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VOLUME LXIV Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, November 5, 1971 Number 10 Founders Day Activities Set Awards To Include New Market Medal The 132nd anniversary of Founders Day this year is Thursday, November 11. The program will begin with a review parade at 10:00 AM in which the Presentation of the New Market Medal will be made to General Lemuel C. Shepard, Jr., '17, USMC, Ret. Following the parade the Convocation will be held in Jackson Memorial Hall at 11:00 AM. The Convocation will begin with an invocation by Cdr. Robert K. Wilson, Chaplain followed with an address by Maj. Gen. Richard S. Irby '39, Superintendent of VMI presiding at his first Foun-ders Day Convocation. The Presentation of the D i s t i n g u i s h e d Service Awards will be by Edmund T. Morris Jr., '26, President, VMI Foundation, Inc. In-troduction Of the California sculptor Anait will be by Frank McCarthy, '33, Producer Twentieth Century Fox. The Presentation of the Bust of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. '07 by the sculptor willbeacceptedby Gen. Irby. A luncheon for the guests will follow the convocation. Classes for the Cadet Corps will be suspended Founders Day. The New Market Medal is a tribute to the VMI cadets who fought in the battle of New Market and in recognition of persons who demonstrate the characteristics of duty, honor, and devotion exhibited!- by the 1864 corps. It was first awarded in 1962 to Lt. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne, then superin-tendent emeritus of VMI, and in 1964, posthumously to General of the Army George C. Marshall. United States Senator Harry F. Byrd was the recipient in 1965 which was the last one awarded. The medal was designed by Pierre Daura of Rockbridge Baths, noted artist and sculptor. This year's recipient Gen. Shephard was graduated from VMI with the class of 1917. He was commissioned a second lieutenant on the United States Marine Corps and had served with out-standing distinction until his retirement in 1956. Following his retirement he was called upon to act as chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board in planning the defense of the continent. He has served in VMI, comma;ided the 6th Marine division at Okinawa and fought in the Korean War. Gen. Shephard became the Corps 20th Commandant in 1952. He has received 3 D i s t i n g u i s h e d Service Medals, The third was awarded four years before his retirement. Gen. Shephard took a leading role Above, from left, are pictured Major Generals Wen Ha-lislung, vmi '44, military procurement officer for the Army of the republic of China; Richard Cicclella, Deputy Commander, First Army, and Richard Irby, VMI '39, Superintendent of VMI. General Wen visited the Institute this past week. General Wen, '44 Visits Institute Wen Ha-hsiung, major general in the Army of the Republic of China and V.M.I, graduate, class of 1944, visited the Institute this past week as a guest of General Irby. General Wen ac-companied MG Richard Cicclella, Deputy Chief of First Army, when the latter was invited by the Superintendent to tour V.M.I. The V.M.I. CADET in-terviewed General Wen and attended a lecture given by the general to Col. Gilliam's Political Theory class at the request of Col. Gilliam's. Biography General Wen was born in Har-bing Manchria in 1923, a son of a professional soldier, both his father and great uncle attended V.M.I, although his father graduated from West Point. Following his cadetship, Wen returned to China briefly toward the end of the Second World War and then trans-ferred to the United States At the time of the Communist takeover of mainland China, he was serving in an artillery combat unit. Prior to his current assignment Genral Wen was Executive Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of China, Chiang Ching-kuo, son of the President.,Wen is now serving as director of the China Military Procurement and Services Division. General Wen is married and has a son, 17, who is in school in Pennsylvania and a daughter 14. Lecture General Wen lectured Col. Gillium's class on the military, economic, and political situations in the Republic of China. On the first topic. Wen gave a general break down of the in the fund drive for the George C. Marshall Research Library and has accepted the chairman position with the VMI Foundation. The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1968. The award is a bullion embroidered plague and a citation, which recognizes exceptional achievement in one's career and service to the Institute through the Foundation. The recipients are Edwin Hodge, Jr., Pitt-sburgh, Pa., industrialist and 1910 VMI graduate and Rich-mond attorney. Mr. Edwin Hodges, Jr,., has had a career of a half century in the forgoing and railroad industries and serves as board chairman and president of Pittsburgh Forgoings and Greenville Steel Car Companies. Mr. H. Merrill Pusco served with distinction in VMI as secretary of the War Department general staff and as military secretary to General of the Army George C. Marshall. Both men are active in civic organization and as officers of VMI Foundation. The bronze bust of General Patton was done by Mrs. Ralph L. Stephins, Jr., known professionally as Anait. She presently lives in Los Angeles and has toured extensively in South America and Europe. She works in all media in her studio and has done bronze busts of Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev and Mehta and many others. Gen. George S. Patton entered VMI in 1903. After one year he transferred to the United States Military Academy. He has gained lasting fame and recognition in WW II. He died in 1945 from an autombile accident in Germany. Both his father and grandfather graduated from VMI. Rhetoric To Be Discussed Monday By James Golden James L. Golden, professor of speech at Ohio State University, will speak at V.M.I, on Monday Nov. 8 at 8:00 P.M. on the 400 level of Lejuene Hall. The title of his lecture will be "The Relevance of Rhetoric, 1971." He is sponsored by the university center in Virginia. As the title of his lecture implies. Dr. Golden is con-cerned with political speaking of today. He has said previously that the quality of this rhetoric is generally poor for a variety of reasons. Ghost Writers The use of "ghost" or professional writers is widespread. It cannot be anticipated that a major politician will have the time to write all his speeches. This, as Dr. Golden has pointed out, has caused a politician to present his ideas in somebody else's style, losing that effectiveness that comes only with personal expression. Political speaking has also come more to conform with the mass media. An idea that should require a matter of hours for proper development is forced into five minutes of television or radio time. The majority of political rhetoric has then been placed into short, easily recognizable cliches. Dr. Golden received his M.A. from Ohio State University and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He has been on the faculty of the University of Richmond as well as the University of Maryland, Pasadena College Muskingum College and Illinois State University. He is a member of The Speech Association of America, and has authored numerous articles and publications. He will visit four colleges in his three day stay in Virginia. Howell Wins Lt, Governor Over Kostel Pictured above is First Classman Mike Schram, who gave his pint for "C" Company at the visit of the Appalachian Bloodmobile of the Red Cross to VMI this week. 645 Pints Given; 95% Participate The Fali visit of the blood-mobile to VMI was a huge success. The previous record, established in the Fall of last year, was 581 pints. That record was shattered this week as 645 pints were donated. The Corps gave outstanding support as 616of the 669 eligible cadets (95 per cent) donated blood. Although the Corps number slightly over 1050 cadets, the many athletic permits and underage fourth classmen reduced the number of those who were eligible. The facilities operated at full capacity both days. For examkple, the facilities were supposed to close at 4:00, but were forced to refuse any new donors after 2:00 because of the tremendous number of cadets already waiting to donate. The facilities were Class Of 1972 Receives Furlough For Ring Figure This year the Class of 1972 will receive the traditional Ring Figure Furlough. They will be allowed to leave upon completion of academic duty on Wednesday, 24 November. First Classmen will be required to return at Taps, Sunday, 28 November. The charge for this leave will be one day if the Cadet attends the VPI game in Roanoke. If his home is to far to make attending the game practical, the charge will be one day and one weekend. The Class of 1971, during the Ring Figure of the Class of 1972, did not receive the options that the Class of 1972 will receive. Since the VPI game was on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving Day, the first classmen did not have to attend the game. They were allowed to leave on Wednesday and to return on Sunday. These cadets were charged for one day and one weekend. VMI CadetUnion To Present Film The Grasshopper On Friday November 5, at 7:30 the Student Union will present the film "The Grasshopper." "A well-built Canadian Bisset leaves home for Las Vegas and joins a group of pot-smoking homosexuals. Her objective is to find herself by doing a variety of things such as making an attempt at marrying a negro ex-football star. Unfortunately this ex-football star is murdered while attempting to defend the "honor" of Miss Bisset. At the end of the film Miss Bisset "casoles" a pilot into taking her up in a plane so that she may skywrite a four-letter word. The critics have rated this film as being very good but it is restricted. Cost per person will be 75 cents and the fUm will be shown on the 400 level of Lejeune Hall Men on confinement may sign out. stretched to the limit and the women who were operating them were constantly on their feet. Many cadets waited two hours or more from the time they registered until the time they finished the process. Ten first classmen received their gold gallon pins, and many more are expected to receive them in the Spring. VMI has won the College Bowl trophy for the last eight years, and a good per-formance in the Spring, coupled with the excellent performance this Fall, will win it for the ninth con-secutive year. When a college wins the trophy three years, it receives a trophy. VMI possesses two trophies now, and a good performance will assure possession of another. This is an outstanding record when one considers that VMI is in competition with 18 other colleges for this award. Independent Neo-populist On Tuesday of this week Henry Howell was elected as the next Lt. Governor of Virginia. Running close behind Howell was Delegate George Kostel of Clifton Forge, the D e m o c r a t i c candidate. Running a poor third was Delegate George Shafran of Arlington, the Republican candidate who was strongly backed by Governor A. Linwood Holton. In winning, Howell amassed solid majorities in the first, second and eighth congressional districts. In the fourth district Howell achieved a small plurality, and in the tenth barely edged out Shafran. Kostel carried the third (Richmond), fifth (Danville), sixth CRoanoke), seventh and ninth congressional districts. Shafran took only one of Virginia's congressional Improvements Due To Crozet Hall; Cafeteria Service To Be Added districts. Only in the tenth district in suburban Washington did he represent a threat to the front runner. There, he edged Howell out by a slim margin. Liberal First The election of Howell represented the first time in the political history of Virginia that an admitted liberal has carried the Commonwealth in a state election. It signified, to some observers, a sharp departure from the conservative nature of the Virginia electorate. This year's special election for Lt. Governor, made necessary by the death of Lt. Governor J. Sargent Reynolds on June 13, con-trasted sharply with last year's 3 man race for U.S. Senator. In that race Sen. Harry Byrd, running as a conservative-independent, triumphed over liberal Democrat George Rawlings and Republican Ray Garland of Roanoke. Howell ran for the Lt. Governorship this year with the expressed intention of running for the Governorship in 1973. In the light of yesterday's returns, many observers surmised that former Governor Mills E. Godwin might- feel com-pelled to declare himself a candidate for the same of-fice. Godwin, who is known to possess a disdain for Howell and his supporters, is said by many to be the only candidate with a chance of stopping the liberal neo-populist. It has suddenly been brought to the Corps' at-tention that efforts are being made to revamp and improve that classic institution, Crozet Hall. In his recent speech to the Cadets and Faculty, General Irby an-nounced the tentative in-stallation of a cafeteria style mess hall, hopefully by 1974. Legal Rights Issue Debated For Under-21 Virginians The Age of Majority Commission headed by Delegate Ford Quillen, Gate City, will hold a public hearing at the State Capitol on Wednesday, November 10, 1971 at 9:30 a.m. This Commission created by the 1971 General Assembly is studying the feasibility and desirability of lowering the age of majority to ei^teen years. Since the legal age for voting in all elections, federal and State, is now eighteen, the Commission's job is to determine whether age eighteen should also be the legal age for such things as signing a contract, buying alcoholic beverages, or writing a will. The Com-mission's task is to report its recommendations to the General Assembly. The public iiearing is in-tended to allow interested citizens an opportunity to voice their suggestions before the Commission makes any recommendations. Persons unable to attend are invited to send a written statement of their views to Commission in care of the Division of Statutory Research and Drafting, Post Office Box 3- AG, Richmond, Virginia 232U8. Other members of the Commission are Senator Hunter B. Andrews, Barry C. Bishop, Delegate Duncan C. Gibb, Delegate George Mason Green, Jr., Senator J. C. Hutcheson,' Delegate Thomas W. Moss, Jr., Senator William F Parkerson, Jr., W. Jackson Shelpherd, Delegate Eleanor P. Sheppard, and Senator William F. Stone. This piece of news was greeted with a tumultous ovation by the Corps. Efforts of that seemingly un-derground organization. The Food Committee, were surprisingly evident by the recent food preference poll d i s t r i b u t e d throughout Barracks. The CADET in-terviewed both the Chairman of the Food Committee and General Irby in an effort to ascertain what tangible improvements in Crozet Hall the Corps might see in the future. Cafeteria Style General Irby's emphasis in his description of the cafeteria-style Mess Hall was that it still was hinged on one paramount "if." That is, the decision of the state to grant the needed $275,000 for the project to VMI. The S u p e r i n t e n d e n t was seemingly confident that the funds would be granted, though he mentioned the point that the grant could just as easily be squelched. Through his experience at Fort Knox and in Germany, General Irby came in contact with the cafeteria style manner of mess hall preparation of foods. The tentative plans for Crozet Hall would encompass several feeding lines, each offering a different menu for that meal. The cadet could then choose what he would prefer for that meal. The problem of 'seconds' would be solved in controlling the food at Crozet Hall were also brought to the attention of the interviewer. A periodic check is being made on the daily calorie offerings of the provided food so that the permit tables receive 6,000 calories per day and the non-permit 4,000. The average male of the cadet's age bracket uses from 3,000 to 3,500 calories each day. In his summation of the present Mess Hall operation, General Irby slated that "Cleaves (caterers for V.M.I.) is doing a very good job, con-sidering. . . ( )." The V.M.I. Food Com-mittee is an organization that has had a dubious record and reputation in its efforts to improve Crozet Hall's operation. The Committee is composed of a representative from each campany and the present chairman. First Classman, Tom Edwards. In speaking with THE CADET, Edwards explained the pui^ose and success of the individual food preference questionnaire. The survey was taken in order to ascertain exactly what the cadet would like to eat and those foods the Corps unanimously abhorred. The results, Edwards admitted, were rather clouded by the fancy names attached the certain foods. There is that immediate association with good 'ole mom's Au Gratin Potatoes that is instantly destroyed upon sitting down to eat at Crozet Hall. However, one food has been definitely struck from the menus, breakfast grilled luncheon meat. Tom Ed-wards asserted that the Committee had other ideas lor long-range improvements but these were struck down by the tentative construction of the cafeteria style Mess Hall. Still Indefinite All in all, the prospective "New" Mess Hall plans appear to be very imaginative and in the in-terest of better food for the Cadet. Yet, the present plans still hang precariously on the state of Virginia's decision to grant the needed $275,000. It would be a wise ad-monishment to say that the Corps should not get too hopeful because the state has been known to deny VMI's request for project money in the past. Ihe VMICadet Statement of ownership, management, etc., request^ by the Acts of Congress of August 29, 1861, of THE VMI CADET, published weekly at Lexington, Va. for Sep-tember, 1971. 1. Names and addresses of the Editor and Business Manager are: Thomas B. Moncure, Box 7, Lexington, Va.; Gerard W. Higgins, Business Manager, Box 7, Lexington, Va. 2. That the owner is the VMI PublicationsBoard. 3.That the average number of copies of each issue of the publication sold or distributed through the mails, or otherwise to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the date set above was 1700. Thomas B. Moncure Gerard W. Higgins Professor Howard Eves Lectures On Past Abacists Includes Pascal, Archimedes, Gauss, Newton & Einstein This past Monday evening at 8:00, the large lecture room of Mallory Hall was filled to capacity as cadets and faculty flocked to hear Dr. Howard Eves, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maine, give a lecture entitled "Meet the Mathematicians." Professor Eves, educator and editor of a number of mathematics journals, spoke for 90 minutes on the most prominent mathemeticians of all time: Pythagoras, Ar-chimedes, Napier, Pascal, Newton, Gauss, Einstein and others. Dr. Eves succeeded in entertaining even the most persistent of liberal arts majors through relating the humorous, and less often, tragic anecdotes of each amazing mathemetician. The narratives were highlighted by projected portraits of each. Einstein Associate Educated at Oregon State with graduate work at Princeton, Professor Eves had the good fortune to work with none other than the great Albert Einstein during World War 11 while Einstein was teaching at Princeton after leaving Hitler's (jer-many. Relating many a humorous tale of Einstein and other eminent scholars, the professor concluded his lecture with an indictment of the misuse of science and mathematics for purposes of destruction. He departed leaving his audience with the thought that the sciences ought not to be used to tear down, but rather to build up. Dr. Howard Eves' lecture was sponsored by the University Center.
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Full Text Search | VOLUME LXIV Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Friday, November 5, 1971 Number 10 Founders Day Activities Set Awards To Include New Market Medal The 132nd anniversary of Founders Day this year is Thursday, November 11. The program will begin with a review parade at 10:00 AM in which the Presentation of the New Market Medal will be made to General Lemuel C. Shepard, Jr., '17, USMC, Ret. Following the parade the Convocation will be held in Jackson Memorial Hall at 11:00 AM. The Convocation will begin with an invocation by Cdr. Robert K. Wilson, Chaplain followed with an address by Maj. Gen. Richard S. Irby '39, Superintendent of VMI presiding at his first Foun-ders Day Convocation. The Presentation of the D i s t i n g u i s h e d Service Awards will be by Edmund T. Morris Jr., '26, President, VMI Foundation, Inc. In-troduction Of the California sculptor Anait will be by Frank McCarthy, '33, Producer Twentieth Century Fox. The Presentation of the Bust of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. '07 by the sculptor willbeacceptedby Gen. Irby. A luncheon for the guests will follow the convocation. Classes for the Cadet Corps will be suspended Founders Day. The New Market Medal is a tribute to the VMI cadets who fought in the battle of New Market and in recognition of persons who demonstrate the characteristics of duty, honor, and devotion exhibited!- by the 1864 corps. It was first awarded in 1962 to Lt. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne, then superin-tendent emeritus of VMI, and in 1964, posthumously to General of the Army George C. Marshall. United States Senator Harry F. Byrd was the recipient in 1965 which was the last one awarded. The medal was designed by Pierre Daura of Rockbridge Baths, noted artist and sculptor. This year's recipient Gen. Shephard was graduated from VMI with the class of 1917. He was commissioned a second lieutenant on the United States Marine Corps and had served with out-standing distinction until his retirement in 1956. Following his retirement he was called upon to act as chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board in planning the defense of the continent. He has served in VMI, comma;ided the 6th Marine division at Okinawa and fought in the Korean War. Gen. Shephard became the Corps 20th Commandant in 1952. He has received 3 D i s t i n g u i s h e d Service Medals, The third was awarded four years before his retirement. Gen. Shephard took a leading role Above, from left, are pictured Major Generals Wen Ha-lislung, vmi '44, military procurement officer for the Army of the republic of China; Richard Cicclella, Deputy Commander, First Army, and Richard Irby, VMI '39, Superintendent of VMI. General Wen visited the Institute this past week. General Wen, '44 Visits Institute Wen Ha-hsiung, major general in the Army of the Republic of China and V.M.I, graduate, class of 1944, visited the Institute this past week as a guest of General Irby. General Wen ac-companied MG Richard Cicclella, Deputy Chief of First Army, when the latter was invited by the Superintendent to tour V.M.I. The V.M.I. CADET in-terviewed General Wen and attended a lecture given by the general to Col. Gilliam's Political Theory class at the request of Col. Gilliam's. Biography General Wen was born in Har-bing Manchria in 1923, a son of a professional soldier, both his father and great uncle attended V.M.I, although his father graduated from West Point. Following his cadetship, Wen returned to China briefly toward the end of the Second World War and then trans-ferred to the United States At the time of the Communist takeover of mainland China, he was serving in an artillery combat unit. Prior to his current assignment Genral Wen was Executive Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of China, Chiang Ching-kuo, son of the President.,Wen is now serving as director of the China Military Procurement and Services Division. General Wen is married and has a son, 17, who is in school in Pennsylvania and a daughter 14. Lecture General Wen lectured Col. Gillium's class on the military, economic, and political situations in the Republic of China. On the first topic. Wen gave a general break down of the in the fund drive for the George C. Marshall Research Library and has accepted the chairman position with the VMI Foundation. The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1968. The award is a bullion embroidered plague and a citation, which recognizes exceptional achievement in one's career and service to the Institute through the Foundation. The recipients are Edwin Hodge, Jr., Pitt-sburgh, Pa., industrialist and 1910 VMI graduate and Rich-mond attorney. Mr. Edwin Hodges, Jr,., has had a career of a half century in the forgoing and railroad industries and serves as board chairman and president of Pittsburgh Forgoings and Greenville Steel Car Companies. Mr. H. Merrill Pusco served with distinction in VMI as secretary of the War Department general staff and as military secretary to General of the Army George C. Marshall. Both men are active in civic organization and as officers of VMI Foundation. The bronze bust of General Patton was done by Mrs. Ralph L. Stephins, Jr., known professionally as Anait. She presently lives in Los Angeles and has toured extensively in South America and Europe. She works in all media in her studio and has done bronze busts of Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev and Mehta and many others. Gen. George S. Patton entered VMI in 1903. After one year he transferred to the United States Military Academy. He has gained lasting fame and recognition in WW II. He died in 1945 from an autombile accident in Germany. Both his father and grandfather graduated from VMI. Rhetoric To Be Discussed Monday By James Golden James L. Golden, professor of speech at Ohio State University, will speak at V.M.I, on Monday Nov. 8 at 8:00 P.M. on the 400 level of Lejuene Hall. The title of his lecture will be "The Relevance of Rhetoric, 1971." He is sponsored by the university center in Virginia. As the title of his lecture implies. Dr. Golden is con-cerned with political speaking of today. He has said previously that the quality of this rhetoric is generally poor for a variety of reasons. Ghost Writers The use of "ghost" or professional writers is widespread. It cannot be anticipated that a major politician will have the time to write all his speeches. This, as Dr. Golden has pointed out, has caused a politician to present his ideas in somebody else's style, losing that effectiveness that comes only with personal expression. Political speaking has also come more to conform with the mass media. An idea that should require a matter of hours for proper development is forced into five minutes of television or radio time. The majority of political rhetoric has then been placed into short, easily recognizable cliches. Dr. Golden received his M.A. from Ohio State University and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He has been on the faculty of the University of Richmond as well as the University of Maryland, Pasadena College Muskingum College and Illinois State University. He is a member of The Speech Association of America, and has authored numerous articles and publications. He will visit four colleges in his three day stay in Virginia. Howell Wins Lt, Governor Over Kostel Pictured above is First Classman Mike Schram, who gave his pint for "C" Company at the visit of the Appalachian Bloodmobile of the Red Cross to VMI this week. 645 Pints Given; 95% Participate The Fali visit of the blood-mobile to VMI was a huge success. The previous record, established in the Fall of last year, was 581 pints. That record was shattered this week as 645 pints were donated. The Corps gave outstanding support as 616of the 669 eligible cadets (95 per cent) donated blood. Although the Corps number slightly over 1050 cadets, the many athletic permits and underage fourth classmen reduced the number of those who were eligible. The facilities operated at full capacity both days. For examkple, the facilities were supposed to close at 4:00, but were forced to refuse any new donors after 2:00 because of the tremendous number of cadets already waiting to donate. The facilities were Class Of 1972 Receives Furlough For Ring Figure This year the Class of 1972 will receive the traditional Ring Figure Furlough. They will be allowed to leave upon completion of academic duty on Wednesday, 24 November. First Classmen will be required to return at Taps, Sunday, 28 November. The charge for this leave will be one day if the Cadet attends the VPI game in Roanoke. If his home is to far to make attending the game practical, the charge will be one day and one weekend. The Class of 1971, during the Ring Figure of the Class of 1972, did not receive the options that the Class of 1972 will receive. Since the VPI game was on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving Day, the first classmen did not have to attend the game. They were allowed to leave on Wednesday and to return on Sunday. These cadets were charged for one day and one weekend. VMI CadetUnion To Present Film The Grasshopper On Friday November 5, at 7:30 the Student Union will present the film "The Grasshopper." "A well-built Canadian Bisset leaves home for Las Vegas and joins a group of pot-smoking homosexuals. Her objective is to find herself by doing a variety of things such as making an attempt at marrying a negro ex-football star. Unfortunately this ex-football star is murdered while attempting to defend the "honor" of Miss Bisset. At the end of the film Miss Bisset "casoles" a pilot into taking her up in a plane so that she may skywrite a four-letter word. The critics have rated this film as being very good but it is restricted. Cost per person will be 75 cents and the fUm will be shown on the 400 level of Lejeune Hall Men on confinement may sign out. stretched to the limit and the women who were operating them were constantly on their feet. Many cadets waited two hours or more from the time they registered until the time they finished the process. Ten first classmen received their gold gallon pins, and many more are expected to receive them in the Spring. VMI has won the College Bowl trophy for the last eight years, and a good per-formance in the Spring, coupled with the excellent performance this Fall, will win it for the ninth con-secutive year. When a college wins the trophy three years, it receives a trophy. VMI possesses two trophies now, and a good performance will assure possession of another. This is an outstanding record when one considers that VMI is in competition with 18 other colleges for this award. Independent Neo-populist On Tuesday of this week Henry Howell was elected as the next Lt. Governor of Virginia. Running close behind Howell was Delegate George Kostel of Clifton Forge, the D e m o c r a t i c candidate. Running a poor third was Delegate George Shafran of Arlington, the Republican candidate who was strongly backed by Governor A. Linwood Holton. In winning, Howell amassed solid majorities in the first, second and eighth congressional districts. In the fourth district Howell achieved a small plurality, and in the tenth barely edged out Shafran. Kostel carried the third (Richmond), fifth (Danville), sixth CRoanoke), seventh and ninth congressional districts. Shafran took only one of Virginia's congressional Improvements Due To Crozet Hall; Cafeteria Service To Be Added districts. Only in the tenth district in suburban Washington did he represent a threat to the front runner. There, he edged Howell out by a slim margin. Liberal First The election of Howell represented the first time in the political history of Virginia that an admitted liberal has carried the Commonwealth in a state election. It signified, to some observers, a sharp departure from the conservative nature of the Virginia electorate. This year's special election for Lt. Governor, made necessary by the death of Lt. Governor J. Sargent Reynolds on June 13, con-trasted sharply with last year's 3 man race for U.S. Senator. In that race Sen. Harry Byrd, running as a conservative-independent, triumphed over liberal Democrat George Rawlings and Republican Ray Garland of Roanoke. Howell ran for the Lt. Governorship this year with the expressed intention of running for the Governorship in 1973. In the light of yesterday's returns, many observers surmised that former Governor Mills E. Godwin might- feel com-pelled to declare himself a candidate for the same of-fice. Godwin, who is known to possess a disdain for Howell and his supporters, is said by many to be the only candidate with a chance of stopping the liberal neo-populist. It has suddenly been brought to the Corps' at-tention that efforts are being made to revamp and improve that classic institution, Crozet Hall. In his recent speech to the Cadets and Faculty, General Irby an-nounced the tentative in-stallation of a cafeteria style mess hall, hopefully by 1974. Legal Rights Issue Debated For Under-21 Virginians The Age of Majority Commission headed by Delegate Ford Quillen, Gate City, will hold a public hearing at the State Capitol on Wednesday, November 10, 1971 at 9:30 a.m. This Commission created by the 1971 General Assembly is studying the feasibility and desirability of lowering the age of majority to ei^teen years. Since the legal age for voting in all elections, federal and State, is now eighteen, the Commission's job is to determine whether age eighteen should also be the legal age for such things as signing a contract, buying alcoholic beverages, or writing a will. The Com-mission's task is to report its recommendations to the General Assembly. The public iiearing is in-tended to allow interested citizens an opportunity to voice their suggestions before the Commission makes any recommendations. Persons unable to attend are invited to send a written statement of their views to Commission in care of the Division of Statutory Research and Drafting, Post Office Box 3- AG, Richmond, Virginia 232U8. Other members of the Commission are Senator Hunter B. Andrews, Barry C. Bishop, Delegate Duncan C. Gibb, Delegate George Mason Green, Jr., Senator J. C. Hutcheson,' Delegate Thomas W. Moss, Jr., Senator William F Parkerson, Jr., W. Jackson Shelpherd, Delegate Eleanor P. Sheppard, and Senator William F. Stone. This piece of news was greeted with a tumultous ovation by the Corps. Efforts of that seemingly un-derground organization. The Food Committee, were surprisingly evident by the recent food preference poll d i s t r i b u t e d throughout Barracks. The CADET in-terviewed both the Chairman of the Food Committee and General Irby in an effort to ascertain what tangible improvements in Crozet Hall the Corps might see in the future. Cafeteria Style General Irby's emphasis in his description of the cafeteria-style Mess Hall was that it still was hinged on one paramount "if." That is, the decision of the state to grant the needed $275,000 for the project to VMI. The S u p e r i n t e n d e n t was seemingly confident that the funds would be granted, though he mentioned the point that the grant could just as easily be squelched. Through his experience at Fort Knox and in Germany, General Irby came in contact with the cafeteria style manner of mess hall preparation of foods. The tentative plans for Crozet Hall would encompass several feeding lines, each offering a different menu for that meal. The cadet could then choose what he would prefer for that meal. The problem of 'seconds' would be solved in controlling the food at Crozet Hall were also brought to the attention of the interviewer. A periodic check is being made on the daily calorie offerings of the provided food so that the permit tables receive 6,000 calories per day and the non-permit 4,000. The average male of the cadet's age bracket uses from 3,000 to 3,500 calories each day. In his summation of the present Mess Hall operation, General Irby slated that "Cleaves (caterers for V.M.I.) is doing a very good job, con-sidering. . . ( )." The V.M.I. Food Com-mittee is an organization that has had a dubious record and reputation in its efforts to improve Crozet Hall's operation. The Committee is composed of a representative from each campany and the present chairman. First Classman, Tom Edwards. In speaking with THE CADET, Edwards explained the pui^ose and success of the individual food preference questionnaire. The survey was taken in order to ascertain exactly what the cadet would like to eat and those foods the Corps unanimously abhorred. The results, Edwards admitted, were rather clouded by the fancy names attached the certain foods. There is that immediate association with good 'ole mom's Au Gratin Potatoes that is instantly destroyed upon sitting down to eat at Crozet Hall. However, one food has been definitely struck from the menus, breakfast grilled luncheon meat. Tom Ed-wards asserted that the Committee had other ideas lor long-range improvements but these were struck down by the tentative construction of the cafeteria style Mess Hall. Still Indefinite All in all, the prospective "New" Mess Hall plans appear to be very imaginative and in the in-terest of better food for the Cadet. Yet, the present plans still hang precariously on the state of Virginia's decision to grant the needed $275,000. It would be a wise ad-monishment to say that the Corps should not get too hopeful because the state has been known to deny VMI's request for project money in the past. Ihe VMICadet Statement of ownership, management, etc., request^ by the Acts of Congress of August 29, 1861, of THE VMI CADET, published weekly at Lexington, Va. for Sep-tember, 1971. 1. Names and addresses of the Editor and Business Manager are: Thomas B. Moncure, Box 7, Lexington, Va.; Gerard W. Higgins, Business Manager, Box 7, Lexington, Va. 2. That the owner is the VMI PublicationsBoard. 3.That the average number of copies of each issue of the publication sold or distributed through the mails, or otherwise to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the date set above was 1700. Thomas B. Moncure Gerard W. Higgins Professor Howard Eves Lectures On Past Abacists Includes Pascal, Archimedes, Gauss, Newton & Einstein This past Monday evening at 8:00, the large lecture room of Mallory Hall was filled to capacity as cadets and faculty flocked to hear Dr. Howard Eves, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maine, give a lecture entitled "Meet the Mathematicians." Professor Eves, educator and editor of a number of mathematics journals, spoke for 90 minutes on the most prominent mathemeticians of all time: Pythagoras, Ar-chimedes, Napier, Pascal, Newton, Gauss, Einstein and others. Dr. Eves succeeded in entertaining even the most persistent of liberal arts majors through relating the humorous, and less often, tragic anecdotes of each amazing mathemetician. The narratives were highlighted by projected portraits of each. Einstein Associate Educated at Oregon State with graduate work at Princeton, Professor Eves had the good fortune to work with none other than the great Albert Einstein during World War 11 while Einstein was teaching at Princeton after leaving Hitler's (jer-many. Relating many a humorous tale of Einstein and other eminent scholars, the professor concluded his lecture with an indictment of the misuse of science and mathematics for purposes of destruction. He departed leaving his audience with the thought that the sciences ought not to be used to tear down, but rather to build up. Dr. Howard Eves' lecture was sponsored by the University Center. |