VMI Cadet. March 5, 1965

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Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, March 5. 1965 -Nuia<>erlf
COL. JOHN H. GLENN
Second Informal
Dance Planned
As everybody knows, this is by
far the worst time of the whole
year. To help liven things up and
to get everybody looking ahead to
vacation and then Spring Hops, the
Hop Committee has planned an in-formal
dance, to be held on Sat-urday,
March 13, one week from
tomorrow.
Providing the music for the
dance will be the "Dynatones"
from Whitestone, Va. Although
this group is not nationally known,
evetryone in barracks who has
heard them say they're pretty
good. They play for deb parties
and beach parties in the Richmond
area. This is a rocking group and
should be a change for those who
say they are tired of listening to
Bert Massengale.
Of course, the dance will be in-formal,
with the uniform being
class sweaters. The uniform for
girls will be cocktail dresses. The
dance will be from 8:30 'til 11:30,
and full hop privileges will be in
effect. The price will be two dol
lars per couple, one dollar stag.
The dance was an impromptu
idea of the Hop Committee, who
had a little extra money in the
till. The dance will make or break
them for the year as far as finances
go. This is the second informal
dance the Committee has held
this year, the first one being at
Homecoming last fall. In all pro-ability
it will be the last, since
Spring is always a pretty busy
time.
Bill Ryan, while being inter-viewed
about the dance, again
mentioned the fact that Spt-ihg
Hops, in April, coincide with a
dance weekend at W&L and urge
everj^body who thinks he might
have-a to-get busy and. find
a-p«om bMare they're all gone.
Col. Glenn Announced
As '65 Finals Speaker
Fourth Reading Panel
Discussion Is Held
Eighty-Eight New
Corporals Named
TO BE CADET CORPORALS'
1. L. L. Leeoh, III
2. W. T. Talman, Jr.
3. C. W. Cawles, Jr.
4. S. A. Zahn
5. G. R. Young
6. Ackroyd Kelly, IV
7. M. D. Burton
8. R L. Sammet
9. J. R. WUlijams
10. C D. Woodward
11. M. E. Miounit
12. J. D. Fore
13. J. F. McParland
14. P. A. Valenibi
15. W A. Sadler, Jr.
16. R. W. Watsom, Jr.
17. J. H. Lattin, Jr.
18. J. G. Szymanski
19. W. G. MoClure
20. J. P. Jumper
21. S M. Doles
22. G. L. Newton, IH
23. R. N. Stone
24. A. V. Carr Jr.
25. W. R. Walsh, Jr
26. C. L. Ramsburg
27. V. C. Sc<!i:t Jr.
28. R. C. Cullen
29. C. A. Crittsinger
30. H. M. Lloyd Jr.
31. L. C. Reifinidea-
32. C. D. Caldwell
33. A. Z. Cojuier Jr.
34. 0 W. Saville
35. H. R. Hoiskot Jr.
36. R. K. Hines
37. D. E. WiUiianw
38. P. A. Robblee Jr.
39. R. S. Woods
40. H. J. M. Jones III
41. D. T. King
' 42. J. G. Aldiou.'i
•43. R. P. Ritctiie
44. R. E. Eokert
43. W. A. GpjgOify
46. J. T. Rast
47. J. R. Smith Jr.
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One of the most important fea-tures
of VMI's summer reading
prograims is the series of panel
discussions scheduled for presen-tation
during the academic year.
In this manner, the views of speci-ally
qualified members of the fac-ulty
concerning the various books
on the reading list are made avail-able
to oadsts. At the same time,
cadets may take advantage of an
opportunity to set forth their own
opinions on the subject.
Last Monday at 7:45 p.m., a
specially selected panel met in
Room 318 Scott Shipp Hall to dis-cuss
two more books from the
1964 summer reading list: "The
Western Intellectual Tradition" by
J. Bronowski and Bruce Mazlish,
and Robert Downs' volume, "Books
That Changed the World." As al-ways,
the two books to be dis-ousssd
on 'the same evening had
been chosen and included on the
list with that end in mind. "The
Western Intellectual Tradition" is
the produot of an effort to view
the various movements of our in-tellectual
development in the con-te.
xt of history. The authors pay
special attention to the role of
Give A Pint
And Save A
life
"Don't hesitate—donate" is
one of the slogans for the Am-erican
Red Cross Blood Donor's
Program, and this is a good slo-gan
for the members of the
Corps and Faculty at VMI to
adopt as any.
This Wednesday, the tenth of
March, the Red Cross Bloodmo-bile
will be making its second
and final visit to VMI for the
1964 63 school year. Not only is
this the last visit which the
Bloodmobile will make to VMI
this year, but it is also the last
chance that the Corps and Fac-ulty
will have to win the Chesa-peake
and Potomac silver tro-phy
for percentage blood dona-tion
at colleges in the Roanoke
region fur the third consecutive
year, thus allowing us to have
permanent possession of this
prize.
The members of the VMI
Bloodmobile Committee strong-ly
urge that everyone who is
either over 21 years of age, or
who is under this age but has
a signed permission slip to do-nate
from his parents, make a
sJiort visit to the Recreation
Room in Scott Shipp Hall this
WedJuwday. It takes a very short
time ,aad it duesa't tuii-t to
giv«.
"l>ON'T HESITATE—DONATE!"
science and technology in that
developmenit. "Books That Chang-ed
The World" Is an e.xamiinalion
of several specific books of far-reaching
influence in the growth
of our imtsllectual heritage. The
two books are complementary, and
well suited to simultaneous dis-cussion.
The panel, fourth of the six such
groups scheduled to meet this
year, included representatives
from three academic departments,
each with special qualifications
for discussing the various aspects
of the two books under considera-tion.
This indicates another of the
purposes of the .summer reading
proigram: to encourage education
across deparmental boundaries.
Colonel Tut'wiler, head of the
English dsrpartiment, served as
moderator. of the panel. In his
opening remarks, he introduced
the audience to the books and
outlined eaoh of them generally.
Then each member of the panel
in turn offered his own reactions
to them. Ther? was a wide range
of opinion.
Coonel Lancaster, head of the
modern languages department,
praised "The Western Intellectual
Tradition" especially as one of the
few books of intellectual history
to give technology its due posi-tion
of importance. He was parti-oularly
impressed with the empha
sis placed on .practical men, such as
the inventors of eighteenth century
England..
Colonel Roth, introduced as the
litsrarj' e.\pert on the panel, found
cause for ciiitioizing both books
foi- their neglect of literature and
the arts as legitimate influences
in the history of ideas. He regret-ted
the implication that the artist's
only function in that history is to
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Corps To Hear
Way-Out Talk
The first American to orbit
the earth. Col. John H. Glenn,
Jr., USMC, ret., will deliver the
address at the commencement ex-ercises
of the Virginia Military In-stitute
on Sundiay, June 13, Maj,
Gen. George R. E. Shell, VMI Su-perintendent,
announced Wednes-day.
Some 230 cadets will be caa-didates
for degrees at the 2 p.m.
commencement program which will
clima.\ the three-day Finals week-end.
Finals will get underway
on Friday, June 11. On that day
military and athletic awards and
prizes will be presented. The finals
ball and the superintendent's re-ception
are slated for that even-ing.
Saturday, June 12. will be
Alumni Day and will be highlight-ed
by the morning's alumni re-view
and the afternoon pi-ogram
of the commissioning ceremonies
a;nd the graduation parade. TUe
gi'aduation hop will be held that
evening.
Just about three years ago, Feb.
20, 1962. John Glenn thrilled Mie
nation with the first manned or-bital
flight by an American. His
historic flight in "Friendship 7,"
the Mercurj'-Atlas 6 spacecraft,
covered slightly less than 5 hours,
but it ignited a wave of enthu-siasm
and e.xuberance for Glenn
and his family and the space pro-gram
that was almost unprece-dented
in U. S. history,
j A much-decorated Marine com-bat
pilot, Glenn had served as
backup pilot for astronauts Sh^p-
I ard and Grissom before being
I chosen for his historic space
I flight.
Recently, Glenn has rejoined the
space program after an absence
of a year. He resigned from the
program in January, 1964, but last
month returned to the program.
A native of Cambridge, Ohio,
Colonel Glenn graduated from
Muskigum College in New Con-cord,
Ohio. He entered the Naval
Aviation Cadet Progi-am in March,
1942 .and was commissioned in
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