VMI Cadet. September 25, 1964

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• Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, September 25, 1964 Number 1
VMI Welcomes Matriculants Of 1964
Many
28 Members
Added To Staff
The 1964-65 session of the Vir-
.ginia Military Institute finds the
ifoliowing changes and additions to
the faculty and staff.
Military and Air Science De-
Ijartment additions include Lt. Col,
M. O. Anderson, USAF, who is the
new Professor of Air Science and
the Coordinator of ROTC Affairs
for the 1964-65 sessions; Major L.
H. Hammond, USA, USMA Class of
1950, assistant PMS and head of
the Infantry Department; Captain
R. H. Alsheimer, USA, USMA Class
of 1957, asst. PMS for Infantry;
Captain J. L Siegel, USA, USMA,
sst. PMS for Artillery, and Cap-tain
J. C. West, USAF, asst. PAS.
Captain Alsheimer is a Classmate
and personal friend of Captain
Drudik.
Possibly the most noticeable
change is the addition of Major W.
A. Vaughan as Deputy Comman-dant
of Cadets. Major Vaughan
was previously at VMI up to 1862.
Four former First Classmen are
back as Instructors. They are 2d
Lts. Grubb, Physics; Duncan, Chem-istry;
Taylor, Chemistry; and Jab-lonka,
Physics. Lts. Grubb, Duncan
and Taylor shall also serve as tac-tical
officers.
The French Department has pro-filed
from the addition of two new
instructors, Mr. G. G. Whieldon
and Mr. F. H. M. MacKinzie.
Visiting Wa.shington and Lee
Profe.ssor O. S. McGuire has taken
over the recitation chores in geo-logy
while Major Cormack remains
head of the Department.
Another addition to the Chem-istry
Department is Assistant Pro-fessor
Frank A. Settle, Jr. New
members of the Mathematics fac-ulty
are Associate Professors Ed-
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Ne*w F•a ces • Bols•t er • VMI
THAT'S RIGHT, MISTER, you just sign your name in oiu- good deed book, then at Christmas"
Insti tute Takes On New Look As
Summer Improvements Made
and Boar dof Visitors' rooms on the
second. With the coming of the
new Corps Building, however, and
the construction o£ the Marshall
Research library and t^e Francis
Mr. Cary M. Parrent, Superintend- H. Smith building ,the offices and
ent of Buildings and Grounds, ex- rooms could be relocated to pro-plained
to the CADET that, when vide more space for the Corps.
New Barracks was constructed,, Members of summer school were
tion of plans made in 1949 when| space was left for offices and bat- able to watch construction progress
the New Barracks was constructed.' talion rooms on the first stoop (Continued On. Page 8)
Faculty
Rat Class
Sets Record
As has been the case in most re-cent
years, this year's Rat Class
is the largest ever to matriculate
at VMI.
On Thursday, September 10,
three hundred sixty-eight new
Rats matriculated ,and thus be^
gan the long, difficult process of
learning and living the VMI way
of life. A way of life, it might be
added, that in most ways is uni«
que among colleges and univer^
sities the world over.
As a group, the Rat class re-flects
a diversified background,
representing twenty-nine states,
Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone,
and the new nation of Malaysia.
Two hundred twenty-seven of the
Rats are Virginians, or sixty-ome
per cent of the class.
In a reversal of the r e c e nt
trend, a majority of the class are
initially majoring in the scienti^
fic or technical fields. Of two-hun-dred
twenty-seven technical or
scientific majors, one himdred and
three are CwU 'Enftln.eec^.. Fiitjri
During the summer north end
of the New Barracks was rear
ranged to provide twenty-three ex
tra rooms for the corps, a realiza
two are Biology majors.! thirty-seven
are Electrical Engineers,
nineteen are Chemistry majors,
and sixteen are Physicists.
Of one hundred forty-one LA'S,
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Area Coeds Will
Attend Rat Mixer
This Saturday night the Com-mandant's
Committee for New Ca-dets
will hold its annual Rat Mixer
for the members of the Fourth
Class. The mixer, which will be
held in the Cocke Hall gymnasium
will serve two purposes. It will
give the new cadets a chance to
meet girls from other schools in
the area and it will also give them
a chance to put into practice the
rules of etiquette about which they
have been receiving lectures in
previous meetings with meml)ers
of the Committee.
Heading up this year's commit-tee,
which is composed of members
of the upper tliree classes, is Don
Faulkner. He has contacted a num.
ber of the girl's colleges in the
area and as of this writing had
received a favorable response from
a number of them. Last year the
dance was attended by more young
ladies than new cadets and the
general indication appears to be
the same this year.
The dance will be preceded by a
lecture to the New Cadets in Jack-son
Menjorial Hall from where
they will proceed to- the gymnls-
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NEW MEMKEKS of the faculty at the Virginia Military Institute
are shown with the superintendent and the dean after a meeting
recently before the start of classes. On first row (left to tight) are
Richard L. Courteau, modern languages; Glen H. Stark, mathema-tics;
Maj. Gen. G«orge R. E. Shell, superhitendent; Brig. Gen.
Lloyd Davidson, dean of the faculty; Geoffrey G. Whieldon, modern
languages; Edward G. Zdinack, mathematics. On second row,
George I. Vogel II, electrical engineering; Jimmy C. Pittman,
mathematics; Commander Robert K. Wilson, chaplain; Thmnas N.
Elliot Jr.. Engliiih; JauM»s B. Davis, Eoglisb, Lt. Col. MUlard O. An-derson,
Air Force ROTC. On third row, Henry G. Williams Jr.,
mathematics; Francis H. M. MacKenzie, modern languages; Odell S.
McQuire of the Washington and Lee faculty who is teaching part-time
in geology; Capt. James C. West, Air Force ROTC; Maj. Ly-man
H. Hammond Jr., Army ROTC; Capt. Robert H. Alsheimer,
Army ROTC. On fourth row, Snd Lt. Matthew V. Jablonka, physics;
Joseph T. Lewis, physics; Maj. Rodney C. Dalgo, modera lang-uages;
Henry S. Bausum, history. On las row, 2nid Lt. William
F. Grubb HI, physics; 2nd Lt. Floyd H. Duucau, chemistry; Sad
Lt. JatD«^ V. Taylor Jr., chemistry.