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VOLUME U VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, JANUARY 19, 1962 NUMBER 14 V. ni. I. Cadet James J. Stepnowski has recently been selected to receive the James Lewis Hares Award for outstanding chemistry achievement. ^ 1961 . A Year Of Progress At VMI Stepnowski To r- Recei ve' Chemistry Award For VMI Cadet James Joseph Stepnowski of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, has been selected to receive the James Lewis Howe Award as the outstanding upper-classman majoring in chemistry at VML Stepnowski is now progressing through his first class year, has been on the Dean's List through-out his cadetship, and has been named a distinguished academic student. The James Lewis Howe Awards have ben given for the past ten years in the memory of the late James Lewis Howe of Washington and Lee University. The awards annually go to the outstanding major in the field of chemistry at each of the ten institutions in this area granting degrees in chemistry. The Virginia Military Institute, looking- back on a year of high academic achievement, has entered 1962 with a six-year program de-signed to provnJe expanded physi-cal, recreational and intellectual facilities for the Corps which since World War l l has expanded by ap-proximately one-third to its present size of 1,050. The Institute's academic status was dramatically illustrated in June when the approximately 200 graduates included one Rhodes scholar, two Woodrow Wilson Fel-lows, and the only winner from a Virginia college of a Danforth Fel-lowship. Aill are considered among the top awards for graduate studies. Still other graduates have enter-ed graduate school in such fields as history, law and medicine, or will do so upon completion of their military service. A highlight of the year was the inauguration in May of Major Gen-eral George R. E. Shell as ninth superintendent. General Shell suc-ceeded Major General William H. Milton, who resigned in 1960. Among steps taken in 1961 to strengthen the academic program was the institution of a "quality standard system" which upgraded on an average basis overall require-ments necessary to advance from one class to another and to grad-uat «. VMI also benefited by the acquisition of a sub-critical nuclear reactor, purchased for use by the Physics d^artment with a grant from the Atomic Energy Commis-sion, and tlu-ough strengthened li-brary services. Various research and writing pro-jects were engaged in by members of the faculty during the year. "Letters of a New Market Cadet, Charles Beverley Stanard," an edi-tion of letters written home by a cadet killed in the Battle of New Market during the Civil War, was the result of a collaboration be-tween Lt. Col. John Barrett, of the History department, and Major Rob-ert Turner, of the English departr ment. Lt. Col. Louis R. Hundley, of the Biology department, is cur-rently engaged In a project, with the aid of funds from the U.S. Public Health Servic«, designed to e.'cplore the physiological changes in bone and musele which «ome about when exercises and fat loads are reduced. A project concerning fuses is being carried out by the Physics departmemt. Other faculty members during the year contribu-ted articles to various publications or read papers before scholarly societies. The Institute also sponsored sev-eral special events in which the public participated. In May, more than 800 persons assembled at VMI for the four-day annual session of the Virginia Academy of Science and the Junior Academy of Science. The fifteenth annual meeting in October of the Virginia Highway Conference attracted several hun-dred more. A traffic engineering course and a special school for surveyors were also other events staged in 1961. The Institute's already-renowned military side was .presented to the public on two special occasions— the presidential inaugural parade (Continued on Page 8) Diddley Coming For Midwinters The thoughts of exams are never pleasant, but the Hop Committee has shown great initiative in mak-ing the weeks following much more interesting. As a change from past years, the normal Friday and Saturday night dances will be split into two separate Saturday evening affairs. The Hop Committee felt that the "gloom season" from Mid-Winters until Eastl^r dancjes should be broken up by another dance. In addition, there is always the dif-ficulty of getting a rj^ime band or personality whose schedule coin cides with the weekends available for social functions at the Institute. On February tenth. Bo Diddley will be featured in three forty minute sets and the Chevies, a dance combo from Roanoke, will play between the sets. Tables will be set up on the main floor and ^(iround the track cajb^iret '^tyle. The dance will be at the regular hours, 9-12 p.m., The time for the hop in April has not yet been set. This year's Mid Winter Hop will t>e an ?3p;^ally pleasant change from the sustained academic effort of the next several weeks. Corps Shines In Parade Richmond Inaugurates Governor Harrison William Maurer, Class of '61 is presently working as special as-sistant to the vice president of the George C. Marshall Research Center.. Maurer^ To Be At Marshall Center William Maurer, Class of 1961, is presently working with the George C. Marshall Research Center here at VMI. As special assistant to the foundation he is responsible for running the office for tihe execu-tive vice president, Mr. Joseph D. Neikifk. Maurer started working with the foundation shortly before Christ-mas and will stay until early in March, when he will go into the Army for a two year tour of duty. At the present time the Marshall Research Center is primarily con-cerned with the raising of fundis; Maurer is spending most of his time in this respect. He is also handling press releases and the publishing of various newsletters and other items. Maurer, who graduated with a degree in history, took part in a great many activities during his cadetship. He was a member of the varsity rifle team and co^captain of the soccer club. He was also a member of the Armed Forces Club, executive vice-president oi the In-ternational Relations Club, presi-dent of the Lutheran Club, vice-presideht of the Religious Council, and a contributing editor on 'Hie Cadet. By Bill Crisp and John Cockey On Saturday, 13 January, the VMI Corps departed at sixKfifteen in the morning to participate in the inaugural parade in Riohmiond for Govemor-'Elect Albertis S. Harri-son. Assembly for BRC on Satur-day morning was at five a.m. and the Corps proceeded by bus to Richmondj stopping at the George Wythe High School, near the city limits, to get into parade dress. From the high school, the buses assembled on Madison Street be-tween Main and Franklin Streets. Companies formed in company mass formation in the assembly area. The Corps was led by the Regimetal Staff and Band. The Corps entered Caipitol Square from Grace Street, and passed by the reviewing stand on the south portico of the Capitol building where all units executed an "eyes left". After passing in review, the Corps proceeded to Seventh Street and on to the Richmond Gray's Armory. A light lunch was served on the armory floor. At approximately 2:15 p.m. buses left Richmond and returned to Lex-ington in time for supper at 6:30 p.m. Some cadets attended the VMI-University of Richmond bas-ketball game at the Richmond Arena. The Rat game started at 6:15. Buses left the arena for Lex-ington upon the completion of the varsity game. their wives. Behind these two cars, in this order, came Stephens and Godwin, their wives. Gray and Button and their wives. They traveled up Fifth Street to Grace Street west on Grace to Belvi-dere Street, south on Belvidere to Franklin Street and east on Frank-lin past the assembled parade units. When the inaugural party had reached the south portice and had be^n seated, the invocation was pronounced by the Rev. T. Watkins Taylor, rector of St. Andrews Epis-copal Church. At this time the new state officers were sworn in with a 19-gun salute following Harri-son's oath taking. Governor Harri-son's speech lasted fifteen minutes, only two minutes longer than he had estimated it would. The thirty-four unit parade then marched by in review after almost being for-gotten by House Speaker E. Black-burn Moore. The benediction was pronounced by the Rt. Rev. Wil-liam A. Brown of Portsmouth, re-tired Bishop of the Diocese o£ Southern Virginia. A public reception, held in tlie Rotunda of the Capitol from 4-6 p.m., ended the day's official in-augural events. At 12:30 p.m. on 13 January, the reins of the Virginia Government changed hands when Chief Justice John W. Eggleston of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals admin-istered the oath of office to Gov-ernor- Elect Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. Preceeding Harrison's being sworn in were Attorney General- Elect Robert Y Button who was sworn in by Justice Archibald C. Bushamam and Lieutenant Gover-nor- Elect Mills G. Godwin Jr. who had the oath administered to him by Justice Lawrence W. I'Ansoh. The morning was crammed full of activity as Richmond was des-cended on by parade units from all parts of the state. At 10:15, in the morning, these units formed along FfSnklin St. from Belvidere St. to Fifth St. The legislature convened at 11:00 and.. 15 minutes later the Senate moved over to meet in joint ses-sion with the House of Delegates. At 11:30 the joint session of the legislature received the former governors of Virginia, congressmen, members of the judiciary, the Mayor of Richmond, and other dignitaries for the formal cere-monies starting at noon. Meanwhile at 11:00 a 21-member ber inaugural committee escorted Governor Almond from the Execu-tive Mansion to the John Marshall Hotel where he met Lieutenant Governor A. E. S. Stephens and Attorney General Frederick T. Gray and their wives. / From the hotel, the party, accom-panied by a military escort, rode past the assembled parade units. In the lead car was Governor Al-mond and Governor-Elect Harri-son followed in a separate car by Library Accepts Civil War Volumes Preston Library was indeed for-tunate to receive two outstanding gifts this year. The first came in the form of a photostatic collection of some one hundred and thirty-two letters and documents con-cerning with the life of Stonewall Jackson. The gift also included sixty-eight letters of Mrs. Jackson, and twenty-one other documents. This contribution, presented by the Stonewall Jackson Memorial on Jan-uary 3, will make a valuable addi-tion to the library. The second gift was a complete one hundred and thirty-one volume set of The War of Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. These volumes, which are consider-ed among the most important books written about the Civil War, were presented by Mr. Laureus M. Hamilton of Washington, D.C., in honor of Lemuel Cornick Shep-herd, Jr., General, United States Marine Corps, Class of 1917. There has been a marked growth in the library in the past year. Over 2,750 books were added to th« (Continued on Page 3) Notice. THE CADET wishes to notify subscribers tliat this is the first issue published since December 15. The next issue will be published on February
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. January 19, 1962 |
Issue Date | 1962-01-19 |
Volume/Number | Volume 51, number 13 (vol. # 51 duplicated 1961-62 academic year) |
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. |
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Full Text Search | VOLUME U VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, JANUARY 19, 1962 NUMBER 14 V. ni. I. Cadet James J. Stepnowski has recently been selected to receive the James Lewis Hares Award for outstanding chemistry achievement. ^ 1961 . A Year Of Progress At VMI Stepnowski To r- Recei ve' Chemistry Award For VMI Cadet James Joseph Stepnowski of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, has been selected to receive the James Lewis Howe Award as the outstanding upper-classman majoring in chemistry at VML Stepnowski is now progressing through his first class year, has been on the Dean's List through-out his cadetship, and has been named a distinguished academic student. The James Lewis Howe Awards have ben given for the past ten years in the memory of the late James Lewis Howe of Washington and Lee University. The awards annually go to the outstanding major in the field of chemistry at each of the ten institutions in this area granting degrees in chemistry. The Virginia Military Institute, looking- back on a year of high academic achievement, has entered 1962 with a six-year program de-signed to provnJe expanded physi-cal, recreational and intellectual facilities for the Corps which since World War l l has expanded by ap-proximately one-third to its present size of 1,050. The Institute's academic status was dramatically illustrated in June when the approximately 200 graduates included one Rhodes scholar, two Woodrow Wilson Fel-lows, and the only winner from a Virginia college of a Danforth Fel-lowship. Aill are considered among the top awards for graduate studies. Still other graduates have enter-ed graduate school in such fields as history, law and medicine, or will do so upon completion of their military service. A highlight of the year was the inauguration in May of Major Gen-eral George R. E. Shell as ninth superintendent. General Shell suc-ceeded Major General William H. Milton, who resigned in 1960. Among steps taken in 1961 to strengthen the academic program was the institution of a "quality standard system" which upgraded on an average basis overall require-ments necessary to advance from one class to another and to grad-uat «. VMI also benefited by the acquisition of a sub-critical nuclear reactor, purchased for use by the Physics d^artment with a grant from the Atomic Energy Commis-sion, and tlu-ough strengthened li-brary services. Various research and writing pro-jects were engaged in by members of the faculty during the year. "Letters of a New Market Cadet, Charles Beverley Stanard," an edi-tion of letters written home by a cadet killed in the Battle of New Market during the Civil War, was the result of a collaboration be-tween Lt. Col. John Barrett, of the History department, and Major Rob-ert Turner, of the English departr ment. Lt. Col. Louis R. Hundley, of the Biology department, is cur-rently engaged In a project, with the aid of funds from the U.S. Public Health Servic«, designed to e.'cplore the physiological changes in bone and musele which «ome about when exercises and fat loads are reduced. A project concerning fuses is being carried out by the Physics departmemt. Other faculty members during the year contribu-ted articles to various publications or read papers before scholarly societies. The Institute also sponsored sev-eral special events in which the public participated. In May, more than 800 persons assembled at VMI for the four-day annual session of the Virginia Academy of Science and the Junior Academy of Science. The fifteenth annual meeting in October of the Virginia Highway Conference attracted several hun-dred more. A traffic engineering course and a special school for surveyors were also other events staged in 1961. The Institute's already-renowned military side was .presented to the public on two special occasions— the presidential inaugural parade (Continued on Page 8) Diddley Coming For Midwinters The thoughts of exams are never pleasant, but the Hop Committee has shown great initiative in mak-ing the weeks following much more interesting. As a change from past years, the normal Friday and Saturday night dances will be split into two separate Saturday evening affairs. The Hop Committee felt that the "gloom season" from Mid-Winters until Eastl^r dancjes should be broken up by another dance. In addition, there is always the dif-ficulty of getting a rj^ime band or personality whose schedule coin cides with the weekends available for social functions at the Institute. On February tenth. Bo Diddley will be featured in three forty minute sets and the Chevies, a dance combo from Roanoke, will play between the sets. Tables will be set up on the main floor and ^(iround the track cajb^iret '^tyle. The dance will be at the regular hours, 9-12 p.m., The time for the hop in April has not yet been set. This year's Mid Winter Hop will t>e an ?3p;^ally pleasant change from the sustained academic effort of the next several weeks. Corps Shines In Parade Richmond Inaugurates Governor Harrison William Maurer, Class of '61 is presently working as special as-sistant to the vice president of the George C. Marshall Research Center.. Maurer^ To Be At Marshall Center William Maurer, Class of 1961, is presently working with the George C. Marshall Research Center here at VMI. As special assistant to the foundation he is responsible for running the office for tihe execu-tive vice president, Mr. Joseph D. Neikifk. Maurer started working with the foundation shortly before Christ-mas and will stay until early in March, when he will go into the Army for a two year tour of duty. At the present time the Marshall Research Center is primarily con-cerned with the raising of fundis; Maurer is spending most of his time in this respect. He is also handling press releases and the publishing of various newsletters and other items. Maurer, who graduated with a degree in history, took part in a great many activities during his cadetship. He was a member of the varsity rifle team and co^captain of the soccer club. He was also a member of the Armed Forces Club, executive vice-president oi the In-ternational Relations Club, presi-dent of the Lutheran Club, vice-presideht of the Religious Council, and a contributing editor on 'Hie Cadet. By Bill Crisp and John Cockey On Saturday, 13 January, the VMI Corps departed at sixKfifteen in the morning to participate in the inaugural parade in Riohmiond for Govemor-'Elect Albertis S. Harri-son. Assembly for BRC on Satur-day morning was at five a.m. and the Corps proceeded by bus to Richmondj stopping at the George Wythe High School, near the city limits, to get into parade dress. From the high school, the buses assembled on Madison Street be-tween Main and Franklin Streets. Companies formed in company mass formation in the assembly area. The Corps was led by the Regimetal Staff and Band. The Corps entered Caipitol Square from Grace Street, and passed by the reviewing stand on the south portico of the Capitol building where all units executed an "eyes left". After passing in review, the Corps proceeded to Seventh Street and on to the Richmond Gray's Armory. A light lunch was served on the armory floor. At approximately 2:15 p.m. buses left Richmond and returned to Lex-ington in time for supper at 6:30 p.m. Some cadets attended the VMI-University of Richmond bas-ketball game at the Richmond Arena. The Rat game started at 6:15. Buses left the arena for Lex-ington upon the completion of the varsity game. their wives. Behind these two cars, in this order, came Stephens and Godwin, their wives. Gray and Button and their wives. They traveled up Fifth Street to Grace Street west on Grace to Belvi-dere Street, south on Belvidere to Franklin Street and east on Frank-lin past the assembled parade units. When the inaugural party had reached the south portice and had be^n seated, the invocation was pronounced by the Rev. T. Watkins Taylor, rector of St. Andrews Epis-copal Church. At this time the new state officers were sworn in with a 19-gun salute following Harri-son's oath taking. Governor Harri-son's speech lasted fifteen minutes, only two minutes longer than he had estimated it would. The thirty-four unit parade then marched by in review after almost being for-gotten by House Speaker E. Black-burn Moore. The benediction was pronounced by the Rt. Rev. Wil-liam A. Brown of Portsmouth, re-tired Bishop of the Diocese o£ Southern Virginia. A public reception, held in tlie Rotunda of the Capitol from 4-6 p.m., ended the day's official in-augural events. At 12:30 p.m. on 13 January, the reins of the Virginia Government changed hands when Chief Justice John W. Eggleston of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals admin-istered the oath of office to Gov-ernor- Elect Albertis S. Harrison, Jr. Preceeding Harrison's being sworn in were Attorney General- Elect Robert Y Button who was sworn in by Justice Archibald C. Bushamam and Lieutenant Gover-nor- Elect Mills G. Godwin Jr. who had the oath administered to him by Justice Lawrence W. I'Ansoh. The morning was crammed full of activity as Richmond was des-cended on by parade units from all parts of the state. At 10:15, in the morning, these units formed along FfSnklin St. from Belvidere St. to Fifth St. The legislature convened at 11:00 and.. 15 minutes later the Senate moved over to meet in joint ses-sion with the House of Delegates. At 11:30 the joint session of the legislature received the former governors of Virginia, congressmen, members of the judiciary, the Mayor of Richmond, and other dignitaries for the formal cere-monies starting at noon. Meanwhile at 11:00 a 21-member ber inaugural committee escorted Governor Almond from the Execu-tive Mansion to the John Marshall Hotel where he met Lieutenant Governor A. E. S. Stephens and Attorney General Frederick T. Gray and their wives. / From the hotel, the party, accom-panied by a military escort, rode past the assembled parade units. In the lead car was Governor Al-mond and Governor-Elect Harri-son followed in a separate car by Library Accepts Civil War Volumes Preston Library was indeed for-tunate to receive two outstanding gifts this year. The first came in the form of a photostatic collection of some one hundred and thirty-two letters and documents con-cerning with the life of Stonewall Jackson. The gift also included sixty-eight letters of Mrs. Jackson, and twenty-one other documents. This contribution, presented by the Stonewall Jackson Memorial on Jan-uary 3, will make a valuable addi-tion to the library. The second gift was a complete one hundred and thirty-one volume set of The War of Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. These volumes, which are consider-ed among the most important books written about the Civil War, were presented by Mr. Laureus M. Hamilton of Washington, D.C., in honor of Lemuel Cornick Shep-herd, Jr., General, United States Marine Corps, Class of 1917. There has been a marked growth in the library in the past year. Over 2,750 books were added to th« (Continued on Page 3) Notice. THE CADET wishes to notify subscribers tliat this is the first issue published since December 15. The next issue will be published on February |