DRAMATIC CLUB SHOW FOLLOWED BY FIRST SATURDAY THE CLASS HOP PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE VOL. XXVI LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA MONDAY, DEC. 5, 1932 No. 12 DRAMATIC CLUB PLAY Museum Receives Mo- Col. Taylor,'98 Died ON DEC. 10TH V. M. I. Injured Show Col. Pendleton Lec- The Nervous Wreck by mentoes of New At Walter Reid Owen Davis Great Improvement Market tures On "V.M.I. DECORATED WITH D.S.M. AND CROIX DE GUERRE President Frank McCarthy and GENERAL LEJEUNE ABLE TO VISIT LEXINGTON Miniature Of Sir Moses Eze- In 1890" his 1932 Dramatic Club will pre- kiel Given Institute Served With Distinction Dur- LAST WEEK. TAYLOR BETTER C O T S NO N-EXISTENT sent "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen On Friday, November 25, a re- THEN. CADETS SLEPT ing Insurrection And Davis, on Saturday, December 10th minder was once more brought to World War Corps Honors Superintendent Taylor's "Good" Days More ON FLOOR at 8:00 P. M. With Special Formation Frequent the Institute of those days during the Civil War when the Corps of Rats Colonel James D. Taylor, Inf., U. It is probable that the Corps Used As Horses At Since his unfortunate accident on After an almost complete lack of Cadets distinguished itself gallant- S A., of the class of 1898, died on, been mt]e aware of the but Field Artillerv Drill November 24th at Walter Reed Hos- September 19th, which so nearly de- rational consciousness for a period ly on the field of battle. these earJ wintewinterr prived the Institute of one of its , , , The third of the series of lectures pital in Washington, D. C. He was y evenings are . , it- u °f three weeks, Jack Taylor, of the John D. and Jacob C. Crim, the on V. M. I. History was given last 1 times of furious and at great assets, General Lejeune has. ... , sons of Mrs. Eliza Crim, "the moth- 55 years of age and had been ill for moments dis First Class is showing signs of re- (Tuesday night by Colonel Hunter couraging effort on the part of the been showing steady improvement. two months. Colonel Taylor was in turning to a normal condition. Tay- tre of the V. M. I. cadets," brought Pendleton. The subject he chose was command of American troops in cast and stage management of the His eyes, which were somewhat af- to the museum some mementoes „y jj j j 1890" lor was injured in an automobile n China during the Japanese invasion "Nervous Wreck." With production fected have greatly improved, his and souvenirs of Mother Crim. One wreck in the little town of Fair- of Shanghai and just recently re- night barely a week off and the speech is much better and his gen- of her dying wishes was that these Colonel Pendleton came to V. M. tired from duty at Tientsin for duty specter of dress rehearsal looming eral physical condition is contin- field near Lexington on November articles be given to the V. M. I. J1 on September 2, 1890, and he stat- in charge of Regular Army work even closer the question of knowing ually improving. The General is now 10th when he was on his way to Numbered among these are a min- ed that there isn't a single man con" lines and able to sit up and walk around. He nected with the connection with the Organized business has become a vi- Richmond on a week-end furlough. iature of Sir Moses Ezekiel as a i Institute today that one comes downstairs for meals, and a was here when he came Reserves of the 80th Division at indeed. The Dramatic club is The injuries he received were strik- cadet, the bullet that killed T. J. - Having few days ago he went our of doors been in Richmond. determined to put on a show not ^ ,. , ... , ,, , , Jefferson, fatally wounded at New a civilian college he was un- „ T, , , „ , Un +„,„„ „„„ j^.'ngl H y similar to those sustained by only worthy of themselves and Col- ! He even went up town one day Genera ' l Lejeune, with the excep- Market and carried off the field by ; accustomed to life in a strictly mili- Immediately after Colonel Tay- ^ MoseleyT but worthy as well last week, in an automobile of 1 ta colle e tion that Taylor's fracture occurred Sir Moses, the buttons of Cadet ry S and it took him some lor's graduation from V. M. I. in Qf ^ possibilities of the play it_ course, to have an X-ray picture time to get 1898, he was commissioned a second so near the base of the skull that Jefferson's uniform and the wooden adjusted to the exist- gelf Thig year>s selection is the sort taken. ing lieutenant in the Regular Army. an operation was impossible. stoppers which he used in his rifle, j conditions at the Institute, , of hilarious, mad, and unreasonable Later, while serving as a first lieu- Last Thursday the corps made its During the weeks that have in- before the battle, to keep it from Upon his arrival at the school Bar- tenant in the Philippines, he secur- farce that should really interest a first official demonstration in honor tervened since the accident, Tay- rusting. A painting of the Bushong j racks was necessarily much smal- ed information leading to the cap- , Corps addicted to "Ring-around-the- of the Superintendent. Instead of lor has not been in a coma, but has House done by J. R. Clinedinst, the ! ler than it is at present because of Roses" and kites in the First Class the usual parade, the Corps was brother of Mother Crim, and a pic-1 the smaller Corps which it accomo- ture of the insurrectionist leader, been conscious to the extent of be- year. However, do not get the im- drawn up in two batallions, column ing able to talk and move. He has ture of Mother Crim as Eliza Cline- dated. The rooms on one side of the Emilio Aguinaldo, by General Funs- pression that the play is senseless of companies, companies in col- been delirious most of the time, and dinst at the Battle of New Market Jackson Arch were used for a li- ton, thus ending the outbreak. Lieu- or too much of a burlesque to be umn; in front of the Superinten- when not in this state, he has been were also a part of Mother Crim's brary which contined a compara- tenant Taylor, was highly commend- good entertainment. It is silly at dent's house. The composite troop j ognize his friends, last gift to our school. tively small number of volumes. The ed for his discretion and good judg- hardly able to reC Umeg> but with the game gublime was behind the first battalion, and arked the turn It will be recalled that Mother section rooms were located in what ment in general orders issued to the Last Thursday m miness that invests a Harold Lloyd the battery was behind the second., dition. Although Crim died on Nov. 6, 1931, at the is now "nine suite" and all of the army. ing point in his con or Marx Brothers movie. Realizing While the corps stood at attention, age of 93, and that an escort of ca- classes were held in these rooms be- During the World War Colonel, _ he had shown signs of gradual im they haye a vehide with more the band played the famous Marine ement, it was not until then dets was sent to her funeral. Moth-1 cause there was no academic build- Taylor served as Liason Officer, 5th proV potential appeal than a shaw play song, "From the Halls of Monte- er Crim's account of the Battle of ing. The parade ground was only one Corps to Army Hq.; as Lieut. Col- that he seemed mentally normal. or one of that type, the cast is mak- zuma." After an "Old Yell" for Gen- He had bad days Friday and Satur- New Market is one of the most vivid third of its present size and was very onel, 355th Inf., 89th Div.; and fin- ing a desperate attempt to give a eral Lejeune, the corps passed in day, but on Sunday his improve- accounts of the Civil War. .far from level. At this time there ally as Colonel in command of the really professional performance. review. (Continued on page eight.) It is given here in her own words: , were only three houses bordering same regiment. He saw service in The loss of the outstanding member "The Cadets got in at noon. The' the parade ground and the Superin- the Toul sector, at Saint Mihiel, and in Frank McCarthy was a blow Yankees were frightened when they ! tendent's quarters stood approxi- in the Meuse Argonne offensive. In that would have dispirited any saw them coming looking so trim! mately 100 yards in front of where 1919 he was awarded the Distin- group of players, but Frank's con- November Honor VMI Delegates At- and march in such order and some it now stands. There were no hard guished Service Medal. The French nt and hard tinued encourageme one cried: 'Who are these? They surface or brick roads around Bar- bestowed the Croix de Guerre upon WQrk have partly made up the logg come in common line.' They had ' racks nor were there any sidewalks Roll Shows In- tend A. I. E. E. | marched for three days and were i going to town.