VMI Cadet. January 12, 1968

              m %%% VOLUME LIV Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, January 12, 1968 Number 14
Republican Party Heads
Discussion Issues At W& L
CONTACT Seminar
"What's New, Pachyderm?" is
the title of the CONTACT Sympos-ium
sponsored by the Inter-frater-nity
Council of Washington and
Lee University Feb. 7-10. As a
ground'breaker for W&L's tt-adi-tionol
Mock Convention, CONTACT
this'year is addressing itself to the
hopes and- wOes of the Republican
Party.
CONTACT, entering its fourth
year as an institution on the Wash-ington
and, Lee campus, has made
its mark as the host of such contro-versial
speakers as James Farmer,
Richmond Flowers, Tom Wolfe, Mi-chael
Harrington, and Claude
Brown. Ths year CONTACT will
host former Senator Barry M
Goldwater, Senator Thurston Mor-ton,
Professor Samuel Lubell. for-mer
Governor Thodore R. McKel-din,
Mr. Stephen He.S'S, and Robert
D. Novak.
Sen. Thurston Morton—
The Opposition
CONTACT'S "What's New. Pachy
derm" promises to be in the same
vein as its predecessors. Leading
off the program will be Senator
Thurston Morton (Rep., Ky.) who
will be speaking at 8:00 pm on
Wednesday, February 7.
Senator Morton, a former Na
tional Chairman of the GOP and of
the Republican Senatorial Cam
paign Committee, is most noted for
his recent dissent from the .Admin-istration's
Viet Nam policy. While
he will be talking about the rights
and duties of the opposition party
in Congress, some discussion of the
United States involvement in
Southeast Asia is a certainty.
Theodore McKeldin—
Urban Issues
Urban America promises to be
a major issue to be addressed or
avoided by both parties. One of the
leading advocates for the adoption
of a progressive urban policy is
Theodore R. McKeldin, former Gov-ernor
of Maryland and recently re
tired Mayor of Baltimore.
McKeldin, noted for his colorful
speech and sharp criticism, is Re
publican through and through (R is
for Roosevelt). Because h e has "re-tired
from politics" his talk on
Thursday, February 8 at 8:00 p.m.
promises to provide a candid ex-position
of Republican city stra
tegy.
Stephen Hess—
Republican Outlook
"What's New Pachyderm?" is an
examination in depth of the Repub-lican
Party. Few people have as up
to-date and thorough knowledge of
the institution as Stephen Hess,
presently with the John Fitzgerald
Kennedy School of Government.
Institute of Politics, at Harvard
University, who will speak on
Thursday, February 8, at 4:00 p.m.
Hess, co-author wtih David Brod
er of the Republican Establish-ment:
The Present and Future of
the G'O.P. as well as author of
Americas' Political Dynasities and
co-author of Hats in the Ring, will
See CONTACT page 2
Mid Term Exams
Will Be Shorter
On January 15, 1968, the cadets
of VMi begin their mid-term ex
amination period.
In order to insure additional
study time for cadets, the Superin-tendent
has authorized taps one
half hour later during the week
prior to exams. Beginning Sunday
night, January 14, cadets are auth-orized
late study until 2:00 a.m
in the following locations: Maury-
Brooke Hall, Scott Shipp Hall, Nich-ols
Building, Mallory Hall, barracks
study rooms, and the Biology Build-ing.
In a memorandum dated January
11, the Commandant's office ad-monishes
cadets to "police" the late
study areas, or they will be closed
Shorter Exams
This semester exams will be an
hour shorter than previous exams
changing from four hours to three
hours.
Col. Tutvviler, Head of the Eng-lish
Department, gave several rea-sons
for the change. First, the four
hour exams were unnecessarily
long, so the Academic Review
Board decided to conform to the
majority of other colleges in exam
length. The second reason con-cerns
the unfortunate cadet with
two exams in one day. Six hours
of concentrated thinking compares
favorably with eight weary hours
Purpose of Exam's
Col. Tutwiler further stated that
most teachers would probably give
two to two and one half hour ex-ams,
to insure that slow students
would finish.
The Academic Board maintains
See EXAMINATIONS page 3
THIS FAINTING, a Picasso, is from the artist's Pink Period. It wa?
one of many works discussed in this week's Panel Discussion—
"Picasso and Twenty Century Vision."
Topic of Panel Discussion
Is Book On Picasso's Art
As part of its summer Reading
Program VMI offered several activi-ties
last week related to the topic,
"Picasso and the Twentieth Cen-tury
Vision."
Panel Discussion
A panel discussion dealing with
the subject was presented on Mon-day,
January 8. The discussion cen-tered
on the two hooks in the Sum-mer
Reading program, Picasso, His
Life and Work, by Roland Penrose,
and. What is Modem Painting?, by
Alfred Barr. The panel, itself, was
composed of Col. William F. By-ers.
Major William D. Badgett, and
Cadet Timothy Rahm.
Maj. Badjett, the moderator,
offered an introduction to the
works of Pablo Picasso and demon-
Percy Sledge Tops
Midwinters Slate
This year, the Hop and Floor
Committee lined up what should
prove to be a great show. Midwint
ers is going to be on the ninth and
tenth of February and will f e a t u re
the Tams and Percy Sledge.
The Tams, who have recently re-corded
"I've Been Hurt," are goin^
to play on Friday night, and Percv
Sledge, famous for his recording of
"When A .Vlan Loves A Woman"
is featured on Saturday night.
If approved, both dances will be
informal, cabaret .•••tyle, the dress
being class blazers or sweater.s.
Both dances are .scheduled to start
at nine and end at twelve. .As usu-al,
the third class will hold two
Pine Room Parties. Lolita and 1h?
Swingma^ters are to play for one
night and the band for the other
night is a.s yet undetermined.
THK VMI HOP & FLOOR CO.MMITTEE will con-tinue
their presejitatiou of "Soul Sounds" at the
I>lid» inter Hups as they brinij the Tams and Percy
mill'lon seller, "I've Been Hui-t," a favorite with
VMI cadets who apprei'iute soul and especially
thos4> who know the feeling ul having been
Dear Readers,
Unfortunately the CADET
staff must take exams, too.
We submitted a permit to
exempt us in order to print
another issue, but it was
cruelly disapproved. Our
next issue will be on Feb-ruary
3,
Sltrdge to the stage. The Tams will sing their shot down.
strated the precise effect of Cubism
in this century. By defining various
effects of Cubism as observed ia
a work from the Analytic phase,
Maj. Badgett showed how some of
the peculiar ambiguous effects of
modern art are achieved.
Various Styles
In an outline of the various
styles of Picasso, Major Badgett
proved that Cubist principles are
reiterated throughout the artist's
life. The survey ended with a state,
ment of the present activity of Pi-casso.
Cadet Rahm, who followed, spoke
of the specific advantages of this
book as an appraisal of the artist.
Besides treating the painter's
works e.vtensively, the biography
offered a second, more important
advantage. Since it was written by
a personal friend, Rahm noted, the
book presents a unique insight of
'he n:an himself. Commenting on
everal paradoxes inherent in Pic-
.isso, the cadet concluded that with-in
the artist's many diverse styles,
there is a constant search for ths
.similarities between illusion and
reality.
Synibolization
Beside.s hi.s artistic innovations,
Picasso ha.s symbolized the abso-lutely
free, unfettered artist. This
i aspect wa-; dealt with by the third
i s p e a k t r . Col. William F. Byers. He
jt:r-t surveyed the changing role of
i t h e arti-t. Beginning with a typi-
] cal Renaissance artist, he poimei
out the rigid conformity impo.>ei
; .)n the painter. By citing examples
: of :\licl-.eIangclo and the Impres-
-iioniyts. Col. Byers developed hij
thonu' of Ihe gradual liberation of
the artist which euhrinated in PIl'-
assn.
Liberal Artist
Next the speaker listed the ad-
Ivan'.ige; that the liberated artist
I enjoyed. But he also contended rhat
difficulties have arisen from this
. liberation. Chief among these is the
lo>js of artistic craftsmanship,
l astly he proposed that contem-
F>orary artists be required to serve
•ome term of apprenticeship.
. \ s a means of preparation for
the lecture a movie concerning
Picasso and his art was shown oa
Thursday. January 4. In additioa
to a review of his paintings ia
color, the movie featured scenes of
the artist at work in his studo.