VMI Cadet. February 20, 1928

              STATE OLYMPIC
WRESTLING THE CADET ELIMINATIONS
HERE MARCH 9-10
P U B L I S H E D W E E K L Y BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XXL LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, FEB. 20, 1928 No. 18
FIRST CLASS HOPS
REAL SUCCESS
17-Piece Orchestra
Music.
Furnishes
General Cocke Denies
Charges of Mr. Orem
Supt. Asserts Young Orem Hard
To Manage.
A 17-piece "hot" jazz orchestra,
plenty of pretty calics, and a suffic-ient
number of cadets and alumni
w e r e the features which made the
F i r s t Class hop on Saturday night a
pronounced success—maybe the best
F i r s t Class hop thus f a r . The mu-sic
was furnished by Jake Summer-lin's
"Ramblin' Keydets" supported
b y four or five members of the
W a s h i n g t o n and Lee orchestra. The
orchestra showed that they could
produce remarkable syncopation with
both quality and volume. The occas-ion
resembled old times with George
W. Ryder on the drum, B i l l y McMann
s a w i n g the fiddle, and Jake in the
lead.
There were more calics than usual
and the M o n o g r am men and members
of visiting teams made the stag line
just sufficient size f o r a merry time
Some of those who contributed to
the pleasures of the evening were:
Miss Elizabeth Carrere, of A u g u s ta
Ga., with Cadet Dabney.
Miss M a r g a r e t F a r r a r , of Houston
Texas, with Cadet Rawlins.
Miss Elizabeth Huger, of Lexing
ton, Va., with Cadet Montague.
Miss M a r g a r e t West, of Lynch
burg, Va., with Cadet Old.
Miss Louise Anderson, of Rich-mond,
Va., with Cadet Mondy.
Miss Alice Harrold, of Sweet Briar
w i t h Cadet Hatcher.
Miss Betty Pettigrew, of Hollins
College, with Cadet Harner.
Miss O'Dell Blankenship, of Roa
noke, Va., with Cadet Hewlett.
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House Would
Kill Scholarships
Delegates Vote 55-15 To Sub
stitute Student Loans.
A l l seven bills abolishing state
scholarships in tax-supported col-leges,
doing f o r the sons and daugh
ters of certain selected citizens what
the state does not do f o r the sons
and daughters of other citizens, were
passed by the House of Delegates
last Saturday without debate.
Bill 104 repealing the state cadet-ships
at V. M. I. was adopted 55 to
15. The repeal of these state cadet
ships along with the repeal of the
state scholarships was strongly rec-ommended
by the education commis
sion, which worked out the plan of
a students loan fund as a much more
democratic method for tax supported
institutions.
The scholarship repealers met with
no opposition in the House, but as to
what the Senate will do with the bill
is a matter of conjecture. There
seems no doubt that the bill will
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COL. MOSELEY'S LECTURES
POSTPONED ONE WEEK
On account of the religious serv-ices
which were held in Jackson Me-morial
Hall by Dr. Tucker, Colonel
Moseley's lectures on Architecture
have been postponed for one week.
This means that the last one will be
held on April 17, instead of on April
10. The rest of the series will be de-livered
in the following order: Feb-r
u a r y 21-28; March 6, 13, 20, 27;
A p r i l 3, 10, and 17.
Emphatic disbelief that Nicholas
Orem, Jr., of Hyattsville, Md., was
injured by hazing at the Virginia
M i l i t a r y Institute was expressed by
Superintendent W i l l i am H. Cocke in
a formal report to Governor Harry
Flood Byrd on F e b r u a r y 17. An in-vestigation
was asked by the Gover-nor
following a complaint by the
boy's f a t h e r that his son was serious-ly,
if not permanently, injured by
brutal hazing at V. M. I.
The Governor issued without com
ment tfie report of the investigation
made by General Cocke. A copy of
the report will be sent to the boy's
f a t h e r and he will be given an op-portunity
to reply to General Cocke.
" I do not believe that this boy was
injured by hazing," the report of the
Superintendent says. "His father
claims that he was struck the latter
part of September and in October. He
remained here until the 9th of Dec-ember,
and made no complaint to
anyone while here of having been in
jured. He went to the hospital at 2
p. m. on September 27th and remain-ed
there until after breakfast next
morning. His trouble was diagnosed
as a slight cold and indigestion.
" I had a careful investigation made
by the commandant as to the cause
of the boy's leaving here. The boy
came to my office on the 8th of Dec-ember
and told me he thought that
he had better leave on account of his
resistance to the old cadets and a f e ar
that they might retaliate. I told him
that he should remain and that I was
DR. TUCKER CONCLUDES
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Splendid Lectures Draw Large
Attendance Each Night.
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DR. TUCKER WRITES
MESSAGE TO CORPS
Stresses Loyalty To Alma
Mater.
The editor has kindly asked me to
write a brief message for the CA-D
E T , and I am glad to accept his
invitation, in order that I may ex-press
in this way my appreciation
of the delightful hospitality that I
have received during my visit to the
Institute. So many of my friends
and kinsmen have, at one time or
another, been associated with the
V. M. I. that I have come f u l l y pre-pared
to feel at home, but the court-esy
and cordiality of the corps have
exceeded all my expectations. As
my week draws to a close, I leave
with most pleasing impressions of
the life and with sincere admiration
f o r the Spirit of V. M. I.
It happens that I have spent over
twenty years of my life in college
communities; so it has been partic-u
l a r l y interesting to me' to roam
around the barracks and to renew my
contact with the undergraduate life.
W h i l e each institution has its own
customs and its own indefinable
spirit, yet I am rather impresed with
the fact that, the world over, human
nature is much the same—that in-stitutions,
like individuals, have more
in common than they have in dif-ference.
The question which I would raise
and which you can help me answer
is: What constitutes loyalty to ones
A l m a Mater?
There is, of course, first of all, the
a f f e c t i on that we have for the par-
Last Friday night Dr. Beverly
Tucker, D. D., of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Richmond, terminated the
series of lectures which he delivered
to the corps of cadets. His first ad-dress
on the 12th of February was
followed by one each night of the en-suing
week. Dr. Tucker accepted the
invitation extended to him by the Y.
M. C. A. Cabinet. The cabinet is
composed of eight cadets elected
f r om the various church clubs.
Dr. Tucker in his first address
gave as his text the words of Jesus,
" F o l l o w me, and let the dead bury
the dead." He interpreted this in a
way that bore special significance to
the cadets. He also spoke of prob-lems
that are confusing to the youth
of today. These explanations, to-gether
with the preceding text and
with an interpretation of Christianity
on a working basis, served as the
keynote of his series of lectures.
Monday night Dr. Tucker empha-sized
the fact that to succeed in life
one must have a definite object. The
obvious failures, he said, are caused
by vainly striking the air. A clear-cut
goal is the principal aid in life.
To attain this objective, it is neces-s
a r y to be a Christian with the cour-age
of all your convictions, and to be
able to stand up f o r your ideals and
live true to them.
Tuesday night Dr. Tucker clearly
showed what should be the require-ments
and principles of a real Chris-tian.
He explained that men are
needed in the church who are willing
to dare things, men who are willing
to break away f r om old, restricting
conventions, men who can accomplish
things and give a new interpretation
of ethics on a basis of practicability.
Christianity, he declares, is no creed
of mysticism or impossible ideals. It
is not an unattainable ethereal
phantasy. It is a liveable doctrine
and can be applied to every phase of
modern life. It is a forceful, pro-gressive,
and realistic creed which
Varsity Wrestlers Win From
Carolina, But Lose to Duke
Meet V. P. I. Saturday for Southern Confer-ence
Wrestling Title
DUKE, 21; V. M. I., 6.
Thursday afternoon the varsity
wrestling team suffered its f i r s t de-f
e a t of the season to the strong Duke
matmen, conquerors of the Navy, by
a score of 21-6. There was plenty of
action and all of the bouts were close
and hard fought meles.
Applewhite of Duke drew first
blood when he gained the narrow
time advantage of 2:18 minutes over
Woodward. Goode in the 125 pound
class succeeded in throwing Thomp-son
with a half nelson and body hold
a f t e r 6:08 minutes of wrestling.
A l t h o u g h showing himself to be
the superior matsman, Fields lost to
Starnes, Duke, by the minimum of
an 1:18 minute time advantage.
Preston, in the 145 pound class, gain
ed a decisive time advantage over
W a r r e n of the Carolinians with 8:31
minutes to his credit. The cadet
welter has gone through the seas
so f a r undefeated.
McCrary proved himself the mas-ter
of Cole, Duke, by receiving a 4:44
minute time advantage over the lat-ter
in the extra periods. McCrary
is also undefeated in his start-n for
the season. Haase and Jones wrest-led
the regular periods to a draw, but
the cadet was thrown in the initial
extra period with a half nelson and
body bar. Culp cf Duke finally got
wise to Fats Smith's weight and
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1929 Bomb
Staff Selected
Wright and Minter Choose As-sociates.
The staff of the 1929 Bomb has
been appointed by R. A. W r i g h t and
J. L. Minter, editor and business
manager, respectively; who were
elected by their class last November
to pilot the '29 Bomb. The staff
seems to be composed of men who
are not only well fitted for the as-signments,
but have the time to
spare for the work. With such an
organization the '29 Bomb should be
second to none as a college annual.
The following cadets compose the
literary staff. N. B. Tucker, Assist-ant
Editor; L. P. Thomas, Literary
Editor; A. D. Smith, Art Editor; T.
F. Thompson, Athletic Editor; J. H.
Kenyon, Photographic Editor; J. C.
Collins and W. M. Wilson, Outrage
Editors; J. B. Watson, C. M. Beamer,
J. Stuart White, and G. W. Burkitt,
Associate Editors.
The business staff is as follows:
N. T. Joyner, Assistant Business
M a n a g e r ; G. D. Ayer, Advertising
Manager; A. F. Ryland, J. Smith, Jr.,
and J. K. Davis, Associate Business
Managers.
V. M. I., 21; CAROLINA, 6.
Saturday night the V. M. I. grap-plers
won a decisive victory over the
U n i v e r s i t y of North Carolina by the
score of 21 to 6. Woodward start-ed
things going by throwing Bowick
in 2 minutes and 30 seconds with a
half nelson and body bar. In thc 125
pound class Thompson of Carolina
gained a distinctive advantage over
Thompson of V. M. I. with a time
decision of 7 minutes and 29 seconds.
F e i l d and Stone in the 135 pound
class proved a good match hut
Feild's superior knowledge of mat-work
netted him a f a l l in 4 minutes
and 40 seconds with a half nelson and
body bar. Preston and Abbott were
pretty evenly matched and their bout
South Carolina leading 3 to 2, Capt.
F r o s t in a brilliant dibbling exhibi-tion
went down the floor, and shot a
p r e t t y ' s n o w bird to give V. M. I| a
lead that was held until the end of
the half.
To begin the second period, thc Ca-dets
tallied four points on as many
foul shots before the Gamecocks got
under way, but once started, led by
Holcombe, they could not be halted.
W i t h but a f e w minutes left to play,
proved the best match of the eve-ning.
Preston was in good form, be-ing
aggressive during the entire
match. An extra period was re-quired
in which Preston gained' a
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CADETS TRIUMPH
OVER N. C. STATE
Smarting under two successive de-f
e a t s the hands of the University
of Virginia, the Cadet quint outplay-ed
North Carolina State last Tuesday
night to win by a score of 36 to 29.
The Cadets displayed a superior
brand of ball throughout the entire
game, but it was their guarding that
was the important factor in their
victory. With every man on the team
shooting at least one field goal dur-ing
the f i r s t half, the F l y i n g Squad-ron
held the upper hand when the in-termission
came, leading 23 to 19.
State was the f i r s t to score in the
second period, when McDowell sank
a f r e e throw, but this one point soon
melted into nothing when the Cadets
rung up nine points while State was
being held scoreless. During this
period, Capt. Frost and Fulkerson
went to the bench via the foul route,
and Scott and Gordon Walker substi-tuted
f o r them.
Young led the attack f o r Carolina
State with a total of 12 points, while
Fulkerson with 11 points was high
point man for V. M. I. The whole
Cadet team played a beautiful game,
making very f e w miscues.
The line-up:
V. M. I. (36).
G. F. Pts.
B. Fulkerson, 1. f 4 3 11
Scott, 1. f. 10 2
Harner, r. f. 4 0 8
Hewlett, c 3 1 7
Barnes, 1. g 10 2
Frost ( C . ) , r. g 3 0 6
L. G. Walker, r. g. 0 0 0
Total 16 4 36
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V. M. I. TROUNCES SEWANEE
Displaying brilliant form in all
branches of the game, V. M. I. over-whelmed
Sewanee last Saturday night
by a one-sided score of 44 to 21.
• V;- M. I. started off with a rush
that netted them 5 points within tho
f i r s t four minutes; then Sewaneo
turned the tables and repeated tho
same trick to tie the score at 5 to 5.
F r om then on to the end of the game
though, V. M. I. was never in dan-g
e r ot" Having their lead overcome^
and tho half ended with the Cadets
leading 21 to 9.
Soon after the beginning oi' tho
second periipd, Harner was sent to
the bench f o r having committeed f o ur
fouljj, and Scott substituted f o r him..
V. M. I.'s fiijst team stayed in the
game until about the middle of tho
second half, when Coach Raftery
sent in four substitutes, Hewlett be-ing
the only regular on the floor.
This team also displayed good form,
and held its own against Sewanee
until the end of the game.
Frizzelle was by f a r the best man
Sewanee had; ho handled himself
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VARSITY BOXERS NOSE
OUT OVER CATH. U., 4-3
Bouts Bitterly Fought. i
The Varsity Boxers won a hard-f
o u g h t struggle f r om the Catholic
University last Saturday night at
Washington by a score of 4-3. Th«
meet was conspicuous for the preva-lent
spirit of clean, f a i r sportsman-ship
on the part of the boxers, o f f i c -
ials, and a largo number of specta-tors.