VMI Cadet. February 21, 1927

              THE CADET I N THE
J. M. H A L L A T 8 P. M.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
IHE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XX. L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , F E B R U A R Y 21, 1927 No. 18
REVIV4L SERVICES
CONCLUDED; ALL
TALKS VERY FINE
Average Nightly Attendance
Shows Interest of Corps.
DR. COPENHAVER'S MES-SAGES
MAKE GREAT
IMPRESSION
During the past week large num-bers
of cadets have attended the re-vival
services held in Jackson Me-morial
Hall by Dr. J. C. Copenhaver
of Baltimore. As these meetings
were entirely voluntary, the attend-ance
becomes particularly impres-sive,
testifying to the attractive per-sonality
of the speaker and the in-
* spiring nature of his message.
Dr. Copenhaver addressed the ca-dets
on such subjects as gambling,
profanity, selfishness, religion in the
lives of great men and "the greatest
sin in America today," the sin of de-nying
Christ and the air and com-fort
he alone can bring. The speak-er's
message was delivered in a man-ner
which was sure to appeal to ca-dets
and there can be no doubt that
the Corps has been benefited im-measureably
by his visit. As he
goes back to his congregation in
Baltimore, Dr. Copenhaver carries
with him our best fcood wishes and
our hearty appreciation of what he
has done for us during his all too
brief visit here.
It has become customary that ser-vices
such as these should be held
here at this time every year. On
each occasion a speaker of a differ-ent
denomination is invited to ad-dress
the Corps and the cadets them-selves
take a large part in the serv-vices.
THE CHAMPION" PLAYS TONIGHT
PLANS FOR MINSTREL LAUNCHED
Dramatists Present Annual
Play to Corps
Lengthy Series Rehearsals
Over; All Scenes Polished.
Varsity Quint Loses to
• U.ofS. C. and V . P . I.
Both Scores Close and Games
Exciting.
Harner and McGlone Do Fine
Work During Week.
UNIV. OF S. C. GAME
In the closest and most interesting
game played this season V. M. I. fell
before the University of South Caro-lina
to the tune of 42 to 40. It was
a good game throughout and it look-ed
as if the Flying Squadron would
come out on top for quite a while.
South Carolina started the fire-works
when Rogers sank one from
the side. Then the fun started.
First one team and then the other
sprang into the lead. Time and again
both teams intercepted passes and
marched down the floor for a coun-ter,
with the Squadron slightly ahead.
The second half was almost the
same. Rogers and Fair did the
brunt of Carolina's scoring, while
McGlone and Harner were keeping
V. M. I. in the running. Then it
looked as if V. M. I. would pull away
to a victory when Harner gathered
three beauties in a row. But with
only two minutes to play and the
score 40 to 38 in V. M. L's favor,
Fair sank one from mid-court, and
H with only a minutes left, White got
another which threw Carolina into
the lead.
For Carolina, Rogers, Fair, and
Glub Makes Trip to
Sweetbrier Saturday
Tonight in the Jackson Memorial
Hall, "The Champion," a three-act
comedy by Thomas Louden and A.
E. Thomas, will be presented by the
V. M. I. Dramatic Club as their an-nual
offering under the direction of
Mrs. Kent Craig Lambert and Col-onel
T. A. E. Moseley. The story is
laid in the home of Mr. Burroughs
(R. E. M. Goolsby) at Knotley, Eng-land.
The time is the present. Lady
Elizabeth Galton (G. C. Scott) is vis-iting
in the Burroughs' home and act-ing
as their social chaperone in or-der
to tide herself over a period of
financial embarrassment due to the
supposed failure of a silver mine left
to her by her father, and managed
for her by Lord Brockington (F. M.
Ansley), an unprincipled but polish-ed
English nobleman who hopes to
gain possession of the mine and also
to marry Lady Elizabeth.
George Burroughs (J. W. Mann),
the elder brother who is conducting
a campaign for Parliament on the
Conservative ticket, as well as David
(H. H. Staudt), the younger brother
who plans to enter the ministry, are
much disconcerted by the return to
England of William Burroughs (T.
A. Klein), a more or less prodigal
son who had run away from home
fifteen years before this time.
The entire family is greatly cha-grined
when Mr. Mooney (J. N.
Jones), a tavern keeper, unwittingly
gives to them and to the press the
information that their son is none
other than "Gunboat Williams,"
lightweight boxing champion of the
world, and William again prepares
to leave home in order to spare their
feelings. Upon taking leave of Lady
Elizabeth, with whom he has fallen
in love at sight, he finds what her
true financial condition is and deter-mines
to inquire further into the
ORCHESTRA TO RE-CORD
"SPIRIT "--WILL
MAKE EUROPEAN TRIP
Columbia Phonograph Co. To
Issue Spirit and Other Num-bers
By Ramblin' Keydets.
SUMMER 1927 W I L L SEE
E N T I R E ORCHESTRA ON
M E D I T E R R A N E A N CRUISE
A representative of the Columbia
Phonograph Co., Inc., was in Lex-ington
on Friday, February 11, ne-gotiating
terms with Mr. H. F. Brew-ington
and Mr. R. T. Norman, the di-rector
and manager, respectively, of
the orchestra by which several rec-ords
will be made. He requested the
Orchestra to record their interpre-tation
of the V. M. I. Spirit; he is
leaving the other numbers to the dis-cretion
of the director. These records
will be made in Baltimore during the
next few months, and will be ready
for distribution about the first of
June. Alumni, cadets and friends of
V. M. I. have for several years been
requesting a record of the Spirit by
the Cadet Orchestra, as its effect is
so much a matter of rendition.
WILL REPEAT EUROPEAN TRIP
ON A LARGER SCALE
In view of their meritorious serv-ice
rendered by the Orchestra aboard
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" A " Company Gains Firm
Grasp on First Place
Fourth Round of Inter-Company
Basketball To Be Played
Wednesday.
A N D "F" COMPANIES
T I E D FOR SECOND
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SIR SNIPER MAKES FOURTH
APPEARANCE IN BARRACKS
The "Engineer's Number" of the
Sniper made its appearance Saturday
night. The original idea of issuing
an engineering number—which was
a complete surprise to the Corps —
was excellently carried out.
Eddie Kriete, "Engineer," is re-sponsible
for the unique cover—a
blue print. Congratulations are ex-tended
to Miss Lettice Lee Coulling,
Miss Ruth Wilson, and Sam Russel
for their drawings, and the poems of
Miss Louise White are more pleas-ing
for their striking originality.
The "Engineer's Number" of Sir
Sniper is filled from cover to cover
with incomparable wit and humor
and as a whole is characterized by
sophisticated drawings and catchy
verses; it continues the high stan-dard
previously set by the Sniper,
leads us to expect better things, and
should we predict, prove the most
popular published this year.
" A " Co. vs. " E " Co.
Wednesday afternoon again found
the Company basketeers in action,
and displaying a greatly improved
brand of basketball. Great enthu-siasm
is being shown by all the
teams, and it is hoped that future
varsity material will be uncovered
during the course of the tournament.
"A" Company continued its win-ning
ways by sending "E" Company
down in defeat to the tune of 33 to
16, and assuming the lead in the
tournament. Crockett and Harrison
led the scorers, each having 11 points
to their credit.
The line-up:
"A" Co.—33
Harrison, 11
Crockett, 11
Cheek, 4
Arnold, 2
Porter, 1
Dean
Ruffin
Shucker
Smith, R. K.
West, C. H., 4.
"E" Co.—16
Thornhill, 4
Rugh
Marshall
Nelson
Biggs, 3
Robinson, 1
Earl, 4
Clark, 2
Lockwood, 2
" B " Co. vs. " E " Co.
"B" and "E" Companies playing
in the old gym, were on even terms
most of the game, and the half-way
mark found them tied at 12 to 12.
Cast Complete-Rehearsals
to Start
Blackface Follies Stag-ed
by '27 for Final
Ball
Gentlemen, he seated! Interpolat-ing
the dreary stretch between Mid-
Winters and Easter comes the one
oasis in our desert of gloom: The
annual Second Class Minstrel. In
the second week of March before a
packed house of first nighters the
Black Face Follies—bigger and bet-ter
than Barnum's—will open at its
old stand, the Jackson Memorial
Hall. Little can the average mind
grasp the oncoming maelstrom of
mirth and melody, the hurricane of
humor and harmony that awaits it.
Nevertheless, what is to be is to be
and nothing short of an epidemic of
small-pox can keep the corps from
witnessing the greatset aggregation
of funny bone ticklers that ever
faced the footlights.
The plan of the show differs vast-ly
from last year, both in arrange-ment
and elaborateness. The circle
end of it is divided into two parts
with three snappy, slam bang,
screaming acts interspersed between.
The experienced gained last year
will be a big factor hi the entertain-ing
qualities. Brewington exerted
himself to such an extent in compos-ing
such music that George White
and Earl Carroll will tear their hair
at the thought of opposition. The
old head-liners from last season are
back coupled with a meteoric dis-play
of stars whose performance this
season will firmly establish them in
the cosmic—as you were—comic
firmament.
No, it can't be helped, the show is
bound to be a hit, regardless. After
careful consideration the Committee
selected the following circle: Inter-locutor—
Ed. Allen (you know, the
boy with "IT") Circle: Len Pres-ton,
Blushing Bill Lockwood, the
three Rover Boys—alias Morgan,
Mutt, Jamerson, Pete Marshall, John
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RATS PICK UP GAME
FROM V.P.I. FRESHMEN
Break Unlcky Streak In Hard
Fighting Game.
SCOTT A N D S W A NK
STAR FOR HOME T E AM
V. M. I. RATS vs. V. P. 1. FRESH-MEN
After tasting defeat for the past
few games, the Rats shook off the
jinx and decisively defeated their
ancient rivals from V. P. I., 29-23,
last Saturday afternoon.
The early part of the first period
proved to be a pretty tight tussle
and at one time the score stood 11-10
in favor of V. P. I., rjut a timely field
goal by Scott put the Rats in the
lead and they were never seriously
threatened after that. The half
ended V. M. I., 18; V. P. I., 13. The
VARSITY AND RATS
DEFEAT VIRGINIA'S
WRESTLINGS TEAMS
Both V. M. I. Teams
Continue Undefeat-ed
1926 Career
EACH SECURES FOUR FALLS;
VARSITY SCORES 23 TO
VA.'S 6; RATS 28 TO
CAVALIER'S 3
V. M. I.'s varsity wrestling team
ran roughshod over the University of
Virginia matmen in Memorial Gym-nasium,
Charlottesville, last Monday
night, winning by the score of 23 to
6. Two decisions completed Vir-ginia's
scoring, while the Cadets reg-istered
four falls and a decision.
Mayfield, in the 115-lb. class, met
Johnston of Virginia, the two going
to the mat in the first minute with
Mayfield on top, the latter securing
a fall with a double arm lock in 5
minutes and 19 seconds. The 125-
Ib. class was somewhat closer, with
Davis securing a time advantage of
5 minutes 35 seconds over Salee
(Va.). Wilson and Ferrebee in the
135-lb. class wrestled a close match
in which Wilson was on top of his
Virginia opponent part of the time,
but lost by a narrow time advant-age
of 1 minute and 15 seconds.
Gillen, 145-lb. class, making his
mat debut for V. M. I., was held for
an advantage of 6 minutes 15 sec-onds
by Bosworth, Virginia, making
the score 8 to 6 in favor of the Ca-dets.
With the heavier weights, V.
M. I. got under way and Virginia
never .threatened. Woodbury and
Williams (Va.) met in the middle-weight
division, Woodbury clearly
surpassing his man in all respects
and throwing him with a double arm
lock and body hold in 3 minutes and
39 seconds. Fields was equally suc-cessful,
throwing Captain Peyton of
Virginia with a hammerlock in 6
minutes and 2 seconds.
Captain Kulp, heavyweight, had an
easy time with Woodard (Va.), piiv-
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VARSITY BOXERS LOSE
TO U.0FN.C.ANDRA1S
DEFEAT NX FRESHMEN
Double Meet Offers Many
Good Bouts.
V A R S I T Y LOSES 3-f; RATS
W I N 4-3
V. M. I. vs. U. of N. C.
The highly touted University of
North Carolina Boxing team met a
tartar when they engaged the Cadet
agregation in the local ring Satur-day
night, nosing out a 4 to 3 victory.
In the light weight, V. M. I. was far
superior, winning the first three
bouts easily, but the Tarheels were
especially strong in the heavier
classes and succeeded in taking the
four remaining contests.
V. M. I. got off to a flying start
when Captain Hardenburg stepped
into the ring against Carpenter. He
easily outpointed and outslugged the
Carolinian, knocking him down three
times during the second round. At