VMI Cadet. April 10, 1959

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Dean Hudson Plays
For Easter Hops
Commanders
Play Tonight
Two peremal favorites will re-turn
to Cocke Hall tJiis week-end
for the Easter dances. The VMl
Commanders were asked to reap-pear
foUowing their fine perform-ance
at Midwimters and will , enter-folks"
it seems as . if nothing but
compliments are heardrThe- reason
for this is oibirious. Their muaic is
"danceable" and versatile. Friday
night you will hear dance music
ranging from ithe big band- sound
of "Boptitude Test" and "Mood
Indigo", to the cool, small jazz com-bo
treatment of "Summertime", to
the not so cool, rocking version of
"Walking with-Mr. Lee". •
(conin'tu^ on page 9)
tain again on Friday nigfht from ten
until .two. The Dean Hudson Or-chesitra
will play for the Saturday
night hop. The music of the "Moon
Ov«t Miami Man" -wtas last heard
THE COMAiANI^RS
Everytime the Coimmaaders call
« temporary halt to their wander-ings
in order to play for the ''home
Glee Qub Gives
Concert Tonite
The Glee Cluib will present a
short concert in J M Hall tonight
beginning at 8:15. The Concert has
been planned so that the Corps
and its guests will have an op-portunity
to hear the Club. The
Club presents many conceits each
year, but only. one at the Insti-tulte,
that being at Finals. This
should give lihe Corps an opportun
ity. to hear this singing group
which -is so widely appreciated
elsewhere bult seldom heard at
home. The program will be varied
so as to suit every taste. It will in-clude
serioiis religious selections,
folk songs, . apiritualB, populw
songs, and miimcal comedy selec-tions.
An a^ition to the .Club's
repertoire, Tyson's., popular
(coin:tiuiu^.ion page 12)
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Parents' Group
Meets This
Saturday
Some 20 members of the VMI
Parents Council, and about 15 new
members of the Council, who will
take office after Finals this year,
are expected in Lexington this Sat-urday
for the Sixth Meeting of the
Council, which is proportionately
representative of the Corps of Ca-dets
in every way. Meeting in Pres-ton-
Library at 10 a.m., members
from points as far distant as Ala-bama
and New York, as well as
many Virginia members, will gath-er
for their annual meeting.
On the agenda of the meeting
are many important items includ-ing
the election of officers for
the coming academic year. Stand-ing
committees will also be named
by the present chairman, Colonel
Mark A. H. Smith, U. S. Army, Re-tired,
of Alexandria, Virginia. Re-ports
will be heard from commit-
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Joe Muha, All Pro
Speaks Tbmorrow
Air Academy B||lds
For The Space Age
by JOHN A, PHILLIPS
Recognizing the need for an
academy which would prepare of-iicers
especially for the jiir serv
ice, a need made vital by such
great Americans as William "Bil-ly"'
Mitchell, James Forrestal, and
Dwight D. Eisenhower, a board
was created in 1950 which came
to the following conclusion: needs
of the Air Force could not be met
by expansion of the older service
academies and, therefore, an Aii
Former pro football back for the
Philadelphia Eagles and VMI alum-nus
Joseph Muha will be guest
speaker tomorrow morning in a
talk to members of the VMI Sports-men's
Club, the Corps, and guests.
His talk wiir highlight the annual
n»eeting here of the' Sportsman's
Club. - -
Muha came to VMI from his na-tive
Pennsylvania in September,
1939. During the next four years,
he established himself as one of
the finest football players in VMI
history.
He reached his best college form .
in the seasons of 1941 and '42. Dur-ing
the latter, he captained tli« «
All-South eleven which trounced
the All-North team 23-0 at Mont-gomery,
Alabama. The same year
he led the VMI gridders and wott
All-American laurels.
His four seasons with tha Eagleff .
began in 1946 when he came out
o f t h e Marine Corps, after actire
duty in the Pacific. He was Cpm^.^-.-
(conintued on page 9)
Class Agent
The Class of 1959 has recent-ly
elected Elliott Young as their
Class Agent, t o the Class Agent
goes the covet^ Job of receiv-ing
class funds for the VMI
F^dation. The Agent is also
respo^lble for reporting news
ot th€ fifty to the Alumni
Review.
Force Academy would be estab
lished without delay.
After Congress authorized' the
creation of the Academy in 1954,
Secretary of the Air Force Har-old
E. Talbott and a distinguished!
commission set out to determine,
a suitable permanent site for the!
Academy. After traveling 2,000'
miles. Secretary Talbot chose a
site at the foot of the Rocky j
Mountains, eight miles north of
(continued on page 10) '
Bloodmobile
Here April 23
The Bloodmobile will make it's
spiring visit to VMI on 23 April.
In connection with this. Col. Johns
has consented to allow the blood
donors freedom from P.T.'s, double
timing and other strenuous exer-cise
on the 23. In addition to the
above, donors will be excused from
Inspection and parade on 24 April,
if the'total of 200 pints is donated
the entire corps will be excused
from inspection on that Friday. •
Aside from the satisfaction of
braving a needle and aiding a ser-vice
which someday might save the
life of someone dear to us (Name-ly
US), there is an added incentive,
(continued on page 12)
The Air Force Cadet Wing, dressed in
winter blues, marches onto the parade
ground at the new home of the U. S. Air
Force Academy north of Colorado
Springs, Colorado. The Cadet Wing, now
numbering 1,077, is shown; proceeding
down the ramp from the academic area
for a regularly scheduled Saturday after*
noon parade at the permanent site of the
Academy. The view looking northwest to-ward
the Rampart Range, includes the Li<
brary in the center with a portion of the
Cadet Dormitory Building at right.
—Air Force Photo.
Army Inspection Team
To Visit Next Week
by JACK CARY
The U. S. Army Federal Inspec-tion
Team wiH arrive at VMI at
1800 hours on Sunday, April 12.
This team is commanded by Col-onel
Arthur W. Kogstad, from the
Pennsylvania State University;
three junior officers, of the 21st
Army Corps, based at Indiantown
Gap, Pennsylvania, comprise his
party.
the purpose of this annual Fede-ral
Inspection is to observe and in-spect
training and administrative
of the R.O.T.C. and military pro-grams
at all schools, and colleges
requiring a military system or of-fering
R.O.T.C. training, or both,
as in the case of V.M.I. Last year
as has been true consistently ia
past years, VMI received a "super-ior
rating from the Inspection
Team,among the nation's "es-sentially
military colleges," the
number of which has been nar-rowed
down through the past few
years to five. It is to be expected
that our perforhiance this year will
measure up, indeed, surpass that o£
previous years.
The Inspection Team arrives al
(conintued on page 9)
Weekend Schedule
' FRIDAY
8:15 P.M.—Cadet Glee Club concert, Jackson Memorial
Hall.
10:00 P.M.—Easter Hop, formal, gymnasium, music by the
Dean Hudson Orchestra.
SATURDAY
10:00 A.M.—Parents' Council Meeting, Preston Library.
12:25 P.M.—Address to the Sportsmen's Club and the
Corps of Cadets by Joseph G. Muha, VMI, '43, former
VMI football star and All-Pro linebacker with tho
Philadelphia Eagles. Jackson Memorial Hall.
2:30 P.M.—Alumni - Varsity football game, Alumni Field,
Admission |1.00.
9i90 P.M—Easter Hop, forma), gymnasium, music by The
VMI Commandeni.