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VOLUME XLV VIRGINU MILITARY INSTITUTE. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. NOVEMBER 8, 1954 NUMBER 7 Fifteen Firsts Recognized In Who's Who In American Colleges Institute Was Founded 115 Years A^o Thurs. In Historic Ceremony One hundred and fifteen yearsf ago next Thursday, the ralaing of the Virginia state flag over bar-racks marked the founding of the Virginia MiUtary Institute. An enormous amount of work and planning had taken place before the state arsenal, established in 1818 could be converted into the Institute. Although he did not accept credit for the idea. Col. John Thomas Lewis Preston, a Lexington lawyer, gave vigorous encouragement to the establishment of a military school at the arsenal. His idea was to "organize the arsenal to preserve its uses as a military establishment and be, at the same time, a Liter-ary Institution for the educatibn of youths." Through the support of influential Rockbridge County re-sidents in the legislature, an act was passed in the state legislature 1835-36 session to convert the ar-senal into a military school. This act was just the beginning of a long, slow procedure. In May 1837, the first Board of Visitors was appointed with Col. Claude Crozet as president. Well qualified for the position. Col. Crraet was a graduate of the famed Ecole Poly-technique in France, and had been a soldier in Napoleon's army and a professor of engineering at West Point. Legislative action was still slow, and the facilities available were greatiy limited. Finally, the passage of a new act increasing the membership of the board to 10, which now included Col. Preston, gave impetus to more definite ac-tion. Col. Preston already had given the school its name: "Virginia—as a state institution. Military—its distinguishing feature, Institute-different from either college or university." Col. Crozet made up a set of regulations for the new school, many of which are still in use today. In August, 1839, the Board of Visitors named Francis H. Smith to be commandant, or chief professor. General Smith had a military background and was at the (continued on page 8) Home Game Music By Commanders Informal dancing from 9 to 12 next Saturday night to the music of the VMI Commanders is the bill for this year's Homecoming Hops. The dance at Cocke '94 Hall will climax a day of parading and football for General Clark, The Citadel and the VMI Alumni. The Commanders, led by Dan Brittigan and Sam Marshall, again this year come up to the high standards for which the band is noted. The group has always been in high demand for dances and has already played four dates includ-ing Hargrave Military Academy. Upcoming engagements include Fairfax Halls Ring Figure, Stew-art Hall, Southern Sem, and Nat-ural Bridge. The band's rhythm is by Staff Balderson, piano; Barney Odend'- hall, bass; and Monty White, drums. The sax men are Marshall Britti-gan, Pete Riddle, and George Nied-ermayer. Bill Menfee, Paul Royer, and H. M. Rose handle the trumpets, with Scott Haynie on the trom-bone. Vocalist with the Commanders is Timmy O'Neil. He's featured on "Hey There" and the rest of the days' popular vocal numbers. Instrumental featured numbers include Duke Ellington's "Boy Meets Horn" with Paul Royer "Marie" spotting Scott Haynie; and "Tuxedo Junction" with solos by Marshall and Brittigan. The band goes dixieland on "Tin Roof Blues" and South American on "Siboney" and "Miami Beach ' J . ^ The plans for the proposed ten- The Commanders demonstrate . piupuacu ici. U ucmuii!,u«i«5 courts have now become defi-why the band contmues to become .. „ „„„„ . „ , „ L ' ^te. With the acceptance of the From left to right: First row: Roby C. Thompson, Abingdon, Virginia; Norman S. Harris, Lynchburg, Virginia; James L. McManaway, New York, New York; F. Judson Leech, Lexing- Lyncli West Virginia. Third row: Edwin N. Osborne, La "Tuna, Texas- John L. Morgan, Buena Vista, Virginia; David F. Woolwine, Abingdon, Virginia; Rudi Ansbacher, Rockville Center, New York. Fourth row: James P. Hart, III, Roanoke, Virginia; Knute F. Lawson, Jacksonville, Florida; James W. Robertson, Lynchburg, Virginia. Vile Valley Chosen Tennis Site Five Courts To Be Constructed more in demand each year. Their smooth performances will make the dance one enjoyed by all. ' Corps Featured In Technicolor For Cinemascope Production I low bid of $4,470 submitted by Lan-i ford and Slater, events are now moving forward the actual con-struction being begun. A letter has been sent to the by F. S. KLINE If the present trend keeps up, being a VMI Cadet will be synon-omous with being a Hollywood movie star. The corps went into white ducks, coatees, and shakos for parade Monday afternoon in order to make it possible for the Beeland-King Film Productions of Atlanta, Ga., to make a technicolor film of this function, which is the heart of VMI's military tradition. The parade of the VMI Corps of Cadets will be one of the se-quences in a short subject on the Commonwealth of Virginia which is being produced by the Luray Caverns. Other scenes depicted will be the restored colonial capi-tal capital of Williamsburg; fox hunting, a picturesque Virginia sport; fishing on the Shenandoah River, and the Virginia Apple Har-vest. Jefferson's mansion at Mon-ticello and the Natural Bridge, which this famous Virginian once owned and used as the site of « summer cottage, also will figure in this short subject, at will Aut-umn leaves along the beautiful Skyline Drive. Scenes in the Lu-ray Caverns will also be filmed for the first time in cinemascope. The cinetaascope process was developed by the French and was demonstrated in a crude form in 1936. It was perfected by the 20th Century Fox Studios which con-trols the process in this country. The lens compresses a wide area into the film without distortion, and the projector has a compensat- (continued on page 8) oncoming bad weather of winter sets in. This would facilitate the settling of the ground on which the courts are to be built by allowing the entire winter for the settling. The excavation will be 303 feet by 140 feet and will be ample space for .six courts in the future. At pre Governor of Virginia, Thomas B. | sent, plans are made to construct Stanley, for his approval of the bid. Upon the approval of this bid, work will begin immediately on the exca-vation work to be done prior to the actual construction of the ten-only five courts. The new courts will be located in the "Nile Valley" between the Woods Creek and the Chesapeake nis courts. and Ohio Railroad. It is intended It is hoped that the excavation that the first courts be ready for work can be completed before the usage next May. Personality Standouts Recognized For 1955 By Collegiate Almanac Films of Fine Art Planned This Week A fine arts film festival, spon-sored jointly by Washington and Lee and VMI, will be staged in Lexington Tuesday and Wednes-day, Nov. 16 and 17. The films will be supplied by Cinavision, Inc., and the producer of the films, Walter Lewisohn, will come to Lexington to person-ally supervise the festival. There will be 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. showings at W&L's Troubadour Theater on Tuesday, Nov 16, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. showings at VMI's physics building on the following day. An outstanding figure in the realm of color photography, Mr. Lewisohn began his photographic career with an expedition to Ecua-dor to make a film of the Jivaro, or Headshrinking Indians. Mr. Lewisohn's latest movie, which will be shown on Nov. 16, is called MIRAMAGIC. A critic who saw its recent New York showing called it "a unique kalei-doscopic film technique which transforms familiar objects into sensuous and startling visual fan-tasies." Adrianne Corri, star of Jean Renoir's THE RIVER ap-pears in it, and the all-electronics is by Louis and Bebe Barron. Admission charge will be 40 cents for each showing and tick-ets may be purchased from the Book Shop or Weinberg's Music Store. They are also obtainable at the performance to which the public is invited. Admission will be free to all cadets at the VMI performances. The films shown at VMI will be: afternoon: PASSAGE TO NIR-VANA, THE CONSTANT GEI-SHA, and AMERICAN INDIAN ART IN THE PACIFIC NORTH-WEST; evening: MIRAMAGIC, MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS, THE PALIO OF SIENNA, and STREETS OF VENICE. > Every year from VMI there are 15 men nominated from the First Class at large for inclusion in the annual book. Who's Who in Ameri' can Universities and Colleges. The selection is based on leadership and academic ability, as well as athletics and excellence of per-sonality. The selectees from the Class of 1955 are as follows. Rudi Ansbacher, holder of Aca-demic Stars; and Lieutenant in B Company, member of the Virginia Acaremy of Science. Charles Frederick Byrd, a Lieutenant in F Company, Cap-tain of the football team and stand-out at tackle, co - captain of the basketball team, member of the Mongram Club, letterman in track as an ace discus twirler, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and member of the Honor COurt. Norman Stuart Harris, President of the Honor Court, holder of Aca-demic Stars, member of the Bap-tist Club, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Lieutenant in F Company. James Potts Hart III, First Lieu-tenant and Second Battalion S-3, member of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, holder of Academic Stars and letterman on the swimming team. Knute Foley Lawson, First Lieu-tenant and First Battalion S-3, hol-der of Academic Stars, member of the Baptist Club, President of the Timmons Music Club, and Distin-guished Military Student. Frank Judson Leech, holder of Academic Stars, member of' the Honor Court, member of the American Institute of Physics, and Distinguished Military Student. James Darroch Massie, Presi-dent of the Class of 1955, President of the General Committee, Lieu-tenant in B Company, member of the American Society of Civil Engi-neers, and Dis'tinguished Military Student. James Lowry McManaway, Cap-tain and Company Commander of A Company, and member of the (continued on page 8) Peter McCrary Will Attend Neiv York Industrial Congress Peter Kernan McCrary of Falls Church, Va., second classman at V. M. I., has been selected to attend the 59th annual Con gress of American Industry in New Eyes Right The Coipf Mary and right to left, the brass reads: Colonels Butler s in review for top officials of William and I iMrevioiu to the game last Saturday. From and 1 PAS&T and PMS&T, respecuvely; ton, Superintendent; and Rear Admiral Alva S. Chandler, Kerlln, President of William and Mary. York City as an honored guest of the National Association of Man, ufacturers. A physics major, McCrary will join 51 other students from all 48 states at the nation's largest gather-ing of industrialists at the Wal-dorf- Astoria Hotel from Nov. 30 until Dec. 4. He was selected by a committee composed of Ray E. Reid, assistant superintendent of public instruc-tion, Commonwealth of Virginia; Colonel C. H. Reed, member of Board of Visitors, Virginia Poly-technic Institute, and J. Clifford Miller, Jr., president of Miller Manufacturing Co., Richmond. Students attending the Congress of Industry will hear addresses by leading businessmen, industrialists and statesmen and attend panel sessions on such management pro-blems as employee relations, in-dustrial relations, taxation, re-search, sales and advertising. A feature of the program will be two related panel discussions. In-dustrialists will quiz classroom teachers on the subject, "Are the 3R's Necessary for the SC's In Education?" Industrialists also will quiz students and apprentices on the subject, "What Do You Want from the Industrial Economy in the Years Ahead?" McCrary, 20, u a sergeant in the (continued on page 8)
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. November 8, 1954 |
Issue Date | 1954-11-08 |
Volume/Number | Volume 45, number 7 |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
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Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Digital Collections is required. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
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Issue Date | 1954-11-08 |
Full Text Search | VOLUME XLV VIRGINU MILITARY INSTITUTE. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. NOVEMBER 8, 1954 NUMBER 7 Fifteen Firsts Recognized In Who's Who In American Colleges Institute Was Founded 115 Years A^o Thurs. In Historic Ceremony One hundred and fifteen yearsf ago next Thursday, the ralaing of the Virginia state flag over bar-racks marked the founding of the Virginia MiUtary Institute. An enormous amount of work and planning had taken place before the state arsenal, established in 1818 could be converted into the Institute. Although he did not accept credit for the idea. Col. John Thomas Lewis Preston, a Lexington lawyer, gave vigorous encouragement to the establishment of a military school at the arsenal. His idea was to "organize the arsenal to preserve its uses as a military establishment and be, at the same time, a Liter-ary Institution for the educatibn of youths." Through the support of influential Rockbridge County re-sidents in the legislature, an act was passed in the state legislature 1835-36 session to convert the ar-senal into a military school. This act was just the beginning of a long, slow procedure. In May 1837, the first Board of Visitors was appointed with Col. Claude Crozet as president. Well qualified for the position. Col. Crraet was a graduate of the famed Ecole Poly-technique in France, and had been a soldier in Napoleon's army and a professor of engineering at West Point. Legislative action was still slow, and the facilities available were greatiy limited. Finally, the passage of a new act increasing the membership of the board to 10, which now included Col. Preston, gave impetus to more definite ac-tion. Col. Preston already had given the school its name: "Virginia—as a state institution. Military—its distinguishing feature, Institute-different from either college or university." Col. Crozet made up a set of regulations for the new school, many of which are still in use today. In August, 1839, the Board of Visitors named Francis H. Smith to be commandant, or chief professor. General Smith had a military background and was at the (continued on page 8) Home Game Music By Commanders Informal dancing from 9 to 12 next Saturday night to the music of the VMI Commanders is the bill for this year's Homecoming Hops. The dance at Cocke '94 Hall will climax a day of parading and football for General Clark, The Citadel and the VMI Alumni. The Commanders, led by Dan Brittigan and Sam Marshall, again this year come up to the high standards for which the band is noted. The group has always been in high demand for dances and has already played four dates includ-ing Hargrave Military Academy. Upcoming engagements include Fairfax Halls Ring Figure, Stew-art Hall, Southern Sem, and Nat-ural Bridge. The band's rhythm is by Staff Balderson, piano; Barney Odend'- hall, bass; and Monty White, drums. The sax men are Marshall Britti-gan, Pete Riddle, and George Nied-ermayer. Bill Menfee, Paul Royer, and H. M. Rose handle the trumpets, with Scott Haynie on the trom-bone. Vocalist with the Commanders is Timmy O'Neil. He's featured on "Hey There" and the rest of the days' popular vocal numbers. Instrumental featured numbers include Duke Ellington's "Boy Meets Horn" with Paul Royer "Marie" spotting Scott Haynie; and "Tuxedo Junction" with solos by Marshall and Brittigan. The band goes dixieland on "Tin Roof Blues" and South American on "Siboney" and "Miami Beach ' J . ^ The plans for the proposed ten- The Commanders demonstrate . piupuacu ici. U ucmuii!,u«i«5 courts have now become defi-why the band contmues to become .. „ „„„„ . „ , „ L ' ^te. With the acceptance of the From left to right: First row: Roby C. Thompson, Abingdon, Virginia; Norman S. Harris, Lynchburg, Virginia; James L. McManaway, New York, New York; F. Judson Leech, Lexing- Lyncli West Virginia. Third row: Edwin N. Osborne, La "Tuna, Texas- John L. Morgan, Buena Vista, Virginia; David F. Woolwine, Abingdon, Virginia; Rudi Ansbacher, Rockville Center, New York. Fourth row: James P. Hart, III, Roanoke, Virginia; Knute F. Lawson, Jacksonville, Florida; James W. Robertson, Lynchburg, Virginia. Vile Valley Chosen Tennis Site Five Courts To Be Constructed more in demand each year. Their smooth performances will make the dance one enjoyed by all. ' Corps Featured In Technicolor For Cinemascope Production I low bid of $4,470 submitted by Lan-i ford and Slater, events are now moving forward the actual con-struction being begun. A letter has been sent to the by F. S. KLINE If the present trend keeps up, being a VMI Cadet will be synon-omous with being a Hollywood movie star. The corps went into white ducks, coatees, and shakos for parade Monday afternoon in order to make it possible for the Beeland-King Film Productions of Atlanta, Ga., to make a technicolor film of this function, which is the heart of VMI's military tradition. The parade of the VMI Corps of Cadets will be one of the se-quences in a short subject on the Commonwealth of Virginia which is being produced by the Luray Caverns. Other scenes depicted will be the restored colonial capi-tal capital of Williamsburg; fox hunting, a picturesque Virginia sport; fishing on the Shenandoah River, and the Virginia Apple Har-vest. Jefferson's mansion at Mon-ticello and the Natural Bridge, which this famous Virginian once owned and used as the site of « summer cottage, also will figure in this short subject, at will Aut-umn leaves along the beautiful Skyline Drive. Scenes in the Lu-ray Caverns will also be filmed for the first time in cinemascope. The cinetaascope process was developed by the French and was demonstrated in a crude form in 1936. It was perfected by the 20th Century Fox Studios which con-trols the process in this country. The lens compresses a wide area into the film without distortion, and the projector has a compensat- (continued on page 8) oncoming bad weather of winter sets in. This would facilitate the settling of the ground on which the courts are to be built by allowing the entire winter for the settling. The excavation will be 303 feet by 140 feet and will be ample space for .six courts in the future. At pre Governor of Virginia, Thomas B. | sent, plans are made to construct Stanley, for his approval of the bid. Upon the approval of this bid, work will begin immediately on the exca-vation work to be done prior to the actual construction of the ten-only five courts. The new courts will be located in the "Nile Valley" between the Woods Creek and the Chesapeake nis courts. and Ohio Railroad. It is intended It is hoped that the excavation that the first courts be ready for work can be completed before the usage next May. Personality Standouts Recognized For 1955 By Collegiate Almanac Films of Fine Art Planned This Week A fine arts film festival, spon-sored jointly by Washington and Lee and VMI, will be staged in Lexington Tuesday and Wednes-day, Nov. 16 and 17. The films will be supplied by Cinavision, Inc., and the producer of the films, Walter Lewisohn, will come to Lexington to person-ally supervise the festival. There will be 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. showings at W&L's Troubadour Theater on Tuesday, Nov 16, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. showings at VMI's physics building on the following day. An outstanding figure in the realm of color photography, Mr. Lewisohn began his photographic career with an expedition to Ecua-dor to make a film of the Jivaro, or Headshrinking Indians. Mr. Lewisohn's latest movie, which will be shown on Nov. 16, is called MIRAMAGIC. A critic who saw its recent New York showing called it "a unique kalei-doscopic film technique which transforms familiar objects into sensuous and startling visual fan-tasies." Adrianne Corri, star of Jean Renoir's THE RIVER ap-pears in it, and the all-electronics is by Louis and Bebe Barron. Admission charge will be 40 cents for each showing and tick-ets may be purchased from the Book Shop or Weinberg's Music Store. They are also obtainable at the performance to which the public is invited. Admission will be free to all cadets at the VMI performances. The films shown at VMI will be: afternoon: PASSAGE TO NIR-VANA, THE CONSTANT GEI-SHA, and AMERICAN INDIAN ART IN THE PACIFIC NORTH-WEST; evening: MIRAMAGIC, MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS, THE PALIO OF SIENNA, and STREETS OF VENICE. > Every year from VMI there are 15 men nominated from the First Class at large for inclusion in the annual book. Who's Who in Ameri' can Universities and Colleges. The selection is based on leadership and academic ability, as well as athletics and excellence of per-sonality. The selectees from the Class of 1955 are as follows. Rudi Ansbacher, holder of Aca-demic Stars; and Lieutenant in B Company, member of the Virginia Acaremy of Science. Charles Frederick Byrd, a Lieutenant in F Company, Cap-tain of the football team and stand-out at tackle, co - captain of the basketball team, member of the Mongram Club, letterman in track as an ace discus twirler, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and member of the Honor COurt. Norman Stuart Harris, President of the Honor Court, holder of Aca-demic Stars, member of the Bap-tist Club, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Lieutenant in F Company. James Potts Hart III, First Lieu-tenant and Second Battalion S-3, member of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, holder of Academic Stars and letterman on the swimming team. Knute Foley Lawson, First Lieu-tenant and First Battalion S-3, hol-der of Academic Stars, member of the Baptist Club, President of the Timmons Music Club, and Distin-guished Military Student. Frank Judson Leech, holder of Academic Stars, member of' the Honor Court, member of the American Institute of Physics, and Distinguished Military Student. James Darroch Massie, Presi-dent of the Class of 1955, President of the General Committee, Lieu-tenant in B Company, member of the American Society of Civil Engi-neers, and Dis'tinguished Military Student. James Lowry McManaway, Cap-tain and Company Commander of A Company, and member of the (continued on page 8) Peter McCrary Will Attend Neiv York Industrial Congress Peter Kernan McCrary of Falls Church, Va., second classman at V. M. I., has been selected to attend the 59th annual Con gress of American Industry in New Eyes Right The Coipf Mary and right to left, the brass reads: Colonels Butler s in review for top officials of William and I iMrevioiu to the game last Saturday. From and 1 PAS&T and PMS&T, respecuvely; ton, Superintendent; and Rear Admiral Alva S. Chandler, Kerlln, President of William and Mary. York City as an honored guest of the National Association of Man, ufacturers. A physics major, McCrary will join 51 other students from all 48 states at the nation's largest gather-ing of industrialists at the Wal-dorf- Astoria Hotel from Nov. 30 until Dec. 4. He was selected by a committee composed of Ray E. Reid, assistant superintendent of public instruc-tion, Commonwealth of Virginia; Colonel C. H. Reed, member of Board of Visitors, Virginia Poly-technic Institute, and J. Clifford Miller, Jr., president of Miller Manufacturing Co., Richmond. Students attending the Congress of Industry will hear addresses by leading businessmen, industrialists and statesmen and attend panel sessions on such management pro-blems as employee relations, in-dustrial relations, taxation, re-search, sales and advertising. A feature of the program will be two related panel discussions. In-dustrialists will quiz classroom teachers on the subject, "Are the 3R's Necessary for the SC's In Education?" Industrialists also will quiz students and apprentices on the subject, "What Do You Want from the Industrial Economy in the Years Ahead?" McCrary, 20, u a sergeant in the (continued on page 8) |