VMI Cadet. March 16, 1953

              VOLUME XLIII VMI, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MARCH 16, 1953 n u m b e r 21
VMI Glee Club Will Sing
[In State Tournament Fri.
Wanville Program
Uncliides Requiem
This Friday, March 20, the Glee
Club will begin its Spring Season,
ilt will travel to Danville in order
to participate in the concert tour-nament.
The competition will con-sist
of a number of short concerts
being sung by different glee clubs
from various areas in the state.
There will be clubs from both men
and women's colleges participating.
The Club will leave for the song
festival Friday morning at eight
o'clock. The members must be in
Danville in time for a practice
with the Madison Glee Club at
eleven-thirty that morning. The
two clubs will present the "Ger
man Requiem" for the audience at
the George Washington High
School auditorium the same day
thfll'the tournament is to be held.
The club must be prepared to sing
at two o'clock when the competi-tion
begins. This is the first time
in recent years that the club has
taken part in the state contest. In
the past seasons the time has been
such that the club was not able
to work it_into its schedule. Be-cause
of the large number of or-ganizations
which will be entered
in the contest the number of songs
had to be limited.
Sponsored by
The Virginia Federation of Musip
Club
George Washington High School
Danville, Virginia
March 20, 1953
PROGRAM
Ferrum Junior College—^Ferrum,
Virginia; Praise The Lord, O Jeru-salem
- Maunder, Set Down, Ser-vant
- Arr. by Shaw, While Strol-ling
Through The Park One Day -
Arr. by Swift; Director - Ella Mae
Draper.
Stratford College Choral Club -
Danville, Virginia; Simple Gifts -
Arr. Aaron Copland, Ave Verum -
Mozart, Awake! The Trumpets
Lofty Sound - Handel; Director
Virginia Halbedl. ^
Marion College Choir - Marion,
Virginia; Arise, All Ye Servants of
the Lord - Seveelinck - MacDonald,
Sunbeam Out of Heaven - Chris-tiansen
- Overby, Thee, Lord, Most
Holy - Sateren; Director - Paul G.
Peterson.
University of Richmond Glee
Club - Richmond, Virginia; Ave
Verum Corpus - Vittoria - Cain,
Jesue, Joy of My Endeavor - Bach
- Scott, Almighty God of Our
Fathers - Will James; Director -
Mark Troxell.
Richmond Professional Institute
- Richmond, Virginia; When Your
Eyes are Concealed - Marenzo,
True Love - Hindemith, Jig for
Voices - Rowley; Director - Wayne
Batty, Accompanist - Charles W.
Craig.
Radford College Choral Club -
Radford, Virginia; O Wonderous
Nativity - de Victoria - William-son
- Deis, Children of the Moon -
Elinor Warren, Open Thy Heart
Bizet - Deis; Director - Jean Bird
Einstein, Accompanist • Norma
Cundiff.
Madison College Glee Club
Harrisonburg, Virginia; P u e ri
Hebraeorum - Randall Thompson,
At the Foot of Yonder Mountain -
John Powell, The Magic Hour -
Gardner Read; Director - Edna T.
Shaeffer, Accompanist - Dolly
Rutherford.
Virginia Military Institute Glee
Club - Lexington, Virginia; Lacry-mosa
(from the Requiem) - Mozart,
The Omnipotence - Schubert,
Daniel, a Twentieth-Century Ora-torio
- Enders, (adapted from the
poem by Vachel Lindsay); Direc-tor
- Herbert Nash Dillard, Accom-panist
• Francisco Gonzalez.
Madison College and V.M.I.
Combined Glee Clubs; I. Blessed
are They That Mourn, II. Here on
Earth Have We No Continuing
Plac^ from - Requiem • Brahms.
G>mp. Drill
Wm be Held
This Friday
Competitive Drill which was to
be held on Friday March 13, 1953,
has been moved up one wek.
As in the past companies will
form on the south side of bar-racks
facing the parapet. Upon
the signal from the Regimental S-
3, the company commanders will
move their companies by the most
direct route to the parade ground
and then to a point opposite the
senior judge. Companies will not
be graded on this.
After the company has been pre-sented
to the senior judge, the
platoon leaders will march their
platoons to the area designated
by the senior judge. They will
then proceed under his direction.
Each platoon will have at least
one 1st class private in the pla-toon.
Close Order drill and physical
training formation will be the
movements for this drill. They may
be given in any order. After the
commands have been given the
platoon leader will march his pla-toon
to Marshall Arch and be dis
missed. The platoons will be
marched off by way of the rear
of the parade ground.
Grades will count ten points
each. Those men remaining on the
parade ground after their com-pany
is being drilled will not speak
to the judges.
Senior Service Judge will be
Lt. Colonel Kerlin. Senior Cadet
Judge will be Cadet C. R. Steward.
Other Cadet Judges will be: H. A.
Johnson, J. P. Prillaman, and J. P.
Cross.
Industrial Meeting
For Area Colleges
To Be Held at VMI
VMI will be the scene of an
industrial management conference
on Friday, March 20, held under
the joint sponsorship of VMI,
Washington and Lee University,
and the Virginia Manufacturers
Association.
Men in first class Electrical Engi-neering,
civil engineering, phy-sics,
chemistry, and English sec-tions
will be excused from some of
their classes Friday morning so
that they may attend the confer-ence
sessions.
The morning session will fea-ture
an address by Louis W.
Lerda, an executive for the Stan-dard
Oil of New Jersey. Mr. Lerda
is head of Esso's training division.
Henry G. Chesley, President of the
Virginia Manufacturers Associa-tion
will preside over the session.
Following Mr. Lerda's address
there will be a short question and
answer period.
After lunch in the VMI dining
hall, the convention will recon-vene
at 2:00 o'clock under the
gavel of Dr. Walter Flick of Wash-ington
and Lee. Mr. John C. Parker
of the Camp Manufacturing Com-pany
will deliver the principal
speech of the afternoon.
After adjourning from the after-noon
session, the delegates will
attend a reception at the Natural
Bridge Hotel. A dinner will be
held at the hotel at 6:30, at which
Thurman Sensing, Eexecutive Vice
President o fthe Southern States
Industrial Council will deliver an
address entitled "Freedom—with
a Southern Accent."
General Milton To Be Inaugurated
As Eighth Superintendent May 2
Religious Clubs
Air Force Officer
Explains Duties^
Of Observer Corps
In a recent talk given to the
prospective members of the local
unit of the Ground Observer Corps,
a representative of the Air Force
attached to the Ground Observers
Filter Center at Roanoke pointed
out that "In this period of world
confusion and disorder, the United
States Air Force, in cooperation
with Civil Defense, is attempting
to organize a corps of Ground Ob-servers
made up of the civilian
population in the various towns
and cities throughout the country."
He went on to explain that the
GOC has been set up on a compara-tively
simple basis consisting of
observation posts and filter cent-ers.
The country, he said, has been
divided into various districts and
these districts have each been sub-divided
into square blocks whose
sides are eight miles long.
Filter Center Responsibility
The object of the corps is to
establish at least one observation
post in each of these block areas.
The second phase of the Ground
Observers Organization involves
the filter centers set up in each dis-trict.
Each district filter center has
the responsibility of receiving and
plotting on a map of its district
all of the reported observations of
aircraft as relayed to it by the vari-ous
observation posts.
Once a plane has been spotted
and is being traced by the filter
center; the next objective is posi-tive
identification. In the event
that a plane does not identify it-self
or identification is not ob-tainable,
the filter center relays
the data it has concerning the
plane, i.e., its type, course, alti-tude,
etc., to the Air Division,
which decides on the action to be
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Canterbury Cadets
Attend Conference
At Ya. Seminary
Four members of the V.M.I.
Canterbury Club, Macon Walton,
Tom Williamson, Buck Langhorne,
and Don Macleay, attended this
year's Annual College Conference
on the Ministry held at the Vir-ginia
Theological Seminary, Alex-andria,
Virginia. The purpose of
the conference was to present to
interested college students the
claims of a Christian vocation, with
speqial emphasis on the Christian
ministry.
The conference was designed pri-marily
for those who had con-sidered
Christian vocations, but
who were as yet uncertain, rather
than for those who had already de-cided
to entef the ministry. Oppor-tunity
was provided for delegates
to talk with both seminarians and
faculty members in informal ses-sions.
The informal sessions fol-lowed
the various addresses that
were delivered to the conferees,
such things as "What Is A Call to
The Ministry" and "How Does One
Enter The Seminary" were dis-cussed.
The delegates were en-couraged
to ask questions and to
express their ideas concerning the
ministry.
All delegates were guests of
Lutherans Hear
Rev. Sanders On
Church Services
The VMI Lutheran Club held
its weekly meeting Tuesday, March
10.
the Mount Olive and Mount
Pleasant Lutheran Churches gave
his second of a series of three ad-dresses
on the "Oi'ders of the
Lutheran Church."
Reverend S a n d e r s has been'
sepaking to the local club for the
past two meetings on the different
services of the church. He will con-clude
this series at the next meet-ing.
Also at this meeting, the club
layed plans for inviting the Madi-son
College Lutheran Club to visit
here April 19. This to help create
a closer tie between the different
religious clubs of the various
schools in this vicinity. The club
also discussed varioua activities
which will take place after the
Easter furlough.
Secretary of Army
To Speak^ Retreat
Parade Review
Ordered for Day
Inauguration ceremonies for
Major General William H. Milton,
Jr., as superintendent of Virginia
Military Institute, will be held
here May 2.
Announcement of the installa-the
Seminary and were accomo-dated
very hospitably. Teas were
held for the, delegates by the
faculty and by the married stu-dents.
There prevailed an absolute
air of friendliness and helpfulness
all through the conference.
Rev. Malmborg Leads Successful Program;
Cadets Pleased With Religious Emphasis
The Religious Emhpasis services
of the thirty-first annual Religious
Emphasis Week were held at VMI
last week. They began Tuesday at
twelve noon with a General As-sembly
of the Corps and faculty,
and were concluded on Thursday
night with a vesper service at taps.
The Rev. Harold A. Malmborg,
visiting minister from the Myers
Park Baptist Church of Charlotte,
N. C., led the cadets of the Corps
in the eleven services of the three-,
day event. A large number of
cadets participated in the program.
Corps Attends Service
In his first service at noon on
Tuesday Rev. Malmborg spoke on
the subject "This I Believe." His
general theme for the three days
was "IJelief," and some part of
his belief was developed in each
of the following worship services.
Following the General Assembly
the schedule included a worship
service each evening at 7:30 in
Jackson Memorial Hall. Discussion
periods followed at 8:15 and lasted
until around nine o'clock. At each
evening service a cadet presided,
and there was a representative of
the faculty on the platform with
the cadet and Mr. Malmborg.
Cadets Preside
On Tuesday night John Diuguid
presided; on Wednesday, Randy
Phillips; and on Thursday, A1 Mus-selman.
Faculty members assiting
in the worship services were Col.
Mann, Col. Hefiin, and Captain
Crim.
In'the Tuesday night service Mr.
Malmborg spoke on "Reasons for
Faith." His subject on Wednesday
was "I Believe in the Resources
of Faith," and on Thursday his
message was "I Believe in Christ
and the Christian Ethic."
Seminar Held
On Wednesday afternoon a semi-nar
was held in the large lecture
room of Mallory Hall. The subject
was "Christian Interpretation of
Marriage." A large number of
cadets attended, and a group of stu-dents
from Southern Seminary
were present. This discussion,
which lasted almost two hours, was
developed under the assumption
that a young couple had come in
for pre-marital counselling. Rev.
erend Malmborg explained the
four areas in which a couple must
find compatibility if a marriage is
to be a success.
At taps each evening a vesper
service was conducted over the PA
system in barracks. This consisted
of a scripture reading and a prayer
just as the cadets were going to
bed. There was a blessing in the
mess hall at each supper forma-tion.
Meets With Cadets
Cadets have stated that one of
the most beneficial parts of the
program this year was derived
from the personal conferences with
Rev. Malmborg. While he was here,
Mr. Malmborg met with some 20
cadets for periods ranging from
a half hour to an hour, and this
made a full schedule.
Reverend Malmborg became
very familiar with VMI while he
was here. He met most of the ad-ministrative
officers and many
members of the faculty. He visited
five classes and many of the cadets'
rooms. He ate all meals in the Mess
Hall.
Dunlap Escorts Speaker
One cadet was with him most
of the time he was here in order
to take him to places he wanted
to go and introduce him to in-structors.
The escorting cadet also
took him to a table in the Mess
Hall and to the Guard Room at
taps in order to conduct the vesper
service. Rev. - Malmborg roomed in
the Board of Visitors' Quarters.
Each night a special table was
prepared in the Mess Hall, and
four cadets and three members of
the faculty dined with Mr. Malm-borg.
During the three days Gen-eral
Anderson, Colonel Pancake,
Colonel Barksdale, Colonel Mann,
and Major Dobyns were present.
Reverend R. V. Sanders, of tion date for VMIs eighth superin-and
Mount tendent was made by John C.
Hagan, Jr., president of the In-stitute's
Board of Visitors. .
Formerly With GE
General Milton, former execu-tive
and nuclear power manager
with the General Electric Com-pany,
took office as superinten-dent
last August 1, succeeding
General Richard J. Marshall who
retired last Spring.
The inauguration ceremony,
which will be held in William H.
Cocke, '94, Hall, will get under
way at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, May
2, after the inaugural procession
of the delegates from other col-leges
and universities and societies
and other official representatives
from Preston Library. The Secre-tary
of the Army will speak at the
ceremony. The ceremony will be
followed by a regimental review by
the corps of cadets.
Rec«ption To Be Held
On the preceding day. May 1,
the Board of Visitors will hold a
reception in honor of General and
Mrs. Milton in the superinten-dent's
quarters, beginning at 9
p.m.
General Milton, 53, took the
VMI superintendency following 32
years with the General Electric
Company. A graduate of the Insti-tute
ifi 1920, he went with GE after
finishing VMI and served in a
variety of capacities which led to
high executive positions with the
company.
War Record
During his service with General
Electric he was manager of GE's
plastics division, assistant man-ager
of the company's chemical
department and a member of the
executive committee of GE's ap-pliance
and merchandise depart-ment.
In 1946 and early 1947 he
was administrator of the Hanford
Atomic Energy Plant at Richland,
Wash, when General Electric
operated the facility for the Fed-eral
government.
He was elected a commercial
vice-president of GE in April, 1947,
and was in charge of customer
relations in Washington, D. C.,
until June, 1950, when he resigned
to become general manager of
GE's Knolls Atomic Power Labora-tory
at Schenectady, N. Y., which
is engaged in the development of
an atomic power plant for sub-marines.
He came to VMI from Schenec-tady
following his selection as
superintendent by the Institute's
Board of Visitors last May.
Visitors to the Institute during
the inauguration period may find
some difficulty in obtaining ac-comodations
and hence it is plan-ned
that members of the faculty
may open up their homes for the
many alumni and friends of the
General who are expected to at-tend.
Each member of the faculty
will have some part in the R'an-ning
or carrying out of the cere-mony
and all will be present for
the inauguration itself in order to
take part in the proceedings.
General Milton was unable to ac-cept
the invitation extended to
him by the Religious Council.
Committee Formed
The religious pro^am this year
was made possible through the
joint efforts of the Institute, the
ministers of Lexington, and the
Religious Council! The actual ar-rangements
were made by cadets
through eight different commit-tees.
Don Dunlap of the Second Class
served as General Chairman for
the event, having been appointed!
by the officers of the cadet Re-ligious
Council. Credit for the
initial planning and execution of
the period of religious emphasis
must go to him. Don is a Supply
Sergeant in Charley Company and
a member of the Honor Court as
well as a writer for the Cadet.
The Bulletin Committee was un-der
the chairmanship of Bob Hen-son
and Bill Whitfield. John Lund
headed the Music Committee and
made the arrangements for the
Glee Club to sing "Salvation Be-longth
to Our God" at the general
assembly and prepared the re-mainder
of the music for the pro-gram.
Ted Mariani and A1 Musselman
were co-chairmen of the Invita-tions
Committee. This committee
sent letters of invitation to all the
faculty and contacted most of them
personally. Also invited to attend
the services were the faculty and
students of Southern Seminary and
Washington and Lee, and the min-isters
and congregations of Lex-ington.
Fred Mather-Smith and John Le
Deaux headed the Poster Commit-tee.
John Diuguid was chairman of
the Publicity Committee. Norman
Harris was chairman of the Pro-gram
Committee, and he was as-sisted
by Jim Robertson, Roby
Thompson, and Bill McGruder. The
Escort Committee was composed of
the presidents of the denomina-tional
organizations on the post.
Reverend Malmborg is a native
of St. Cloud, Minnesota. He attend-ed
St. Olaf College in Minneapolis
for one and a half years and the
College of Business at the Univer-sity
of California in Los Angeles
for two and half years. Between
these two periods he was in the
Air Force for three years and
served duty in the Philippines and
Korea.
After leaving Los Angeles he
entered the Andover Newton The-
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