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VOLUME LXX Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, February 29,1980 NUMBER19 Class Of 1983 Breaks Out Above: Fred AAock and John Chandler work on C-Company RATS during 3rd Class sweat party. photo by E.T.Walsh Below: Under careful supervision the rats continued the tradition of breaking out on the stoops. photo by KRAB by Richard Smith The Rat Class of 79-80 was resurrected and broke out at 6:56, 27 February. After six months the members of the Class of 1983 have now begun a new stage of their cadetships. The resurrection began Fri-day, 22 February with a morn-ing run and an RQ sweat party. The week continued with both the second and third classes having a DRC and a RQ sweat party, setting the stage for the final day of this year's ratline. The actual breakout was reordered this year in the in-terest of a greater safety margin and a more symbolic representation of class unity. In the past the Rats have charged en masse to the designated stairwells. This year the Rats charged in three waves. Groups of forty hit the three stairwells as they began their push to the fourth stoop. The Rats not at the stairs were given a sweat party in the old courtyard. Through suc-cessive periods of 15, 10, and 7 minute periods the entire Rat Class was finally assembled around the third stoop. At that time Walt Wood, the President of the First Class, for-mally pronounced the Rat Line over and the Class of '83 was born. After an old yell for their new class the breakout was over. The event lasted approx-imately an hour, and was view-ed as a success by all who par-ticipated. "Breakout '80 was a success and I'm pleased with its out-come. A few adjustments were made in it, but to anyone who witnessed or participated I'm sure you'll agree the effect was just as it should have been. Shockingly remarkable," was Wood's summation of the event. John Rudolph, the Regimen-tal Commander, offered these words of advice to the new class. "The end of the Ratline not only marks the finish of be-ing a Rat but also the start of being a cadet. All former Rats are now cadets and are ex-pected to act as such, using what they were taught in the Ratline and striving to obtain the goals which they have set for themselves." Congratulations to the newly arrived Class of 1983. A very fine job during the preceding semester culminating in a spec-tacular "Breakout". You can now stand tall as a unified class at VMI. On Thursday March 6 a team from the United States Marine Corps Development and Educa-tion Command at Quantico, Va. will present a lecture on Am-phibious Warfare. This 11 member team was specially formed for this purpose and will concentrate on Marine Corps c a p a b i l i t i e s and recent research and development. They will use films and slides and follow up with a question and answer period. The team recently completed a fifty day trip to the Far East, visiting such areas as Japan, The Phillipines and Hawaii. Next fall they're setting out for Europe and a tour through our NATO allies. The group is lead by Col. Ed-ward Clarkson who has a son here at VMI. The lecture is at 1930 on the 400 level of Lejeune Hall. \ews Briefs News from the Placement Of-fice this week include inter-views by Milliken Company on 19 March and Burlington In-dustries on 20 March. Burl-ington will conduct two inter-views, one in Lejeune Hall and the other in NEB. Of great interest to upcoming graduates is the College Place-ment Council's survey on job of-ferings among holders of bachelor's degrees. Leading the pack are the ever popular engineering fields. To be more specific, engineering fields cover 60% of all job offerings. Business related majors close in with 30%, while the sciences and humanities settled with 10%. Salaries for these jobs follow-ed the same trends — Civil and Electrical engineers (BS degree) made on the average $1,500 per month, while those with degrees in the humanities only made $1,000 per month. This Sunday's sermon will keep with the Lenten theme of "Behold the Man." Dr. William K. Amiott of Lexington will con-duct the sermon. Mrs. Alice Ferguson, wife of Rev. John Ferguson, who was guest organist last Sunday has agreed to stay on for the re-mainder of the semester. We are proud to have such a talented organist to compliment the new organ. Next Sunday, March 9, Col. Caudill will portray Judas in costume much the same way he did Joseph during the Christmas service. Also during that service the Hollins Religious Council will be up for the service and lunch. The Sacred Dance Group will per-form again. * * Want to get the word across? If your club or group has an an-nouncement or news of interest - the t adet is the place to put it. The VMI Cadet reaches a very large number of readers. Not only your fellow cadets, but a great deal of faculty, alumni, and others in the VMI family. Anyone with a message of an-nouncement of news should see John Caplice in room 154.
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. February 29, 1980 |
Issue Date | 1980-02-29 |
Volume/Number | Volume 70, number 19 |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
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Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Digital Collections is required. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
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Issue Date | 1980-02-29 |
Full Text Search | VOLUME LXX Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, February 29,1980 NUMBER19 Class Of 1983 Breaks Out Above: Fred AAock and John Chandler work on C-Company RATS during 3rd Class sweat party. photo by E.T.Walsh Below: Under careful supervision the rats continued the tradition of breaking out on the stoops. photo by KRAB by Richard Smith The Rat Class of 79-80 was resurrected and broke out at 6:56, 27 February. After six months the members of the Class of 1983 have now begun a new stage of their cadetships. The resurrection began Fri-day, 22 February with a morn-ing run and an RQ sweat party. The week continued with both the second and third classes having a DRC and a RQ sweat party, setting the stage for the final day of this year's ratline. The actual breakout was reordered this year in the in-terest of a greater safety margin and a more symbolic representation of class unity. In the past the Rats have charged en masse to the designated stairwells. This year the Rats charged in three waves. Groups of forty hit the three stairwells as they began their push to the fourth stoop. The Rats not at the stairs were given a sweat party in the old courtyard. Through suc-cessive periods of 15, 10, and 7 minute periods the entire Rat Class was finally assembled around the third stoop. At that time Walt Wood, the President of the First Class, for-mally pronounced the Rat Line over and the Class of '83 was born. After an old yell for their new class the breakout was over. The event lasted approx-imately an hour, and was view-ed as a success by all who par-ticipated. "Breakout '80 was a success and I'm pleased with its out-come. A few adjustments were made in it, but to anyone who witnessed or participated I'm sure you'll agree the effect was just as it should have been. Shockingly remarkable," was Wood's summation of the event. John Rudolph, the Regimen-tal Commander, offered these words of advice to the new class. "The end of the Ratline not only marks the finish of be-ing a Rat but also the start of being a cadet. All former Rats are now cadets and are ex-pected to act as such, using what they were taught in the Ratline and striving to obtain the goals which they have set for themselves." Congratulations to the newly arrived Class of 1983. A very fine job during the preceding semester culminating in a spec-tacular "Breakout". You can now stand tall as a unified class at VMI. On Thursday March 6 a team from the United States Marine Corps Development and Educa-tion Command at Quantico, Va. will present a lecture on Am-phibious Warfare. This 11 member team was specially formed for this purpose and will concentrate on Marine Corps c a p a b i l i t i e s and recent research and development. They will use films and slides and follow up with a question and answer period. The team recently completed a fifty day trip to the Far East, visiting such areas as Japan, The Phillipines and Hawaii. Next fall they're setting out for Europe and a tour through our NATO allies. The group is lead by Col. Ed-ward Clarkson who has a son here at VMI. The lecture is at 1930 on the 400 level of Lejeune Hall. \ews Briefs News from the Placement Of-fice this week include inter-views by Milliken Company on 19 March and Burlington In-dustries on 20 March. Burl-ington will conduct two inter-views, one in Lejeune Hall and the other in NEB. Of great interest to upcoming graduates is the College Place-ment Council's survey on job of-ferings among holders of bachelor's degrees. Leading the pack are the ever popular engineering fields. To be more specific, engineering fields cover 60% of all job offerings. Business related majors close in with 30%, while the sciences and humanities settled with 10%. Salaries for these jobs follow-ed the same trends — Civil and Electrical engineers (BS degree) made on the average $1,500 per month, while those with degrees in the humanities only made $1,000 per month. This Sunday's sermon will keep with the Lenten theme of "Behold the Man." Dr. William K. Amiott of Lexington will con-duct the sermon. Mrs. Alice Ferguson, wife of Rev. John Ferguson, who was guest organist last Sunday has agreed to stay on for the re-mainder of the semester. We are proud to have such a talented organist to compliment the new organ. Next Sunday, March 9, Col. Caudill will portray Judas in costume much the same way he did Joseph during the Christmas service. Also during that service the Hollins Religious Council will be up for the service and lunch. The Sacred Dance Group will per-form again. * * Want to get the word across? If your club or group has an an-nouncement or news of interest - the t adet is the place to put it. The VMI Cadet reaches a very large number of readers. Not only your fellow cadets, but a great deal of faculty, alumni, and others in the VMI family. Anyone with a message of an-nouncement of news should see John Caplice in room 154. |