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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
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
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Title | VMI Cadet. March 23, 1925 |
Issue Date | 1925-03-23 |
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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 |
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Full Text Search | 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 |