VOLUME XLV VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, JANUARY 17, 1955 NUMBER 14 Eugene List^ Famous Pianist Two '53 Grads Roach And Barker Are Elected To Concertize In Lexington To Be Air Tacs Two 1953 graduates of Virginia President, Vice-President Of OGA For Rockbridge Concert Series Military Institute have been select- ed for duty on the tactical staff Last Tuesday evening, immediately following the Corps One of the most widely Itnown' of the new Air Force Academy, Meeting, the Officer of the Guard Association met for the and praised of American pianists On Lee's Birthday according to an announcen\ent by is young Eugene List, who accord- purpose of electing new officers. Bill Maddox, the Retiring Colonel Robert M. Stillman, Air ing to international critical ac- Seven score to an added eight President, announced his decision to relinquish his position Force Academy Commandant. claim, is destined for music's per- Years bence, was upon this date, because of his desire to apply him- manent "Who's Who." He will ap- They are Lieutenants Harry C. A Virginian bom on the creat of self more diligently to his studies. pear here in concert on February Gornto, HI, of Norfolk, and Charles fate. Law Would Deepen "Basically, we hope to have the R. Steward, of Coolidge, Ariz., both 3 at Lexington High School unde^ The South has cause to same objectives as before: first of- of whom entered the Air Force the auspeces of the Rockbridge commemmrate. all, to enforce the Class System; pilot training program following Army Reserves Concert Series. Conmemorate and dedicate. secondly, to correct minor infrac- graduation from the Institute. Although born in philadelpphia, To Memory and to Memorjr's sake; There is at present a proposal tions of the Rat Line; and last, to Eugene List spent his boyhood on At VMI Steward was regimental His name and the deeds that make. before Congress which is of un- try to effect a few material commander of the Corps of Cadets the west coast with his family, The mention of Lee forever great usual interest. This proposal will changes and improvements around and a member of the VMI Honor where his father taught school. Ai The name rings to spite tiie years, possibly affect all men who are barracks which will benefit the Court, de was co-editor of the '53 an early age he exhibited such a Mutter Lee; promote flie dieers. subject to reserve duty in the whole Corps." These were the Bomb and was listed in the 1952- prodigious talent that he made Recall his love; arouse the tears. ground forces. words of Joe Roach, newly elected 53 edition of Who's Who Among bis debut when only ten with the Echo his faith; erase the fears The present draft laws wiU be in, President, who during his stay at Students in American Colleges and effect until July of this year. This, the Institute has been a Corporal, Los'Angeles Philharmonic under He received a bache- That: Universities. proposed amendment to replace sergeant. Intramural manager for Arthur Rodzinski. He played the lor of arts degree in history upon our sacred cause was fought in this law will provide an increase of Beethoven Third Piano Concerto. graduation from VMI. vain; A Company, sports writer for the At thirteen his parents put him on the Reserve Corps, and an overall CADET, and is now serving as Stu- Like Steward, Gornto majored Lifeblood split in endless shame, a btis and sent him across the a senseless fight; the price insane; decrease of men on active duty. la dent President of the American In- country to compete for a scholar- in history at the Institute and was cluded is an article providing for stitute of Electrical Engineers. He awarded a bachelor of arts degree. All depart Whisper his name. ship to study with Olga Samaroff short tours of duty of flrom four to served as Vice-president of the Or- He was a first lieutenant in the Lee is a symbol; Lee is a light, Stokowski, the great pianist and six months active duty and a firm I ganization last term, a post which Corps of Cadets. That beckons us to meet the fii^t, teacher in Philadelphia. It was Surveyor Course obligation to the reserves for pos-j jg hgij n^^ ^y u^yg Barker. Dave Captain Harold L. Hitchens, And guides the South from the sibly six years. The reserve status worth the trip, for Madame Stokow- path of night, has also been a Corporal and ski immediately took him as a To Be Held At VMI assistant professor of Air Science (continued on page 8) at the Institute, already has been Sergeant in E Company, has play- pupU. Three years later, she enter- The sixth aimual refresher Into the sunlit into the right notified that he will be assigned to ed Intramurals, and is a cadet ed him in another competition course for surveyors from throu^- Clayton Malcolm Thomas in the Academy staff next Summer. Class of '57 waiter. "We are trying to work sponsored by the Philadephia out the State will be held January Bowen Presented hand in hand with the General Orchestra. The prize for this was 34 - 29 at Virginia Military Insti- Committee as a brother organiza- tute. Chemistry Award an appearance with the orchestra Lawrence H. Bowen, of Lynch-^ tion," said Dave. "The OGA is com- The five-
In a recent Corps meeting the Superintendent brought to The recent Corps meeting with the Superintendent has WHTTEFIBLD light several points of vital interest to the Corps. He explained aroused a great deal of comment from within the Cadet exactly how and why the academic year is to be abbreviated Corps as a whole. The bulk of this discussion in this colunm and his reasoning was undeniably sound. However, one point as well as in the various other wisdom-producing gatherings that was brought out during General Milton's talk seems well in bairacks, has centered around a not unheard of topic at I received 86me adverse com- Past." "History is being made fas- worth some further consideration. Apparently, as part of the V.M.I, weekends. The authorities have revealed that there is ment on the opening paragraph of ter than we can absorb it . . . The general reshuffling of the academic schedule, one or more a possibility of shortening each semester of the '55-'56 session last week's column about incarcer- busy spades of archaeologists are ation; the remark was not meant further complicating matters by weekends are destined to be relegated to the realm of reville by one week and also cutting first class weekends one per to be as bitter as it appeared in dlging up not only objects but formations and work details. This seems to be in line with semester. To put it mildly, this has arouijed a certain amount print, but the non-LA proof-read- whole cultures unknown even a a general Administration policy of loping off piecemeal the of adverse criticism. Many men have contended that no ers cut out the softening interjec- few years ago. In 1900 the Hittites weekend furloughs so dear to every cadet. academics occur during the time covered by weekends and tibns which were entended to con- were hardly more than a name in vey a more humerous meaning. the Bible. Today Yale is publish- Although, presumably no change is instituted here with- thus the Superintendent's alleged reason for the cut is not valid. We wish to point out that the effect of such a move When asked what was wrong ing a bulky dictionary! The jung- out a sound reason, it becomes increasingly difficult to find les of Cambodia have been torn would not be so drastic as many men seem to think. with the world, the very astute the necessity for further curtailment of weekend privileges. answer was given, "Not a thing, aside to reveal the astonishing re- mains of Ankor Vat and the van- The simple fact is that, academically speaking, a weekend First of all, no cut of weekends has been proposed. The it is only the people in it." It is has no significance. A wieekend spent in L«xington, for a certainly true that humanity has ished Khmer civilization. Moslem plan will cut two weeks off the school year, not two weekends. fanatics still prevent excavation of first or second classman is, if nothing else, a social zero. proven itself to be the world'to To prove this statement let's look at the facts. Currently, greatest disappointment. We have the South Arabian ruins of Saba, It can be argued that because of the abbreviated schedule tried to educate men out of their whose queen may have visited no additional weekends will actually be spent at the Institute. semesters are eighteen weeks long and first classmen are al- gross baseness, but have succeeded Solomon nearly three thousand lowed seven weekends. This leaves a total of eleven week- only in producing men capable of years ago, but in the Indus Valley, However, that is not the point in question here. The weekend a cluster of cities perhaps as old as was, presumably, instituted to enable cadets to seek diversions ends to remain in barracks. On the other hand, if the semester perpetrating three major conflicts in the space of two generations. Babylonia or Egypt has come to outside of Lexington simply because there were not and is shortened to seventeen weeks and weekends cut to six, We have devised schemes for se- light. On Crete and in the Aegean, still are not any available here. the first classmen still have eleven weekends to spend in bar- curity but have not found it; we the Minoans are emerging from the mist. In 1953 a British archi- If the current trend of eliminating a weekend every racks. Therefore the new move doesn't cost us a thing. We're grasp at every passing straw and year or so continues, it is not difficult to visualize a time when even as we clutch, it disappears. tect who worked on Nazi spy codes swapping two furloughs of a day and a half each, a good Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's anaylsis during World War II cracked the few if any weekends will be available to the Corps. Unless most common form of Minoan portion of which is probably spent on the rpad, for two of the current desperation is most something is supplied to take their place, something in the piercing: "Unless souls are saved, writting. Studies of the early Ger- nature of a completely equipped recreation building with whole weeks at home or wherever we may be. nothing is saved; there can be no mans and Celts are fast changing facilities adequate for informal dances and other social activi- peace unless there is soul peace. our notions of what the Romans Don't get me wrong, I'm not favoring a cut in weekends. found when they marched north of ties, then the reduction of weekends is certain to create more World wars are only projections of Whenever such a cut is proposed, I'll be arguing against it the conflicts waged inside the souls the Alps. And in the Americas, problems than it cures. Aztec and pre-Aztec, Inca and pre- like all the other psuedo-orators in barracks. In the mean- of modem men, for nothiifg hap- It should constantly be borne in mind by those in autho- pens in the external world that has inca cultures, always curious and rity that the interests of most cadets are not and never can time, however, I won't be opposing any cuts which Will add not first happened within a soul." sometimes magnificent, are turn- be completely centered in Lexington. The best, if not the ing up in most embarrassing pro- two weeks to the vacation period each summer. In fact, I In the November issue of Har- fusion. We really don't know what only, way for a man to maintain his outside contacts and in- think we ought to cut the crying before the authorities change per's Magazine there is an interest- to do with all the history we now terests is by utilizing his weekends. Any program that aims at their minds. ing article entitled, "The Chang- have." curtailing this privilege should be well considered, not only from the point of view of those governing but also from that of those being governed. Commendation To Colonel Clarkson STOOP POOP WHEREAS, the Virginia Mili- for VMI in the original Southern tary Institute Athletic Council, at Conference, in which his voice car- its meeting of December 7, 1954, ried weight because of his sound Dear Editor, | is not the first time such incidents noted with. sorrow and regret the common sense and insistence on A very serious situation between , of disrespect have been noticed death of a former member, Lieu- sportsmanship and fair play. Not the Corps and the Tactical Staff from members of the tactical staff. By LEON COCK tenant Colonel Blandy Benjamin the least of Colonel Clarkson's has come to the eyes of many first If we as cadets are to take these Clarkson, and contributions was his gift for mak- classmen as well as underclassmen. acts as examples of how ofittcers ing friends for VMI among the re- A recent incident between and and gentlemen behave, what does We understand that there is longer you do the same thing, the WHEREAS, Colonel Clarkson some confusion as to who is writ- persentatives and athletes of the officer-in-charge and a first class- it do to our goals in this direc- better you are at it. Nevertheless, served the Institute with faithful- ing Stoop Poop and when, so we leading institutions in the East man of rather sacred position has tion? we feel that it would be better to ness and distinction as a cadet, as want to explain the situation. Pre- a coach, as Graduate Manager and and South. His generosity in enter- prompted this letter. Most likely, Before being reported for the make a change because it can sently, yours truly and Ralph Frye mean quite a lot during these cold later Director of Athletics, and as taining visiting coaches and offi- this letter, like many before it, same violation earlier this year, I are alternating. We don't know winter months. The idea of march- a member of this Council. cials was proverbial, and he devot- will go unnoticed because of dis- didn't realize just what sort of belief or my so-called "stupid in- impression my actions would make how long this will continue, but ing off as batallions was an excel- Colonel Clarkson earned varsity ed many hours to giving free that's the way it stands as of right academic coaching to any athletes, solence." Nevertheless, I wish to as an under classman until it was lent one, and whoever though of it monograms as end and tackle on now. deserves a good deal of credit; but varsity or freshmen, who needed invite your attention to an incident' explained to me by Colonel Butler, the football team, as guard on the even with that, the tail end com- it. in which.the customary usages of i I do not wish to condemn aU mem- We have been wondering for basketball team, and as left fielder pany is quite a few minutes later on the baseball team, which he military courtesy were observed by hers of the Tactical Staff, for some quite some time just why the bat- THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV- all persons present—except the of those gentlemen are far above tallions never change meal for- entering the mess hall than is the captained during his First Class leading company. Therefore we ED, that the Institute and this OC. On a recent weekend an DC i reproach. These men perform their mation areas as they used to do. year. During his final year of ca- propose and humbly beg, on behalf Council have suffered a great loss gave the OD an order to stop' tour of duty with skill and intel- At the beginning of this year the detship, besides being Second Ca- in the death of Blandy Clarkson, of the first class privates in the rattling his keys. The OD obyed i Ugence and without distastefully batallions would swap areas every det Captain and President of the first batallion, that the meal for- whose career and character have the order but called a member of shunning men not too much young- time that Garnett-Andrews win- Class of 1914, he was awarded the been an inspiration to thousands mation areas be changed. Williamson-Graham Cup as the OUR Honor Court for advice on er than themselves. ners were published, but for the of VMI men, and the subject. With .due respect and I am sure such situations could past couple of months or so, we We would like to comment brief- best all-round athlete in the Corps BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, courtesy, our Honor Court member be averted in the future if a little poor boys of the first batallion fly on the Superintendent's talk of Cadets. that this Council express its deep- reported to the OC to try to ex- thought were used in advance as have been suffering the long haul at the Corps meeting not long ago. After graduation Colonel Clark- est sympathy to Colonel Clarkson's plain the circumstances this situa- a preventive for the short rebukes from the west side. (Especially we son achieved outstanding success family, and He introduced a number of new tion would involve. The OC, upon which bring about edgy situations. "A" company boys) We realize as Head Coach and Athletic Direc- BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, proposals which may become re- receiving the pittance of informa- R. A. FRYE '55 that the batallions and companies tor at Marion Institute, Birming- that a copy of this RESOLUTION ality in the very near future. Most tion which he allowed our Honor probably have a better appearance ham, Alabama, and as Captain and be spread on the minutes of the The time honored tradition of of them seemed to benefit the Court member t ogive said that he when they remain in the same later Major of Infantry, A. E. F. VMI Athletic Council, that a copy the OD alerting personnel as to Corps of Cadets as a whole. Cer- did not want to hear about VMI's areas. It's a known fact that the Before going overseas he coached be furnished to the Editors of the his presence cofn, be justified from (continued on page 3) and played on service football traditions or customs. He had giv- several angles. It is as much of a VMI Alumni Review and the VMI en the OD an order, and until res- teams with conspicuous success. , CADET. preventative measure as anything Returning to his alma mater inj cinded by the Commandant, the else, and it is hard to dispute its J. H. C. Mann 1920, Colonel Clarkson served as" order would stand. Thereupon, he effectiveness in that respect. Noth- T H E V. M. L C A D E T J. S. Jamison, Jr. said that would be all and prompt- ing will cause a class section to PubUshed Monday afternoons. Entered as' second class natter Graduate Manager and Head Coach Committee until 1927, and as Director of ly turned his back on our Honor straighten out or a minor disturb- September 18, 1946 at the postofflce at Lexington, Virginia unto Si Athletics until 1947. When illj Court member. The cadet saluted ance in barracks to subside as the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription during regular schwl yei « M and left. His salute was not re- health caused his relief from ac-; Meade Scholarships approach of the Ovrcer of the Day Member VIPA ' turned. tive duty in the Department of To Be Revived as annormced by the ever jingling Mathematics, of which he was an A question in ethics and courtesy keys. To eliminate the warning EDWIN N. OSBORNE, JR Editor in CM^t RICHARD C. MARTIN ZZIlH^^ag efficient and valued member, he "The Superintendent's OfiBce has seems to have been involved! A would largely negate one of the received a letter from the State serious matter, admittedly, but this continued to serve as a member main reasons for a certified OD. M. M. BELENKY Z Feature PHHnr of the Athletic Council and as an Board of Education outlining plans for awarding the Granville P. J. R. HANNAY A^ScSte FH IS advisor to Athletic Association L. H. BowEN ; personnel. Meade Scholarships for the 1055- Besides winning national recog- '56 session. These scholarships are for worthy white male students nition for VMI with his undefeat- bom in Virginia and residents of R J KAYE Tjying Editor ed "Flying Squadron" of 1920 and Virginia who are attending or ex- other fine football teams. Colonel pect to attend Virginia colleges. Clarkson by wise planning, care- NEWS AND FEATURE STAFFS ful management, and inspiring "Although intended primarily for R. J. Real, R. P. McCormick, P. Peters, F. J. Kline, R s Kninn leadership made many lasting im- award to students who will enter W. L WWtfield, F. C. C. Lo, A. L. Penny. W D. ^ prpvementts in intercollegiate ath- college for the first time in Septem- letic activities. During hi» admin- ber, 1055, scholarships may be ' COPT READERS istration the Athletic Association awarded under certain conditions B. D. Ayres, F. J. Leech wiB placed on a sound financial to students already in college. A candidate already in coUoge must basis, teams were well equipped, BUSINESS STAFF kuch sports as Wrestling, Boxing, have maintained a good scholastic BEVERLY L. McGRUDER Swimming, Indoor Track, Cross standing throughout his college Business Managei Country, Golf. Polo, Fencing, and years and must rank in the upper LaCrosse were sponsored, and third of his class in the current Freshmen teams were devel oped. college year. Applications must be Aist: cStt Professional trainers were employ- submitted throui^ the Division J. A. OPENSHAW AST Advertirin g MtaiManISS ed. and athleUc publicity and intra- Superintendent In the county or mural departments were organisr city of residence. TYPING STAFF ed. "CadeU who wish addlUonal iBr a B. Ktftov: A. N. Smith; 0. A. TakadTp; L. D. ILMIta; formation should IM COL Baric*-, •. V. Iftttia: J. D. Blcc; W. B. Itemsi J. X. BMMt: B. Colonel CUrksoB was Uistru J. 0. •Mtal la obUlolnc aMmbeniap dal^." Fellowship For Graduate Study OftCtapiSM&ai Now Available In Brazilian Colleges FIGHT A fellowship for graduate study award must be U. S. citizens, pre- and resetfrch in Brazil is available ferably under 35 years of age. to an American student for the Other requirements are: (1) a 1955 academic year, it was announ- Bachelor's degree from an Ameri- SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE: No. 1 POUO! ced today by Mr. Kenneth Holland, can collcgc or university of recog- nized standing by the date of de- In this day »nd f, M I like to call it, everybody ehould knw President of the Institute of In- Mmethin^ about uience. Unfortunately, however, the great majori^ ternational Education, 1 East 67th parture; (2) demonstrated acade- of oi are marring in elocution, and we do not get a chance to take Street, New York City. mic ability and capacity for inde- any Mience. But we can at least leam the fundamentals. ^ pendent study; (3) good moral Though this column is intended to be a source of innocent nterri- Closing date of the competition character, personality, and adapt- ment for all sexes and not to concern itself with weighty makers, is January 22, 195S. The period of ability; and (4) good health. I have asked the makers of Philip Morris whether I might not from the fellowship is from March 1, time to time use this space for a short lesson in science. "Makers," 1955, for one academic year. Applications may be secured I said to them, "might I not from time to time use this spaee for a from the ifnited States Student short lesson in scienceT" The Uniao Cultural Brasil-Esta- "Bless you, lad I" cried the makers, chuckling. "You may cer- Department of the Institute of In- tainly use this spaee from time to time for a short lesson in science." dos in Sao Paulo offers the award ternal Education. They are very benign men, the makers, fond of children, small to a young man graduate for study animals, community singing, and simple country food. Their ^nevo- in any of the faculties of the Uni- Lexington, never behind the lence is due in no small measure to the cigarettes they smoke, for versity of Sao Paulo and in the Philip Morris is a cigarette to soothe the most savage of breasts. I times, is now in proud possession refer not only to the quality of the tobacco - whi^, as everyone Portuguese courses of the Uniao of a righ^hand drive mail truck. knows, is amiable, humane, and gwcious —but also to the quality Cultural. The successful candidate of the package. Here is no ftendis%r contrived container to fray the is required to teach English a min^ tHMHeHMHSHMHOHKHMHiHKHMHe^^ fingernails and rasp the nerves. Here, instead, is the most simple imum of six hours a week at the ERNST W. FARLEY, JR. '34 of devices: you pull a tab, a snap is heard, and there, ready at hand, President — General Manger are your Philip Morris Cigarettes. Strike a match, take a puff, and Uniao. He must have a good know- heave a delicious little rippling sigh of pure content ledge of Protuguese or of another JAMES C. FARLEY '87 Romance language. Vice-President In Ckarge So, With the cordial concurrence of the makers, I will from time ta Of MannfactiulBg time devote this column to a brief lesson in science. Candidates for the Brazilian Let us sUrt today with chemistry. It is fiUing that chemistry should be the first of our series, for chemistry is the oldest of sciences, ^ _ Richmond having been discovered by Ben Franklin in 128 B.C. when an apple atOOD fOOD COMPLIMENTS feU on his head while he was shooting the breeae with Pyth^raa * vr'cri^ Engineering Co., Inc. StMl Plate Fabricators one day outside the Acropolis. (The reason they were outside th* (Continued from page 2) I POWER EQUIPMENT COBIPANY Acropolis and not inside was that Pythagoras had been thrown out 1S07 WEST BIAIN STBEET PresBiite Vessels ft for drawing right triangles all over the walls. They had several tainly getting out of school a week meetings outside the Acropolis, but finally Franklin said, "Look, Blchmoiid, Yirgiiila He«t Exchangers Pythagoras, this is nothing against you, see, but I'm no kid any more early this year and beginning a ALL RICHMOND, VIRGINIA aM if I keep laying around on this wet grass with you, I'm liable week later has its advantages as to get the break-bone fever. I'm going inside." Pythagoras, friendless far as jobs and summer camps are now, moped around Athens for a while, then drifted off to Brussels concerned. Also, the doing away v^ere he married a girl named Harriet Sigafdos and went into the A new design becomes linseed oil game. He would also certainly be forgotten today had of early Christmas leaves is an im- not Shakespeare written "Othello.") provement, because it has always AUTOMATION at work a production reality But I digress. We were beginning a discussion of chemistry, and been a sore spot. However, there the best way to be^n is, of course, with fundamentals. Chemicals was indication that furloughs of are divided into elements. There are four: air, earth, fire, and water. different types, which cadets how Any number of delightful combinations can be made from these enjoy, are in' for a slicing. This One of Western Electric's automatic produc- elements, such as firewater, dacron, and chef's salad. tion lines used in making the revolutionary Chemicals can be further divided into the classes of explosive probably means that weekends are new wire spring relay. and non-explosive. A wise chemist always touches a match to his due for another cut, and maybe chemicals biefore he begins an experiment. first class days. If such action is A great variety of containers of different sizes and shapes are used in a chemistry lab. There are tubes, vials, beakers, flasks, pipettes, taken, the reason would supposed- and retorts. (A retort is also a snappy comeback, such as "Oh, yeah?" ly be to help make up for the or "So's your old man I" academic time missed during the (Perhaps the most famous retort ever made was delivered by none two lost weeks. We have always other than Noah Webster himself. It seems that one day Mr. Web- wondered just how one could ster's wife walked unexpectedly into Mr. Webster's office and found Mr. Webster's secretary sitting on Mr. Webster's knee. "Why Mr. either miss or make up academic Webster I" cried Mr. Webster's wi^e. "I am surprised!" work on weekends. We just simply ("No, my dear," he replied. "I am surprised. You are astonished." don't have classes on Saturday (Well, sir, it must be admitted that old Mr. Webster wt off a afternoon 6i: Sunday. We realize go^ one, but stilLone can not help wishing he had spent less time trifling with his'secretary, and more time working on his diction- this time could possibly be used ary. Many of his definitions show an appalling want of scholarship. to complete reading assignments Take, for instance, what happened to me not long ago. I went to the or complete engineering problems, dictionary to look up "houghband" which is a band that you pass but we've been here for nearly 1. SUPPLY MAGAZINE 7. SIZE CONTAaS around the leg and neck oi^ an animal. At the time I was planning four years and we've seen very 2. CLIP WIRE ENDS 8. SCRATCH BRUSH TERMINALS to pass bands around the legs and necks of some animals, and I 3. CONTACT TAPE SUPPLY 9. FORM TERMINALS little work done by those in bar- wanted to be sure I ordered the right thing. 4. WELD CONTACTS )0. TENSION BEND (Well sir, thumbing through the H's m the'dictionary, I hap- racks over the week-end. There- 5. CONTACT TAPE SUPPLY 11. FLUX & TIN TERMINALS pened to come across "horse.'^And this is how Mr. Webster defines fore wc' can't see where cutting 6. DRIVE UNIT 12. FINISHED PART'S '^orse"—"a large, solid hoofed herbivorous mammal, used aa • weekends will help the situation. draft animal." (Now this, I submit, is just plain sloppiness. The most cursory In fact, we don't believe that acade- mics would suffer if everyone were investigation would have shown Mr. Webster that horses are not HES-) ^TEWlOll SEND (POMEO TEmmALS mammals. Mammals give milk. Horses do not give milk. It has to be allowed unlimited weekends. The So great was the departure in design of the PMtNOl. «.»»' taken from them under the^nost severe duress. military would suffer then. Such new Bell System wire spring relay as com- CONTACT (Nor is the horse a draft animal, as Mr. Webster savs. Man is a things as SMI and others would pared with conventional relays that it posed draft animal. Mr. Webster obviously had the cavalry in mind, but a major utidertaking for development en- suffer. Only the physical body IllHO COMUCT even in the cavalry it is men who are drafted. Horses volunteer.) gineers at Western Electric, the manufac- would be harmful to academics. turing and supply unit of the Bell System. (2)IUKC-MUJ»P UP U But I digress. We were discussing chemistry. I have told you the We think that the forming of sec- (91 WE/IK' Indeed, it was an undertaking that called MtLAl - most important aspects, but there are many more—far too many tions as academic buildings is the for new machines and new methods be- CAP DOWN' to cover in the space remaining here. However, I am sure that there 14) TRANSfER- largest factor academically as we cause none was available to do the job. PALLAOtUM is a fine chemistry lab at your very own college. Why don't you go up have stated before in CAP UP a 0 some afternoon and poke around? Make a kind of fun day out of it. Stoop Poop. Bring ukeleles. Wear funny hats. Toast frankfurters on the Bunsen Longer life, higher operating speed, burners. Be gay, b« merry, be loose, for chemistry is your friend I Overall, the differentt proposals lower power consumption, and lower man- OMu Bhalmui. KM were encouraging and seemed in ufacturing cost were some of the advan- Thia eolumn ia brought to you by the makert of PHILIP MORRIS the best interests of the Corps of tages promised by the new relay design. who think you would enjoy their cigarette. Cadets. The problem, seems to Engineers reasoned that a lower manufac- stem around the question: Will turing cost could be achieved through Single Wire Comb with Percussion Welded Contacts, these improvements help VMI or greater precision in manufacture (which Wire Spring Relay Designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories will the breaking of tradition hurt would cut adjustments) and through ex- more than it helps? It seems to us tensive use of automatic processes. One type of "comb" element is shown at top while a com- pleted wire spring relay is b^low. The small blocks of metal that this is a question that must on the ends of the wires are cut from a composite tape dur- The Southern Inn be answered every time a change One of the products of this reasoning is ing the automatic multiple percussion welding operation. is considered. pictured at the top of this page. This bat- "Contact conditions" are determined by the code of relay LS NOW FEATURING tery of equipment, developed by Western being manufactured and may vary greatly. We expect to see in the near Electric product engineers, constitutes one Prime Steer Steaks future the cadet divisional inspec- phase of wire spring relay manufacture, tors making their inspections in which automatically performs several separate op- cross dykes and having an "Inspec- operations: clips wire ends, attaches palladium con- FANCY SELECT SEA FOOD erations. Its function begins after one of the funda- tacts to wire ends by means of percussion welding, tor Mount" on the Hill every Fri- CHOW MEIN mental elements of the new relay has been fabri- sizes contacts, forms terminal, tension bends wires, day with the old inspectors form- cated. This element, known as a "comb," consists of fluxes and tins terminals. ITALIAN SPAGHETTI ing "five minutes after assembly." a multiplicity of small diameter wires in parallel ar- Congratulations to the captain ray imbedded for part of their length in molded Most remarkable of all is the fact that this is a FOR YOUR EATING PLEASURE COME TO US who has the new automobile. We phenol plastic. precision operation throughout. For example, the PHONE 727 don't like the make because of the small block contacts, which are percussion welded chicken-wire grill, but it's new These molded elements, of which there are two to the tips of wires of one type of "comb," must be anyway.. ^ types used in the new relay, are delivered to this located on the same plane across the twelve con- line of machine units in magazines. 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OFF BASE Indoor Track Underway With STAN ZITZ Team Shows Balance Against Last I saw the basketball game with R.P.I, last week. The game was a good example of what can happen when a team Key dels Take Split Decision, Yeai^s MasonMxon Conf. Champs is off ... I mean really off. Sure, it was a poor game but it The Virginia Military InsUtute's Ifile run—1. Noel (Roanoke); 2. didn't reflect the ability of the players. There are usually Have Three Wins Thus Far indoor track team was victoribui Crawford (VMI); 3. Shaw (Boa- Following two early victories, Byrd, f 1 1 3 two reasons for a sloppy game; the unorthodox play of one 0 in ita initial contest of the season noke): Time-4J8.7. the VMI basketball team did not Coombs, f 0 0 0 0 Saturday by dumping the Maroons 60-yard dash—1. WHaon (VMI): team or a team being "off". A poor night for one team will win another game until the R. P. Kyde, f .. 0 0 0 0 of Roanoke College by a 61-84 2. <3eariiart (Roanoke); S. HopUnt invariably reflect the overall play of the game. I. meeting the other night. The re- Williamson, c .... 3 3 0 9 score. ' (VM). Time-6.5 seconds. cord for the team does not indicate Anyone who has played basketball and had a bad night Muldowney, c ... . 0 0 0 0 Hie Keydets, last year's South- 440-yard dash-^1. Angle (VMI); the type basketball the VMI team Nyman, g 3 0 1 6 ern Conference Champions, tted 2; Ught (Roanoke); 3. McCary (if you ever played, you've had at least one bad night) will has been playing. Against a highly Walter, g 1 2 0 4 from the second event and had no (VMI). Time—52.9 seconds. understand what it means to be "off". Your hands are all favored Richmond team, the Key- Scnsel, g 0 2 0 2 trouble in keeping iU position over Pole vault—1. Greene (VMI); 2. thumbs; you can't hold on to a ball, yo^ir passes are inter- dets outplayed the Spiders for 34 Snyder, g .. 0 0 0 0 the visiting Maroons, least year's Moore (Roanoke); 3. Wilkie (Roa- minutes and were beaten only by cepted, you back into, fouls, you can't dribble and the basket TOTALS 22 15 6 59 Mason - Dixon Conference cham- noke), Height—11' «". experience. has a lid on it. You feel like going outside and > sticking your WVU G F P T pions. High hurdles — 1. Valentine In games earlier this year, the head in a hole. Bergines, £ 3 0 0 6 V.M.I, in its triumph only swept (VMI); 2. Seed (Roanoke); 8. VMI invaded the state of Tennes- Wtite, f 7 4 0 18 one of the events, the shot put, Green (VMI). Time—A.3 seconds. That's probably the way some of our boys felt the other see and lost to a strong Tennessee Kishbaugh, f 5 0 1 10 and managed a one-two in the low Two-mile run — 1. Pltketh^ night. It was a good thing they got that game out of their sys- team at Knoxville and two nights Mullins, f 2 0 1 4 hurdles alone. Nine of the twelve (VMI); 2. Noel (Roanoke); 8. later lost to a fast-breaking East tem against an outmanned team. Brennan, £ 1 0 0 2 events though were taken by Bourke (VMI). Time—10.28.1 Tennessee team at Johnson City. Witting, c 10 0 .3 20 V.M.I, firsts. Of the nine first, four Half mUe—1. Angle (VMI); 2. After Christmas VMI invaded '—Track Men In Debut— Constantine, c 0 0 0 0 were gained by two Keydets. Ben Shaw (Roanoke); 3. Rapimann Charlottesville and lost to Virginia Angle, Valentine, and .company started off their season King, c I ' 0 1 2 Angle, co-captain, won the 440- (Roanoke). Time-r2:07.0. and two nights later dropped one on the same ole foot. . . with a win, of course. As mentioned Hundley, g 2 0 2 4 yard dash and the half mile in im- Low hurdles — 1. Valentin* to the Colonials of George Wash- Spada£ore, g 2 1 1 5 pressive times, while Carter Valra- 2. Lavery (VMI); 3. John- before in my column, it looks like the track team will hold ington in~the Capital City. Holt, g .: 0 0 1 0 tine captured first place in both ston (Roanoke). Time — 84) sec- their own this season without the brilliant services of one On the thirteenth Richmond Pro- Leneve, g „ 0 0 0 0 the hi^h and low hurdles; Dale onds,. fessional's came up against the Johnny Mapp. Raeae, g 0 0 0 0 Vau^n took first plac6 in, tbe B^ad jump—1. Vaughn (VMI); VMI five. This game was slow as a Carter Valentine proved Saturday he can more than hold TOTALS 33 5 10 71 broad jump and second in the Ugh 2. Jackson (Roanoke); 3. Shaw turtle and bad officiating didn't his own in the hurdles, and Fritz Wilson did the same with Score at halftime: WVU S6, jump. Co
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N. had Peiping, trying to gain the release to make a personal journey to Pei- ed deep in enemy territory. But It is, at times, both amusing and of the eleven American airmen ping to negotiate with the Reds. Very shortly now, the applica- students received 20 hours of so- the point is this. The effectiveness amazing to note comments brought now being held prisoners of war Moreover, lied China will probably tions for flight school submitted called "flight screening" in the of Russian penetrations on the forth by last week's article on the by the Chinese Communists. At obtain several votes from nations by this year's first class should be Piper Cubs before climbing int» subject of maintenance facilities Eastern Front during WWII lay in the same time the U. N. Secretary ^^^ ^^ ^^^ Asian-Afro acted upon and orders forwarded. the heaver, faster T-8, in whick the combined ^ forces, armor and Some of Fly Boys won't go in they flew 120 hours. In the revise* and personnel as applied to tech- conference in April for her seat '55*8 nical equipment in the armed for- advancing infantry. One was inef- with the Red officials in Peiping to, ^^^ ^ ^^ qj ^^^^^^ ^^^ for twelve months, while others primary program, beginning pilots ces, the Army in particular. I fective without the other. The SU's free 2840 members of the U. ^^^ j plan to go immediately after gra- will get 40 hours in the T-34 and fotmd it impossible to retract any are supposed to work within uation. Therefore, il seems import- 90 more in the 28. Although pri- friendly infantry formations! Too fighting forces during the Korean I leadership and superior statement made for I have known war. Although the ho ding of these, ^^ ^^^ meeting. ant that ^11 cadets who plan to go mary flight time is cut from 140 the situation to exist. On the other often a platoon of tanks, attached prisoners by the Chinese Reds is into the flying end of the Air hours to 130, students will be bet- to our infantry for close support, hand, I found no solution to offer. a violation of the truce in Korea, Should Mr. Hammarskjold's mis- Force business learn of the recent ter prepared for basic, their next has gone chasing off after a lucra- In truth, no one has found, or at the Chinese Combunist govern- sion fail the U. N. will suffer a developments of the pilot training plhase of training because of easier tive MG position, consequently the least presented, a feasible plan for ment has completely ignored the heavy blow in its prestige and the program. ' transition ftrom the Mentor to the "dog-faces" don't see them again negating the lack. It is simply a laws and has been using these United States will have to employ T-28 and the jet T-33. till after the attack. a different but vigorous approach The U. S. A. F. has just planned prevelant condition that is worthy prisoners of war as hostages. .to use a jet trainer in the primary Flight tschool today consiste of to bring about the release of these of note. The latest of the turretless tank The people in this country are phase of the flying training pro- 3 phases and lasts approximately eleven airmen. However, if the family is the SU-100. It uses a very much concerned with the mis- gram. The proposed jet is the Ces- 15 months. At flight school, a civi- Russian SP ArtiUery fliers are released Mr. Hammar- T-34 hull, but instead of the usual sion of Mr. Hammarskjold for the na T-37, winner over 15 other de- lian or military instructor is assign- Of interest to men of all branch- skjold has gained a personal tri- 85mm gun, it mounts a 100mm eleven airmen now in China are sign proposals in a competition ed four students. He is responsible es of the Ground Forces is the (re- gun with an extra long barrel for Americans. However, diplomats of umph, and the prestige of -the U. conducted by the Air Force. Pow- for their instruction and he is als* cent (January) issue of the Marine N. will be enhanced. At the same sharpshooting. The HE round' the West are also keeping a watch- ered by two Continental J-69 Mar- the one who recommends them One particular ar- Corps Gazette. (34^ lbs) has a nice flat trajec ful eye on the matter because re- time Red China may secure a bet- bore engines, this sleek side by for either multi-engine or sintfle Armor: ti0le, "Red Turretless tory for easy scope mounting and gardless of whether Mr. Hammar- ter chance of being admitted into side trainer is the first turbine engine training in the third and Tanks," shoots a lot of holes in our the 100mm AT projectiles travel skjold's mission has been a success' the U. N. for having "good behav- powered aircraft to be accepted last phases of flight training. own theories of artillery support around 3,000 fps. at the muzzle. or a failure there will probably be ior." On the contrary, Mr. Chou En- for primary fligliit training. Those first classmen who went to for the infantryman. With the ex- The ammo is easier to handle than a drastic change in American atti- Lia appears to be more interested Air Force Summer Camp this past ception of the fast-becoming-obso- The plane will be tested at in the turreted tanks. Instead of tude toward the Red regime in in molding his country into the summer will most assuredly back lete recoiless rifles, we do not pos- Muroc, California, to determine running into T-34's, you Armor China. most powerful communist state in ess a weapon or family of weapons whether or not it meets the re- the T-34 and T-28 over the Piper guys may have to fight SU-lOO's or The trip to Peiping by the U. N. Asia. Perhaps Mr. Chou may have Cub and the Texan. of heavy cailbre capable of de- better!! figured out that it is more import- quirements set up by the Research Secretary-General does not only and Development Command. Af- Afterburner Flashes: Martin Air- livering close, effective, direct fire Of a larger variety, the JSU-152, ant for Red China to occupy a pow- involve the question of prestige ter further evaluation by the Air craft of Baltimore has just come in support of infantry. Our self- utilizing the JS-3 chassis, mounts erful position in the Far East than but also has become a major dip- Training Command, the craft out with a multi-jet engined, am- propelled weapons are artillery a 152mm M1937 gun howitzer. This to obtain a seat in the U. N. lomatic test between the West and should become mass produced and phibious, swept-winged, high tailed weapons mounted on especially is another battle-tested piece. the Chinese Communists. It was Regardless of the success or the distributed to the 9 flight schools aircraft. This beautiful plane may designed chassis. The piece and its Weight of projectile: 85 to 88 lbs; crew are deployed to deliver an ef- learned that the secondary figures failure of the mission, Mr. Ham- throughout the nation. revolutionize future long range range 19,000 yds. plus. Its main charged with "spying" and "espion- marskjold is not to be blamed, for naval air warfare. It can be re- fective degree of long-range, high worth is as an assault gun. Its Meanwhile, two new propeller- angle fire in support of infantry age" against the Chinese Reds he has made the following state- fueled and rearmed by submarine. brother, the JSU-122 is also a would be released first while the ment prior to his departure for driven trainers with configurations (our own) but more importantly highly effective piece of machin- similar to jet aircraft have already to neutralize enemy troop concen- rest of the American airmen, con- Peiping, "I do not know what the ery. Mounting the 122mm gun, it sidered as leaders of the group, outcome will be, I can only say replaced older planes in four of I Barton P. Short Jr. 44. PraUdent trations at the rear of their lines. 1 is not effective as the JSU-152 might be freed some time in the that I will do my best." We should USAF's nine contract primary fly- Barton P. Short, Vice-President The calibres of these weapons of model nor as maneuverable as the ing schools. The other five schools i ours are: 105mm, 155mm, 240mm future. The complication involved remind ourselves that Peiping will Joseph M. Hatchett, 25, Sec-TreM. SU-100 consequently is not as well will change types just as soon as 1 and the old 8" howitzer. They are in freeing these American airmen ' release the prisoners only if it liked nor as much deploy,ed. additional aircraft become avail- I artillery pieces. seems to indicate that Mr. Chou {can isolate American influence 1 SHORT PAVING CO., And so it goes. We must not as- is maneuvering for a way to bring ' from the Far,East. able. The new trainers are the all- I INC. Russian designers have not been sume that this is the best they can metal, low-wing Beech T-34A Men- content to design merely a highly do. After all, who developed the T- tor, now in quantity production, j ASPHALT OONTRACTOBS mobile, long-range, high angle ar- and the North American T-28A, 34, the JS-3 and the MIG, and who Petersburg, Va. tillery piece. Their SU weapons are would have pounded us to death formerly used exclusively in basic not, as we Westerners mistakenly in Korea had it not been for the and advanced training. think, SP guns but infantry, fire rapidly developed but not out- THIS ts NO The T-34 replaces the Piper Club support items. Lacking fittings for dated 3.5, the RR and the Sabre and the T-28 takes the place of the indirect fire such as sufficient gun Jet? Americans are potentially the old T-6 which finally is being re- traverse, their job is relegated to world's best troops. Our industrial fish Story! f tired after 17 years service in air assault - type, direct-laid (scope designers can do better. training. COMPLIMENTS OF sighted) fire in support of turrent- Under the old, program, green ed tanks and infantry. They are Electricity does so much, for to actually gigantic sniping rifles. many, for so little! 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JA. I tUfl 0»eB BvMdiics UatU 9 PJL Sittcifci WINSTON iJlnt ea^-djuMMq -^jSlm. ekjo/ietttl o»..wii 11 ii^iii aa HCHCHIHMHeHOHOHMHeHOHMHCHCHeHOHO^^ j Movie Timetable The Review Tune-Up L. H. DIUGUID By JERE REAL J. R. HANNAY Bill Bines modern art, as is the music. This I got a horde of books for Christ- as a writing and speaking tool. The tremendoua box-oiBee smash. It suf- There's a new lease on music movement toward attractive re- mas the majority of which I shall third includes spelling and speak- fers in that, unlike most Martin and store accounts. Victor has led a cord folders is a welcome one, review during the weeks that fol- ing reforms, the teaching of Eng- Lewis films, a plot has been in- trend to lower prices on LP al- through attractiveness is a matter low in this column. The first of lish, and a look into the future cluded which the pair manage to bums. Other makers either have or these books, and one which I found of English as a world tongue. of personal taste. The one with the foul up pretty successfully. Martin will come down also. The savings very readable, was Hie CardinaL autographed picture of Liberace and Lewis are no doubt appealing The Story of English might well are there for every one, the class- The second is The Story of English, holds nothing for me. Not always, to a certain audience, but to try to be called, as was Dr. Pel's earlier' ics buyer and the popular music but usually, I find the quality of include a story with them in a film by Mario Pel. book, "an almost faultless popu-'fan. the record varies with the taste of is a little, absurd. This film con- From Anglo-Saxon to headline larization of a permanently fasci- the cover. Of course we shouldn't cerns their antics at a circus. American, this readable and enter- DuU iron and PoUsh nating subject." judge an album by its folder, but There's plenty of slapstick for all taining book displays the whole ... . With the emergence of quality. with Dean Martin moaning a few tremendous panorama of the Eng- In addition to being a deUghtful, record players there is little; we tend to. Record makers are be- songs and Jerry Lewis distorting lish language. Dr. Pel approaches reading experience, this book wUl 'hance that a poorer quality re- coming aware of this. his face in front of the cameras. his subject with a sensitive and ako aid the reader in a better un-'cord will be the result of reduced Liner Notes There's techincolor too, which adds illuminating admiration. Respect derstanding of h s language thafprjceg. if the quaUty is not lower- to the gaudiness of this production. ^nd love for his adopted language increases his ability both to write ed the consumers wiU have every- Another item which comes to be The picture will probably be a hit combine with the scholarly exacti- md to speak. By gaining a certain thing to gain by this action. expected by the album purchaser with the usual Martin-Lewis fans, tude and detachment to make a re- ^^Vj'^r T ^T' There is a great world of enjoy- is a note by someone explaining but for my money, IH spend it markable contribution to the litera- age. the reader is able to better consequently, the collection. This thing varies. understand his own work and the elsewhere this time. ture. And as in his earlier popular the job of getting the music in the "The Confederacy" has with it a Wlio dw bat Moonw, work of others. Harilyn RATING Usual Martin and volume. The Story of Language, ^ hands of the listener is a big veritable book. At the other ex- pie Story English is also business. Accessories for the re- irbat song but Irvtng B«tliii% Lewis slapstick with a new back- the author leaves this vast store of of treme is a Gerry Mulligan album what pletara but «There'a No information with a certain amount valuable in that it destroys many cord collector are a sourse of in- with no explanation. A flustrated ground. of the popular misconceptions that come for more than a few. I Biuliien Like Show Buslneat.'' At of entertaining humor. fan asked him if there was any tiie State Theater 4 days starting have been built up around our ton-1 on,,,^ reason for choosing to put the L T R I c The volume is divided into three Sunday. gue. It WiU, in L end, give the! nnV^HPH songs together in a set. His reply "GUNGA DIN" main sections: past, present and fu- ture. The first includes the Nor- reader a much clearer picture of j®®^®.^^® "^^"s piled on a shelf, was "No, there's no reason." As STATE Sunday and Monday man, Chaucerian and Elizabethan • « A. f^L and so it is that there are record a rule the buyer wants to know "THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE Jan. 23 -24 the mfluences that have so pro- „„ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ periods, the dawn of presentday when the recording was done, who SHOW BUSINESS" nounced on our ton^e and how ^^ the various musicians were and If you like a good old movie that English, and the building of one cleverly in wrought iron. They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, they affect our everyday conversa-^ other information. The manufact- has plenty of excitement, spectacle of the world's most extensive vo- quite functional and not ugly. The Wednesday tion and composition. ure is slowly coming to realize the and adventure, then make it a cabularies. The second includes the For next week I will review No prices are a little high (the least advisability of including an ac- Jan. 16.19 point to see this movie. Ben Hecht geography of English uses and Time For Sergeants, a very humor- expensive though, is only $3.00) count of the record. Here is Paramount's latest big adopted the story from Kipling's abuses, English as a class tool, en- ous satire on army life as seen but the things will last forever and offering in the way of- musi well-known and often quoted poem hancement and degradation of the through the eyes of a Southern re- will kee'p the records they hold in A thumbnail sketch of the artist cals. Big musicals are really the "Gunga Din". Though the resem^ language, whimsies, and English cruit. good condition. concerned is interesting. A Colum- blance is pretty vague, the film bogue now with such recnt things The LP invasion has brought a bia Louie Armstrong Album's notes will provide more sheer excitement as "Seven Brides", "White Christ- revolution in album covers. Both have a tale to tell about one of the than most technicolored. Cinema- mas," and "Deep In My Heart." classical and jazz covers are being numbers. On "Ding Dong Daddy This one is no better and no worse scope spectacles of today. It stars done in contemporary drawings from Dumas" it seems that Louie than the others. It has some specta- Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and startling photography. Some of started singing and realized that musical numbers by some very Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Joan _ these folders rival in interest that he didn't remember the lyrics. Fontaine in a story concerning the artistic stage techniques involved • which they inclose. An example This didn't dismay the old stachel- British Army in Northwestern In- with the changing of the back- CRATER RESTAURANT • I might be made of Sarah Vaughan's mouth, who growled out right with dia and its struggle with ^ band ground sets while the dancing or JI new Emarcee disc, "Images." The the tune "Ain't I done forgot the singing, as the case may be, con- of murderous fanatics. (Route 460 - 1 Mile East of Petersburg) B cover is a portrait of Sarah sur- words" and went on to ad lib the tinues downstage. The film stars RATING ••• — an old "big" Featuring "CHICKEN-IN-THE-ROUGH" - CHOICE • I rounded by images. To this unskill- rest of the song. Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, movie with a lot of fight left. STEAKS • FULL COURSE DINNERS • ed eye it is very striking. No less Stories about the records often Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, and "SATURDAY'S HERO" SEA FOOD JI exciting is a Columbia Schonberg- make the music more enjoyable Dan Dailey as The O'Donohues of Wednesday—Jan. 19 THE ISENBERGERS • Berg Concerto for Violin and Well written, they are interesting vadueville fame and is filled with A vivid indictment of the evils II Orchestra. The cover is strictly to read in themselves. some "old-time" vaudeville music that tend to crop up in present provided by Irving Berlin. The ac- day collegiate athletics is present- tion concerns the trials and suc- ed in the picture, "Saturday's cesses of the family from early Hero." It concerns a boy (John vaudeville up to modern times and Derek, in this case) who goes to provides a couple of hours of de- college on a football scholarship lightful entertainment. but who finally realizes he is noth- RATING — good escape ing but a cipher in the code that fare with color and music. is law in the athletic setup in other colleges today. The film tends to "THREE RING CIRCUS" generalize and thus it loses some Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the force of its message, but it Jan. 20-22 is a timely subject in spite of the This is Martin and Lewis' latest individual film's failings. An un- fiasco and will probably be a usual picture that reveals some of the dirt that has been "swept un- der the carpet" by many college athletic departments is "Saturday's Hero." Myers Hardware RATING •»*—a message that needed to be sent! 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•iLT.C«. raeaaov e» fc^muMw -^tyutt^ AMuwa's UMsim ia*«vv*CTv«M e» CMAsaTw MHeHeHjHeHOHMHMHCHOHCHOHWHSl^^ We SpedallM Draft Law Keydet Waiter IN BOOKS A PUBLICATIONS Army Tank (Continued from Page 1) (continue'd from page 1) COMPLIMENTS Compliments will be a firmly bound one, re- have been assigned this new work of Cwrr Pablishlng Co., Inc. At Theater quiring weekly drills and a two Boyce, Va. in the kitchens. In conjunction with the film week attendance to summer camp. of New appointments to fill thtf Arthur Silver "This Is Your Army", the latest Penalties are to be provided for vacancies include Ming fsen, Light Tank, The M41A1 wiU those who are slackers in this re- Wea Good Qothei serve duty, possibly even rcinduc- Foster, Willie Walnwrigljt, Price Southern be displayed adjacent to the State Vw Hensen Shirts Theater on Sunday, January 23rd tion to active duty. Wingate, and Stan Zitz. from one to four-thirty in the af- This policy would permit the ser- Pete Dean, the head waiter, said Haberdasher ternoon. vices to have a good core of re- that the new positions will not di- Iron Works serves but a smaller core than at LyriC Possessing a 76mm. gun, the rectly effect the speed of food serv- present. The i-eserve corps would ing, but the plan will make it pos-. M41A1 was the result of several be much larger but because of years of resMorch'and development sible for more cadets to earn WEDNESDAY short tours would be much cheap- money fbr their tuition. on a high speed tank for use in er to maintain and train. TM« "KWT MKN- OT BIO TUW reconnaissance and security mis- COIXKOK FooraALLl Short tours have been discussed sions, and capable of being trans- Princess Ann before, but have never been enact- ported by air. First models of the B.F.Parrott ed as a working policy. Much criti- tank were produced in 19f 1. cism has arisen because many who RockbHdge County II The M41A1 is lightly armored, & Conine. could not get deferments in ROTC News Hotel manned by four crewmen, and arm- have had to serve their two years, • . Job Printing of AU Kinds ed in addition to the 76mm. gun, while those who received defer- with a .30 cal. coaxial machine gun, "WE PRINT THE CADEr- ments will have evaded part of Fredericksburg Va. BUILDING CONTRACTOR:•'' and a .50 cal. machine gun on the their service. turret for use by the tank com- mander against ground and air tar- Heart of the City ROANOKE, VA. I THUR. FM. SAT. gets. It is fully equipped with radio and intercom systems. For 26 tons TALENTI J the tank is highly maneuverable., HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ngSBBliQiVEA ^ It can travel around 40 miles per THENEW Y0aN6GfNTRY hour over hilly ground and can OtPT AT BERRY-BUWf YOU CAN BUY YOUR j^QlRLABREAir pivot on its own axis like a spin- CAMPUS T. CAREER!" f MBDICO ALMA MATER PIPES ning top. ifSHAMpioN'^REmLDsj The tank will be displayed as I From Pres Brown's Sport Shop part of the army publicity cam- paign for the excellent document- SUNDAY ary film, "This Is Your Army."
MR-RUING ADVI^RII Eugene List lOungabin (continued from page 1) ^ SmyriRiX "Bachelor's Daughters," an An- ftDW SivfiiillNI-ViCTORMclMlEll drew Stone production. On com- g^m PHONE 395 J0D8lASFAmil(NKS.a pleting the film he flew to Prague HHHl PHONeiaa at the invitation of the Prague TiBrFoiiTiyNE-tMVm.iuj government to play at the Inter- CLAYTON'S TAXI riMlWOIMDKinillrtrHa-tUMAMII" W national Music Festival. He repeat- ed his success there in seven other PABBCNOERS INaURKD European .countries, returning the next year for re-engagements DAVANONIOHT •••••••••••••••••I throughout the autumn. In Paris RICHMOND, VmCHNIA L«KINOTOH,VA he gave the first radio performance GRACE AT SIXTH of the Gershwin Concerto in F, CAR STORAGE AND CHARTER SfATE with Eugene Bigot conducting. BUS SEAVICE List is married to another star of music, the violinist Carroll Glenn, LAST TIME WED. with whom he appears on special occasions in joint concert'here and >00000000000ooooooooooop0 t in Europe. MaMed while Eugene ; J^ 10 •RUN'MUM'SS iff THKIMC'S was in the Army, they have con- «•• NO tinued successfully their seperate mumtmBS S LIKK 8 careers. On December 16, 1950, SHOWBUSINKS they became the happy parents of 4DOOOOOO otm ky MlMIOOOO a little girl, Allison List. They live in a big old-fashioned brownstone THUR. FRI. SAT. near Riverside Drive in New York, which allows for both to practice at once without interfering with the other. They spend their sum- mers at a home they bought a few years ago in the Woody Dorset .HALWALUSV. Hollow of Vermont. Today, Eugene List's career is a "SBnBOBcns* rare achievement in the music world: he is a pianist who his come of age. The fair-haired boy has .»TECHNICOiOR developed into a mature artist of sensivity and power, into a "per- SUN. MON. TUES. sonality" as well as a pianist. JAN. 23 - 24 . 25 JI44nii*Mrtm«tiflGOLOI BOXLEY CWEIUSCOPE! pMrGBANfO: QUARRIES f^GRACEKEUy I Crushed Limestone I MULOOUGUIS^ And Cnuhed Granite JbSSSJOM|£SSSJOMIEHSI M W. W. BOXLEY & CO. 711 Boxlty BuUding "This Is Roanoke 10, Va. Three Planta Located OB NIIW Your Army" And A.C.L. RaOways
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