VOLUME XLIII VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. MAY 11, 1953 NUMBER 28 Firsts Select 's Dance Band For June Finals Band Includes Ceremonies Glee Club Concerts 'Keely' Smith Planned For Given In Richmond, As Vocalist Fri.^ May 15 The music of Louis Leo Norfolk Last Weekend This Friday, May 15, the Vir- Prima, "The Man Who Plays ginia Military Institute will com- Pretty For The People," his BY JOHN LEDE4UX memorate the eighthy-ninth anni- trumpet, and his orchestra The Glee Club htyaned versary of the Battle of New will drift once more across Sunday night from a Sjipm- Berry, Hart, Market. In memory of the partici- the lawn of Memorial Gardens pletely successful concert twr pation of the Corps of Cadets in from the open door-windows of the cities of > Norfolk an^ that historic event, and in tribute of Cocke '94 Hall during Richmond. The club left the In- Mattox Wm to those who made the supreme Finals of VMI. The class stitute Thursday morning arriving sacrifice, the program below is of '53 has decided that it will ill Richmond in the aftemoon> The Head AIEE scheduled. again be Prima who will pro- two bus-loads of men and equip- vide the music for the two ment unloaded at the Mosque and The VMI student chapter of the dances and a concert that have began rehearsal for the program American Institute of Electrical For information on New Mark- come to mean Hops at VMI. that night. Engineers was held on Thursday, et Days in VMI's past, see W. H. Finals dances this year will be April 30. The purpose of this meet- Paine's Years Ago at VMI on presented on Saturday, June 6 Time for the radio program was ing was to hear reports from the page 3. from 9 to 12 o'clock and on Mon- checked and after better than delegation which attended the Dis- day, June 8 from 10 to 2 it has three hours the club was dis- trict Meeting in Louisville, Ky., been announced by Jack Trigg, The ceremonies will begin at missed until concert time at eight and to elect officers for the next president of the VMI Hop Com- twelve noon with the annual Willis o'clock. Under the sponsorship of academic year. mittee. the C. F. Sauer company the Glee J. Dance, Jr. Lecture which will "Keely" Smith Featured Club gave their half hour radio Harold Hofheimer gave a brief be given by Mr. Clifford Dowdey, The ever-popular Prima will show and an hour and a half ex- outline of the program which was the author of historical novels. bring with him Miss "Keely" Smith tension to a capacity audience of given in Louisville, and presented The subject of his address will who song stylings have become so a list of the papers which were be "Stonewall Jackson." well-known and liked at the VMI. approximately five thousand peo- Shown above are and Louis Prima who will reappear given by students at the conven- The New Market schedule: ple seated in the Mosque. at VMI Saturday, June 6 and Monday, June 9. Many cadets will recall in particu- 1. Roll call of cadets who lost Varied Program tion. A brief summary was given lar the songs that she has chosen their lives in the Battle of New The varied program consisting on the papers which took first and to render for the audiences at the Market. of Negro spirituals, musical come- second place prizes. Saturday afternoon concerts and dy tunes, a oratorio, a Mozart (Continued on page 8) Col. Foster oi VMI Faculty tea dances here. David Bird tqld of the field trips "Requiem" selection, and three Played at Astor taken while at the meeting and al- choruses from Rubinstein's opera The Prima band has been fea- so made a comparison between the Rats Take Charge Chosen to Head 1954 F4S "The Tower of Babel" was well re- tur«