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history lesson: "Someone with a lot of Methodist Church — although the church money planned to make more by building had no offical connection with it. a big hotel in Buena Vista during a land However, Bowling Green's school was in development boom...It didn't work direct competition with Blackstone out...that's how we got his monster College (founded, 1885) which was run by (Main)," explained Ms. Lowry. "Sem the Methodist church. Bowling Green was started in 1868 as a place called Bowling in debt $5,000.00 in mortgage in later Green Female Seminary," she said. years, and by 1899 the Reverand Edgar Moving into her crowded office, she Rowe turned the school over to the continued: "the only real history of Virginia Methodist Conference. the place was written in 1937 by Fredrick Eventually the Conference discussed William Kleig, who made his master's moving the school; the Methodist Church thesis at U. Va. a history of Sem. He's now in Charlottesville had an offer of an old on our board of trustees." Ms. Lowry had hotel at Fry Spring. But Buena Vista was a handed over a gold mine of information. mmmmmm mmmw "mmmmm boom town that hadn't panned out — and it but only until five p.m. - it was the only ,, _ , ^ . n-alnwin had a spired Victorian White Elephant on one of its kind, and she wasn't letting it go ^ ^an^e ner lace a giowin ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ anywhere. A short course in Southern Sem original building at Southern Seminary. In history follows: 1901, school was being held on the hill, and In 1868, in a South that was near in 1934 the State Board of Education destitute in Reconstruction, Mrs. W. T. granted its accreditation. Chandler turned to her own resources in an Time is often suspended when looking at effort to help out the family. Women things like the Maid of the Mountains, weren't allowed to do much then — at least Sem's yearbook, from 1904: "Red Letter for money. But she could teach — and she Days in Our Social Calendar did just that, beginning at home in a house by Tim Mishkofski, Jerry Harris I think it is real rude of the old girls to formerly called the Star Hotel, in Bowling call us "Rats." This is not VMI. Well, pictures by Jack Daniel Green, Va. She called it the Home School anyway, they enjoyed being with the for Girls. The house was still standing Rats tonight. It was a peanut party. The Incongruously staring down at the small when Kleigh wrote his thesis in '37. invitations had peanuts on them. We factory town of Buena Vista is the onion And in the Richmond Christian Ad- had peanuts all over the place...Sue domed, yesterday a hotel, Victorian vocate, August 19, 1869: Smithwick got a prize for carrying the remnant, tomorrow who knows; "Home School for Girls most peanuts on a knife across the Southern Seminary Junior College. It is a Bowling Green, Virginia like misty mornin' sunshine room..." place of odd beauty and myth, leaves Mrs. W. T. Chandler, Principal Or, from the Last Will and Testament of turning yellow, horses at a canter, and Miss M. L. Scott the Seniors : 1915: automobiles oddly unfamiliar. Fall, 1976, Miss Emma Scott — assistants "To Miss Ketcham we hereby seemed about the right time to send The next session of this school will begin bequeath her passports and cabin someone to write a story on a place happily 1st October, and close on the 30th June, passage on the Lusitania, sailing June out of step with time. 1870. Young ladies admitted at any time 1st for France and Germany..." We arrived a little after four p.m. and during session. Outside, Jerry Harris was in the little crisp in the air remind^ us that for terms and particulars address, the midst of an informal in- the days getting shorter. Jerry W. T. Chandler terview: Harris and I left Jack Daniel on the lawn Bowling Green, Va." Harris: Ok...you've gotta tell getting pictures and hurried into the Main me your names, go ahead, Hall to see Dr. Joyce O. Davis, the dean of By 1884, with tuition fees at $140 talk... students, to find out where to start. In to $190 per session, the school had 95 Liz: Liz Harmison, Penny about seven minutes we had started, pupils. Forty of them were boarding and that Buena Vista Ritter, Carol Hawkins...(tongue beginning with Ms. Lynn Lowry, the students. Since 1876 the school had been woman she don't even in cheek) this is fun... Public Information Officer. —It became a endorsed bv the Virginia Conference of the knowT. m'"Jy name... VwUllUIlUC(continuedU ou n page 3)
VOLUME LXVII Virginia Military institute, Lexington, Virginia September 24, 1976 NUMBER 5 Bicentennial Caravan Coming-^ The historical exhibits of the U. S. Armed forces Bicentennial Caravan will be set up on the parade ground on Saturday and Sunday, October 2 and 3. The caravan is composed of exhibit vans from each of the four services, each highlighting the 'The Navy binnacle, an actual ship's magnetic compass, is a theme, "History of the Armed popular display in the Caravan. The Navy Exhibit Van also con- Forces and Their Contributions tains a working ship's radar as well as displays showing navy to the Nation". Part of contributions to the building of America." The first rat sentinel of the new cadet class, Mike Barnes, a Civil Lexington's celebration of the "This Air Force multi-image slide show won the Gold Medal as Engineer out of Southampton. New York (center), took his post bicentennial year, the exhibits Best Multi-Media Documentary at the International Film and TV amid the usual barracks hoopla Wednesday. A member of Charlie will be open to the public from Festival of New York in November 1975. Describing the develop- Company. Barnes lost his crossdykes. but was awarded a new pair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday ment of aviation and the history of th? Air Force, the show utilizes after autographing his old ones that evening. The changing of the and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday., 15 projectors, five screens of a stereo sound-system. Over 700 slides guar^ojApiIace^vit^^ Admission is ^ree. are shown during the 17-minute show." 2nsVN^s Page 2, The VMI Cadet, September 24, 1976 Opinion Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one. —Henry David Thoreau They Might Be Giants... What the hell can be written about this week? It seems as if this place is all washed out of decent copy material. We lost the football game, we lost the hop, (you figure that if 600 guys went to the thing, each spending $50.00 for the weekend, that comes to about $30,000 over three days—what did they get from it besides a hangover and a zero on Monday's physics quiz?) and we're already planning to go rampaging through Richmond tomorrow. No, this surely is not a healthful or pleasant abode. We're turnips and they're getting blood from us. Probably the most painful moment in the beautiful early-fall- day, field goal a minute loss to Appalachian St. was the end of the game. People started to get out of the Alumni Memorial field about (Some people in the crowd do come ready to cheer.) the time tte Mountaineers scored for the last time and VMI took possession with 5:05 remaining. Lambert threw some good passes, when he made the mistake of throwing an interception, every coach on the field cussed him out. It seems that the negative incentive God: Jimmy's Co-Pilot from barracks carrys over to the playing field too. Anyway the Appalachian football team were acting like they'd just won the But in the elation of major part of rural Southern conference (and they may well do just that) and the people were election night in Philadelphia society. making a frantic rush to the side exits as the regimental band it leaked out that the Carter Carter reads the Bible moaned out the Doxology. Everyone on the red squad had left the camp's TV department was every night and while he was bench and was hurrying toward the locker room; they stopped and even farther ahead of the Governor Vvould often go into a looked back at the band. Two people hadn't the time to get with the political game than anybody main body and were stranded, alone, in front of the VMI bench. The private room of his office to had guessed. pray for guidance in facing most noticeable one was Joe Arnold. The Doxology poured forth It was putting together at like a dirge, as it much too often has in Lexington, Joe cast a look difficult problems. that moment a grand finale— Carter, however, doesn't see at the team, then turned back at the faithful. He started to runn a TV special to be flashed on off, then he stopped, looking at the grass, the sound of rats and old believe he has been "ordained a giant screen behind the to be President." men singing that song. Fellini could not have cast a better scene, speaker's rostrum the night Mike Myers was struggling to get his camera up to make it all last, that Governor Carter accepts Delicious Buffet Daily but there was no film, only the dying chords of that..."God bless our the nomination. team..." For a minute there it all made sense, the music and the by Mike Dick boys in red, and the strange ritual. Next to Joe, slight by com- The biggest element of the This certaintv in the end Westmoreland parison, stood the kicker, Royce Jones' kid. It had all happened Carter campaign for President result of Carter's campaign is before on another early ^^utumn Saturday afternoon. stems from the candidate based upon, not only the can- himself. And that basic element didates' faith in himself, but Colony In reference to last week's editorial calling the people that run very importantly, upon his this school "post-bellum zealots," came the consensius opinion that has characterized the whole belief in God. the newspaper had published nothing new under the sun. Brigadier Carter endeavor: Jimmy 1-81 Exit 50 Carter is a man of faith. "My religion is as natural to General James Morgan, upon reading that article, gave the notion Natural Bridge, Va. 24578 out that nobody in barracks was supposed to be happy with their In Norton and Slosser's The me as breathing," Carter has present state of affairs. The reason people here live in a ghetto and Miracle of Jimmy Carter we get said. Indeed, his background of a glimpse of that faith: growing up in the "Bible Belt" MOTEL BUFFET are led around for four years is precisely aimed to make sure no 703-291-9109 703-291-2364 man from here accepts that station later in life. Education around Almost a year before he of Georgia dictates religion as a here has been so far behind the times for so long that VMI is now in became an active candidate, the vanguard of the revolution. What's all this moaning about the the ex-governor and his THOMAS HRADSIIAW '61 end of grade inflation at VPI, when the Great Leveler, the VMI friends began filming Math department has been wiping out GPA's; for years? All the campaign television com- philosophers in the world can moan and groan about ethics and mercials. By the time the aesthetics, but what it comes down to is Vince Lombardi telling first of Carter's opponents some fat college star, "If you want it bad enough, you'll pay the began to think of putting 7 NORTH MAIN STREET LEXINGTON! VIRGINIA 24450 703-463-2521 price in pain." The only difference between VMI and that is that together commercials for here you pay 24 hours a day. television, a Philadelphia company had shot more than STOP—PAY TOLL. Deposit your pound of flesh here. The five miles of film about Byzantine Empire lives again in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Carter, and had some Mountains. But those people in Constantinople saved Classical commercials ready to go. Then, before the April culture for us today because they never would give in. Their last STEPHEN T. MISHKOFSKI Pennsylvania break- Emperor died beside the walls in 1453 with his troops. Just in time EdItor-in-Chlef through—his first convincing STEVEN M. CALLAHAN for Leonardo and the people in the West to burst forth on their own. CHRISTOPHER L.MANNO victory in a northern In- Managing Editor Opinion Editor Last Sunday in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Russel Baker was dustrial state—the same WILLIAM H.ATWILL, JR. GARY W.SNYDER writing about the ehd of the age of giants with the death of Mao Tse- Feature Editor Entertainment-News Editor Carter group was already JOHN D.WEBBER tung. Calling his life "a barbarian's passage through oceans of RAYMOND J. PIETRUSZKA putting together a twenty- Sports Editor Business Manager blood," Baker hopes that at last the giants are all dead, and further minute film to shown on that the age of giants died in America with Lyndon Johnson and the Opinion-Research: George Boro|evich, John C. Coe, Mike Dicis, Frank Fountain, Jeff closed circuit television in Munsey, Robert Reddington, Dave Slomski. war in Indochina. (Damnit, say Vietnam: 55,000 times, say it.) the delegates' hotel rooms at Feature; Joe Arnold, Jim Conrad, Jack Daniel, Jerry Harris, Norm Paul, Simon Baker hopes that with all the giants gone, "a new epoch in which we the New York convention in Radomskii, Jotin Strock. want consolidation and stability" will have arrived. Up in the Entwtainment-Newra: Bill Greg, Ken Lafferty, Mike McCarthy, Tom Shaw July Sports; Kurt Weidenthal (Asst. Editor), JackAdams, Kip Hamilton, Jay Hott, Keith History department they'll tell you it's not been that way before, Kowadio, Ned Stepanovich. and not likely to become that way in the near future. The Romans This rememt)er, was at the Operations: Frank Fountain (Copy Editor), Dick Poweli (Office Manager-Director of were on top, they got fat, they got knocked off. "Obsession with time when Senator Hubert Proofing), Tom Wilson (Advertising Sales Director). ""rBcior comforts makes men decadent and spiritually barren. Isn't it Humphrey had quietly en- Graphics: Joe Arnold, Chris AAanno, Simon Radomsklj. tered the stage door and was Circulation: Bruce Cann (Manager), Hobie Andrews, Tom Brown, Wads Bugg, Will likewise with nations?" ask^ Mao. Two thirds of the people in the SfTe'ld® S?eve"McKnight, Andy Tarr, Tom Underhlll, Jack Webber, R. L. world didn't eat tonight. The black man in Africa has been waiting standing in the wings. It was a time when the wiser neads for automatic weapons for 400 years, now he has as many as he can Publislwd by The Lexington News-Oaittte carry. The United States uses on third of the world's energy, and of the Democratic party were WALTER LUNSFORD
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MON CBS RHODA 1 PHYLLIS MAUDE 1 ALL'S FAIR EXECUTIVE SUITE ABC Chops First NBC LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE NBC MONDAY NIG-H T AT THE MOVIES 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 by Snyder and Greg HAPPY DAYS 1 RICH MAN. POOR MAN ABC 1 FAMILY T. V. viewers—watch out!!! You may be watching more ONE DAY AT TUE CBS TONY ORLANDO t DAWN M«A*S*H 1 SWITCH television than you expected this season, or you might be wit- A TIME nessing a record breaking amount of cancellations. NBC BAA LAA BLACK SHEEP POLICE WOMAN POLICE STORY According to the Washington Post, the cancellations will be 7:30 11:0 0 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 ABC numerous as the networks are hotly after each others throats. Over BIONIC WOMAN BARETTA CHARLEY S ANGELS CBS GOOD TIMES BALL FOUR ALL IN THE 1 500 million dollars is expected to be paid out to air new "make or FAMILY 1 ALICE BLUE KNIGHT break" shows. NBC PRACTICE MOVIE QUEST This season there is a trend toward the mini-series novel 7:J0 serialization and more made for TV specials than last year. Tom 8:00 8:30 9:00 ^30 0:00 10:30 ABC KOTTER 11 BARNEY MILLER Shales of the Post cites that the networks are trying to fill the tube • RISBXLL NANCY WALKER STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO THU CBS this year with more "events" whether actual or ersatz, than with THE WALTONS HAW/ Ml i O BARNABY (ONES series episodes. NBC GEMINI MAN BEST SEUERS VAN DYKE » CO. As networks usually go, there will be cancellations, this year 8:00 t1:3 0 V.yo ?:jO 10:00 10:30 should be blessed with a higher number than ever before in the ABC DONNY i MARIE OSMOND MOVIf
history of the boxes. Since the competition will be tougher maybe FRI CBS SPENCER S PILOTS MOVIE we can expect some better viewing than we have had in past years. SANfORD 1 fJBC 1 CHICO ABC has already given one show the chop, it bit the dust this past »SON 1 ROCKFORDFIIES SERPTCO spring, even before it had a chance to be aired. Hopefully we will 7:30 t:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 HOLMES « ABC STARSKY t HUTCH now be able to see some shows worth watching and maybe since YOYO MR T • TINA MOST WANTED MAFFTTTRIR SAT CBS JEFFERSONS idi CAROL BURNETT ABC has tightened up, the sports viewing will be more toward the DOC MOORE NEWHART
sport and not the place where the sport takes place. Well, at least NBC EMERGIENC Y NBC SATURDAY NIG HT AT THE MOVIES now most Americans can go to the streets in Montreal and profess 7:30 that they have seen the city in the comfort of their own homes and 8:0U 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 ABC IIU COSIY probably in better color. %6 MILLION MAN MOVIE SUN 60 MINUTES NBC CBS SONNY t CHER KOJAK DELVECCHIO NBC WONDERFUL The new shows which might be worth watching on NBC this WORLD OF DISNEY NBC SUNDAY M^rSTER Y MOVIE BIG EVENT season include, for sci-fi buffs. The Gemini Man, starring Ben Murphy as a special investigator who has the ability to become Through telephone com- invisible. This "power" helps him in his investigations. Lafferty Stars In "1812" munication with the Sym- Van Dyke and Co—stars Dick Van Dyke returning in a comedy phony's assistant director Mr. variety show. Bill Curry, VMI Band Director Serplco—a series starring David Birney based on the flick of the Colonel George Gantz coor- famous NYPD undercover cop and the city's fight against dinated the score and rehearsed corruption. the firing sequence with the The Big Event—a varying format for NBC which will begin with the cadets, simulating almost first ever TV showing of the biggie "Gone With The Wind," a exactly the conditions of the worthwhile show to catch. This time slot will also be used for some actual firing in Richmond. documentaries and sports. Throughout the per- Baa Baa Black Sheep—starring Robert Conrad in a comedy ad- formance, even during the venture supposedly based on the exploits of WWII Marine ace, preliminary playing of "Pappy" Boyington. Those of you who caught it this week should "Camelot" by the Symphony, tell the corps how good it was. the cadets (in full parade The Quest—this season's only western adventure is a story of two regalia) were the center of brothers seeking their sister who is the captive of those fierce in- Last Friday a contigent of ten As Times-Dispatch columnist attention for what turned out to juns. cadets traveled to Richmond at Shelley Rolfe put it, "there is in be one of the largest crowds to ABC the invitation of the Richmond Richmond an old boys' VMI attend any event staged at the The Tony Randall Show—here will be one partner of the Odd Couple Philharmonic Symphony to network. It moves. It shakes. It Capitol I^uare, with the ex- cast as a superior court judge, a widower with a daughter 17 (heh accompany the Symphony in its obtains cannons. The VMI ception of the Governor's heh) and a son 12. The plot thickens as the crazy housekeeper and rendition of Tchaikovsky's artillery was volunteered." inauguration. At Lafferty's the efficient secretary come into the picture. "1812 Overture". The thirty- Under the direction of Lt. Col. command, the gun crews fell Holmes and YO YO—another GET SMART type of comedy here, minute performance was given George Bare, Captain Jim out from their positions between yes, a mechanical cop and human "partner". on Capitol Square, with the Clark, and Sergeant Marc the trails of the howitzers into Mr. T. and Tina-a Japanese electronics expert and widower (a cadets manning two 105 mm Anderson the ten first and their respective firing positions. common item this season) who moyes to Chicago from Tokyo with Howitzers they had brought second classmen were A total of fourteen shots were from Lexington to provide fire organized into two firing sec- fired in time to the music, with his children. one misfire at the number one Bill Cosby—The Man is back with a show that should be great, for the Overture, which was tions with first classman Mick Lafferty as battery com- gun the only flaw in the per- comedy, of course, musical artists and puppets, aimed at the originally scored to include an mander. formance. smaller audiences. C Company should enjoy this one. entire battery of six cannons. Rich Man Poor Man—new in content this made for TV novel is back The Richmond Alumni again and if it is any way like last reason it is sure to be a hit. Association, hearing of the Charley's Angels—New detective drama starring, brace your- Symphony's need for sound BECOME A COLLEGE CAMPUS DEALER selves, Farah Fawcett (Majors, but who cares), Kate Jackson and effects, contacted the Institute, Jaclyn Smith. Should be a favorite of the Corps, no one will know and arrangements were made. what the hell the show was about but for sure there will be crowds Now thru Tues. SELL Brand Name Stereo Components at Eve. 7 & 9 p.m. down in the TV room that night. Mat. Sat., Sun. 2 p.m. lowest prices. High Profits; CBS Spencer's Pilots—two Air Force vets (Yea!) work together in NO INVESTMENT REQUIRED. handling flying assignments by a small company, could be a must fw zoomie fanatics. . ^ „ t For details, contact; DelVeccio-more detective drama about a cop who wants a Law School sheepskin, if he doesn't have a 3.99, forget it. All's Fair—comedy about a relationship between a conservative FAD Components, Inc. political writer and a young 22 year old liberal photographer-Uz Ray move over. . , 20 Passaic Ave. Executive Sulte-a must for aU AS 300 and 400 students, a drama of Management and big business, (Hey Maj. Mathews, how about Fairfield, New Jersey 070Q6 letting us out of a couple of classes for watching it?) Well that's a brief rundown, foUows is a schedule you might want llene Orlowsky 201-227-6884 to clip and also hang on to remind you of what davs to catch what. Reddington's Analysis Shows Democrats Out Front byBobReddingto. _ n ^^^ testif...J*y a Presiden'J tA . withouiAl tA . a_ AAs th.. • e 76 campaig• n shapes conteste^AM^Ao^Ad^ votervrA^Ais^ wil••nill bVveA swayee««ro«rA/d l in this congressional district? by a Carter victwy tide. With all the hoopla and fan- "honeymooned" congress is up, present indications are that Democratic 57 per cent fare of the Presidential cast on the rocks. Without a the Democrats will once again But why are voters chosing Republican 34 per cent homogeneous legislative control the house. With 435 Democrats in 76? The reason as Other 1 per cent campaign '76 other political Undecided 8 per cent races have been swept from the branch, government becomes House seats open the reported in a recent Gallop poll limelight. stagnant (as seen with Democrats enjoy a substantial is that many voters believe that the Democrats are the best The regional distribution However, these political President Ford's vetos and the 57 to 34 per cent lead. House overriding the Ford The degree of victory for the party for prosperity. shows the Democrats winning races, notably in the House, 60 per cent of seats in the 13 constitute a far greater im- vetos). Politics in this situation Democrats depends on whether "If the elections for congress Southern states. The margin in portance than the Presidential becomes an arena for power or not Jimmy Carter becomes were being held today, which the North however, is not so election. plays, a game that no one President. The l(^ic here is that party would you like to see win As any Political Scientist will benefits from. . in House races that are evenly •great SPORTS ....Before It's Just Too Late To Do MAILBOX Rats, as it was their first opportunity to observe Dear Darkie. Thanks for the vote of con- Corps spirit at a football game. It cannot be known fidence. Old Hokies never die, how many civilian spectators and cadets' dates saw even when they go to VMI! REDLINE Dad what happened—probably many more than we care I want to write about something which has been on VPI '52 my mind since past Saturday. That is the fact that to know. several dozen members of the Corps of Cadets walked In any one-sided contest, a point is reached when Editor's note: Weil try to out of the VMI-ASU football game, when ap- the loser realizes the outcome, and on Saturday that bring Jay out of the dark before proximately seven minutes remained in the contest. happened to be VMI. The team itself certainly next week. Then we'll try to stayed—imagine Corps reaction to a team walkout in bring you out of the dark before It is understandable for a man not to stand during October 9. the entire game or not to join in on every yell—that a losing situation! A man would be hard-pressed to certainly makes for a long afternoon. It was also very offer a plausible excuse for what happened Saturday, obvious that the game was decided, and the only thing in spite of the fact that it was a dance weekend. ON DECK left to do was to watch the clock run out. Hopefully the Corps of Cadets, and especially those individuals guilty Saturday, will take it upon them- It was a real shock—and I have heard other cadets selves to ensure that this does not occur again. Saturday, 25 Sept. express similar sentiments-^;o see even one cadet We play at home again on October 2—we have an Cross Country, vs. Citadel (A) take off before the final gun. The action was an Football, vs. Richmond (A) apology to make to ourselves and the football team, Sunday, 26 Sept. outright contradiction of all the traditional themes of by remaining in the stadium until the final note of Rugby, vs. VCU (A) support of our fellow cadets which have been drilled "The Doxology" is played, no matter what the out- Tuesday, 28 Sept. into us since matriculation. come of the contest. Soccer, vs. ASU (A) Those who left set a horrendous example for the Thursday, 30 Sept. JWHIII, '78 Soccer, vs. Madison (A)
Kicker Craig Jones becomes TT'Tl i ! M ! !! > 1 ,—i— the first freshman winner of the Page 6 The VMI Cadet, September 24, 1976 Keydet of the Week award this year. The eighteen year-oidj CT^ - •REDLINE from N(H*folk, Virginia set a' school record when he con- verted four field goals in the I^po 'STATS game against Appalachian rts State on Saturday.
They Ride Horses Don't They? by Jack Daniel Bicentennial Committee and Polo returned to VMI Wed- thestaff of the Institute, notably nesday afternoon after an through the coordinating efforts absence of nearly thirty years. of the VMI.Public Information In a mesmerizing contest of Office. gradually increasing ex- By far the most outstanding citement, the Farmington Hunt participant in the afternoon's and Polo Club of Charlottes- event was British rider Reddy ville defeated the visiting Watt. According to mounted British Army Polo Team by a umpire John Gulick (VMI class score of 10-6. of 1948B), Watt is not only a The British team, playing on consistently strong player, but ponies loaned them by the is also a superior horseman, at University of Virginia Polo ease with the most un- Club, was comprised of Cap- familiar of mounts. Gulick tains Charles Lowther and stated that "the other players Reddy Watt, along with are good, but Watt is tremen- Lieutenants Jeremy Mains and dous — he plays as everyone Mike Bromley-Gardner. In a should play." In response to the tribute to the American question of any difference in the Bicentennial, which is also the American and the British styles centennial anniversary of the of play, the tweed-clad official WTOY-MADISOX .SOlAltE CAKDEX introduction of polo to the said that the only difference United States, the British that he observed was the '"d TOP RANK. INC. players are conducting a three- relative tightness of the Present. . . week ten-match tour of Virginians' play as compared to /•'im- h'lirtulurr Virginia, Maryland and the that of their opponents. He WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT District of Columbia. The noted, however, that this was CHAMPIONSHIP" Farmington team was made up minor and almost certainly was Buchanan, Virginia of Rodger Rinehart, advisor to the result of Farmington's • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 • Telephone 254-1771 the U Va. club, and two of his custom of playing "arena polo," Direct From Mon - Fri. 10-9 Sal. 10-5 sons; 18-year old Owen and 26- a variety of the game played in year old Robbie, who has been The New Yankee Stadium. New York Full Service ConvenienC Terms a considerably smaller area, described as the best young necessitating more frequent player in the state. The fourth and abrupt stops and starts and member of the Virginia team turns than are usually in the was Roger Steele, who was outdoor style. Gulick also ex- NO Lexington captain of the U. Va. team two pressed his conviction that the HOM£ years ago, his senior year. visitors' disadvantage in TV Pizzeria The match was sponsored by playing on strange ponies was a the Lexington branch of the decisive factor in the outcome & Italian English Speaking Union and the of the thirty-minute match. Washington and Lee University Present for the occasion were LIVE ON BIG SCREEN CLOSED CIRCUIT TV Restaurant Polo Team and was coordinated several alumni who recalled the "Best By Taste" by Dr. G^ Wayne Rayborn, a days of the horse cavalry and ROANOKE CIVIC CENTER Lexingtm dentist and devoted polo at the Institute. Mr. Sol Rcanokc, Virginia 13 S. Moin Street aficionado of the sport. Rawls, President of the Board • DOORS OPEM 8:00 P.M. • Arrangements for the use of the of Visitors, introduced his M«mm si M-^Otr al $!$§§-tut4$tii 10 tl U VMI parade ground were made TiOaO Oa S«l« iMMkt C«vic C«aM m4 all N«tt«u«M Simm Lexington Vo. "brothCT rat" from toe class of through the' Rockbridge Area (see polo, page 7) The VMI Cadet, September 2A, 1976 Page 7 They Ride Horses, Don't They???
1940, Col. Water Greenwood, who rode for the VMI team as a cadet. Col. Greenwood served as the coach of the 1947 team, which defeated West Point in the last match hosted by VMI. (Although 1948 was the final Mrn^ ft I? * year of the sport's existence at the Institute, there were no matches at home that year — after 1948 horses were no longer used by the Corps.) According to one source, polo has been ranked as one of the most dangerous sports in existence, with only mountain climbing and rugby ahead of it on the list. This prompted the question, are there any women who participate? There are a great many today, but it was Clockwise; Gibson, Clark, Defense. Dillon, Cutright, Seufer, Baker. once uncommon to find a girl in the ranks of hard-riding polo players. Said Col. Greenwood, whose daughter plays polo in Potomac, Maryland: "The first female player I ever saw was in 1946, playing for Warrenton against the VMI team. The cadets played her rather softly until she beat one of them over the head with her mallet. There is a point at which all delicacy stops..." And what about a rebirth of polo here, from within the corps? The question is not absurd — from this reporter's impressions, there would un- Opinion doubtedly be considerable Dear Bubbles, support from interested alumni "Teddy Bear" didn't want us Wins/Losses for such an organization. Where ^What About Spirit? to tell you in the paper that he is could ponies be stabled? WILLIAM H. ATWILL, JR. Feature Editor in love with you — his exact Cross Country Possibly at Southern Seminary, words were, "I just can't get VMI was defeated twice last Saturday against ASU—on the field VMI 22—Madison 38 but that is only one of the many into the (Second Class Ring and in the stands. Of the two, the loss on the football field was the (Low score wins) questions that would have to be Figure) mixer, I'm in love." — most publicized and talked about by the Corps, the alumni, and the Football answered were an interested or anything like that. You see, newspapers. Whether the football players did as much as they ASU 31—VMI 12 cadet to pursue the matter. The the poor guy is bashful. Really, could is a question they must answer for themselves. No one else is Rugby fundamental question is, of we're not kidding. qualified to do so, since no one else was on the field with them. VMI "A" 14—Lynchburg "A" course, are there any interested So all we're going to say is Granted that the team loss was a sad one; even so, it was over- 14 cadets? If so, then it is not in- that he misses you very much, conceivable that before very shadowed by a more bitter, more sad loss for the twelfth man in the VMI "B" 18—Lynchburg "B" and hopes to see you real soon! 0 long this tdcen of the cavalier stands. Ths loss of the twelfth man centers on one word: APATHY. Love, spirit from the bygone days of When the corps sang, "The Keydets will fight 'em and never say Soccer "Teddy Bear's" pals Hampden Sydney 3—VMI 0 mounted cadets might return to die," the words seemed rather easily carried away by the little on the CADET staff cadet life. breeze that blew across Alumni Field. Nobody seemed to care VMI 6—Roanoke College 2 much. Indeed, why should they? After all, most of the Corps looked forward to Saturday evening and the inherent pleasures it would bring. Had the score been reversed in the end, the Corps would have held its head high and said, "We did great." Instead, the comments were: "The football team is worthless" and "They looked terrible." The "Doxology" sounded like a funeral dirge, full of resignation, devoid of pride,. It doesn't cost you people in the Corps one damn bit of sweat to MICHAEL J. MYERS turn your loyalty on and then off whenever you feel like it. In one of Photography Editor his revolutionary pamphlets, Thomas Paine speaks of "the sun- shine soldier and the summertime patriot." It is almost im- possible to have any feelings except a mixture of contempt and pity JOHN S. DANIEL III Advisor to the Editor for these individuals. Are we, as a Corps, very much different? Getting High: Note: The following is a narrative taken from the VMI Student With The Grotto climb in the dark. No sweat. If you want to get excited, go caving at Grotto's Sept. 4th trip to West Virginia. night. "Besides, everybody at OTR thinks we're the National Our eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness. There, moonlit, way Guard..." on top, almost straight, was the spike backed rock mass we were to climb. , , , Kurre, Kuklin, Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Reggie Sadler and Bill Middleton were VMI's representatives to the OTR. They wanted to "This won't be any work," said Kurre as he cast a look at the sky, get in as much mileage as possible over the weekend. That's why "it's almost light out here." we were going up the backside of Senaca Rocks at 11:30 that night. Indeed, the aura of silver dappled darkness made the world It was a helluva view when we got there. around Senaca Rocks glow like a lighted picture negative. West The moon was a metal disc in a cloudless night ceiling. Its blue Virginia in the moonlight, a litUe bit cold now, but ^ we mov^ up the slope patches of sweat peaked through fatigues. It w^ so light I glow showed the mountains in reverse daylight. Seeing it in the light next morning was somehow anticlimatic. Night climbing was could see Steve Kuklin sweat, and Ed Johnson took his shirt off like sneaking around on sleeping nature's face with only the moon even though it was 40 degrees in the dark. I carried a pack and had looking. on a field jacket; I took the jacket off and tied it around my waist The party was still going when we descended. Some stayed up The annual Speleogical Old Timer's Reunion was just a few mil^ until nearly dawn with the Old Timers (who we're mostly our age.) down the road near Franklin, and over a thousand cavers and I met a girl rugby player from ODU, and a lot of freaks in the dark climbers were raising hell until early into the morning. VMI s there. When dawn came we moved out to, the Monogahela National people don't get out every weekend, and had to fi^t a crazy ^rmit ^ Fprest and stared at fat deef. By ta'ps'wef Weftf back in Lexington. to escape Lwcingtoh, so they decided to get high tha^ mfeftf. Td Page 4 The VMI Cadet, September 17, 1976
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