VMI Cadet. November 17, 1908

              THE CADET
VOL- II VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1908 NO. 8
BASKET-BALL
H. 1. Porter Elected Captain
LARGE NUMBER OF MEN
OUT FOR THE TEAM
Owing to the fact that football
has been discontinued, for this
season at least, basketball prac-tice
has begun somewhat earlier
than was originally intended. At
a recent meeting of the Athletic
Board, H. J. Porter, '09, was
elected captain of the team, and
he seems in every way to be well
suited for the position. At pres-ent,
with the assistance of Coach
"Pat" Krebs, he is making every
effort to get the men into shape.
The outlook is very encourag-ing.
Between 40 and 50 men,
many of whom have already had
experience on Prep., High School
or Y. M. C. A. teams, have join-ed
the squad. Coach Krebs,
however, owing to lack of room
and time, has declared himself
to be unable to coach more than
16 men at a time. On account
of this, in a short time, the squad
will probably be cut down to that
number, although at this early
date it is impracticable to pick
out the final number. Every man
seems to be doing his best and to
be making a determined effort to
be one of the sixteen.
So far the practice has been
confined almost entirely to pass-ing
the ball, trying for goals, etc.,
but regular practice games will
probably be played after about
the 20th of this month.
The gymnasium has been well
fitted up with the necessary ap-paratus.
The baskets have been
put up and wire screens placed
over the windows, while the
electric lights on the ceiling have
been covered with small wire
cages. It is suggested, however,
that the iron columns supporting
the ceiling, be padded for some
five or six feet up, and that
screens or protections of some
sort be placed around the radia-tors.
If this is not done, serious
injuries might be the result from
some of the games.
Concerning the games to be
played, although so far no defi-nite
schedule has been arranged,
Manager Owsley has communi-cated
with a large number of
colleges and universities, among
which are U. of Va., U. of Penn.,
William and Mary, George
Washington University, Hamp-den-
Si,'Iney, Staunton Military
Acade ny, and others, and it is
hoped that satisfactory arninge-
Approaching Wedding of
Captain Marshall and
Miss Lewis
Invitations are out for the
wedding of the post adjutant.
Captain St. Julian Ravenel Mar-shall,
son of Captain Richard S.
Marshall of Portsmouth, Va., and
Miss Marie Stuart Lewis, daugh-ter
of Mrs. John Redman Coxe
Lewis of Lexington, Va.
The maid of Tionor will be Miss
Mabel Eleanor Boyer of Balti-more,
Md., a cousin of the bride.
The best man will be Captain
Richard C. Marshall, father of
the groom.
The groomsmen will be Captain
Richard C. Marshall, Jr., U. S.
C. A. A.; Colonel Thomas A.
Jones, Professor of Engineering,
V. M. I.; Captain Richard B.
Burroughs, V. M. I.; Captain
Murray F. Edwards, V. M. I.,
Cary R, Wilson and William W.
Gwathmey, Norfolk, Va.; Robin-son
Nelson, Waycross, Ga.; Ros-ser
Coke, Dallas, Tex.
The ceremony will be perform-ed
by Rev. W. Cosby Bell at R.
E. Lee Memorial church Wednes-day,
Nov. 25, 6 p. m.
The Corps of Cadets is invited
to be present.
Y. M. C. A7 ,
The Y. M. C. A. was addressed
by Dr. Graham of the Presbyte-rian
church on Sunday evening,
Nov. 8. His talk was very inter-esting
and was much appreciated
by the large attendance of cadets.
It is very gratifying to all con-cerned
to note the large attend-ance
of all the classes, and it is
hoped the time is near at hand
when the whole corps will be
present at each meeting. It is a
duty you owe to yourself, besides
the benefit derived from devot-ing
a few minutes during each
week in thinking over those
things that go to make for good
in our lives.
The meeting was not held on
the 15th on account of inclement
weather; but all cadets are most
cordially invited and most earn-estly
requested to bp present at
all meetings in the future. It
will do you good, it will do your
room-mate good and both of you
will be the happier for having
done what you know to be the
right thing.
V. M. L ALUMNI SMOKER
AT WESTMORELAND
CLUB
ments will be made with all of
these.
If such be the case, we will
I have need of a good team, and it
I is strongly urged, therefore, that
j every man in barracks, who has
had any experience whatever,
will report for practice.
First Annual Meeting of the
Local Chapter a Great
Success
The first annual meeting of the
local chapter of the Alumni As-sociation
of the Virginia Milita-ry
Institute was held last night
at the Westmoreland Club to cel-ebrate
the 70th anniversary of
the founding of that institution.
About 50 old cadets were in at-tendance,
and the evening was
spent by those present in recall-ing
pleasant reminiscences of
their former cadet days, and in
listening to speeches from Gen-eral
E. W. Nichols, the present
superintendent, and other alumni.
The speech of General Nichols
was the principal feature of the
evening, and was based on the
motto of the Institute, "In Peace
an IHonor; in War a Defense."
He gave 'an interesting account
o" the history of the Institute, in
peace and in war, its present
condition and work, and its great
possibilities for the future. Tak-ing
the motto in inverse order.
General Nichols, amidst frequent
applause from his hearers, gave a
glowing account of the history of
Virginia Military Institute men
in the Mexican war, the Civil
war and the Spanish-American
war, as shown in the records of
the Federal government.
The speaker was loudly cheer-ed
when he related an historical
incident that happened just be-fore
the battle of Chancellors-ville.
General Stonewall Jack-son,
himself a Virginia Military
Institute professor, noticing the
large number of Insi itute men in
command of divisions, brigades
and regiments in his corps, re-marked
to a member of his own
staff, "The Virginia Military In-stitute
will be heard from today,"
and the account they gave of
themselves will never be forgot-ten
as long as history is read.
Reviewing the record of Institute
graduates in time of peace, he
claimed for them an average
standing in the communities in
which they live, in both public
and private life, at least as high
as that of the alumni of any oth-er
college without exception.
He explained in detail the many
improvements in the physical
condition of the Institute, made
in last 15 years at a costlof $300,-
000, at least $200,000 of which
was taken from its regular ap-propriation
and earnings; and his
account of the splendid collegiate
and academic work being done,
and the improvements therein
now in contemplation, were
greatly enjoyed.
The officers elected for the fol-lowing
year were as follows:
Dr. John N. Upshur, president;
General Charles J. Anderson,
George Ainslie and A. C. Har-man,
vice-presidents, and B. B.
Morgan, secretary and treasurer.
After joining in singing Auld
Lang Syne the meeting ad-journed.—
Richmond Times Dis-patch.
The ipeeting was opened by
Retiring President Dr. George
Ross. Much informal speech
making was indulged in. Tha
following members were present:
i General E. W. Nichols, of
Lexington, Va.; W. S. Poague,
Wytheville, Va.; Lieutenant E.
C. Waddell, U. S. A.; Charles
M. Wessen, E. A. Shepherd,
Hunsdon Carry, Preston Cocke,
B. B. Morgan, Alexander F. Ry-land,
W.' A. Irvine, Charles L.
Todd, Jr., Dr. Harry B. Baker,
R. W. Williams, Colonel John B.
Percell, Henry G. Ellett, W. L.
Ca'rneal, Jr., Dr. J. N. Upshur,
General Charles J. Anderson,
William A. Moncure, Dr. George
Ross, Hon. Beverly T. Crump,
W. M. Hamlet, P. St. J. Wilson,
George Ainslie, N. Walter Hu-bard.
W. S. P. Mayo, Frank Z.
Brown, B. C. Wherry, C. D.
Hagan, John S. Ellett, Jr., J. F.
W. Curtis, Frank Blankenship,
Hon. A. C. Harman, F. W.
Jenks, Colonel Joseph R. Ander-son,
J. A. Nichols, William H.
Palmer, Jr., and Dr. John T.
Bransford.
-ALtJt'^^-^-nMijS -
Harry Shaner, '99, is city en-gineer
of Lynchburg.
"Eddie" Bond, '08, is "having
a good time" in Baltimore.
A F. Crenshaw, ex'09, is work-ing
in the State Bank of Rich-mond.
Otey Miller, ex'09, is working
in the First National Bank at
Richmond.
J. C. Stark, ex'09, is still study-ing
civil engineering at Vander-bilt.
G. C. Summers, ex'09, is em-ployed
by a hardware firm in
Rogersville, Tenn.
Maj. Geo. M. Thomas, '75. is
Supterintendent of Charlotte
Hall School, St. Mary's County,
Md.