VMI Cadet. October 6, 1973

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VOLUME LXV
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Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia October 6, 1973 NUMBER 5
Parents Council Meeting
by Freddie Martin
The annual meeting of the
VMI Parents Council, held at
VMI on Friday, 5 October,
e l e c t s new Council members.
Registration for Council
members and their wives was
held from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Coffee was served in the
upstairs lounge before the
meeting, which was held in
the Activitiy Room of Moody
Hall beginning at 10:30 a.m.
The meeting was called to
order at 10:30 a.m. with Mr.
Charles W. Gardner, Chairman,
presiding. The invocation was
delivered by Commander
Robert K. Wilson, John M.
Camp '05, Chaplain to the Corps
of Cadets. The "RoU CaU" was
taken by Mr. Easley L.
Moore, Jr. '65, secretary.
Speakers to the council were
as follows: Major General
Richard L. Irby '39, Superin-tendent,
VMI; Colonel Barks-dale,
director of Cadet Affairs;
Brigadier General James M.
Morgan, Jr. '45, Dean of the
Faculty; and Colonel William J.
Buchanan '50-B, Commandant
of Cadets and Professor of
Military Science.
Next on the schedule was the
Report of the Chairman, Mr.
Gardner. Mr. Joseph D. Neikirk
'32, Executive Vice-President,
VMI Foundation, Inc., followed
Mr. Gardner with the Report on
the Parent's Annual Fund.
Nominations for new officers
was presented by Mr. David
Stormont III, Chairman of the
Nominating Committee. He was
then called
Nominations for new officers
was presented by Mr. David
Stormont III, Chairman of the
Nominating Committee. He
then called for further
nominations.
After the nominations were
closed the election of new of-ficers
was made. Also the ap-pointment
of Committees was
made for the 1973-74 team. The
Council then heard from the
new officers. Announcements
were delivered and accepted by
the Council Secretary, Easley
L. Moore, Jr.
The Council adjourned at 12
noon for the day. A reception
and luncheon was held for
council members and their
wives and principal Institute
officials and their wives as the
guests of the Institute and the
VMI Foundation, Inc. The
Luncheon began at 12:45 p.m..
Elects News Officers
A general meeting of all
parents will be held on Satur-day,
6 October, in Jackson
Memorial Hall at 10:30.
ARTHUR L. LOWE. JR.. of
Lynchburg. Va. has been
elected Vice-Chairman for the
1974-75 Parents Council. David.
his son, is a Third Classman.
Presiding once again will be
Mr. Gardner. The invocation
will be delivered by Cadet
Wilson Johnson III of Rich-mond,
Virginia, President of the
Religious Council.
Those Cadets to be introduced
to the assembly are: Glenn A.
Moore of Alexandria, Cadet
Host for Parents Weekend;
Albert J. Graham III of
Roanoke, Virginia, Editor of
the VMI Cadet: Albert H.
Zinkand of Washington,
D. C., Editor of the VMI
Bomb; Stephen J. Wolf of
Cincinnati, Ohio, President of
the Honor Court; and Nathaniel
Beaman IV of Norfolk, Virginia,
President of the First Class. A
welcome will then be extended
to the parents by Cadet First
Captain James M. Wilkinson II
of Richmond, Virginia.
The introduction of other
dignitaries will then be made,
followed by a report by Mr.
Wade C. Ridley, Vice Chairman
of the Parents Council,
Chairman of the Parents An-nual
Fund, and Chairman-elect
of the Parents Council for 1974-
75. After remarks from Mr.
Gardner the parents will be
addressed by Major General
Irby.
Important announcements
will be made by Mr. Moore and
the meeting will adjourn.
Lifetime members of the
council are: Clement D.
Johnson; Dr. Thomas E.
Powell, Jr.; Colonel Mark; A.H.
Smith; Dr. William S. Hister;
Howard Dyer, Jr.; Virgil D.
Bradley; Dr. Wyndham B.
Blanton, Jr.; David W.
By waters; The Reverend
George L. Barton III; Laurel
B. Boyd; William Maurer;
Captain Lee R. Scherer;
MaxweU A. Qampitt; Dr. J.
Stanard Archer, Jr.; and
Willard Crotty.
Members whose terms expire
WADE C. RIDLEY. Vice
President of the 1973-74 Parents
Council and President-elect of
the 1974-75 Council, has a son.
Tom, in the Class of 1975.
in May of 1974 are: Arthur E.
Anderson; Charles H. Dick;
John W. Fulks; Charles W.
Gardner; Albert J. Graham,
Jr.; Harold D. Lester; The
Honorable Parker L. Mc-
Symposium Speaker
Urban Problems Experts
Scheduled For Symposium
Charles F. Phillips, Jr.,
currently professor of
Economics at Washington and
Lee University, will be one of
the principal speakers for the
annual VMI Symposium.
Graduating cum laude from the
University of New Hampshire
and receiving a doctorate from
Harvard, Professor Phillips is
highly qualified to discuss the
Symposiuiu's theme: Com-munity
planning in Our
Future: Design or Disaster. A
professor at W&1» for fourteen
years. Dr. Phillips has not only
taught in such fields as
economics, government,
business and industry, he has
utilized his skills as a par-ticipant
in various levels of
local government. Currently
mayor of Lexington, he has also
chaired the Shenandoah
PlanninK District Commission.
He currently serves in various
religious, public service,
scouting, and community
volunteer organizations in the
Lexington community.
CARL LOOP
Carl Loop, a speaker in the
VMI Symposium, is an officer in
the Army's Corps of Engineers,
and thus gives a different
outlook to the problem of
"Community Planning in our
Future," the theme of the
Symposium this year. A VMI
graduate, class of '63, he earned
a master's degree in civil
engineering at Georgia Tech.
Since graduation he has served
in Korea, in Kentucky as a
company commander, and in
Vietnam. While an officer, he
also served in capacities which
deal with planning of trans-portation
system^, small towns
growth, regional organization,
and engineering projects in
North Carolina and Virginia.
Loop is currently the R^ional
planning director, Piedmont
Trade Council of governments
in Greensboro, North Carolina.
ROBERT MORGAN
Robert J. Horgan, a noted
pioneer is urban development,
will be featured in the annual
Symposium to be held this
month at VMI. Dr. Horgan, who
received his doctorate from
Notre Dame, is currently the
director of the Urban and
Research Centers of the In-stitute
for Business and Com-munity
Development in Rich-mond.
He also teaches graduate
and undergraduate courses in
political science, urban
government and public ad-ministration
at the University
CHARLES W. GARDNER is
the 1973-74 Chairman of the
Parents Council. His son,
Charles. Jr. is a Cadet Captain
and Vice-President of the Class
of 1974.
Donald; Peter M. Meridith, Sr.
'50-B; Alexander W. Neal^ Jr.
'36; Walter E. Slupik; Dr.
Richard J. Stark; David
Stormont III; Leo Weaver;
George B. Whitten, Jr.; Joseph
F. Wolf; and Albert H. Zinkand.
Those members whose terms
expire in May of 1975 are: Dean
H. Armstrong; William H.
Blair; Harvey H. Bradley '49-B;
Walter L. Cook; Costa J. Costa;
Dr. Frederick C. Davidson;
Enrico Dell'Osso; Frederick
Kulick; Frank G. Louthan, Jr.
'41; Kenneth A. MacGowan,
Jr.; Beverly R. Marshall;
Dr. Andrew L. Mund, Jr.;
Raymond H. Norman; Wade C.
Ridley; Frank C. Sain; and
Alvin L. Thompson.
Members with terms expirng
in May of 1976 are: Robert F.
Beard, Jr.; Harold A. But-terworth
'48-B; Harold T.
Dodge; Mr. Curtis C.
Harbin, Jr.; John L. Kirk, Jr.;
Arthur L. Lowe, Jr.; Gilbert S.
Meem; Elilee Pate; Claude C.
Roberts; Roberta A. Simpson
'49-A; Kavanaugh Y. Thrift '45;
and Mrs. John L. Undercoffer.
of Richmond. The former
mayor of Dubuque, Iowa has
spent a majority of his
professional life investigating
urban governmental structures,
housing and land use problems
for several communities, and is
currently engaged in similar
research for Richmond,
Virginia. The urban center, a
division of the IBCD, conducts
seminars, workshops and
conferences on urban problems,
and the Research Center assists
in research projects which
would alleviate these problems.
Dr. Horgan's efforts have
resulted in the publication of
numerous articles which
concern elections, small
business, unions, urban
councils, and the like. His
research projects, contracted
by various government bodies,
include studies of personnel,
university faculty, housing,
unemployment and economic
development.