VMI Cadet. November 1, 1919

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V O L ; M i l LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER t»19 N # . $
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CADETS ENJOY
TALK BY JOHN
TEMPLE GRAVES
Sftrot Tongfted Orator of South
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The battalion was assembled by
companies at 12 o'clock, and march-ed
to the Jackson Memorial Ball on
Monday. Dr. J. H'. Howerton, pro-fessor
of Moral Philosophy at Wash-ington
and Lee University, opened
the hoar with a short prayer. The
Superintendent then congratulated
the corps on its recent success in an
athletic line (Saturday's victory over
Davidson), but warned it not to neg-lect
serious duties f o r pleasures. He
again mentioned the fact that the
standard of profiency had been raised
And 75 per cent was now required
both in daily marks and examina-tions
for a man to be declared ipso
f a c t o proficient. He expressed a
hope that he would be able to send
out a successful report f o r each ca-det,
He then said there were two
distinguished visitors on the plat-f
o rm and introduced to the corps, or
rather to the new cadets, Hon. Harry
St. George Tucker, a distinguished
citizen of Lexington, whom every old
cadet well remembers.
Mr. Tucker began by saying that
a friend of bis remarked "oratory is
a lost art except with old time Meth-odist
bishops." However,* he said
there was one spot in the United
States that produced orators and
that spot was the red hills of Geor-gia.
He did not know whether it
was the soil, or what they drank (the
kind of water) or what it was that
produced them. He mentioned Ben-jamin
Hill, Sam Jones, Tom Watson,
Judge Henry G. Turner, Major T . C
C. Black, of Augusta. He said that
these were types that could not be
produced elsewhere. He then intro-duced
to the corps Col. John Temple
Graves, of Georgia, as "my friend,
the friend of old Virginia and of V.
M. I.," as representing the best type
of orator.
Col. Graves said that he was al-ways
under obligations to Mr. Tuc-ker,
who, he said, was the "first gen-tleman
of the state of Virginia, a
state of gentlemen." He spoke of
last night's celebration of the victory
over Davidson, and expressed a hope
that the trimuph of Saturday would
be repeated on Thanksgiving. He
quoted Wellington as saying that the
victory of Waterloo Was won on the
football field of Rugby. He said that
he was delighted to be here, for al-though
he had for a long time been
an admirer and had for years known
of the glory, prestige and grand re-pute
of the School of Stonewall
Jackson and the heroes of New Mar-ket
this was his first visit here and that
here the spirit of the young South
was bred. He referred to the cus-
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OLD CADETS
PROMISED NEW
FORM OF DRILL
Cttakj E*«r«JM» To Start
First of Weel^ Wfcea Tlree
Uw^r CtaaMe Wfll Berin
EtttfUtfeft
For several weeks tha us* to which
the "hay burners" pastured upon yon
greeh hill aS well as the use t o which
our new "Sunday flag poles'' are to
be put, has been tha source of con-jecturein
barracks. Those Keydets
who Have braved the perils of the
"lower road'* in order to look at them
bring back wild tales of the ferocity
of the cavalry horses stabled there.
For tho last f e w weeks they have
been allowed to run f r e e in the pas-ture
a great deal and it is expected
that they will prove a bit wild at
first. However, it is not the custom
of V. M. I. men to allow themselves
to be "buffaloed" by any proposition
and we feel every confidence in our
ability to turn out as good a cavalry
unit as any other institution.
The present plan of instruction
gives each matt in the first three
classes Some equitation. The first
class will be divided into two sections
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Y. M. I. EPISCOPAL.
IANS ENTERTAINED
ATEICEPTION
Laiiee of episcopal Cbtrcfe
Hefr Uffeteo Monotony of
- Ca4ete' Daily Dutieo
The Episcopal Club of tha Insti-tute,
composed ef. those cadets Who
are affiliated with the Episcopal
Church, was most delightfully enter-tained
at a reception given by the
ladies of the church in tho reading
room of the Library on the evening
of October the 22nd f r om 8 to 9:50
o'clock.
The affair, in charge of Miss Nellie
Gibbs, was attended not only by the
catdets, but by a large number of the
townspeople of Lexington, including
both the older and younger sets, and
also by members of the faculty
among whom were Gen. and Mrs.
Edward W. Nichols, Col. and Mrs. H.
M. Nelly, Col. and Mrs. George A.
Derbyshire, Col. and Mrs. T. A.
Mosely, Col. and Mrs. Bull, Lt.-Col.
and Mrs. Albert Dockery, Major and
Mrs. Bagby, Major and Mrs. George
Barton, and others; and a most en-joyable'
evening was spent by all of
those present.
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CADETS DEFEAT DAVIDSON IN
HARD-FOUGHT GAME AT LYNCHBURG
CAROLINIANS LOSE BY 14 TO 7
V. M. I. Outplays Opponents in f- very Stage of Game
and Continually Threatens Visitors' Goal—Dickson
and Bunting Score Touchdowns
The cadet team went down to
Lynchburg last Saturday fully de-termined
to atone f o r their defeat at
the hands of Virginia, and when the
smoke of battle finally cleared away
the score stood 14 to 7 against David-son.
Despite the muddy field much pret-ty
football was exhibited, and the V.
M. I. team clearly showed its super-iority
over the North Carolinians.
The ball was kept in Davidson terri-tory
for the greater part of the
time, ^nd except for a short while
in the fourth quarter, when David-son
managed to push over a touch-down,
the cadet team successfully
held the opposing team without any
dangerous game.
The game was exciting throughout _o w n;
and provided many thrills for the
two thousand spectators. The most
sensational play of the game came
in the third quarter, when Jerry
was especially noticeable.
For the cadets, Bunting, Hawkins
and Mantor starred while Shepherd
and McAlister were in the limelight
f o r the Davidsonians.
Saturday the cadets meet the
strong team of North Carolina A. &
E. at Roanoke, in what will probably
prove to be their hardest game so
f a r this season. With the continued
improvement the team has shown in
practice this week the corps is ex-pecting
them to bring back the bacon.
The game in detail:
Davidson kicks to Mantor
yard line, who advances 10
Dickson thi'ough center 2
Dickson through center 7
Stuart through center 2 yards, first»
Dickson through center 5 yds.
Bunting L. G. 7 yards, first down.
Dickson R. G. 1 yard. Bunting R. E.
4 yards. Stuart to Leech F. P. 6
yards. First down. Leech L. E.
on 30
yards,
yards,
yard's.
Bunting intercepted a Davidson pass t h r o w n f o r 1 ya r d l o s s - D i c k s on
and ran half the length of the field , t h r o u 8 h c e n t e r 4 ya r d s - Bunting L.
f o r a touchdown. V. M. I. displayed T - n o « a i n - S t u a r t t o L e e c h F- P- 5
a much better brand of football than j y a r d s > b a l 1 8°es over on downs,
it has exhibited heretofore, and the , Davidson. Spann L. E. 5 yards. Mc.
improvement in playing of the line f
HISTORY OF mum-
SON GRAHAM CUP >
Uet Prestation Bfwto To Joo
Sullirafl of Lyfltfctnft 1m
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- ftse of the mept cherished « * f t t f is
made at Finale is the wHiiamson-
Graham Cup presented to the cadet
who has Seen the greatest fhtf&Tftt
promoting athletics at V. M. L It is
imperative, therefore* that every ca-det
be thoroughly acquainted with
the history connected with the
award, ift order that he ttygr be able
t e mora fully appreciate its valao.
Tho cap was presented in 1919 to
Joe Sullivan, and the presentation
was mada by Lt.-Col. Couper, '04,
who gave in his talk tho history and
purpose of the cup.
About midnight, just before the
supper at the Final German, Col. H.
C. Ford announced that one of the
annual ceremonies was about to take
place, and in announcing the speaker
he recalled an incident of a Washing-ton
and Lee-V. M. I. baseball series
in which, the cadets were victorious.
A f t e r announcing that the games
referred to were played sixteen years
ago, Lt.-Col. Couper went on to say:
" A t that time a .lad was running
around the parade ground—he had
been *> pet of the cadets. His father
was Mr. E. L. Graham, of Lexington,
and' the blood of V. M. I. flowed in
his veins, for his mother was ttye
granddaughter of General William-son,
who was a professor at V. M. I.
when there were only two professors
in the faculty. The parents of the
lad, whose name was Williamson
Graham, planned to make a cadet of
him, but just as he was about to en-ter
the Institute he passed into his
last sleep. In memory of his on, Mr.
Graham (the mother is now dead) has
donated a cup, known as the William-son-
Graham Cup, to the member of
the corps of cadets who has been the
greatest factor in promoting ath-letics.
Not necessarily the greatest
star, but the man who takes his
knocks as they tome and does the
most to promote the athletic side of
cadet life. The cup is presented an-nually
and this year the thirteenth
cup will be presented. The cup is
awarded by a committee of three—<
high in the athletic counsels—The
Graduate Manager, the Head Coach
and the Chairman of the Administra-tion
Committee. The cadet we are to
reward tonight, and I say reward ad-visedly
for participation in athletics
at V. M. I. is n o ^ flowery bed of
roses as it is at some other places,
has been a distinguished member of
the baseball team, having played in
both the infield and outfield. As
guard on the basket-ball team he has
frequently, by his skill in being all
over the floor at the ^ame time, and
by his absolute fearlessness won the
admiration of us all as the enthusi-astic
applause reverberating through
these very walls has testified. His
career as half-back on the football
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