VMI Cadet. October 26, 1962

              Welcome Alumni
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Who's Who Picks 21 Of First Class
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Faculty Nominates
Exceptional Group
THESE MEN comprise VMI's entry to "Who's
Who" for 1963 (1 to r) 1st row: Robert B. Stocks.
Norman A. Skinrood, Peter J. Ippolito, Robert N-Linewever.
John H. Storm, William E. Vick,
Richard L. Spessard, Thomas J. Snyder, T€d €.
Chilcote, William C. Cowardin, 2nd row: Josia
Bunting III,. WiUiam G. Crisp, John J. White.
John P. Yurachek, Joseph A. Miller, Pierre E.
Brunei, Robert R. Baldwin, Robert C. Trox-ler,
John Dougls Sterrett.
VMI To Entertain Alumni At
Annual Homecoming Weekend
A ViMI Homecoming is an event
looked upon with great anticipa-tion
'by all concerned. Although
[the floats and displays of the
[type that graced the campus next
loor are absent, the color and ex-litement
run just as high, if not
ligher.
The Alumni, for instance, have
chance to renow friendships
fith former brother rats, com-ire
the military skills of this
year's corps with those of years
Hone by in a review parads given
their honor on Saturday and see
Big Red team roll up another
:tory. Among other activities,
mned for them this year by the
liimni Association, are a pre-gifiie
speech by Major Henry Wise
'94, member of the first VMI
football team, of which he became
captain in 1893 and a luncheon
held in his honor in the officer's
mess. The luncheon, beginning at
12:15 will include, as guests sev-eral
of Ulajor Wise's personal
(friends, as well as other distin-guished
visitors.
For the Corps of Cadets there
will be no dearth or activities
either. On Friday evening, supper
will be more in the form of a par-ty
than a meal. Cadets will dress
informally (in class dyke) be per-mitted
to sboke, and listen to mu-sic
from a specially provided com-bo.
On Saturday afternoon, there
will be the gajne, and in the even-ing
there will be an informal hop.
Full hop privileges will be in ef-fect
and dates will be provided
for those who wish them.
The fact that sets the 1962
Homecoming off from those in
former years is that this year the
game will be plaj-ed "at home."
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Of this year's first classmen,
twenty-one will share the honor of
appearing in Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universi-ties.
These fortunate individuals
were chosen by a committee com- !
posed of curriculum heads and the !
Dean. The head of the selection
group was Col. S. MV Heflin,
chairman of the physics depart- !
ment. Thq bases of selection are |
many, but the major emphasis fell
on academic coupled with extra-curricular
activities. Only ten per
cent in each senior class of the
nation's colleges and universities
are chosen to represent their res-pective
schools in the annual pub-lication
presenting the top stu-dents
across the nation.
John Douglas Sterrett, III, is a
history major from Lexington,
Virginia. Doug, a distinguished
military student,, is the executive
officer of Foxtrot company, and a
mem'ber of the flight instruction
program. He is active in the Poli-tical
Science Society, of which he
was vice president last year ,and
is on the staff of the BOMB. As a
second classman, Doug was assis-tant
in charge of the fire-fighting
detail, and is now head of that
group. Last year, Doug participat-ed
in the Combined Arms course
This year he is vice president on
the Glee Club. He has been activc
in the Westminster Fellowship for
the past three years. Doug plans
I to enter the business world after
j he completes his military obliga-
I tion.
I Thomas James Snyder, a biology
' major from Bethlehem, Pennsyl-
: vania, has been on the Dean's Mst
I the past three years and was aca-demically
distinguished his third
class year. Tom received the Phil-lips
H. Killey Award as a second
classman. He is now a sergeant
and a member of the Honor Court
A co-captain of the baseball team,
Tom has played the past three
years and played soccer as a rat
and a third classman. Tom was
librarian of the Glee Club as &
third classman, secretary as a sec-
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VMI Glee Club
Commences Its
Musical Season
Under the able direction of
Captain Joseph Pearce, the VMI
Glee Club presented its first con-cert
of the season last Friday
night in J. M. Hall.
The club has been diligently
preparing many new songs both
secular and sacred and many of
these were sung Friday for the
parents, friends and members of
the faculty. The Glee Club's re-pertoire
included: The Testanwnt
of Freedom (Parts I & II), two of
Randall Thompson's musical set-tings
of selections from the words
of Thomas Jefferson; Here's to othe
Maiden, by Frederick Picket; and
A I-ady Comes to an Inn, by H. A.
Schinunerling. The latter two are
songs of a lighthearted nature.
The cadets also sung: Let Us
Now Praise Famous Men, by Ralpy
Vaughan Williams; Pore Jud, a
popular piece from Oklahoma, by
Rodgers and Hammerstein; Where
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I Haskell Speaks To
Engineers
On Architecture
nA-fter giving two previous lec-itures
earlier in the day at VPl
in Blacksburg- and RPI in Rich-mond,
Douglas Haskell presented
to the future engineers at VMI an
extremely interesting lecture on
'Architecture, the Future from the
past." iMr. Haskell is an architec-tural
editor, author, and critic.
'jHe is the editor of the Architec-tural
B'orum and a professor at
Columbia University School of Ar-chitecture.
He was lecturer at the
^Pratt University of Technology. He
is a member of the American In-
Ititute of Technology and the As-sociation
of Collegiate School of
il^vhitecture.
5 Mr. Haskell took his audience,
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Oldest Grid Captain
Honored At VMI
The oldest living football cap-tain
of the Virginia Military In-stitute
will be honored Saturday
during the weekend homecoming
progi'am.
Heni7 A. Wise of Onancock, an
1894 graduate of VMI, will be
honored by the VMI Alumni As-sociation
prior to the VMI-Wil-liam
and Mary Football game at
Alumni Field. Game time is 2
p. m.
Mr. Wise and Maj. Gen. Charles
E. Kilboume of Le.Kington, super-intendent
emeritus of the Institute,
are the only living members of the
class of 1894. (General Kilbouine
has served as honorary chairman
for the committee honoring his
classmate.
Henry T. Ireys, III, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., president of the alumni As-sociation
will preside at the pre-sentation.
A certificate will be
given to Mr. Wise by B. Dmm-mond
Ayres of Accomac, chairman
of the committee, honoring him
i for his long service to the Insti-tute.
Special guests for the ceremo-nies
will include Leonard W. Hall
of Oy.ster Bay, N. Y., former judge
a,nd Congressman; State Sen. Wal-
; tfer J. Mahoney, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
I majority leader of the N. Y. state
j senate, and Frank C. Ash, Fulton,
; N. Y., ijidustrialist.
j A native of Richmond, Mr. Wise,
grandson of a one-time governor
of Virginia, was one of several
members of his family who have
j attended VMI over the years. He
is a retired attorney.
In his first class year at VMI,
Mr. Wise was fii-st captain of the
Cadet Corps and captain of the
1893 football squad. Because the
j team did not have a regular coach.
I Mr. Wise also coached the team
i and called the plays from his end
; position. The 1893 Cudets won ali
j their regular-seascn games tliat
' year, including a victory over
North Carolina.
MAJOR GENERAL George R. E. Shell and Governor Albwtiii
S. Harrison chat before the parade in his honor held at VMI
last weekend.