VMI Cadet. May 15, 1981

              Happy Gradmtion To The Class Of 1981!
Virginia's Last Independent College Newspaper
VOLUME LXXI Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, May 15,1981 NUMBER26
. Cadet Jeffrey M. Gill, Valedictorian.
Cancer Crusade Passes Old
Mark; $1,330 Collected
Editor's Note:
The Cadet greatly ap-preciates
the trouble Col.
Hundley took to provide us with
this article. We would like to
sieze this opportunity to remind
all faculty and staff that the
Cadet greatly desires any infor-mation
or aid that you may be
able to provide.
This year's Cancer Crusade
at VMI raised a total of $1,330.84
which is an all-time record for
VMI. The previous record was
set in 1979 when $1,008.40 was
collected. Contributions col-lected
in 32 areas at VMI this
year, from 185 people, totaled
approximately 58% more than
the $840.82 collected last year.
Col. Louis Hundley, who
supervised the Cancer Crusade
at VMI, said, "The faculty and
staff at VMI and at W&L
University were the only people
in Rockbridge County who were
solicited both at home and at
work. Many people gave at
home, so the amount of money
donated by VMI people would
be in excess of the $1,330 receiv-ed
on post."
The Air Force ROTC, Depart-ment
of Chemistry, Laundry
Department, and the 300-level
of Smith Hall had the highest
percentage of their personnel
donate. Hundley estimated that
each of those areas had 90% or
more of their people give.
For the fifth year in a row,
donations from the Department
of Physics exceeded $100.
Harris Elected To Committee
At its semi-annual convention
held May 1st and 2nd in Rich-mond,
th^^.Y,ii;ginia State Con-ference
of _ Uie'^"^^
^ / r i f V e r s i i ^ Pro-y
f ^ s W ^ M i W J ^ . eiSjjet^ Dr.
' jjtlthir^ Harris, ASSoculg Pro-
' ^(fsij^r of Modern Laiteugge^at
(. VMI, to the State^ ^ e d j t i ve
<ie is a member c i y ^ , of
jtional AAUP o ^ n i a
has serve^^fi^r n2bny
as 4l>e'
concern to college and universi-ty
faculties all over the United
States. As an at-large member
of the Executive Committee,
Professor Harris will help the
State AAUP officers in setting
policy and in monitoring the ac-tivities
of all Virginia colleges
and their faculties. Professor
Harris has been a member of
the VMI chapter of the AAUP
since his arrival in Lexington in
1972 and has recently been
reelected to a second term as
local chapter president.
Cadet Gill Valedictorian
by James Bogosian
J e f f r e y M. Gill, an
academically distinguished
Econoihics major, has been
selected as valedictorian for the
class of 1981. Gill, the top
economics major, has been
academically distinguished for
four years, and is a member of
Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron
Delta Epsilon.
As well as excelling in
academics, Gill was also a
Cadet Captain and Regimental
Operations Officer, Chairman
of the Publications Board,
Editorial Editor of The VMI
Cadet, Vice-President of the
Pre-Law Society and Vice-
President of the Young
Economists. He believes that
Economics is a great field of
study, but the department
needs more iacilities. After all,
Gill says, "it is the second most
popular major." Gill plans on
attending the University of
Virginia Law School next fall
and has received an educational
delay from the Army.
Gill was chosen Valedictorian
by his classmates, in a
somewhat unordinary fashion,
but the Class of 1981 seems to
have made a wise choice.
Class Officer Analysis Past Year
In order to best summarize
the Class of 1981's four years at
VMI, First Class President Bob
Morris was interviewed. While
this article is keyed on the Class
of 1981 with their own trials and
t r i b u l a t i o n s , there are
similarities between this class
and all classes that have passed
through Jackson Arch.
The general problem with the
class of '81, and all classes their
first year is the diversification
of priorities, according to Bob
Morris. Eventually this chang-ing
of priorities leads to an
apathetical view of anything not
required for or associated with
graduation. A prime example of
this apathetic outlook was this
year's ratline. The boasts and
promises made at the end of the
second class year were all but
forgotten after the novelty of
running a ratline wore off. "It
got old, quick," Morris added.
"After the first semester the on-ly
thing on a first classman's
mind was graduation.""
Anything not necessary to
graduation was ignored. While
apathy towards the ratline was
very common during the end oi
the year, 1981 had to deal with
another problem.
"The Ratline" Morris em-phasizes,
"should be a joint ef-fort
between the administration
and the Corps. But the ad-ministration,
the Comman-dant's
office in particular, was
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VMI Awards Program Announced
by Hearne Moore
Recognition of the unsung
heroes in the VMI family is the
main purpose of the VMI
Awards Program which was an-nounced
on May 1st, 1981. The
program will be implemented
during the 1981-82 session with
the first presentations in the
Spring of 1982. The majority of
these awards will be monetary,
along with occasional grants-in-aid
in support of sabbaticals
and research directly related to
teaching.
Recipients will be chosen by
the VMI Awards Committee
which will be comprised of
faculty representatives from
the major curricula as well as
three cadets and four alumni.
The faculty members are Col.
D. K. Jamison, Civil Engineer-ing;
Col. S. I. Wetmore,
Chemistry; Col. R. B. Minnix,
Physics; Col. J.B. Davis,
English; and Col. A.H. Mor-rison,
Economics, and chair-man
of the committee. General
Morgan will be an ex-officio
member and chairman. The
cadets and alumni members
have yet to be announced.
Nomination forms will probably
be submitted to the Corps to
select candidates for the
awards.
The VMI Awards Program is
made possible by a $100,000 gift
from the Robert G. Cabell, III,
and Made Morgan Cabell Foun-dation,
and a matching gift of
$400,000 from the VMI Cam-paign.
The 19M1-1982 iloiiur Court members include: pictured, Brad Vaiiderwalker (Proseculur), Sandy
Sanders (President), .Mark Ciarrocca (Prosec-utur). First class members include William Warren)
Steve Fudge. Darren .Mc-Uew, John Mutt, Scutl Wliite, .Austin Beckham, and O u r g e .\layforth. Second
class members a r e Mark Jamisun, .Mark Kugers, Steve .Melitz, Tum Dick, and W.T. Junes.