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! ti/ Highlights A resume of the outstanding events of the year 1939 Is published on page two. John The sports editor of the Richmond News Leader writes guest column for this Issue. OLUME XXXIII Glee Club Will Sing In Capital Club to Appear In Earle Theatre On March 1-3 The Glee club, under the direc-tion of Mrs. M. G. Ramey, will be-gin Its spring concert trips shortly after the mid-term examination pe-riod, with a three-day engagement on March 1-3 at the Earle theatre in Washington, D. C. Permission was granted the or-ganization last fall to appear on the stage in theaters or for other per-formances for profit, but the club's appearance at the Earle theater is its first commercial performance. The Earle is the outstanding the-ater in the Capital city and its pro-grams are always of the highest class. Each year they bring at least one college glee club to its stage. This year the selection of the VMI organization brings much attention to the cadets. The club will give four 20-minute performances a day for three days and will be the out-standing feature of the stage per-formances. It is highly probable that the Glee club will stop at Leesburg and give another concert as it has done in the last two years. This concert, under the auspices of the Northern Vir-ginia Alumni club, has been a fea-ture of the social calendar of the Northern Virginia city for the past two years and has always drawn a large audience. Two other concerts will be given during the spring period in addition to a concert for the corps and fac-ulty. It is highly probable that these will be in Charlotte, N. C., and Rich-mond, Va. Organizations in both cities are trying to get the Institute singers to appear in th^ir respective cities and it is probable that both trips will be taken. The club will practice during the present week and will then cease activity until after the examination period, at which time they will re-sume extensive practice for the com-ing performance at Washington's number one theater. Burress' Location After May 15 Still Indefinite At an interview with a member of the staff of The Cadet, Col. With-ers A. Burress stated that he wished to correct an error in the statement of this paper on Dec. 19 concerning his coming transfer to the general staff of the United States Army. The Cadet reported Colonel Burress as saying that he would submit a per-mit to army headquarters in Wash-ington to be allowed to stay at VMI through finals of 1940. Colonel Burress said, however, that he did not state this officially to The Cadet, since permits are not submitted in the army. The Com-mandant further said that he would leave the Institute at the designated date, which is May IS, 1940, unless Washington decided it best for him to remain here through the Finals exercises. The Commandant said that the exact date of publishing Make-overs had not been decided yet, but that it should be some time during the early weeks of February. If pos-sible, these new appointments and promotions in the newly organized regiment of cadets will be printed in The Cadet. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, JANUARY 9, 1940 NUMBER 15 Collegiate Digest Will Feature Pictures About VMI Next Week Gompf In a telegram received Sunday from Fred J. Noer, editor of Col-legiate Digest, The Cadet was in-formed that the Digest of next week will carry a full page picture dis-play of VMI's celebration of the centennial anni-versary. The Digest, a weekly rotograv-ure section car-rying pictures of college activities throughout the country, is dis-tributed with The Cadet in barracks each week. The staff is negotiating to get enough copies of next week's issue to be sent to outside subscribers Eight pictures taken by Charles Gompf, stall photographer to The Turn-Out, were selected by the Di-gest from the 12 submitted. These pictures are of: General Kilbourne; Jackson's statue; the regimental colors passing in review as the state flag is dipped to the Governor; the girls passing under the arch of sabres during the Centennial Ball; the second platoon of Company E, commanded by Pat Harris, execut-ing "Eyes Right" as they pass the reviewing stand; the Cavalry troop and D Company battery trotting in review; and section No. 1 of the Firing Battery firing one round of the 21-gun salute welcoming the new century. Gompf employed trick photog-raphy to get a really superb picture of the fire and smoke shooting from the muzzle of the gun. First he took a flash bulb picture of the gun and gun crew during one of the intervals between rounds. Then just before the gun was to fire he opened the shutter again, and, when the piece fired, he had the fire and smoke on the same film as the flash-bulb pic-ture. The write-up accompanying the pictures says: '.The Virginia Mili-tary Institute, full of years of honor and glory, has turned its face to-ward another century of service to the State of Virginia and the Nation. Beginning its second century this year, the 'West Point of the South' has pledged itself to continue its great traditions—traditions that have made it respected educationally and militaristically. Educationally VMI is no 'prep' school, but gives BS and BA degrees in engineering, liberal arts, and sciences. Proof of the ef-fectiveness of its instruction is the fact that last year's (and all pre-ceding) class is 100 per cent em-ployed. On the military side of its giant credit ledger of accomplish-ments, VMI graduates are given re-serve ratings, with many receiving appointments in the army and the marines." This picture display in next week's Digest is the result of the staff's ef-forts to have more pictures of VMI activities appear in the rotogravure section. When editorial appeals to the corps to send in pictures to the Digest failed, The Cadet staff under-took the task itself. It will not be known until this Friday or Saturday whether the ex-tra copies can be got for distribution to outside subscribers. Greyhound Magazine To Reprint Editorial W. W. Geoghan, Division mana-ger of the Atlantic Greyhound Bus company, who has his headquarters in Roanoke, has sought and received permission to reprint in a future edition of the Atlantic Courier, an editorial from The Cadet and a poll conducted by the column "Con-sensus" advocating the use of bus-ses on corps trips. Last fall an editorial was writ-ten deploring the service and in-convenience of the special trains used by the corps for trips. A sug-gestion was made that a fleet of fast, more comfortable buses be used in the future. The following week the column "Consensus" made a canvass of barracks to ascertain the opinion of cadets on the sug-gestions, finding that an over-whelming majority favored the change. Col. Couper Attends Game In Rose Bowl Representing VMI and the South-ern Conference at the annual meet-ing of the National Collegiate Ath-letic association, Colcftiel William Couper, Business Executive Officer, left on December 23 for California where he attended the Tennessee- Southern California Rose Bowl game on Jan. 1. The meeting was held at the Bal-timore hotel in Los Angeles and consisted chiefly of a discussion of professionalism in amateur athletics. The principal accomplishment was the insertion of several clauses in the collegiate agreement governing amateur athletics. Colonel Couper said that he believed these wer only prliminary steps, and that they were by no means final. "Nothing was accomplished as drastically as at conferences," he said. "The visit to California was not entirely of a business nature," he said. There was an elaborate din-ner held in honor of the founder of football coaching, Alonzo Stagg, who was the first football coach in the United States. Mr. Stagg, who was present at the dinner is now a very old man, but he is still coach-ing. He was at the University of Chicago when he developed coach-ing, but he is now with the Col-lege of the Pacific. While in San Francisco, Colonel Couper said that he searched for and found the grave of the first VMI graduate, William D. Fair, '42. It was located in the Laurel Hill cemetery, which was formerly the Lone Mountain cemetery, the oldest in San Francisco. The grave, how-ever, will be moved within three years with approximately 46,000 others to make way for a W. P. A. Housing project. In Los Angeles Colonel Couper said he visited the Warner Broth-ers' studio, and on New Year's Eve saw the world premiere of the motion picture, "Brother Rat and the Baby." The first two scenes, he said, "showed views of the Wash-ington statue and corps marching to breakfast, but after that there were only references to VMI." The entire picture was another farce in the same manner as "Brother Rat," with the same characters, and was written by the same authors. He said he was unimpressed by the Rose Bowl game in spite of the great publicity. He said that it re-sembled any other football game with nothing outstanding. After leaving Los Angeles, Col-onel Couper visited the New Mex-ico Military Institute whose super-intendent is Col. D. C. Pearson, '04, This school has nearly always been run by VMI men. It is a junior college consisting entirely of a cav-alry ROTC unit. Eleven Cadets Are Accepted By Air Corps Col. George A. Derbyshire, the military executive officer of the Vir-ginia Military Institute, announced yesterday that 11 VMI cadets have been accepted by the United States Army Air Corps for flying cadet training at Randolph Field, Texas. Although 16 cadets passed the phys-ical examination given by the Air Corps examining board in Decem-ber, only 11 were accepted for train-ing. Those accepted are: C. R. Floyd J. A. Sosbee, G. W. Walker, A. R. K Keesee, R. C. Eastham (class of 1937 3 years), E. W. Mitchell, D. H. Hat-field, T. E. Snyder, C. S. Towles, M B. MacKinnon, R. G. Pollard, and D. H. Wills. These men, though already ac-cepted, will not be called to service until a future date. All but one of them being first classmen, they will probably have time to complete their work required for graduation. The requirements for this course are that the applicant must have had at least two years of certified col-lege work or take an examination which is the equivalent, must not be married, must be less than 27 years of age, and must be of good physical and moral condition. The percentage of men to pass these examinations from the Virginia Military Institute is known to be higher than that from a great many schools. Grant Named To Succeed Vose Febi. 1 Walter S. Grant Returns To Institute As Sub-Professor Returning to VMI to fill the va-cancy on the faculty caused by the resignation of Capt. Fred C. Vose, math instructor, Capt. Walter S. Grant, Jr., has notified the Superin-tendent of his acceptance of the ap-pointment as instructor of mathe-matics, effective Feb. 1, 1940. At that time, Captain Vose will leave the Institute to take a position with the General Electric company. Captain Grant was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in the class of 1933. Choosing the civil engineering curriculum, he was cited as a distinguished graduate at the end of the four-eyar course. He served as a corporal and sergeant in his third and second class years, respectively, and was appointed to the position of regimental plans and training officer with the rank of cadet captain in his first class year. Coming back to the Institute in September, 1937, Captain Grant was appointed a captain of Virginia Vol-unteers and instructor in civil en-gineering and tactics. He served in this capacity for two sessions, re-signing his position last June when he was married to Miss Gladys Leech of Lexington. Captain and Mrs. Grant then went to West Vir-ginia, where he was engaged in min-ing engineering. Captain Grant entered VMI in the fall of 1929 from Brooklyn, N. Y. He is the son of Maj. Gen. Walter S. Grant, commanding general of the United States forces in the Philip-pines. Captain Vose's resignation was an-nounced in the Ip^t. issue of The Cadet, having been accepted by the Superintendent on Dec. IS, 1939. His successor had not, however, been named at that time. Meyer Resigns Post On Cadet Staff Eric M. Meyer, who was select-ed as an associate editor of The Cadet last September, resigned his position upon his return from Christmas furlough. "I haven't enough time to do my job thor-oughly," he commented, adding that he would still serve as staff assistant. Myer has been very active in extra-curricular activities, serving in addition to his capacity as as-sociate editor on The Cadet, as the advertising manager of The Turn-Out. A sergeant in Company E, he has earned his academic stars in the chemistry course. Examination Schedule Announced Exams Begin Jan. 22; New Term Begins Feb. 5 At noon today the following ex-amination schedule for the mid-term exams was released from the office of the Superintendent for publication in The Cadet: FIR Eft1 CLASS Civil Engineering Section Hydraulics, Monday, January 22, N-E 2nd floor; structures, Wednes-day, January 24, N-E 2nd floor; Eng-lish and speaking, Friday, January 26, S-S 32, 34, 86; economics, Satur-day, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; con-crete design, Monday, January 29, N-E 2nd floor; highway engineer-ing, Thursday, February 1, N-E 2nd floor. Electrical Engineering Section Electrical engineering, Monday, January 22, N-E 202; thermodynam-ics, Wednesday, January 24, N-E 202; mechanism, Friday, January 26, N-E 202; economics, Saturday, Janu-ary 27, S-S 3rd floor; electrical lab-oratory, Monday, January 29, N-E 202; applications of electric power, Wednesday, January 31, N-E 202. Chemical Section Organic chemistry, Tuesday, Jan-uary 23, M1B 202; industrial chem-istry, Thursday, January 25, M-B 202; economics, Saturday, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; mineralogy, Mon-day, January 29, M-B 305; physical chemistry, Thursday, February 1, M-B 202. Pre-Medical Organic chemistry, Tuesday, Janu-ary 23, M-B 202; histology, Friday, January 26, S-S sub-basement; eco-nomics, Saturday, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; French, Monday, January 29, S-S 14, 18; German, Monday, January 29, S-S 12, 15, 16; physical chemistry, Wednesday, January 31, M-B 7. Liberal Arts Section History, Monday, January 22, S-S 18; Shakespeare, Wednesday, Janu-ary 24, S-S 37; philosophy, Friday, January 26, S-S 11, 15; economics, Saturday, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; French, Monday, January 29, S-S 14, 18; German, Monday, January 29, S-S 12, 15, 16; political science, Wednesday, January 31, S-S 31. SECOND CLASS Civil Engineering Section Physics, Monday, January 22, S-S 15, 16, 18; mechanics, Wednesday, January 24, N-E 1st floor; electrical engineering, Friday, January 26, N-E second floor; mechanics, Monday, January 29, N-E 1st floor; sanitary engineering, Wednesday, January 31, N-E 1st floor. Electrical Engineering Section Physics, Monday, January 22, S-S 15, 16, 18; mechanics, Wednesday, January 24, N-E 1st floor; mathe- (Continued on page 6) Second Battalion Routs First During Furious Snow Battle Cadets to Attend ASCE Convention Three first classmen and one sec-ond classman will leave Lexington at SRC, Jan. 16, bound for New York city to attend the annual con-vention of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The names of the men to go have not yet been announced, but Col. R. A. Marr said that they would be picked sometime in the next two or three days. Each year the Institute has sent men to the national convention, and they have brought back to the local student chapter of the ASCE the news of the deliberations of the par-ent body. At the national meeting papers are given by men high in the engineer-ing profession on research and prac-tical problems. Matters of policy are decided at this time, also. Seminars at which there is an interchange of ideas by the members, are held at this time. Cadets attending will attend the regular busines meetings and the meeting of the junior section, and will have a certain amount of free time for sight-seeing or whatever else they may desire to do. The group will return on the morning of the 19th. In the opening engagement of the winter campaign the Second Bat-talion, employing strategy which local military experts termed "su-perb," completely routed the disor-ganized First Battalion army in a furious snow battle on the parade ground yesterday afternoon. Using the strategy of "double en-velopment" which General Stone-wall Jackson used in routing Gen-eral Banks in the Battle of Winches-ter, the Second Battalion struck the foe with a devastating frontal at-tack led by Companies E and F, while a platoon from Company D went through Washington Arch and out Jackson Arch and attacked the enemy left flank in an effort to turn it. Later on in the afternoon, Col. John M. Fray, head of the Field Ar-tillery ROTC, in commenting on the I battle said: "That's the stuff. You-i all haven't been studying Stonewall Jackson for nothing." After a march around the parade ground during the early part of the drill period, the First Battalion took ' up its position on the road in front j of the old library.(The Second Bat-talion troops moved into position on the road in front of the Engineer- | ing building. Ammunition was quickly brought up as the two armies prepared for the engagement. The commanding officers of both armies had decided to take the offensive and deliver a frontal attack. The two charges be-gan simultaneously as Rebel yells echoed across the parade ground. As soon as the charge began, the platoon of Company D was detached from the main Second Battalion army and sent on its flanking move through the courtyard and out Jack-son Arch. The two armies met in the middle of the parade ground and a furious battle at close quarters developed. Hand-to-hand fighting was carried on all along the battle line as the two armies locked in deadly com-bat. The left of the First Battalion line was formed on the statue of Jack-son when the platoon from Company D rushed out of the arch and hurled itself against the exposed flank. The First Battalion was caught com-pletely off guard. Slowly the flank gave way as the platoon hammered it with a heavy artillery barrage. Hop Committee Signs Gray Gordon's Band For Mid-Winter Hops Bomb to Use Blue and Gold Cover Design Bates Gilliam, editor of the 1940 Bomb, said last week that work on this year's annual was progressing smoothly, and that several sections have already been completed, with regard to material, and were in the hands of the printer. "The proofs of border plates, made by the engravers, are all finished and approved," he said, "and the opening section, which comprises the foreword, dedication, and the first 15 pages were completed during the Christmas furlough." These have not been engraved yet, but the nec-essary material has been sent to the engravers. The first class section will be com-pleted soon by finishing the informal poses of the first classmen, and by Tic Toe Rhythm To Be Featured Here Feb. 23-24 Gray Gordon and his orchestra, featuring its famous Tic Toe Rhythm, have been signed by the Hop committee, through Consoli-dated Radio Artists, Inc., for the Mid-Winter hops in Cocke hall dur-ing the week-end of Feb. 23-24. The announcement was made today by Gordon W. Walker, president of the Hop committee. This popular orchestra has for the past summer been featured four times weekly over NBC from the exclusive Westchester Country club in New York. Prior to this engage-ment Gordon and his orchestra were featured at the popular Green Room of the Edison hotel, New York city, with nightly broadcasts over NBC. The band was also featured on the radio commercial program "Nesco Royal Cooks." Played At Fair Held In Chicago Gray Gordon was brought to Chi-coga to fulfill a limited engagement at Chicago's unique and exclusive Canadian club, Doodlebug Cafe, at The Century of Progress. Visitors to this great exposition soon began to clamor for Gray and his distinctive Tic Toe Rhythm. Because of this tremendous popularity, the orches-tra was held over for the entire sea-son. Following the World's Fair en-gagement, Gray and his band were featured at such well known places as the St. Anthony hotel, San An-tonio, Tex.; Casa Madrid, Louisville, Ky.; Lookout House, Covington, Ky.; . . . completi ng t.h.e . ind,i. vidual, b, i.o gra- |' Ch,a se h, ot.e l, St. Louis,' Mo.;' Br.o ,w n ph, .i es wh, i.c h, have been practt icaliil y \' Palace hotel, Denver, Col.; Claridge finally assembled. The first class his-tory in pictures is being designed and will be finished soon. Other classes and views of the In- | Broadcast stitute together with department sections are to follow the first class. All "glossies'' or temporary portraits of every cadet in school are being classified with regard to class sec-tions. The sketch of the cover has been approved, and the die is being made by the Kingscraft company of Kings-port, Tenn. The color will be dark blue trimmed with gold. This is the first time dark blue has been used for the cover of The Bomb since any of the classes in school have been here. Several novel ideas are being in-troduced this year, among which is the Hop section, which replaces the Social section occurring in previous annuals. This part will consist of views taken at the Institute during hops and other social occasions, of which there have been many this year as a result of the Centennial. This new idea is turning out to be very successful. The Military section will be com-pleted after make-overs to allow for changes in cadet officers and non-commissioned officers, and the Sports section under Tom Opie and Al Carr is progressing satisfactorily, keeping step with present and future ath-letic contests. The "Outrage," wit section, will definitely not be combined with the advertising and is under the direc-tion of Clint Dominick. Work has already begun, but it will be one of last sections to be inserted. Company B Wins Competitive Drill In the competitive drill held this Casualties were so numerous that afternoon in the gymnasium the many of the fighting units had to be withdrawn from the field badly beat-en. Gradually the First Battalion line began to give way as the Second Battalion ripped great gaps in it. By the time that the Second Bat-talion had driven the foe back to its original position in front of the old library, the men left fighting num-bered less than one-third as many as were in the battle at its begin-ning. Military observers in these quar-ters share the opinion that the rest of the winter campaign will be car-ried on by guerilla -bands in bar-racks and that the two factions will not engage in so costly and strenu-ous an engagement again. First Battalion redeemed itself for its ignoble defeat in the snow battle with the Second Battalion yester-day. The results of the drill were as follows: Company B 92 Company A 83 Company D 82 Company C 78 Company F Company E 76 hotel, Memphis, Tenn.; Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Merry Garden Ballroom, Chicago, 111. Over NBC During his Chicago engagement, Gray was featured over the NBC network of 72 stations four nights a week. The orchestra is immediately recognized over the air by the dis-tinctive tic-tocing of a clock, which precedes each radio program. Gray was born in Freeport, 111. He is not married and is the only child in his family. He won letters in basketball, foot-ball, baseball and track while at-tending high school. He studied mu-sic in the Bush Conservatory of Mu-sic, Chicago. He also studied under several outstanding independent teachers. Tic Toe Rhythm On RCA Program His Tic Toe Rhythm orchestra ap-peared on the Magic Key of RCA program, and was immediately signed for Bluebird-Victor record-ings as a result of the favorable comment received following this broadcast. He was recently promot-ed to the Victor Label—the only band ever to be so honored. It is the only popular orchestra contract-ed by the Victor Recording company for a series of records, that has been transferred by the Victor company from their 35c Bluebird records to the straight Victor records. Their first release was "Chopsticks," an immediate coast-to-coast best seller. Gray plays the saxophone and su-pervises the arrangement of the band's music. Arrangements are really a cooperative affair with mu-sicians Bobby Blair, Bill North, Floyd Lauck, Graham Prince and Ray Mace all taking part. Gordon's most recent Victor re-cordings are "Cinderella," "You Are My Dream," "Rumple-Stilts-Kin," "Last Trip on the Old Ship," "Song of the Metronome," "Start the Day Right," and "You're Right, I'm Wrong." Cadet Will Be Entered When he announced the results of the drill, Major W. A. Ellis, Infantry ROTC instructor, said that there was a marked improvement in the giving of commands and in the snappy execution of movements. In Journalism Contest Announcement was made today | that The Cadet will enter the an-nual Associated Collegiate Press journalism contest for college news-paper. This is the first time that The Cadet has entered this nation-wide contest. All copies of The Cadet published this year must be submitted by Jan. 27.
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Full Text Search | ! ti/ Highlights A resume of the outstanding events of the year 1939 Is published on page two. John The sports editor of the Richmond News Leader writes guest column for this Issue. OLUME XXXIII Glee Club Will Sing In Capital Club to Appear In Earle Theatre On March 1-3 The Glee club, under the direc-tion of Mrs. M. G. Ramey, will be-gin Its spring concert trips shortly after the mid-term examination pe-riod, with a three-day engagement on March 1-3 at the Earle theatre in Washington, D. C. Permission was granted the or-ganization last fall to appear on the stage in theaters or for other per-formances for profit, but the club's appearance at the Earle theater is its first commercial performance. The Earle is the outstanding the-ater in the Capital city and its pro-grams are always of the highest class. Each year they bring at least one college glee club to its stage. This year the selection of the VMI organization brings much attention to the cadets. The club will give four 20-minute performances a day for three days and will be the out-standing feature of the stage per-formances. It is highly probable that the Glee club will stop at Leesburg and give another concert as it has done in the last two years. This concert, under the auspices of the Northern Vir-ginia Alumni club, has been a fea-ture of the social calendar of the Northern Virginia city for the past two years and has always drawn a large audience. Two other concerts will be given during the spring period in addition to a concert for the corps and fac-ulty. It is highly probable that these will be in Charlotte, N. C., and Rich-mond, Va. Organizations in both cities are trying to get the Institute singers to appear in th^ir respective cities and it is probable that both trips will be taken. The club will practice during the present week and will then cease activity until after the examination period, at which time they will re-sume extensive practice for the com-ing performance at Washington's number one theater. Burress' Location After May 15 Still Indefinite At an interview with a member of the staff of The Cadet, Col. With-ers A. Burress stated that he wished to correct an error in the statement of this paper on Dec. 19 concerning his coming transfer to the general staff of the United States Army. The Cadet reported Colonel Burress as saying that he would submit a per-mit to army headquarters in Wash-ington to be allowed to stay at VMI through finals of 1940. Colonel Burress said, however, that he did not state this officially to The Cadet, since permits are not submitted in the army. The Com-mandant further said that he would leave the Institute at the designated date, which is May IS, 1940, unless Washington decided it best for him to remain here through the Finals exercises. The Commandant said that the exact date of publishing Make-overs had not been decided yet, but that it should be some time during the early weeks of February. If pos-sible, these new appointments and promotions in the newly organized regiment of cadets will be printed in The Cadet. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, JANUARY 9, 1940 NUMBER 15 Collegiate Digest Will Feature Pictures About VMI Next Week Gompf In a telegram received Sunday from Fred J. Noer, editor of Col-legiate Digest, The Cadet was in-formed that the Digest of next week will carry a full page picture dis-play of VMI's celebration of the centennial anni-versary. The Digest, a weekly rotograv-ure section car-rying pictures of college activities throughout the country, is dis-tributed with The Cadet in barracks each week. The staff is negotiating to get enough copies of next week's issue to be sent to outside subscribers Eight pictures taken by Charles Gompf, stall photographer to The Turn-Out, were selected by the Di-gest from the 12 submitted. These pictures are of: General Kilbourne; Jackson's statue; the regimental colors passing in review as the state flag is dipped to the Governor; the girls passing under the arch of sabres during the Centennial Ball; the second platoon of Company E, commanded by Pat Harris, execut-ing "Eyes Right" as they pass the reviewing stand; the Cavalry troop and D Company battery trotting in review; and section No. 1 of the Firing Battery firing one round of the 21-gun salute welcoming the new century. Gompf employed trick photog-raphy to get a really superb picture of the fire and smoke shooting from the muzzle of the gun. First he took a flash bulb picture of the gun and gun crew during one of the intervals between rounds. Then just before the gun was to fire he opened the shutter again, and, when the piece fired, he had the fire and smoke on the same film as the flash-bulb pic-ture. The write-up accompanying the pictures says: '.The Virginia Mili-tary Institute, full of years of honor and glory, has turned its face to-ward another century of service to the State of Virginia and the Nation. Beginning its second century this year, the 'West Point of the South' has pledged itself to continue its great traditions—traditions that have made it respected educationally and militaristically. Educationally VMI is no 'prep' school, but gives BS and BA degrees in engineering, liberal arts, and sciences. Proof of the ef-fectiveness of its instruction is the fact that last year's (and all pre-ceding) class is 100 per cent em-ployed. On the military side of its giant credit ledger of accomplish-ments, VMI graduates are given re-serve ratings, with many receiving appointments in the army and the marines." This picture display in next week's Digest is the result of the staff's ef-forts to have more pictures of VMI activities appear in the rotogravure section. When editorial appeals to the corps to send in pictures to the Digest failed, The Cadet staff under-took the task itself. It will not be known until this Friday or Saturday whether the ex-tra copies can be got for distribution to outside subscribers. Greyhound Magazine To Reprint Editorial W. W. Geoghan, Division mana-ger of the Atlantic Greyhound Bus company, who has his headquarters in Roanoke, has sought and received permission to reprint in a future edition of the Atlantic Courier, an editorial from The Cadet and a poll conducted by the column "Con-sensus" advocating the use of bus-ses on corps trips. Last fall an editorial was writ-ten deploring the service and in-convenience of the special trains used by the corps for trips. A sug-gestion was made that a fleet of fast, more comfortable buses be used in the future. The following week the column "Consensus" made a canvass of barracks to ascertain the opinion of cadets on the sug-gestions, finding that an over-whelming majority favored the change. Col. Couper Attends Game In Rose Bowl Representing VMI and the South-ern Conference at the annual meet-ing of the National Collegiate Ath-letic association, Colcftiel William Couper, Business Executive Officer, left on December 23 for California where he attended the Tennessee- Southern California Rose Bowl game on Jan. 1. The meeting was held at the Bal-timore hotel in Los Angeles and consisted chiefly of a discussion of professionalism in amateur athletics. The principal accomplishment was the insertion of several clauses in the collegiate agreement governing amateur athletics. Colonel Couper said that he believed these wer only prliminary steps, and that they were by no means final. "Nothing was accomplished as drastically as at conferences," he said. "The visit to California was not entirely of a business nature," he said. There was an elaborate din-ner held in honor of the founder of football coaching, Alonzo Stagg, who was the first football coach in the United States. Mr. Stagg, who was present at the dinner is now a very old man, but he is still coach-ing. He was at the University of Chicago when he developed coach-ing, but he is now with the Col-lege of the Pacific. While in San Francisco, Colonel Couper said that he searched for and found the grave of the first VMI graduate, William D. Fair, '42. It was located in the Laurel Hill cemetery, which was formerly the Lone Mountain cemetery, the oldest in San Francisco. The grave, how-ever, will be moved within three years with approximately 46,000 others to make way for a W. P. A. Housing project. In Los Angeles Colonel Couper said he visited the Warner Broth-ers' studio, and on New Year's Eve saw the world premiere of the motion picture, "Brother Rat and the Baby." The first two scenes, he said, "showed views of the Wash-ington statue and corps marching to breakfast, but after that there were only references to VMI." The entire picture was another farce in the same manner as "Brother Rat," with the same characters, and was written by the same authors. He said he was unimpressed by the Rose Bowl game in spite of the great publicity. He said that it re-sembled any other football game with nothing outstanding. After leaving Los Angeles, Col-onel Couper visited the New Mex-ico Military Institute whose super-intendent is Col. D. C. Pearson, '04, This school has nearly always been run by VMI men. It is a junior college consisting entirely of a cav-alry ROTC unit. Eleven Cadets Are Accepted By Air Corps Col. George A. Derbyshire, the military executive officer of the Vir-ginia Military Institute, announced yesterday that 11 VMI cadets have been accepted by the United States Army Air Corps for flying cadet training at Randolph Field, Texas. Although 16 cadets passed the phys-ical examination given by the Air Corps examining board in Decem-ber, only 11 were accepted for train-ing. Those accepted are: C. R. Floyd J. A. Sosbee, G. W. Walker, A. R. K Keesee, R. C. Eastham (class of 1937 3 years), E. W. Mitchell, D. H. Hat-field, T. E. Snyder, C. S. Towles, M B. MacKinnon, R. G. Pollard, and D. H. Wills. These men, though already ac-cepted, will not be called to service until a future date. All but one of them being first classmen, they will probably have time to complete their work required for graduation. The requirements for this course are that the applicant must have had at least two years of certified col-lege work or take an examination which is the equivalent, must not be married, must be less than 27 years of age, and must be of good physical and moral condition. The percentage of men to pass these examinations from the Virginia Military Institute is known to be higher than that from a great many schools. Grant Named To Succeed Vose Febi. 1 Walter S. Grant Returns To Institute As Sub-Professor Returning to VMI to fill the va-cancy on the faculty caused by the resignation of Capt. Fred C. Vose, math instructor, Capt. Walter S. Grant, Jr., has notified the Superin-tendent of his acceptance of the ap-pointment as instructor of mathe-matics, effective Feb. 1, 1940. At that time, Captain Vose will leave the Institute to take a position with the General Electric company. Captain Grant was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in the class of 1933. Choosing the civil engineering curriculum, he was cited as a distinguished graduate at the end of the four-eyar course. He served as a corporal and sergeant in his third and second class years, respectively, and was appointed to the position of regimental plans and training officer with the rank of cadet captain in his first class year. Coming back to the Institute in September, 1937, Captain Grant was appointed a captain of Virginia Vol-unteers and instructor in civil en-gineering and tactics. He served in this capacity for two sessions, re-signing his position last June when he was married to Miss Gladys Leech of Lexington. Captain and Mrs. Grant then went to West Vir-ginia, where he was engaged in min-ing engineering. Captain Grant entered VMI in the fall of 1929 from Brooklyn, N. Y. He is the son of Maj. Gen. Walter S. Grant, commanding general of the United States forces in the Philip-pines. Captain Vose's resignation was an-nounced in the Ip^t. issue of The Cadet, having been accepted by the Superintendent on Dec. IS, 1939. His successor had not, however, been named at that time. Meyer Resigns Post On Cadet Staff Eric M. Meyer, who was select-ed as an associate editor of The Cadet last September, resigned his position upon his return from Christmas furlough. "I haven't enough time to do my job thor-oughly," he commented, adding that he would still serve as staff assistant. Myer has been very active in extra-curricular activities, serving in addition to his capacity as as-sociate editor on The Cadet, as the advertising manager of The Turn-Out. A sergeant in Company E, he has earned his academic stars in the chemistry course. Examination Schedule Announced Exams Begin Jan. 22; New Term Begins Feb. 5 At noon today the following ex-amination schedule for the mid-term exams was released from the office of the Superintendent for publication in The Cadet: FIR Eft1 CLASS Civil Engineering Section Hydraulics, Monday, January 22, N-E 2nd floor; structures, Wednes-day, January 24, N-E 2nd floor; Eng-lish and speaking, Friday, January 26, S-S 32, 34, 86; economics, Satur-day, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; con-crete design, Monday, January 29, N-E 2nd floor; highway engineer-ing, Thursday, February 1, N-E 2nd floor. Electrical Engineering Section Electrical engineering, Monday, January 22, N-E 202; thermodynam-ics, Wednesday, January 24, N-E 202; mechanism, Friday, January 26, N-E 202; economics, Saturday, Janu-ary 27, S-S 3rd floor; electrical lab-oratory, Monday, January 29, N-E 202; applications of electric power, Wednesday, January 31, N-E 202. Chemical Section Organic chemistry, Tuesday, Jan-uary 23, M1B 202; industrial chem-istry, Thursday, January 25, M-B 202; economics, Saturday, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; mineralogy, Mon-day, January 29, M-B 305; physical chemistry, Thursday, February 1, M-B 202. Pre-Medical Organic chemistry, Tuesday, Janu-ary 23, M-B 202; histology, Friday, January 26, S-S sub-basement; eco-nomics, Saturday, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; French, Monday, January 29, S-S 14, 18; German, Monday, January 29, S-S 12, 15, 16; physical chemistry, Wednesday, January 31, M-B 7. Liberal Arts Section History, Monday, January 22, S-S 18; Shakespeare, Wednesday, Janu-ary 24, S-S 37; philosophy, Friday, January 26, S-S 11, 15; economics, Saturday, January 27, S-S 3rd floor; French, Monday, January 29, S-S 14, 18; German, Monday, January 29, S-S 12, 15, 16; political science, Wednesday, January 31, S-S 31. SECOND CLASS Civil Engineering Section Physics, Monday, January 22, S-S 15, 16, 18; mechanics, Wednesday, January 24, N-E 1st floor; electrical engineering, Friday, January 26, N-E second floor; mechanics, Monday, January 29, N-E 1st floor; sanitary engineering, Wednesday, January 31, N-E 1st floor. Electrical Engineering Section Physics, Monday, January 22, S-S 15, 16, 18; mechanics, Wednesday, January 24, N-E 1st floor; mathe- (Continued on page 6) Second Battalion Routs First During Furious Snow Battle Cadets to Attend ASCE Convention Three first classmen and one sec-ond classman will leave Lexington at SRC, Jan. 16, bound for New York city to attend the annual con-vention of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The names of the men to go have not yet been announced, but Col. R. A. Marr said that they would be picked sometime in the next two or three days. Each year the Institute has sent men to the national convention, and they have brought back to the local student chapter of the ASCE the news of the deliberations of the par-ent body. At the national meeting papers are given by men high in the engineer-ing profession on research and prac-tical problems. Matters of policy are decided at this time, also. Seminars at which there is an interchange of ideas by the members, are held at this time. Cadets attending will attend the regular busines meetings and the meeting of the junior section, and will have a certain amount of free time for sight-seeing or whatever else they may desire to do. The group will return on the morning of the 19th. In the opening engagement of the winter campaign the Second Bat-talion, employing strategy which local military experts termed "su-perb," completely routed the disor-ganized First Battalion army in a furious snow battle on the parade ground yesterday afternoon. Using the strategy of "double en-velopment" which General Stone-wall Jackson used in routing Gen-eral Banks in the Battle of Winches-ter, the Second Battalion struck the foe with a devastating frontal at-tack led by Companies E and F, while a platoon from Company D went through Washington Arch and out Jackson Arch and attacked the enemy left flank in an effort to turn it. Later on in the afternoon, Col. John M. Fray, head of the Field Ar-tillery ROTC, in commenting on the I battle said: "That's the stuff. You-i all haven't been studying Stonewall Jackson for nothing." After a march around the parade ground during the early part of the drill period, the First Battalion took ' up its position on the road in front j of the old library.(The Second Bat-talion troops moved into position on the road in front of the Engineer- | ing building. Ammunition was quickly brought up as the two armies prepared for the engagement. The commanding officers of both armies had decided to take the offensive and deliver a frontal attack. The two charges be-gan simultaneously as Rebel yells echoed across the parade ground. As soon as the charge began, the platoon of Company D was detached from the main Second Battalion army and sent on its flanking move through the courtyard and out Jack-son Arch. The two armies met in the middle of the parade ground and a furious battle at close quarters developed. Hand-to-hand fighting was carried on all along the battle line as the two armies locked in deadly com-bat. The left of the First Battalion line was formed on the statue of Jack-son when the platoon from Company D rushed out of the arch and hurled itself against the exposed flank. The First Battalion was caught com-pletely off guard. Slowly the flank gave way as the platoon hammered it with a heavy artillery barrage. Hop Committee Signs Gray Gordon's Band For Mid-Winter Hops Bomb to Use Blue and Gold Cover Design Bates Gilliam, editor of the 1940 Bomb, said last week that work on this year's annual was progressing smoothly, and that several sections have already been completed, with regard to material, and were in the hands of the printer. "The proofs of border plates, made by the engravers, are all finished and approved," he said, "and the opening section, which comprises the foreword, dedication, and the first 15 pages were completed during the Christmas furlough." These have not been engraved yet, but the nec-essary material has been sent to the engravers. The first class section will be com-pleted soon by finishing the informal poses of the first classmen, and by Tic Toe Rhythm To Be Featured Here Feb. 23-24 Gray Gordon and his orchestra, featuring its famous Tic Toe Rhythm, have been signed by the Hop committee, through Consoli-dated Radio Artists, Inc., for the Mid-Winter hops in Cocke hall dur-ing the week-end of Feb. 23-24. The announcement was made today by Gordon W. Walker, president of the Hop committee. This popular orchestra has for the past summer been featured four times weekly over NBC from the exclusive Westchester Country club in New York. Prior to this engage-ment Gordon and his orchestra were featured at the popular Green Room of the Edison hotel, New York city, with nightly broadcasts over NBC. The band was also featured on the radio commercial program "Nesco Royal Cooks." Played At Fair Held In Chicago Gray Gordon was brought to Chi-coga to fulfill a limited engagement at Chicago's unique and exclusive Canadian club, Doodlebug Cafe, at The Century of Progress. Visitors to this great exposition soon began to clamor for Gray and his distinctive Tic Toe Rhythm. Because of this tremendous popularity, the orches-tra was held over for the entire sea-son. Following the World's Fair en-gagement, Gray and his band were featured at such well known places as the St. Anthony hotel, San An-tonio, Tex.; Casa Madrid, Louisville, Ky.; Lookout House, Covington, Ky.; . . . completi ng t.h.e . ind,i. vidual, b, i.o gra- |' Ch,a se h, ot.e l, St. Louis,' Mo.;' Br.o ,w n ph, .i es wh, i.c h, have been practt icaliil y \' Palace hotel, Denver, Col.; Claridge finally assembled. The first class his-tory in pictures is being designed and will be finished soon. Other classes and views of the In- | Broadcast stitute together with department sections are to follow the first class. All "glossies'' or temporary portraits of every cadet in school are being classified with regard to class sec-tions. The sketch of the cover has been approved, and the die is being made by the Kingscraft company of Kings-port, Tenn. The color will be dark blue trimmed with gold. This is the first time dark blue has been used for the cover of The Bomb since any of the classes in school have been here. Several novel ideas are being in-troduced this year, among which is the Hop section, which replaces the Social section occurring in previous annuals. This part will consist of views taken at the Institute during hops and other social occasions, of which there have been many this year as a result of the Centennial. This new idea is turning out to be very successful. The Military section will be com-pleted after make-overs to allow for changes in cadet officers and non-commissioned officers, and the Sports section under Tom Opie and Al Carr is progressing satisfactorily, keeping step with present and future ath-letic contests. The "Outrage," wit section, will definitely not be combined with the advertising and is under the direc-tion of Clint Dominick. Work has already begun, but it will be one of last sections to be inserted. Company B Wins Competitive Drill In the competitive drill held this Casualties were so numerous that afternoon in the gymnasium the many of the fighting units had to be withdrawn from the field badly beat-en. Gradually the First Battalion line began to give way as the Second Battalion ripped great gaps in it. By the time that the Second Bat-talion had driven the foe back to its original position in front of the old library, the men left fighting num-bered less than one-third as many as were in the battle at its begin-ning. Military observers in these quar-ters share the opinion that the rest of the winter campaign will be car-ried on by guerilla -bands in bar-racks and that the two factions will not engage in so costly and strenu-ous an engagement again. First Battalion redeemed itself for its ignoble defeat in the snow battle with the Second Battalion yester-day. The results of the drill were as follows: Company B 92 Company A 83 Company D 82 Company C 78 Company F Company E 76 hotel, Memphis, Tenn.; Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Merry Garden Ballroom, Chicago, 111. Over NBC During his Chicago engagement, Gray was featured over the NBC network of 72 stations four nights a week. The orchestra is immediately recognized over the air by the dis-tinctive tic-tocing of a clock, which precedes each radio program. Gray was born in Freeport, 111. He is not married and is the only child in his family. He won letters in basketball, foot-ball, baseball and track while at-tending high school. He studied mu-sic in the Bush Conservatory of Mu-sic, Chicago. He also studied under several outstanding independent teachers. Tic Toe Rhythm On RCA Program His Tic Toe Rhythm orchestra ap-peared on the Magic Key of RCA program, and was immediately signed for Bluebird-Victor record-ings as a result of the favorable comment received following this broadcast. He was recently promot-ed to the Victor Label—the only band ever to be so honored. It is the only popular orchestra contract-ed by the Victor Recording company for a series of records, that has been transferred by the Victor company from their 35c Bluebird records to the straight Victor records. Their first release was "Chopsticks," an immediate coast-to-coast best seller. Gray plays the saxophone and su-pervises the arrangement of the band's music. Arrangements are really a cooperative affair with mu-sicians Bobby Blair, Bill North, Floyd Lauck, Graham Prince and Ray Mace all taking part. Gordon's most recent Victor re-cordings are "Cinderella," "You Are My Dream," "Rumple-Stilts-Kin," "Last Trip on the Old Ship," "Song of the Metronome," "Start the Day Right," and "You're Right, I'm Wrong." Cadet Will Be Entered When he announced the results of the drill, Major W. A. Ellis, Infantry ROTC instructor, said that there was a marked improvement in the giving of commands and in the snappy execution of movements. In Journalism Contest Announcement was made today | that The Cadet will enter the an-nual Associated Collegiate Press journalism contest for college news-paper. This is the first time that The Cadet has entered this nation-wide contest. All copies of The Cadet published this year must be submitted by Jan. 27. |