Marshall General Marshall, U. 8. chief of staff, will deliver the address .at the Finals exercises In J. M. Hall. ffije&lMLCakt M3L VOLUME XXXIII LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY 27, 1940 NUMBER 19 Col. Burress Andrew Watts, Mess HallWaiter Waters Named HIT or MISS Gen. G. C. Marshall Given Stay For 30 Years9 Holds Record To Staff By JOHN HUNDLEY By BOB DUNLAP was not occupied until 1935. There Until June Andrew Watts has the proud hon- was a wooden floor in the old build- Of Turn-Out' Will Address Corps or of being the negro with the long- ing which was mopped three times It has not been the policy of this Col. Holmes Assumes est service of employment with the a week by the waiters, instead of Editor McMillin paper to engage in an editorial feud Commandant Duties Institute. Known to cadets by the the daily cleaning it now receives. Announces Changes During Finals Week with another college newspaper; nickname of "Watt," he has been a A waiter's job used to be much In Magazine Staff and in maintaining that policy we Here On June 24 waiter in the mess hall for 30 years. more work than it is now. Among have ignored many obnoxious Th War Department today notified He is now serving In the E company other things the waiters had to Douglas McMillin, editor of The Chief of Staff thrusts from contemporaries. But the Superintendent that it had grant- area. Coming to the Institute in 1910, churn the ice cream, and clean the Turnout announced several impor- To Make Second when some puerile adversary car- ed VMI's application to have Lieut. Watt has served under three stew- strawberries for the corps in the tant changes in the staff of the maga- ries things beyond the confines of Col. Withers A. Burress' tour of ards. spring. The waiters in the old mess zine yesterday. Visit of Year mature judgment, we do not con- duty at the Virginia Military Insti- Watt was born and has lived all hall had to take turns having what L. N. Waters, first class, succeed sider it beneath our dignity to step tute extended until June 15, 1940. his life in Lexington. The father of was called "watch days." When a Rudy Weiss as business manager. Gen. George Catlett Marshall. '01, in and put things in order. Nor do a large family, he is now 53 years waiter was on "watch" he had gener- Weiss was forced to drop out of chief of staff of the United States we do so with any degree of reluc- Colonel Burress old. Watt, in an interview said, "I al care of the mess hall and it was school at mid term because of de- Army, will make the principal ad- tance. Now In Fifth Year have always gotten along well with his duty to show visitors through ficiencies. Waters is a graduate of dress to the graduating class of the Colonel Burress, who was recent- the cadets, and like to work for the the building. Woodrow Wilson high school, Ports- Virginia Military Institute at the ly designated to report to the office school. I hope I can continue to work The service of the mess hall has mouth, Va., and is a pre-med star final exercises on June 12, the Su- The Bull Dog Barks of the Chief of Staff in Washing- for a long time." changed considerably. Thick heavy perintendent announced today. In the Feb. 17 issue of the Bull man. He plans on attending Vir- ton on May 15, is now serving his When Watt came to the Institute dishes were used, and the meat was General Kilbourne said that he Dog, weekly newspaper at The ginia university medical school. In fifth year as Commandant of Cadets, the corps contained only about 350 served on large stone platters. The had planned for some time to invite Citadel, jealousy reached the boil- addition to The Turnout he is con- an extra year having been granted cadets. At this time there were ten glasses were thick rimmed and had General Marshall to make this ad- ing point and splattered all over nected with the business staff of him last year at the special request waiters in the mess hall. The tables wide tops. The pitchers were made dress, and that he received accept- page two. The editor of that pub- the Bomb and is a member of the of the Superintendent. When he was were arranged in two long rows, of white pottery, a large one for Hop committee. ance of this invitation the latter part lication reprinted the almost-year- ordered to report to his new post each waiter serving four tables as water-and a smaller one for milk. of last week. old picture of the governor of South Beiinet Succeeds on May 15, General Kilbourne re- he does today. At one time, however, The dishes had to be washed by Buonnano Carolina affixing a battle streamer quested the War Department to ex- nine men sat to a table. Wooden hand, instead of the modern dish- Marshall Visited Here to The Citadel's regimental colors. washer. T. G. Bennet, second class, is the At Homecoming tend the Commandant's tour through chairs were used but because of the Colonel Burress (left) and General ^Beneath the picture was printed new circulation manager, taking Don the final exercises. continual breakage they were re- Jam and peanut butter were not Marshall inspect the corps during This will make General Marshall's the following amusing caption: placed by steel ones. put on the tables. There was always Euonnano's place on the staff. Ben- second visit to the Institute since War Office Sends net is wel lacquainted with the Marshall's visit here last October. Watt has seen a great change in plenty of syrup. Watt said the syrup his appointment to the office of Chief work, and has had much experience "Shown above is Governor Col. Holmes Here the mess hall. The present building {Continued on Page 6) of Staff of the Army last spring by Burnet K. Maybank of South Car- In approving the extension of in it. He is a native of Lusby, Md., President Roosevelt. He paid Lis first olina placing a streamer bearing Colonel Burress' tour, the War Of- and is in the Electrical Engineer- Engineers official visit last October when he the inscription 'Confederate States fice also announced that Lieut. Col. Corps Hears Comp any B ing department. was guest of honor at the Home- Army' on the regimental colors Henry B. Holmes, Jr., commandant Waters and Bennet have both been Commended coming Day exercises. General Mar- of the South Carolina Corps of designate, would report to VMI to elected to the executive board of shall was the house guest of Gen- Cadets. General Charles P. Sum- take up his duties as Commandant Two Lectures Cop s Lead the magazine. eral and Mrs. Kilbourne and was the merall, president of The Citadel, of Cadets on June 24, 1940. This will Bates Gilliam, editor of The Bomb, By A.S.C.E. Superintendent's guest at the foot- and Adjutant General James C. enable Colonel Holmes to become This Week In Cup Race has taken a post on the staff also. VMI's student chapter of the ball game with the University of settled and well acquainted with his McMillin did not give the exact Virginia. A special garrison review Dosler look on. Company B, Paul Shu command- American Society of Civil Engin- new duties in order to be ready to Arnold W. Kean, foreign corres- nature of his duties. was held in General Marshall's hon- ing, has taken a 9.70 point lead in eers recently received the follow- receive the corps on its return from pondent for the Copenhagen, Den- or in the morning. "Another Southern military col- the Garnett-Andrews Cup Competi- Next Issue Will ing letter from D. H. Sawyer, presi- furlough in September. mark, "Social Demokraten," will lege has recently publicized the tion as the race for the coveted dent of the Society, commending it address the Corps of Cadets tomor- Appear in April The Superintendent said that the fact that it is the only college in cup swings into the home stretch of on its work: plans for the visit of the Chief of row at noon in the Jackson Me- The next issue of The Turnout the nation which is entitled to carry the second term. Phil May's Com- "The Virginia Military Institute Staff are indefinite. The time of his morial Hall. Classes will be short- is tentavily scheduled for April 2. a battle streamer on its colors. Rec- Rumor True: pany F has slid into second place, Student Chapter of the American arrival will determine any special ened to 40-minute periods in order It wil lbe more or less designed in ords show that the student body of formerly occupied by the infantry- Society of Civil Engineers is re- events that may be staged in his to carry through the full morning keeping with the date and will be that institution participated in one Glenn Miller men. ported by the Committee on Stu- honor. An announcement of these schedule by 12 o'clock. a "April Fool" issue, according to engagement of the War Between For Easter Hops With a well-night perfect score McMillin. dent Chapters as having excelled plans will be made at a later date. the States. On Friday, the corps will hear in conducting its affairs in an ef- George R. Beach, personnel man- of 395 out of a possibel 400 honors There are several changes in The Hop Committee announced for the best drilled unit went to fective and meritorious manner Kin Spoke ager for the Dupont Co. at noon makeup under consideration for the "The Citadel, the Military Col- at the Saturday night hop of Mid- B. The other first for t.he first term during the academic year 1938-39. In 1938 in J. M. Hall. The schedule for Fri- magazine. lege ot South Carolina, maintains Winters that Glenn Miller and his went to Company A, Tom Downing General Marshall will be the sec- day will be the same as for Wed- "It gives me particular pleasure that it has by far the most im- orchestra would play for the Eas- commanding, in intramural sports ond Marshall to address the gradu- nesday. to note that this is the fourth year pressive record of service during ter dances on April 12 and 13. and guard duty; to Company D ating class within a period of three These two lectures are the first Shu Is Awarded that the Committee on Student the years 1861-65 of any other This announcement, which was under Phil Chapman for the smart- years. The principal address at the of a series that are scheduled for Chapters has recommended the institution in the United States. wildly acclaimed by those at the est military bearing in ranks; and Trophy at Hop final exercises in 1938 was made by the corps during the next two Virginia Military Institute chap- Saturday night hop, definitely to F for the straightest lines at ter for commendation. This is a mat- Brig. Gen. George R. Marshall, Ret., months. Several prominent speak- "In reply to another claim of that stifled all rumors that Glenn Mil- evening parade. On Friday Night ter for justifiable pride on the part a member of the same family, al- ers have been secured by the dif- other military college, The Citadel ler would not play for Easters. At Large attendance marked the of everyone connected with the though of a different branch. ferent academic departments in or- Notable among the recapitulation also maintains a 24-hour guard in one time the Hop Committee an- results were the numerous ties. A Mid-Winter dances, a distinct suc- chapter as it is on the part of the The new army chief is the first der to allow cadets to hear men each of its three barracks. There nounced that they would be un- and C tied in drill at 340, while cess last week-end. The cadet at- Society. VMI graduate ever to hold such a who have had practical experience are an Officer of the Day, Junior able to secure America's top-rank- B and D ran identical scores of 166 tendance at the Saturday after- position and the second non-West in their chosen fields. "Inasmuch as a chapter's success Officer of the Guard, Corporal of ing orchestra, because of the high in parades. Again too, noteworthy noon dansant was more than double can result only from ability, punc- Point man ever appointed. He as- the Guard, Amanuenis, and Orderly cost, but was able to make suitable is the fact that C Company, cap- what it has been at any dansant in tuality and diligence on the part of sumed office on July 1, 1939, at which in each barracks. A Field Officer of arrangements and decided that the MEI To Be Continued tained by John Harter, was the most the past four years. its officers and members, this year's time he succeeded Gen. Malin the Day supervises the entire chance to sign Glenn Miller was consistently drilled organization— The presentiotion of a football record speaks well for the character Craig, who had reached the statu- guard." too big an opportunity to pass up. During Rest of Year fourth place in each of the four trophy to Paul Shu by the Char- of the organization and of the mem- tory retirement age. At the time of Glenn Miller's contract with Ches- The Commandant announced to- competitive drills. lotte Alumni Chapter was the high bership. his designation to his high office by Below that mighty bark from terfield cigarettes expires on April day that the schedule for Monday Resumed below are the numerical spot of the Friday night hop. Char- "I take pleasure in extending to the President, General Marshall held the Boll Dog was reprinted Gen- 11 and VMI will be the first college afternoon inspection of arms, known standings in the various depart- les B. Miller, after being introduc- the chapter the felicitations of the the rank of brigadier general, dep- eral Order No. 5 authorizing a to hear this personable young as MEI and scheduled for trial dur- ments of the competition. Numeri- ed by Colonel Burress, presented Board of Direction and in sending uty chief of staff. battle streamer for The Citadel's maestro and his band after giving ing the past two months, will be cal superiority has no influence, the trophy to Shu. In his presenta- you this letter of commendation. regimental colors and enumerat- up the popular three night a week continued during the coming spring the totals being arranged alphabet- tion speech, Mr. Miller recalled the "Yours very truly, ing The Citadel's service record broadcast. months. ically by companies. game against Clemson in 1938 when " D. H. Sawyer, President." Cadet Pistol Team during the War Between the Little over a year ago Glenn Mil- There will be one change in the Drill Paul Shu scored the extra point These special letters of commen- States. ler was an unknown band leader program, however, in that afternoon A Company 240 standing up, to tie the score, 7-7. dation have been given for the past Has New Range B Company 395 The music for the hops was fur- from the Mid-West, known only to classes will precede the inspection C Company 340 five years and during this time the In Old Library ^ Since that order was dated April those who patronized the country and review in the future. D Company 320 nished by Gray Gordon and his VMI chapter has received four out of 12, 1939, and since the picture is supper clubs around New York city. The original change of the inspec- E Company 360 Tic-Toc rhythm band. Gordon's a possible five citations. Using the basement of the old just as old, we conclude that either He developed a following among tion from Sunday morning imme- F Company 345 newly acquired vocalist, Rita Ray, There are 120 student chapters library building for the new pistol the Bull Dog had run out of copy the patrons of these clubs and when diately upon the completion of SMI Guard Duty added much to the band's already of the Society and each year 12 of range, Major G. G. Heiner, Jr., var- or that it was trying to convince his music wsa put on the air direct to Monday afternoon came in order A Company 242.67 complete repertoire with her rhy- these are honored by letters such sity pistol coach, has announced B Company 216.00 that many helpful improvements itself that The Citadel really does from the bandstand of these clubs, to give cadets more time to police C Company 230.13 thmical rendition of current swing as quoted above. have a battle streamer. In any Glenn Miller was made. quarters on Sunday mornings and to D Company 229.07 numbers. At the dansant, Carl Car- The officers of the VMI student have been made in the new loca- event, that item could not very His music was different, and it allow for a more thorough inspec- E Company 232.80 roll's interpretation of "Dark Eyes" chapter last year were A. M. Turn- tion. In a recent letter to the editor well have been published for its (Continued On Page 6) tion of barracks. F Company 241.60 on the accordion was very received er, '39 president, and F. F. Flowers, of The Cadet, Major Heiner com- mented on the great improvement current news value. Military Bearing enthusiastically. '40, treasurer. A Company 50.12 the sanitary conditions of the B Company 49.67 new range. He said further that C Company Mid-Winter Hop Dates See 49.66 Private Hostetter, of the enlisted Colossal Errors D Company 51.14 Third Classmen Broadcast Had not our South Carolina edi- E Company 50.64 detail, has constructed a new arms chest for all pistols and other ma- tor so completely forsaken truth Year's First Parade Friday F Company 50.42 terials. in his antiquated news article we Nightly Over Barracks Station A Company 170 would have overlooked both the B Company 166 By BILL MAXSON from 10:11 to 10:30, at which time Three new firing positions have article and the paper itself. But C Company 162 When the old familiar strains of taps is sounded. been added, making it possible to his idle boasting and his gross D Company 166 the "Spirit of VMI' 'are heard re- This newly organized station is have shoulder to shoulder matches misrepresentation of facts made E Company 168 unique in that it can be heard only here at the Institute. The team also F Company ..... 176 sounding throughout the barracks too good a target to go unnoticed. within the limits of the barracks. plans to participate in matches at Intramurals each evening, it is no cheer rally A Company Ill nor any athletic event, but the Its transmitter consists of an RCA Fort Meyer, Richmond, and many In the first place he erred ln say- B Company 105 theme song of station WVMI, an- Victrola wireless pickup with a other places. ing that the Virginia Military In- C Company 100 nouncing that it is on the air once small carbon Microphone attached D Company 106 J. R. Boatwright, of the rat team, stitute "has recently publicized the more. to it through a home-made connec- has made such an excellent show- E Company 99 tion on the side. fact that it is the only college in F Company 109 The staff of the station consists of ing that he has been awarded the the nation which is entitled to carry The final figures of the Garnett- I. B. Pierce, who is owner, opera- The programs have become so No. 4 position on the varsity. Major r a battle streamer on Its colors." Andrews standings are: tor, and chief of the announcing popular that one Officer of the Day Heiner said that four other rats, Secondly, he was mercilessly mis- A Company 913.79 staff; C. I. Tosti, who is the sound ventured to make his evening turn- N. M. Holden, M. M. Brantley, W. B Company 931.67 informed when he said that "rec- technician; and D. E. Walker, who out over its network, and even the B. Lambot, and L. W. Winkler, look C Company 881.79 subs have been known to listen in ords show" that VMI's Civil War D Company 872.21 acts in the capacity of manager in very promising for varsity materi- service record is restricted to but E Company 910.49 charge of production. to the programs. The station is very al. one engagement — the Battle of F Company 921.97 obliging and will broadcast lost When WVMI first went on the air W. A. Edens, captain of the team, New Market. Thirdly, he was all articles, play request numbers (if it attracted such attention that the has already fired a score of 274, wet when he said that The Citadel you bring your own requests), will Cabell Is Outstanding door had to be locked to keep out which is but one point under the "has by far the most impressive make announcements, and run ad- THE CORPS AT PARADE the vast crowds which milled about score that won for him the pistol record of service during the years In Graduate School vertisements. Anyone who has lost outside, asking for information. cup last year. J. M. Moser and G. 1861-85 of any other institution in Holding its first parade of the new snow ball fight on Jan. 8 immedi- Word has been received that Capt any article and who wants to find H. Drewry are, however, having the United States." And fourthly, year on last Friday afternoon, the ately following the first of the heavy John Cabell, '37 former instructor Since then a large hed electric it without delay has only to report a very good season and are push- we question his assertion (in the cadet corps took advantage of the snows which have continually in- in drawing and economics, is making sign, visible from any part of the his loss to the announcer and the ing Edens hard for the first posi- entire population of barracks light of a letter from a Citadel Ca- lull in the bitter siege of winter tervened in the cadets' behalf to an outstanding record at Califor- barracks, has been, made by Charlie tion. These three men are now soon on the lookout for the lost ar- det) that The Citadel has a legitim- which has gripped Lexington and postpone drills and parade ever nia Institute of Technology this Gompf and hung on the door of serving as assistant coaches for the ate claim to being classed as a mili- the western part of the state ever year. For the first semester he stood the studio—Room 307—announcing ticle. Anyone desiring to run ah ad rats. since the corps' return from Christ- or have a request played, drop in tary college which maintains a 24- since January. at the top of the Graduate School to the public that WVMI is "ON THE mas furlough. at 307 and see one of the members Results of the mail matches are: hour guard. If it has been possible Parading before the large crowd in Civil Engineering and in addi- AIR " AS soon as the sign it lit, The picture above shows the regi- of the staff. VMI 1288—Wisconsin, 1281. for the editor of the Bull Dog to which poured into Lexington for tion to his graduate work he has cadets can be seen crowding around mental staff with the corps in the their radios, which are set to a fre- VMI 1288—Utah, 1400. have been wrong on any other the Mid-Winter hops on last Friday been very succesful as a teacher of During an interview, Walker said VMI 1228—Cornell, 1293. stores, it is highly probably that and Saturday, the corps made its background. This picture was taken Analytical Mechanics. quency of 600 kilocycles. WVMI goes that the object of the station was to on the air twice every evening; VMI 1288—Xavier, 1321. r^e would have been. first venture onto the parade at one of the last reviews held be- This is Captain Cabell's first year please and that any criticism or Rats, 1082—Wisconsin, 1195. from 7:15 to 7:25 p. m. and again comment would be welcomed. (Continued From Page 2) ground since the inter-battalion fore Christmas. of graduate work Rats, 1082—Utah, 1344. AS YOU SbctoJ.Caiiet "ITBy JOH oNr HUNDLE MISY S Published Tuesday afternoons. Entered at the post office at Lexington, Virginia, as second class matter. Subscription during regular school year, $2.50. (Continued From Page 1) WERE= 1939 Member of 1940 ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS Battle Streamers By DOUGLAS McMILLIN Distributor of Collegiate Digest If anyone can produce a single cadet publication Issued during National Advertising Service, Inc. the currefit school year which has College Publishers Representative asserted that VMI is the only Horace Sharp brought to town selves on the RING-TUM PHI for 420 MADISON Ave. New YORK. N. V. military school in the country over the week-end a three-ring cir- its needed attack on the neglect of CHICAGO • BOSTON • Lot Attaint • SAN KMNCISCO with a battle streamer affixed to cus in the form of a Sweetbriar the local police . . . Fool-of-the- girl. . . . Fred Flowers, freshly out week is Bob Dunlap who for a 50- JOHN HUNDLEY Editor-in-Chief Its colors, then we'll personally of confinement, was unable to hold cent bet tossed his rifle off the DOUGLAS COOK Business Manager write an apology to our South down his drag's enthusiasm at being third stoop. EDITORIAL STAFF Carolina editor and resign our Jearl McCracken Managing Editor present position. Unless our mem- with him and came out of a clinch Carl Harkrader Re-write Editor ory falls us, this column In the is- with internal injuries, diagnosed by Jim Turner and Doug Cook had Robert Shiverts Alumni Editor sue of December 5 stated specifi- all on the scene as a broken rib. We the pleasure of entertaining their Dick Pritchett '. Feature Editor refer the young lady to Sam Barnes prospective mothers-in-law as well Douglas McMillifi, Don May Columnists cally that there were two col- Fred Flowers, Dan Flowers Public Opinion Editor leges in the country which had for use on future wiggle and weep as their OAO's last week-end. . . . Bill Darden Photography Editor battle streamers affixed to their teams . . . Doug Bigbie reversed Buzz Glover's date stayed over Charles Beach Sports Editor regimental colors—VMI and The the old miniature gag and returned Sunday night. For what? Buzz Al Carr Assistant Sports Editor to barracks with a sorority brace- didn't date her and the scenery Tom Opie Assistant Sports Editor Citadel. Can the gentleman from Bates Gilliam Assistant Sports Editor South Carolina explain why he let dangling from his wrist . . . certainly didn't entice her . . Ex- James Turner Assistant Sports Editor chose to ignore that when he Willie Shultz, with two months' forty-oner Dick Marshall brought Fancher Turner Assistant Sports Editor made his recent ill-founded ac- confinement already awaiting him, his bride of 24 hours to the dances ASSOCIATE EDITORS cusation? flinched at running the block, so for a honeymoon ... A rousing Bill MeCauley Bill Maxson party was enjoyed by several bar- Calvin Satterfield Henry Foresman his date accorded herself the privi- Beverly Read Alvin Meyer In fact the entire column of that lege of having a date anyhow—and racks boys at the "Castles," noctur- Bob Spear December 5 issue—all 24 inches of not with a cadet. nal Mink abode after the hop Sat- STAFF ASSISTANTS it—was devoted to assuring our urday. Billy Walker led off the Tommy Moncure C. M. Young Eric Meyer Fred Love South Carolina editor, who had Minkiest and dirtiest trick of the parade lugging a case of beer in O. S. Home Billy Brown C. C. Clay C. J. Bounds Bob Dunlap Dick Baldwin Phil Kllley Charles Sexton just prior to that expressed edi- week-end was pulled by Dick one hand and a woman in the other. George Esser Wesley Mars ton Henry Mecredy James O'Keefe torial chagrin over the fact that Moncure in late-late-dating a bro' Jack Hughes the Saturday Evening Post in its rat's girl for breakfast in the Mess Amusing feature of the Saturday THE BELL "THAT CALLS BUSINESS STAFF article on VMI's Centennial had Hall and flaunting her in front of night f brawl was trophy-winner OOLBy Q0LLEGE STU- Jimmy Wheat Advertising Manager credited VMI with being the only him . . . Don May continued as Paul Shu's telling General Kil- DENTS TO CLASS BEARS George McCann Subscription Manager military school with a battle the barracks sucker with his Sweet- bourne to come up and get the pot KEN HALLs RENSSELAER pay STUDENT. THE HALLMARK.' Scott Braznell Circulation Manager streamer, that we at VMI recognize briar affiliation. Must be fun to be he had just received from the ATTENDED 100 DIFFERENT SCH00U5 DURING R6JJL REVERE &CD. 1624. i HIS FIRST EIGHT SCHOOL YEARS/ that The Citadel also flies a stream- kicked twice in the same spot ac-. Charlotte Alumni . . . Brief but EDITOR THIS ISSUE er from its colors. We even carried cording to the tow-headed one's pointed description of Sam Gary HENRY J. FORESMAN a summary of The Citadel's war reasoning . . . What high-ranking given by an admiring lady fan: "He's a sweet boy, but the unrom- Candidate for the Editorship record. cavalry officer, a roommate of the afore-mentioned May, didn't show antic type" . . . The chaperone of This COLLEGIATE World This more recent outburst from up for a dinner engagement of three Jack Camp's date finding her prot- A new society has cropped out Texas professor further complicat- Football, The Collegiate Judas the Bull Dog may be attributed week's standing Saturday night? ege not in at the appointed hour, among disgruntled Harvardmen ed their problem by replying: to the fact that the Collegiate Sour grapes? . . . Worth Spill- called up Jack's father to ask him who are appallel by the prospect "Since the two animals lived The recent editorial attack by the Richmond Times- Digest, in its recent pictorial dis- man's date, not satisfied with the if she should call barracks and ask of standing in line and paying high about 100,000,000 years apart, I Dispatch on the deceit and hypocrisy existing in college play about VMI, made the same sleepy little town of Lexington, if Jack were in yet. We wish she prices to see "Gone With the Wind." doubt if they could have heard each football, particularly in the South, brings a long slumb- statement that the Saturday Even- begged her escort to drag her to had so we could have seen the of- Its name is, the Study Group For other anyway." ering controversy to a head. Perhaps the Times- ing Post did: that VMI alone Charlottesville Saturday night. ficial results . . . Sight-of-the- Thos Who Plan to Avoid Gone With week: Egg-Nog Nash lying help- the Wind at Least Until 1941. A Dispatch was a step ahead of public opinion, but the flies a distinguished service pen- Extreme youth is exertmely frank . A little ray of sunshine has re- less in the middle of the court yard novel clause of the group's consti- corruption in football has reached a point where the nant. No fault of burs, because, —and if you don't believe it listen knowing better, we didn't send formed our Captain of the Stoop with a laundry bag full of beer tution provides that any member public is demanding that the smug hypocritical attitude to this story: the Digest such information. Brigade to the extent of taking him after his cane collapsed with him who abrogates the agreement and of some college officials be exchanged for one of com- to church. No drinkee, no playee, . . . "As Ever" Chapman seemed sees GWTW "... shall be re- On a recent school vacation day, plete truthfulness. no nothee . . . With interest is as ever with his chickadee over the uqired to crawl under a rug with- a group of youngsters listened out- week-end. side a Syracuse University lecture The entire controversy boils down to a single issue. How It Started awaited the outcome of the trial out leaving a bump ..." It might be interesting to note of several W&L students in Lex- room while a professor delivered Are the colleges throughout the nation going to set their that in February of last year The ington police court for disorderly Without any pretext as to orig- his usual classroom discourse. After houses in order and admit that athletes do receive Cadet carried a news article on its conduct and perhaps other more inality we present the following Hollywood is having its troubles listening for some time, one of the assistance, or is the public going to force the colleges front page announcing that a dis- serious charges. Without sympathiz- technical analysis of man for com- —and collegeland's experts defi- boys was overheard to say: to come from behind their mask of righteousness and tinguished service pennant bearing ing with the Minks, we feel that parison with a somewhat similar nitely are of no help in solving "Holy smokes, how do they stand clean up the conditions existing, with the loss of pres- the inscription "New Market" would the "guardians of the law" are tak- description of woman given in a them. the junk he's feeding 'em?" tige which always results when action is forced by be placed on our regimental colors ing a nasty way to revenge them- former issue: When asked to tell movie pro- Yes, how do they? ducers what kind of noise a dino- public opinion and not voluntary on the part of the at the New Market Day exercises last May in recognition of the valor saur made, they replied they didn't guilty parties. shown by the VMI corps in that know. The noises are to be used In Plans are now under way for the Already public opinion in Virginia is demanding historic charge against the Federal a screen battle between a tyrac- opening of the new LaSalette col- that the entire controversy be brought into the open, forces in the Battle of New Market nosaurus and a dimenrodon, and lege in Arnolds Par, Iowa, next as last Wednesday a bill was introduced in the General May 15, 1864. That issue of The Ca- Parade of Opinion when told this fact a University of September. Assembly to force the athletic associations of state-aided det stated that as far as was known VMI was the only school in the An Associated Collegiate Press Feature colleges to make detailed reports of their activities to country entitled to such a pennant. the legislature and to empower the State Auditor to Several weeks later the Bull Dog Another of the nation's liberal civil liberties' get lost in the shuffie, RIGHT OR WRONG? audit the financial records of the associations. came back saying that The Citadel youth organizations, the American but the boys and girls went out of There are several courses open to colleges that sin- was entitled to such a pennant and Youth Congress, has fallen into dis- their way to muff a real opportunity A 2-minute test for telephone users cerely want to reform their football department. First, that four or five would be added in repute among the collegiate editorial to do some valuable youth lobby- ing." they may abolish football entirely, as Chicago and St. the near future. The Cadet an- writers. Meeting in Washington for nounced The Citadel's claim and a Citizenship Institute, the congress Johns have done. Public opinion, however, does not "We cannot believe the attitude of made due apologies. On last April committed acts that most collegiate this body is typical of the great want this plan followed. The cry of condemnation that 12, The Citadel attached its one writers believe were ill-considered, numbers of American youth who went up after Chicago withdrew from the Big Ten will pennant, not bearing the name of a and which most believe call for a were supposedly represented at convince anyone that the American people are against specific battle in which its cadet wholesale movement of non-recog- Washington. At least we hope not," this course of action. corps rendered meritorious service, nition of the A. Y. C. as the repre- said the University of North Caro- as Regular Army regiments do and sentative of the youth of the U. S. The second plan that may be followed is the one lina Tar Heel. as VMI did last May 15, but the pioneered by Swathmore and Johns Hopkins. These Although most editorialists defend The Coe College Cosmos went so inscription "Confederate States the right of A. Y. C. members to colleges put sports on a strictly amateur basis and far as to affirm: "A bunch of kids, Army." refuse to condemn the aggression of without enough practical experience schedule contests with schools of similar strength. In Soviet Russia in Finland, a like in living, accept certain doctrines the case of Swathmore this course of action has been Records Show number condemn the congress for about which they know only what eminently successful, as its football team has been un- The gentleman from South not doing so. The Ohio State Uni- they read. Certainly as young as defeated for the past two seasons. At these two schools Carolina was way off his course versity Lantern neatly summarizes youths generally are they are not all athletics are supported by the student body and when he said that "records show" this view: "It won't matter 100 years qualified to reach any decision on from now, but the congress \did endowments, and in the case of Johns Hopkins paid that our Cadet corps participated what is the best way of life. That stamp itself with a weak and sus- should be the period in life when the L It's impossible for you to telephone 2. Police Radio Telephone made by admissions have been abolished entirely. This plan, in but one engagement in the War Between the States. In de- picious liberalism and flagrant dis- mind is open and critical. Granted to people in two different cities at Western Electric is an outgrowthof re- however, can only be adopted by colleges with large stroying that fallacy we can like- regard of civil liberties which its that youth is faced with the prob- the same time. searchatBellTelephoneLaboratories. endowments and rich or large student bodies. lem of unemployment they are not wise put to rout the ill-founded members advocate so strongly. The RIGHT • WRONG • RIGHT • WRONG • going to accomplish anything by a The third course that may be followed, and the one assertion that The Citadel "has American Youth Congress, like the American Student Union, did a mar- sudden, radical change. Progress is favored by most intelligent people as the most sane by far the most impressive rec- velous job of condemning itself in a slow process." and practical method of reform, is one of complete ord of service during the years 1861-65 of any other institution the eyes of the public." truthfulness concerning the athletic program. Already in the United States." The University of Nebraska Daily the South has taken the lead in this plan, with the Nebraskan said on this point: "If a University of Virginia and members of the Southern Accurate records show that: kind of pink leftism ever was con- News Flashes Conference declaring that they give athletic scholar- sidered smart among young people, Virginia seceded from the union Harvard university's eight librar- in view of world developments it ships and assistance to athletes. Stripped of its garnish- April 17, 1861, and three days later ies contain 2,079,341 books and pam- certainly no longer is — and the ments this plan is as follows: athletic scholarships are the VMI cadet corps was ordered phlets. • sooner this particular representative given, but the athlete is required to maintain the aca- to Richmond, and there the cadets There are now 550 junior colleges were engaged as drill masters in of youth realizes that, the sooner demic standards of the institutions; the athlete may be they may accompUsh some con- in the U. S. training Confederate recruits . . . Prince Hubertus zu Lowenstein given a job, but he is required to perform his duty and As permanent batteries and com- structive good in a seemingly very do the work; the athlete is given enough assistance to bad world." has been appointed visiting profes- panies were formed, the. cadet drill sor in international relations at take care of all or a portion of his college expenses, but masters were made junior officers But the strongest and most num- Iowa State college. is not given clothes, spending money, or money to send . . . Historians credit the over- erous editorial voices were raised Citizenship education is the name home. The danger of this plan is that the athlete may be whelming Confederate success at against the congress for so wrongly of a new course just added to the forced by the athletic authorities of the school to take the first Bull Run to the superior representing American youth in its Alma college curriculum. 8. About 75% of the Bell System's 85 4. Lowest telephone rates to most out- training of the Confederate troops acts and deed. "In advocating a plat- such courses which would make it impossible for him The Louisiana State university million miles of telephone wire b of-town points are available every by their cadet drill masters . . . form of civil liberties, jobs, and zoology museum recently was given contained in cable. night after 7 P. M. and all day Sunday. to get an education in the true sense of the word. This VMI supplied the Confederate army peace the Youth Congress is to be practice is already in effect in one of the largest colleges a collection of skins of 30|0 rare birds. RIGHT • WRONG • RIGHT • WRONG • > with 1,781 men, 21 Generals, 92 congratulated. Their methods of An Ohio State university men's in the South. Colonels, 64 Lieutenant-Colonels, achieving these given ends, how- dormitory has been named after 107 Majors, 304 Captains, and 221 ever, runs exactly counter to intel- This is not the only danger lying in the path of suc- former secretary of War Newton D. Lieutenants . . . VMI was closed ligent procedure." cess of this plan of reform. There must be some method Baker. for a while, but when the Confed- In giving a bill of particulars of control devised to keep various colleges from at- Seventy-eight Indiana university eracy realized that officers were against the congress, the University graduates have become college pres- tempting to circumvent the restraints set up by this needed badly, the Confederate Con- of Minnesota Daily said: "The Am- idents. plan. As the college officials seem to admit their help- gress had VMI reopened to train erican Youth Congress which met Every state and 47 foreign coun- lessness in disciplining themselves, it seems that a Czar officers ... It is said that Lincoln, in Washington to plead the case for tries are represented In the Har- when asked by a politician why he of Football is the only alternative that will be successful. youth probably did its cause more vard university student body. did not at once crush the Confed- In baseball this plan has been in effect since the World harm than good. According to re- Dr. J. E. Smith, Youngstown col- erate Army, replied: "It might be ports, the youth group (1) battled Series scandal of 1919 and has secured the confidence lege dean of men, is on leave of done but for a certain military over expelling Communists from absence to act as research adviser and goodwill of the public for the diamond sport. The school in Virginia which supplies membership, (2) had their anti-Fin- to GOP candidate Thomas E. Dewey. producers in Hollywood found themselves faced with them with trained officers" . . . nish loan resolution called 'unadul- The American Youth Congress will a situation that was rapidly alienating the support of In addition to training officers for terated twaddle' by the president, meet in the nation's capitol from public, and they turned to a Czar to control the industry the Army, the VMI corps was and (3) behaved like a street mob February 9 to 12. among the troops often called out with marked success. The Pacific Coast conference has during a visit to the house of rep- Author Thomas Mann has been in defensive operations in the Shen- -
four VMI brothers-in-law. Has two his mail to 301 Mission street, San of Chicago. Address: 207 Ninth Alumni Board Tinsley's, Note daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Sara Francisco, Cal. street, Lynchburg, Va. Years Ago in the Cadet Jane. Devoting ful ltime to Vulco O. B. Dickinson—Obey received W. E. Fink—Bill graduated from Rubber Company, 117 N. Mil. "street, his law degree in 1937 from Boston Of Directors By HOWARD TUCKER Mentions Roanoke college after leaving VMI Lawrenceburg, Tenn. university and is at present as- and is now associated with the Vir- sociated with U. S. Rubber Co. Ad- Hold Meeting Improvements in the V. M. I. B. D. Carter—Last Information we ginia Iron and Coke Co., Roanoke, a hot water bottle nursing a sick Classmates vises that he Is still single and has grounds suggested by William had about Berk he was working Va. His permanent address is:. 313 headache. The doomed man, how- no prospects. Address his c-o U. S. Manning, noted landscape designer, A letter from P. F. Tinsley, '39. at the shipyard in Newport News. Grandin Road, Roanoke, Va. Executive Committee ever, bore his disappointment with Rubber Co., Providence, R. I. in 1910 have to an extent been car- stoic calm. His appointment was follows. Tinsley is with the Cali- R. M. Clewis—Dick is still operat- W. T. Dimm—Wayne married J. W. Gary—Jim is still with the Meets In Lexington ried out today. He suggested that merely deferred, he said, because fornia Chemical Company, Chrysler ing the Tampa Abstract and Tile Building, New York City. Company along with his business Rosalind Henderson and is now Geophysical Service, In.c, and is To Discuss Campaign the valley of Wood's creek or more he had a hundred demerits and five now located in Arabia. His mail familiarly known as "the Nile" be subjects behind him. One of the Dear Editor: of operating a 300 acre orange grove. associated with the testing labora- The Executive committee of the Scouting is still the main hobby. tory at the ship yard at Newport will be forwarded from 1311 Repub- > transformed into a park, inter- two percenters complained because In a recent conversation with one lic Bank Bldg., Dallas Texas. General Alumni association met spersed with walks and shaded the commandant didn't make him of my "brer rats" I learned that Address: Box 2288 Tampa, Florida. News. Address: 231 - 51st St., New- last Saturday morning in the drives, the heights flanking it on an Intelligent officer. news about the alumni was very E. A. Cockey—The last we heard port News, Va. J. Gordon—John married Miss Nichols Engineering Hall at 11 a. m either side to be covered with scarce. I am taking this opportuni of Ed, he was First Lt. in command N. W: Dingman—Neville is lo- Nan Goldsmith and is associated Addresses were made by General cated with the Pennsylvania Elec- with the New York advertising firm artistic cottages. The waters of the By the action taken in 1935 the ty, then, to give you a report on a of a CCC Company at Vienna, Md. Kilbourne and Myron K. Barrett creek would be dammed to form few of the '39ers, as wel las some Address him at his home: Purcell tric Coil Co., 1301 Sawmill Run, of Ruthrauff, Ryan & Co. Address: rules governing the award of the Pittsburgh, Penna. 231 East 58th Street, New York, on "Why VMI Needs $1,000,000." The a large lake. About a third of a Jackson-Hope medal were changed. of the boys who are previous gradu Ville, Virginia. S. A. Douglass—Steve married N. Y. method that was to be used in rais mile from barracks where the New Before that time the medals were ates. B. K. Collins—Basil married Miss Miss Helen Blair Baldwin of Knox- ing and spending this sum was first Market dead lay buried, Mr. Man- given to the two graduates attain I happen to be selling now for the Louise Houk of Montgomery and is F. P. Gracey—Frank is associated explained by the speakers follow ning provided for a gymnasium and ing the highest proficiency over the California Chemical Company and now living in Auburn, Ala. Address: ville in 1937 and has been as- with the J. B. White Company of ed by a general discussion by the a riding hall, in preparation for the four year period in subjects which get to see quite a few of my class- P. A. Box 161. sociated with TVA since leaving Augusta, Ga. and receives his mail day when cavalry training would VMI. Address: 320 High Street, group. all members of the class took. Ac mates in my travels about the F. P. Conroy—Pat is now asso- at his home address: 960 Hickman The Executive Committee recon form a part of the military curri- cording to the new ruling the med- country. Chattanooga, Tenn. Road, Augusta. culum. The plans would enlarge the ciated with the law firm of Rine- S. S. Dupuy — Sam graduated vened again at 3 p. m. and discussed als were to be given to the highest I saw Bill Frazier and Sunny Car hart, Coulter, It Conroy. Received W. S. Grant—Walter is a sub at parade ground from four to 12 acres from Duke in 1934 and received his and passed on the nomination of distinguished graduate in each of ter in Hartford, Conn. They are both his law degree in JJune, 1934 from VMI and is doing big things. Ad- eight men to act on the Board of by removal of the old superintend- the four departments. learning the insurance business M. D. from the Medical College of dress VMI, Lexington, Va. ent's quarters and a few of the University of Florida. Has not yet Visitors after June 1, 1940 to re- there and are doing fine. found the right girl. Address: 1515 Virginia in 1938. His permanent officer's residences. address is 9 South Main street, J. H Gould—Jack married Miss place C. M. Hunter, Jay Johns, The mystery of the puppies found Up in Orono, Maine, I ran across Lynch Bldg. Jacksonville, Fla. Beckley, W. Va. Pauline Wilson of Hereford, Texas, Captain R. W. Massie, and Golds- under the steps in 1934 caused Herb Kandel, who is studying for K. Couch—Kirk received a de- F. B. Epps—Pommy married Miss and has one daughter, Paula Doug- borough Serpell, who are retiring The old gave way to the new in quite a stir among cadets but was his master's degree at the Univer- gree from Hendrix College ' and Belva Dardignac and is associated las, born Dec. 13, 1938. Jack has re- at this date. 1930 when barracks was given a never solved. H. E. Charles, Jr., sity of Maine. He came through in ceived his promotion to First Lieut took a year's post graduate at with the Travelers Insurance com- The Governor is to receive the new color trimming. Gray replaced got boned for "Having puppies in fine style on his mid-term exams. F. A. Res. Has been associated with Wharton School of Finance, Uni- pany. Address: 2503 Grove Ave., red which had adorned the doors room" (Navas please note). The Billy Holland is working in New Gould-Levy company since 1938. selections and make his appoint- versity of Pennsylvania. Now as- Richmond, Va. ments from this list. and windows since the founding of report was believed to be incor- York with an insurance company. Address: 2537 Trevilian Way, Louis- He is rooming with "Red Dog" sociated with Louisiana and Arkan- J. L. Epps—Jack is still associat- The committee also voted on the the Institute. rect, however, as it seemed impos- sas Railway Company. Married Miss ville, Ky. sible to have crawled into the nar- Pritchard, '37. Billy has his own ed with Shenandoah Life Insurance advisability of holding an Alumni private phone in New York. Rubye Adkisson in 1936. Address: Company of Roanoke. Married Liz C. A. George—Charles married Reception at Finals, the date of the Although there have been gradu- row space under the steps. One I helped Sonny Lee, '37, and his Shreveport, La. Watkins and has a daughter. Ad- Miss Lucille Dixon and has been Alumni Day at Finals, and whether al and also some drastic changes at man even went so far as to rush wife celebrate their honeymoon in S. O. Coxe—Sim attended Cor dress his mail to 507 Central Na- associated with P. A. George and the Alumni should march around the Institute since its founding the dogs off to a dog and cat hos- pital for a blood test. One of the Savannah, Georgia, not long ago, nell University after leaving VMI, tional Bank Bldg., Richmond, Va. Company since 1935. Address: Ron- the regiment at Alumni Review. there is one part of it which has not puppies that had a red face and and in Orlando I saw Bob Hills, and has worked with the TVA L. H. Ewing—Lowell has receiv- ceverte, W. Va. The financial report of the Alum- changed in its hundred years of existence and probably never will. wore glasses kept trying to get in '36. Bob is with the Equitable Fire since 1934. Married Mary Cadell ed his law degree and is practic- A. B. Hannah—Archer is now as- ni Educational Fund was read and This is the cadet vernacular of 154. and Marine Insurance Company. Moses and has one son, S. O. Coxe, ing in Washington. Married Miss sociated with the West India Oil inserted in the minutes. which the fololwing expressions are Morris Turner, '39, and I room III, born June 1st, 1938. Address: Helen Delzell and his address is Co., S. A. Married Miss Marta Cor- Following the adjournment of 1709 N. Hills Blvd., Knoxville, 3900 Cathedral avenue, Washington. rlgan while visiting the State. Ad- still familiar and used by every The guard teams of 1932 were no together the little time that I am the meeting of the Executive com- Tenn. dress: West India Oil Co., S. A., cadet during some phase of his different from what they are to- in New York. He is working with P. C. Edmunds—Paul is in the mittee, there was a meeting of the San Calvador, El Salvador, Central existence at the Institute. day. Honest Abe, the old philoso- the Texas Oil Company. S. G. Crews — Sammy married tobacco warehuose business in VMI Foundation, Inc. Pres. John C. America. "How 'bout som' lights!" pher stoopnigger, said that it was Herb Jacob and C. V. Fraser, '39, Miss Rachael Sayers in 1936 and South Boston. Married in South Hagan, Jr., presided. A change in "Has the second mail come yet?" a good thing that there were no are also rooming together in Rich- has been associated with Dupont's Carolina in 1935 and has a pros- the method of election of the Board "Hold it, Pop!" open man holes in the courtyard, mond. Jacob is with the Highway Engineering department in Buf- pective Cadet in '60. (Red headed). of Directors of the VMI Founda- "What do we wear?' what with the OD's walking around Department in the Chemical Labor- falo and Waynesboro. Address his Same old address: South Boston, tion, Inc., was discussed. Nomina- "How 'bout som' hot water." with their heads up in the air all atories, and C. V. is with duPont. mail to: 918 Fifth avenue, Roanoke, Va. tions were made to fill the vacan- "He's got a deck on me." the time. I hope that this letter will give Va. W. H. Face—Buzzy is stiU locat- THE DUTCH INN cies caused by the expiration in "How many miles have you got?" you a little "info" on the alumni, J. E. Crocker—Ed married Esther ed in Los Angeles with the Mon- June of the terms of J. Clifford (penalty tourists.) especially the '39ers. Lambert Miller in 1936 and has santo Chemical Company. Married * Miller, '28, and Edwin Hodge, '10. "Come on rain!" Alumni Notes Sincerely, been associated with the Rayon and has one son, W. H„ III. Address: Those men that attended the P. F. TINSLEY. department of DuPont since leav- 605 West Olympic Boulevard, Los- "Bomb in courtyard!" (Almost Mrs. Bouldin Shewmake of Rich- For Nice Rooms above meetings were Elliot B. obsolete these days). ing VMI. Address: Colonial Farms, Angeles, Calif. Macrae, J. Clifford Miller, Jr., mond has announced the engage- Avondale, Penna. and "All men who have not done so ment of her daughter, Lela Bouldin, Ford, V. H.—Howard has been J. Turner Arrington, Gen. C. E. Kil- will do so at once or be reported to Edward McAdams Cowardin, '35. S. C. Curtis—Simon says there in the real estate business in Just Wonderful Food bourne, J. C. Parrot, Tazewell El- Class '33 Notes for it." Mr. Cowardin is now living in has been plenty of Lovlies and Lynchburg since leaving VMI. lett, H. M. Pasco, L. W. H. Peyton, Hampton. Swill since '33 but no ceremonies Married Miss Muriel Van Wagoner Colonel K. S. Purdie, W. B. Bowles, For some strange and miraculous J. C. Bowman—Jimmy has receiv- as yet. Still associated with the Jr., R. C. Marshall, Jr., J. S. Law- ed his law degree and is now work- reason the rumor floating around Mr. R. R. Messick, chemical CCC as construction officer. Same son, George M. Snead, Gerald the stoops in 1918 actually turned ing for the RFC. Address his mail old address: Lee Hall, Virginia. graduate of '39, has resigned his to Room 525, RFC, Washington, D. C. Brand, Rudolph Bumgardner, Jr., into a reality when it was announc- job at the Newport News Dry Dock H. H. Devine—Harry married John C. Hagan, Jr., D. Conrad Lit- ed that the 1st class would be and Shipbuilding Company to ac- W. O. Brayshaw—Bill is still Blanche Baine and now has a tle, J. M. S. Waring, R. M. Morgan, working with Carnegie-Illinois graduated early. This change in the cept a position with duPont in Rich- daughter, Blanche Devine. He has For Dally Photo Service See— J. M. Camp, N. Hardin Massie, final plans was made necessary in mond. Steel Company, Vandergift, Pa. been associated with Buckeye Cot- Purley Cooper, James S. Easley, order to enable the men to go over He'll be glad to hear from you at ton Oil company since 1934. Ad- P. W. Root, Thomas M. Fendall, seas to take part in the First World this address. Andre William Darden Mr. W. A. Cracraft, chemical dress his mail to: Buckeye Cotton Frank J. McCarthy, Jr., L. W. Not- War. W. E. Buist—Bill is still in the Oil company, Atlanta, Ga. graduate of '39, left his job with Real Estate business and is doing tingham, J. W. Horseman, E. R. Pacific Mills at Lyman, S. C., to ac- P. Dewitt—Paul is affiliated with STUDIO ROOM 156 a swell job of it. Bill has married Laine, and Major Jacob, the alum While looking over the 1913 is- cept a job with duPont Ammonia Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., address Telephone 134 ni secretary. sue of the Cadet I found an article at Charleston, W. Va. since our last bulletin and his wife, John L. Dillard, the president of that cleared up a question that had Bobbie, is a full-fledged sister-rat. Address his mail to 2505 Oakland, the General Alumni association, been troubling me ever since I en- Mr. K. P. Ferguson, Jr., chemis- Nashville. was sick with the flu and was un- listed. This question was the origin try graduate of "9, has accepted a J.. O. Burke—Dr. Burke to you. It's photography at its best when Andre takes the picture. able to be present. of the officer's insignia in the army. job with duPont at Penns Grove, It seems that the eagle was chosen New Jersey. Jimmy is located at the Wisconsin You'll like our true-to-life portraits, taken, developed and to represent the rank of colonel be- General Hospital in Madison, Wis- cause the age of officers was so ad- consin, where he is resident physi-v finished by men who know and like their business. vanced before reaching this grade A new addition to the museum cian. Address his mail in care of that it seemed appropriate to adopt has been recently presented by S. the hospital. Obituary Godfrey Hinkel, '03. His gift con- an insignia for them indicating that R. D. Calhoun—Here is another sists of a large silk scarf upon which JOHN WALTER FAIRFAX they were "about to fly the coop." brother rat located at Madison, Wis. are pictured the major Confederate News has been received of the The lieutenant colonels and majors Disk has his Master's degree in Den- since they seldom served with troops leaders. This scarf is one of only death of John Walter Fairfax, of 10 of this type made. tistry and is located at 16 West Gor- Baltimore, Md. were almost always on "leaves of ham street, Madison, Wis. THE LITTLE CAFE Mr. Fairfax was graduated from absence." According to the expla- P. W. Calliham—The last we heard nation, captains and lieutenants Tom Davis, '25, is now associated of Blackie, he was with the Cromp- VMI in 1875, after which he worked with Baker, Botts, Andrews, and were given bars because they were ton Shenandoah Company at Wan- Remodeled for the VMI Cadets for many years in Baltimore in the Wharton, Houston, Texas. BRO. RAT COMPACTS railroad business. He had only re- so closely confined to their duties. nesboro, Va. Still unmarried and Army commanders, since they gen- cently returned from a prolonged had no "prospects." FROM TRY OUR T-BONE STEAK DINNERS erally saw stars when they got into Julian Blass of the Class of '96 stay in Europe when the end came L. M. Caperton—Married Elizabeth CHINESE DISHES—ITALIAN SPAGHETTI a fight, were also given appropriate died in Paris, France, last summer, MILDRED MILLER'S by pneumonia. He was buried in while on vacation. His passing is McMann in 1933 which provided insignia. GIFT SHOP Leesburg, Va. deeply regretted by all who knew OPEN ALL NIGHT DURING VMI DANCES him. Believe it or not makeovers oc- Myers Hardware OSCAR L. MERTZ Colt Revolvers, Remington curred in 1934 too. Just as Alexand- J. W. Horseman—Jack married Oscar L. Mertz, '19, died in Mex- Guns, Kleanbore Shells HOSTETTER'S er once wept because he had no Miss Ann Masters and they are ico City Nov. 12, 1938. And Ammunition more lands to conquer, someone living in Hampton, Va. No news Cut Rate wept then because there were no regarding his present activities. Phone 72 Lowest Prices on Tobaccos, more chevrons to get. Others, of Shaving Needs, Candles C. L. Calhoun, x-'27 course, were shedding tears for an- other reason. The sun can't shine Accidentally Shot on one dog all the time. One man's CIVIC BOWLING ALLEYS McCRUMS shame is another man's fame. While • While Fixing Pistol one cadet was telephoning the THE HEALTH CENTER good news to his girl at Hollins, Creighton Lee Calhoun, x-'27 was Open 8 a. m. 'till 12 p. m. V. M. I. killed Jan. 31 while cleaning an his roommate was in the hay with KAYWOODIE "empty" automatic pistol in the basement of his home at 2352 Eliz- Seal Belts and abeth avenue, Winston-Salem, N. C SCHOOL SUPPLIES Compliments of No one heard the shot, but his flve- AND year old son, C. L. Calhoun, Jr., NEWBERRY'S Huger-Davidson Sale Company, Inc. FRANK MEDICO saw his father slumped on the bench Jewelry and thought he had fallen down- 5 & 10c Stores Lexington, Va. :: Staunton, Va. PIPES stairs He was taken to the hospital, * but died within a few moments from a bullet wound in the chest. He was about 38 and had been ESSO SERVICE W Watch & Jewelry Heinie's, Walnut, SutlifFs, in the fire insurance business until * MA"FINBERG Repairing he retired about two years ago He * John Middleton was married in 1930 to Miss Carmen WOODWARD Invites You—Be you a Rat or a First Classman Mangum, of Durham, N. C. To Try Her Home-Cooked FINE TOBACCOS He was born in Atlanta, Ga., the & BOWLING HAMRIC and son of Mr. and Mrs Andrew Pickens + Calhoun, and was a grandson of LUNCHES AND DINNERS SMITH John C. Calhoun, who gave the North Main Street Jewelers ground for and was instrumental Phone 451 • ALSO COLD DRINKS OF ALL KINDS in the founding of Clemson college, Ask to be Shown the V. M. I. Room and See for Yourself CALL the South Carolina technical school. LEXINGTON, VA. Basketeers End Disastrous Season With Three Defeats
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= By Al Carr and Charles Beach ALL SPORTS FARED BADLY this week-end at VMI. Three losses in Against VPI; Defeated basketball and two in wrestling left us a very big gap in the win column. But—there'll come a day! The only question is when the day will come. With the darkest prospects In baseball and track in many years coming By Terps, W-M, Spiders up because of ineligibilities and sheer lack of material, indeed the day seems far In the future. Coach Jimmy Walker's basketball team crashed the win • » • column for the third time this season when they completely While on the subject of crips, our neighbors across the way have beaten outplayed the Techmen from VPI on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The every one from Podunk Extension to Puddle Creek in their recently com- Keydets found their shooting eyes for the first time this sea- pleted season in wrestling, coming out of the season with four Confer- ence wins and being undefeated besides. As both W. & L. and VMI are son and buried the Gobblers under an avalanche of baskets. undefeated in the Conference, these two should meet in a bout to decide They soon lost their newly found shooting ability, however, the Conference champion on the mat, and not in the papers, as will be and lost three games in as many days on the last road trip the case If there is no Conference meet. Would not a W. & L.-VMI meet of the season. Last Thursday VMI looked good against Mary- make money for any one promoting the meet? What more could one land, who was hard-pressed to beat them, but went all to want . . . * » • pieces against William and Mary and Richmond, and lost SADLY DEFEATED BUT HIGHLY HONORED was the result of the both games by big margins. week-end of the VMI matmen at Franklin and Marshall. After the dis- VMI 50; VPI 35 astrous bout which F. & M. won 27V4 to 4Mi, the officers of the Lancaster Dewitt f. 3 1 7 Matching VPI's shots and tying Ochsenreiter f. 0 0 0 Pennsylvania, National Guard gave a gala reception for the Cadets in the the score several times in the first Woodward c. 0 0 0 Armory. Southern hospitality was well In evidence in Yankee-land at four minutes in their game last Rea c 3 0 6 Mondorff g 1 0 2 all times on the trip. On the return trip, General and Mrs. Hierome L. Tuesday, the Keydet quint started Opie entertained the entire squad at Oakenwald with a buffet supper. Weidings g. 1 0 2 slow in their major win of the sea- Multz g. 2 0 4 The Opies furnished dates for the wrestlers, and outdid even the Yan- son. With hard luck, which had pur- Totals 12 8 27 kees in showing the team a good time. sued them all season, left far be- • • *• hind, Bob Foster and company just W-M 59; VMI 36 Bob Deaderick, Charlip Rockwood and Jimmy Dale are the only vet- sank more shots and played bet- erans returning to Colonel Read's track squad this spring. The loss of Cliff ter, faster basketball to down the Williamsburg, Va., Friday, 23— The Keydets took a merciless beat- Weaver, Manley Simpson and Rudy Weiss hits the squad hard in its weak- Gobblers, 50 to 35. ing from the William and Mary est points, weight and distance. Charley Chewning looked very good in Although Coach Walker started Indians in the form of the Andrews the cross country earlier in the year, and should be a candidate for a his regular line-up of Stumpf, Sho- brothers and Vince Taffe to the regular berth. Ineligibility hit Col. Read's men hard, removing Bosh mo, Parrish, Foster and O'Keeffe, tune of 59-36. The ConferenOe- Pritchard and Nelson Catlett. Paul Shu is a doubtful possibility with his Eddie Gayle soon replaced Shomo bound Indians hit the basket con- injured knee giving him trouble at times. and since the new combination • * * sistently from all angles in the sec- functioned smoothly"they stayed in ond half after the hoplessly out- Spring football started Monday with approximately thirty candidates until the entire second string was classed VMI basketeers held them out for the squad. The first day was spent in limbering up by blocking substituted for the first time dur- to a six point lead in the first half. and passing, and some of the rats looked very good for next year's ing the season. Jimmy O'keeffe led the Keydets Squadron. Outstanding for the Techmen was in the first half, but he couldn't Ingram with a total of 15 points— stop the Indians for any length of Baseball will start soon, and the same old story will dominate it—the among the largest number scored time, as the height and accuracy of ghost of academics h#unts Alumni Field this year. Nelson Catlett and in Cocke Hall by one man this sea- the Williamsburg quint ran the Bosh Pritchard are both out of this sport because of Mid-term exams. son. Although Foster with 12 took Keydets ragged for the entire first That leaves the team without a catcher if Shu's knee does not heal. Sev- scoring honors for the home team, half. V. Andrews scored nine points eral good men are coming up to thevarsity from last year's rat team. every man playing any length of in the first half to pace the Indians, Dick Williams and Wray are strong contestants for the infield, and should time made two or three baskets. and O'Keeffe was high for VMI with strengthen the team a lot with their hitting. VMI shot four of eight fouls and five. * * *' the visitors seven of eight of their KEYDET KOMMENT ARIES opportunities. The game roughened consider- ably as the Keydets tried to stop Bob Foster made the second All-State team picked by the AP last Fri- Richmond,'s cage captain, Stukie Hoskins, shown making a field goal in second half of THE SUMMARY the landslide on the glassy floor, day . . . Foster scored 103 points this season to lead the Keydet bas- game at Millhiser Gymnasium Saturday night. VMI players behind him are Foster and VMI (50) G. F. PF. TP. and both sides used frequent sub- keteers . . . After seeing the basketball courts at Williamsburg and O'Keeffe. Richmond won, 52-21. (Photo courtesy Richmond Times-Dispatch.) Stumpf, f .4 3 11 Shomo, f 0 | stitutions. Bob Foster, VMI's second Richmond, we are thankful that the spectators at" the games here at least Gayle, f .4 ' team All-State guard, was high have some place to put their feet besides on the playing floor for the Woodward, f ..1 scorer for the Cadets with eight players to stumble over ... At least two feet of space on each side of Baby Gobblers Williams, f 0 F-M Trounces Woodberry Parrish, c 5 points, while the Indians had Vince the court were lost to the players . . . The crowd at William and Mary Defeat Rat Totten, c 0 Taffee with 19, V. Andrews with 16, seemed similar to a great, big, happy family in their enthusiasm over the Foster, g 6 and T. Andrews with 13 points. game Friday. Thank goodness we go to a non-coed school . . . Uncle Varsity Mat Downs Rat O'Keeffe, g 2 Cagers, 59-41 Summary Charley Moser coached theTast team that beat Coach Ed Gallagher's Pike, g 1 Shelby, g 0 G. F. T. Oklahoma A. & M. wrestling team. Mr. Moser coaches the Franklin and Team Sluggish and off their game, the Wrestlers 23 VMI (36) Marshall wrestling team that "shaded" the Keydet matmen 27Mi to 4Mi Little Red basketball team lost VPI (35) G. PF. TP. Stumpf f .'. 2 2 6 The Woodberry Forest matmen last Saturday . . . Randy Huyett, Fighting Squadron end of the 1938 The blue clad wrestlers of Frank- their final game to the yearlings Haff, f 2 0 6 Gayle f 1 1 3 took a decisive 18-10 victory over the season, is back at school for Spring football practice. Huyett has been lin and Marshall continued their from Virginia Tech by the score of Ross, f 2 Shomo f 2 0 4 Baby Keydets last Saturday to keep Chamberlin, f I Woodward f 2 0 4 out of school this year because of illness . . . George Raab, F. & M. undefeated march by outpointing 59 to 41 in a game played last Tues- their State record clean for the sea- Ingram, c 7 Williams f 0 0 0 175 pounder, wrestled his first match since a gold fish episode in which the VMI cadets 27Ms-4% at Lan- day as a preliminary to the var- Mast, g 0 0 son. With six decisions over Parrish c 3 6 he wrestled some of the finny friends down his gullet last year. Some caster, Penn. last Saturday. The sity encounter. Henderson, g 2 Foster g. 3 2 8 Dutchmen were able to sweep every the Cadets, the Orange matmen add- Biggs, g 0 O'keeffe g 2 1 5 fish . . . Franklin & Marshall is undefeated this season with one Montgomery of VPI scored 27 bout with the exception of the 165 ed VMI to the impressive list of DeMuro, g 0 Pike g. 0 0 0 match with Gettysburg to go. They should finish this match off easily points for the visitors to lead all Totals 36 lb. class in which Buck Beamer wins which already included Peters- 14 15 6 for a clean slate . . . The last time that VMI defeated F. & M. was in scoring. Vincent Thomas was high G. F. T. decisioned. Lou Torok and the 145 ( burg High School twice and the 1927, when we beat them 14-12 . . . Coach Russ Cohen returned from point man for the rats with 12 W&M (59) lb. class, in which Earle Mitchell Washington and Lee freshmen. The Maryland 27; VMI 25 T. Andrews f 5 3 13 Georgia this week for Spring football. Cohen reported that the winter points. Captain Sotnyk was off his earned a draw with Dick Scandel only scores that VMI could achieve College Park, Maryland, Thursday, V. Andrews f. ...7 2 16 nearly froze him. He went to Georgia to get out of the cold, but nature game for just about the only time Brooks f 0 0 0 in the most exciting match of the were two falls, and although these 22—The Keydet basketeers opened caught up with him . . . during the season and was able to looked good, they were not enough Cholko f. 0 0 0 * * • evening. fast against the Maryland Terps, and Gondak c 2 1 5 garner only four points, all in the to overcome the lead of the de- gave the Marylanders a tough fight Matthews c .1 0 2 Thanks to Chauncey "Times-Dispatch" Durden for his swell column In the 145 lb. class neither Mitchell second half. cisions. for their chance to go to the Con- Mackey g. 2 0 4 last week ... It really did bring back pleasant memories of one of nor Scandel was able to work a Summary: The surprise of the night came ference tournament in Raleigh. The Taffe g 9 1 19 the greatest games ever played by the Fighting Squadron. takedown so after the toss of the Carol g 0 0 0 V. P. I. (59) G. F. TP. when McGrath pinned Captain Ira game was a close one from start to coin, the "Mighty Mite" took the Rubin, f 10 2 Hickey g. 0 0 0 bottom. After a few second Mitchell Griffin in 1:26. This victory in the finish, and the Terps had a hard Totals 26 7 59 Charley Rockwood, VMI's varsity Howell, f .'.... 0 1 1 Score at half: W&M, 24; VMI, 10. VMI Blanketed escaped to battle to a draw in the Montgomery, f 12 3 27 128-pound class was the only score battle in edging the hard-fighting entrant, qualified in his heat of the Free throws missed—Taffe 2, Gon- regular nine minute bout. After an ! Schneider, c 3 0 6 until the unlimited, when Gerald Keydets out of the game, 27-25. 440 yard dash and placed 6th in Pursinger, c 113 dak, Stumpf, Gayle, Foster 2. In Conference extra period, Referee Holenbaugh Williams pinned Arnold in 3 min- Big Joe Parrish paced the Cadets Officials—Proctor and Weis. the finals. Tauskey and Dennis, the Gustin, c 10 2 utes to add another five points to still declared the bout to be a draw. Woodelton, c 0 0 0 in the first half with three field Track Meet rat entrants, ran into stiff compe- the Keydets score. A lot of the goals, and the scroppy Eddie Gayle Buck Beamer was complete master Crawford, g - 4 4 12 Richmond 52; VMI 21 Bill Corpening personally conduct- tition in the 3-4 mile, with Tausky Judy, g 1 2 4 matches were much closer than the pushed two through the hoop for of the 165 lb. class as he collected ed North Carolina's Tar Heels to a finishing in 7th place. Cawthon, g 10 2 results indicated, and the crowd had second place in the first half goals Richmond, Va., Saturday* 24— three points for the Cadets. Beamer sweeping victory in the 11th South- Records fell in the running and a thrill in the 175-pound class, when for VMI. Maryland's De Witt scored Completing their road trip and the was on top during most of the bout, Totals 24 ern Conference Indoor Games held field events with Corpening setting Thatch and Demmler battled with seven points in the first half, and final game of the season, the VMI just barely missing a pinning chance V. M. I. (41) G. at Chapel Hill this week-end. Cor- a new record of 6 feet 3 inches in constantly shifting advantages and ran up three personals as the going courtment went down in defeat in the final stages of the bout. Higgins, f 2 pening cracked two Southern Con- high jump, of 8.5 seconds in the Ward, f 0 near falls to the finish. However, got rougher and faster. The Terps before the inspired Richmond Spid- Captain Matter put up a deter- ers in the tiny Millhiser Gymna- ference records, tied one and took 70-yard high hurdles, and tied the Romm, f 3 Thatch outpointed Demmler in the used frequent substitutions in the mined fight only to be nosed out Roth, f 1 sium last Saturday. The Spiders four first places to score 20 of North record of 7.8 seconds in the 70-yard advantages and got the decision. first half in an attempt to hold the by Phil Gleb on a referee's decis- Smith, c 3 kept their home court record clean Carolina's total of 55 1-3 points. low hurdles. Davis of North Caro- Sotnyk, g 2 Summary Keydets down, but the teams match- ion. Gieb worked the first takedown for the season, avenged their pre- Maryland was second with 29 fol- lina broke the mile record by win- Thmas, g 3 121 pounds—Richards (W.) decis- ed point after point until the half, and worked on the offense during vious two-point defeat at the hands ning almost a dead heat with Chron- McGraw, g 0 ioned Mahone. lowed by Duke 23 2-3, Washington when the score stood 13-12 in favor of the Keydets in Lexington earlier ister of Maryland in 4 minutes 12.5 most of the match but lacked the 128 pounds — McGrath (VMI) and Lee 16, Richmond 4, South Car- Totals of the Terps. in the year, and gained a Confer- seconds. Jime Kehoe of Maryland final pressure to flatten the scrappy threw I. Griggin in 1:26. olina 3, and William and Mary 1. The second half started at the ence bid, all on the strength of ran the 880 yard run in the record Matter. 136 pounds—Tillet (W.) decisioned Frank Fuller, Virginia ace hurdler, same furious pace, and the team that the brand of ball that they played Tom Opie, who handicapped by Satterwhite. broke the world's record in the non- time of 1 minute and 55.1 seconds. Conference Swim had handed VMI a very bad defeat against the the Keydets in a rough a sprained ankle, lost on a quick 145 pounds— Roper (W.) decis- conference 70 yard high hurdles. Lach of Duke broke the Conference only a few weeks before in Lexing- battle that won the feame for Rich- fall to the Franklin and Marshall ioned Reeves. Fuller ran the race In 8.4 seconds, shot put record with a heave of Meet To Be Held ton saw their chances for Raleigh mond with a top-heavy score of captain, Al Schacheman. He took 155 pounds—W. Griffin (W.) de- the old record being 8.5 seconds. 46 3 1-2 inches. fade several times as the doughty 52-21. Opie to the mat in less than a min- This Week-Entl cisioned Hiner. Cadets pushed them to their limit. ute and flattened his shoulders in VMI's varsity swimmers will 165 pounds—Jones (W.) decision- The score was tied several times in Captain Stu Hoskins played a fine 1:39. ed Blackburn. journey to Chapel Hill this week- the second half, as Foster, Stumpf, game for Richmond, and held Foster 175 pounds—Thach (W.) decision- New York Life Insurance Co. Summary end to compete in the Southern and Shorn consistently matched scoreless for the length of the fray. ed Demmlero. Stumpf, Bayle, Williams and O'Keef- 121 lb.—Joe Hammiak (F and M) Conference Swimming Meet to be point for point with all manner of JAMES M. DAVIDSON, JR., Special Agent fe each were held to two points in pinned Jack Dillard 3:56—Bar arm held at University of North Caro- Unlimited—Williams (VMI) threw shots. Maryland shot in new substi- the final half, while Hoskins was Phone 2115 and Chancery. lina March 1 and 2. The Time Arnold in 3 minutes. tutes on the fast tiring VMI first high for Richmond with six points. 128 lb.—Frank Burgess (F and M) Trials will be held on Friday and Exhibition Matches team, and then both sides began 135 pounds—Miller (W.) decision- THE SUMMARY pinned Jack Hughes 4:45—Body possibly a part of Saturday with to use fresh men to keep up the ed Moyer. VMI (21) PF. TP. press and bar arm. the Finals Saturday afternoon and pace. Maryland shifted their zone Unlimited—Efrid decisioned Min- Stumpf, f night. Clemson, last year's champ- defense to a man-to-man zone de- Woodward, f 136 lb.—Phil Gieb (F and M) de- ton. cisioned Captain Matter—Referee's ions, will be defending their South- fense, and confused VMI somewhat, Williams, f 145 pounds—Carpenter (VMI) de- but the game ended with Joe Sho- Gayle, f decision. ern Conference Title. The VMI team Shomo, f cisioned Robinson. mo's long shot from the center of 145 lb. Earle Mitchell and Dick will also be defending a Southern Parrish, c Referee—Graves (VPI). the floor in a vain attempt to tie fieandel wrestled to a draw (Extra Conference Record this week-end Foster, g the score, which stood at 27-25 for O'Keeffe, g Period). when the members of the Relay the Terps. Pike, g 155 lb. Captain Al Schacheman Team hit the waters of the 50 meter Hunt Club Head Shelby, g Bowman Gray Pool, and attempt SUMMARY Totals
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