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See Editorial Page 4 Volume LII Virginia Military Institute. Lexington, Virginia, May 17, 1963 Number VMI Honors New Market Dead X X X X X Basketball Series ( Punch by Alvis K.O.'s Rivah y In a letter sent to VMI Athletic Director Duke El-lington, Virginia Polytechnic Institute has formally propos-ed that the series of VMI-VPI games played in Lexing-ton come to a close. It is assumed that this is the final precipitate of a clash between the two schools over a minor in-cident occurring before the VMI-VPI basketball game in Lexington this year, where VP! guard Frank Alvis knocked out VMI bandsman Duane Williams with a punch Wil-liams could not see coming. Tech Athletic Director Frank Moseley does not wish the VMI-VPI series to end completely, how-ever, as he has requested that there be only one game played in coming years—AT BLACKSBURG. Ellington would give no com-ment to the CADET on what ac-tion would be taken, but informed sources in Lexington feel that the proposal will be rejected, thus end-ing the rivalry completely. The final decision will be made by the Superintendent near the end of May. He will base this on the find-ings of the Athletic Council at VMI, which is meeting May 28. As the offer now stands, VMI will receive a $1,000 guai-antee to play the one night in Blacksburg in the Tech Coliseum. In an interview to the Roanoke TIMES Moseley stated: "We feel like we should not return to Lex-ington next year, and that's what we told VMI in the letter. "We are not trying to cut off the home and away series com-pletely. We feel that it should simply be curtailed until the high feeling subsides. Perhaps in a few years we can resume playing in Lexington. We would like to see the rivalry preserved," Governor And Budget Staff Inspect VMI On Wednesday, May 15, among other things, The Honorable Al-bertis S. Harrison and his budget advisory committee visited the Post to ascertain information per-tinent to the school's budget for the 1964-1966 biennium. The Governor's Advisor>' Com-mittee is composed of members of the State legislature and the state budget department. In addition, there were also members of the press and one member of the Board of Visitoi^. For the past week, the Gover-nor and his committee have been visiting various state schools in an effort to ascertain their needs for the coming biennium. While on his half-day visit, the Governor and his entourage first visited barracks and various other (Continued on Page 2) With VPI May End I Parade Honors L X r C d t a N C L JEFFREY G. SMITH In July of 1960 Lieutenant Col-onel Jeffrey Greenwood Smith re-turned as Commandant of Cadets and Professor of Military Sciejice to the institution from which he had been graduated seventeen years 'earlier. During the years which intervened between his ten-ure as a cadet here and his return to VMI, Coldnel Smith saw dutj* as a regular Army officer, acting in myriad. capacitiM and serving as-signments in numerous areas of the world. His earliest assignment was with the 124th Cavalry Regi-ment in Burma and later in the China Theater. Subsequently, back in the States, Colonel Smith served as a company commander at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga.; as aide-de-camp to Gieneral Wtihers A. Burrus; and later, as a test officer at the Arctic Test Board in Alaska. In 1951 he was graduated from the Infantry School, and in 1954 from the Com-mand and General Staff College. These sissignments were followed by tours, txrst at the headquarters of the Continental Army Com-mand, and then as the commander of the 2nd Armored Rifle Batta-lion_ 54th. Infantry, at Fort Knox, Ky. Mid 1959 found the colonel a fresh graduate of the Armed Forcess Staff College and newly bound for Korea as a senior mem-ber of the U.N. Joint Observer Teams of the Military Armistice Conunission. TiUs was his last as-signment before coming to VMI. Few people who are acquainted with Col. Smith fail to recognize the fact that he is a highly intelli-gent person, but there are not many who are aware of the extent to which he has mixed academics with a military career. When a Commandant Ends Three Year Tour With Improvements Seen cadet here at VMI, Col. Smith was a Civil Engineering major, and was academically distinguished all foiu- years of his cadetship; in ad-dition, he received the coveted First Jackson Hope Medal for highest scholastic achievement. He later continued his academic en-deavors by earning his Master's De-gre in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1949. It was not all books with Col. Smith during his cadetship, how-ever, for he rose to the rank of cadet captain and also won the Harry N. Cootes Trophy, as the outstanding cadet in C a v a l ry ROTC, and the ROTC Medal for highest proficiency in leadership, military bearing, and general ex-cellence in the Corps of Cadets. When he first arrived here. Col. Smith outlined for himself a num-ber of objectives which would serve as a basis for the policies he would make as commandant of cadets. Among the goals which he originally saw as having the greats est significance with the Corps at the time were an increased sense of discipline, better general ap-pearance among individual cadets, and an increased awareness of military courtesy. If this, along with an increased interest among cadets in the regular Army as a career could be achieved, it would seem that VMI had made some im-portant steps forward. While he is not one-hundred-percent satis-fied that all ipossible progress to-wards these goals has been made, Col. Smith feels that there have been definite steps forward, steps which, no doubt, will be continued in the future. There are a number of things (Continued on Page 2) Hop Committee Elects Officers The 1963-64 Hop Committee un-der the leadership of its newly elected officers has already begun to line up a new program for next year. The committee, headed by its new president, Donald Duane Car-son, plans to have Lloyd Price and his orchestra and the Drifters for Openings on October 11-12. The Ring Figure wekend will highlight Count Basie and his orchestra. "The committee plans to sponsor several concertos and hopeis to have the Lettermen for a second appearance. Several informal hops are also on the slate for next year. Other newly elected officers in-clude Charles Truman Benedict, Vice President; Gary Thomas Thrasher, Treasurer; Charles Les-ter Shumate, Business Manage.r; and James Michael Watkins III, Publicity Manager. Don Carson, the new president, is a second classman from Din-widdle, Virginia and a history ma-or. At present, Don is a corporal in F Company. He has participated in many and varied activities at VMI including: rat track, intra-murals. the Armed Force Club of which he was chairman his third class year, the Ranger Unit, and the 1964 Party Committee repre-sentative. Don is also the leader of his own combo, "The Avantis." Bud Benedict is a C. E. major, a member of the Rifle Team, and the Monogram Club. Gary Thrasher is also a C. E., as well as a member of the Salute Detail and the ASCE. Gary has been on the Hop and Floor Com-mittee! for the past two years. Charlie Shumate is a History Major from Fairfax, Va. Charlie and in addition to being Busi-ness Manager for the Hop Com-mittee, is also the President of the Northern Virginia Club and a member of the Bomb Staff and the (Continued on Page 3) Fallen Cadets To the strains of a song mean-ing everything to those of the deep South, "Dixie." the VMI Corps of Cadets passed in review in observance of the ninty-ninth anniversary of the Battle of New Market. The scene in 1864 was one of de-spair, as a young, but ready, cadet corps was called out in the hope-less task of stopping the surging Federal forces from their decima-tion of the Shenandoah Valley. The battle site was a natural one —the crossroads in a small, out-of- the-way town named New Mar-ket, Virginia. Here the VMI Corps of Cadets sprang a surprising charge on Union troops and won the day. temporarily halting tha inevitable defeat that was to be the fate of the South. Wednesday it was only fitting and proper that once again VMI oadets should take to-the field; but this time it was for respectful homage, rather than brutal com-bat. The memorial service started al three forty-five in the afternoon, a surprise to the many townspeople w'ho had thought it would begin at the usual four o'clock time. However, the spectators finally ar-rived and had the opportunity to review the parade in all its color. Afiter forming on the parade ground, the Corps heard the or-ders explaining New Market and a prayer by the Chaplain presented. Then a rifle salute was'fired by a cadet battery in honor of tha fallem cadets from VMI and a three part, echo effect "Taps" was played by cadet buglers from the Regimental Band. A wreath placed on the statue of "Virgina Mourning Her Dead," a ston^ tribute to those who lost their lives at New Market, proved a colorful background to the Corps passing in review. As one after another of the companies present- (Contiuned on Page 2) NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS of the VMI Hop Cominitt«e are, (left to right) Gary Thrasher, Treasurer; Charles Shumate, Busi-ness Manager; Don Carson, President; Buddy Benedict, Vice- President; Jim Watkins, Publicity Manager.
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. May 17, 1963 |
Issue Date | 1963-05-17 |
Volume/Number | Volume 52, number 29 |
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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Full Text Search | See Editorial Page 4 Volume LII Virginia Military Institute. Lexington, Virginia, May 17, 1963 Number VMI Honors New Market Dead X X X X X Basketball Series ( Punch by Alvis K.O.'s Rivah y In a letter sent to VMI Athletic Director Duke El-lington, Virginia Polytechnic Institute has formally propos-ed that the series of VMI-VPI games played in Lexing-ton come to a close. It is assumed that this is the final precipitate of a clash between the two schools over a minor in-cident occurring before the VMI-VPI basketball game in Lexington this year, where VP! guard Frank Alvis knocked out VMI bandsman Duane Williams with a punch Wil-liams could not see coming. Tech Athletic Director Frank Moseley does not wish the VMI-VPI series to end completely, how-ever, as he has requested that there be only one game played in coming years—AT BLACKSBURG. Ellington would give no com-ment to the CADET on what ac-tion would be taken, but informed sources in Lexington feel that the proposal will be rejected, thus end-ing the rivalry completely. The final decision will be made by the Superintendent near the end of May. He will base this on the find-ings of the Athletic Council at VMI, which is meeting May 28. As the offer now stands, VMI will receive a $1,000 guai-antee to play the one night in Blacksburg in the Tech Coliseum. In an interview to the Roanoke TIMES Moseley stated: "We feel like we should not return to Lex-ington next year, and that's what we told VMI in the letter. "We are not trying to cut off the home and away series com-pletely. We feel that it should simply be curtailed until the high feeling subsides. Perhaps in a few years we can resume playing in Lexington. We would like to see the rivalry preserved," Governor And Budget Staff Inspect VMI On Wednesday, May 15, among other things, The Honorable Al-bertis S. Harrison and his budget advisory committee visited the Post to ascertain information per-tinent to the school's budget for the 1964-1966 biennium. The Governor's Advisor>' Com-mittee is composed of members of the State legislature and the state budget department. In addition, there were also members of the press and one member of the Board of Visitoi^. For the past week, the Gover-nor and his committee have been visiting various state schools in an effort to ascertain their needs for the coming biennium. While on his half-day visit, the Governor and his entourage first visited barracks and various other (Continued on Page 2) With VPI May End I Parade Honors L X r C d t a N C L JEFFREY G. SMITH In July of 1960 Lieutenant Col-onel Jeffrey Greenwood Smith re-turned as Commandant of Cadets and Professor of Military Sciejice to the institution from which he had been graduated seventeen years 'earlier. During the years which intervened between his ten-ure as a cadet here and his return to VMI, Coldnel Smith saw dutj* as a regular Army officer, acting in myriad. capacitiM and serving as-signments in numerous areas of the world. His earliest assignment was with the 124th Cavalry Regi-ment in Burma and later in the China Theater. Subsequently, back in the States, Colonel Smith served as a company commander at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga.; as aide-de-camp to Gieneral Wtihers A. Burrus; and later, as a test officer at the Arctic Test Board in Alaska. In 1951 he was graduated from the Infantry School, and in 1954 from the Com-mand and General Staff College. These sissignments were followed by tours, txrst at the headquarters of the Continental Army Com-mand, and then as the commander of the 2nd Armored Rifle Batta-lion_ 54th. Infantry, at Fort Knox, Ky. Mid 1959 found the colonel a fresh graduate of the Armed Forcess Staff College and newly bound for Korea as a senior mem-ber of the U.N. Joint Observer Teams of the Military Armistice Conunission. TiUs was his last as-signment before coming to VMI. Few people who are acquainted with Col. Smith fail to recognize the fact that he is a highly intelli-gent person, but there are not many who are aware of the extent to which he has mixed academics with a military career. When a Commandant Ends Three Year Tour With Improvements Seen cadet here at VMI, Col. Smith was a Civil Engineering major, and was academically distinguished all foiu- years of his cadetship; in ad-dition, he received the coveted First Jackson Hope Medal for highest scholastic achievement. He later continued his academic en-deavors by earning his Master's De-gre in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1949. It was not all books with Col. Smith during his cadetship, how-ever, for he rose to the rank of cadet captain and also won the Harry N. Cootes Trophy, as the outstanding cadet in C a v a l ry ROTC, and the ROTC Medal for highest proficiency in leadership, military bearing, and general ex-cellence in the Corps of Cadets. When he first arrived here. Col. Smith outlined for himself a num-ber of objectives which would serve as a basis for the policies he would make as commandant of cadets. Among the goals which he originally saw as having the greats est significance with the Corps at the time were an increased sense of discipline, better general ap-pearance among individual cadets, and an increased awareness of military courtesy. If this, along with an increased interest among cadets in the regular Army as a career could be achieved, it would seem that VMI had made some im-portant steps forward. While he is not one-hundred-percent satis-fied that all ipossible progress to-wards these goals has been made, Col. Smith feels that there have been definite steps forward, steps which, no doubt, will be continued in the future. There are a number of things (Continued on Page 2) Hop Committee Elects Officers The 1963-64 Hop Committee un-der the leadership of its newly elected officers has already begun to line up a new program for next year. The committee, headed by its new president, Donald Duane Car-son, plans to have Lloyd Price and his orchestra and the Drifters for Openings on October 11-12. The Ring Figure wekend will highlight Count Basie and his orchestra. "The committee plans to sponsor several concertos and hopeis to have the Lettermen for a second appearance. Several informal hops are also on the slate for next year. Other newly elected officers in-clude Charles Truman Benedict, Vice President; Gary Thomas Thrasher, Treasurer; Charles Les-ter Shumate, Business Manage.r; and James Michael Watkins III, Publicity Manager. Don Carson, the new president, is a second classman from Din-widdle, Virginia and a history ma-or. At present, Don is a corporal in F Company. He has participated in many and varied activities at VMI including: rat track, intra-murals. the Armed Force Club of which he was chairman his third class year, the Ranger Unit, and the 1964 Party Committee repre-sentative. Don is also the leader of his own combo, "The Avantis." Bud Benedict is a C. E. major, a member of the Rifle Team, and the Monogram Club. Gary Thrasher is also a C. E., as well as a member of the Salute Detail and the ASCE. Gary has been on the Hop and Floor Com-mittee! for the past two years. Charlie Shumate is a History Major from Fairfax, Va. Charlie and in addition to being Busi-ness Manager for the Hop Com-mittee, is also the President of the Northern Virginia Club and a member of the Bomb Staff and the (Continued on Page 3) Fallen Cadets To the strains of a song mean-ing everything to those of the deep South, "Dixie." the VMI Corps of Cadets passed in review in observance of the ninty-ninth anniversary of the Battle of New Market. The scene in 1864 was one of de-spair, as a young, but ready, cadet corps was called out in the hope-less task of stopping the surging Federal forces from their decima-tion of the Shenandoah Valley. The battle site was a natural one —the crossroads in a small, out-of- the-way town named New Mar-ket, Virginia. Here the VMI Corps of Cadets sprang a surprising charge on Union troops and won the day. temporarily halting tha inevitable defeat that was to be the fate of the South. Wednesday it was only fitting and proper that once again VMI oadets should take to-the field; but this time it was for respectful homage, rather than brutal com-bat. The memorial service started al three forty-five in the afternoon, a surprise to the many townspeople w'ho had thought it would begin at the usual four o'clock time. However, the spectators finally ar-rived and had the opportunity to review the parade in all its color. Afiter forming on the parade ground, the Corps heard the or-ders explaining New Market and a prayer by the Chaplain presented. Then a rifle salute was'fired by a cadet battery in honor of tha fallem cadets from VMI and a three part, echo effect "Taps" was played by cadet buglers from the Regimental Band. A wreath placed on the statue of "Virgina Mourning Her Dead," a ston^ tribute to those who lost their lives at New Market, proved a colorful background to the Corps passing in review. As one after another of the companies present- (Contiuned on Page 2) NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS of the VMI Hop Cominitt«e are, (left to right) Gary Thrasher, Treasurer; Charles Shumate, Busi-ness Manager; Don Carson, President; Buddy Benedict, Vice- President; Jim Watkins, Publicity Manager. |