VMI Cadet. March 25, 1957

              THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. MARCH 25, 1957
2nd Army Commander
Pays First Visit Here
On Thursday, 21 March, Lieu-tenant
General Charles E. Hart,
Commanding General of the Sec-ond
Army Headquarters, Fort
George G. Meade, Maryland, visit-ed
the Institute. General Hart com-mands
all army forces and in-stallations
within the states of Vir-ginia,
'Maryland, Delaware, Ken-tucky,
West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
and several other areas. The gen-eral's
visit was the result of his
own desire to inspect the facilities
of VMI; he had never been here
toefore.
He arrived at the airport at 1220
and was met by Col. Johns, he was
met at Limits Gates by General
Milton who escorted him through
the academic buildings. After, ob-serving
the Corps at DRC, General
Hart messed with the regiment in
Crozet Hall. In a short address to
the Corps he praised VMI's tradi-tions,
history and controbutions to
the national defense making par-ticular
reference to the over sixty
general and flag officers who serv
ed in WW II that had formerly
worn the gray. He also emphasized
the importance of summer camp
and basic school records to indivi-duals;
and to the Institute and
cautioned all men to take this work
seriously.
Following DRC the general ob-served
a Formal Guard mount and
continued his tour of the post. At
1500 he inspected field training of
MS III cadets of the infantry, ar-tillery
and armor at White's Farm.
This was the first day of a good
deal of field work which MS cadets
of both the First and Second Class-es
will be receiving from now on.
The General was particularly im-pressed
by the demonstration of
an infantry squad in combat for-mation
using full field equipment
and blank ammunition.
At 1600 General Hart returned
to the Hill to take the review of
the Corps and receive full honors
including an artillery salute fired
by a ibattery and men who had
been in the field less than a half an
hour previously. Following parade
General Hart left for Fort Meade
making the comment to Col. Johns
that he was "very pleased and if
all ROTC cadets received training
comparable to that at VMI he
would have no problems in this
field."
General Hart has been Com-manding
General of the 2nd Army
since 12 April 1956. He is a grad-uate
of USMA Class of 1924 and
has attended the Command and
General Staff School and the Na-tional
War College. He was Chief
of the Military Mission to Greece
in 1952. His decorations include
the Distinguished Service Medal
and the Legion of Merit.
Glee Club
Again Turns
Southward
On Sunday, March 31, t!he Vir-ginia
Military Institute Glee Club
will sing in St. James' Church in
Richmond for the morning service
The service is to begin at 11:00 A.
M., and it is hoped that as many
alumni and friends of the Institute
as possible will be in attendance.
The service is in especial honor
of the Reverend Churchill Gibson,
w<ho Was for a numlier of years the
pastor of the Robert E. Lee Epis-copal
Church here in Lexington.
The Club will present numbers
of selected liturgical music from
its repertoire, directed by Mark H.
Doty.
The men in the Glee Club are
eager to meet their friends in Rich-mond
once more, and are proud
to have been chosen to participate
in honoring the Reverend Gibson.
This past weekend the group
performed for an audience of New
Jerseyites, which maVked the first
time the Club has taken a trip this
far into Yankee territory in several
years. The rich repertoire of the
cadet ohoir and the enthusiasm of
their performance made an excel-lent
impression on their listeners,
and apparently aroused a desire
for their return in the future.
Springes Here-How About Our Ducks?
It's getting too warm for straight pants and the scheduled date for the corps to go into
white ducks is so far off, that these first classmen decided to take matters into their own
hands. The above is the result. Will this set a style? (See Editorial—Page 2).
Army Starts Wearing New
Green Uniforms October 1
General Milton and General Hart enter the mess hall at
DRC March 21, where General Hart addressed the Corps on
V. M. I.'s World War II record and the importance of ROTC
summer camp.
First Class Pvts.
Elect Muldowney
OGA President
Recently the first class privates
elected Paul Muldowney to suc-ceed
Bill Moore as President of the
Officers of the Guard Association.
Muldowney is an Electrical En-gineering
major from Richmond,
Va. and in Delta Company. He is
also a member of the varsity base-ball
team and in the Glee Club.
Muldowney stated that his chief
aim as O. G. A. president will be to
act as a liaison between the first
class privates and the Regimental
Commander. This gives the first
class a chance to express their
gripes about unfair treatment in
ranks.
Although re-establishing this old
practice of the O. G. A., Muldowney
has not alowed the enforcement of
the ratline through the O. G. A. to
falter, as evidenced by the testi-mony
of several rats who experi-enced
the Inauguration of the new
"reign of terror" the night of the
last meeting. The O. G. A.'s new
look has been effected by Muldow-ney's
henchmen, McLennon, Wool-wine,
and Heathcote.
Once again the army has come
through with the proverifaial shaft
and changed almost completely the
uniforms for both officers and en-listed
men. The new uniforms go
into effect on 1 October 1957 there-fore
all Firsts take heed! At the de-scretion
of the commanding offi-cer
of the post the new ^reen cap
and the new light-colored shirt
(for weaf with the blouse) will be
worn when summer uniforms are
donned this spring. The new greens
and blues will be worn after 1 Oc-tober.
The new greens are completely
new from anything now in use and
! are really a sight to behold. This
I will be the uniform for duty hours,
i but after 5 o'clock blues will be
donned by ALL officers for social
wear. The blues are supposedly to
take the placc of civilian clothes
for after-duty hours and are com-pulsory
for officers. Enlisted men
may wear them if they so desire.
' Since this is the way things now
j the uses, cost, and need for
j are going to be in the service on 1
j October of this year will have to
I have two different uniforms-one
green and one blue.
I There are three types of cloth
1 which have been approved for the
new uniforms. They are elastique
(considered the best), and two
grades of serge. The elastique is
naturally more expensive but will
give much longer wear, however,
for those men going in for only a
six months hitch, or possibly even
for just a two year hitch, the serge
will be more than adequate and a
definite saving moneywise. All of-ficers
receive a three hundred dol-lar
allowance for uniforms but
since they are going to be required
I to purchase two entirely different
j uniforms that money is not going
to go as far as it ordinarily would.
Another important item to take in-to
consideration when uniforms
are purchased is that most dealers
are aware that the newly commis-sioned
officers have three hundred
dollars to spend, and therefore they
would like to sell a so-called pack-age
plan, which purports to in-clude
all the uniforms and acces-sories
which the new officer will
require, and for only three hun-dred
dollars. In many cases the
package plan may be fine and will
fit the officers requirements to a
T. It should also be considered
however, that the uniforms will
not really be needed until report-ing
for actual duty to the assigned
Dr, Pogue Talks
Tomorrow Night
On Tuesday evening, 26 March,
at 1930, in the auditorium of the
Library, the International Rela-tions
Club will sponsor a talk by
showetrrest Pogue, Dir^or of the
Marshall Research Cen-
T <»ue's address will deal
the problems of writ-story.
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co-authored
Yalta which was
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said that "In Dr.
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A Literary Treasure Trove
Has Gained Extra Sparkle
BY JOHN PIPKIN
One of the outstanding, but not
often taken advantage sf opportun-ities
available on the post is the
Preston Library.
The Library has books on about
any su!bject that the members of
the corps might be interested in.
In addition to this a large number
of subscriptions to the country's
leading magazines are taken so as
to give the Corps an opportunity
to keep abreast of current trends
and events.
Several new changes have taken
place in the Library to provide bet-ter
service to the cadets. For one
thing, the lighting in the Lil)rary
has been improved with the instal-lation
of a new florescent lighting
system. Another improvement
which has just "been introduced
within the last couple of months is
the keeping of the Library open
ftor another hour and a half each
night. At this time one of the Ca-det
Assistants is in charge of the
building. The Cadet Assistants are:
Tony DiCesare, Cliff Dowdy, Ben
Elmore, John Pipkin, Charlie Sch-wendinger,
and Waller (Stumpy)
Wills. There men are all First
Clasmen and have <been working in
the Library for the past couple of
years.
The Lirary has around some 100,-
000 volumes and has a very ex-cellent
Civil War Collection, as any
First Class History Major can test-ify.
There is also «n outstanding
collection of historical papers
found in the Carson Collection on
the second floor. In addition, the
Library also houses the VMI Mu-seum
and the T i m m i n s Music
Room,two excellent cultural op-portunities.
One of the outstanding features
of the Libraiy is the fact that the
stacks are open to cadets and the
faculty. This is a privilege that is
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The new tennis courts have been made accessible by new
steps and a bridge across the "Nile." The work is almost com-plete,
although a couple of steps and the step railings are yet
to come. Work is by the Feise Company. This same com-pany
will build four more courts this summer.
station (but most fellows want to
impress their girls so this is prob-ably
out), and there, with orders
in hand, the new uniforms may be
procured from the post Quarter-master
at most probably a very
considerable savings.
Accessories which will accom-pany
the new uniforms include
black shoes, fur felt cap with gold
or nylon trim, black neckties and
black gloves. It has been suggested
by those in the know that when
purchasing blues that nylon stripes
on the seams of the trousers be ob-tained
and on the cuffs of the
blouse in lieu of gold. In pressing,
the gold tends to rust and when
that happens you have really got
trouble. The nylon will not do this
and looks almost, if not as good as,
the gold. Shoulder insignia of rank
should however be of gold as these
snap off before being sent to the-cleaners.
The VMI Military Store has sev-eral
available if you are interested
in seeing what they look like in
real life, and it is presumable that
companies will have the uniforms
on exhibit and will take orders in
the military store several more
times this year.
Intense Program
Attempts To Draw
Blood From Corps
The Bloodmotoile will visit
VMI Wednesday, April 10. In
connection with this the Corps
will this Thursday see a 15
minute film on the use, deri-vititives
and handling of blood
and Dr. McClung will speak on
stand it appears that all men who
blo«d.
Dr. McClung will also answer
any questions on the program.
He is a local doctor and a VMI
graduate.
The film and talk are sched-uled
to follow short drill this
Thursday. C o m p a n i e s will
march to the physics building
for the showing.
Coach Clark King is handl-ing
the drive this visit, and he
plans to give all boys who are
under twenty-one cards and en-velopes
so they can send home
for their parent's permission.
In the past the cards have got-ten
to the boys too late for
sending and it is hoped that
this failure can be avoided.
The whole program is direct-ed
toward getting a b e t t er
turnout for the Bloodmobile,
which last time collected under
fifty pints.