VMI Cadet. September 24, 1928

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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 . 24, 1928 No. 1
CADET UNDERTAKES
STRAW VOTE
Co-operates With College Hu-mor
In National Contest.
In view of the fact that the pres-ent
presidential campaign is attract-ing
so much attention throughout
the colleges in this country, and at
the suggestion of "College Humor,"
The Cadet will this week take a
straw vote through the medium of
these pages. On the last page of
this paper will be found a ballot and
it is requested that all cadets mark
these ballots immediately so that
they may be collected by a Cadet
representative at tattoo. The re-sults
of this vote will be published in
this paper next Monday night, and
the results of the national collegiate
vote will be published in this paper
ancl in "College Humor" about the
first, of November.
As everyone knows, the present
campaign is different from any oth-er
which this country has experienc-ed.
Poliitcians and laymen are now
appealing to the people, not on the
great issues of the day, but to a
great extent on the grounds of re-ligion
and prohibition. The country
is being flooded with rotten propa-ganda
and lies, of which both Mr.
Hoover and Governor Smith are the
victims. The average college stu-dent
is usually considered as one
who is not moved by such trash and
as one who can to a great extent
think for himself. This, combined
wijh the fact, that Mr. Hoovsr an.fl
Governor Smith are men who appeal
to the imagination of the college
student should make the results of
this straw vote interesting.
The cadets at V. M. I. come from
homes scattered widely throughout
the country and this straw vote
shruki therefore give a good idea as
to h .w the real election on Novem-ber
4th will hinge.
Commandant Modifies
Guard System
Whereby 0. G.'s A r e No
L o n g e r "O. G.'s
OF CHANGES
IN INSTITUTE FACUUTY
T e m p o r a r y Arrangement English, Chemistry, and French
Departments Are
Strengthened.
The opening of the Fall term
brought with it a new system of
guard, so far as the First Class is
concerned. Hitherto the First Class
privates have been detailed to act in
the capacity of Officers of the Guard
immediately upon their return in the
Fall. This year, however, the cadet
second lieutenants are acting as Of-ficers
of the Guard while the First
Class privates are being detailed for
regular guard duty as sentinels. Tho
arrangement is a temporary one, ac-cording
to the authorities, and en-tirely
a question of administrative
policy. It is believed by those in au-thority
that, since the First Class-men
are, in point of service, the most
mature ancl experienced cadets in
school, their presence as sentinels
will have a beneficial and stabiliz-ing
effect upon the standard of ef-ficiency
of the guard cluring one of
the most crucial periods of the year
—at a time when high standards
must be maintained. A letting-down
of discipline at this critical juncture
would prove detrimental to the in-terests
of V. M. I., it is believed,
since discipline of the highest order
must be maintained if the Fourth
Classmen are to have instilled in
them a proper sense of fearless per-
T o m D u l a n e y D i es
D u r i n g S u m m er
V e r y Widely Known Among
Alumni.
Mr. Thomas E. Dulaney, age 66,
for many years an employee of the
Virginia Military Institute, was
found dead in his bed on Monday
morning, July 16. His health had
not been good for some time, but
there was no cause for alarm when
his friend, Major F. A. Grove, who
had been looking after him, talked
with him Sunday evening. The end
came suddenly and since he had
been for some months a sufferer
from heart disease it is believed that
this malady caused his death.
Tom Dulaney was born Sept. 6,
1862, at Washington, D. C. He came
to the Virginia Military Institute as
a bandsman and bugler and since
then has been a familiar character
in Lexington and the Institute. His
remarkable memory and kindly in-terest
in everything connected with
the Institute endeared him to hun-dreds
of V. M. I. men scattered all
over the country. After retiring
\from active duty in the band a few
^ears ago, he continued as bugler at
ie Institute und later became cus-t>
dian of Alumni Hall.
was for his duties as bugler
\ Tom will long be remembered.
\ \ a prank was played upon him
the cadets while he was in this
Income office, but he was alway
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' 2 9 H o l d s F i r st
G l a s s M e e t i ng
Gwathmey, Gill, and Winter
Honor Court Appointees.
On September 13, the First Class
met for the first time this year. L.
G. Walker, Jr., president . of the
class, presided and explained the
purpose of the meeting.
Three Cadets were to be elected
from the class at large to be mem-bers
of the Cadet Honor Court. Aft-er
some discussion it was decided
that two should be elected from the
class at large and that the third
member should be the president of
the 0. G.'s Association. John Win-ter
and Lomax Gwathmey were
elected from the class at large and
Gene Gill was honored as the third
member, having been elected Presi-dent
of the O. G.'s Association.
Rules for the 1928-29 Honor Court
have been published and distributed
in barracks for the benefit of Ca-dets.
In this case there should be no
excuse for anyone violating them,
though the main purpose was to in-still
the right spirit of the Honor
System into the new Cadets.
The faculty has been greatly aug-mented
this year by the addition of
several civilian instructors of note.
There will be two additions to the
English department: Mr. Carl A.
Mendum and Mr. A. Bernard R.
Shelley. Mr. Mendum was graduat-ed
from the Roxbury Latin School in
1914. He received his B. A. degree
from Harvard in 1918 and his M. A.
in 1923. He served in the World
War and saw action in the Aisne
Sector in the summer of 1917. Dur-ing
his first year at Harvard he was
awarded a prize for distinction in
German, and later he received one in
Hebrew. He completed his course at
Harvard in three and a half years.
Mr. Shelley, the second addition to
this department, was born in Eng
land, but received his high school
education in Massachusetts. He was
graduated from Tufts College in
1925 with a B. S. degree, cum laude,
and in 1926 he received his M. A. de-gree
in English from Harvard. He
is particularly interested in dramat-ics,
and is well qualified to coach it.
The Chemistry department will
als have two civilian instructors, Dr.
Owens Hand Browne and Mr. Rob-ert
P. Carroll, Jr. Dr. Browne has
been in charge of the textile labora-tory
at North Carolina State, and
' has, ie, ftivc 1 hJ'r. Ph D. £rora
Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Car-rol
has a Ph. D. dgeree from the Uni-versity
of Virginia and has been
SEASONO OVPEERN SH WAMITPHD EVNIC-STIODRNYEY , 14-7
A f t e r Score By T i g e r s In F i r s t Period Cadets Come F r om Behind
T o W i n 14-7.
H A R N E R , B A R N E S , A N D L A U G H O R N S T AR
Worden Stars For Visitors.
FIRST CLASSiGlVEN Playing their first game of the
season, before a crowd of approxi-c
v T U M n c n DDI\7I I c r c c m a t e l y • 2 ' 0 0 0 pe°pl e> t h e F1y i ns
CA 1 bllDLU rKl V ILCULO Squadron last Saturday defeated the
Hampden-Sidney Tigers here by a
May Miss S. R. C. On Saturday score of 14-7. The Cadet team pre-and
Sunday. j sented a snappy appearance as it
! came upon the field for the first
Much joy was felt among the j time clad in bright red jerseys and
First Classmen last Tuesday night: SOcks.
when an order was read out, which Hampden-Sidney drew first blood
extended the present F. C. P. for the ^ t h r e w R s c a r e Jnto y M j sup_
first time in many years. Cadets I ^ when w m i g ,e c e i v e d a p a ss
who are not under restrictions may, a n ( , a d v a n c e d the b a i l 40 yards to
be absent from S. R. C. on Saturday, thfi C a d e t g , g y a r d H n e w m i g t h en
and after the first of November this I c a r r i f i f l thf> b a l l o y e r t h e ff0al on a V .
privilege will be extended to cover
Sunday night as well, to those ca-dets
who have less than fifteen de-merits
and a passing grade on all
subjects for the preceding academic
month.
I carried the ball over the goal on a
pivot play, and a pass, Lawson to
Willis, made the extra point.
Two blocked punts at the begin-ning
ol' the second quarter paved the
, way for the Cadets' first touchdown.
This is the first time in many years
that any addition has been made to TT , . , , „ , ...
the existing system of F. C. P. This I Hampden-Sidney s 10 yard lme. Aft-
Willis recovered the first, but the
second was recovered by V. M. I. on
Pay* Five I
0. C'S ELECT OFFICERS
FOR COMING YEAR
Gill, Moss, and Bellamy Hon-ored
With Offices.
In spite of the fact that they are
only First Class Privates, the 0. G.'s
met last Thursday week, the thir-teenth
of September, and organized
themselves for the coming year.
"Gene" Gill, of Des Moines, Iowa,
received tho coveted honor of presi-dent.
"Gene," on account of his good
qualities, should make an able presi-dent
of this ancient organization. It
might be well to mention that
OPENING HOPS TO BE
HELD 28TH AND 29TH
Bob Euler To Play.
The social season of the session
1928-29 will begin with the Opening
Hops this Friday and Saturday
night, the twenty-eight and twenty-ninth.
Largely because of the fact
that they are earlier than usual this
year, many girls will be enabled to
come up before the opening of their
schools and colleges.
Bob Euler's Orchestra, of Balti-more,
will make its initial appear-ance
at the Institute and great things
are expected of it. Many members
of the First Class heard it play while
they were at camp last summer and
they all declare that "it is there with
the goods." Although Kay Kyser
will be missed, his absence will be
amply made up for by Euler's har-mony
boys.
A departure will be made from the
past custom of holding the Opening
Hops in the old gym as the Hop
Committee has decided that it will
be much more satisfactory to use
Ninety-Four Hall. The floor in the
latter building is in much better con-dition
and, in addition to that, the
building may be well heated since the
installation of the new heating plant.
This should be a great comfort in
case of cold weather like that of last
year.
Besides the Friday and Saturday
night hops, there will be a dansant
immediately after the football game
Saturday afternoon. All of the
dances will be informal, fatigue un;
forms being worn by the memLe.
of the Second, Third, and Fourth
Classes and paletots by the First
Classmen.
will be a great help to First Class-men
who have their parents visiting
them, because they will not have to
come back to barracks at 6:20 P. M.
on the week-ends. Again, ai l^on
time the calic will not be peered
by having to come to barracks to see
the cadets.
er several plays, Barnes carried the
ball over the goal on a reverse play.
Harner place kicked for the extra
point that tied the score. A place
kick by Harner from the 23 yard line
;.-•. •.-!» " ;n '.he quf.t&c. fell short.
'The Cadets scored again in the last
quarter when after a series of suc-
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The following is a copy of the or- c e s s f u t a t t a c k s B a i n e s ca' r i e d the
d e r : * ball eight yards around left end and
HEADQUARTERS over t h e *o aL
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE Hampden-Sidney resorted to the
Lexington, Virginia. aerial game time and again for her
September 18 28 gains while the one pass attempted
General Orders ; by the Cadets was incomplete. This
No. 4. pass, however, netted 20 yards when
I. Hereafter First Class privilege a Hampden-Sidney man was penal-will
be extended to include permis- i z e d f o r interference. V. M. I. made
sion to be absent from Supper Roll 0 f U ' s t downs, one of which was re-
Call on Saturday. First Classmen. c e i v e d 011 a Pe«alty> while Hampden-desiring
to have supper in the mess 'Sidney made only 3.
hall must attend Supper Roll Call The intense heat made the game a
and march to and from the me .all r a t h e r s I o w one- a n d accounted for
in ranks. the several penalties on both sides
II. After November 1, 1928, and f o r e x s e s s l,ime o u tl
until the end of the present academ- Harner, " Barnes, and Laughorn
ic year, members of the First Class, starred for the Cadets while Worden
having not more than fifteen (15) in t h e line> a n d Peach, Willis, ancl
demerits for the preceding demerit I Lawson, in the backfield, were out-month
and an average of riot less s t a n d i n g for Hampden-Sidney.
than 7.50 on all topics for the pre-! The g a m e in detail:
ceding academic month, will be ex- First Quarter.
eused from attending Supper Roll' ^' L ^ n s toss.and elects
Call on Sunday night. Those First ! f e n d w e s t »o a l - Blant<te kij '
Classmen, who desire to have sup- B a r n e s w h o returns 30 ya
per in the mess hall, must attend n e r g a i n s 8 yards off left
Supper Roll Call and march to and B a r n e s fumbles; McLaughlin
from the mess hall in ranks. ers* Lawson through line
By command of Brigadier-General *c r 1 y a r d l°ss- Lawson punts 55
Cocke. yards for touch-back. McCray punts
G. A. DERBYSHIRE, 50 ya i d s a n d V. M. I. refuses offside
I penalty. Lawson gains 5 yards off
R E D CROSS M A K E S A P P E A L tackle. Montgomery gains 4
H E R E I yards over right guard. Lawson
gains 2 yards over center for first
The American Red Cross is now down. A pass, Lawson to Peach, is
making a drive throughout the incomplete. Peach punts 30 yards.
country for the purpose of obtaining (Time out V. M. I.) Harner gains
funds with which to relieve the suf-'4 yards around left end; Barnes 1
fering and misery caused b1' the re- yards over left tackle. McCray punts
cent hurricane which devastated j yards and out of bounds. Ball is
! I urge acreas of Porto Rico and jon Hampden-Sidney's 45 yard line.
lorida. A canvass of rooms will. Lawson through line loses 1 yard.
e made tonight by a Cadet repre- ' each s attempted pass knocked down
i ..tative and it is hoped that cadets by Harner. Peach kicks 42 yards to
i tfill respond as readily to this appeal Hawkins who returns 8 yards.
jas they have in the past on such oc- Hampden-Sidney vff side, V. M. I.
j• casions. i iCouu; uued on - Ei*—ht ) —