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THE CADET ISSUED BT THE CORPS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE Vol. XIV. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1920 No. 2 V PUBLICITY COMMIT-TEE UNDER NEW NEW MANAGEMENT Cadet Staff Handles All Outside News SPEAKERS TO VISIT INSTITUTE Hon. Poultney Bigelow to Ad-dress Corps Oct. 12 Until a year ago the need of a cadet publicity committee was felt keenly in barracks as well as by out-side friends of the Institute. Aside f r om the "Cadet" and occasional ac-counts of athletic games in the daily papers little news concerning cadet activities ever reached the public. Last year, however, the Athletic Council appointed a number of cadets to serve on a publicity committee, the sole pur-pose of which was to write and send articles to the papers which would keep the outside world alive to the progress made at the Institute in ath-letics and in every other line of activ-i t y. Last finals the Athletic Council vot-ed to abolish this separate organiza-tion and combine the publicity com-mittee with the Cadet staff. A set of rules were drawn up, making the edi-tor- in-chief directly responsible to the Council f o r all publicity, and appoint-ing a sub-committee of the Adminis-trative Committee on Athletics to pass on all articles for publication. Sub-ject to the approval of the superin-tendent a member of the edtorial staff of the Cadet, appointed by the editor, accompanies the athletic teams on trips, and is responsible for all pub-licity connected with the trip. This representative submits his write-up to the sub-committee immediately after the game, and sees that it is tele-graphed to the leading pepers as quickly as possible. A l l other publicity is left to the editor-in-chief, and he has thus placed in his hands an instrument of the greatest potential good to the Insti-tute. This combination of the two boards puts the publicity in the hands of men who are familiar with the kind of work required, and it is hoped that bur friends will no longer have cause to comment on the lack of news to be found in the papers concerning V. M. I. WORK ON 1921 BOMB NOW IN PROGRESS White's Photographer at the In-stitute and Many Attrac-tive Features Promised DEATH OF PROMINENT INSTITUTE FRIEND V. M. I. Loses An Ardent Sup-porter When Aged Mas-cot Succumbs I t is indeed a sad blow to the Cadets and Alumni to learn that Old Warren passed away quietly at his home here last Monday evening as a result of an attack of poisoning. Warren has been the mascot of V. M. I. team for the past decade and his loss will be severely felt by all who knew him. There are many interesting anec-dotes connected with the deceased's Owing to its difficulty of access, V. M. I. has long been deprived of one of the greatest advantages a college can possess—the good fortune to be visited by prominent men. To Col-lege students, there can be f ew things more interesting or valuable than an address by a man who is recognized as a leader in any field, and our op-portunities in this direction have been decidedly few. However, Gen. Nichols has devised a means of overcoming this difficulty, and it is practically an assured fact that this year the Corps will be addressed by some of the most famous men in the country on subjects of vital interest and im-portance. The first of these addresses, the date for which has been set f o r Oct. 12, will be delivered by Hon. Poultney Bigelow, of New York. Mr. Bigelow is an eminent journalist, an authority on colonial administration, and a speaker of renown. He has had a ca-reer filled with adventure the details of which almost l i k e "fiction. His early* education was conducted in Germany, where he was a boy-hood companion of the well-known Kaiser Wilhelm; and his book, "Prussian Memoirs," published after the outbreak of the war, reveals many hitherto unknown aspects of his one-time Imperial Ma-jesty's life and character. Later Mr. Bigelow graduated from Yale and practiced law in New York for sev-eral years. He then devoted himself to literary work and has four times circumnavigated the globe in search of political and sociological data. The first of these voyages was on an Am-erican clipper which was wrecked off a rocky portion of the Japanese coast. He took extended canoe trips on the rivers of the Far East and Europe, visiting the colonial possessions of every nation. Incidentally he was the first man to take a canoe thru the dangerous Iron Gates of the Danube. During the Spanish American war he was correspondent for the London "Times", and his adventures in the war zone were full of interest. A f t e r this strenuous career Mr. Bige-low become a lecturer on history and colonial administration, and is a life member of the more important his-torical and geographical societies. He is a frequent contributor to modern periodicals and has written numerous volumes among them the "Prussian Memoirs" mentioned above, "The Ger-man Emperor and His Eastern Neigh-bors," Paddles and Politics Down the Danube," and "White Mans Africa." The message such a man may bring to the Institute must surely be of in-terest and importance, and we are extremely fortunate to have procured him for our opening lecture. May those to come be as valuable as this one is sure to be. Work on this year's annual, the 1921 BOMB, has been definitely be- ATHLETIC COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST MEET-ING OF SESSION Several Matters of Interest Discussed At the first meeting of the Ath-letic Council, which was held in the gun and the "big job" will soon be l i b r a r y > s e v e r a l m a t t e r g o f i n t e r e st well under way. At a meeting of e d i s c u s s e d . I t w a s decided that the editorial staff last week a great | a c o m m i t t e e should be appointed to many ideas and plans previously fur- ' l o o k i n t o t h e m a t t e r o f t h e A t h l e t ic mulated were announced, combined, | A s s o c i a t i o n paying a percentage of and compared, and various sections t h e c o s t o f s w e a t e r s a w a r d e d to mono-or departments with work outlined, assigned t oindividual members for gram men. This committee was or-dered to make a report on the sub-development. It is intended in this j e c t a t t h e n e x t m e e t i n g. way that, under the very capable ^ M a j o r B o y k i n s w a s f o r c e d to ten-supervision of Berry, the editor-m- d e r his resignation as Graduate Mana-chief, material way be more systema-tically got together. There will be many novel and ori-ger of Athletics because his work as assistant commandant interferred with his duties to the Athletic As-ginal features and some attractive s o c i a t i o n . The resignation was regret-surprises in the BOMB this year, and f u l l y a c c e p t e d and Major B. B. Clark-son was chosen as his successor. The Editor of the Cadet was desig-nated to formulate a vote of thanks i to Major Boykin f o r the faithful serv-ed in such a way as to render the i c e d u r i n g the past years. The reso-book thoroughly attractive and artis- ( i u t i 0 n was adopted: tic Bcenicaliy, vvhilt: the. iiteaary ar- j Whereas Major H. P. Boykin has tides and write-ups will be composed s e r V e d as Graduate Manager of Ath-it will be more elaborate in every de-tail. Numerous color plates, photo-graphic scenes, headings, designs, sketches, and cartoons will be arrang- Dan DeBardeleben, x-21 is a high ranking corporal at West Point. with a view to making interesting reading and presenting a vivid, inti-mate, and memorable story of our many-sided year in barracks, rather than merely filling up space or giving bare information. Berry and McKellar were particu-larly furtunate in securing Mr. Ben-nett, the representative from White's Studio who has been at the Institute the past ten days making the indi-vidual photographs and some inter-esting scenic compositions. Hereto-foi- e he has done photographic work exclusively for the Naval Academy, and it was only by getting him at the first of the term that it was possible to have his work. He has been mak-ing the individual pictures both of the faculty and of the first class, those of the commissioned officers, and sep-arate photographs of others who wish them for Christmas. In November a second representative will be down f r om New York to make the company, group, club, and remaining organiza-tion pictures. The Benson Printing Company of Nashville, Tennessee, has been select-ed to print the BOMB, while the Bu-reau of Engraving, of Minneapolis, is to make all engravings. Anyone ac-quainted with annuals will realize the excellence of the work of both these firms. With such an early start in photographic and artistic lines it will be possible to have much of this branch of the material in the hands of the engravers by November, and the completed work will go to press by February, thus insuring the de-livery of the BOMB before the close of school, probably the first of May. Now, it is the aim of the staff to direct every energy to the fullest ex-tent of their ability to make this book an annual of which not only ca-letics at V. M. I. for the past years without recompense, And whereas Major Boykin has filled the said position in such a man-ner as to most excellently further the ends of the Athletic Association; and,, at the same time to reflect honor upon himself. (Continued on Page Eight) '22 HOLDS ELECTION Gatting and Drewry to be in Charge of Bomb A f t e r their meeting this past week, it was announced that the Class of '22 had made their selection of men to fill the important positions on the 1922 Bomb Staff and in the Final Ball. The greatest responsibility rests on the Bomb Staff for not only are they charged with publishing an annual next year that is worthy of V. M. I., but " they also have the duty of con-the V. M. I. handbook. To undertake this Gatling was chosen Editor-in-chief and Drewry, business manager. These men will choose their staff af-ter a few days of consideration and work on the Bullet will begin imme-diately. Though less responsibility is at-tached to the leaders of the Final Ball, the men chosen should feel highly honored with the trust placed in them by their classmates. Bunting was chosen as leader and Campbell as as-sistant leader, and the class can rest assured that these men will make a success of the Ball that means so much to them. Miller P. was chosen class historian for the coming year. The entire class is to be congratulated on the wisdom of their choice of the above men.
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. September 25, 1920 |
Issue Date | 1920-09-25 |
Volume/Number | Volume 14, number 2 |
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 | 1920-09-25 |
Full Text Search | THE CADET ISSUED BT THE CORPS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE Vol. XIV. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1920 No. 2 V PUBLICITY COMMIT-TEE UNDER NEW NEW MANAGEMENT Cadet Staff Handles All Outside News SPEAKERS TO VISIT INSTITUTE Hon. Poultney Bigelow to Ad-dress Corps Oct. 12 Until a year ago the need of a cadet publicity committee was felt keenly in barracks as well as by out-side friends of the Institute. Aside f r om the "Cadet" and occasional ac-counts of athletic games in the daily papers little news concerning cadet activities ever reached the public. Last year, however, the Athletic Council appointed a number of cadets to serve on a publicity committee, the sole pur-pose of which was to write and send articles to the papers which would keep the outside world alive to the progress made at the Institute in ath-letics and in every other line of activ-i t y. Last finals the Athletic Council vot-ed to abolish this separate organiza-tion and combine the publicity com-mittee with the Cadet staff. A set of rules were drawn up, making the edi-tor- in-chief directly responsible to the Council f o r all publicity, and appoint-ing a sub-committee of the Adminis-trative Committee on Athletics to pass on all articles for publication. Sub-ject to the approval of the superin-tendent a member of the edtorial staff of the Cadet, appointed by the editor, accompanies the athletic teams on trips, and is responsible for all pub-licity connected with the trip. This representative submits his write-up to the sub-committee immediately after the game, and sees that it is tele-graphed to the leading pepers as quickly as possible. A l l other publicity is left to the editor-in-chief, and he has thus placed in his hands an instrument of the greatest potential good to the Insti-tute. This combination of the two boards puts the publicity in the hands of men who are familiar with the kind of work required, and it is hoped that bur friends will no longer have cause to comment on the lack of news to be found in the papers concerning V. M. I. WORK ON 1921 BOMB NOW IN PROGRESS White's Photographer at the In-stitute and Many Attrac-tive Features Promised DEATH OF PROMINENT INSTITUTE FRIEND V. M. I. Loses An Ardent Sup-porter When Aged Mas-cot Succumbs I t is indeed a sad blow to the Cadets and Alumni to learn that Old Warren passed away quietly at his home here last Monday evening as a result of an attack of poisoning. Warren has been the mascot of V. M. I. team for the past decade and his loss will be severely felt by all who knew him. There are many interesting anec-dotes connected with the deceased's Owing to its difficulty of access, V. M. I. has long been deprived of one of the greatest advantages a college can possess—the good fortune to be visited by prominent men. To Col-lege students, there can be f ew things more interesting or valuable than an address by a man who is recognized as a leader in any field, and our op-portunities in this direction have been decidedly few. However, Gen. Nichols has devised a means of overcoming this difficulty, and it is practically an assured fact that this year the Corps will be addressed by some of the most famous men in the country on subjects of vital interest and im-portance. The first of these addresses, the date for which has been set f o r Oct. 12, will be delivered by Hon. Poultney Bigelow, of New York. Mr. Bigelow is an eminent journalist, an authority on colonial administration, and a speaker of renown. He has had a ca-reer filled with adventure the details of which almost l i k e "fiction. His early* education was conducted in Germany, where he was a boy-hood companion of the well-known Kaiser Wilhelm; and his book, "Prussian Memoirs," published after the outbreak of the war, reveals many hitherto unknown aspects of his one-time Imperial Ma-jesty's life and character. Later Mr. Bigelow graduated from Yale and practiced law in New York for sev-eral years. He then devoted himself to literary work and has four times circumnavigated the globe in search of political and sociological data. The first of these voyages was on an Am-erican clipper which was wrecked off a rocky portion of the Japanese coast. He took extended canoe trips on the rivers of the Far East and Europe, visiting the colonial possessions of every nation. Incidentally he was the first man to take a canoe thru the dangerous Iron Gates of the Danube. During the Spanish American war he was correspondent for the London "Times", and his adventures in the war zone were full of interest. A f t e r this strenuous career Mr. Bige-low become a lecturer on history and colonial administration, and is a life member of the more important his-torical and geographical societies. He is a frequent contributor to modern periodicals and has written numerous volumes among them the "Prussian Memoirs" mentioned above, "The Ger-man Emperor and His Eastern Neigh-bors," Paddles and Politics Down the Danube," and "White Mans Africa." The message such a man may bring to the Institute must surely be of in-terest and importance, and we are extremely fortunate to have procured him for our opening lecture. May those to come be as valuable as this one is sure to be. Work on this year's annual, the 1921 BOMB, has been definitely be- ATHLETIC COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST MEET-ING OF SESSION Several Matters of Interest Discussed At the first meeting of the Ath-letic Council, which was held in the gun and the "big job" will soon be l i b r a r y > s e v e r a l m a t t e r g o f i n t e r e st well under way. At a meeting of e d i s c u s s e d . I t w a s decided that the editorial staff last week a great | a c o m m i t t e e should be appointed to many ideas and plans previously fur- ' l o o k i n t o t h e m a t t e r o f t h e A t h l e t ic mulated were announced, combined, | A s s o c i a t i o n paying a percentage of and compared, and various sections t h e c o s t o f s w e a t e r s a w a r d e d to mono-or departments with work outlined, assigned t oindividual members for gram men. This committee was or-dered to make a report on the sub-development. It is intended in this j e c t a t t h e n e x t m e e t i n g. way that, under the very capable ^ M a j o r B o y k i n s w a s f o r c e d to ten-supervision of Berry, the editor-m- d e r his resignation as Graduate Mana-chief, material way be more systema-tically got together. There will be many novel and ori-ger of Athletics because his work as assistant commandant interferred with his duties to the Athletic As-ginal features and some attractive s o c i a t i o n . The resignation was regret-surprises in the BOMB this year, and f u l l y a c c e p t e d and Major B. B. Clark-son was chosen as his successor. The Editor of the Cadet was desig-nated to formulate a vote of thanks i to Major Boykin f o r the faithful serv-ed in such a way as to render the i c e d u r i n g the past years. The reso-book thoroughly attractive and artis- ( i u t i 0 n was adopted: tic Bcenicaliy, vvhilt: the. iiteaary ar- j Whereas Major H. P. Boykin has tides and write-ups will be composed s e r V e d as Graduate Manager of Ath-it will be more elaborate in every de-tail. Numerous color plates, photo-graphic scenes, headings, designs, sketches, and cartoons will be arrang- Dan DeBardeleben, x-21 is a high ranking corporal at West Point. with a view to making interesting reading and presenting a vivid, inti-mate, and memorable story of our many-sided year in barracks, rather than merely filling up space or giving bare information. Berry and McKellar were particu-larly furtunate in securing Mr. Ben-nett, the representative from White's Studio who has been at the Institute the past ten days making the indi-vidual photographs and some inter-esting scenic compositions. Hereto-foi- e he has done photographic work exclusively for the Naval Academy, and it was only by getting him at the first of the term that it was possible to have his work. He has been mak-ing the individual pictures both of the faculty and of the first class, those of the commissioned officers, and sep-arate photographs of others who wish them for Christmas. In November a second representative will be down f r om New York to make the company, group, club, and remaining organiza-tion pictures. The Benson Printing Company of Nashville, Tennessee, has been select-ed to print the BOMB, while the Bu-reau of Engraving, of Minneapolis, is to make all engravings. Anyone ac-quainted with annuals will realize the excellence of the work of both these firms. With such an early start in photographic and artistic lines it will be possible to have much of this branch of the material in the hands of the engravers by November, and the completed work will go to press by February, thus insuring the de-livery of the BOMB before the close of school, probably the first of May. Now, it is the aim of the staff to direct every energy to the fullest ex-tent of their ability to make this book an annual of which not only ca-letics at V. M. I. for the past years without recompense, And whereas Major Boykin has filled the said position in such a man-ner as to most excellently further the ends of the Athletic Association; and,, at the same time to reflect honor upon himself. (Continued on Page Eight) '22 HOLDS ELECTION Gatting and Drewry to be in Charge of Bomb A f t e r their meeting this past week, it was announced that the Class of '22 had made their selection of men to fill the important positions on the 1922 Bomb Staff and in the Final Ball. The greatest responsibility rests on the Bomb Staff for not only are they charged with publishing an annual next year that is worthy of V. M. I., but " they also have the duty of con-the V. M. I. handbook. To undertake this Gatling was chosen Editor-in-chief and Drewry, business manager. These men will choose their staff af-ter a few days of consideration and work on the Bullet will begin imme-diately. Though less responsibility is at-tached to the leaders of the Final Ball, the men chosen should feel highly honored with the trust placed in them by their classmates. Bunting was chosen as leader and Campbell as as-sistant leader, and the class can rest assured that these men will make a success of the Ball that means so much to them. Miller P. was chosen class historian for the coming year. The entire class is to be congratulated on the wisdom of their choice of the above men. |