VMI Cadet. February 7, 1927

              J. HI. H A L L 'SCENE THE CADET
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
1 HE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XX. L E X I N G T O N , VIRGINIA, F E B R U A R Y 7, 1927 No. 16
MID WINTER D\NCES
HELD FEB. 4 AND 5
Gym Decorated In Black and
White In Unique Fashion.
M I K E KYSER DELIGHTS
D A N C E R S WITH MUSIC
A N D E N T E R T A I N M E NT
Last Friday and Saturday at the
gymnasium t'he annual Mid-Winter
Hops -were *held. There were the -us-ual
night dances and the afternoon
dansant.
Although the term "best yet" bas
probably been applied to all of the
Hops previously beld, it is our opin-ion
that this particular set is tbe one
for -which the term was originated.
The music was furnished by "Kike"
Kyser's Orchestra of Chapel Hill, N.
C. This orchestra is distinctly a col-legiate
organization; most of its
members attend or attended the Uni-versity
of North Carolina. "Kike"
was the nearest thing to a perpetual
motion machine that we have seen.
He was an entertainment all by him-self.
Benny Cash, the pianist, "sang
so Divinely," as all tbe girls said,
that whenever he would start sing-ing
the dancers would stop and con-gregate
around the orchestra plat-form
until he had finished his last
word.
The decorations were very origin-al.
Along the sides of the balcony
were silhouettes in rameo shapes
with a border of black and white in
checker-board effect. The silhou-ettes
were made by Nied, Taylor and
Morgan, H. W. These men showed
very marked talent in this work. The
black and white effect was carried
out throughout; even the center dia-mond
which hung over the floor was
of the checker-board design. The
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POST EXCHANGE COUN-CIL
MEETS; IMPORTANT
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
The Post Exchange Council met in
the Post Exchange at 8:00 P. M.,
January 14 and Colonel Hunter Pen-dleton,
President, Colonel Harding
Polk, Colonel George L. Barton, Jr.,
Recorder, and Colonel William Cou-per,
Post Exchange Officer, were
present.
The Post Exchange Officer pre-sented
his final report from July 1,
1925, to June 30, 1926, and an in-terim
report from July 1, 1926, to
December 30, 1926, which were ap-proved
by the council.
Among the important motions be-fore
the council the following have
the greatest , interest for the corps:
The council appropriated the sum
of $400 to the V. M. I. Rifle Team,
authorizing the Post Exchange Of-ficer
to purchase supplies for the
Rifle Team.
Funds to defray the cost of in-stalling
backboards and baskets for
Basketball in the new gymnasium.
The sum of $400 for the purchase
of a new boxing ring mat.
To the Athletic Association the
amount of its charge account: $2,-
502.48.
Twenty-five dollars for the pur-chase
of Post Exchange Office
equipment.
The Post Exchange Officer was
requested to Becure estimates of the
HIGHWAY CONFERENCE DISTINCT
SUCCESS; TWO DAY SESSION
OFFERS SPLENDID PROGRAMS
V. M. I. Grapplers Win
Over Carolina 16-11
Take Four of Seven Bouts In
Defeating Tarheels.
M A Y F I E L D AND KULP
SECURE F A L LS
At the height of the dance Satur-day
night the drum of Kike Kyser's
orchestra from the University of
North Carolina beat "attention" and
one of its members announced that
V. M. I. had won its wrestling match
with Carolina by a score of 16-11.
The already gay occasion became a
joyful celebration.
Tbe match at Chapel Hill was a
close one, the result being in doubt
until the very end. In the 115-
pound class Mayfield, V. M. I., threw
Uzzel, N. C., in 9 minutes, 30 sec-onds,
giving V. M. I. a five-point
start. Next, in the 125-pound class,
Davis, V. M. I., and Motsinger, N. C.,
went into extra time, the Tarheel
finally winning by a time advantage
of a scant 58 seconds. In the 135-
pound class Wilson maintained V. M.
I.'s lead by winning over Lear, N.
C., by a time advantage of 6 minutes,
14 seconds. However, in the 145-
pound class Gardner, N. C., tied the
score by throwing Moss, V. M. I., in
4 minutes, 50 seconds. In the 158-
pound class Woodbury, V. M. I., and
Taylor, N. C., went into extra time,
Woodbury finally gaining a time ad-vantage
of 5 minutes, 12 seconds, to
restore V. M. I.'s lead. But Captain
Warren of Carolina, after having
boxed earlier in the evening with
Kinchloe, Virginia's ace, and knock-ed
him out, came on the mat and won
over Fields, V. M. I., by a time ad-vantage
of 4 minutes, 39 seconds.
Thus the Bcore was again tied, 11-11,
when Captain Kulp, V. M. I., en-countered
Abitt, N. C., in the final
and decisive match of the evening.
Kulp threw his man in 2 minutes, 25
seconds, securing the victory.
Many Eminent Men
Speak to Engineers
and State Officials
RAT BOXERS DEFEAT
VIRGINIA FRESHMEN
Take Four Bouts, Two By Tech-nical
Knockouts.
The Rat Boxing team journeyed to
Charlottesville Saturday, February
5, where they defeated the Virginia
Freshmen by a score of 4 to 3.
V. M. I. won two bouts by tech-nical
knockouts and two others by
decisions, while Virginia won the
other three rounds by close decisions.
Gordon and Chadwick both defeat-ed
their opponents in the middle of
the third round by technical knock-outs,
and although Williams and Pal-mer
were unable to floor their op-ponents,
they had them feeling
groggy when the bell for the close
of the third round was sounded.
Summary.
115-pound class—Waller (Va.) de-feated
Rogers (V. M. I.) in three
rounds by a judges' decision.
125-pound class—Gordon (V. M.
I.) defeated Bishop (V.) by a tech-nical
knockout in the third round.
135-pound class—Myers (Va.) de-
CADETS SHARE BENEFITS
OF CONFERENCE
The V. M. I. Highway Conference,
which came to a close Friday after-noon
after a brilliant two-day ses-sion,
was broad in its scope and cov-ered
in a large measure the principle
details of highway location, financ-ing,
types of construction, and main-tenance.
There were about 275 at-tending.
V. M. I. was indeed favored
in having the program and attend-ance
made up of so many eminent
men.
Striking a great note of interest
in the meetings was the question of
the good of the County Unit Sys-tem.
In fact, the Thursday after-noon
session was devoted entirely to
consideration of this plan. Would it
not be better to group the various
districts in the county under a Coun-ty
Superintendent, doing away with
the various Distrist Superintendents,
thereby operating as a unit; and by
pooling all resources and equipment
do more effective work in a more
economical manner? It was the
concensus of opinion that the unit
plan was a distinct advantage and
should be adopted when conditions
permit.
To the Engineering Departments
the meeting was of particular inter-est
for their memb^is were excused
from academic duties and given the
privilege of attending the conference.
In the capacity of interested listen-ers
they absorbed much, part of
which will be taken advantage of
later on in practical application.
Mr. H. G. Shirley, Chairman State
Highway Commission, called the
meeting to order at 10:30 Thursday
morning. He introduced Colonel
Pendleton, who in behalf of the Sup-erintendent
of V. M. I., welcomed
those attending and declared that V.
M. I. was open to them all for de-liberation,
consultation, and advance-ment.
"The purpose of this meeting,"
said Mr. Shirley, "is to get together
and exchange ideas and views on
road construction and maintenance
and to render greater service to the
people of Virginia than is rendered
today.
Major A. W. Robertson, Common-wealth's
Attorney of Rockbridge
Headquarters Announces
Mid-Term Appointments
SLIGHT C H A N G E S MADE IN
B A T T A L I O N ORGANIZA-T
I ON
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The committee to which the
minstrel has been referred has
announced definitely that there
will be a minstrel this year. Its
size and composition has not
been decided as yet, but it has
been assured that the precedent
set last year will not be lower-ed
in any respect.
Since there are places yet to
be filled in the cast—this in-formation
has been given offic-ially—
any men who are inter-ested
and who have a little
ability are urged to notify
some member of the commit-tee.
The customary "Makeovers" in the
roll of officers and non-commission-ed
officers of the Corps of Cadets
which is always looked forward to
with hopes and anxiety, was pub-lished
to the Corps Jan. 27, 1927, at
Supper Roll Call. The order was as
follows:
HEADQUARTERS
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Va.
Jan. 27, 1927.'
Generals Orders,
No 16.
I. All appointments of officers
and non-commissioned officers in the
Battalion of Cadets, heretofore in ef-fect,
are revoked.
II. Upon the recommendation of
the Commandant of Cadets, the fol-lowing
appointments in the Battal-ion
of Cadets are announced to take
effect from date:
To Be Cadet Captains.
1. Bellinger, E.
2. Quarles, G.
3. Baird, H.
4. Jamerson, O. T.
5. Williamson, R. P.
6. Allen, E. T.
To Be Calet First lieutenant
and Adjutant.
McCall, J.
To Be Cadet First Lieutenant
and Quartermaster.
Pegram, R. B.
To Be Cadet First Lieutenants.
1. Mills, B.
2. Hardenburg, W. L.
3. Dean, L. Y., III.
4. Carmichael, H. St. G. T., II.
5. Baya, G. E.
6. Holt, S. W., Jr.
To Be Cadet Second Lieutenants.
1. Kilbouorne, C. E., Jr.
2. Delaney, J. J.
3. Summerell, W. M.
4. Smiley, J. W.
5. Savage, R. B.
6. Minter, W. D.
7. Yates, E. M., Jr.
8. Wise, H. A.
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RAT QUINT'S STRING
OF VICTORIES BROKEN
Lose To Virginia and Woodrow
Wilson High.
H A D W O N FIVE STRAIGHT
Woodrow Wilson High School.
The Rat Basketball team met their
first defeat of the season at the
hands of the strong Woodrow Wilson
High School quint, 49-35, last Thurs-day
in Jackson Hall. The Woodrow
Wilson team had a wonderfully de-veloped
defense and a swift and ac-curately
shooting attack. The Rats
played a hard fighting game, but at
all times had a large lead to over-come,
and they did not seem to be
able to get a well directed attack
launched on the Woodrow Wilson
goal.
VARSITY QUINT
BREAKS EVEN IN
WEEK'S PLAY
Down Roanoke College, But
Lose To Tarheels.
WORK OF HARNER, FROST,
A N D MONDY OUT-S
T A N D I NG
Roanoke College.
In one of the hardest fought games
of the season the Flying Squadron
took Roanoke College down on the
small end of a 32 to 19 score last
Wednesday. It was a clean, well
played game from start to finish.
Roanoke jumped into the lead at
the first of the game and stayed
there through the first half. V. M.
I. just couldn't seem to take advant-age
of their opportunities, shot after
shot being tried with seemingly no
success. At the same time, Roanoke
was very much "right," with Diet-rich
doing the most of the scoring.
The half ended with the score, 12 to
10, in Roanoke's favor.
Coming from behind in the second
half, the Squadron got "right." Har-ner
and Frost just couldn't be stop-ped.
Time after time the V. M. I.
guards would break up a Roanoke
rally and start the invasion into their
own territory where either Mr. Frost
or Mr. Harner would strut their
stuff and grab a counter. The whole
V. M. I. team seemed always to be
on the ball. For Roanoke, Jones and
Deitrich were outstanding, while
Harner and Frost were the luminar-ies
for V. M. I.
The summary:
V. M. I. (32)
G. F. T.
Harner, f 3 2 8
B. Fulkerson, f 3 1 7
McGlone, f 0 0 0
A. Fulkerson, f. 0 0 0
Frost, c 5 1 11
Hewlett, c 0 0
Bellinger, g. (C.) 1 2 4
Mondy, g 10 2
13 6 32
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V. M. I. Man Dies In
Fire at Quantico Barracks
Lieutenant Holderby Perishes
When War-time Barracks
Burn.
Sweeping thi'ough a flimsy frame
dwelling of war-time construction at
the Marine barracks, Quantico last
Saturday, fire caused the death of
three persons: Lieutenant Andrew
Robideau Holderby, Clotilde R. Hol-derby,
his daughter, and a guest,
Miss Eleanor Griffen, of Washing-ton.
Lieutenant Holderby was a quali-fied
marine naval flyer; during the
World War he served at the subma-rine
base at New London, Connecti-cut.
He was the son of A. R. Hol-derby,
former manager of the Rich-mond
Evening Journal.
Lieutenant Holderby was born in
Richmond June 28, 1895. He was
appointed second lieutenant in the
Marine Corps in 1917, and was made
a permanent lieutenant in October
of that year. He also served in
Haiti. He was educated in the
Richmond schools and later attended
the Institute. He was for sometime
connected with the Richmond Eve-ning
Journal.