VMI Cadet. March 23, 1925

              THE CADET MAKE A BIG FINISH
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XVIII. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925 No. 23
BURNS SUNDAY
NIGHT; RECORDS SAVED
Col. Anderson, Historiographer
of Institute, Loses Old Home
At Lee, Virginia.
"Thornhill," the beautiful
home of Colonel Joseph R. An-derson
at Lee, Goochland Coun-ty,
Virginia, was destroyed by
PLANS FOR FINAL BALL
ARE NEARLY COMPLETED
Contracts For Favors Let—
Decorations Announced.
Arrangements are now being
made and are almost completed
to make the farewell ball given
by the Class of 1926 in honor of
the graduating class one of the
most brilliant and beautiful af-f
i r e of an unknown origin Sun- j f a i r s in the history of the In-day
night, March the 15th. The stitute. The Final Ball is look-contents
of the mansion em- ed upon as one of the outstand-bracing
priceless family relics,ling dances given in southern
antique furniture, rare old j college circles,
china and glass ware, were' As in years before the Ball
saved when the convicts from | will be an elaborate and worthy
the state prison f a rm adjoining a f f a i r . Invitations and pro-the
Anderson estate were dis-'grams are being made up in
patched to assist in the rescue striking designs which will be
work. j sent f a r and wide, f o r more than
Colonel Anderson discovered a record attendance is expected,
the f i r e about ten-thirty. Smell- The contracts for the favors
ing fumes he l e f t the house ancl have been placed with the Os-surveyed
its exterior. Great c a m P Molting Company of Cirv-flames
were coming from the cinnatti and the Charles H. El-roof.
He quickly turned in the i">tt Company of Philadelphia,
alarm and the rescue work was They will 'be of unusual and
begun with vigor. The entire original creations both for th
house and the adjacent out Calic ancl the Keydets.
houses were burned to the Enaves Costume Company of
GEN. WOOD TENDERS RESPECTS TO
V. M. I. THROUGH GEN, NICHOLS
Former Superintendent Again Expresses His Dpotion To In-stitute;
Tells of Alumni Met.
The following communication expression of my own affection-was
received at the CADET of- ate interest in each of you?
f i c e Wednesday:
Red Star Line.
On Board S. S. Belgenland,
A t Sea.
February 8th, 1925.
Editor The CADET:
General Leonard Wood, Gov-ernor
General of the Philippine
CLASS BANQUET
PROVES LORDLY AFFAIR
Toasts of Zestful Wit Proposed
As Dainties Diminish; "Ram-blin'
Keydets" At Their Nob-lest.
Saturday night the First
Class held its banquet in the
Mess Hall. All cares and
sponsibilities gave way to
re-the
Bo
de-i
ts
its,
ground. ii New Y o r k and the Van Horn
Colonel Anderson's home was Company will be responsible f o r j One hundred and f o r t y dele-one
of the handsomest in
the the swords, sashes and the belty i gates f r om twenty-three schools
attended the tenth annual Con-ference
of the Students' Volun-teer
Union of Virginia this past
week-end in Lexington. Among
May the year 'prove one of
successful endeavor and may the
corps of '24-'25 hi the best in the' f e s t i v e occasion which
Institute's history! |Clements, the toastmaster,
Very cordially, i scribed as "the last one of
( S i g n e d ) : E. W. NICHOLS.1 k ind, and the first one of
i kind "
I t will be recalled that Gen-> ' ^ .
, „ . , ... . . The northeast portion of the
Islands, requests me to convey f a l Wood was one of the v i s i - , M e g g ^ w&g t r a n s f o r m e d i n to
to the Corps of Cadets an ex- Joniat thesV. M. I Finals 0 > a r e c t a n g l e of tables enclosed by
pression of his kind regard for 1 9 1 0 - He has long been a friend g b o r d e r o f ^ and ^
them and for the work ancl the Institute, testifying be- g t r e a m e r s A t t h e f a r s M e w a ,
worth of their institution ^ r e a Congressional committee t h g t o a a t m a 8 t e r , a t a b I e a t w W c h
throughout its history. as to the national value of he ^ t h g ^ ^ ^ D
In complying with the request school in connection with the at ^ ^ ^ ^
of General Wood, may I add an (Continued on pa«e Two) . "Ramblin' Keydets" disported
themselves.
, In the center of the restangle
was a huge punch bowl contain-ing
a delightful ale. Whether
the decorators purposely did it
or not, nevertheless those cyni-cal
looked at the black and white
streamers as a silent remind sr
23 SCHOOLS REPRESENTED
AT STUDENT CONFERENCE
rpbeiJohn Root Hopkins Heads V. M.
I. and Mary Baldwin
Delegations.
TENNIS PLAYERS LOOK
GOOD ; COURTS SHIP-SHAPE
Six Meets Scheduled.
state. It was built a number of worn in the figure. The gym-years
ago. The inlaid floors, nasium. will be decorated in a
the wide staircase, and the tri-color of cardinal red, black
wainscoting of striking design and gold with many low hang-and
pattern were greatly ad- ing and shaded lights which
mired by all who saw -them.
The house contained all the
(Continued on Page Three)
IMPROVEMENTS RECENTLY
MADE AROUND BARRACKS
New Lighting System
Gravel Walks Put In.
and
Many improvements have
'been made recently on the-post.
A new lighting system on the
stoops, and on the outside of
barracks, gravel walks and new
roadways have been establish-ed
during the past f ew weeks.
The new light over Washing-ton
arch is the main feature of
the lighting system just com-pleted.
A light of this type has
long been needed in front of
barracks to facilitate the read-ing
of orders at retreat. Inside
of barracks on the stoops and
areaways there is a complete
system of electric lights. Each
give the gym a fascinating and
beautiful appearance.
The music will probably be
furnished by Jan Garber or by
Weidmeyers of Huntington,
West Virginia. Arrangements
f o r the flowers and the smaller
details are not yet complete ancl
no doubt will not be until later
in the spring.
V. M. I. MEN ARE SOUGHT
BY TELEPHONE COMPANY
z. Z. Hugus Representing
and P. Addresses First
Class.
C.
The 1925 Tennis Team is
o f f with a f l y i n g Start, hav-ing
just completed its second
Week of practice. The courts %v"hat the punch lacked.
have been in use a full month
sooner this season than last
year due to the abundance of
good tennis weather. With this
those institutions sending dele- long period for practice and the
gates to this Conference were
Randolph-Macon Women's Col-
(Continued on Page Eight)
MINIATURE SAMPLES FOR
SECOND CLASS ARRIVE
Elliott Company of Philadelphia
Purveyors.
Mr. Z. Z. Hugus of the Rich-mond
o f f i c e of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Com-pany
addressed members of the
First Class last Wednesday
evening on the advantages of-fered
college graduates by the
Bell System. Later that eve-ning
and all of the next day, he
light is protected by a wire'was occupied in interviewing
bracket with the lead wires en-cased
in iron pipes.
Where there are permanent
sentry posts, gravel walks have
been laid so that during rainy
weather the sentinels may be
afforded secure footing. These
walks are on the North and East
sides of barracks. Also in the
areaways between buildings
those V. M. I. men interested in
telephone work. Mr. Hugus wais
accompanied on his visit here
by Messrs. G. I. Berkley, H. L.
Warner, and S. S. Bradford, the
latter a graduate of V. M. I. in
1914. All of the above men are
associated with the C. ancl P. in
Richmond are now engaged in a
tour of the colleges of the state
Last week a little parcel from
Philadelphia arrived containing
some of the most important in-signia
so f a r allowed to mem-bers
of the Class of 1926. The
sample miniatures arrived.
Four pins were sent by the
Charles H. Elliott Company,
jewelers; two in green gold,
one with flat and one with
faced stone; one rose-gold; ancl
one oxidized. The workmanship
is excellently done and members
of the committee announce their
entire satisfaction with them.
The minature has carried
with it a tradition rich in sym-bolism,
because she who wears
it has given her word to be the
donor's "one and only." Men
are permitted to own only two;
one for their mother or sister,
the other for the "girl in the
case."
Those concerned are hurrying
to get the measurements from
the future wearers. A class
meeting will be held to decide on
number of promising candidates
on hand, Captain Ferebee ex-pects
to develop a team capable
The banquet was started
promptly at 8:30 as Toastmas-ter
Clements called the "detail
to attention." He briefly sur-veyed
the meaning of the gath-ering,
recommending that jol-l
i ty be the order of the evening.
A t the sugestion of Peter Hope
of handling the schedule which' he sat clown and the repast was
has been prepared. So f a r about J • Continued on Page Five)
twenty-five men have reported nmrp n v re
f o r practice. It is rather d i f f i - , K - u - Or M I L WYI&
cult to select any outstanding! OUT CAMP INFORMATION
players f r om the material, but . _ ——— ^
M. Kellogg and Captain Ferebee j
of last year's team are playing
well up to their usual excellent |
phries; Other Units To Meade
—Camp Begins On June 12.
form, while L. G r i f f i t h , McCall,
(Continued on Page Five)
SENATOR CULBERSON DIES
IN CAPITAL CITY FRIDAY
Was Graduate of V. M. I. Class
of 1874; U. S. Senator
From Texas.
(From Washington Post.)
Washington, March 20.—The
j funeral train bearing the body
of Charles A. Culberson, former
United States senator from
Texas, will leave here this'after-noon
for Fort Worth, Texas.
There will be no funeral services
in this city, it was announced
yesterday in his apartment in
Meridian Mansions, where the
legislator died early in the day.
Virtually no hope had been
held for Mr. Culberson's recov-ery
since Sunday, when an at-tack
of influenza developed into
pneumonia. He passed into a
Information has been given
out by the V. M. I. R. O. T. C.
Headquarters that Second Class
members of all the R. 0. T. C.
; units here, except the Engineers
twill attend Camp Meade, Mary-land
next summer^ The Engi-neers
will be sent to Camp
Humphries, Virginia instead of
to the Maryland post where
they have gone f o r the past two
years. The change is made in
order that the Engineers may
take advantage of the superior
facilities of the latter camp.
Camp Humphries is the site of
the only post devoted entirely
to the Engineer Corps in the
eastern part of the United
States, and since it is a perma-nent
camp it is expected that
this unit will have somewhat
better quarters than those used
by the other branches of the
service at Camp
sides the V. M. I.
Meade. Be-group
there