VMI Cadet. September 26, 1927

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V O L . XXI. L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , M O N D A Y , S E P T . 26, 1927 No. 1
GENERAL NICHOLS KILLED BY
ACCIDENT DURING SUMMER
Rendered 53 Years of Service To V. M. I.
BUST COMPLETED BEFORE DEATH
The V i r g i n i a Military Institute in
particular, as well as the State and
Nation at large, sustains an irrepar-able
loss with the death of General
E. W. Nichols. The General was
struck upon the head by a rock at
on of July 1, 1927, while sitting
his yard, the accident resulting
f r om a blast set off by workmen en-g
a g e d in excavation in the proximity
of his house. He was conscious for
only a f e w minutes and died that
Resolutions
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Academic Board at its
recent meeting:
Lexington, Virginia, Sept. 9, 1927
Whereas, in the inscrutable ways
of Divine Providence, our friend and
colleague, General Edward W.
Nichols, has been called from this
life, we, members of the Academic
T H E C A D E T has just received
a notice of the death of Mr. " P a t"
W e s t of the Class of '30 and wishes
to express its deepest sympathy
to the parents of " P a t " who was
highly respected and esteemed by
all his schoolmates. Mr. West
came to his death Sunday night
as a result of heart trouble, and
i t is with sincere grief that we
learn of our loss.
FLYING SQUADRON OPENS SEASON
WITH TWO DECISIVE WINS
OPENING DANCES HELD
IN GYMNASIUM
Maynard Baird Furnishes Music
„ „ i B o a r d of the Virginia Military In-i
s t i t u t e ' i n s e s s i o n i n t h e o f f i c e of
the Superintendent, desire to express
our deep sense of sorrow in the sud-den
death of General Nichols, our
orial Hospital in Lexington. His re-mains
are interred in the local ceme-tery.
E d w a r d West Nichols, the son of
James Nathaniel and Ann Wynn
Nichols, was born in Petersburg,
V i r g i n i a , June 27, 1858. He received
his early education at McCabe's Uni-versity
School, Petersburg, and ma-triculated
in the Virginia Military
Institute in the f a l l of 1874. He was
graduated with distfniStioii 'in the
• . . 0 l a s s of 1878. Immediately upon
graduation he became Assistant
P r o f e s s o r of Mathematics at V. I
j ^ e ^ J n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a a n d ' at
U n ii v e rr ss ii tt y off VViirrggiinniiaa and W a s f e j n l F ^ w , , . .
ton and Lee. In 1881 he opened a
l a w office in Norfolk, Virginia, but
was recalled to V. M. I. in 1882 to be
Assistant Professor of Engineering.
He served in that capacity until 1890
at which time he was made Professor
of Mathematics. He held this chair
until 1907. During the session of
1907 he was Acting Superintendent
and in 1908 he was unanimously
eelcted Superintendent by the Board
of Visitors. He served in this office
until his resignation in 1924. He was
then elected Superintendent-Emeritus
appreciation of his long and eminent
services to the Institute, and our
sympathy with his family in their
g r e a t loss.
General Nichols was born in
Petersburg, Va., June 27, 1858. He
died at his home on the V. M. I.
P a r a d e July 2, 1927. He was matric-ulated
at the Institute in the f a l l of
1874 and was one of the distinguish-graduates
in the class of 1878.
e then studied law, taking courses
R A M B L I N ' K E Y D E TS
P L A Y FOR D A N S A NT
Washington and Lee University.
W i t h the exception of a f e w months
spent in the practice of law in Nor-folk,
Va., his life, f r om 1874 to 1927,
was devoted to the Institute—as
Cadet, Assistant Professor and Pro-fessor
of Mathematics and Engineer-ing,
Acting Superintendent, succeed-ing
in that office General Scott Shipp
in 1908; and following his resigna-tion
in 1924, as Superintendent
Emeritus and Professor of Pure and
Applied Mathematics. The Institute,
under the direction of General
Nichols, expanded in size of the
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MUORDOBSON"
ASSUMES DUTIES
N e w Commandant H a s Fine Re-cord—
Received Jackson-
Hope Medal in 1906.
W i t h the opening of the present
term, M a j o r Richard Stearns Dodson,
U. S. Field Artillery, enters upon his
firBt year as Commandant of Cadets
and Professor of Military Science
and Tactics, succeeding Major Hard-ing
Polk. Major Dodson made an
enviable record while a cadet at the
V i r g i n i a Military Institute in which
he matriculated in 1902. During the
years 1904-1905 he made monograms
in football. He was Assistant Man-ager
of baseball in 1905 and Manager
in 1906. His activities extended to
other lines of endeavor as well as to
athletics. He was Editor-in-Chief of
the 1906 " B o m b " and was graduated
as First Jackson-Hope medallist and
Cadet First Lieutenant. After grad-uation
he continued his studies at
Cornell University, from which he
received a C. E. degree in 1908.
In 1910 he entered the army with
the rank of Second Lieutenant in the
Coast Artillery. He was promoted
to First Lieutenant in 1913 and Cap-
. tain in 1917. At the United States'
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0. G.'s ORGANIZE AND ELECT
OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR
Fullilove and Griffin Honored
By Leadership.
A t a meeting of the Ancient and
Aristocratic Order of the Officers of
the Guard, Tom Fullilove of Shreve-port,
La., was elected to the much
coveted position of president. At
the same meeting Sully Griffin of
Portsmouth, Va., better known as
" K i d V i r m i " of Baltimore, was elect-ed
to the next ranking office, that
of Vice-President. Earle Rucker of
Ft. Myer, Va., and Charleston, W.
Va., was elected to take care of the
tremendous business to be transacted
and he was given the title of Secre
t a r y and Treasurer. By acclamation
and a unanimous vote Karlyle
O ' B e r r y , alias "Madame Silo," was
elected to the dignified post of Ser-geant
at Arms. The officers are a
very capable as well as painstaking
group of men and the C A D E T heart
ily congratulates them on their re-cent
political triumph.
Many plans are being made by the
O. G.'s for a worthwhile, as well as
enjoyable year; among these is the
annual O. G. banquet which is
famed event.
Cadets Defeat Wofford College and Richmond
University
Team Shows Exceptionally Well in Opening Frays
Despite a prevalence of stags, the
Opening Hops of '27-'28 were a huge
success. The old g ym was decorated
attractively in pink and white and
the music furnished by Baird's South-ern
Serenaders was captivating. The
orchestra featured a couple of come
dians whose " s t u f f " was exceedingly
good.
I t was a general consensus of opin
ion among the big dogs that the
calic, surpassed any that had s<
Openings in a long, long time.
The Rambling Keydets played for
the dansant where a large crowd
was in attendance. The football game
lent color and pep to the hops mak-ing
them the best in years.
Those present:
Miss Margaret' l l o i . o w a y of John-son
City, Tenn. with Cadet Hanks.
Miss Frances Bolton of Johnson
City, Tenn. with Cadet W . R. Moss.
Miss Ruth DeVane of Washington,
D. C. with Cadet McMullen.
Miss Ruth Porter of Portsmouth,
Va. with Cadet W. M. Wilson.
Miss Elizabeth Cadudy of Birming-ham,
Ala. With Cadet Pettyjohn.
Miss Elizabeth Moss of Birming-ham,
Ala. with Cadet Collins.
Miss Lucy Burbage of Johnson
City, Tenn. with Cadet Hanks.
Miss Phyliss Keyser of Waynes-borough,
Va. with Cadet Hardy.
Miss Caroline Moore of Roanoke,
Va. with Cadet Sheahan.
F l a s h i n g a f a s t o f f e n s i v e and d i s p l a y i n g an e x p e r t defense, the
F l y i n g Squadron easily triumphed over W o f f o r d College and
Richmond U n i v e r s i t y in t h e t w o opening games of the 1927
season. With plenty of r e s e r v e backs and substitute linemen,
V . M. I. t h i s year shows more promise than f o r several years.
Coaches R a f t e r y and Hess, ably assisted by M o r e l a n d and L a m -
b e r t h a v e developed a t e am w h i c h bids f a i r t o h a v e a most suc-cessful
season. The t w o o p e n i n g g a m e s f o l l o w in detail.
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FANNEY DOOLEY
PASSES AWAY
W O F F O R D C O L L E GE
Opening up with an almost perfect
offensive and a well-nigh impregn-able
defense, the F l y i n g Squadron of
V. M. I. tromped on W o f f o r d College,
of Spartanburg, S. C. winning the
opening game of the 1927 season by
a 37-0 score.
A t the request of the Wofford
coaches, full fifteen minute periods
were played and both teams suffered
extremely from the heat. Despite
this fact, the f i r s t period gave forth
some speedy football. Early in the
second quarter after A b Barnes, star
h a l f b a c k , had accounted for three
touchdowns, the second aiai Ihiri.
teams went in to finish up the game
and took dvantage of their every op-portunity
to score by piling up three
more touchdowns.
A f t e r steady line plays by Nabers
and Barnes f o r four successive first
downs, A b Barnes carried the ball
over center f o r the f i r s t score of the
game. Gaining f r om an exchange of
punts, Barnes repeated this same
performance in the opening minutes
of the second quarter. Again Barnes,
by intercepting a f o r w a r d pass and
dodging through a broken field for
thirty yards, counted f o r a touchdown
Served Institute Faithfully 35
Years.
" F a n n y Dooley" has pushed his
last broom. No longer will the ven-erable
darky, so conspicuous by his
cane and humped back, be seen on
the stoops of barracks. Early one
morning, two or three days after
finals, " F a n n y " passed on to the
Great Beyond.
F e w knew " F a n n y ' s " re%\ name,
which was W a r r i c k Tinsley. Accord-ing
to his fellow workers, "Fanny
was certainly seventy years of age.
He must have come to the Institute
about 1892, f o r he claimed thirty-five
years of service. At the time of Ms
death, " F a n n y " was the oldest "s> ap
n i g g e r " in active service. j
His funeral was impressive,' but
simple and was attended not only by
those of his own race, but also by
representatives of ours as well, many
of the officials of the Institute being
present.
According to the reports, two or
three factors contributed to the pass-ing
of the popular old darky. The
immediate cause was pronounced
heart failure. It was said that in
R I C H M O N D C O L L E GE
U s i n g line drives with telling ef-fect,
V. M. I. turned in her second
victory of the season with a 22 to 0
triumph over Richmond College on
Sept. 24th.
The scores for the Cadets consist-of
two touchdowns by Nabers, a
touchdown by Barnes, and a safety
by Milligan, argumented by Thorn-hill's
two placement kicks for extra
points. The first touchdown came
in the second quarter when Nabers
carried the ball over center f o l l o w i ng
Barnes gains on an exchange of
punts. The second score follower'
soon a l t e r when Nabers again crash-ed
through the line, after Hawkins
had returned Hill's punt f o r 19 yards,
and Barnes, Hawkins and Nabers had
gained twenty yards through the line
in three consecutive plays. Moss
threw Milligan for a safety, adding
two points to the score and Barnes
made the final touchdown through
Richmond's line a f t e r Hewlett block-ed
and Moss recovered Hill's punt f or
5 yd. gain on Richmond's twelve-yard
line, during the third quarter.
The game was devoid of thrills and
Richmond succeeded only twice in
carryin g the ball past mid-field. A
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FIVE NEW MEMBERS ATTACH-ED
TO ACADEMIC STAFF
Captains Caldwell, J., Klein,
Knox, Moses and Dr. V o lm
To Teach.
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FIRST CLASS SPENDS
SIX WEEKS AT CAMP
W i t h the new session just begun,
f i v e new faces have appeared on the
academic staff.
Captain J. Caldwell, graduate of
the class of 1923, has been teaching
at Augusta Military Academy, and
has also been coaching in athletics
there. Captain Caldwell will be at-tached
to the Civil Engineering De-partment.
Captain T. A . Klein, of the class
of 1927, who has been studying at
Columbia University this summer,
wlil be assistant professor in the
E n g l i s h Department.
Captain R. H. Knox, graduate of
the class of 1924, who, since his
graduation has been in the real estate
business in Florida, will teach third
and fourth class mathematics.
Captain D. D. Moses, f i r s t Jackson-
Hope medallist in the class of 1924,
was graduated in l a w in June, 1927,
at the University of Virginia. Cap
tain Moses will teach business fin-ance.
Dr. Volm, who was a student at
Summer Training at Myer,.
Meade, B r a g g and Humphrey
Both Instructive and /
Enjoyable. '
The Friday after Finals found the
F i r s t Class reporting for six weeks
summer training at the R. O. T. C.
camps maintained for its various
units. The Cavalry were sent to Fort
Myer, b e a u t i f u l l y situated in the V i r -
ginia hills overlooking Washington,
the Engineers to Fort Humphrey on
the Potomac below Alexandria, the
I n f a n t r y to sandy Meade, midway be-tween
Washington and Baltimore,
the A r t i l l e r y to distant Fort B r a gg
in N o r t h Carolina.
To the keydet cavelrymen Fort
Myer brings memories of horses,
horses, horses, for, as might be ex-pected,
they rode, and rode, and rode.
A n d even the command "Dismount
and tie on line" did not mean an end
of the fun, particularly if ones horse
was a trifle ticklish. But even so,,
these ardent horsemen could devise
no greater sport to fill their leisure
moments than pitching horseshoes.
N o account of the camp would be
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