1952. After take the place of the Air Force's concept was developed. With five attending college in England he tactical air support has long been semi-dependent "Light Regiments" came to the United States In 1955. the new infantry division now has He went to Larhmont Academy In the necessary capabilities; with its New York and then went to Fish- FOR THOSE BIG newly reorganized divisional artill- burne for his senior year. After AND LITTLE JOBS ery It has organic atomic strength. graduating from Fishbume last The Atomic Support Commands June he came to the VMI Summer SEE make available higher level atomic session. support. And, of course, in gaining Bulpakdl also has a curious Its atomic capabilities the new di- Eiiglish meaning to his .name Power vision in light of its increased mo- Phairot means "honest" and Bul- bility, flexibility and firepower is pakdl means "well known." made more efflcent for use In a Ratanamangcla's uncle was a Equipment Co. conventional action. military attache during the Korea? A General Staff always operates War. His imcle worked with a Richmond 1, Va. under great difficulties, for its U. S. Army Officer who admired prime objective like few other VMI. The Officer, a Major at- organizations, is to attempt to pre- tached to the Pentagon in Tokyo, dict the future. In the past General talked Ratanamanglca Into coming Staffs have tried to apply the leis- to VMI. sons learned in the last war to the Bom In Bankok, Ratanamangcla next one; often they have been received his preparatory education (continued on page 5) in Bangkok. Like the other Thai- Manager Joseph S. Manning discusses a customer service DOYLE request with Office Supervisor Catherine Hazleton. The Stonewall Jackson Restaurant

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Don best match of the evening, and one of the most crucial, VMI's Don Bas- The Davidson Wildcats put an- The VMI Keydets lost a little Bashum's third period pin in the ham came back hard from an early other dent in the well-battered more ground in their apparently unlimited division was the deeding set back to pin George Vohden of VMI basketball machine with a fruitless effort to gain a berth in factor in the 17 to 9 triumph. Appalachian State; the five point- convincing 66-54 triumph over the the' Southern Conference Tourna- Ray MacKay started the Keydets er gave VMI a decisive and satisfy- Keydets at home last Saturday ment by dropping a 78-70 decision With the end of the basketball most successful coaches in the out on the right foot by decisioning ing 17-9 victory which sets the sea- night. The defeat dropped VMI in- to The Citadel last Friday night. season not too far distant, the country during the past two years Charles Baker in the 123 pound son's totals at five wins and four to the Southern Conference cellar The Bulldogs, on the other hand, sportswriters and so-called cage ex- has been none other than Virginia class. Ray got the opening take- defeats. after a nine-day spree of being practically assured themselves of perts are beginning to gather their Tech's Chuck Noe. The little fire- down and maintained complete tied with the Wildcats. The win en- a position in the tourney. facts and figures in their annual at- brand has picked Tech's basketball control over his opponent in the 4-0 Included in the evenings events abled Davidson to avenge an earl- VMI trailed the whole game and tempt to pick the "All" basketball fortunes out of the lowest depths victory. Clayton McKimmey out- were two exhibition matches, both ier setback by the Keydets in Lex- fell far behind in the first half, teams. This year some of the col- and built a sound foundation for pointed VMI's Larry Wood in a of which were won by VMI men. ington. being on the short end of a 45-30 lege sportswriters are getting into them in his two years as coach. wild 10-7 contest which brought Kirk Hubbard got a second period , Davidson got off to a good start score when the teams left the floor the act as this writer has received In 1954-55, VPI was a woefully the team scores to three a piece. pin in his 147 pound match, and with forward Dave Hollingsworth at intermission. The Keydets made some material from a West Coast weak ball club with little imagina- The Keydet 137 pounder, Pat Gene King took a 6-2 decision over and guard Semi Mintz scoring well a valiant effort to pull the game school requesting a prediction of tion and spirit on the basketball Hughes, lost a heardtbreaker on a Hillingsworth of Appalachian in to pace the Wildcats to a 36-22 out of the fire with a second-half the 1956-57 All-American team. court. Noe left VMI that season takedown to Appalachian's Ernest the 157 pound division. halftime lead. The home team play- rally that brought them to within It is a little early to start, but by and stepped into a unenviable sit- Coombs by the score of 2-0, and the ed a slowed-down game in the first three points of the Bulldogs with The cadets have only three more making my predictions now, pos- uation, and now he has built a home squad moved into the lead half to check the Keydets' fine 53 seconds remaining on the sdore- dual matches, two of which are sibly they may have been forgotten team that can hold its own with by three points. breaking attack and r&bounded board clock. However, Citadel add- here in Lexington. They travel to by the time the official team is an- any of the Southern Conference well to aid their ballcontrol tactics. ed two quick field goals and a The cadets immediately tied up Charlottsville on February 20 to nounced. clubs. The Hokies are in the thick VMI came back strong after in- free throw to clinch their eight the see-saw battle, however, as tackle U. Va. and then take on For the center position. Wilt of the battle for the Big, Six termission and scored 14 points to victory of the season against eight Dick Hunt had little trouble in tak- North Carolina and The Citadel on Chamberlain, the Kansas skyscrap- Championship and if Washington Davidson's 5 during the opening losses. It was their fourth confer- ing his 147 pound opponent in a the 22nd and 23rd respectively er is a solid choice. The Jayhawk and Lee fades in the stretch VPI minutes of the second half to pull ence win against six defeats. For one-sided 9-2 contest; Howard here at VMI. sophomore has been nothing but may pick up all the marbles. within 5 points of the Wildcats, 41- the Keydets, it was their sixteenth Sprinkle, wrestling at 157 in this sensational with his offensive and Noe did wonders for VMI basket- 36. This was the closest the Key- loss in twenty decisions. match, added to the visitor's team defensive play in leading Kansas ball with his bear-down tactics dets came as the victors pulled Ralph Lawson attd Dave Goode, score by outscoring Kermit Ashley to one of its' greatest seasons in during his short term here. He Caveman Coombs ended his bas- steadily away principally on the VMI's scrappy back-court combina- In a hard fought 5-2 struggle. Ap- history. At forwards thepick falls brought the Keydets their best sea- ketball career in a blaze of yobish slowed-down tempo and the accu- tion, headed the losing cause by palacian made its move to tie the to Len Rosenbluth of North Caro- son in many years in 1953-54 when glory by foregoing the court for rate second-half shooting of guard scoring 17 and 16 points respective- score in the 167 pound division as lina and Jim Krebs of S.M.U. Ro- the team won half of its 22 games. the sack and Major Piercy. Richard Weeks and center Joe Mil- ly. Bill Coupland added 11 with Gayle Speaks hustled to a fast 10- senbluth, a reputedly lazy ball The following year, he was minus ner. Jim Kyle and Chuck Cotton con- 8 decision over "Baby-Dog" Boiling player, has shown enough zest to almost his entire first unit of the rDETS! Chuck Cotton paced the Keydets (continued on page 5) of VMI. The Keydet grappler came lead his team to a perfect record year before, but still managed to back hard and fast in the closing Enjoy your date and by maintaining a 25 plus scoring win 9 out of 24, counting a tough tnd took top scoring honors for the night with 18 points. He was the The loss submerged the Keydets minutes of the match but was un- a good meal at the average. Krebs is the big man in five point loss to powerful West able to garner the points needed/o the Southern Methodist attack and Virginia in the Southern Confer- only VMI eager to hit in double 13 games below the .500 mark with ^HOLLINS MILL DRIVE-IN^ figures while four of Davidson's a 4-17 log. VMI is now 1-9 in the overcome Speaks' early lead, is always sure of having two or ence Tournament. Since he left, Lynchburg, Va. three opponents occupied at one the team has fallen down badly, men broke ten. Conference. John Martin failed to give up time. winning only four games last year Turning to the backcourt I and to date have won but four choose the fabulous Hot Rod Hund- games. The little man was booed at ley of West Virginia and Chet For- many a game here because of his te of Columbia. The Hot Rod has sarcastic comments and loud criti- been getting more than his share cisms of his players during a game of publicity this year, but the man but it made them work and it is is deserving of it, and his play has making his Tech boys work this rallied the Mountaineers to a spot year. near the top ten teams in the na- His slow down tactics in several tion. The University is pushing games this year have been hailed their boy real hard with pictorial as coaching masterpieces and have pamphlets and press releases and enabled his team to beat highly it'll be a West Virginia catastrophe favored teams. VPI almost pulled if he doesn't make it. Forte is a the upset of the year during a SIT DOWN in the common room, take out your Luckies— little sparkplug who makes the Christmas Tourney when Noe's and who pops up to share the fun? None other than that Lions go. He is fast, deceptive and slow down tactics held a powerful an excellent shot. 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It men showed that they still have by TOM ROYSTER ments on the intramural race in was the eighth win in nine starts some of the spunk which won them Sam Woolwine and Lou Farmer general. According to Mr. William by the Keydets, being defeated by the title three consecutive years have been chosen by the football 0. Roberts, intramural director, East Carolina last month by a 44- prior to last year as they took first lettermen to be co-captains of the the race for first place in the year- 42 margain. in four of the twelve events and 1957 squad. Coach John McKenna ly standings has been settled into Last Thursday the William and placed in enough of the remaining announced the results at the 1956 a battle between Echo and Alpha Mary Tribe splashed it out with ones to rack up a total of 35 points football banquet held at Natural companies. The primarly reason VMI in the home pool. In the in their first place effoi'ts. William Bridge. this is true lies in the fact that first event a new pool record was and Mary, who was slightly favored "ach company has placed first in set by the. Keydet's 400 yard in pre-meet predictions, placed Lou Farmer, a six foot, 185 one of the two primary sports medley relay swimmers with a time second with a 31 point effort while pound guard moved up into the which have been completed. Echo of 4:16.8 minutes. the defending champions, Virginia chosen on the basis of their sports- took first place honors in football With such a stellar start they Tech, placed third with 27% manship, leadership and ability to while Alpha was placing a close continued to cruise long and win points. Virginia, Richmond, and play a good game of football. .second. Echo gained a slight edge first and second places in six out W&L placed in the Irottom half in the fact that they tied Alpha for of the nine remaining events. with 21, 17%, and 10 points respec- The two seasoned veterans were first in the recently ended basket- Halderman and Johnson copped tively. first string during his sophomore ball season, but the edge which the 200 yard freestyle. Webber and year, when injuries to other guards they may have gained is not Keens won the 200 yard butter- This year has seen some record during the year caused him to breaking trackmeets and the Big enough to more than mention. fly. Daniels and Shoemaker come from the reserve lineup into captured the diving event. Old Six was no exception, as two re- action where he remained as a In a general comment on this cords fell and one was tied. Wm. year's intramurals, Mr. Roberts and Cockran won the back stroke regular. He has proven to be a nd Johnson and Halderman or and Mary's Walt Fillman tied the very important asset to the snid he believed this year's intra- 60 yard dash record of 6.3, held by nfurals have been going very well; again took the 440 yard event. "Squadron" as displayed in his Keefe and Keens wound up with fine defensive as well as offensive and he pointed that the new SRC (continued on page 8) COLONEL M. P. ECHOLS time of 18:50 has greatly improved first and second in the 200 yard work against West Virginia. For breast stroke. this outstandig performance he was the unfavorable time which has Yesterday? the swimming squad chosen "Southern Conference Play- prevailed in the past. He went on CfcL Marion P. Echols Resigns once again victored by dunking Sunky er of the Week." Lou is a fast to say that the softball season this University of Pittsburg with a close player, can move very well, has spring will undoubtedly be much Wamar'i :nargin of 44-42. grown quite a bit and is a cinch V. M L Athletic Director Post better than past years due to the It was a close match all the way for an important spot in the next extended time as have the sports WED. THRU SAT. Colonel Marion P. Echols, grad- Bronze Star and the Army Com- with Pitt breaking the same pool season. He also did a good job now completed. uate manager of athletics alid ad- mendation Ribbon. record set by VMI at the previous in his high school football where The Intramural schedule will be ministrative assistant to the Super- meet with W&M. Pitt sliced the he received four letters as well as In addition to his duties as ath- slightly interrupted this week intendent, submitted his resigna- time down from 4:16.8 minutes to Whenever great three in basketball and two in base- letic director. Colonel Echols since the gym will be decorated, tion to the athletic council and the 4:15.4 minutes in the 400 yard motion pictures are ball. found time to coach the golf team however, it is expected to get back Superintendent last Wednesday af- medley relay. talked about... they after the retirement of Colonel B. into full operation the Monday fol- ternoon to become effective June lowing the Midwinter dances. (continued on page 8) -m will speak of Sam Woolwine, a five foot, eleven, D. Mayo in 1954. 175 pound fullback has been a 30. ; AnasT] ASIA top ranking offensive threat for Colonel Echols, who came to COLOR by DB I.UXB quite some time. Last year he rank- VMI in January of 1954, after more ed high in the league as a back CINEMASCOPC than 35 years of military service, and averaged better than five Meet Bill Hancock from ^th Century-Fox did not disclose his future plans. yards a carry as well as 25 yards The popular athletic director has each on his kickoff returns. He performed well in his short tenure Western Electric development engineer also was a real crowd-pleaser as he at the Institute and General Mil- ran wide-open with complete aban- ton said that he regretted losing don at all times. Colonel Echols and hopes to be able to announce a replacement Sam looked good in spring prac- Bill Hancock is a graduate of Pennsylvania soon. State University where he majored in indus- tice as the usual great runner and trial engineering. Bill joined Western Electric he proved it in the 1956 season Echols, who attended VMI be- as a planning engineer in November, 1951, at as was shown by the fact that he fore going to West Point on 1916, the Kearny Works in New Jersey. Later, he was elected to the All ^uthern retired in December of 1953. Dur- was assigned to the new Merrimack Valley Conference Eleven — first team. ing his career he had been assign- Works in North Andover, Massachusetts, as He was fourth in the conference ed to VMI as an instructor as well a development engineer. Here Bill is shown leaving his attractive New England home for with 507 yards on 107 rushes in as to West Point, both as an in- ten games. He received much his office while his wife, Barbara, and their structor and as executive in Army's daughter, Blair, watch. praise from local coches and foot- athletic set-up; The Charlottesville ball authorities as being the "best native saw service in this country, 175 lb. fullback in the country. Germany and Hawaii from grad- uation until 1926, when he was as- Another honor which he receiv- signed to VMI. He stayed here un- ed during the season was "Col- til 1930, then was sent to West AKIMTAMIROFP MARTITAHUNT FELIX AYLMCR legiate Football Player of the Year Point as a math instructor and co- pr.duc.db, BUDDY ADLER in Virginia" which he received ordinator for the public relations oi,«t«ib,ANATOLELITVAK from the Roanoke Touchdown Scmi^uy by ARTHUR LAURENTS program for the Academy's athle- Club. He also has been given tics. In 1933 he was named public Honorable Mention All American. relations officer for the Academy. SUN. - MON. With two such men to lead the '57 squad, VMI is a cinch to show Echols' career included field ar- some real football in the coming tillery service in Germany, France season. and England during World War II. Returning to this country, he serv- ed for a year as public relations officer for the Army Ground For- ces, then was shipped to the Far East Command as public relations LYRIC officer for General Douglas Mac WEDNESDAY Arthur. There he was in charge of Uill's present assiunmcnl at Western Electric: the development Uill und his suiK-rvisor, John Souter, test a machine press relations, military and civi- of methods and machinery for assembling one of today's they developed to insert components of different MALTA STORY lian, following the war and during most promising electronic developments —electronic "pack- shapes and sizes into printed wiring boards. The ages" involving printed wiring. At a product review confer- small electronic packages prepared by this machine the first year of the Korean con- ence Bill (standing) discusses his ideas on printed wiring are being used in a new transistorized carrier system flict. Decorations won in his ca- for rural telephone lines. SATURDAY assemblies with fellow engineers. reer include the Legion of Merit HALLS OF with an Oak Leaf Cluster, the MONTEZUMA Engineers: Western Electric offers you a wide variety of inter- VMI-Citadel esting, crcalive opportunities. It makes no difference what your field of specialization is. You can fit — now — into our opera- SUNDAY (Continued From Page 4) tion as the manufacturing and supply unit of the Bell System tributing 10 apiece. High scoring ... or into our defense job. A free booklet —"Your Opportun- honors, however, went to Citadel ity at Western Electric"—outlines company operations and forward Art Musselman who bagg- specific job opportunities in detail. Send for it. Write to: Col- ed 22 points. lege Relations Department, Room 1029, Western Electric The Citadel outscored VMI from Company, 195 Broadway, New York 7, N. Y. the floor, 60 to 56 but the game was decided on the foul stripe tef*.mh»SIMUYl _ - uil by HUMH WOW • MmM Nf MM MIMwher e The Citadel was awarded 29 free chances and made good on 18 of them.

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Rockenbach Bequest Settled; HEDGE HOPPING BY JIM WEST Institute Acquires $50fi00 Settlement of a four-year-old be- and in tribute to Confederate Gen- During the Christmas Holiday There is little wonder then that quest has brought a gift of ap- eral Thomas T. Munford, who was weekend alone, the death toll on more than 45 million safety-con- proximately $50,000 to the Virginia a close friend. General Rocke; / the nation's highways reached an scious, comfort, and economy-wise Military Institute, the VMI Board bach was First Captain of the all-time high of 706. One week lat- travelers turned to the airways in- of Visitors reported here today. Corps of Cadets while at VMI and er another 409 persons met death stead of the highways in 1956. Evi- was an honor graduate. on the highways. So great has this The Board, in session for its dence of the trend in traveling shambles on the highways become January meeting, disclosed that One of the early proponents of that city, state, and national gov- taste is that nearly two-and-one- legal action on the bequest of the the use of armored force in war, • ernments have seen fit to issue half times as many traveled by air late Brigadier General Samuel D. General Rockenbach was consider- constant reminders by way of the in 1956 as traveled by air in 1950. Rockenbach, which has been under ed the "father" of the Unijed press, radio and television urging Our safety is on the skyways. This contest in the courts of Texas since states Tank Corps. He was chief great caution on the roads and is the fact of the matter. 1952, has been concluded in favor of the Tank Corps in World War highways. of the Institute. The bequest, the I.' Retiring in 1933 after 42 years In this day of supersonic fight- residual estate of General Rocken- in the Army, General Rockenbach, Yet, through all of this, the na- ers, automatic flight controls, bach, amounted to about $46,000, a native of Lynchburg, saw ser- tion's huge airline industry has guided missiles, rockets and migh- but income from the invested prin- vice throughout the world, includ- ^ carried upwards of 45,860.000 pas- ty jet engines, a little piece of cipal during the court action has ing Cuba and Puerto Rico in the sengers more than 27,760,000,000 string still does the same import- raised the amount to approximate- Spanish-American War, the Philip- passenger miles with a fatality rate ant job for today's pilots that it did ly $50,000. pines, China and on the Mexcian of only 0.62 per 100 million pas- for plane pilots fifty years ago. border, in addition to his service General Rockenbach, who was senger miles in 1956 as against Fifty-three years ago, Orville and in Europe during World War I. 0.76 in 1955. A passenger mile is Wilbur Wright tied a piece of graduated from VMI in 1889, died one passenger flovm one mile. The string to their plane so that they in 1952. He stiplated in his will Civil Aeronautics Administration, could tell at a glance, when their that the bequest be used to esta- responsible for the compilation of plane was airborne, whether their blish a fund at VMI to assist these remarkable statistical facts fight was steady. If the string flut- worthy Institute First Classmen on air travel safety, also pointed tered in the windstream at a 90- and young instructors in taking out that this nation's international degree angle from the strut to graduate work leading to an ad- air carriers, flying more than 7,- which it was tied, they knew their vanced degree. The fund will be 000,000 passengers over 117,000 direction was true. By the same "known as the Gilliat-Munford miles of air routes, have not ex- token, they could tell the angle of Scholarship, the name selected for perienced a fatality since March their plane in fight. it by General Rockenbach in recog- The Parker nition of the Gilliat Scholarship 1955—a perfect safety record for So it is today, in the era of super- which he held as a cadet at VMI 21 months. sonic fighters—a little piece of The ever-fertile cadet imagination brought forth this Studio Providing safety for the air tra- string still performs the same func- Colossus as a desperation measure in the unending struggle ning. veler is the prime objective of the tion for Air Defense fighters against inquisitive Divisional Inspectors. Full of infinite pos- ROANOKE, VA. streaking across the skies. Air Here at the center of the Un airline operator, the aircraft in- sibilities as a hiding place for a still, a chicken farm, a bar dustry and the government. In this Force officers explain that the verse, competitive drill on the regard, along with the airline's string still tells the pilot at a and TV lounge, "Hernando's Hideaway," or a daytime snooze, second, or platoon drill phase is it was dispacted bV a simple note: "Get rid of this box by operations and maintainance per- glance the amount and direction overdue and will take place an MYERS HARDWAR£ sonnel, the thousands of engineers of "yaw" in supersonic fight. And tomorrow, Maj. Hartis." ime now. Makeovers are out, and in the aircraft industry are probab- they add with a grin, when Ameri- the corporals and rats are being COMPANY ca's greatest aircraft industry de- changed around. This gives every- ly the most safety conscious. By Lexington, Va. and large, their efforts are over- velops the first manned space-go- body a chnnce to make new friends! looked because the air traveler ing craft, Wright's old "yaw string" NACHDENKEN (This is said with tongue in simply known—and expects—that will still probably be able to tell cheek, for one of the prinicipal his safety "is being looked after." the pilots a thing or two. BY T. E. POWELL reasons for interchanging rats among the several squads of a Commissions the defense budget, it was an- company is to put them with n Adair-Hutton, There is a fine old saying which nounced last week that all who corporals who do not know the INC. says that an army which does not wanted the six month plan were so well and can more effectively Lexington's Shopping gripe is to be watched cautiously, able to get it, and even some of discipline them.) A New York firm Center lest trouble develop. If this say- the men who had requested the is to make the coatees for the ing Can be relied upon, and I be- two year deal were required to rats this year, so that delivery w CAMPUS TOG SUITS lieve that it can be, there is no limit themselves to six months of be earlier than it has been in the AND SPORT COATS neod for anyone to watch the Corps active duty, for training. One past .This promises to be a great | improvement due to previous ARROW SHIRTS of Cadets too cautiously. No would expect that such a turn of crowded conditions in the VMI trouble is likely to develop if grip- affairs would leave everybody HAGGAR SLACKS tailor shop. ing can prevent it. happy, but everybody familiar with I cite as an example of this the ways of the Corps would ex- health within the Corps, the re- pect the reyerse, and the reverse cent announcement by the Military was true. Few of the people who Science Department of commis- were abitrarily selected to be given sions for the Class of 1957. Before the reduced active duty assign- the requests for commissions were ment were happy, and adju sent to Second Army Headquart- ments are having to be made ers by the Institute ROTC Staff, wherever possible. I personally each cadet was askea to request was surprised at the turn of events, either six months of active duty, and even more surprised by the with an additional seven and a increased complaining. I suppose half years of active reserve duty, CLAYTON'S TAXI ["Campos CartooniHt of the Year" contest jadge Groucho Marx it is all part of the education pro- congratulates Bill Brewer, Chouinard Art Institute of Los. An- or two years active duty, with an cess, but it has been interesting PASSENGERS INSURED -iles, recent winner of the nation-wide seardi sponsored by Boot additional four years of reserve to watch, in any case. obligation. The consensus of OAV AND NIOHT UCXINBTON, VA. ithe com. opinion at the time these requests The men who emphatically ask to Paris, r nuice. via XIOUB auuu^co ouu^w^^ » were filled out seemed to be that for two years of active duty over 1 tonity designing greeting cards. Other contest judges were six months of active duty are to Alien a^ A1 Capp. most all the potential reserve of- ficers, as opposed to the regular be saluted, however, for their : CAR STORAGE AND CHARTER ; commission appointees, wanted the eagerness to put into practice in six month plan but would have the service the training they have ! BUS SERVICE 5 to take the two year active duty received here at VMI. It is this plan. There was griping. .'-ense of duty that has distinguish- ed the Institute from its begin- please Then, after the requests had been filed with Headquarters, the good word had it that few of the Woodward & Elam IT'S FOR REAL! by Chester Field care... men who wanted the six month INSURANCE plan would get it. This was as Suffolk, Va. expected, and the original griping R. R. Woodward '26 b»tavM» continued. Jack W. Nwney, Jr. '59 hvngmr hwHl However, due to reductions in Imcqum tauing Uvea i* tKi» timple: You s«nd $1 to CARE. That dollar sends 22 lbs. of food overseas — helps feed this little boy and his family for one whole month.

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General Staff has un- Mr, Jones produced, why sweat med school? Armed Forces doubtedly done a magnificent job Inspiration for the young masses. in reshaping the army to meet an Tells Tales LYRIC THEATER (continued from page 3) uncertain future. Wednesday surprised to find that they "missed Of Feb. Stars THE MALTA STORY the boat." The present re-organiza- Alec Guiness and Eric Steele. tion is not an attempt to use the MR. W. J. Mr. Ronald Jones each week Alec acquits himself well in the principles of the last war in fight- teaches a class in basic astronomy. heroic defense of Malta by the ing the next one because those O'DONOHUE He holds forth in the Sale Plane- British, and at the same time shuf- principles no longer are pertinent, REPRESENTATIVE since the institution of atomic de- tarium behind the Preston Library. fles some diick who keeps getting METROPOLITAN structive capability. It is perhaps less known that he bombed out of her house. He does- LIFE INSURANCE also gives Friday night demon- n't whip das Krauts, but he gits What the General Staff has at- strations of the plantetarium. away to fight again another day. tempted to do is create an army The subject matter for the lec- Thursday capable of fighting any type of tures given at the demonstrations war-conventional, tactical atomic, Julius Straus | varies each month, juat as the stars ORESTEIA (by Aeschylus) full scale atomic, peripheral "bush about which he speaks vary A Greek trilogy which was pro- wars or come what may. Although & Sons throughout the year. During Febru- duced nowhere erse but at Ran- there is no such thing as the "Uni- GENERAL INSURANCE ary Mr. Jones is able to take his Not a Goshen orgy, but a Bacchanalian by the high school dolph-Macon. Another permit for versal Division" which could adapt listeners, via the planetarium, on set who sing and play their carefree way through "Rock, the L.A.'s. itself to any type of fighting, the RICHMOND, VA. a pilgrimage to the southern cross. Friday and Saturday Pretty Baby." pentomic concept seems to allow a 10 So. 10th St. Phone 2-8395 Mr. Jones tells about how in THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA great deal of diversity of action. times long past the north pole' Tyrone Power, Robert Wagner, was as much as 20 to 30 degrees Richard Widmark, and the inevit- south of its present position, and CELLULOID SUGGESTIONS able in the form of Anne Baxter. the southern stars were visible Thank the lord for the Marine to the people about the Medi- BY CINEMA SID Corps, and something for F. P. to Rockbridge Mayflower terranean. do Saturday afternoon. As the lecturer says in his month- STATE THEATER don, Copenhagen, in excellent Sunday ^ Radio and Restaurant ly bulletin (which includes many Tuesday Technicolor. THE CAINE MUTINY siuprising stories of the stars) PORT AFRIQUE (Columbia) Sunday and Monday The only film to ever show the ^Electrical Services HOMEMADE BREAD "the times and events they (the ROCK, PRETTY BABY AND PASTRIES A truly novel plot, apparant sui- Queeg balls in action. Starring Mediterranean men) commemorate Sal Mineo and his combo blast cide which turns out to be murder, Humphrey Bogart, Vann Johnson, Radio, Television, STEAKS — SEA FOOD are those of epic voyages; heroic their way through all the insigni- in a truly novel setting, a port in May Wynn, and Fred MacMurray, Electrical Appliances Southern Fried Chicken sea-ventures of old inquest, per- ficant little problems of life such North Africa. Phil Carey is the this Navy epic originated in the 409 S. 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In addition to the problems of a varied and challeng- new, ultra-modern headquarters Melpar's Boston area plants allow of Roanoke, Inc- A subsidiary of Westinghouse Air ing nature are required to fill im- plant, Melpar maintains additional engineers to enjoy the pleasant Brake Company, Melpar is now en- portant posts in Melpar project facilities in Arlington, Virginia, tempo of New England living "It Pleases Us To Please You" gaged in a program of expansion groups. Plan to interview the Mel- Boston and Watertown, Massachu- coupled with Boston's splendid cul- 7up involving substantial increases in par representative when he visits setts, for a total of 460,000 square RADIO HOSPITAL tural and educational advantages. feet. 1021—4th Street, S. E. staff and facilities. your campus. Lexington, Va. Melpar pays re-location expenses. 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was to be a double winner before minate a possibility of a tie. Jim Information Available For All the night was over, followed Mac- Sam Gillespie lead off in the final U. S. Colleges Give Assist To Leod's lead by taking first place event of the evening, the mile re- in the mile run, the first running lay, by running his best quarter to Hungarian Student Refugees Itinerants Europe-Bound event of the evening. Art Brock date and finished first in his leg. placed third in the fastest mile he Inness, Sessoms, and Lowe follow- The establishment of a second lished at Bard College (Annandale- Of you are planning your first national travel. The Council is a has even run to give the Keydets a ed in respective order to take English language and orientation on-Hudson, N. Y.) by the Insti- trip abroad — for pleasure, study private, nonprofit organiztion with total of 7 points in this one event fourth in the relay and clinch first center for newly-arrived Hungarian tute of International Education in or work — you will find helpful 42 member agencies. It provides and also a 7 point lead. After Bran- place for VMI and thus bring the refugee students at- St. Michael's December. a new publication of the Council trans-Atlantic transportation for driff and Horner placed second Big Six cup back to Lexington. College, Winooski, Park, Vermont, The center at St. Michael's will on Student Travel (179 Broadway, teachers and students; TRIP — and fourth respectively in the 60, Dave Pitkethly was the top scor- tvas announced today by Kenneth accomodate 100 Hungarians. New York, 7) entitled, Europe: a traveler's recreation information Jim Lowe took fourth place in the er and the outstanding competitor Holland, President of the Institute Sources of Information, priced at program aboard ship, and tour in- 440. Meanwhile, John Machen was for the Keydets as he not only took of International Education (1 East 25 cents. It is a 24-page booklet formation on international travel. springing over the high jump bar first in two events for ten points, 67th Street, New York City), the Vienna Octet compiled as a service to students The Council also coordinates at a heighth of 6 feet Vk inches but set a record as well. An up and sponsoring agency for the project. and young people traveling on special educational travel programs (continued from page 1) to become the Big Six high jump coming "rat," John MacLeod, scor- This special orientation program limited budgets. In keeping with to Africa and Asia. champion for 1957 and rack up a ed second high for the thinclads as at St. Michael's is the second such writer sonce he came to Lexington that fact, most of the publications total of five more points for the the fleetfooted lad took a first and center, the first having been estab- two and a half years ago. Each listed are free. Big Red cause. member of the group demonstrated ;5wimming second for eight points. John Mac- There were no issues of the a virtuose technique which blended The booklet lists, with brief de- Pitkethly took his second win of hen with five points for first in the high jump was third high scorer in CADET published Jan. 21 or 28 felicitously into ensemble-playing scriptions, more than 50 current (continued from page 5) the night as he broke the two mile because of exams. We inad- of the highest excellence. self-help books, pamphlets, direc- record and Savage placed third to the VMI ranks. All of the trackmen vertantly failed to inform sub- We look forward to future re- tories an dother guides. Jobs in It looked bad for the home team gain a total of seven points in one are to be commended and well de- scribers of this fact, and we have citals by the Vienna Octet. Europe, study and summer pro- in the nxet event when Pitt's White event for the second time of the serve the title of the Big Six cham- received several complaints. jects abroad, travel hints and hand- took a first in 220 yard freestyle night and to pull back ahead by a pions of the 1957 indoor season. Sorry. boks all are included for the cost- paced by Bruce Halderman and more comfortable margin. At this Coach Cormack was understandab- Next Week conscious traveler. Dave Johnson for second and thi: point in the meet the Keydets en- ly happy Saturday night as all the places. joyed a 10 point lead, however, visiting team's coaches were con- Mid-Winters Sometime in the middle of Fri- For quick reference the booklet Wm. & Mary, the closest team, was gratulating him. He well deserved (continued from page 1) day night the sixty Armed Forces also lists names and addresses of Pitt continued to rack up points rumored to be quite strong in the their praise, for after all, without a for card dances from the corps the Club men fell out of barracks and when it took first and third places European government tourist of- remaining events and not without coach what would the team be. Hop Committee has arranged to climed into "6-bys." They got out in the 50 j^ard dash with Jack fices in the United States, and foundation as was to be seen. In have seven dances designated spe- a little cramped but probably still Cunningham coming in second. There are two remaining meets student travel bureaus in Europe. the 880, which brought a majority cifically as card dances on Friday enthusiastic in Richmona on the Keydet's schedule. This Charlie Webber and Bill Keens of the crowd to their feet, Harry night. The Superintendent donated They took off for Carswell AFB Europe: Sources of Information coming weekend the VMI field- pulled to a win the first two places Ray placed third to somewhat off- the cards themselves but their de- in Texas and will return from house wil once again be the setting answers those questions most fre- in the 200 yard butterfly with a set the points racked up by Ww. & sign and all other arrangements there Tuesday night. Among the for a big meet, namely the South- quently asked of the Council dur- with a winning time of 2:53 Mary and MacLeod placed second were accomplished by the Commit- travelers is John Peters, CADET ern Conference. The following minutes. in the low hurdles to give VMI 34 tee. If the card dances prove suc- saff member assigned to the w ing the ten years it has served stu- weekend the team will go on the points to Wm. and Mary's 29. The cessful on Friday night more will thing. He'll give his account of dents an dteachers as a clearing- Charles Daniels and Allen Shoe- road to Richmond for the State possibility • of defeat having been be planned for future dances. the gallant undertaking next week. house for information on inter- maker kept the team rolling by AAU. Here's hoping they can do as winning first an thir place in the eliminated, the Keydets'now need- well in these as they have done so iving. The Keydets kept moving ed to morely place in order to eli- far this season. with Joe Spivey and Bill Old cop- ping the back stroke event. The snowball kept rolling and grov/ing as Bruce Halderman and Dave Johnson splashed away with the 440 yard event ,and Bill Keens took second place in the 200 yard breast stroke to capture the de- FORECAST: There's a cisive winning points, even though worl(d of afumtnum in Pitt took the last freestyle relay event to terminate an exciting meet. the wonderful worN of tomorrow Years Ago

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