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Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, April 7, 1967 Number 23 olin Wilson To Speak onight in Le j eune Hall oren Eiseley At W&L L'l COLIN WILSON Mr. Colin Wilson, prominent ] English lecturer and author, will _ I speak in Lejeune Hall ait 8:15 this evening. The Outsider Mr. Wilson, writer-in-residence at Hollins College for 1966-67, has written twemty-three books and has published seventeen. His firs.t book in 1956, The Outsider, an aou-te analysis of contemporary society, was a best seller in Eniglamd and America. Born in Leicester, England in 193'1, the writer left school at 16. His first interest was in the sciences, but after meeting T. S. Eliot and reading the latter's poetry, he began writing essays, fiction and poetry. Wilson's work including five novels, sociaJ critiqties and an auto-biograipihy have been translated into fifteen languages. He is the suibjeot of a biography. The WorW of Colin Wilson, by Sid ney Campion. Beyond The Outsider The author's mos't recent book is Beyond The Outsider: The Philo-sophy of The Future, an extension of his personal philosophy. Two of his recent works. The Glass Cage and Introduction to the New Ex-istentialism, were released in the United States in February. Mr. Wilson is currently working on a new novel. In the fall, he will ibecome a visiting professor at the University of Seattle. Dr. Loren C. Eiseley, a profes-sor of anthropology and the his-tory of science at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School, will speak at W&L Friday evening. Dr. Eiseley will speak on "The Inner Galsxy: A Prelude to Space" at 8:15 in Lee Chapel. The lecture is sponsored by the seminars in literature program and the depart-ments of English, Physics, and Chemistry. The lecture is open to the pub-lic. MIKE MILEY was elected this week by his classmates as Vale-dictorian of the Class of 1967.—photo by Pat King ROTC Inspectors Evaluate Corps The Annual General Inspection | of the Army HOTC detachment i was made yesterday, 6 April 1967. Making the inspection was a five-man team consisting of four of-ficers and one NCO. Col. Connell, P\LS at Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y., was the senior officer in the team. Observe Several Areas The inspection was especially concerned with four major areas: training, administration, logistics, and appearance and knowledge of Cadets. A iprograin ihad been set up to give the team an oppoi tunity to make observations in all four areas. SynipJiony To Visit in April "That the city of Washington has achieved the stature as one of our nirtion's leading centers of cultural activity is attributable in good measiure to Howard .Vlitehell. Under his devoted leadersihip, the National Symphonv has moved to the froHit rank of American or-chestras. His .sei'vlces to the com-munity and to the cause of Am-erican music have given added vi-tality and brought wide recogni-tion to the National Symphony." These words of the late Presi-dent John F. Kennedy on the oc-casion of Howard .Mitc'heU's 15th anniversary as conductor of the Washington Naticmal Sj-mphony luve been echoed by Presidents Eisenhower and Tiuman and Set* SYMPHONY Page 5 After breakfast in the Officers Mess, the team was briefed by the Professor of Military Science Col. Leech. Following this briefing the morning was spent observing MS classes, barracks and post facili-ties. .\lso during the morning, the Board President had a short meet-ing with Col. Leech and Col. Mor-gan. Parade Ends Tour Following lunch the team ob-served a formal guard mount on the Hill and then returned to the MS building to complete their in-spection. Cadets Doug Mills, Mike Bag-nulo, and Pat Breland were inter-viewed by Col. Conell. The ihighlight of the tour was the inspection and review parade in the afternoon which formally terminated the insipection. The results will not be known for several weeks; however, L. C. Hammond, Assistant Professor of Military Science, stated that VMI has received very complimentary reports in the past and expects that we will be rated highly again this year. Glee Club Plans Weekend Trip The glee club of the Virginia Military Institute will appear in a pair of concerts this weekend in Norfolk and Hampton. Friday night the cadet glee club will join with the chapel choir of Hollins College in a concert at Norfolk's Granby High School. Each of the groups will present a number of works ,and then they will join for a performance of "Magnificat," by Johann Sebastian Bach, and "Carmina Burana," by Carl Orff. Other pieces will be works by Mozart, Bach and Kod-aly. The VMI glee club will appear alone in the concei-t Saturday night in the Hampton High School audi-torium. The cadets will sing a number of pieces, ranging from Bach to VaughanWillianis, and will in-clude a presentation of the ori-ginal work, "The VMI Blues." A. G. Biester, instructor in modern languages, is the director of the VMI glee club. The Norfolk and Hampton chap-ters of the VMI Alumni .Associa-tion are assisting in the arrange-ments for the two concerts. Mike Miley Elected 1967 Valedictorian Charles E. ^liley III, a first class biology major fron\ Berryville, Vir-ginia, has been elected Valedictor-ian of the 1967 gradauting class. Mike's accomplishments at VMI are numerous and greatly varied; he has maintained academic stars all four years at VMI, is the first rank-ing biology major in his class. Edi-tor of the VMI Cadet, a member of the Honor Court, and is cur-rently enrolled in the biology hon-ors program. His popularity among his brother rats stems from their respeot for his personal abilities, and his mild, amicable manner. The University of Virginia has ipromised liim a scholarship next year, and Mike intends to work in the University hospital during the summer. Though he has no preference in his study of Me-dicine thus far, he has been in-vestigating the effect of insulin on the genetic development in eggs in his honor's project. He claims that no "real progress" has been made towards the thesis ot liis project, but that it has proved. to be an invaluable learning pirO" cess . As Editor of the Cadet this year Mike set out to impart a "profies-sional" attitude to the paper staff and to improve the quality of 'e-fpoi- ting and story writing. His sue-cess is evident in the "controver-sy" the paper has stiiTed this yeaa-. It has become more than just a V;MI calendar of events, it is a true reflection of the attitude o? the Corps, and an effective means of expressing constructive opio.- I ions. Editor -Miley's thoughts about I the Rat System, and .Academic sit-i uation at VMI have been well ex-i pre.-sed in his editorials through-out the year. He has ahva>-s ad-vanced liberalizing tlie science cur-riculum to give Cadets a chance to escape the "isolated" educa-tional atmosphere of VMI and b£> See V.\LLEDICTORIALN Page 7 Buffet Liiiieheoii Saturday 15 April Le jeune Hall (^ost: §1.50 per Person Marshall Library To Receive Grunt The Louis D. Beaumont Founda-tion of Cleveland. Ohio, has made a grant in the amount of $5,000 to i the George C. Marshall Research Foundation in Lexington, Va., Gen-| eral of the Army Omar N. Brad-1 Icy, Marshall Foundation Presi-! dent announced today. General Bradley said the gift will be ap-plied to funds received in a cuii- See -Marsliall Librai-y Page 3 ' COl.O.XEL COXEI.I., from Canisius CoUeaie in Buffalo. N. Y. in-spectd Re4(imeatal Adjutant Pen-> N. Kitenoiir in Thursday's aa^ uual ROTC iuspetnion.—Photo by Fat Kiu,5
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. April 7, 1967 |
Issue Date | 1967-04-07 |
Volume/Number | Volume 53, number 23 (Volume 53 used from academic years 1963-64 to 1966-67) |
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 |
Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Digital Collections is required. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
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Issue Date | 1967-04-07 |
Full Text Search | Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, April 7, 1967 Number 23 olin Wilson To Speak onight in Le j eune Hall oren Eiseley At W&L L'l COLIN WILSON Mr. Colin Wilson, prominent ] English lecturer and author, will _ I speak in Lejeune Hall ait 8:15 this evening. The Outsider Mr. Wilson, writer-in-residence at Hollins College for 1966-67, has written twemty-three books and has published seventeen. His firs.t book in 1956, The Outsider, an aou-te analysis of contemporary society, was a best seller in Eniglamd and America. Born in Leicester, England in 193'1, the writer left school at 16. His first interest was in the sciences, but after meeting T. S. Eliot and reading the latter's poetry, he began writing essays, fiction and poetry. Wilson's work including five novels, sociaJ critiqties and an auto-biograipihy have been translated into fifteen languages. He is the suibjeot of a biography. The WorW of Colin Wilson, by Sid ney Campion. Beyond The Outsider The author's mos't recent book is Beyond The Outsider: The Philo-sophy of The Future, an extension of his personal philosophy. Two of his recent works. The Glass Cage and Introduction to the New Ex-istentialism, were released in the United States in February. Mr. Wilson is currently working on a new novel. In the fall, he will ibecome a visiting professor at the University of Seattle. Dr. Loren C. Eiseley, a profes-sor of anthropology and the his-tory of science at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School, will speak at W&L Friday evening. Dr. Eiseley will speak on "The Inner Galsxy: A Prelude to Space" at 8:15 in Lee Chapel. The lecture is sponsored by the seminars in literature program and the depart-ments of English, Physics, and Chemistry. The lecture is open to the pub-lic. MIKE MILEY was elected this week by his classmates as Vale-dictorian of the Class of 1967.—photo by Pat King ROTC Inspectors Evaluate Corps The Annual General Inspection | of the Army HOTC detachment i was made yesterday, 6 April 1967. Making the inspection was a five-man team consisting of four of-ficers and one NCO. Col. Connell, P\LS at Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y., was the senior officer in the team. Observe Several Areas The inspection was especially concerned with four major areas: training, administration, logistics, and appearance and knowledge of Cadets. A iprograin ihad been set up to give the team an oppoi tunity to make observations in all four areas. SynipJiony To Visit in April "That the city of Washington has achieved the stature as one of our nirtion's leading centers of cultural activity is attributable in good measiure to Howard .Vlitehell. Under his devoted leadersihip, the National Symphonv has moved to the froHit rank of American or-chestras. His .sei'vlces to the com-munity and to the cause of Am-erican music have given added vi-tality and brought wide recogni-tion to the National Symphony." These words of the late Presi-dent John F. Kennedy on the oc-casion of Howard .Mitc'heU's 15th anniversary as conductor of the Washington Naticmal Sj-mphony luve been echoed by Presidents Eisenhower and Tiuman and Set* SYMPHONY Page 5 After breakfast in the Officers Mess, the team was briefed by the Professor of Military Science Col. Leech. Following this briefing the morning was spent observing MS classes, barracks and post facili-ties. .\lso during the morning, the Board President had a short meet-ing with Col. Leech and Col. Mor-gan. Parade Ends Tour Following lunch the team ob-served a formal guard mount on the Hill and then returned to the MS building to complete their in-spection. Cadets Doug Mills, Mike Bag-nulo, and Pat Breland were inter-viewed by Col. Conell. The ihighlight of the tour was the inspection and review parade in the afternoon which formally terminated the insipection. The results will not be known for several weeks; however, L. C. Hammond, Assistant Professor of Military Science, stated that VMI has received very complimentary reports in the past and expects that we will be rated highly again this year. Glee Club Plans Weekend Trip The glee club of the Virginia Military Institute will appear in a pair of concerts this weekend in Norfolk and Hampton. Friday night the cadet glee club will join with the chapel choir of Hollins College in a concert at Norfolk's Granby High School. Each of the groups will present a number of works ,and then they will join for a performance of "Magnificat," by Johann Sebastian Bach, and "Carmina Burana," by Carl Orff. Other pieces will be works by Mozart, Bach and Kod-aly. The VMI glee club will appear alone in the concei-t Saturday night in the Hampton High School audi-torium. The cadets will sing a number of pieces, ranging from Bach to VaughanWillianis, and will in-clude a presentation of the ori-ginal work, "The VMI Blues." A. G. Biester, instructor in modern languages, is the director of the VMI glee club. The Norfolk and Hampton chap-ters of the VMI Alumni .Associa-tion are assisting in the arrange-ments for the two concerts. Mike Miley Elected 1967 Valedictorian Charles E. ^liley III, a first class biology major fron\ Berryville, Vir-ginia, has been elected Valedictor-ian of the 1967 gradauting class. Mike's accomplishments at VMI are numerous and greatly varied; he has maintained academic stars all four years at VMI, is the first rank-ing biology major in his class. Edi-tor of the VMI Cadet, a member of the Honor Court, and is cur-rently enrolled in the biology hon-ors program. His popularity among his brother rats stems from their respeot for his personal abilities, and his mild, amicable manner. The University of Virginia has ipromised liim a scholarship next year, and Mike intends to work in the University hospital during the summer. Though he has no preference in his study of Me-dicine thus far, he has been in-vestigating the effect of insulin on the genetic development in eggs in his honor's project. He claims that no "real progress" has been made towards the thesis ot liis project, but that it has proved. to be an invaluable learning pirO" cess . As Editor of the Cadet this year Mike set out to impart a "profies-sional" attitude to the paper staff and to improve the quality of 'e-fpoi- ting and story writing. His sue-cess is evident in the "controver-sy" the paper has stiiTed this yeaa-. It has become more than just a V;MI calendar of events, it is a true reflection of the attitude o? the Corps, and an effective means of expressing constructive opio.- I ions. Editor -Miley's thoughts about I the Rat System, and .Academic sit-i uation at VMI have been well ex-i pre.-sed in his editorials through-out the year. He has ahva>-s ad-vanced liberalizing tlie science cur-riculum to give Cadets a chance to escape the "isolated" educa-tional atmosphere of VMI and b£> See V.\LLEDICTORIALN Page 7 Buffet Liiiieheoii Saturday 15 April Le jeune Hall (^ost: §1.50 per Person Marshall Library To Receive Grunt The Louis D. Beaumont Founda-tion of Cleveland. Ohio, has made a grant in the amount of $5,000 to i the George C. Marshall Research Foundation in Lexington, Va., Gen-| eral of the Army Omar N. Brad-1 Icy, Marshall Foundation Presi-! dent announced today. General Bradley said the gift will be ap-plied to funds received in a cuii- See -Marsliall Librai-y Page 3 ' COl.O.XEL COXEI.I., from Canisius CoUeaie in Buffalo. N. Y. in-spectd Re4(imeatal Adjutant Pen-> N. Kitenoiir in Thursday's aa^ uual ROTC iuspetnion.—Photo by Fat Kiu,5 |