Am. Machine & Foundry Gets New President As Burgess, Band, Staff & Colors March Tomorrow VMI Class of '39, Takes Over In Mardi Gras Festivities 'Rex' Parade Carter L. Burfess, '39, has been As the majority of the Corps all. elected president of the American shines and presses for MEI on While the unhappy majority re- Machine and Foundry Company. Feb. 17, eighty-eight more fortun- maining on the post enjoys din- He will serve under Morehead Pat- ate cadets will be aboard a Twen- ner at the exclusive Crozet Hall, terson, chairman and chief execu- tieth Century - Fox chartered T. band members and the VMI corps tive officer. W.A. Coistellation heading for the exalted big brass will probably Mr. Burgess was most recently Pelican States and New Orleans' dine at Antoine's, Galatoire's, or president of Trans World Airlines. traditional Mardi Gras, for the Arnaud's, three of the city's best In his forty-one years, he has had filming part of the studio's forth- beanries. Later, a tour of the a notable carreer in Government coming production, "Mardi Gras," town will be in order so that the and private service. as it is tentatively titled. troops can soak in some of the Graduated in 1939, Lieutenant The VMI contingent will be city's various cultures. Burgess was assigned to the head- the leading group in the "Rex" About the time taps reverberates quarters of the Combined Chiefs of parade on Mardi Gras Day, Feb. through barracks in Lexington, the Staff in Washington at the begin- 18. These parades, one or more racaous bellows of the eighty-by- ning of World War II. In 1943 he each day during the week preced- eight by-that-time well on their served as administrative secretary ing (Mardi Gras Week), are named way to bringing in the night be- at the Roosevelt-Churchill confer- for the various "krewes," or car- fore the morning after cadets. ence at Casablanca. He was at- nival organizations which sponsor Famed Bourbon Street and Pirates tached to Supreme Headquarters them. Of the many spectacular Alley, where are located some of in Europe as a colonel when the festivities, the "Rex" parade, and the most colorful night spots, will war ended. on the evening of the same day, no doubt be visited by^ the Key- Hereturned to civilian life as as- the "Rex" Ball (where the New dets and their debutante dates (a sistant to the president and direc- Orleans debutants of the season fringe benefit of the trip, prob- tor of administrator at General make their final coming-out), are ably arranged by some of the more Airline and Film Corporation, and the most elaborate. The Negro omnipotent of the studio's brass.) in 1947 joined Trans World Air- population of the city adds to the Though the cadets join the mer- lines as assistant to the president gay atmosphere with its own pa- ry fete for only two nights and There was next a stint as assistant rade, the 'Zulu' reputed as the one day, they are present for the to the president of the University most exuberant and spontaneous of climax of the originally religious of South Carolina. Pictured above are members of the regimGras in New Orleans today, but now carnival-like fiesta. Im- In 1954, Mr. Burgess left the ental staff and colors who left for the Mardi ported to New Orleans from campus for the rather more hectic Physics Chapter France in the early 19th century, Mardi Gras (meaning "Fat Tues- atmosphere of the Pentagon as As- on Lexington's streets, when the day) is the last fling before the sistant Secretary of Defense for Richmond airport was closed, when Views Films On P. T.'s Wm Be Walked Todav Lenten season beginning on Ash Manpower and Personnel. For his the corps formed on the stoops Wednesday, the day following. three-year service he received the by E. E. BOMAR on the stoops, visibility was down, and marched route-step down to Rocket Problems department's highest civilian It was said at the beginning of but it must be admitted that one the mess-hall, when rats walked Stiffly formal and elaborate de- award,, the Certificate of Apprecia- this year that penalty tours would could see across the courtyard. the stairs — and penalty tours The VMI Student Chapter of the butante balls initiate the revelry tion. be marched, regardless of the And it was cold. It was cold at would be marched. Everyone lis- American Institute of Physics held on Twelfth Night (early in Janu- In January, 1957, he was back weather, unless Stonewall and DEC, and began to get colder by tened for what they thought would its second meeting of the year on ary), and these build to a com- pletely informal, city-wide bacha- at T. W. A. as president, but last battery were invisible from Jack- the minute. You didn't see the us- inevitably follow: "Attention, At- Monday night in Mallory Hall. The nalia on Shrove Tuesday. January 1, after little less than a son Arch. ual stoop - loiterers, or the guys tention in barracks. As you were greater portion of the meeting was year, he resigned after a "disagree- This year, crowds numbering in Inconsistently, there have been hanging around the bulletin boards on that last turnout . . . ! devoted to three films on rocketry; ment over airline policies." The the hundreds' of thousands are ex- a few times when rain interrupted in the arches reading the news. But it didn't come, only the sys- how it began to be of major im- disagreement was reportedly with pected to be lineing Canal Street the normal schedule over events on People ran from one room to an- tematic countdown until penalty portance to far-sighted military Howard Hughes, the company's (widest and most famous of New Wednesday and Saturday after- other, it was so cold. tours formed "Right Away." strategists after the Second World largest stockholder. War, an insight into the problems Orleans' picturesque avenues). noons, and while this rain by no Then to the amazement of The regimental commander went Royal Street (the narrowest) and Mr. Burgess is a director of and procedures conducted with the means obscured the hero of Chan- everybody, the turnout made the to the guard room to question the the less renowned areas of the- American Machine and Foundry firing and testing of rockets, and cellorsville, even from Limits most unbelievable statement we've questionable. routes of the numerous parades and of J. P. Morgan & Company. a look at the future of rockets as Gates, penalty tours were marched heard this year. Attention, Atten- The sinners put on white gloves. and merry - making sprees. A. M. F. is a highly diversified in- the vehicle which will someday dustrial operation, making, among with pencils in supervised study. tion in barracks. Penalty tours will They put on gray gloves on top of This Saturday it snowed, and it be marched today. Uniform: fa- these. They put on cotton fatigue release men from the bond hold- other things, automatic pinspotters, ing them on the surface of their baking equipment, rubber goods snowed hard and fast from early tigues, overshoes, and raincapes. pants instead of warm wool pants, because paragraph 220.09, native planet. and atomic reactors. in the morning until late at night, Arms will be carried." The sin- ROTC Grads In for Blue Book, says that fatigues will Mr. Burgess lives at Pelham Man- heaviest around noon to tw(r or ners couldn't believe their ears. Plans for the annual banquet be worn on penalty tours. This was or, N. Y., with his wife and five three o'clock in the afternoon. At Here was a day when cars were were tentatively made, and speak- the first shirts and ski-jackets, and 6 Months Can Get daughters. DEC, when the companies formed pointed sideways on the highways ers at the banquet were, selected (continued on page 8) for invitation. Ranger Training O'Casey's' Juno&The Paycock' Tucker, Ti-aylor Are Guiding Army ROTC graduates now on six months' active duty are now being given the opportuinty to Lights of 1959 Bomb Staff volunteer for airborne or ranger training. To Be Presented February 24 These new lieutenants, the ma- jority of them June graduates from Irishmen are born storytellers, concerned with the Boyles, who snugs (bars) of the neighborhood among 700 colleges and universi- and with "Juno and the Paycock," live in a two-room Dudlin tene- like a paycock (peacock), avoiding ties, must complete 15 weeks' train- presented here February 24 by the ment. Mrs. Boyle was born in June, work whenever possible. ing before beginning the airborne Rockbridge Concert Theater Ser- married in June and bore her only Mary falls in love with a stuffy or ranger courses at Fort Benning, ies, author Sean O'Casey has mana- son in that month — hence her young lawyer who brings them Ga. ged at one and the same time to classic nickname. Twenty years word that the Captain has inheri- Only those will be selected for have glorious farce as well as tra- ago Juno had been a handsome ted $10,000 from a cousin. Such the volunteer coijrses who are gedy. The play was first produced woman, but now, at 45, constant unexpected riches inflate the Cap- physically qualified and who can at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1924, work and the anxiety for her home tain's ego and accelerate his daily within six months, complete the with the late Sara Allgood and Bar- have beset her. She's the one who intake of alcohol. branch basic courses (usually in- ry Fitzgerald in the title roles. kedps the home together, while her The Boyles refurnish their flat fantry, armor or artillery), the The time is 1922, the period of drunken defet-ridden husband, on loans on their expected inheri- volunteer course and the required tance. Then come a series of shat- the Irish Civil War. The play is "Captain" Boyles, struts about the travel and leave. tering revelations — the will has Ranger training lasts approxi- been defectively drawn up and mately eight weeks. The airborne the Captain will not inherit a cent; course, now five weeks long, is Mary has become pregnant by the due to be shortened soon. With younger lawyer who has now vani- tight scheduling, it would be pos- shed without a trace, the new % sible for a volunteer to complete furniture is taken away by credi- both the airborne and ranger train- tors and Johnny is to be executed WILLIAM TRAYLOR SPENCER TUCKER ing during the six months. for betrayal. The Paycock goes out At a meeting of the second class do, Florida, has worked on the to drown his woes in drink. In the Since June 1954, all Regular end it is Juno who rises to the Monday night, Dec. 3rd, the leaders Circulation Department of the Army second lieutenants commis- heights of classic tragedy. of the 1959 BOMB were elected BOMB since his rat year. He is a sioned in the combat arms and Spencer C. Tucker was elected Chemistry Major, and a private in direct combat-support branches No brief outlin% of the action can Editor-in-Chief of the BOMB and Rand Company. He is a member of have been required to take either do justice to the beauty of the lan- WUliam L. Traylor was chosen to the Armed Forces Club, American the ranger or airborne courses. guage, the warmth and reality of be Business Manager. Chemical Sotiety, and the Florida even the minor characters. And at Tucker, whose home is here in Club. least one line from "Juno" should Lexington, is Junior Editor of this Other members of the Staff of move into the realm of literature. year's BOMB. He is a top ranking the 1959 BOMB are: Associate NOTICE "The whole world," says the Cap- history major and a private in Al- Editors, John Kemp and Watson tain lugubriously, "is in a state of pha Company. He is head baseball' Mundy; Circulation Manager, Sam The CADET regrets that the chassis." manager, and a member of the Adams; Advertising Manager, following two names were left The Rockbridge Concert Theater Glee Club, CADET Staff, Armour George Mittendorf; Corps Editor, off the semester Dean's List. Series presents "Juno and the Pay- Forces Club, International Rela- Noland Pipes; Sports Editor, John Loop, N. E., E Va. cock" by the Dublin Players ap the tions Club, and P. X. Council. Engels, Activities Editors, Vernon Anderson, M. W., F Md. Lexington High Auditorium, Feb- Also assistant scoutmaster of Hesihman and Mel Anderson, and This brings the semester total Scene from "Juno and The Payeovk" which will be presented ruary 24. The program begins at Lexington Boy Scout Troop 6. Picture Editors, Jim Garnett and to 50. by the Dublin players in Lexington January 24th. 8:19 P.M. Traylor, who comes from Orlan- Sal Ratner. MifUWinters POST-MORTEM The first hop of the new year is gone. Where were you, in Washington, Richomnd, or just "away?" Whether or not it was the fact alone that weekends were "open" for Mid-Winters does not cxcuse the poor attendance both nights. It seems that immediately after intermission the floor is deserted regard- less of whether it be Mid-Winters or Finals. Is there a solution? The closing of weekends certainly has not shown in the past that it is the answer. There are simply more lights on in barracks than there otherwise might be. No, something different seems to be in order. A solution? Possibly not, but perhaps worth a try, if for no other reason than an attempt at tryin gto sootm some the comments of officers and guests when the mass exodus occurs during the .middle of the dance. Monday If there is really an interest in finding this solution, as there seems to be, how about trying this; by allowing cadets who atten dthe entire dance, at least on Saturday night, to take weekends after the compeltion of the dance, it appears that there must be at least more cadets remaining for the entire dance than would otherwise be the case. This might also incorporate those cadets not having dates but who desire to take a weekend regardless, as they might be the "stag line" discussed ats ome length in an article on this page. If you raise ah ow lover this idea lets hear you better it, constructively. We are open to any half-way decent sug- gestions Umntsdo^ Jhtnsdoij A Stag Line For VMI? 4 MIPWINIHI HOK - h Hm WEEK The following is an article which the objections voiced — almost was received from the United frantically — to having stags at States Naval Academy on stag a hop is that it's old-fashioned. If lines. Since there has been a great they only knew that right now, deal of discussion about VMI hops, and in the future, young officers Letter To The Editor attendance etc., in the last few find themselves moving in a so- Armed Forces years we believe that anything that phisticated society where "cutting BY DON CUTHRELL Editor's Note — This letter is sical specialization in any defini- might lend more general pleasure in" is routine at dances — where in response to a letter written to tion of education. I am quite aware in attending the hops should be introducing ladies and gentlemen J. N. H. of Roanoke (VR. TECH, of the fact that individual partici- brought before the Corps. The to one another is expected and In the event of another war, our needed with great speed. The units Dec. 6, 1957) who commented on pation in sports and physical ex- stag line is one of those items. accomplished smoothly, effortless- army must be able to meet the de- may be put on a single line, or the poor spirit shown by Tech ercise are extremely important, ... Read the article carefully and note ly — where he must carry on con- mands of rapid placed at staggered intervals in students in leaving the VPI-VMI but I cannot see the correlation be- its points, then let us know your versations with any number of movement and depth along the area. In the latter game last Thanksgiving. It was re- tween actual and vicarious partici- reactions. ladies; not just the 'one he brung.' dispursion and situation a "killing zone" is estab- printed in the Cadet of January pation in a physical activity. still maintain its 13, 1958, and as a result of interest * » * lished in which the en^my is forced I believe in democracy too firm- striking capa- Dear Anti-staglincr, If you happen to be pinned or to move, thus meeting the fire- shown in the Corps, we feel this ly to stand by and let you con- city. T o help relevant. This is an open letter whose pur- engaged look at it this way. If power of the whole division from demn my sense of values without you are going to marry the girl, solve this pro- all sides. To augment infantry Dear JNH: criticizing yours. pose is to acquaint you with some blem a com- arguments in favor of the "Restora- then your social contacts as a fire, division artillery can be mas- As a student of VPI, I wish to Over-Emphasis of Sports young married couple will be pletely new In- sed into this same zone. extend my sincere apprecation to You mentioned the students that tion of the Stag Line" at the fantry Division largely with your contemporaries The problem of logistics is one you for being a loyal supporter left the game at halftime, but Academy. It's an important sub- has been concei- and their wives. They'll be the of major importance to the battle of this wonderful institution. Be- unfortunately you did not mention ject and merits your thoughtful ved which has more fire-power ones with whom you organize to group. Supplies must reach the cause of your loyal support and the numerous students, such as I, consideration. At the end of the with less men and can strike as a go to a beach party etc. • Why unit in quantity to support an at- that of many others from Roanoke, who are so completely disgusted letter is an invitation for you to single unit or separate smaller doesn't it make sense for her to tack and with speed to keep ab- I have always felt welcome in Roa- with our over-emphasis of sports speak your piece! units not dependent upon the meet and get to know your friends reast of the mobile unit. Much has that we do not desire to be asso- 1. Diversification of Social Con- others. To achieve this idea, the noke, and I am sure that many now? Some of our "fanatics" have been done in the way of research ciated with this commercialized tact. The very nature of your division is broken down into five other students feel the same way. said "I'm not going to have some to provide new techniques to meet mass hysteria in any way. For daily routine dictates that 99-44/100 battle groups which are in size re- Education has been defined in some smoothie go dancing with my the demand. The old idea of mas- some strange reason you have percent of your contacts are with lative to a reinforced battalion. many ways, but I prefer to consid- chosen to confuse school spirit girl and maybe sweep her off her sing supplies-in one area is out other midshipmen, officers, and Within the battle group there are an education as a mental with hero-worshipping. If the ca- feet and take her away from me!" of the question in an atomic war. instructors — all male. Then when all the necessary components to training to enable an individual to dets that emba?tassed you were Well, my friend, if she's going to Now, each supply point must be you have the opportunity to fight as an individual unit. Each is think for himself to reason logi- permitted to leave after their last stray you'd better put her to the smaller and widely dispursed broaden your social development supported directly by a 4.2 mortar cally, and to be aware of facts, class on Wednesday instead of be- test now, not wait until you're mar- throughout a large area. Each divi- by draggihg — and thus add femi- battery manned by artillery per- formulas, or theories ... I do not ing military obligated to attend ried and gone! sion will have their own means of nine contacts to your social ex- sonnel. This provides very close desire to include and form of phy- (continued on page 8) supply without being dependent perience — you take your drag support to the infantry in either upon a larger unit for their needs. New Market, and extending on to a hop and spend the whole eve- 3. The Dragger actually benefits the attack or the defence situation. slopes beyond, the enemy had ning constantly at her side. Your more than the stag! "Why should Air-lift will be used, along with past the town wpre beautiful positioned his artillery. If the commander chooses, he outlook and exerience have been I use my initiative and my money, the aid of a transportation bat- meadows dotted with orchards, in may deploy his five battle groups "It was Sunday morning at 11 enhanced by the thoughts, opin- in the form of bringing a date, and talion. The battle group will be which the enemy had positioned as five "islands of resistance", o'clock." As soon as the cadets ions, and personality of one female! then have to share her with those faced with the situation that troops his skirmishers. The left wing of each of which may be tied in came in sight an enemy battery (stags) who don't even have enough found during beach operations in the Northern Forces was in the through communications. This which was situated in a Lutheran If a stag line were operating, initiative to drag?" This is the at- the other major wars. That is town of New Market an dthe right enables the commander to have a church yard in the heart of New and the hop therefore had some titude of the anti-stagliners. they will have less to operate with wing of the enemy was poster', much clearer picture of his battle and must depend more on person- behind the heavy stone fence that Market opened fire. flexibility to it, you would have a. Even a small percentage of plan. He can then direct these units met, danced with, and talked at stags will provide enough flex- nal survival than on any great extended across the line of ad- To be cont'd . .. Next week — to the place in which they are chain of supply. vance. Behind the infantry, on the length to a substantial number of ibility so that, while other people At long last — The Battle! girls. You would develop the a- are dancing with your girls, you bility to introduce people to one can be dancing with several other another easily, and naturally. Your girls. Furthermore, you can get a personality would become enlarg- little "rest" when the notion ed by looking through the windows strikes you and just not dance at ears Ago file Caet of not just one pair of feminine all some of the time. Published Monday afternoon. Entered as second class matter Sep- leyes but many. You would learn of b. Whether you think so or not tember 19, 1946 at the Post Office in Lexington, Virginia, under the thS routme find outlook not just — your drag will enjoy her week- At VMI act of March 3, 1879. Subscription during regular school year $3.00 in end much more if she gets to dance barracks, $3.50 out of baracks, for 30 issues. at Mrs. Gizmo'sf school for girls BY S. C. TUCKER —but at Vassar, GoUCher, Sweet- with a good many different guys Member of the Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association briar, Holton Arms and the drink- - not just you! If you don't be- lieve this, ask her. Remember, ing fountain for secretaries at the ' ' " Battle of New Market Cont'd. bowing and riding a Cid") and SAMUEL B. WITT Ilf Editor-in-Chief Washington office of XYZ Corpora you're just sharing her on the Daybreak found the cadets his staff rode by. Breckinridge's ANTHONY R. LASH, JR. tion! dance floor. You're still the guy "marching in the muddy road to- appearance was quite awe inspir- Managing Editor that gets to take her home, and wards New Market. On the march, ing to the men. He was large in DONALD W. CUTHRELL MiUtary Bditor You would find out that some ! she's more likely to be affectionate- the cadets overtook Wharton's stature, an excellent horseman, FRANK S. HANCOCK Associato Editor very gorgeous girls are self-center-1 'y inclined toward .you if you Brigade with a VMI boy at their and had a strong face, which was RONALD J. KAYE Hu«or Editor ed and are dull conversationalists showed a genuine interest in in- head. The joviality of these vet- graced with a "long, dark, droop- nice to look at, period. You ^ troducing her to your friends, and lerans cheered the cadets. They ing moustache." CONTRIBUTING EDITORS would discover that others, perhaps j seeing to it that she had a good ^pp^a^ed the cadets to be as Echols nad Wharton's brigades JAMES T. TATE. HENRY E. THOMAS, J. P. MMP, J. K. BIADTORD not so beautiful to look at, are time at the hop. "merry, nonchalant, and indiffer- hurried past the cadets rushing to vivacious, smart, entertaining, ent to the conung fight as if it the front. "Forward" was again friendly - fun to be with. Other 4. The Stag line would be a \yere their daily occupation." By given and shortly thereafter, a NEWS AND FEATURE STAFF discovered paradoxes would add dangerou, s ,collectio. n ..o.f leeches. good natured gibes, the veterans curve in the road revealed New W. A. Keefe. T. J. Smyth. G. S. Balderson, E. H. Grayson. S. C. Tucker, to your education: like how some' "Our stag Ime would be nothing made the cadets to feel "ashamed Market with the whole of the J. J. Moorcones, A Ramirez. W. Maurer. R. M. Hudgins. R. N. Suiter, of these "emaciated model types"! but a bunch of pests," says the by the depressing solemnity of enemy's p o s i t i p n dispalyed in E. C. Doleman, P. S. Thompson, D. Defoe, C. S. Stevens. R. Spencer can be so hard to dance with; yet anti-stag liner. Well! Can't you our last six miles of marching and front. W. T. Braithwaite, E. E. Bomar, A. F. E. Smith, E. R. McDonnal. some of those a little on the heavy see the picture now? Our proto- renewed within our breast the true The town of New Market lies in G. N. MoUock, side are so light on their feet it's typed stag swaggers out from the dare-devil spirits of soldiery." the Shenandoah Valley', but is STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS like dancing with a nice soft stag-pack; red-eyed, small horns Closer and closer to New Mar- further split off into the eastern- J. G. Espey, R. L. Hickers^n cloud — equipped with power growing from his forehead. (He's ket marched the group. Action be- most of two valley within the a first classman, of course — came more excited, and all knew Shenandoah, formed by a ridge of steering! BUSINESS STAFF maybe a striper). He taps our that the front was near. Mounted hills. The Massanutten mountains ALEX M. CLARKE Business Maaasw Put another way: How will a hero, a terrified youngster, and skirmishers hurried past the were off to the cadets right as they faced New Market and the PAUL R. DA VIES Advertising Maaagor man ever know for sure what a says "shove off!" Then he picks marching men to assume their position at the front of the force. enemy position. Through a hill- DAVID M. MADDOX Circulation Managor good martini is like if he only up the screaming, kicking princess CAPTAIN WILLIAM D. BADGETT Faculty Adviaar has one bartender? Cheering was heard to the rear, formed depression, ran a "tran- and carries her off to the balcony and the cadets took up the cry as verse road with heavy stone walls." G. r. UhUg, J. W. Hunnicutt, E. R. McDannald, H. D. Hoskins, 2. Preperation for Junior of- — with six hop committee mem- General C. Breckinridge "mount- This road was parallel to the line J. W. McDougal. G. W. Scales, C. H. Fullner, R. A. ReiU.W. Eubank, (continued on page 8) ed magnificently uncoverd,' of battle. Between the cadets and ncen' social obligaUens. One of L. D. Raiisow, E. I. Young, R. E. Stojr, F. L. Wilsoa ST. CYR Kneel Men. Rise Officers'' BY J. T. TATE, JR. "They Learn That They My Con- quer," and the schol gave him three Editor's Note — This feature on thousand officers who fought for^ St. Cyr., the French West Point, him in the ten agitated years that is the first in a series of articles on led to Waterloo. the military schools of our allies. Anything that prepared the Features to follow will cover the future officers for the serious busi- military schools of Britain, Can- ness of dying in battle was favor- ada, and Germany. This series of ed by Napoleon and with his en- features is meant to follow up a couragement the custom of duel- series on American military col- leges run in last year's Cadet. It is ing had an early and lively start. hoped that the reader will draw Fourteen students died in duels at Shown above are the cadets from St. Cyr marching in a cere- The above is a sceni of the Cadet's Quarters at St. Cyr. Due the school between 1808 and 1814, constructive comparisons and con- monial parade in Paris. It is to be noted that though St. Cyr to the fact that the French army has never put a groat deal of and St. Cyr/s last recorded dueling trasts of these schools to VMI and does not put a great deal of stress on dfill, spit, and polish stress on spit and polish and uniformity and orderliness, these' thus better understand our for' death was in 1857 after drastic that this would notb e realized form the cadets' appearance eign companions in arms and also measures were taken to stamp it quarters differ a great deal from their American r.nd British to realize grounds for possible im- out. and performance in these Paris parades. counterparts. • provement in our system. Hazing finally replaced dueling, and was at first just as much a 1946, time could not be wasted in tion. After graduation he must St. Cyr, the French West Point, threat to the students' lives and restoring the old plan, so the spend nine months to a year in is the training ground for France's limbs. Over the years it has turn- school was reopened in a Brit- a speical branch school before be- Band's Bang & Bennett Bogie marshals and generals. It is the ed down until it is now merely a tany camp where it resides today. ing assigned to a unit. command upon which the French ceremonial shadow lasting only for During the Indochina War, the Traditions & Ceremonies Transquilize Drill-Dreary Dogs Army depends for new leaders. the first two weeks of the recruit's classes petitioned command to Every year on December 2, the For a school founded by a king's first year. ' shorten their course and to speed anniversary of Napoleon's great Last week for the first time that disease. He can't be blamed for mistress to educate impoverished St. Cyr could not help getting up the rate with which they were victory at Austerlitz, in 1805, the we, the gasseous gripers of Com- what follows, because his gyro has noblemen's daughters, St. Cyr has itself involved in the changes of sent to Indochina. It is possible students put on a reenactment, with pany D. have ever seen in this stopped by this time, and he makes come a long way. the regimes and their accompany that the signers were only partly the seniors taking the part of the healthful and pleasant abode, drUl that infamous comment which some de Pompadour, Godmother ing revolutions which occurred in motivated by pure patriotism. Th> "Grande Armee" and the juniors was somewhat of a pleasure. I bystanders mistake for a command. It was Louis XIV's Madame de the nineteenth centry. Usually the rigors of St. Cyr training are such the role of the defeated Austrians mean, troops ,that we actually had What can HIS pigeons do but obey Maintenon who in 1685 persuaded cadets were forgiven for their sup- the combat in a rice paddy might and Russians. FUN. We were out there by Limits this magnificent insanity? What be preferable. the Roi Soleil to erect the school port of the former regime, what- Early in the year after the new Gates for almost an hour, and I'll follows appears to be fire drill Curriculum in the booby hatch. You might for young gentlewomen a few ever it was. students have been indoctrinated be a rat's mother-in-law if I heard one howl about the time. We were even call it the Consternation miles from the Palace at Versailles. French Historian Critical Except for the seven weoks' in the fundamentals of life at St. right in there under the band, and Waltz, those three squads, each It was suppressed duridg the French historians are extreme- summer vacation, and short breaks Cyr, there is a solemn candlelight at Christmas and Easter, the I guess everybody was carried away with nine individuals going about Revolution and lay idle until Na- ly severe in their judgements on ceremony in which they are given cadet's life is a hard one. From 6 by the extra effort that McManus's the thing in their own way. Even poleon in 1808 decided to put the the type of training St. Cyr gave the red-and-whi|E-plume dress cap. or did not give in the period lead- a. m. at revellie to supper at 8:30, Muwas are putting into their blow, when everybody got the hang of buildings to sterner uses. Madame And at the years end there is de Pompadour, the mistress of ing up to the Franco-Prussian war he hustles through a long and beat, and bang, what with all those the thing it was enoi^h to make "The Triumph," when the first- Louis XV, has better claim to the of 18'?0. One historian reports that strenuous day of field training and thoughts of after taps in New you climb on the wagon for awhile. year men, melons, are ordered by title of godmother of St. Cyr than the Geramn language classes at classes. At least once a week his Orleans whirling about in their All this time Platoonia Payne Madame de Maintenon as she urged St. Cyr were a joke, while the work is capped by a night problem the top-ranking cadet to "Knell, pointed little heads. Too bad you and company were whipping back Louis XV in 1751 to erect a seri- German counterparts were serious- which cuts his sleeping time to men," and then "Rise Officers." guys had to be far away across and forth, back and^ forth, until ous military school for the sons ly instruct! ng themselves in four hours. The curriculum lays Each class is given the name of the battlefield painfully pounding Jack got so enthralled with the of nobles. French. heavy emphasis on practical field some great military man or event. the bricks. You should have seen goings on that he forgot to give ;i Bonypart Bennett and his now toy, Napoleon Founded training, with fifty miles of wild, Lack of Spit & Polish REAR MARCH, and his boys Things changed, however, at St. that "RIGHT STEP, LEFT Napoleon attended this school desolate countryside in Brittany Although the St. Cyriens add marched on down to the College Cyr, after the shock of 1870. The STEP, DOUBLE TO THE REAR Inn for a quick mUk. but in 1808 moved the location to at its disposal. color, glamor, and marching pre- class of 1872 was baptized "Re- WITH A SLIGHT HESITATION" the old girls 'sahool at St. Cyr to In the two-year course, about cision to Paris' cetremonial pa- I, for one, got shanghaied out vehge," and solid work was done bit. get it away from the luxuries of at the school in the years up to four-fifths of the cadet's time is rades, drill and spit and polish play of the Albino Owl's gang, and his court at Fontainbleau. Napol- 1914. After World War I, in spent on weapons and tactics, and little part in the life of the school That ragtime- really got him by didn't see hide nor hair of those eon, gave the school its motto. which 4,547 St. Cyriens were kill- other military lessons. When he The curriculum provides for sixty- the brain. He gets that "to hell guys the whole time. Ron must ed, the class of 1919 was called gets to St. Cyr, the cadet roughly ,Two hours of drill the first year, with penalty tours" look in his have gotten all feathered up and right eye. Then osmosis takes stayed inside the Stucco Gates. "The Great Revenge." It was tbc has the equivalent of a four-year and nineteen the second. over, and his left eye catches the J. W. Burress, Inc. Second World War which^hysical- .\merican college course. Thus The baracks are plain and clean, Whip was in there steering his ly destroyed St. Cyr with its Ger- strictly academic work is reduced but not distinguished by rigid uni- which it rests with an unmistak- zombies around and keeping the CONSTRUCTION AND man bombing raids. The school to foreign language, (English, Ger- dust off their blunderbusses, but formity and orderliness which able spider web. The French army INDUSTRIAL first fled to unoccupied France and man, Russian, or Arabic) history, characterize their American and when the band thundered up to has not for generations placed EQUIPMENT then to Algeria. mathematics, and electricity. The British counterparts. It isn't un- point blank range it sort of drown- ROANOKE, VIRGINIA With the Indochina War de- cadet does not ch6ose his branch usual for a vistor to see a cadet's much emphasis on this phase of ed out communications, and with Dial DI 3-1507 P. 0. 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The Keydet tankers met with Feb. 17 3 P.M. — Rat swimming, Feb. 22 11 A.M. — Virginia Big some stiff competition and dropped VMI vs Fishburne Military Aca- Six Swimming Meet at Virginia Bows To Rampaging Indians, 79-61 two meets to Navy and Florida demy, Here. Tech. After a long ride over the moun- nearly all of the rebounds. practice, ahd competition, he mis- University however many records '6:30 P.M. — Rat basketball, VMI were made by both teams. 3 and 7 P.M. — Southern Con- tains on the 12th of February, the VMI went into a zone from the sed almost all of them. There is no vs The Citadel, hero. Keydets received a warm welcome The Navy squacr overtook VMI by ference Indoor Track Meet, here. start of the game to stop this re- doubt that he is a very appropriate 8:15 P.M. -- Varsity basketball, by the citizens of Bluefield. They bounding and to hold some of their substitute for Lee. Kirk Berggren 55-31 anc) now cadet Ken Ederley VMI vs The Citadel, here. 4 P.M. — Rat wrestling, VMI vs were to partake in the Mountain- broke a school record in the 200- Norfolk Division of William and big men from scoring. This was also presented a fine performance Feb. 19 8 P.M. — Varsity basket- eer Parade, a function given in yard butterfly with 2:21 time. Mary, here. quite effective for the first half at the end of the game by tallying ball, VMI vs Roanoke College, here. honor of both teams but principally when they only trailed by a mare on a long jump shot. In general, The meet started off by Navy Feb. 20 8 P.M. — Rat basketball, 8 P.M. — Varsity basketball, VMI for West Virginia since they are eight points. William and Mary's the second team, better known as taking the first event, the medley, VMI vs Hargrave Military Academy vs William and Mary, here. second in the nation. biggest scoring punch came with the Rinks, did a fine job when they relay, beating Old, Keens, Ederley, 9:45 P.M. — Varsity wrestling, their tap-ins and lay-ups. As a got in the game. and Lampshire. In the 220-yard there. The welcome at tne Auditorium Feb. 21 4 P.M. — Varsity swim- VMI vs U. S. Naval Academy, at whole, their shooting from the out- Bruce Haldeman and Frank Althin was just as warm, or I should say The game was another Southern ming, VMI ,vs Virginia Tech, there. Annapolis. side was relatively poor. took second and third places. mighty hot. From the time the Conference loss for the Keydets Again it was Ralph Lawson who Jack Cunningham won first place starting whistle blew, till the end placing more and more distance be- added the spark to tlie Keydets by in both 50 and 100-yard sprints performance of the year by win- and strength bui comparatively of the game. West Virginia ran. tween them and the Conference scoring twenty-eight points. He hit and Charlie Daniel made his best ning the 200-yard Orthodox event. speaking VMI showed up well. However, the floor was slippery tournament in March. This Monday and it slowed them down consider- for the thousand percent in the performance of the year by taking Navy took the last event which In the first Florida won the 400- they play The Citadel here in Lex- ably cutting the score to 104-58 at first ten minutes, scoring some second in the diving event. was the 400-yard freestyle relay. yard medley relay and beat the ington and it is absolutely neces- the end of the game, fourteen points. In the next event Ken Ederley, Following the Navy meet Florida school record by five seconds. In sary that we win the game. The pletely a loss because of the However, when I^ee Southard only a rat, cracked the 220 yard downed the Keydets swimmers 54- the 220-yard distance race co-cap- whole Corps should be down at the butterfly time and took first place. 32. Although the team lost to those tain Bruce Haldeman. and Frank slippery floor, the audience got fouled out with almost a half to just ts many thrills seeing little fieldhouse to see the game. In the 220-yard backstroking event tough competitors it still leaves Althin placed second and third.' go, John "Horse" Moore went in Ronny Reeton (5' 7") lead the fast for Lee and really tore those Bobby Cochran beat Bill Old out of them undefeated in the Southern Jack Cunningham, who has break and give some fancy hand- boards apart. If he had hit his foul third place. Conference and Big Six. Four re- scarcely lost a race' this season, won offs. Several times he had the spec- shots, he would probably hit with Bruce Haldeman took a second the 100-and 50-yard sprints. Bill BRADFORDS cords were broken by the Florida tators on their feet with applause. double figures but due to lack of place in the 440-yard distance race team which was strong in depth Old made his best time since at RESTAURANT and Billy Keens made his best time VMI to win the 200-yard backstro- The big show came, however, Recommended By king event. with a "Sophomore Sensation" by R. M. 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Grapplers Win In Sprinters Lead The Way To Victory One Out of Three By LEE McCOWN As Distance Men Share Team Work This past week the VMI wrestlers Field House, Feb. 15 — The MacLeod, Art Brandriff and ing everyone else, and on the back returned to action after a long Keydets trtok an early lead that Howard Moss, the lone W&M op- turn it was Lowe in first with Ray exam period lay off to win one afternoon in the Big Six Track position ^as out of the race as and Williams in the last poistions, match while absorbing two losses. Meet and were never again in these brillent sprinters raced Quant and Royer of W&M seperat- The long trip through the moun- jeopardy of losing their title from across the rinlsh to sv/eep che event ing them from Lowe. VMI was tains to Morgantown must have last year. The final score: VMI for VMI. The record time was tied not to be denied this week, and been too much for the boys as they 431^ points, William and Mary 31, twice, once by Brandriff in the Ray, bursting from behind the exhibited far from their best form Virginia Virginia Tech 22, semifinals, and by Horner who won stands, up behind Lowe to place in dropping, a 2-8 decision to the and Richmond 7. the finals, both posting a 6.3 second. However, muc hto every seconds. MacLeod was second' in one's surprise ,there was a third West Virginia Mountaineers. Only The Keydets took first and. column. Woodman, who has been the finals and Brandriff third golden VMI shirt containing Wil- second in the broad jump that William and Mary dominated the liams, who had called on his re- Shuba in the 177 lb. classes were afternoon, being represented by able to scratch in the the win BUI Dunn is shown clearing the pole vault bar with the form high jump with their Bales, who Sam Horner and Johnny MacLeod, (continued on page 8) column. Woodman, who has been which has netted him the VMI Indoor pole vault record. placed first, and Storm who took who jumped respectively 22 feet second. VMI's Mik Moss was do- a consistent winner since return- 4 inches, and 22 feet 3% inches. ing to the team, took bJt a few ing considerably better this week This was just a warm up for these and tied' with Walker of W&M for minutes to dispose of his opponent SHORTS ON SPORTS two athletes who were to partici- First National by way of a first minute pin. Shuba, third. The bight was 6 feet, 3 inch- by O. E. HYATT team has with the Citadel tonight pate repeatedly for VMI through- who is a I^at and was starting his es, bettering the old standard of This first thing which comes to is important in a special way. If' out the meet with devesting effects first varsity match, showed much 6-2 by Rancorn of Virginia in 1951. mind this week is track. Since VMI on the opposition. Bank of promise in taking a. decision for the VMI cagers can come off with retained the Virginia Big Six In- The mile run was the first event William and Mary's Bob Detombe VMI's other three points. a victory they will have won them- door Track crown by winning selves an opportunity to play West of that alight, with William and took the lead in the two mile run and never relinquished his Arlington Tuesday night the Keydets ran strongly Saturday night, we are Virginia a third time this year. Mary's Bob DeTombe taking first, position, going on to win the event into probably their tou^est com- consequently favored to capture They would meet the Hillbillys — being followed by hard pace-sett- with a t i ni e of 9 minutes, 57 petition of the year in the Ft. the Southern Conference cham- er Mountaineers in the Southern ing Larry Williams of VMI. Bow- ARLINGTON 3, VIRGINIA man of VPI loolr. third, and Quant seconds. VMI's MacDougall ran his i Bragg North Carolina Paratroop- pionship which is to be placed on Conference tournament. What a of W&M fourth. DeTombe was to best race of the season to place | ers. When the dust had cleared in the line this coming Saturday golden opportunity we will have come back later to win the two second, with Bowman taking third. | BRANCH Cocke Hall the socre stood at 26-6 night. If the sprinters and the dis- had to knock off the second team mile, Williams to play a big part The 880 run was the clincher with the Paratroopers in the lead, tance men repeat their fine team j Concourse in the nation. Not every team in the 880. The time for the mile for VMI. The Keydet's Jim Lowe ] Only Skip White, wrestling in theeffo^ which netted them the vie- "gets" to play them three times. was 4 minutes, 31.9 seconds. and Harry Ray took the forward lowest weight class, and Don^ory ^ the Big Six, they will un- Pentagon Building ^ The 60 yard dash was the positions in the early part of the Bashma, in the unlimited come out on top. William A word of consolation in parting division, inipetus that set the Keydets roll- race, with Larry Williams bringing gained decisions. M^^'y- the defending con- for those who can't be athletes, re- Member F. D. I. C. - F. R. S. ing on their merry way. Composed up the rear. In the last lap of the ference champs, will more than member you can always be an athe- of four VMI semi-finalists, Horner, race everyone seemed to be pass- Friday night the Big Red re-likely give the Keydet thinclads letic supporter. turned ot the victory trail with a the most competition while West 25-12 triumph over The Citadel in Virginia could sneak in as a dark theW&Lgym. The game Which the basketball JONES, KREEGER & HEWITT Product Development Engineer Gerald A. Maley, like NORFOLK, VIRGINIA many other engineers, mathematicians and physicists, Oldest New York Stock Exchange Firm came to IBM directly from college. Here he tells how Bearge Mason Hotel Building ALEXANDRIA. VA, KI S-5700 he put his E.E. degree to work in the exciting new field of computer development.
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Stan Gttx Stan K*nton Dave Brubeck Frank Sinatra The scene above is from "The Tarnished Angels" starring Rocl( Hudson Robert StaSk, and Dorothy Malone and coming PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE PLAYBOY 1957 JAZZ POLL. to the State Theatre Wednesday, Feb. 23. hard this year. ness, as he has been for years. The LYRIC similar production are Rock Hud- Cool Sounds In Jazz F^uts Ten Several of the winners deserve Four Freshmen seem to have lost Wed. 19 Feb. — Casablanca son, Dorothy* Malone and Robert a little more comment. Stan Ken- their originality and flair for Sat. 22 Feb. — The KilUng Stack, a marquee trio to whose box In Top Positions In Poll ton has done more for modem jazz orginal phrasing, and only their SUH. 23 Feb. — Rififi office power has been added.that than any other man, but he too was perfect harmony and past popular- ity keep them above the Hi-Lo's. STATE of Jack Carson. According to the most popular Singing with this terrific i|utfit pushed hard by Duke Ellington, Wed. 19 Feb. — Sayonara The Faulkner novel from which ^azz poll, that run by Playboy Maga- would be Frank Sinatra, who who is on the upswing. Bud Shank Playboy's editor stated, "Jazz, Sat. 22 Feb. — Sayonara the screenplay derives concerns zine, the cool trombone of J. J. seems to have the best "feel' for won his place on the strength of plays a vital part in this country's Sun. 23 Feb. — life, love and death in the world Johnson ,the growling sax of Gerry jazz of any male vocalist around his alto sax, but he is also the pio- contribution to worW culture., be- The Tarnished Angels of barnstorming pilots who, in the Mullingan, and the swinging tones, today. And with him would be none neer of the flute as a jazz instru- ing the sole American art form. We In a carefully calculated effort depths of the 1932 depression, of Frank Sinatra are the three other than that hardy old perennial ment. He has also been know to believe that recognition should be to achieve a production as sucess- risked their necks in rickety crack- most popular sounds to America's Ella Fitzgerald. Ella's been doing use the oboe in his combo. extended to the most popular ex- ful as its recent "Written on the er-box planes competing for prize jazz fans. This poll must be con- so well for so long that all the Erroll Garner has finally been ponents of this art, just as surely W i n d," Universal-International money in air circuses at county sidered as most representative. At superlatives have been used. recognized as the finest solo jazz as similar recognition is extended fairs, carnivals, and so on. turned the William Faulkner novel final tabulation, there were at total As chosen in the poll, the coun- pianist to come along since the in the movie, T. V., painting, and "Pylon," over to the same writer, As represented in the picture, of 25,640 completed ballots, con- try's most popular instrumental great Fats Waller. Benny Goodman, writing fields." For those who wish producer, director, and three of this was a dismal life and a sordid taining over half a million indi- combo is the Dave Brubeck Quar- who looks more than ever like to recognize the pleasures of their a well-fed insurance salesman, is senses, a Playboy Jazz All-Stars the same stars, to deal with enterprise, with living standards vidual votes. tet. Of late Dave and the boy's successfully or, if possible, more still far and above the finest Album will be issued later in the and moral standards about as low In all 29 outstanding jazz artists seem to be getting so radical that so. Whether they have succeeded as the ethical standards of the air hand with a clarinet in the busi- year. were chosen as the nation's best. only they know what's happening or not is of course up to you and circus managers. Food and drink An orchestra composed of these but they still show flashes of the me. However, the probabilities ap- was hard to get, and to be ob- stars would have Stan Kenton as full, jazz-lyrical style which got pear to be at least as dependable tained by any practicable means Ijeiader, with Chet Baker, Louis •Concrete Pipe and Products Co., Inc.- as the rule of reliance-on-prece- when funds were low, which was them into the big time. The Mod- Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and em Jazz Quartet, which is less • I dent that starts the New York always. Should be a very good Shorty Rogers on trumpets and J. radical, pushed Brubeck's boys Yankees off each Spring as odds- picture to see for everybody. J. 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John Lawlor, B.S. in E.E., Brown, '52, answers some questions about
An engineering career witli tlie Bell Telephone Companies
John Lawlor is a TransmiBsion Engineer with New job you're given. The size and importance of England Telephone and Telegraph Company in your assignments grow with your ability to handle Boston. Hi» answers reflect his experiences during them. All promotions are made from within, and five years in the telephone business. the growth of the business is creating new open- GREEN ings all the time. One more thing. Most tele- How did you begin as an engineer phone engineering locations are convenient to MAN Q in the Bell Telephone Companies? colleges. You can aid your advancement by keep- ing on with your studies. My first fifteen months were spent in "on-the- A job" training—changing assignments every three mpnths or so. These assignments gave me a How does the telephone company Lamps broad, over-all background in telephone engi- Q stack up where pay is concerned? neering. And they were accompanied by plenty Starting salaries are competitive with those of- Photography of responsibility. They progressed in importance fered by most large companies. Raises are based with my ability to handle them. Quality Portraits on merit, with several increases during your first AT REASONABLE two years with the company. What's more, your What is the attitude of older engineers PRICES performance is reviewed regularly to make sure and supervisors toward young men? Q that your pay keeps up with your progress. All 8 X 10 - $3.50 I've found a strong team spirit in the telephone things considered, I think a Bell Telephone career 124 S, LOUDOUN ST.. A company. You're encouraged to contribute your is second to none in rewards and opportunities. WINCHESTER, VA. ideas, and they're received with an open mind. Young men and new ideas are regarded as vital to the continuing growth of the company. Find out about career opportunities for you Q How about opportunities for advancement? in the Bell Telephone Companies. Talk with the Bell interviewer when he visits your cam- I'd say they depend on the man. Opportunities pus. And read the Bell Telephone booklet A to demonstrate your ability come with each new on file in your Placement Office^ or write for **Challenge and Opportunity** toi College Employment Supervisor, American Telephone BELL TELEPHONE and Telegraph Company, 19S Broadway, CLAYTON'S TAXI New York 7, N. Y. PASSENGERS IHHUnSD COMPANIES
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