VMI Cadet. February 26, 1971

              VOLUMK I . V II
Dr. Robert Lifton
Accepts Invitation
To '71 Symposium
Virginia Military liisliliitc. Lexington. Virginia, Friday. I''cl)riiar,v 2(i. 1971 Niinihi'r
Thiir.sdiiy iifU'inooii the Sympo
siiim (;()nimitlcc ann()unc<'(l thul
it hull received word Ihiit Dr. Uoli-e
r t I.ifton hud accepted the invi-t
a t i on to come to llie In.stilute as
.1 major speaker for Ihe Spring
Symposium to be lield April 8lh
and gth.
Dr. I j f l o n received liis M.A. f r om
New York University in I!t4l(, and
has been a profe.s.sor at Yale Med-ieal
Seliool since 1!)G1. He is c.s-peeially
concerned with the con-eepis
and harms of a proKrannne<l
society.
Cadets taking Comparative (iov
eminent this semester are famil-iar
with his stndics of Chinese
society. Some of his otl\er works
inelnde, TliroiiRh llerorm and the
I'sycholnKy of Totulisin: \ S(ii(l.>
nf llrainwashinf! in China, Death
in Lite: Survivors of Hiroshima,
md Revolutionary Immortality.
Itostow To Ajipear Also
Tlie Symposium's other major
speaker, Dr. Walter flostow is
equally (|ualified. lie was a Rhodes
Scholar and received his Ph.D. in
economics from Yale in 1940.
Since that time he has l)cen active
in Government circles, especially
durinK the .Johnson administration
when he was the Ciiairman of the
Policy Planning Commission for
th(' Department of State. Dr. Ros-low
represent.s the proplannini;
aspect of the problem and has de-fined
his position in The Process
Of Kconnmic (Jrowth. The Slaves
of Keonnmle (irowth. and The Dy-namics
of Soviet Society.
Aloni! with Drs. Mfton and Ros
tow. the Symposium has received
acceptances from three of the four
paneli.sts. 'I'hey include Gene Ma
rine. author of America Ihe Itaped,
Harold Orlov, author of Contract
InR I'or Alonis, and Curtis Brooks,
Piofe.s.sor of Humanities at U.Va
Colleue of EnuineerinK.
IraKic
Xorri.s
(le.'itli
\ M I
.icit was l>enun
,tiilili-,liiiiu some
sort of iiivi'stmciit fiiml witli ttie
ultimate puipiise of sen'tiM'.; Per
ry's infant son Cliri.s to (•(illei;e
when he ri'aclie;. tlii' nf cir;!!
Shoitly Jiftei-of
Spcciidist I'ei
rifle coach, a pi
with the noal of
Contributions
The oj ii^inal i(i'>
Wet..,I
irivoU •
Cadet Wilder VVadford makes a point durlnj? the 1!)"0 Symposium
on Ihe .Military-Industrial Complex. This year's Symposium will
deal with Technolonlcal Shock. I»r, Hubert I.iflon and Walter Itos-tow
have accepted invitations to speak then.
Brook Pn^sciils "'Dn^aiii l^lay,
Vlidsuiiiim^r Niglil's Dnuiiii
by llae Turner
"The David Merrick Arts I'oun-datlon
presents The Koyal Shakes-peare
Company in the Stratford-upon-
Avon produetlon of William
Shapcspeare's Summer Nifiht's
Dream' directed by P e t e r Urook."
With that one .sentence in the
Pluybill, till' stage's most famous
producer, the world's best known
The VMl Foundation Holds
(loiilVreiicc Oii Aliiiiiiii Fund
The First liianmial Conference
on the Alumni Annual Fund will
be held at VMI from 18-20 March.
This meeting will be the first time
that a conference has been held
since the two fund raising bodies,
the Cla.ss Agent Appeals of the
Alumni Association and the An-nual
Giving Program of the VMt
Foundation were combined last
year.
Fund Ital.sers to Attenil
.\inong tho.se scheduled to at
tend are those men responsible
for a large percentage of the dona-tions
to VMI, the Class Agents and
the regional Chapter Chairmen,
Other, influencial alumni and
f r i e n d s of the Institute are also
tieing invited to attend.
In additi(m to those mentioned
above, there will be a great amount
of cadet participation at the func-tions
of the conference. The pur
po.se of thi.s is to associate tlie
money-raisers with the cadets
themselves to give them a better
view of VMI today.
Workshop Scheduled
The present schedule calls for
r e g i s t r a t i o n l)etween 1 o'clock
and 5 o'clock on the af-ternoon
of March 18, with
a bu.sy agenda t h e r e a f t e r . AinonH
the more notable activities are:
visits to cla.sses in session, tours
ol all new facilities on post, and
<1 luncheon with Ihe leaders of tiie
corps.
Those selieduled to speak to the
gathering are: Clinton E. Thurs
ton, Jr., the President of the Alum-ni
Annual Fund, Sol W. Rawls,
,lr., the President of Ihe Board ol
Visitors, and Joseph D. Neikirk.
Kxeeutive Vice President of the
VMI Foundation.
playwriglit, its finest interprelers,
and one of the great directors of
the modern stage were linkeil to
produc<' the most thormighly en-joyal)
l<' presentation many of its
participants. l>oth on stagi' and in
the audience, had exp<'rience(l.
In his txHik, The limply Space,
d i r e c t o r Peter liriiok wrote. 'Once
the llieatre could l;e«in as magic:
t magic at the sacred festival, oi'
m a g i c a:, thi' footliglits came up.
(laiU'l Union
r i i o l o Coiih si
Tiie VMI Cadet Union will spon
.sor a pliotography conte.st soon
a f t e r the Corps returns from
Spring Furlough, The entries wilt
l)C displa.ved in Ihe showca.scs in
the P.\ on the :iOO Level of I.( •
.jeune Hall,
As of iimv, six photographer.s
have stated they would be conte.s-tants,
'I'hougli most of these stud
ents are members of publications
at VMI, participation is by no
means limited to these persons.
Commenting on the contest, Carl
Biersack. president of the Union
.said. "There is a considerable
amount of talent in the Corps. The
recent contests concerning hobl)ies
and artwork and now this parlicu
lar one is a means of giving stud
cnts a chance to display their
I work."
•foday, it is the other way round '
. . We mu.st open our empty hands !
and show that really ttiere is noth
ing up our sleeves." Working from
an essentially l)are stage, the di- ;
rector began to spin a v\'el> of fan-tasy
and action en<()mpassing lioth I
stage and audience. In the style set
by his work in "The Marat Sade" i
and the film "t.ord of the Flies," I
Hie surrealistic pres<'nlation work-,
ed thi' magic long lielil as naive
and unacceptal)le, and it was who!
ly and .ioyously received.
Cast Knjoys Itoles
Much prai.se has been directed
III the Royal Shakespeare Company,
and from the experii'nee of this
play it .seems well .justified. The
I'vidtjnt en.joyment of the roles and
action by the east, coupled with
t h e i r mastery of the art gave life
an<l beauty to the fantasy. Actors
not actively performing im the
stage could b(! seen standing at the
wings and above the stage and
were Ihe first to register delight
and ap|)roval in a fine perfor-mance.
Much has been ,said about "Peter
Brook's 'Dream' " hut this is really
Shakespeare's dream. Brook's ta-lent
has revived it in a form .so
natural as to seem clo.se to the
playwright's intent. Iiiit has not ob-
,scured the beauty of action and
imagery. ,\nd, this is also the
Royal Company's dream, for their
talent l)rings the action and char-
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Lipcal Artisf
ToExhihilln
I A* jeune Hall
An art exhibit by l-anay Nau
Hartmann of Lexington o|>ened
.Monday in Lejeune Hall at the
Virginia Military Institute.
The display, a collection of works
in several media, will continue
through March 24, The public is
invited to attend the exhibit daily
trom !) a m, to !) p,m. in l,e.ieune
Hall, The artist will be honored at
a receptiim Monday afternoon at
4::iO o'clock to mark the opening
ol the exhibit.
Second Showing
The exhibit will bi' Mrs, Hart-inann's
,sec(md show at VMI and is
Ihe result ol thi^ considerable en
Ihii.i.ism that was expre,s,sed for
her work at the show here in l»(i!i.
Mrs. Hartmann has lived in Lev
ington for the past three years
while her husband has been a
.'^tiident at the Law School of Wash-ington
and Lee Univc'rsity, She
has taught art in tlie local public
;iehools and has been a staff meni-liei
of the VMI Preston Library,
Mrs. Hartmann is an art gradu
ate of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel ILill and won Lexington and VMI
Iwo prizes for her work as a stud- the F.nglish Speaking I'nion, tea
ent. She has won the award for tured .Mr. anil Mrs. Ilowanl .Mitel,
painting at the Chapel Hill Arts ; ell. Both Mr. and .Mrs Mili liell
Festival. She has exhibited at a performed on Ihe Appalachian
See ART KXHIBIT Page M)ulcimer The niusie the Mitchells
P o s i l ( l o i T i n i i l l e e K o r c o i n n K ' i i ds
( Jiaii^es 111 P r o h l e n i Arras
Scliolarsliij) l^'iind
lor Soil or INvrrv
( jHUiIrd
Norris
ma i-r, 't
!.'')li ilollii
lonati'ins from Ilic eoip.s ronlact a member ol the rif
lid lie invested in soiii'- fur tin- purpose,
he handsome amount ol Suggestions to how the
IS has lieen colleetcil should be invested will at >i
fiiiiii Iiiilel., alone. .\ great deal
of interest shown by members of
the iiiiiilaiy sei-iiee stiilV, Ihe
taeiilly, .mil others, however ha,
led Id the opening of the fund on
,p larger Male. .An.viiiie wishing to
make a diinalion is encouraged to
ESI l*r('soiils (.(HH'crl
Thiirsda:
ton anil I.ee Sti
lirary wa, the sei
most interesting
eoneerts nt Ihe
is of course, an i
a concert, but no
as the program pre:,
The eoncert. spun
llg, Ihe
I lent (
•lie of one . it the
and en|i IV.lhll-
,easoii A li lira..'
inu.',iial plai e hii
t hall as III lil'.ilal
•nlid.
ored by
Chapters
l ) i i l r liners
|ila,\i"l vari -it from Bach i -horale ,
aii'i I'.ieji .h Ballads to count r.\
Fiildh- mill
( oust rui-tcd Diilcime
•I he eons tiiii-tiiin and pi: iMiig of
Ihe diili-inii •1- is Mr, Mitcliell 's lioliby
111 as he describes it ' •Belling
good miisic- from hiimemadi - iiistrii
nients." Hi • has constructe i| over
21 iliilcimei i-s, all of d i f f e re 111 sizes.
^hap|•s and from different mater-ials.
't'tie only consistant (piality
was the iantastie music eaeli pro
Mr, and Mrs, Mitchell 'd dif
pieeiated. Siillie of tlie plan-read.\
iinder eoiisiileration ai •
.letiial ti ii^l fluid, some (o, i
biiii't investment, or investim n
in-,uianee, A provisional ap;.'
ineiit to VMI which wiiiild
:'iiloin,'ilie admittance to Hh I
tiile It Ctiiis ,so desires and
meet iiiininiiini reiiuireiiient n
reaehiiig th" appropi ial<' ir •
Ill-en iiffered In coii.liinetiiiii
Ihe piiiposed s('liiilai"«tiip
VMI Drlf-ai
l o B r l r d \U
Liii^ainl<'ll<'r
.\ ilelegation of 2ti V,MI N
Repiililicans will attend the u
ing ses,'-ions of tlie Virginia Vi
llepiililieans Convention on I'm
121) February. 'I'lie conventioi
' lieing held in Salem and will
on I'riday night with the mei
fereni sliinged instruments in t h e ir , of the K<'y Committei •fhi:. ^•llt
Cadet Buddy Ramey, chairman future will have o
of the Posit Committee, has in- bi'r ailvihing onlv
formed THK CADF.T that Mr, Dan tiie cla,ss advanei
Ogle will continue to l)e the ad-visor
to that committee, altliough
he is no longer employed at the
Institute,
Previously the I'lnancial aid of-ficer
for VMI. Mr, t)gle is now tlie
; executive manager of thi' VMI
I Sportsmens Club, succeeding the
faculty iiiiMii
class. Wtien
through the
sys t em the advisi ill not adv;in
ce witli tliem.
Tlie work of the I'osit Commit
tee has been delayed this year tie-cauiiC
of General Shell's illness
The results of these new recom
mendations and also the imes suli
mitted la.st November are yet to
coneeil. The variations of styles
and instrumental comljinations
made each piece si'cm different
anil exciting, I'.etwei'n each pii'ce,
Mr Mitihell explained the teeli
nieal aspects of ttie different in
s t i i i i n e n t s and the derivation o
each Ming,
i ' e r f o r m s I'.aeh Chorales
'file high point of the evening man on
was when tlie Mitchells performed of W&l
lie fiilliiwed on Saturday by Hie
actual ,session being held in t l"
a f t e i n o o n . Official aclivitie, mP
lie eimeliided with a bamiiii I '.n
Saturday night.
Seeond classin.nn Stan lliii'-, tie-present
ehairman of the \M!
Vining tli-piililieans will be riiiiiiiir-tor
the po.-ition of First Vii-e Chaii
ticket with Boti \\ ' ' '
ho is r u n n i n g fur ('li,ii'
Bac-h Chorales. The;
ihih-imei with Mrs
ing Ihe alto part i
soprano, while Mr
ing the
Summer Reading List Announced
The Summer Reading Committee
is a faculty commiltee which meets
periodically during the late after-noons
to di.scu.ss and select the
books which cadets would find to
lie lioth interesting and informa-tive.
The fruits of this committee's
labors is the annual Summer Read-ing
Li.sl. I'his list is compiled year-ly
to help interested cadets to se-lect
a sununer reading program
without going Ihrough Ihe "trial
and error" of picking a book at
a moment's notice while browsing
in a bookstore. Thus, a cadet may
save time and money by choosing
books recommended for college slu-denls.
Variety of Topics Covered
As in reccnl years, the books on
this year's list,cover a variety of
topics, .Ml hooks on the list are
al.su available in paperback, which
allows men to make substantial
savings. Books may also be bor
rowed through Ihe Keydet Book-slin-
e as in past years.
Compilation of Ihe reading list
is not the end of the conimittee's
activities. Kach bloc of Ihe list is
covered by a panel discussion dur-ing
tlie academic .Near,
Six Itlocs of Hooks
Committee meetings are not
closed to members of the fai-iilty.
In fact, cadets' suggi',slions anil
attendance are invited. Interested
cadets should contact any mem
The .Sec
llos/,ak.
Head
.'iVhal flvervone U Reading" w.s Ih. topic of
a u'siun at .he Suu.mer R e . d i . . . Haacl held
l!!:, n ; ; h t . bouk. -re Hermauu H e « e .
SIDD.\KTII.V and Thomas Wulte"b I'l MPIlOl Si:
U.\NG. See albu "'I'he View Kroiii Here," page 3.
her of Ihe committee, or Col Ban
sum of the History Department,
There are six blocs of lioiiks,
each containing two or three
hooks. Ideally, each i-adet should
try to read at least one hook
from each topic.
This year's list is as follows:
1. Masculine Feiiiinine
1. Sinione de lieamoir
Olid Sex.
2. Betty and 'I'heodor
eds ,
Ings in Sexual M>thology and the
l.ilieralioii of Women.
II Di.ssent
Fortas, I o n i e r n i n g Dissent and
Civil Disoliedienee,
-1. / i n n . Disoliedienee and In-inti
erac.v: Nine I'alaiies on Law and
Order,
.•i. A, Koestlei Darkness at Noon
III I'he Ami'i-ie.-in llreain
ti W Stegner, Big Roik ( aiidy
,>loiinlaln,
7 J Baldwin, Tin' I Ire ,\exl
Time.
H, F All The American
Dream,
IV. Towards IMopia.
!l. T More. Utopia,
111 S Butler. I'lreHlion
II B F. Skinner. Walden II,
V The Future of Man
12. G Harden, .Nature and
Plan's l ale,
i:i, Clarke, The ( ily and Ihe
Stars.
,\ll incoming Fourtli t"lassmcn
will he expected to read the lol
lowing two liooks:
14. Virginia Voeks. On Uecomliig
an educated I'ersuii, 2nd edition.
15 Mark Gerzon, The Whole
World Ik WiiUhluK. i
base part and singing the
late Col, .M. G. Ramey, Sr. Having |„, determined. The in-esent aetin.g tenor. This most delightful an''
I been advi.sor of the Posit Commit- supeiintcndent. (ieneral .Morgan interesting arrangement was espe
; lee since its start last year, Mr. (Joes not have the power to make daily enjoyable l)y the audience
O g l e has been given the approval change.s In the .system in any way.' See KSU CO.NCERT Page S
j of the Superintendent and the, -
' President of the Alumni Assoeia
lion, Mr, Vince Thomas, to re
' main in that capacity,
I'rogre.ss of the I'osit ("ummlttee
I The most recent recomnienda
lions pre.scribed by Ihe Posit Com
' mittec to Ihe administration in
I eludes a cadre furlough for first
classmen. Understudies are being
made on the VMI mess hall and
Ihe procc,ss of election of class of-ficers,
The committee feels that
the manner in which elections are
made now might not be the host
way of electing the leaders of clas-ses.
The role of the cla.ss faculty ad-visor
is also under study by the
committee, I'o.ssibh' changes in the
(Uilrinlar Of
lU'riils
MAR( II
I -l .'iti PM Opening of exhilii
tion of paintings by Lana\'
Nail Hartman, Lejeiine
lounge. An invitation is ex-tended
by the Le.ieiine Union
to faeiilty, statf, cadets and
friends to meet the artist at
the opening rei-eption. I'ln' e\
hibit eonlinues throii|;h .March
21
1 Obsi-rvalory showing
2 1 PM 'Soiitheasl .\,ia Con
striii-tion I'rograiii," le(-tijri'
slide pre-,entalion ti,\ I'ill
Raymond Paulsen and LI
I'l-eileriik .tones, CKC, USN
III Oceana Naval Base, spon
sori-d by the V,\lt chapter.
ASCE, ri(l7 Nichols Hall.
I I I'M liltrainiiral ho.\ing tin .
als, gyiiinasiiim,
I II P.M lliiey l.ong and His
Politics," University Center
lecture b,\ Dr, T, Harr,\ Wil
Hams, profes.sor of hi.story,
l,ouisiana Stale Universily
I.ejeune Hall,
l.'iti Mhli'tie teams a»ay. varsil,\
b.'isketball at the Siiiithcrn
Conference Toiiriiament, Char-lotte:
varsity swimming at tlie
Southern Conlerenee Meet,
William and .Mary
7 ;I0 PM ' l l a r p e r , " movie
s t a r r i ng Paul Newman, spon
,sorc(l by the Cadet Union, l.e
Lcjeunc Hall, admission 2,")
' used a double man. With the support of \MI
Mitchell play • V P ' s (third largest in tin-nd
singing Ihe Witt.'s YR's (second liirgesi in i',
Mitchell play- slate), and support froiii olhi-r . ,.
leges, their eiiances of liein;; el. .
ted are good.
The regular \'MI delegation uUI
be led by Scott J.ingamfelter. uii.i
has been aiding Iluie's eaiiip,-ir n
.Mike Ashley. Stai i Kanini, ,lane McCarly, and
Bob Trebileoek, iiieniliirs of Ihe east of Till:
S.WDBOX, tliree one a d plays presented
by Ihe \ M I Iheaire last week,
scene friiin the play.
\ Ml riH tilrc I'lotiiiclioii Ol rNi|i.;lii
or Our - \< l IMavs is \ Siicccss
li\ MiKi- I'.i
Till iiila nil ha-
VMI prodlle
cents
H PM—AI Washington and Lee,
presentation liy the Concert
Guild of the electronics group
"All," Let Chapel,
yet ,iniitliei
tion I'liis time, the group preM-ii
ti'd a series 111 - .'II I plays that
slioueil three di-.tini-tl,\ ditfei-eiit
irsi's of tIlealer. Tlie lirst play on
Ihe evening's hill, Tlu' .Sandbox.
b> F.ilward .Mliec, typified the nio,sl
leeeiit trend in iniiovative stage-woik
theatre of the alisiird. Its
basil' theme eoiii-erneil Ihe Anieri
can Dream gone wrong, shown in
the play h.\ tile reactions of Ihe
.'verage Momm,\ and D,iddy to the
imminent dealli ol Miimm,s"s moth
Crandnia Best \elress
(jiiite aside trom the play"s
tbenie was the i|uality iil tlie work
that uas e\'idenced in the produe-tlon
.Mommy, played b,\ Jane Mc
Carty iSoiithern Seniinar.N). and
Dadd.\, carried by .Mike Ashley,
weri' both very well doiu' charac
teri^ations and showed their con
id.-iahl. 1- talent:, 111 the 1 il.-i' like eoii,sti iii'lum, in wlii.-li 1
'I'he on l;.l:illdllie nieiiilil •r of tne eliai J r l e r s , Saiii and \aiii.-li
i-asi, ho AM'M'r. was Stai -\ IM iiiiiii condiii-leil a dialogue, S,-iiii. |.i.<
1 Slillllle in .Seminal yi. as the bv Wilson .liilinson. and Naim 1.
(iiaiidiii a She, a:, the 1, i.'iiii 1 liat dune lis Hei-bie Mi ("olloiii.'li
,.|-lei .it the play, hebl tlie play both fine polarizations of iii.ni
liigether , and, to tills revi ewer, was day apalli.\ on one hand, and > i
tlie IIKIS t interesting pers on ol an.\ niiuiient on the other
in Ihe 1 •veiling's plays. It is M-l-,1 Coniedy i:nd<i Kxeniir:
dilfii-iilt lor a i-otlege s ophoii iiore ' f h e lasi play of the cM'iiiu
to play an eighty six .\ear old adaplalion of Hie siiliplni i,
woman. tint, in tills case . Ihe part Midsummer Night's Dream
was not p l a j e d ,11 miieli as it was titled Pyrainus and Thisb\ II
lived, SI 1 to siieak coiiveiiliiinal Shakespeare i-oiiie
I'r iifessional Product ion and this made the third linui
The Shelf, an original play liy
George Kosiivie, a member of Ihe
Class of I!I72, was nest on the
e\-ening's schcdnle, and it ga\'e .t
fine example of a i-onventional,
contemporary one act pla,\'. Its
theme revolved around involve
menl, a very ' now" theme There
\^as only one element that was
slightly out of Ihe ordinar.N Ihi
set, which was a simple, bookcase
lit
l l i e a t r e to lie show n lip
evening, "riie comedy cnin i-j m .1
the trials ol two lovers in tliin
attempts to eondui-t meaiiiii tliil k
lationshi|> through a wall U hi ii
they finally meet. Pyranius h.r. kill
ed himself, and Thisby. in bi-i
grief, has killed heriielf, too S.nl'
•Not really. The fanciful aspei t oi
the entire production made light
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