I BR JAN VIRGINIA MILITARY Bunny Berigan To INST, Course In Aviation At Play For V. M. I. Held Hops Likely Z-778 VOLUME XXXII LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939 NUMBER 15 Bunny Berigan Signed Last Meeting Headquarters President's Aviation Program For Mid-Winter Hops Of ASCE Held Releases Exam First Engagement Of Before Xmas Schedule For Increased National Defense Swing Band For VMI Mid-Winters Band Interesting Speeches Cramming To Hastings Announces Given By Cadets Start Jan. 23 May Provide Institute Air Unit Through the Music Corporation By FRED FLOWERS The following is the schedule of of America, the Hop Committee has December 22—'The VMI Student examinations for the first semester, C. E. Dept. Survey succeeded in signing Bunny Beri- Chapter of the American Society of session, 1938-1939. gan and his band to play for the Civil Engineers held a meeting from January - February, 1939 Included In Dept. Mid-Winter Hops which are sche- 8 to 9 this morning. President Morris Monday, January 23—First day of duled for the 24th and 25th of Feb- Turner opened the meeting and an- examination period. Commerce Sites nounced that the program for the ruary. The Hop Committee was Friday, February 3—Last day of By W. S. McCAULEY very fortunate to contact this band, day would consist of several talks examination period. Acting on the recent decision of which has received great acclaim given by members. Re-examination dates—Saturday, President Roosevelt to train over recently from the swing authorities. O. M. Wolcott spoke upon "Wind Jan. 28; Friday, February 3. 100,000 reserve flyers in order to Erosion" and the successful use of Rapid Rise To Fame FIRST CLASS further strengthen the national de- irrigation from wells to prevent the Comparatively unknown six Chemical Section fense, Institute authorities are now blowing away of top soil in parts of months ago, Bunny Berigan, sizzling Industrial Chemistry: Monday, in contact with War Department of- Nebraska. He stated that in one trumpeter of swing rhythms, topped Jan. 23, M-B 102. ficials in an attempt to install a project the yield per acre jumped his sensational rise to nationwide Mineralogy: Wednesday, Jan. 25, training course in aviation at VMI. from the previous four or five bush- fame a few months ago when he M-B 305. This new corps of reserve flyers is els up to 100 bushels in the first replaced his old orchestra mate, Economics: Thursday, Jan. 26, S-S only one of the many steps toward year. Benny Goodman, at the Hotel Penn- third floor. the "armed neutrality" that this na- The next talk in the series was on sylvania, in New York city and lat- Organic Chemistry: Monday, Jan. tion is striving to maintain. er followed Tommy Dorsey at the "Steel Fitting," given by W. M. Hais- BUNNY BERIGAN 30, M-B 102. Major-General Charles E. Kil- Pavillion Royal. Recently termin- lip. He told of the work of the Vir- Physical Chemistry: Wednesday, bourne announced that he has writ- ating a sensational four week en- ginia Bridge Company, a U. S. Steel Feb. 1, M-B 102. ten Brigadier-General George Mar- gagement at the Paramount Thea- subsidiary which assembles unit VMI Men Gather Fre-Medical shall, deputy chief of staff of the tre, New York City, the famous parts which would be difficult to French: Monday, Jan. 23, S-S 14. Army and a graduate of VMI in the swing maestro, Bunny Berigan, with assemble in the field. Haislip de- During Christmas German: Monday, Jan. 23, S-S 12. class of 1901, in order to secure in- his orchestra are now on tour. Beri- scribed the great care and close in- Biology: Wednesday, Jan. 25, S-S formation about the proposed avia- gan's band is familiar to people in spection given to the fitting opera- At Sectional Hops Sub-basement. tion course at the Institute. General this area, having broadcast sev- tions. The various sectional clubs Economics: Thursday, Jan. 26, S-S Marshall is in an excellent position eral times weekly on the net works, J. E. Pitman spoke on the con- throughout the state made merry third floor. to advise and to aid in carrying and for the past several months struction of the Golden Gate bridge, during the Yuletide by sponsoring Organic Chemistry: Monday, Jan. through such a plan. having appeared on the "Fun in emphasizing the huge size of the club dances which took place at 30, M-B 102. The Hon. Dave Satterfield, a mem- Swingtime" series over a national bridge by giving some of the speci- different times during the furlough. Physical Chemistry: Wednesday, ber of the House of Representatives hook-up. * fications. He stated that the towers from the third district of Virginia, The Richmond Club was the first are higher than the Washington Feb. 1, M-B 102. Hot Trumpeter announced last Friday that he to have its dance. The guests lis- Monument and that fenders had to Civil Engineering Section Like Goodman, who specializes would recommend such courses nec- tened to the music of the Old Do- be used in 100 feet of water to build Concrete Design: Monday, Jan. 23, on the clarinet, Bunny plays his essary to flying instruction be es- minion Orchestra in the main ball- the piers. The finished main cable N-E 209. hot trumpet in almost every num- tablished at VMI and at the Vir- room of the Commonwealth Club. contains 80,000 miles of wire, is 36>/4 Heat Engineering: Wednesday, ber and directs his band at the ginia Polytechnic Institute. These This hop, which took place on Tues- in diameter, and has a tensile Jan. 25, N-E 200, 202. same time. He sets the pace for the two schools were not included in day, December 27, was one of the strnegth of 63,000,000 pounds. Economics: Thursday, Jan. 26, S-S band and they swing right along the original list of institutions, most successful, cadets from all third floor. behind him. H. L. Rucker told of his experi parts of the East attending. scheduled to be provided with these ences in the National • Guard,' de- Structures: Monday, Jan. 30, N-E Before organizing his own band, courses. The Ambassador Club gave its scribing especially a summer prac- 209, 211. he was heard with Rudy Vallee, Plans For Airport dance the same evening as the tice engagement between two Na- English and Speaking: Tuesday, Tommy Dorsey, Abe Lyman, and The main drawback in the estab- Richmond Club. The party was held tional Guard regiments. According Jan. 31, S-S 38. Benny Goodman. While he was with lishment of such courses at VMI is at the Lord Fairfax Club in Alexan- to Rucker, the intelligence depart- Highway Engineering: Thursday, COL. F. C. HARRINGTON f 1 Tommy Dorsey, he handled some of the lack of an airport in the vicinity dria with Buddy Myer and his boys ment of the winning side actually Feb. 3, N-E 209, 211. the arrangements and contributed of Lexngton. The Department of furnishing the rhythm. won the battle, for since both sides Electrical Engineering Section greaUy to Dorsey's rise to fame. Not- Commerce, has, however, had over The Norfolk-Portsmouth Club were dressed alike it was an easy Heat Engineering: Monday, Jan. Former YMI Man Appointed Successor able among his achievements is his five hundred sites suitable for air- held its dance at the Town Club in trick to spy into the enemy head- 23, N-E 202. trumpet solo in Dorsey's immortal ports surveyed and these surveys Norfolk on December 28. The Nor- quarters and obtain their plans. A. C. Machinery: Wednesday, Jan. To Hopkins As Administrator of WPA "Marie." will be studied carefully by Com- folk Collegians furnished the swing. F. C. Culpepper finished the series 25, N-E 207. Bunny says he has two ambitions Colonel Francis Clark Harrington, sioned a second lieutenant in the merce officials with an eye to hav- The Petersburg Club also gave a of talks with "Burning Gas Wells" Economics: Thursday, Jan. 26, S-S which bother him-a great deal. One recently appointed by President Corps of Engineers in the United ing a sufficient number of airports dance the same evening at the as his topic. He spoke specifically third floor. is to hide himself somewhere in Roosevelt to succeed Harry L. Hop- States Army, and soon was sent to and emergency landing fields Gray's Armory in Petersburg with on the famous Thompson Crater in Applications of Electric Power: the New York Philharmonic Sym- kins as head of the Works Progress the Canal Zone. His next post was in throughout the country. At the Com- the Southern Serenaders furnishing Louisiana. He told how the first Monday, Jan. 30, N-E 201. phony Orchestra some day, and, Administration, is a former VMI the Army Barracks at Vancouver, merce Department's request, Colonel the music. blast of gas mixed with sand cut Electrical Laboratory: Tuesday, while Toscanini is conducting De- cadet. He entered the Virginia Mili- Washington, and on February 27, R. A. Marr, Jr., and several First down the derrick, and added that Jan. 31, N-E 201. busey's "Afternoon of a Faun," sud- The Roanoke VMI Club combined tary Institute in the fall of 1904 at 1912, he received his commission as Classmen enrolled in the Civil En- the fire caused when the gas was ig- Mechanism, Thursday, Feb. 2, denly stand up and 'get hot.' with the Roanoke VPI Club in giv- the age of sixteen as a third class a first lieutenant.