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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 11. 1959 Governor Almond Visits Institute ^en. Cooper To Receive Corps Review Major General Ralph C. Cooper, Commanding GeneraJ 21st U. S. \rmy Corps .will visit VMI on 16 December and take a Review d I iie Corps of Cadets. General Cooper, a Tennessee tative, graduated from the United : States 'Military Academy at West . ^oint in 1929. He was also gradu- I -ted from the Command and Staff ^ 'oriege and National War College. ';{e ha's advanced throught the ranks jrom a Secbnd Lieutenant in 1929 ?o Major General dn 1955. -^The General was on General Mark :iark's staff in 1942. (General lylark is now the Superintendent I'f The Citadel.) General Cooper / as provost marshal, Algeria, in f j m . From 1944 through 1945 he {-•as the commander of the 36th ; A. Group in France and Germany. ' 1 1949 Cooper entered the plans Vvision of ithe Army, became tuief of the Wiar plans branch, and le deputy chietf of plains for the riepartment of the Army. General Cooper was commander f the 1st Cavalry Division Artiller>' Japan in 1952. He was command-g genera/1, 7tli Infantry Division I ' rtjillery, 9Ch Corps Artillery, in oreia' from 1953 through 1954. He I as chief-of-sitaff of the 1st Army 1^54 through 1956. General Cooper lecame Assistant Chief of Staff 'rf G-3 pflans and Operations in lurope in 1956. General Cooper has been decor- •'|d many times. He has received Silver Star, the Legion of ;erit with Cluster, the Bronze Star Kith Cluster, the Air Medal, and Croix de Guerre from France I th palm and gold star. ' Generafl Cooper's home in the ' S. is in Corinth, Mississippi, He I presently stationed in Eiux>pe. ,! vpert On French \\ riters To Speak The Influence of French Litera-on Yeats and Eliot" will be topic of Enid Starkie, noted !;kiity on French writers, when visits Washington and Lee next iday. > s^ ae will speak ait 8:15 p.m. in I , t|>ont Auditorium under 4he anis-es <rf the Senminars in Literaltoire. iliss Starkie, now a visiting pro-sor at Hol'liins, is allso a lecturea- French literature at Oxford Uni-siiy. She has taught at the Sor-tne and at the University of forma. Miss Starkie has a doctorate of t Iters from Oxford and is a 4nem- .»r of the Irish Academy of Leit-ly, the French Lagion of Honor, d the Anglo-French Joint Govern-ment Cultural Conimissdon. She has lectiu-ed in numerous ••ritish and Continentail schools, t^ tid is the author of nun>ei-oui booku French literature. She was educated at the Alexan-fl School and the Alexandirsi Col-fe in Dublin. GOVERNOR J. LINDSAY ALMOND McKenna Named Conference Coach by Mike Carmichael Coach John McKenna has been named Southern Con-ference Coach of the Year by conference coaches and sports' writers. V- M. I.'s head football coach was awarded this honor in recognition of a season which saw his team compile an 8-1-1 record while capturing its second Southern Conference grid championship in the last three years- This was a Keydet team which® Greg Taylor Leads European Tour preseasion polls picked to finish no better than fourth in the finiail con-ference standings. Many of the sportswriters who wrote the^se pre-season predioftion were in Charles-ton, S. C. llasit Ihursday night to present Coach McKenna with a plaque which is given annually to the outstanduig football coach in the Southern Conference. Mr. McKenna' now has two of these plaques, the first coming in 1957 after he had guided the Key-deits to an undefeated season, and their first Southern Conference Chaanpionship. This year was supposedly a lean one for McKerniia and his forces since graduation had see^n 18 mem-bers of the '58 squad including 10 starters depart from the Institute. Under the skill of Coach Mc- Kenna the Keydets lost only to powerful Penn State in a year which saw them win their last seven games after an eaj'ly sea-son tie with Richmond. VMI climaxed the season with a spirited 37-12 Thanksgiving vic-tor>' over archrivall Virginia Tech. This was the win that brought the Big Red titles in both the Southern Conference and the Big Five. (Head Coach McKennia took over ViM.I. footbaU fortunes in 1953 with the tlieory that students made good football players. Tlie resulti (continued on paige 8) Next year for the fifth summer, the Department of English will spon-sor a tour of the prlncrpafl European countries. The leader of this year's tour will! be Gerg Taylor, an English major graduate of V.M.I. in 1957, v/ho is now Secretary of the V.M.I. Foundation. Any cadets interested in joinmg ithe tour, or wanting to find out more about the detafil's £ind expenses, are asked to call Taylor at Ho3-2532 (during office hours) or H03-5457 (at other time's) or to stop by the Foundation office, Room 95 in Ithe concourse. Even though plans are not com-pletely firm now, it is expected that the cost of the trip will be approxi-matdly $1,100, which wilil include all necessary expenses, other than personal ones. The tour will take cadets to England, France, Italy, Germany, and Austria, and possibly to Spain, Switzerland and other countries. The great cities, includ-ing London, Paris, Rome, and Ven-ice, will have considerable time devoted to them, a's usual, but it is hoped that severi^l other nioi-e unusual places imay be included. As aiTangements for transatlantic traiisporation must be made im-mediately after the Christinas fur- (Continued on page 2) Takes Corps Review; Talks To Alumni Board by Sam Clement In the coming days, three distinguished guests will be present on the V.M.I- and W.&L. campuses: Governor J. Lind-say Almond, Jr., Miss Enid Mary Starkie, visiting professor at Hollins College from Oxford University, and Major General Ralph C- Cooper, commanding general of the XXI Army Corps- Governor Almond is already on the post and received the regimental review given by the Corps this afternoon. Although the Governor has visited the post before, in August of this year for the budget presen-tation, this will be his first time to receive a review of the Corps o£ Cadets as Commander-in-Chief of, the Virginia Militia. Governor Al-mond has come to V.M.I, upon the invitation of the Alumni Asso-ciation whose Board of Directors he will address tomorrow at 10:00' A.M. in the auditorium of Scott Shipp Hall. Mrs. Almond has accom-panied the governor on this trip, and during their stay they will be guests of the Superintendent. Developmental Reading Course To Be Offered To Cadets Here Colonel H. N. Dillard, Head of the English Curriculum, announced this w^ek that a course in Developmental Reading would again be offered at VMI during the second semester. Arrangementsliave already "been completed, he said, to have a group of specialists in the field of reading here on campus from February 1 to March 26, to conduct this course- THIRD YEAR AT VMI ® these men will be sent to VMI by the Reading Laboratory, Inc. of New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, the same group that has conducted such a course here for the past two years. Reading Laboratory Teachers are engaged in this work in schools, colleges, and universities throughout this country and in Puerto Rico, Haw-aii, and Canada. Top-ranking offi-cers of the Royal Canadian Air Force, following VMI's example, it appears also have recently com-pleted a Developmental Reading Program conducted in Ottawa by the Reading Laboratory. Purpose of the Course Developmental Reading is 3 course in advanced reading skills, designed to increase reading rate, to improve comprehension and re-tention of assigned and collateral reading, and to heighten the read-ers critical awareness of meaning. Materials and Training devices, such as reiading pacers and Tachis« toscopes, are provided but Stu-dents will be required to bring their regular text-books to claiss in order thiat they may leiam the practical (Continued on page 3) COACH JOHN' MCKENNA
Object Description
Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. December 11, 1959 |
Issue Date | 1959-12-11 |
Volume/Number | Volume 50, number 12 |
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 |
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Issue Date | 1959-12-11 |
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 11. 1959
Governor Almond Visits Institute
^en. Cooper
To Receive
Corps Review
Major General Ralph C. Cooper,
Commanding GeneraJ 21st U. S.
\rmy Corps .will visit VMI on 16
December and take a Review d
I iie Corps of Cadets.
General Cooper, a Tennessee
tative, graduated from the United
: States 'Military Academy at West
. ^oint in 1929. He was also gradu-
I -ted from the Command and Staff
^ 'oriege and National War College.
';{e ha's advanced throught the ranks
jrom a Secbnd Lieutenant in 1929
?o Major General dn 1955.
-^The General was on General Mark
:iark's staff in 1942. (General
lylark is now the Superintendent
I'f The Citadel.) General Cooper
/ as provost marshal, Algeria, in
f j m . From 1944 through 1945 he
{-•as the commander of the 36th
; A. Group in France and Germany.
' 1 1949 Cooper entered the plans
Vvision of ithe Army, became
tuief of the Wiar plans branch, and
le deputy chietf of plains for the
riepartment of the Army.
General Cooper was commander
f the 1st Cavalry Division Artiller>'
Japan in 1952. He was command-g
genera/1, 7tli Infantry Division
I ' rtjillery, 9Ch Corps Artillery, in
oreia' from 1953 through 1954. He
I as chief-of-sitaff of the 1st Army
1^54 through 1956. General Cooper
lecame Assistant Chief of Staff
'rf G-3 pflans and Operations in
lurope in 1956.
General Cooper has been decor-
•'|d many times. He has received
Silver Star, the Legion of
;erit with Cluster, the Bronze Star
Kith Cluster, the Air Medal, and
Croix de Guerre from France
I th palm and gold star.
' Generafl Cooper's home in the
' S. is in Corinth, Mississippi, He
I presently stationed in Eiux>pe.
,! vpert On French
\\ riters To Speak
The Influence of French Litera-on
Yeats and Eliot" will be
topic of Enid Starkie, noted
!;kiity on French writers, when
visits Washington and Lee next
iday. >
s^ ae will speak ait 8:15 p.m. in
I , t|>ont Auditorium under 4he anis-es
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