VMI Cadet. September 27, 1926

              I THE CADET
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XX. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 1926 No. 2
SOCIAL SEASON
STARTS WITH
OPENING HOPS
John Slaughter and His Pow-hatan
Roof Orchestra Fur-
I nish Music.
RAMBLIN' KEYDETS PLAY
FOR DANSANT SATUR-DAY
AFTERNOON
For the last time Opening Hops
were held in the Old Gymnasium.
The hall once more resounded to the
shuffle of dancing feet and the syn-copating
strains of the orchestra. A
large attendance of girls, the music
of a good orchestra, a goodly num-ber
of stags, and the high spirit re-sulting
from the outcome of the
Richmond College game all tended to
make the Opening Hops of the school
year 1926-27 the best ever.
The decorations, planned and exe-cuted
by the Hop Committee, were
of paper with yellow and white as
the color scheme. The paper was
arched over the center of the gym-nasium,
the yellow and white in al-ternating
strips, with streamers of
the same material hanging from the
balcony. The orchestra stand was
tastefully decorated with the decora-tive
paper. The light colors of the
decorations showed off to advantage
the colorful „and pretty dresses of the
girls, while the white uniforms of
the first classmen and the gray uni-forms
of the other cadets lent a
staid air of military formality.
The music for both Friday and
Saturday nights was furnished by
John Slaughter's Orchestra. This
orchestra regularly plays on the roof
of the Powhatan Hotel in Washing-ton,
D. C., where they have a good
reputation for being musicians of the
first order. They more than lived up
to expectations and received many
compliments for their good work.
On Saturday afternoon a dansant
was held immediately after the foot-ball
game. On this occasion the
Ramblin' Keydets held forth and did
themselves great credit. This was
their first appearance of the season.
The orchestra is bigger and better
than ever and, under the direction of
" I k " Brewington, should have the
best year of their existence. An in-opportune
fall of rain at this time
kept many people away from this
dance, but, as it was, the attendance
was large. A spirit of informality
always reigns at a dansant and for
this reason many people enjoy them
more than they enjoy the formal
hops, if this is possible.
The football team of Richmond
College were the guests of the Corps
at the Hops. Many alumni, especial-ly
those whose homes are in Rich-mond,
helped to fill the gymnasium.
The combination of Hops and a foot-ball
game is one which is especially
enticing to friends of the Institute.
Following is a list of the "biddees"
and "bidders":
Miss Maude Williams, of Rich-mond,
Va., with Cadet O. T. Jamer-son.
Miss Jacqueline Tutuiler, of Birm-ingham,
Ala., with Cadet J. A. Smith.
Miss Margaret Fugate, of Roanoke,
with Cadet McCall.
Miss Babe Jones, of Alexandria,
with Cadet Lewis.
Miss Bootsie Warren, of Sweet
Briar, with Cadet Delaney.
Cross Country Men
Begin Training
Seventeen Men Report For
Daily Workouts
" V A N N Y " SESSOMS TO L E AD
SQUAD
Monday the Cross Country team
opened its training season. Seven-teen
men answered the call for can-didates.
This year's team is led by
"Vanny" Sessoms, who succeeds Cov-ington,
the leader of the 1925 Har-riers.
Cross Country is a comparatively
new sport at V. M. I., last year being
the initial effort. The team made a
good showing at the Southern Con-ference
meet at Blacksburg, the only
meet participated in. Cross Country
is a recognized sport at most South-ern
Universities, as was indicated by
the entry of fifteen teams in the
Conference meet.
This sport affords the members of
the spring track team an opportun-ity
for some rigorous training and
conditioning so necessary for dis-tance
men. Cross country teams are
usually from among the milers and
half-milers of the selected track
team. Men who have been entries in
thes eevents know the necessity of
pre-season training. Those men who
will be aspirants for next year's
track squad are advised to take ad-vantage
of this opportunity to train
under the supervision of the track
coaches.
A cross country team is composed
of six men and the leader. Seven
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Alex. F. Ryland, '97, Appointed
To Board of Visitors
Governor Also Reappoints Four
Old Members To New
Terms.
Appointment of two new members
to the Board of Visitors, of the In-stitute
and the reappointment of
four others was recently announced
by Governor Harry F. Byrd.
Alex F. Ryland, '97, of Richmond
and Vice-President of the V. M. I.
Club, was named to the board suc-seeding
James O. Winston, of
Thompson's Crossroads, while Edwin
S. Reid, of Chatham, was appointed
to fill the unexpired term of Dr. R.
Bruce James, of Danville, resigned.
Reappointments are as follows:
Colonel Joseph Button, of Richmond
and Appomattox, also a member of
the V. M. I. Club; Harry H. Holt,
Hampton; Captain Montgomery B.
Corse, Lexington, and Roy W. Sex-ton,
Wytheville.
All appointments are for the four
years ending July 1, 1930, with the
exception of Mr. Reid's, which ex-pires
July 1, 1928.
"Blessed Be THE TIE That Binds"
(Established 1922)
A Monthly Publication of
THE V. M. I. CLUB
of Richmond, Va.
ATTENTION
Is invited to the Feature
Story of Issue published
on Page 5 and titled—
"THE ODYSSEY AND
ILIAD OF THE FIRST
CLASS AT CAMP."
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WORK STARTED
ON 1927 BOMB
Bomb To Handle Sale of Holiday
Cards In Barracks.
FIRST CLASS PICTURES
TAKEN
Work has been started on the com-pilation
of the 1927 Bomb, and even
at this time of the year, quite a lit-tle
progress can be noticed. Pros-pects
point to one of the best Bombs
published in many years, and it is
the aim of the staff to complete as
much of the work as possible before
Christmas in order to avoid the us-ual
haste and confusion which often
occurs after the holidays.
The personnel of the staff is not
yet complete and several additions
will b emade as soon as it is possible
to move into the new publication
quarters.
A new line will be handled by the
Bomb this year men; the exclusive
sale in barracks of all Thanksgiving,
Mother's Day, Easter, and Christmas
cards. The cards will be attractive-ly
designed and reasonably priced,
and for First and Second Classmen,
they will be made bearing the '27 and
'28 seals. A new standard card will
be introduced and should prove popu-lar.
The calendars for 1927 will follow
a new and novel design much more
attractive than the old wall type
sold in former years. They will be
smaller and made for use on desk or
table.
The representative of the White
Studio in New York has been here
for several days taking individual
pictures of the First Class. During
the next week assignments will be
made for the individual class write-ups,
and First Classmen are request-ed
to furnish this material as soon as
possible.
V. M. I. Takes Field
Against Georgia Tech
Next Saturday
Flying CadetT~Fortified With
Reserves Hope To Avenge
Defeat of Last Year.
GOLDEN TORNADO HAS
LOST 9 FIRST STRING MEN
White and Wycoff, Rival Full-backs
for Three Years, Are
Lost To Their Respective
Teams.
The Georgia Tech game is five
days away. There are so many
changes on both the Flying Squadron
and Tornado this year that it is hard
to offer predictions with any cer-tainty,
but it can safely be said that
V. M. I. will put up a strong de-fense.
The forward wall that will
probably take the field for the Cadets
is heavy, and composed of sea-soned
players. The line, of course,
will be an important factor on the
offense also, but that branch of the
game depends chiefly on the ball
carriers, who, although rather inex-perienced,
are promising, and both
fast and hard driving. Furthermore,
V. M. I. 's downfall in past struggles
with Tech has been due to lack of
reserve strength, but this year the
Keydet team is far better fortified
FLYING CADETS TRIUMPH
OVER SPIDER TEAM
Cadet Defense Proves Impregnable.
O'BERRY, FAIN AND SMITH STAR IN Y. M. I. LINE;
WALKER A N D BARNES SHINE I N BACKFIELD
Home Team Registers Six First Downs To None For Visitors.
170 Men Report For
Rat Football Squad
Best Material Seen At Institute
In Years.
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
On Sept. 15 one hundred and sev-enty
men reported as candidates for
rat football. This is the largest
fourth class squad ever turned out at
the Institute and probably the larg-est
Virginia has seen. These men
come from all over the country and
a score are all-state players, the best
material seen here in several years.
The linemen average around 180
pounds and the backs range from 150
to 175. Although it is to oearly to
say how the rates will work as a
team, with such material they should
win most of their games and send
many outstanding men to the varsity
in 1927.
Those showing up best are:
Ends.
Moody, Roanoke High.
Berkely, Newport News High.
Palmer, Suffolk High.
Whiteside, Johnson City (Tenn.)
High.
McGuire, Salem High.
Scott, Maury High.
Beckham, Atlanta High.
Schmitz, Storm Lake (Iowa) High.
Smith, B. T., Petersburg High.
Y.
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M: C. CABINET
ORGANIZED LAST WEEK
Extensive Program Planned.
Large Bible and Hymn Books
To Be Placed In Jackson
Memorial Hall.
The personnel of the 1926-'27 Y.
M. C. A. Cabinet is complete with the
exception of two members to be
elected from the Second Class and
one from the Third Class.
The Cabinet plans as extensive a
program as is compatible with the
vigors of our military system. Nu-merous
offers for speeches have been
received and one has been accepted.
The present plan calls for the pur-chase
of a large Bible and a number
of hymn books to be placed in the
Jackson Memorial Hall. A more ex-tensive
and inclusive handbook is in-cluded
in the year's program, provid-ed
the funds are sufficient to carry
thrrough the project.
It will be remembered that the
present projecting machines in the
Jackson Memorial Hall are a gift of
the Y. M. C. A., as are numerous
books in the Library. The Y. M. C.
A. also furnishes the refreshments
for the ice cream supper given each
year to the two companies whose
baseball teams have the highest per-centages
for the season.
Saturday on Alumni Field the Fly-ing
Cadets kicked and drove their
way to a ten-point triumph over a
determined team from the University
of Richmond. The first three per-iods
ended in a scoreless tie, fumbles
and penalties, as well as the fierce
resistance of the Spiders, being re-sponsible
for the inconsistency of the
Cadet attack. V. M. I. made two
first downs almost at the opening of
the game and it could be seen that if
this punch would come forth at the
right time a score would be inevit-able,
since the Cadet defense proved
itself impregnable from start to fin-ish.
The first half consisted of some
short gains for the Squadron and a
punting duel between Carl Walker,
Keydet fullback, and Penzold, small
but skillful Richmond field general.
The second half saw the Cadets start
out with a rush, marked by two fine
runs of forty yards each. A fumble
and a penalty broke up the marches
led by these two long gains.
The work of the stonewall was
most satisfactory—a five yard gain
being the longest and practiaclly the
only one that it allowed. A pass,
netting Richmond 6 yards, was the
longest gain made against V. M. I.,
and the strength of the Cadet defense
was further demonstrated when the
game ended and Richmond had not
registered a single first down. V. M.
I. made six. The first score came in
the middle of the last period, when,
after Walker, Barnes, and Moore had
alternated to carry the ball from
midfield to their opponents' 12 yard!
line, Gfroerer place-kicked the goal
from the 21 yard line. A blocked punt
followed by several line bocks re-sulted
in the touchdown, which was
scored by Carl Walker.
For V. M. I. Captain John Fain,.
Karley O'Berry, and Ralph Smith,
last year's Rat captain, stood out in
the line, although the others did their
work well. Johnny was up to his us-ual
standard and Spider attempts:
around his flank resulted in a minus
yardage. On the offense he paved
the way for many good gains. The
work of O'Berry on recovering fum-bles
was especially fine. It was his
recovery of a blocked punt that led
up to V. M. I.'s touchdown. Smithv
often broke through to down the Bed!
and Blue backs before they got start-ed.
He blocked the punt recovered!
by O'Berry. Behind the line Walker
and Al Barnes stood out, both being-consistent
ground gainers.. Carl!
Walker's punts averaged over forty-yards.
He also backed up the line
well. Barnes showed up well on the
receiving end of Gfroerer's short,
passes besides his hard running. The
Cadet backs have the necessary quali-fications,
and from the confidence
gained in two games, should show
Georgia Tech a trick this week.
Richmond University brought an
experienced and determined team to
Lexington. They played an unusual-ly
fine brand of defensive football,
but soon found out that their of-