VMI Cadet. November 3, 1908

              THE CADET
wan! the i-lose <>f the first hall'
of the M'Hfi^^^ heiweoti V. M. I.
and Roavioko Collcfte here on
Satui-da.v, He was playini*- Icl'l
VOL.. II VIR(IINIA MILI TARY INSTITIITK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1908 NO. 8
M E T D E A T H O N F O O T B A L L F I E L D Honors Accorded | Mes»a«res of Condolence
C'adet Ferebee's Norfolk, Va.,
George Cooke Fere bee of Norfolk, Dead as' lieimvinH i Managei Football Te^Vv. mT
Result of Blow on Head ^ Lexington. Va.
details of men representinft- re- Please accept heartfelt sympa-
The Coi'ps is plunged in i jury was not supi)osed to have | Rpectively theFirs%,Second, Third i thy of every man on team and
.IRI-iei' over t he sad death of, been very serious. and Fourth classes, and membei-S' WM. C. GLOTH
deortye Cook Ferel)ee. of thei ^'GorRelCook Ferebee, son of jc^eiected from the football team. TTT u
.. u V 1 o 4 1 Mr. and Mr.s. GeoTft'e Benson i , ^u u i ^ Blacksburj?, Va.,
Fou)-th class, who died Saturday was bom in Norfolk 19 ^^ Nov. 1. 1908
evening' about four o'clock as the pjjc. parents are both ,^^^^^^ Cadet Ferebee's body. Mr. Herbert Jacob, V. M. 1.:
result of a blow which fractui-ed j living. His-father is p r o m i n e n t | K^^ch detail was relieved after We wish to extend to your
the base of his skull. Cadet'in the busine.ss circle of Norfolk, ; two hours, by another, and the' corps our deepest sympathy foi-
F e r e b e e had been connected with; ^('inR cashier of the National j watch was kept up throii«b the' ^^^^ accident of yesterday.
the Institute onlv tw(, months, i Commerce and [secretary | entire ni^^ht. V. R I.
, , ; and treasurer ol the Nottingham i Sundav morninu- oromntlv ati
buthissplendKl.nal.ti^wc. I a^^^^^^^ Norfolk, Va.,
hun the admiration of all the^^^alers. corps' was turned out in full Oct 21, 1908
class(>s. He was .n-enerally con- He is sui-vived by an elder! dress undei- arms. Rolls 1-'Teajn
sidered the most promisin.t; can-i brother who is a student at the (called in subdued voices, each Lexington, Va.
.litlate for President o f h i s c l a s s , ^University of Virginia, and also | name being answered with a^ Vu-ftlnia team .sends h e ^ f e lt
stood well in hisclasss. while ^ and a scarcely audible "He)-e." T h e n ! to \ M 1. Plea.se
' V h • n.ilif.u.v ; the battalion, under comn^and of I ^^^^ ^^
quickness,nlearinn,uh..mlitay, Before coming to the Institute Cadet Captain Owslev, w a s I - V o u r .service.
(Iiities insured hnn a high cadet p^i-el^^.^ attended the Norfolk marched around parade ground i E.N.FLOY, Manager
office at Finals. High School. During his last j to the front of the hospital. .
Cadet F«'rel)ee was hurt to- two years there he was the Cap-: Here stood the hearse escorted' Farmville, Va.,
tain and star ).layer of both the i bv the pall i)earers. Cadets T. . Nov. 1, 1908
football and the baseball teains. i Poague. Dashiell, Kinsolving, 1 ^-^Ptam Poague, V. M. 1.,
While there he not only stood | Yeatman. Thorn and Maver, who' Lexington, Va.
well in his studies and in ath- stood with bared heads around ' wish to express lo you OUP
letic.s. but ho was; also one oflhe the remains of their comrade. : a ' m U
half back, and had distinguished! niost popular lioys at "^e High vVith slow and niufflod .step,
himself for his aggressive, strong" School. the companies repassed bairacks LEMUL BOWDEN,^F^J^
football thi-ough(.ut i he game. Ferebee was apiJoiiUeu and liiarched doWn - the road lo, • Hampden-Sidney
He WIS ii'iven the ball for a Ion-. Military Institute Hu. station at Fast Lexington.; ^
He u a s g u n the ball loi ^^' i , t h e Fir.sl Congressional I)is- in front the band plaved a fun-! Wacksburg, Va.,
l un around right end. and had trict. of which Norfolk is a part, eral dirg(^ Behind came the . ^ . . . . .. ^ov. 1. 1908
made alumt ten yards when aii^,,^, Sep-1 hear.se. followed bv the entire, I- ^^ootball Team
opp.>snigplayerrKiehe( hinianc He entered the Fourth facultv of the Institute, ami by: _ Lexmgton, Va. •
tackled. In tailing l^^ad, ^^^^^ , The Vn-gnma Polytechnic In-struck
the groum causing a niatricula- and students of the W a s h i n g t o n ! Football Team and A thlet-fracture
ol the skull. ^^^ ^^^^ University. ^^ Association express deepest
He was u n c o n s c i o u s when the ^t t h e s t a t i o n t h e b a t t a l i o n w a s ! in your misfortune.
oHierinen on the team reached ^ extraordinary, halted and drawn ui> in line.! ^Vi
hmi. The f ost Surgeon, Ma.ior - especially when his; "Present arms" was u'iven, and i " Manag-er
Laird, exammed him and per- ^^ taken while the band played "Nearer; , ..
ceiv.ng tJie iiuury io be serious, to Thee," the hearse; Klackmurg, Va..
orderechnu to be carried (. he fearlessness on the foot-' passed slowlv .lown the front o f i „ - ^ Nov. 1, 1908
hos)>ital. only a lew yards (lis- i,.ill field, his loyal devotion to battalion followed by the
umt. Shortly after ve^^n^x his saw «nd his. procession. As Football Team, V. ^ L ,
there, he passed away without ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t U atfecti i s o^ the sad company pas.sed many ,
having gamed ccmscuaisness As Xvh(> knew him. hI^ with teaivs, at i / ^ h e membei^ of the V. P. 1
soon as the news ol his death j Football team express then* most
si)read the game was stopped, wound which Time alf)ne can favewell heartfelt sympathy to youi' team
Surprise was general, as his in- heal. ''' When the" hearse had reached' ^J^e sad accident which
, . ,, ,, , , the s t a t i o n t h e c < ) r p s r e t u r n e d t o to o n e ^ o ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^
Military Nr»tes Our Motto , ha,facks. The pallbearers escort-, ^:
liutts' Manual for the new ca- Few Cadets, if any. know thatjed the remmns to the liome of CapUmJ^ootball Tea^i
(lets has now started. This has V. M. I. has a motto. Hut Colo-i his paivnts in Norfolk. I "iichbur V
not yet begun regul-arly. but only lu'l Preston, the founder of the Miles Seldon, '95, is division j 3ll'l9U8
on rainy days. Tw companies Institute, gave us a most noble of the & (). railroad, jy, - .. President
go at once to the gymnasium one. In pace decus, in ' with head(|uarters in Richmond. ' ' pUt CHss'V M I
where they are instructed by nrm'HitHum." In war how truly i ,, . . . . . . • , ' , 1 " vr
Captain Fdwards. was she the garri.son of the South,, WCHKI I^uldni. has ma-; Lexmgton, Va.
The new cadets have also be- ami in peace is she not an honor' I he student b<xly ol Washing-gun
guard duty. Ten oftho.se to the whole South? "In p e a c e " ^ ' a ^ ' t i c m g law in Vn-gmia. i ton and Lee deeply sympathize
most r)»'oHcient from each com- an honor." This is a .sentiment Hon. J.S. F a s l y , '04, U . V a . , ' ^itl) Virgmia Mihtary Institute
pany have been added to the well worth our thinking about. , .07. was appointed E x a m i n e r o f m i s t o i t u n e .
guard roster. p. T. Wood. '04. is a member, Records from one of the Virginia' STUDENT HODY
S. C. Whittle. 'o:{. is practic- of the tirm of Roger & Wood, judicial districts. He is prac- Col. S. S. Brooke, '58, is clerk
iiig law in Roanoke. consulting engineers, in Roanoke. ticing attorney at Houston, Va. of the court in Roanoke.