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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE Volume XXIV, Number 5 - February 3, 1997

ASIAN STUDIES LITERARY FUND ESTABLISHED An Asian Studies Literary Fund is being established in the VMI Foundation for the benefit of the Virginia Military Institute thanks to the generosity of an anonymous alumnus. "The donor wishes to remain anonymous," said Major General Josiah Bunting III, VMI's superintendent., "but I can state that he has long-standing family, military, and business ties to Asia and is a keen observer of the economic, political, and historic aspects of the region. In addition, his gift will also serve as the kick off event Cadet Joseph H. Steele III '97, honor court president, talks to Col. Gregory N. in a capital campaign designed to enhance Maisel, USN, professor and head ofNaval Science at VMI (left) and Lt. Col. Francis the fund." H. Bush, associate professor ofeconomics and business (right), at a reception held With a plan to increase VMI's core recently for thirty-eight cadets elected to the 1997 edition of "Who's Who Among holdings in literature pertaining to all aspects Students in American Universities and Colleges." of Asia and Asian studies, the fund will cover VMI FILES FIRST REPORT not only material pertaining to Asian countries along the Pacific Rim, but will also ON ASSIMILATION OF WOMEN "It is my fixed intention to preserve and sustain those principles and extend to material about southwest Asia and features of a VMI education that have proved their worth for a century and the Indian subcontinent. The collection will a half. One of them is that all cadets be treated the same, and their encompass material pertaining to the history, achievements be measured by common standards. The egalitarian ethos of politics, religion, literature, and economics VMI does not know gender." · of the region. Holdings in the collection will With these words from VMI Superintendent, Major General Josiah Bunting III, and be housed in VMI's Preston Library and will be available to the entire VMI student body quoting passages from the June 26 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, VMI filed its first quarterly report regarding the assimilation of women into VMI's Corps of as well as to other patrons of Preston Library. Cadets. Col. Patrick M. Mayerchak, director of the international studies program at VMI, On December 2, Judge Jackson L. Kiser, Federal District Court of Western Virginia, denied a motion by the United States Justice Department that VMI present a detailed plan for hailed the gift as a significant boost for his the assimilation department. "With the expansion of the of women, but instead ruled that he be given quarterly reports due two weeks course offerings in all aspects of foreign after each meeting of the VMI Board of Visitors. The Board met in Lexington Dec. 6-7. Contained in the report are basic standards for uniforms, haircuts and physical training. study, to include the introduction of several Properly tailored uniforms will be the same for women and men with the exception new language programs, this gift could not of uniform come at a better time. It will give our skirts for special occasions. As part of their entry into the "Ratline", women, like men, will students significant new resources pertaining receive close cropped haircuts. Noting that cadets take two physical fitness tests, one for to an area which will be of vital interest to VMI (VFT-VMI Fitness Test) and the other for the armed forces given to all ROTC cadets, VMI will require all cadets, women as well as men, to achieve minimum performance continued on page 2 continued on page 7 Page 2 The Institute Report, February 3, 1997 ARTICLE BY COLONEL AUSTIN M. DRUMM, FORMER PROFESSOR SUPERINTENDENT AND HEAD OF HISTORY DEPARTMENT DIES APPEARS IN NEWSWEEK Colonel Austin M. Drumm, USAF (Ret.), of A news feature written by Major Barboursville, Va., died January 8 at the University ofVirginia General Josiah Bunting III, superintendent Medical Center. He was 81 years old. was recently published in Newsweek Col. Drumm retired from the VMI faculty in August 1975 magazine. The article entitled "Making after 22 years of service to the Institute. He began his VMI Room for Sister Rat" appeared in the career in 1953 as an instructor in history, advancing through December 23, 1996 issue. the academic ranks to become department head for five years until his retirement. During his tenure as department head, he initiated new course offerings, a weekly lecture series was established, and a fourth class advisee program was introduced. Under his direction the history department did VMI THEATRE DIRECTOR much pioneering in the field of introductory history, bringing HAS BOOK PUBLISHED widespread favorable publicity to VMI, not only in the media, but from historical societies VMI Theatre Director Joellen Bland and groups from all around the nation. had a book published in November 1996, Col. Drumm served as a pilot in England for the British Royal Air Force Transport entitled "Playing Scenes From Classic Division during World War II, before the United States entered the war. After America's Literature." The book comprises 388 pages entry, he flew transport and passenger planes in several operations from the U.S. to India. It of short dramatizations of the world's most was during one of these flights that he was forced to parachute over the northern part of famous literature, including seventy South America and was for a period of time reported "Missing in Action." selections by fifty-four authors from thirteen Surviving are his wife Bonnie McCarthy Drumm; two sons, Richard Baldwin Drumm countries. The scenes and monologues are and his wife Susan Bishop Drumm of Albemarle County, Dr. David Blair Drumm of taken from novels, stories, poems, essays, Enterprise, Ala.; and two grandchildren, Victoria Elizabeth Drumm and Miranda Catherine and plays in the public domain. Drumm. The book brings to life a variety of The family suggests that memorial donations be made to Blue Ridge ALS Support literary heroes and heroines, including Group, 106 Crofton Place, Box 13, Palmyra, Va. 22963. Captain Ahab, Don Quixote, Rob Roy, Jean Valjean. Edmond Dantes, Ben-Hur, King Arthur, Jane Eyre, Hester Prynne, Jo March, Lorna Doone, Daisy Miller, and Catherine ASIAN FUND Earnshaw, as well as the real life figures of continued from page 1 Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth, Benjamin them as future world leaders." Spending from the fund's income stream will be coordinated Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, and through the international studies program. Frederick Douglass. Further information on the international studies program can be obtained from Col. A sampling of the authors whose works Mayerchak at (540) 464-7676. Information on the fund or about how gifts can be directed to are represented in the book includes Mark the fund can be obtained from John A. Walters of the VMI Foundation, telephone 464-7287. Twain, Stephen Crane. Bret Harte, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Louisa May Alcott, Edgar Allen Poe, Harriet Beacher Stowe, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Robert Browning, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Mary Shelley, The Institute Report Oscar Wilde, Sir Walter Scott, Anton Editor: Burton R. Floyd, Ill Chekhov, Cervantes, Boccaccio, Erasmus, Supervising Editor: Col. Mike Strickler and many others who have enriched our lives Contributing writers: Tom Joynes, Chris Clark with their timeless literary works. Printed by: The News-Gazette, Lexington, Va. The book is published by Meriwether The Institute Report is published at Virginia Military Institute by the Public Relations Office. Publishing, Ltd. Bland has had numerous Eight issues are printed during the academic year. Inquiries, suggestions, or news items should be directed to Editor, The Institute Report, VMI Public Relations Office, Lexington, Virginia adaptations of classics published with this 24450-0304; News received will be included in the next published issue. company and other play publishers for the middle-school and high-school market over Telephone 540-464-7207 FAX 540-464-7583 E-maii:[email protected] the past thirty years. She has been director of the VMI Theatre since 1982. Virginia Military Institute, February 3, 1997 Page 3 FOREIGN STUDY ADMISSIONS WATCH Twenty-nine cadets have been granted Applications continue to surge academic leave for foreign study this If the current trend continues, VMI is headed for its best recruiting year in a decade. semester. The group consists of 17 members Current applications for the Class of200 I are up 23% with 698 applications received (through of the class of 1998 and 12 members of the January 29). The Class of 1992, which entered in the Fall of 1987, had 1,228 applicants. class of 1999. They will study in 13 colleges Since the tracking of applications began in September, the percent increase has ranged from and universities in seven different countries. 20% to 45%. Cadets participating in foreign study A breakdown shows 667 applications are from men and 31 from women. Applications include: international studies (IS) major Les for the current rat class totaled 988, a 10% increase from the previous year. Inquiries for the Class of 2001 are up dramatically (9,749 men and 1,496 women) marking an 82% increase. Thornbury '98, University of Valencia, The increase has come from out of state applications with 387 non-Virginians applying. Spain; J. Patrick Stutts '99, (IS), University The largest number of out of state applicants are from New York (36 applicants), followed by of Valencia, Spain; Kevin M. Ryan '99, Pennsylvania (34), Florida (32), and California (23). Applications from Virginia residents physics, University of Aberdeen, Scotland; number 311. Michael T. Runyan '98, economics (EC), 'The emphasis Gen. Bunting has placed on admissions and the hard work of our staff Macquarie University, Australia; Michael R. members continues to reap dividends," said Col. Vernon L. Beitzel, Director of Admissions. Purdy '99, (IS), Aix-en-Provence, France; "Along with the increase in quantity, the candidates' SAT/ ACT scores, class rank, and high Jean-Paul Pesare '99, (IS), Seville, Spain; school GPA are as good as or better than last year." Lee B. Par~er III '98, (EC), Macquarie To date the Admissions office has accepted 416 men and 17 women. University, Australia; Jeremy R. Obenchain '99, history (HI), University of Valencia, TED CAIN NAMED AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Spain; John L. Morgan, IV '98, English, Cain, who had served the past 11 seasons as offensive University of Valencia, Spain; James M. coordinator at N.C. State is VMI's 27th head football coach. Milliron II '98, (HI), Bundeswehr The announcement came January 13 at a news gathering held University, Hamburg. Germany; Alex on the VMI post. He replaces Bill Stewart, who resigned his position December 12. Marrone '99, (HI), Seville, Spain; W. Cain was the driving force behind some of N.C. State's Benjamin Kincaid '99, (IS), University of most prolific passing attacks, serving as the Wolfpack's Valencia, Spain; Ryan D. Hughes '98, civil offensive coordinator under both Dick Sheridan and Mike engineering (CE), Queensland, Australia; B. O'Cain, Under Cain's supervision, N.C. State attempted and Powell Harrison, IV '99, mathematics (MA), completed more passes for more yardage than during any Center for French American Studies, France; other period in the program's history. Seven out of 10 of Matthew T. Guise '98, mechanical NCSU's top passing yardage seasons came under his tenure engineering, Royal Military College of as offensive coordinator, and the Wolfpack surpassed the Science, England; Jason M. Fye '98, 2,000 yard mark in passing in each of the last six years. computer science (CS), University of St. Cain has guided some of top offensive players in the N.C. State record books. Quarterback Andrews, Scotland; Aaron R. Frazier '98, Terry Harvey ( 1992-95) completed his career as the Wo1fpack's all-time leader in six different (HI), Valencia, Spain; Patrick Forrest '99, categories, including 5,925 career passing yards, 5846 career total offensive yards, and 38 (EN), Seville, Spain; James E. Duncan '98, touchdown passes. Cain's offensive system also produced two ofN. C. State's top-10 rushing (EN), American College of London, leaders- Anthony Barbour (2,575 career yards) and Gary Downs (1,651 yards.) England; Nicholas A. DeVincenzo '99, In Cain's 11 seasons on the N.C. State staff, the Pack posted a 74-42-2 record and (EN), University of Edinburgh, Scotland; played in eight bowl games. Richard E. Daughtridge '98, (EC), Seville, Cain, 44, is a native of Aiken, S.C., and a 1974 graduate of Furman University. He Spain; Joshua Cuscaden '99, (IS), American lettered three years at tight end for the Paladins and after graduation was commissioned a University Center of Provence, France; J. second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After serving two years, he returned to Furman to obtain Lyle Camblos, IV '99, (EC), University of his Master's degree and joined the Sheridan's staff in 1978. He served the next eight years Newcastle, Australia; David M. Bums '98, on the Paladin offensive staff, coaching tight ends, wide receivers, and the Furman passing (HI), University of Economics, Prague, game. Czech republic; Nathan W. Blackburn '98, During Cain's tenure on the Furman staff, the Paladins posted a 69-23-2 mark, won six (EC), Prague, Czech Republic; Mike Southern Conference championships, and qualified for the 1-AA playoffs three times, Baumann '98, (EC), American College in including the finals in 1985. London, England; Thomas M. Barnhill '98, "I am very pleased to have Ted Cain join our VMI family as head football coach," said (HI), Paris, France; Bryan E. Bailey '98, Babb. "He brings to VMI all the tools necessary to win at this level - an understanding of a (CE), Royal Military College of Science, military environment, successful playing and coaching experience in the Southern Conference, England; and George M. Ashman III '98, and a proven record of winning at a higher level. Ted possesses tremendous organizational (EN), American College in London, abilities and is widely recognized as an outstanding recruiter. The VMI community looks England. forward to an exciting football future under his leadership." Page 4 The Institute Report, February 3, 1997 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES INVOLVED IN A MYRIAD OF ACTIVITIES

Even a full teaching load and two young placement of cadets into colleges abroad for known for her rigor but also for her daughters Whitney (4) and Jessica (3) at one or two semesters of stui::ly. There are 30 compassion." She was further commended home aren' f enough to keep Lt. Col. in that program today and already 13 have for her leadership in instructional innovation Kathleen Bulger-Barnett, of the department signed up for next fall. She also serves on in Spanish, especially "through the use of of modern languages, from becoming the Institute Scholar Committee, and when satellite television technology and more involved in a myriad of other activities. she has any spare moments, she researches recently through the use of computers and She arrived at VMI only seven years the staging of 17th century Spanish drama. both the local area network and the Internet." ago, but this fall she became an associate Bulger-Barnett, a Pittsburgh native, In her summer teaching grants, Bulger­ professor, with tenure, teaching Spanish and grew up in northern Virginia and earned her Barnett had projects on bringing the World introducing an entirely new course this baccalaureate degree from Radford Wide Web into the classroom, on creative semester in Hispanic film. Last spring she University in Spanish in 1984. Two years writing for Spanish, and on bringing new was awarded the prestigious Thomas later she added her masters at the University pedagogical methods for foreign language Jefferson Outstanding Young Teacher Award of Kentucky, also in Spanish, and was a teaching. Her award described her as one at the Institute's annual awards convocation. teaching assistant there while working " ... who is confident in her methodology, Bulger-Barnett served on the toward her doctorate. There she met Jeffrey exacting in her standards, and compassionate Superintendent's Assimilation Planning Barnett, now her husband and professor of in her interactions with cadets." Committee formed last year to study the Spanish (what else?) at Washington and Lee At the awards convocation, it was said details of integrating women into the Corps University. She joined the VMI faculty in that "An air of genuine excitement of Cadets. She now serves on a spin-off from the 1989-90 session, and completed accompanies her classroom performance, that committee, one on facilities planning requirements to earn her Ph.D. from and she exemplifies the committed young for the female cadets expected next fall. Kentucky in 1995. professor." Her students and her colleagues In addition to those duties, she now The citation which accompanied her verify those accolades, and one cadet said heads up the foreign study program, in which Jefferson Teaching Award said that she " ... is he feels the day will come when you can she was involved before as part of a recognized by her students and her jump into the internet with a simple committee. This new title brings a time­ colleagues as a dynamic and caring WWW.Bulger-Barnett.com to learn all you consuming job requiring coordination and instructor, committed and enthusiastic, need to know about teaching Spanish.

REGIMENTAL BAND CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE The VMI Regimental Band performed in the Lexington Christmas parade on December 6 and then traveled to Richmond, winning first place in the three mile Christmas Parade held there on Dec. 7. The band will again perform in the annual Endymion parade at Mardi Gras in New Orleans on Feb. 8 at 5:30p.m. This parade is the largest of the Mardi Gras parades. The band will also perform in the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York on March 17.

VMI band director Lt. Col. John Brodie will receive his doctorate on February 14. His dissertation is entitled "The History of Music at the Virginia Military Institute 1839 to present." Virginia Military Institute, February 3, 1997 Page 5 FOURTH VOLUME OF TWO PROFESSORS MARSHALL PAPERS AWARDED SABBATICAL LEAVE NOW AVAILABLE Two VMI faculty members have been awarded sabbatical leave for the spring semester The George C. Marshall Foundation of the 1997-1998 academic year. announces that Volume 4 of the multivolume Colonel Kenneth E. Koons, professor of history, is the recipient of the Wachtmeister documentary edition The Papers of George Sabbatical Leave. Col. Koons will spend the spring semester conducting research on the Catlett Marshall was published by Johns social and economic history of the nineteenth-century valley of Virginia. Hopkins University Press in Fall 1996. The Captain William G. Hughes, professor of psychology and head of the Department of 840 page volume is entitled "Aggressive and Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, is the recipient of the Awards Sabbatical Leave. Capt. Determined Leadership," June 1, 1943 - Hughes will spend the spring semester completing an internship at the Veterans Affairs December 31, 1944. The book is edited by Medical Center in Durham, N.C., where he will prepare three new courses for the expanded Larry I. Bland, who works at the George C. psychology curriculum. Marshall Library as editor of the Marshall Papers Project and associate editor of the VMITOOFFER Journal of Military History, and Sharon SECONDARY-TEACHER CERTIFICATION Ritenour Stevens. A new academic offering, some of it starting this semester, will qualify VMI graduates This volume covers the nineteen months to go directly into the secondary-teaching profession. Currently, it takes about a year after constituting the heart of the war for America. receiving a VMI diploma to become fully licensed. During this period, Marshall demonstrated Called the secondary-teacher certification program, it requires any interested cadet to that he was operating at the peak of his apply for entry by April first of his third class year. Col. R. Stephen RiCharde, Director of abilities as politician, strategist, and Institutional Research, will serve as Director of Teacher Certification, and admission to the coordinator. He was one of the chief program will require approvals by him, the cadet's academic advisor and the head of his supporters of the numerous alliances major department. Being accepted into the program, however, is merely the first step in a necessary to fight a multi theater, global war rugged list of requirements for success. and he also directed great energy at In order to take the Virginia Department of Education test for teacher certification, the maintaining and strengthening the crucial cadet must first meet all requirements for a baccalaureate degree with a 2.5 grade point Anglo-American alliance. He was average and post a minimum of 3.0 GPA in the teacher-certification courses. He also must determined not to have United States complete a minimum of 24 semester hours in any subject area for add-on certification, i.e., strength dissipated, but to launch a cross­ French or Spanish. Channel invasion of France (OVERLORD) The teacher-certification courses requiring a B average or better, include Developmental supplemented by landings in southern Psychology and Practicum (PS 307), Health Education (PE 330), Foundations of Education France (ANVIL). In the Pacific, he (ED 301), Understanding Exceptional Individuals and Individual Differences (ED 302), and endeavored to speed the war's timetable and Secondary/ Methods and Practicum (ED 401 ). And, during the senior year, he must complete supported the navy's Central Pacific drive. 12 semester hours of student teaching, with a grade of at least B, teaching full-time in direct The documents also show his efforts to classroom contact with students. maintain the alliances of army and navy, The additional requirements, which can be as much as 16 more credit hours for most ground and air forces, regular and reserve cadets, and the student teaching demanding a one-semester leave of absence, will add another components, homefront and combat semester for graduation, in most cases. Using summer school sessions, however, a cadet theaters, military and civilians, and the could conceivably earn enough hours to take a semester off in his first class year and still Pentagon and Congress. Army personnel graduate with his Brother Rats. increased to eight million during this time, A survey by Col. RiCharde last year showed plenty of interest among cadets for such a and Marshall moved vigorously to complete program, one which should show a sizable increase in the percentage ofVMI graduates who the activation, training, and transportation make teaching their careers. Once they attain Virginia Department of Education certification of combat units. He continually faced they will be qualified in about 30 states with which there are reciprocity agreements. problems concerning logistics and shipping, Col. RiCharde is teaching the first of the new courses in this semester, Foundations of research and development, finding leaders, Education. Once it was announced, the class was filled immediately and had a waiting list and supplying support personnel. when it started. It involves two hours of classroom time and two hours of classroom teaching Meanwhile, he was planning for the postwar in a local school in the capacity of a teacher's aide or tutor. It carries three semester hours of military, pressing for the acceptance of credit. universal military training and a unified The 400-level course in the teacher certification distribution, Secondary Methods and Department of Defense. Practicum, will be taught in the fall semester by Dr. Patricia Westhafer, of Mary Baldwin For more information or to purchase this College. If there is sufficient interest in that four-hour course, she will come back in the volume, contact the George C. Marshall spring semester to teach another section. RiCharde also will teach the other education course Museum at 540-463-7103. in the distribution, while the psychology and health courses already are in place at VMI. Page 6 The Institute Report, February 3, 1997 ' POTPOURRI •:• Major General Josiah Bunting III, Currently more than forty shelves have been publications: "In High School" is in the current superintendent of VMI, delivered the keynote dedicated in the Marshall Library. issue of The Cape Rock, which is published at address at a Military History Conference held at Southeast Missouri State University; and two the United States Air Force Academy on •:• Colonel Henry D. Schreiber, professor of poems "Fantasy land: Closing Time" and "A Man November 21. Gen. Bunting spoke on the role chemistry. had four papers appear recently in Who Is Dying" appear in Lumina, a literary of the study of history, and the liberal arts in scholarly journals: a paper (co-authored with T. journal which publishes the work of adult writers general, in the education of military officers. Coolbaugh) which appeared in the Journal of who reside in Alleghany, Bath, Highland, and Non-crystalline Solids, "Solvation of redox ions Rockbridge Counties. Historian, author. and lecturer, Carlo D'Este, will in glass from silicate melts"; also a paper entitled be in Lexington, March 16-22, to do research in "The Name Game of the Elements," published •:• Major Gary K. Rogers, assistant professor the Marshall Library for a new book. While in in Quantum; a paper (co-authored with Michael of civil and environmental engineering, presented Lexington, he will speak to the faculty, staff, and Medlin '97) titled "Compositional control of a paper entitled "The Collapse of the Wynlyme Corps of Cadets on March 18 in Cameron Hall iron redox ratios in model glasses for nuclear Underground Limestone Mine, Low Moor, at 7:30p.m. He will also speak to selected classes waste immobilization" in Environmental and Alleghany Co., VA" at the 1997 Annual Joint Fall while in Lexington. Published works by D'Este Waste Management Technologies; and "Redox Meeting of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, include: Decision in Normandy. Bitter Victory: chemistry of iron-manganese and iron-chromium and Exploration, Inc. and the West Virginia Coal The Battle for Sicily. 1943; WW/1 in the interactions in soda lime .silicate glass melts," Mining Institute. The meeting was held in White Mediterranean. Fatal Decision: Anzio and the written by Schreiber, L. J. Peters '97, J. W. Sulphur Springs, W.V. Bartle for Rome; and Patton: A Genius for War. Beckmann, and C. W. Schreiber was published in Gastechnische Berichte. •:• A trailer-mounted hollowstem auger and •:• Cadets in the Semper Fi Society at VMI laboratory equipment consisting of an automated collected over 600 toys this year for the Toys for •:• Three papers by Frank A. Settle, professor Proctor device, vibratory table, and a Los Angeles Tots Program. The cadets used their free time to emeritus of chemistry, and Daniel. Y Pharr, Abrasion Machine, was recently donated to VMI collect toys for needy children in Rockbridge professor of chemistry. have been published in· by Bill Ellis '51. The equipment will be used in County. The Semper Fi Society at VMI sponsors scholarly journals: a paper entitled the soils and concrete/materials laboratories. the Toys for Tots program in Rockbridge County "Implementation of an electronic laboratory as an extension of the programs of the local notebook" was published in American •:• CDR John E. "Ned" Riester, assistant Marine reserve units of Lynchburg and Roanoke. Laboratory; "Validation procedures for professor of civil and environmental engineering, This year's campaign was led by Cadet Alan D. automated chemical analysis" (co-authored with was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Williams, a first classman from Smithfield. R. Johnson '95) appears in Laboratory Robotics Commendation Medal by the Secretary of the and Automation; and "Creating an electronic Navy for his service while acting as project officer •:• Major James T. Gire, assistant professor of laboratory notebook" (coauthored with Harri K. with the Commander Submarine Force, Atlantic psychology in the Department of Behavioral Humaloja '95) appears in Scientific Computing Fleet Reserve Unit 206. He set the standard for Sciences and Leadership presented a paper titled and Automation. contributory support to the fleet through his "A psychological analysis of corruption in organization of reserve support of the Submarine Nigeria" to the 39th Annual Meeting of the •:• Dr. Adele K. Addington, instructor in Tender Decommissioning Program. African Studies Association held in San chemistry, and D. A. Johnson recently had a Francisco, California, November 23-26, 1996. paper entitled "Inactivation of human lung •:• Colonel Thomas W. Davis, professor of He also chaired one of the sessions at the tryptase: evidence for a re-activatable tetrameric history, had an article entitled "Starting from conference. intermediate and active monomers" published in Scratch: Shifting from Western Civ to World Biochemistry. History" published in the December issue of •:• Colonel E. Burwell Wingfield, professor of Perspectives, the newsletter of the American biology, has been granted an academic leave of •:• Lt. Col. Tappey H. Jones, associate professor Historical Association. absence from April 7 through May 21. He has of chemistry, along with J. A. Torres, R. R. been chosen to be part of a 5 person cultural Snelling and T. F. Spande, recently had a paper •:• Colonel George Piegari, professor of exchange program sponsored by Rotary published in the Journal of Natural Products, mathematics and computer science, presented a International. Col. Wingfield will travel through entitled "Primary tetradecenyl amines from the paper entitled "College Orientation Workshop" Central France, primarily in the Loire Valley ant Monomorium floricola." Another paper by at the sectional meeting of the Mathematical area, giving talks in French and staying in the Jones appeared in a recent issue of the Journal Association of America held at Hood College in homes of French citizens. a,{ Chemical Ecology titled "Chemistry of venom Frederick, Md on November 1-2. The paper alkaloids in some Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) related to the topics and projects used in the •:• Colonel Thomas W. Davis, professor of species from Puerto Rico." Coauthors of this College Orientation Workshop program held at history, recently dedicated a library shelf in the paper with Jones were: J. A. Torres, T. F. Spande, VMI for the past ten summers. He also conducted Marshall Foundation's Lovett Reading Room in H. M. Garraffo, M.S. Blum, and R. R. Snelling. a one-half day workshop on the use of calculators honor of his aunt, Dorothy H. Davis. Miss Davis, for local teachers in grades 1-5. They are required who died in 1994, served as a WASP (Women's •:• Poems written by Dr. Mary Balazs, associate to use calculators in their instruction as part of Air Force Service Pilot), during World War II. professor of English, appear in the following the new Standards of Learning. Virginia Military Institute, February 3, 1997 Page 7 LUNCHEONS CONTINUE Head basketball coach Bart Bellairs again invites all faculty, staff, and area residents to "Fast Break" Club luncheons to be held at Noon in Moody Hall. Fans can browse through the latest stats and notes and Coach Bellairs concludes each program with a question and answer period. Those planning to attend should make a reservation with Brenda Wilhelm at 540-464- 7384. Luncheon dates: Feb. 5, 12, and 19. Bellairs on Sports South and HTS Head Coach Bart Bellairs will again be featured this year on Sports South and Home Team Sports with the VMI Sports Magazine. Home Team Sports airtimes: Feb. 8 @ 11 a.m., Feb. 21 @ 3 p.m., Mar. 1 @ 11 a.m. Sports South airtimes: Feb. 6 @ 9 p.m., A packed house at Cameron. The largest crowd to ever attend a game at Cameron Hall Feb. 23 @ 2 p.m., Feb. 27 @ 7:30p.m., Mar. (4,950) saw VM/ host the University of North Carolina on December 15. The game was 12@ 3 p.m., Mar. 19@ 5 p.m., and Mar. 26 carried live on Home Team Sports. @5:30p.m.

FALL BREAK SCHEDULED Beginning with the Fall of academic year 1997-98, the VMI calendar will include a Fall Break in addition to the Thanksgiving Furlough. There will be no change to the current structure of the Thanksgiving Furlough as a result of the addition of the Fall Break. For 1997, the Fall Break will begin at close of military duty on October 24, 1997. The Corps will return no later than 10 p.m. on October 27.

VMI FILES FIRST REPORT continued from page 1 standards to pass each VFT event: Sit-ups, 60 in two minutes; Pull-ups, 5; 1.5 mile run, 12 minutes. The VFT accounts for 25 percent of a cadet's grade in physical education courses, but is not a requirement for admission or graduation. SPORTS SCORES "Women who have inquired seriously about us, many of whom have applied, have said Basketball they do not want VMI to change its methodology or regulations. Indeed it is for the very fact VMI 111 - Albright 53, VMI 63 - Wake VMI intends to maintain its standards that they have applied," said General Bunting. "Justice Forest 92, VMI 62 - Navy 68, VMI 112 - Ginsberg noted in her majority opinion ... 'it is on behalf of these women that the United Washington & Lee 67, VMI 61 - UNC 105, States has instituted this suit, and it is for them that the remedy must be created.' ... " added VMI 76 - UTC 91, VMI 75 - Georgia Bunting. Southern 61, VMI 65 -Wofford 86, VMI 86 The report also touches on athletics, stating that VMI will initially sponsor women's -The Citadel 76, VMI 57 - ETSU 54, VMI intercollegiate sports in cross country, indoor and outdoor track, and swimming. VMI will 62 - Furman 60, VMI 97 - Marshall 92. seek a waiver from NCAA sports sponsorship requirements as it builds women's team sports. Swimming The report addresses, in general terms, issues of fraternization and sexual harassment, VMI 67 - Georgetown 132, VMI 100 - areas in which VMI's eight sub-committees are preparing recommendations. To manage Howard 119, VMI 67- Towson 152. these concerns, VMI will consider its unique mission and methodology as well as the Wrestling experience of other military academies and will consider any requirement of applicable law. Bloomsburg Inv. -won championships, VMI An orientation program, regarding VMI expectations for the assimilation of women, will 18 - UVA 14, VMI 44 - Davidson 6, VMI 43 begin during the spring semester for all faculty, staff, and cadets. - NSU 9, VMI 7 - Edinborough 36, VMI 10 Finally, the report updated facilities modifications for women' toilets and showers within - Wisconsin 31, VMI 20 - Duke 19, VMI - the Barracks (construction began in December), renovations for Cocke Hall (VMI's Third in State Championships, VMI 25- Va. gymnasium), additional restroom facilities in academic buildings, and the addition of outside Tech. 15, VMI 27- The Citadel 15, VMI 14 security lighting. - JMU 30. Page 8 The Institute Report, February 3, 1997 CALENDAR OF VMI EVENTS Monday, 3 February: 1 p.m. Wrestling vs. UNC Greensboro, Cocke Hall. 7 p.m. Basketball vs. Appalachian State, Cameron Hall. 7:30p.m. Basketball @ Marshall. Tuesday, 4 February: Sunday, 16 February: ROTC control day. 8 a.m. Indoor Soccer Tourn., Cameron HalUCormack Field House. Bloodmobile Monday, 17 February: Wednesday, 5 February: 7 p.m. Basketball vs. Davidson, Cameron Hall. Bloodmobile Tuesday, 18 January: Thursday, 6 February: 7:30p.m. Wrestling vs. George Mason, Cocke Hall. Board of Visitors Committee meetings. Friday, 21 February: Friday, 7 February: 4:30 p.m. Review Parade, parade ground. 9:30a.m. Board of Visitors visit academic departments. Indoor Track@ S.C. Championships, Johnson City, Tenn. Saturday, 8 February: Saturday, 22 February: Indoor Track @ Virginia Tech. Indoor Track@ S.C. Championships, Johnson City, Tenn. 8:30a.m. Board of Visitors meeting, Smith Hall. S.E. Invitational Rifle Tournament, Kilbourne Hall 1 p.m. Basketball vs. The Citadel, Cameron Hall. Rifle Sectional, Kilbourne Hall. Sunday, 23 February: Sunday, 9 February: 2:30p.m. Basketball vs. East Tennessee State, Cameron Hall (TV). 4 p.m. Wrestling @ U.T. Chattanooga Thursday, 27 February: Monday, 10 February: Basketball @ S.C. Tourn., Greensboro, N.C. (through 2 7 p.m. Basketball @ Western Carolina. March). Wednesday, 12 February: Friday 28 February: Swimming@ Southern States in Davidson, N.C. (Feb. 12 Review Parade, parade ground. & 13). Saturday, 1 March: Friday, 14 February: Noon Spring Furlough begins for cadets. 4:30p.m. Review Parade, parade ground. Rifle, Mid-Atlantic Champs., Kilbourne Hall (Mar. 1- 2). 7:30p.m. Wrestling vs. Appalachian State, Cocke Hall. Wrestling@ S.C. Championships, Greensboro, N.C. Saturday, 15 February: Sunday, 9 March: 8 a.m. Indoor Soccer Toum., Cameron Hall/Cormack Field House. Spring Furlough ends.

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