VMI Cadet. May 14, 1965

              iljc m i l l . Ca^>et
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, May 14. 1965 Number 27
Sen. Byrd Receives New Market Medal
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Francis H. Smith Hall Officially Dedicated
New Buildiusr
Honors First
Superintendent
On Saurday, May 15, 1965, New
Market Day was observed at V.M.I.
In addition to the traditional
respect paid by tile Corps to tiie
cadets who participated so con-spicuously
in the Battle of New
Market, the Francis H. Smith Ad-ministration
Building was dedi-cated.
After the New Market
Ceremony the dedication began
wtih an academic procession by
the faculty members who have
served the Institute for three or
more years. Following this were
an invocation by Bishop Craighill,
remarks by the Superintendent,
remarks by Dr. Taylor Revely,
President of Hampden-Sydney Col-lege,
an address by the Hon. Har-ry
F. Byrd, U. S. Seantor from
Virginia, and, finally a benedic-tion
by Chaplain Wilson-
Smith Hall, completed in 1964,
currently houses the offices of the
Superintendent, the Military Exe-cutive,
The Dean of Faculty, the
Business Executive, Admissions,
The Registrar, Public Relations,
Purchasing, Personnel, the Alum-ni
Association, The V.M.I. Re-search
Laboratory and the V.M.I.
Fcund'cdon, Inc.
Modern, comfortable, and attrac-tive,
it joins the George C. Mar-shall
Research Library as the new-est
addition to V.M.I. and con-centrates
vital operations which
were once scattered throughout
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FRANCIS HENNEY SMITH IIALL joins the Mar-shall
Library as one of VMI's newest and most
beautiful facilities. It houses the Institute's admin-istrative
offices.
Professor" by the first Board of
Visitors , in 1839 ijVnm that ttjo.
ment until his resignation in 1889,
"Old Specs" made a lasting im-pression
on the Institute. During
the formative years here in Lex-ington,
he maintained a close re-lationship
with V.M.I, cadets
through his custom of presenting a
Bible to each graduate. He helped
many former students to obtain
employment and it was under his
administration that V.M.I's poli-cies
toward personal honor were
first developed and practiced.
After the Civil War, with bar-racks
in ruins and little aid avail-able
from a reconstructing South,
N e w M a r k t r t M t ^ t k t l JEs
VMI's Rarest Honor
On May 15, 1962 the late Lieu-tenant
General Charles E. Kil-bourne.
Superintendent Emeritus
of the Virginia Military In.sti.tute,
became the first recipient of the
Byrd during the New Market Day
Ceremonies, was designed and e.x-ecuted
by Pierre Daura, noted
sculptor and native of Rockbridge
County. It is a heavy gold disk
VMI New Market Medal. General| about thri'e inches in diameter and;
Kilibcurne, who served as VMI su-i a ha'lf-inch thick, designed to bej
perintendent from 1937 to 1946.{ displayed in a case rather than'
received the nation's three high- woin. The face side carries in;
the Institute. Along with Old Bar- 1 he resumed operations. The effects' et awards for gallantry during his
racks, it serves as a memorial to
the contributions of Francis Hen-ney
Smith, one of the most im-portant
influences governing the
development of V.M.I, during its
first half-century.
Smith, a 1833 graduate of West
Point and a former Professor of
Mathematics at Hampdcn-Sydney
College, was appointed "Principal
of working under constant finan-cial
pressures began to tell, and
he resigned in 1889 at the age
bas-relief a development of the
Clinedinst New Market painting
found in Jackson Memorial Hall.
brilliant service career: the Con-gressional
Medal of Honor during
the SparXsh-American War, and thej Daura's intenpretation of the
of 76. In March of the following j Distinguished Service Cross and, scene graphically expresses man's'
year he died in Lexington. | the Distinguished Service M e d a l ' faith in the ideals and aeceplanee
The contributions of this man [ during World War I. He also re-! of the principles worded in tho'
prompted Col. James A. Anderson; ceivrd France's Croix De Guerre| medal's insciiption, "Duty, Honor,,
in Echoes of V.M.I. to speak of | for his service on the Weslein (Continued on page seven)
Follows Marshall^
Kilhouriie As
riiird Recipient
Today, May 15, marks the hun-dred
and first anniversary of tlie
m^ost famous day in VMI's history
—I'lhe day when the Corps of C»-
dels fought and helped to turn
the tide of the battle at New Mar-ket.
This year, the day was marked
wil'h a three part program. First,
Virginia's distinguish.'j.d Senator.
Harry F. Byrd received the Nevr
Ma,:ke>t Medal. Following this, the
traditional New Markel Day cere-mony
was held, in which tiie
Corps paid tribute to those cad/ets
who fougiht and died over a ce»-
tury ago. Following this, the to-
.sititute's new admiinis'ti-ation build-ing,
Francis IL Smitli Hall, was
dedicaited.
The New Maiket Medal, which-
"nSe^'enwiis ^Jtio^aemofiStriBS'tftB
characterstics of duty, honor,
and devotion, which were exhiibit-ed
by the V.\II Cori)s at New Mar-ket.
S.-^na'ior Byrd is only the thind
person to receive this medal. Gen.
George C. Maveihall was awarded
the medal potc'humously at the
certmonits dvdk-ating the Marsliaill
Research Foundation Libraa^y last
year, and General Charles fi.
Kilibourne, former VAII Superili-tfiulenl,
received the m e d a l itt
1962.
The New Market Ceremony to-day
iilarted at eleven o'clock. Th«
Corps of Cadets moved Into the
parade field at this time, and ap-ipropriale
musical honors- were ren-dered,
together with a ' s a l u t e ot
seventL>en guns.
FoiUowing this the New Market
Medal was presented to Senator
Byrd. After I'his pre.sentatioin, tho
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him as " . . . a teacher, a writer,
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F a m i i y O f J o H i n M . C a m p ^ 05
own Senator Harry F. Byrd as
On May 15, as a fitting conclu-sion
to the coanmenioration of the
101st anniversary of the Battle of
New Market, thei'e will be held in
the Cadet Chapel a memorial s»r--|
vice for the late John Madison j saying "You know, I liked to be
Camp, a graduate of V.MI in the w;.h Jchn. When you have been
Class of 1905 who later served the ia W'ashiiv.jton as long as 1 have,
In^tituCe for 23 years. j you get used to overybo;ly asking
'For his outstanding service to; for things. But when Jolin Camp
the Injlitute, .Mr. Camp was ccmes to Washiivgton, he aski,
awarded the V.MI diploma of Uis- 'Wha-t can we do to help YOU,
tinguishcd Merit in lOtiO. Tliis isi SenC'ior. .Now, that is refic-ihing!"
' t h e highest award which the In i .\s a lasting moniimcnt to this
fetitute can award, and Mr. Camp' great alumnus, the family and
was the third man in history to I friends of Mr. Canvp liave es(;.b-received
it. ' H ihr-d the Jchn M. Camp '05
Through the unselfish devotion ' chDplaincy. The first mini :'.er to
of hCi time and etlort, oserve iir the John M. Camp '05
Mr. Camp has tamed a warm place [ Chaplaincy post is Kobert K. Wil-in
the mind and heani od" every son, Conrmarrder, Chaplain Corps,
iw&on who kni-tt him. A father in- United States Navy (Retired).
Front.
The citation accompanying the
New Market Medal ended by stat-ing
(hat Gen. Kilbourne brought
"unique gifts of personal leader'
ship to the Virginia Military In-
I stitute at a critical tinre in her
' hiitoi-y, and at a time when he
!could have chosen to rest upon
sight into the generous dimcn-; laurels already earned."
£ion of Mr. Camp's personality Two years latnr on .May 23, 19G4.
wcs given by Chaplain Wilson., the medal was asvai'ded posthnm-
Convmander Wilson quoted our ously to General George Catlett
Mar-shall, for his "example to the
entire world of a life dedicated to
public service in positions of awe-cime
responsibility . . . " General
Marshall, a 1901 graduate of VMI,
was distinguished as an Army
Chief of Stat! during World War
II, Secretary of State and Secre-tary
of Defense Under Pi-esident
Truman, and as the originator of
the -Marshall Plan, key to the eco-ncrnic
recovery of war-torn BUirope.
Presentation of the medal was
mad:? to Mrs. Mar-shall at the dedi
cation of the George C. .Mar-shall
Research Library.
The New Market Medal to be
prvsented to Senator llaiTy F.
PIUIKK DAUK V desiguetl the
lutseuted lo its third retipieaU
New .Market .MtHlal, wliiih was
tuday.