Major General Irby to Be Installed As Tenth Superintendent
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PRESTON LIBRARY FRONT DESK 99914 VOLUME LXIV Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, April 14, 1972 Number 24 Major General Irby To Be Installed As Tenth Superintendent Maj. Gen. Richard L. Irby, Association, will offer the Nathaniel Beaman IV, Gen. R. E. ^hell, who held the USA, retired, will be installed greetings of the Institute's president of the third class, post of Superintendent for 11 Saturday morning as the alumni. and a representative of the years, last July. General Irby tenth superintendent of the The Rev. Robert K. Wilson, fourth class. retired to become the Virginia Military Institute John M. Camp chaplain to the Superintendent after a 31- before an expected audience Corps of Cadets, will offer the The guests will be treated year career in the Army. His THE 1972-73 HONOR COURT. of 2,000. invocation. Music will be to a buffet dinner at 1:00 p.m. last assignment was com- Seated, from left to right, are P. X. English, Prosecutor, left to right, are Bob Marks, Lane Toomey, Steve Orr, Russ An honors review parade provided by the VMI Glee in Crozet Hall. Cadets may mand of the Armor School in Robert Crotty, Prosecutor, Bob Newman, President, Bialce Taliata, Doug Baumgardner, Darrell Rickmond, Dave was held this afternoon for Club and the Brass Ensemble pick up box lunches at the Fort Knox, Ky. He is a Thomas, Vice President, and Steve Tanner. Standing, from McCown, Steve Wolf, Charlie Steeiman, and Bob Smith. General Irby by the Corps. under the direction of George side door of the mess hall. graduate of VMI, class of This ceremony was the Beister. General Irby succeeded Lt. 1939. culmination of a week of In the inaugural procession irregularly scheduled the Grand Marshal will be military duties during which followed by the delegates of New Honor Court Elected; the Corps was drilled to colleges and universities precision for the final event. including a number of college General and Mrs. Irby will presidents. Then will follow be honored at a formal in succession the delegates of reception tonight in Cocke learned societies and Newman To Be President Hall. Music for the occasion professional organizations; will be provided by the VMI Brig. Gen. James N. Morgan Commanders. Jr., Dean of the VMI faculty; The 1972-73 Honor Court has been elected. from Washington, Virginia, Sergeant in B President Robert E. R. members of the ad- The President of next year's Honor Court will Company, and Editor of the VMI CADET: Huntley of Washington and ministrative staff. Col. Harry W. French, USA, Com- be Robert B. Newman Jr., an economics major Robert J. Marks, a Qvil Engineering major Lec University will deliver the inaugural address at mandant. from Bay Village, Ohio. Newman, a Dean's List from Alexandria, Virginia and a member of the 11:15 a.m. program at Cocke Also, members of the student, has served as a member of the Cadet Qass Council: David E. McCown, an English Hall. More than 100 delegates departments of military Program Board and as Co-Captain of the soccer major from Roanoke, Virginia and second class of colleges and universities science and aerospace team while at VMI. He is a sergeant in E Com- representative to the class council: Darrell C. and learned societies will be studies; former members of pany. Rickmond, a sergeant in F Company and a in the audience for the the faculty and staff; inaugural ceremonies. members of the department Prosecutors of the 1972-73 Honor Court are native of Surry, Virginia: Charles M. Steeiman, Registration and robing of of intercollegiate athletics; Robert B. Crotty and Paul X. English. Crotty, a a resident of Richmond, Virginia, Biology major, delegates will take place at VMI Foundation staff; VMI resident of Dallas Texas, is an academically and member of the VMI rugby team; and N. 10:45 a.m. in Preston Alumni Association; the distinguished English major. He is Treasurer of Stephen Tanner, an academically distinguished Library, and the inaugural Keydet Club, and the Superintendent's party. the Cadet Program Board, Captain of the soccer Civil Engineering major from Roanoke, Virginia procession will form in front of the library. Col. George B. In addition to General Irby team and a member of the Long Range and second Vice President of the ASCE. Ax, professor of and the program par- Academic Planning Committee. Crotty is also mathematics, will lead the ticipants, the group will in- the first ranking sergeant in B Company. Rising second class members of the Honor procession as the grand clude members of the Board P. X. English, the second prosecutor on the Court are as follows: Stephen R. Orr, III, a marshal. The Corps will of Visitors; former form at 11:05 and enter ^ke Superintendent Maj. Gen. court, is a native of Conowingo, Maryland. He is Physics major, resident of Rockport, Hall immediately ahead of William H. Milton Jr.; a cadet sergeant, former member of the VMI Massachusetts, corporal, and member of the the inaugural procession. Delegate Charles W. Gunn CADET staff, and a holder of a four year army Cadet Program Board: Robert L. Smith Jr., a Sol W. Rawls Jr., of Jr.; David C. Loughhead, ROTC scholarship. English, a Civil Engineering native of Prince George, Virginia, cadet cor- Franklin, president of the chairman of the Rockbridge major, is a member of the American Society of poral, Civil Engineer, and representative to the Bourd of Visitors, will preside County Board of Supervisors; MAJ. GEN RICHARD L. IRBY and Mrs. Irby are shown Edmund T. Morris Jr., of Civil Engineers. class council: Russell S. Takata, a cadet cor- at the exercises and will here shortly after their arrival last fall. General Irby is to be install the Superintendent. Roanoke, president of the poral, resident of Waipahu, Hawaii, Biology inaugurated tomorrow as the tenth superintendent of VMI. The Vice-President of the 1972-73 Honor Court State Sen. H. D. Dawbam will VMI Foundation; Cadet First is Blake Thomas, an Economics major from Los major, member of the Premed society and the extend the greetings of the Captain Christopher M. Arey Angeles, California. Thomas, an S-5 sergeant holder of a four year ROTC scholarship; Charles Commonwealth of Virginia, of Washington, the Regimental Commander; and member of the football team, is a member of Lane Toomey, a native of Cary, North Carolina, and Mayor Charles F. Phillips Jr. of Lexington will Cadet James N. Barnes Jr., the Arnold Air Society. a Qvil Engineering major, and member of the offer the greetings of the president of the first class; Final Rehearsals For VMI Ranger Platoon; and Stephen Wolf, a First class voting members of the Honor Court community. State Sen. Cadet Donald S. Caldwell of include Douglas K. Baumgardner, an resident of Qncinnati, Ohio and a top player on Eimon T. Gray of Waverly, Fincastle, president of the academically distinguished Economics major the VMI basketball team. president of the VMI Alumni second class; Cadet ''You're A Good Man Young Democrats Becoming Charlie Brown'' Begin Active Organization At VMI By Jim Ackley known critics as Waiter Kerr and Clive Barnes. Followmg a special home town. By working for a Any underclassman Final rehearsals are un- None of the cast is actually meeting of first classmen of specific party or candidate, wishing to join next year's derway for the upcoming six years old. And, they don't the VMI Society of Young the individual will come in Society of Young Democrats, VMI Theatre production of look like Charles Schulz' Democrats, it was announced contact with a diverse and or who wishes to serve on a the musical comedy, "You're cartoon chiaracters. But this that Fred R. Parks will serve interesting group of people. voting registration com- A Good Man, Charlie doesn't seem to make that as President of the Society for And, when the elections roll mittee, is advised to see Fred Brown," which will be much difference once you get 1972-73. John Costa of the around in November, those R. Parks in room 288. Any presented April 25-29. A into the play, because what Class of 1975 will serve as cadets who do get involved cadet desiring information on special children's matinee they are saying to each other Vice-President. will, regardless of the out- any of the Democratic will be held on Saturday, is with the openness of that This year, under the come, feel that they have candidates for President, see April 29 at 2:30 p.m. The play, early childhood time, and the leadership of Dick Vogel and accomplished something. If Dick Vogel in room 151. Ronald J. Norman, Vice President; Guy F. Conte, President; and, Reggie Webb, Historian, which was just recently obvious fact is that they are their respective party or Tony Sartini, the Young Faculty advisor to the are the newly elected officers for the class of 1975. The three have stressed "unity, pride." released to amateur theatre reallv quite fond of Democrats grew from an candidate is unsuccessful, at Society is Col. B. McCluer groups, boasts the whole each other. This is what the essentially dormant least they will have tried. Gilliam, head of the Political "Peanuts" gang and is full of play is all about. organization to an active Certainly, this is more ad- Science Department at VMI, the warm humor that has mirable than sitting back for Conte, Norman, Webb; political association at the who. also holds party office made the comic strip so Institute. Membership has months on end and belittling here in Lexington.