VMI Cadet. March 30, 1925

              THE CADET
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. X V I I I. L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , M O N D A Y , MARCH 30, 1925 No. 24
COACH QUINLAN NAMES
WRESTLING ALL-STARS
(Times-Dispatch Valley Bureau)
Lexington, Va., March 28.—
In view of the steadily increas-ing
popularity of wrestling as a
college sport, Coach Percy H.
Quinlan, for the past three
years wrestling mentor at V . M.
I., has selected an All-South At-lantic
grappling team. Coach
Quinlan is well qualified f o r his
task, as his teams have twice
been claimants f o r the Southern
championship, and have met
with defeat only three times in
GENERAL AND MRS. COCKE
RETURN FROM CUBA
Guests of Gen. Crowder, Amer-ican
Ambassador, While
In Havana.
General and Mrs. Cocke left
Washington on March 9th in
the private car of Colonel John
H. Carroll of Washington, ac-companied
by Colonel Carroll
and Senator a » Mrs. Francis
E. Warren, on trip to Havana.
While in / . /ana the party
were the guests of General E.
H. Crowder, the American Am-bassador
to Cuba.
j i . The party had a very inter-three
years, and only once by a 0 . , / "
SSonuntthWernn t eam. Coach Q u i J ^ ^ t 0 ^ ^ S U g a l '
lan's selection follows:
115-pound class—White, V.
M. I.
125-pound class — Wise, V.
M. I.
135-pound class—Rouzie, V.
P. I.
145-pound class—Graves, Vir-ginia.
158-pound class—Ray, V. P.
I . or Biddle, W. & L.
175-pound class—Tilson, W.
.& L.
Unlimited class — K u l p , V.
M. I.
Captain White, of V. M. I.,
was the outstanding bantam of
the season, having w-on all six
of the matches in which he com-pleted,
including victories over
the West V i r g i n i a and A r m y en-tries.
John, of Duke, was also
a good man at this weight.
Wise, also of V. M. I., though
wrestling f o r the f i r s t year, won
f i v e out of six bouts, losing
. only to West Virginia. Wise de-f
e a t e d such sterling matmen as
Captain Hardaway, of Duke,
and Elsea, of Tech, the latter
having been undefeated until
STATEMENT CONCERNINC
ATHLETES GIVEN OUT
Superintendent States Stand On
Athletes Deficient In Aca-demic
Work.
ROANOKE COLLEGE GAME
ON ALL FOOLS' DAY TO
MARK BASEBALL OPENING
Plantation near Cienfuegos, for
which a private train was fur-nished
by the Cuban Railways.
Numerous entertainments in
Havana were very much en-joyed.
On the return trip the party
arrived in Palm Beach just in
time to see the spectacular f i re
which destroyed the magnificent
Breakers Hotel and the Palm
Beach Hotel. They intended
staying at the Breakers but,
owing to the crowded and con-fused
conditions resulting f r om
the f i r e , had to g i v e this up and
l e f t that night f o r visits to St.
Augustine, Savannah and Char-leston.
In the latter city a trip
around Charleston Harbor was
arranged by General Oakes,
United States A r m y Engineer
in charge.
General and Mrs. Cocke re-turned
to Lexington Sunday
evening f r om Washington.
MORRIS AND OWENS SPEAK
AT A. I. E. E. MEETING
Electric Lamps and Alternating
Current Discussed.
The Superintendent has taken
the stand that any man who be-comes
grossly deficient will be
dropped f r om any athletic per-mit
to, which his name may be
attached. This solicited state-ment
was made Thursday to in-f
o rm Cadets as to the practice
that is being followed at pres-ent.
The Superintendent added
that no f i x e d rule is being fol-lowed,
but that the circum
stances in the individual cases
would govern the action taken.
He stated, however, that some
standard regulation in this re-spect
might be formulated.
This statement corrects the
f a l s e rumor that Cadets having
one deficiency will not be allow-,
ed tc attend athletic practice
Play Lynchburg Saturday—
Team In Top Notch Form
and Ready T o Go.
POLO PROSPECTS GOUSTED
WITH ARRIVAL OF MOUNTS
t . • . ..
Trainer On W a y ; N e w Practice
Field A t White's Farm.
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D A T E S OF RELIEF FOR
O F F I C E R S A N N O U N C ED
Col. Polk Here Until June, 1927.
In order to clear up some of
the rumors as to when R. O. T.
C. o f f i c e r s stationed at the In-stitute
will be relieved from
duty the following is published:
Col. Polk, date relieved, June
30, 1927.
Capt. Handy, date relieved,
July 1, 1925.
Capt. Adams, date relieved,
June 13, 1928.
Capt. Jones, date relieved,
February 9, 1928.
Capt. Heap, date relieved,
March 5, 1927.
L t . Gilland, date relieved,
July 1, 1925.
L t . Holt, date releived, May
27, 1928.
L t . Heiberg, date relieved,
June 11, 1925.
L t . McGill, date relieved, Oct-ober
6, 1926.
SUPERINTENDENT TELLS
ALUMNI OF CONDITIONS
AND ESTIMATES NEEDS
Plans For Betterment and Ex-pansion
Divulged.
The second meeting of the
student branch A. I. E. E. this
month was held last Monday.
Two very good lectures were de-livered
during the short course
of the meeting.
The f i r s t speaker of the clay
was E. T. Morris, of the Second
class, who delivered an address
on the "Development of the In-candescent
Lamp." He gave a
brief history of the lamp and its
constituents, starting with the
methods employed by the an-cient
Egyptians f o r the harden-ing
of copper and tracing the
development through successive
stages to the present Edison
lamp.
Upon the conclusion of Mr.
Morris' talk, Coi. S. W. Ander-son
added a f ew words in con-nection
with the main subject
as to the manufacturing of the
G. E. M. and other modern
lamps.
The next address was made
Brother Alumni:
I am glad to have an oppor-tunity
to present to you a brief
statement of my views of the
conditions at the Institute as I
f i nd them and an estimate of
the improvements needed.
My predecessor, General
Nichols, has accomplished a
great work during his adminis-tration
lasting seventeen years.
Men who have not been here
since 1912 would find only a f ew
buildings of their time. In every
department there have been
great changes and improvements
to meet the increase in the size
of the corps and the demand of
the times. Barracks can now
accommodate about 650 cadets
with the possibility of increase
to about 680. I believe that f or
many years this will be the
limit of the size of the corps and
doubt the wisdom of trying to
increase it. Discipline can bet-ter
be maintained by having
many applications f o r admission
in excess of the number that
can be taken, and one of the
chief benefits of our system is
dependent upon a high standard
of discipline and training.
" R i g h t now the team is in bet-ter
shape than I have ever seen
it at such an early period of the
spring season," said Major
Blandy Clarkson a f t e r Saturday
afternoon practice. The fine
w a r m . w e a t h e r during the last
week or so has permitted the
squad to get down to old-time
easy running order.
The aggregation is lying in
wait f o r Roanoke College, which
it plays here Wednesday, April
1st, in the season eye-openeer.
Lynchburg College will be Sat-urday's
visitors.
The display of pep and lots of
action seems automatic with ev-ery
man as soon as he steps on
the diamond. Ten min-utes
spent on Alumni Field will
convince every man, woman
and child that the baseball sap
is running wild.
Crockett* and White are bid-ding
strongest as slab artists,
with Caldwell at his customary
post behind the bat. They have
erratic twisters breaking in ev
A very important addition to
the mounted units arrived at
the stables on Friday when f i f -
teen cavalry mounts were re-ceived.
These are to fill vacan-cies
in the cavalry unit. How-ever,
it is hoped that by good
handling and training these
ponies will serve to augment the
present string of polo mounts.
In addition the services of a
trainer have been procured who
will tryout the new arrivals and
select therefrom those suitable
f o r polo, as well as paying espe-cial
attention to those ponies
already used in the mounted
game here. The new trainer
will also be helpful in assisting
Lieutenant Heiberg at coaching.
Another great asset to polo
f a c i l i t i e s this spring will be the
use of a new practice field at
White's Farm. Since a good
polo field must * be constantly
cared f o r a practice one is need-ed
in order to keep the regular,
one, that on the parade ground,
in the v e r y best condition. With
the new field completed it is
planned to stable the regular
ery direction across the corners j m o u n t s a t t h e F a r m > a nd
of the plate. To get the better, f m t h e to m o t o r t Q a nd
of such a battery will require a I f r c m b y t r u c k T h i g ^
keen eye and some l a s t guessing
on the part of opposing bats-men.
Cooper in the box with
Clements behind the bat
the reserve battery.
f o rm
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TRACK TEAM TO MEET
N. C. NEXT SATURDAY^
ment will not only enable more
time to be spent at actual prac-tice,
but also give more spacs
ancl freedom f o r individual and
team work.
Though work thus far has
been confined entirely to stick
work and pairing o f f , with good
weather, White's Farm promises
Season B e g i i ^ W i t h Trip To t o b e t h e s c e n e of scrimmaging
R a l e i g h—Me n In Good in a f e w days. T h e f a c t tha t
Shape.
The Track team is in good
shape, according to Coach Read.
" W i t h the exception of two pole
vaulters, Barkley ancl West,
who have bad ankles, the men
look f a i r l y good," said Major
Read. The hard practice during
the past month has put the men
in excellent condition ancl the
old athletes are showing their
usual form. There are several
new men, who will probably be
seen in the meets, but no sensa-tional
material has been uncov-ered.
On account of slight in-juries
sustained in spring foot-
I f we are to meet successfully i ball practice, "Windy" White
the necessity f o r discipline and
high morale, we must provide
cadets with a proper outlet for
excess energy and enthusiasm.
At present the Institute is bad-ly
in need of additional athletic
buildings ancl equipment. For
intra-mural athletics we have
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has not rounded into f o rm in his
shot and discus work, but con-sidering
his handicap, he has
done well.
The team centers about Cap-tain
Charlie Foster. Besides
making his customary strike in
the 100 and 220, he % has been
practically every man on the
present squad has had at least
two years of polo expreience
will make it possible this spring
to put more time on team work
than ever before. As to the
probable line-up, the results of
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A N N U A L I N S P E C T I O N T O BE
MADE A P R I L 9, 10 A N D 11
Two O f f i c e r s "Will Visit V. M. I.
Next Month.
Government Inspection will
be on April 9, 10, and 11, ac-cording
to a communication re-ceived
at Headquarters, V . M. I.
f r om Major-General Robert C.
Davis, Adjutant General of the
Army. Two army o f f i c e r s will
visit the Institute, as is custo-mary,
to conduct the inspection.
The administration of the
school, its facilities and the
theoretical and practical in-struction
given in its courses
will be inquired into.