VMI Cadet. November 5, 1971

              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.