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THE CADET immm BY THE CORPS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE jjiaiaiE" V O L ; M i l LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER t»19 N # . $ h i i ii CADETS ENJOY TALK BY JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES Sftrot Tongfted Orator of South HoMs Cadet* SpeU-Bowt* By Masterly Speech Q* Topic «ff tfce Pay 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- (Continued on Page Three) 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 (Continued on Page Three) 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. (Continued on Page Seven) 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 m* - 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 (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Seven)
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. November 1, 1919 |
Issue Date | 1919-11-01 |
Volume/Number | Volume 13, number 6 |
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 |
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Issue Date | 1919-11-01 |
Full Text Search | THE CADET immm BY THE CORPS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE jjiaiaiE" V O L ; M i l LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER t»19 N # . $ h i i ii CADETS ENJOY TALK BY JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES Sftrot Tongfted Orator of South HoMs Cadet* SpeU-Bowt* By Masterly Speech Q* Topic «ff tfce Pay 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- (Continued on Page Three) 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 (Continued on Page Three) 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. (Continued on Page Seven) 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 m* - 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 (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Seven) |