VMI Cadet. April 16, 1923

              FIFTY-EIGHT MORE TO PINE THE CADET I S S U E D BY
THE CORPS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XVI. L E X I N G T O N , VIRGINIA, MONDAY, A P R I L 16, 1923 No. 22
Cadets Win on Diamond, Track and Dance Floor
EASTER HOPS GREAT SUCCESS
Rainy Weather Fails To Dampen
Spirits of Day or Dodo
The long deferred Easter
Hops were held Friday and Sat-urday
nights with the largest
number of girls in attendance
ever known at any V. M. I. Hop
with the exception of Finals.
The gymnasium was very ef-f
e c t i v e l y decorated in orange
and amber shades, interspersed
with artificial jonquils and wis-teria.
This e f f e c t was accent-uated
by streamers thrown f r om
the ceiling.
The Friday night hop was
opened by Miss Dorothy Stell-ing,
of Augusta, Ga., w i th Cadet
Mays; the Saturday night Hop
by Miss Roberta Moore, of Roa-noke,
Va., with Oadet Caldwell.
Instead of the usual supper the
added attraction was a soda
fountain f r om which soft drinks
were served. The dancing was
continued until a quarter to two
this night and to twelve o'clock
Saturday night.
The music, furnished by Gar-ber
Davis's orchestra, was od
the f i r s t night and exceptional-ly
good the second night.
A very successful dansant
was held Saturday afternoon
f r om four f i f t e en t o a f ew min-utes
to six. The Cadet Orches-t
r a deserves to be compliment-ed
upon the excellent music it
supplied f o r the occasion.
Among those dancing were:
Miss Martha Stellings, Au-gusta,
Ga., with Cadet Mays.
Miss Roberta Moore, Roa-noke,
Va., with Cadet Caldwell.
Miss Lillian Everett, Suf-folk,
Va., with Cadet Causey.
Miss xMi'llicent Blanton, Shel-by,
N. C., with Cadet Page, F.
Miss Martha Bell, Atlanta,
Ga., with Cadet Page, F.
Miss Ann Hardy, Charlotte,
N. C., with Cadet Pettyjohn.
Miss Liza Mason, Halmpton,
Va., with Cadet Shemvin.
Miss Elizabeth Robinson,
Richmond, Va., with Cadet
Derryberry.
Miss Anne Brockenborough,
Richmond, Va., with Cadet
S'hervin.
Miss Margaret Vaughn
Greensboro, N. C., with Cadet
Penniman.
Miss Emily Woodward, Nor-folk,
Va., with Cadet Pretlow.
Miss Virginia Herbert Wil-
Cadet Winning Faroe
As a Sculptor
The Irene Leache Memorial
Association of Norfolk has re-cently
announced that William
Simpson, a member of the sec-ond
class, was awarded the
Finley F. Ferguson Prize for
sculpturing in their annual
prize contest. The work he
presented—a small model for a
medallion suitable to adorn a
cenotaph to commemorate Vir-ginia's
sons who gave their
lives in the World Wara—wag
highly praised by the judges.
Simpson has won several hon-ors
in this line, in addition to
designing the 1924 class ring.
Sir Moses Ezekiel, to whose
masterly hand was due the
Statue of "Virginia Mourning
Hed Dead" and the equestrian
statue of Jackson, was once a
cadet here. We wish Simpson
as great success.
ENGINEERS TAKE TRIP
TO WASHINGTON
Blain and Morris of the First
Class Civil Engineering De-partment
made a very instruc-tive
and interesting trip to
Washington on the 9th and 10th
as the guests of the Portland
Cement Association., This trip,
with all expenses paid, is given
annuailly by the Cement Asso-ciation
to the two Civil Engi-neers
attaining the highest pro-ficiency
in the study of High-way
Engineering and naturally
is a strong incentive to hard
work in this study.
On the morning of the first
day the cadets were carried to
the test farm of the United
States Bureau of Publiq Roads
and on inspection trips of the
Alexandria-Washington high-way
and the experimental road
recently constructed fey the gov-ernment.
In the evening the
large plant of the Nel Stone
Company was visited.
On the second day an auto-mobile
trip was taken to study
the construction of nearby
roads in Maryland. During this
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Flying Squadron Defeat Maryland
87 to 39 In Slow Track Meet
In their first meet of the va-son
the V. M. I. track team eas-ily
won over the University of
Maryland here Saturday after-noon,
despite the 'low tempera-ture
and extremely slow track.
The Cadets scored 87 points to
Maryland's 39. V. M. 1. took 10
f i r s t places out of the 14 events.
In the hundred, Foster went
beyond expectations by winning
in 10.1. Costello won second
place, while Simmons, of Mary-land,
came in third. The time
was declared to be excellent,
considering the nature of the
track. Foster also won the two-twenty
by a good lead.
By an unusual sprint Bur-gess,
who had been trailing in
the four-forty, won in 54 sec-onds
flat. This time was also
commented upon by the judges.
Briggs took an early lead in the
half mile, Which he held to win
out. He was hard pushed by
Endslow, who made a sensa-tional
finish.
Crook, the Maryland star
and captain, took f i r s t place in
both the mile and two mile. In
the mile he outsprinted Gwath-mey
to win, whereas in the two
mile he set a fast pace, which
he held to the finish.
Costolo and Kellogg, both of
V. M. I., took first and second
places in the two-twenty low
hurdles, respectively. Pugh,
who tripped the next to the last
hurdle, was in second place
when he fell. Brame overtook
Pugh in the one-twenty high
hurdles and won by a two-yard
lead. Beers, of Maryland, mo-nopolized
the field events. He
was the chief point winner for
his team and took first place in
the discus throw, shot put and
won second and third place in
the Javelin and high jump, re-spectively.
Farley and Moore,
both of V. M. I., tied for first
place in the pole vault.
Sime won the high jump,
while Brame took first place in
the broad jump. Kellog won
the Javelin throw.
Summary.
100 yard dash—Foster, V. M.
I . ; Costolo, V. M. I.; Simmons,
NINE TAKES FIFTH GAME
Wet Condition of Diamond Prevents
Game With V. P, I.
PAGE HURLS MASTERFUL GAME
PILLOW GETS HOME RUN
For the third week of the
present baseball season, only
one game could be stage 1, dm
to the bad weather that m - ied.
The encounter with V. P. I.,
which was to have taken place
Saturday, had to be called off
because of a severe cold spell.
I t seemed to be more favorable
f o r football than basebaJll, and
in addition to this, there was
rain here from Thursday night
until late Saturday afternoon. It
is possible that the game lost
will be made up when we go to
Blacksburg, as a double header,
in all probability, will be fought
out between the old rivals.
In the one f r a y that was com-pleted,
the Cadet nine looked
better than at any previous
time this spring. The hitting
A. S. C. C. Show
Continued Progress
Hunt, Chapin, Southall, and
Brower Speak.
At the last meeting of the
Student Chapter of the A. S. C.
E., Hunt, Southall, Brower and
Chapin discussed most interest-ing
subjects having to do with
Water Supply. These men
dealt with their subjects in a
finished and interesting man-ner
which showed the benefit
derived from these meetings
and the desirability of a Stu-dent
Chapter.
Hunt was the first speaker.
He told of laying a water pipe
line under extreme difficulty, a
project in which he participat-ed
and learned some important
facts. He pointed out the error
made by many small towns in
their attempt to save by buying
cheap and second hand mater-ials.
While Hunt did not work
until the completion of this
project, he learned of their fi-nal
success.
Filtration and Water Supply
in Ashland, Va., was the sub-ject
of Chapin's talk. The pre-vious
source of supply f o r this
town became inadequate and
has fallen off to some extent,
but the loose fielding has been
greatly improved upon. AU
though the work with the stick
was not so frequent, hits were
produced when they meant runs
and a team that can hit in th&
pinches is all that can be asked
for. From present indications,
everything looks very favorable
to our running a hard race f or
the Southern honors, if we don't
win them.
Scott Pack still continues in
•the van of the hitters, while
Ryder and Saunders lost ground
during the week. Hatchett
picked up, too, and seems to
have his eye on the ball in fine
shape now.
This week, we cross bats with
Hampden-Sidney on Wednes-day,
while on Saturday the
team travels over to Charlottes-ville
to do battle with the Uni-versity
aggregation. Both
'matches are expected to prove
'hard-Dough t affairs, but the
whole Corps is behind the Big
Teatm and pulling to a man for
it.
The Richmond Game.
Showing a real dash and vim,
and with the "pep and g o " that
always characterizes V. M. I.
teams, the Flying Cadet nine
came through in great style last
Wednesday when, with Frank
Page at his best on the mound,
we applied a coat of whitewash
to the University of Richmond
aggregation here on Alumni
Field by the count of 3 to 0.
The team displayed a real re-versal
of f o rm after a mediocre
brand of ball in their first two
weeks of play, and the fighting
spirit was there in plenty when
we stacked up against the Capi-tal
City club last week. Two
errors were made, but they were
on hard chances, and they show-ed
that the men were in the
game at all stages to even get
their hands on such chances as
they miscued on.
Page hurled a masterful
game, and was never in any
real danger, only one man get*