VMI Cadet. November 7, 1969

              VOLUME LVI Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, November 7, 1969 Number ^
Linwood Holton Becomes New Posit Committee
First Republican Governor Will Initiate Studies
In 85 Years
A NEWS ANALYSIS
By Fred Banister
The result of Tuesday's guber-natorial
election day mark the be-ginning
of a new era in Virginia
politics. Linwood Holton became
the first governor-elect after 85
years of Democratic domination of
the state's government.
The defeat of Democratic hope-ful
William C. Battle expressed the
desire of the people of Virginia
for a change in their state govern-ment.
The reasons for the GOP
victory stretch much further than
that.
Keep The Big Boys Honest
The Democratic primary resulted
in an August runoff between Bat-tle
and Norfolk State Senator Hen-ry
E. Howell. Howell's liberal ideas
secured for him a relatively largo
number of votes which were in
dicative of a growing trend in the
minds of Virginians. Battle de-feated
Howell and became the
Democratic candidate, but despon-dent
Howell supporters would soon
rally to the standards of Holton.
Labor organizations and the Neg-ro
faction gave the GOP heavy
support. Their motives were sim-ply
to obilerate the conservative
and moderate elements in the state
governinent. The Republican can
didate represented a liberal ele-ment
which these groups desired
and that would serve their inter-ests
best. 'This may destroy the
Democratic Party power structure
and throw it into the hands of the
liberals by 1973.
Tax Reduction
Holton's promise of a tax re-duction,
particularly the regressive
food tax, gave state citizens a ray
of hope for financial relief. Battle,
emphasizing fiscal responsibility
and his fears that the educational
fund would be hurt, gave no indi
cations for any sizable cutbacks in
state taxation. Mere support wa*
thus thrown into Holton's direc
tion.
The public endorsement of Hol-ton
by President Richard Nixon,
who had gained overwhelming
popularity in Virginia, could have
been a deciding factor. The Presi-dent's
public statements encourag
ing the people of Virginia to vote
for Holton and his timely visit to
the Roanoke area undoubtedly
swayed people to the GOP's side.
Nixon also openly endorsed the Re-publican
candidate for governor in
New Jersey, William Cahill, who
won a similar victory in his home
state.
Democratic Apathy
A predominant number of Vir
See ELECTION page 5
A new committee has been or
ganized and approved by the Super-intendent
to deal with certain prob-lems
which might arise either in
the Corps or between the Corps
LINWOOD HOLTON
Two Alumni Will
Receive Awards
Two well-known civil engineer-ing
graduates of Virginia Military
Institute, the late Colonel William
Calendar of Events
NOVEMBER
2-30 ^ Exhibition of paintings,
darwings, and prints bv Barbara
L. Bishop, associate professor of
art, Longwood College, Lcjeune
Hall lounge.
10—Soathern Conference Cross
Country meet, at Williamsburg.
10—Platoon Leaders Course dinner
in observance of the 194th birth-day
anniversary of the United
States Marine Corps, Lejeune Hall
ballroom.
10—Observatory showing, open at
dusk.
11—FOUNDERS DAY, marking
the 130tli anniversary of the In-stitute's
foundina: General permit
for the Corps of Cadets begins al
DRC.
11 11 AM—Founders Day con
vocation, with address by William
U. Moore, '37, vice president op
eration. Southern Railway, Jack
son Memorial Hall.
11 12:30 PM—Founders Day lun
cheoii for special guests. Moodv
Hall.
11 8 PM—Recital by Flamencu
guitari->t Fernando Martintv, ot
Guadalajara, Mexico, Lejeune Hall
ballroom. .Admission: 25c for ca-dets,
faculty, staft'. and students:
$1 for all others.
12 8 PM—"Analysis of 1969 Gub
einatorial Electio'i." by Dr. Ralph
Eisenberg, Director. Institute of
Government and Professor of For
eign AlVairs, University of Virginia,
presented by the Society of Young
Democrats, 318 Scott Shipp Hall
12 8 PM — At Washington and
Lee, Sir John Glubb, former com-mander
of the Arab Legion, "A
i New Look at the Arab-Israeli Con-j
t'''ont"'t'in." duPont Auditorium.
12 8 PM—French CUib meeting,
i Lejeune Hall.
; i3 10 AM—Xewc'omers Clui) cof
fee, at the home of Mrs. James M.
Morgan Jr.. 410 VMI Parade.
13 6:30 PM—Dinner meeting of
the VMI student chaoter. Ameri
can Society of Civil Engineers.
13 8 PM.—"Middle East: Key to
World Power." address by Sir
John Glubb. former commander of
the Arab Legion (Jordan ArmyK
Jackson ^^emorial Hall.
14 8 P>1—Planetarium demon
stration.
Couper, VMFs historiographer and
first business executive officer, and
Harry Ashby deButts, retired board
chairman of the Southern Railway
System, will receive the first
Awards for Distinguished Service
to be given by the VMI Founda-tion.
The president of the Institute's
alumni-sponsored e n d o w m e nt
agency, Edmund T. Morris Jr., 26.
of Roanoke will present both
awards on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. dur
ing Founders' Day Convocation
marking VMI's 130th anniversary.
Moore To Speak
Speaker for the occasion, open
to the public, will be VMI Founda-tion
Trustee William H. Moore cf
Washington, D.C., vice president of
operations of the Southern Railway
System and a 1937 graduate. This
same position with the Southern
was held by deButts from 1937 to
1952.
Cftuper
Colonel Couper, a native of Nor-folk
and 1904 graduate, was close-ly
assocated with VMI for over 50
years. He was president of the As
sociation of Military Colleges and
Schools and held every elective
office of the Southern Athletic Con-ference.
He wrote the four-volume.
One Hundred Years at V5II, Clau-
See TWO ALUMNI page 2
Tourist Rise At
ISeir Market In
^69 Is Recorded
The New Market Battlefield Park
reported today a 40 per cent ir
crease in visitation during the first
ten months of this year as compar-ed
with the same period of 196o
The total was 19,418.
October attendance totaled 1,534.
a 52 per cent increase over the
regular attendance during October
of last year. The Park recorded a
115 per cent increase during the
third week of October, which broke
records at many Shenandoah Val
ley attractions.
VMI To Mark
130th Year On
Vovember 11
The Virginia Military Institute
will mark the 130th anniversary of
its founding at a convocation on
Nov. 11.
Moore to Speak
William H. Moore of Washington,
vice president - operations of the
Southern Railway System and a
1937 VMI graduate, will be the
speaker. Maj. Gen. George R. E.
Shell, VMI superintendent, will
preside at the 11 a.m. program in
Jackson Memorial Hall. At the con-vocation.
the VMI Foundation will
present two distinguished service
awards.
Railway Apprentice
Mr. Moore joined the Southern
Railway as a student apprentice
following his graduation from VMI.
He went to Atlanta as a trainmas-ter
in 1946, transferring to Ashe-ville,
N. C., seven years later. He
also has served as a division super-intendent
at Charleston and Colum-bia.
S. C. and at Atlanta.
In 1957 he was named general
manager. Western Lines, and six
years later was appointed a resi-dent
vice president of the South-ern
at Chattanooga. Tenn. He was
named to his present position in
1965.
Mr. Moore is a director of the
Southern Railway Company and is
a vice pi'esident and director of a
number of other companies in the
Southern Railway System. He also
is a member of tho board of direc-tors
of the VMI Foundation.
and the Administration. Named the
Posit Committee, it is composed of
a cross-section of the First Clas-J
and the president of the Second
Class.
It is called the Posit Committee
the verb posit, meaning to position,
or situate.
There are twelve members cho-sen
from the various factions of the
First Class and the Second Class
president. They are: the Regimen-tal
Staff; Ted Durvin, the editor
of the Cadet, Dick Cabaniss, the
editor of the Bomb; Randy Jones.
First Class Private; Ben Dick, First
Class president; Wilder Wadford,
member of the Honor Court and of
the Steering Committee; Carson.
Tucker, First Battalion command-er;
Tom Campbell, captain of the
football team; and Jan Essenburg,
president of the Second Class.
Their advisor is Colonel James
Bramlet.
Staff Studies
The commitee will initiate and
prepare staff studies on different
problems within the corps of which,
the Administration should be aware
In the preparation of these
j staft" studies, objectivity will be a
I major goal.
These staff studies will be sub-mitted
to the Administration
w h i c h will act on the
recommendations advanced by the
committee. Utilizing this cross-sec-tion
01 the leaders of various
groups in barracks, the committee
will stiive for a professional and
mature approach in all cases.
Sub-Committees
Ideally, these members will forn).
their own sub-committees which
will involve a larger number of
upperclassmen in the workings of
the Corps. The committee would
then function as a resarch body
and sounding board for the differ-ent
faculty committees in addition
See POSIT COMMITTEE page 2
Second Classman, Mac Garnet,
blood that had been collected by
nooa.
gives one of the 421 pints of
the Red Cross at 2.30 this after
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