VMI Cadet. February 16, 1931

              THE CADET PUBLISHKD WEEKLY BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
Vol. XXIV LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, FEB. 16, 1931 No. 17
Colonel Moseley Gives
First Lecture
of Series
Intramural Medals on
Display in P. E.
TO BE AWARDED TO WIN-NERS
IN EIGHT SPORTS
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART IS
COVERED FROM ORIGIN
TO 25 B. C.
Building of Pyramids and Tem-ples
Illustrated On Lantern
Slides
Medals for the individual winners
in the different kinds of Intraumural
athletics sponsored by Herb Patchin,
are now on display in the Post Ex-change.
The credit for the securing
of these medals goes to Col. Dodson,
who secured them through the Post
Colonel Moseley opened his fourth Exchange.
annual lecture series in Scott-Shipp
Hall last Tuesday night, and the event
was marked by a large audience of
cadets and civilians which filled
practically every seat in the lecture
room. This year Colonel Moseley is
starting his art course for the second
cycle, which will extend over a period
of four years. In the first year he
will discuss the ancient and early the medal is won.
medieval arts, mentioning the minor suspended from a
arts as well as the major.
The first lecture covered the archi-tecture
of the Egyptians from the
earliest times to 25 B. C., since when
no important strides have been made
in Egypt. The civilization of the
The medals are of gold, with an en-graving
of '04 Hall in the center. On
the bottom is a V. M. I. monogram,
with the words "Intramural athletics"
engraved on top and bottom.
On the back of the medal is a re-presentation.
of the sport for which
the medal is given. At the bottom is
an engraving of the event in which
The medals are
Red, White and
Yellow ribbon by a chain.
The medals are awarded only to in-dividual
winners in boxing, wrestl-ing,
swimming, foul-shooting, hand-
Cuadra Speaks in J. Boxers Take Tech In-
M. Hall to Corps to Camp in Double
I'HILIPPINO GRATEFUL FOR
AMERICAN AID Meet
Thursday noon the Corps was inter- VARSITY SLUGGERS TAKE
estingly entertained by an address by 4-3 MATCH; RATS WIN 5-2
Mr. Cuadra, of the Philippine Islands.
Mr. Cuadra has been taking graduate Epps Wins Over Captain Me-work
in this country and at the pre- haffey In Thrilling: Battle
sent time is making a tour lecturing —
and speaking to students and other The Keydet boxers took a double
organizations. Mr. Cuadra has a de- bill from the V. P. I. mittmen here
gree of Bachelor of Divinity and when Faturday night, the Freshmen win-he
returns to the Islands he will ei- ning by a five to two score and the
ther go into church work or become Varsity coming out on 'the long end
a legislator. of four to three. Rogers, Goodwin
The text of Mr. Cuadra's talk was and Bain looked best for the V. M. I.
on the history of his country and the Rats, the first two winning by tech-part
played by the United States in nical knockouts and Bain putting up
its efforts to uplift the people. He a good performance by landing body
gave much credit to the American blows to take the decision. Porter-soldiers
who were the first of our field of the Tech Freshmen, started
official representatives to enter the strong by knocking out Browning in
country. Many interesting illustra- the first round. In the one hundred
tions served to bring out his many ab- and fifteen pound class Reavis, V.
sorbing points. Mr. Cuadra was P. I., and Duane, V. M. I., fought
high in praise and appreciation of three rounds to a draw and in the
what the Americans have done to edu- fourth round Reavis floored Duane
cate the people along the lines of for nine counts, winning the decision,
education, politics, government and Buck, Captain of the V. M. I.
Friday and Saturday will usher in the Christian religion. squad, lost to Towler by a close de-
Mid-Winter Hops, with prospects The question of independence was cision. Towler took the offensive
JIMMY GREEN
Mid-Winter Hops on
Friday and Saturday
ball, track, golf and tennis. Medals JIMMY GREEN'S ORCHES-are
not awarded in those sports, which TRA TO F U R N I S H MUSIC
Egyptians started in -the North and a r e composed of teams. The design-pushed
up towards the source of i n £ w a s d o n e bV a n a r t i s t o f t h e B a l"
tViP Nilp Thpbes with its magnificent f o u r Company of Massachusetts.
temple 'was an important cultural In t h e l a s t t h r e e ye a r s - H e r b P a t " b r i g h t f o v t h e m o s t s u c c e s s f u l mid" discussed and the speaker brought to a n d although Buck covered effective-center.'
Since the early Egyptians c h i n h a s d o n e m u c t t o improve in- winter dances
intprpstpH in the homes tramural athletics at the Institute years.
thnv would occunv after death than has widened the scope of these so The dances will, as usual, be from o n l y Allowing the they would occupy after death than ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ lead which we were his lack of aggressiveness lost the i() ^ ] ^ F r i d a y ' n i g h t a n d 9 t o mid_ making for them by our educational b o u t.
held here many the front the fact that the natives ly, e a m e out of the corners fast and
in their desire for independence were showed up better in the infighting,
those they occupied on almost the entire r „ „
contribution of the Old Kingdom per- Spates in one or more of these. He night on Saturday. A dansant will methods and teachings. We teach Monks> v . M. I., one hundred and
iod was the tomb and it is in this h a s received the whole-hearted sup- be held on Saturday aftarnoon. The t h e m a b o u t hber t y and the doctines t h i r t y _ f i v e poUnder, took the decision
port of the authorities in his work usual prices will prevail at these o f o u r £ r e a t statesman and it is only f r o m P r i t c h a r d o f y P- L in t h r ee natural that these people should have , . o u n ds period that the great pyramids were
constructed. Two of the greatest a n d everyone has benefitted by them, dances.
pyramids, Khufu and Khafra, stand j Everyone should attempt to take part J i m m y Green with his 11-piece or-at
Ghizeh. Colonel Meseley traced i n t h i s f o r m of athletics, for the chestra will furnish the syncopation
carefully the developments of the heautiful medals themselves are { o r a)1 t h r e e dances. Jimmy has won
a desire to duplicate our efforts.
Mr. Cuadra's life has been one of
great interest. His family belonged
The best fight of the card was in
the middleweight class when Epps
for them.
pyramid, showing, by means of slides,
pictures of each stage of its pro-gress.
In the period of the Middle King-dom,
the nobles of Egypt had gained
power, and they were able to build
fine tombs, where only the kinfjs had
been able to indulge so extravagant
ly in tomb building before. The D E F E A T
crypts prepared by the nobles were
not as grand as those of the kings,
but they were, neverless, considerably
more luxurious than their earthly
Moro tribes who infested o f V" M" L defeated Mehaffey, Cap-homes.
The finest examples of the
Rifle Team Wins From
V. P. I. in Match
GEORGETOWN
EARLIER IN WEEK
On Saturday afternoon the V. M.
I., Rifle Team had its first home
shoulder-to-shoulder match and al-
. „. , . , though the scores were very low, de-
Kingdom tombs are found at f e a t e d ^ y p j r i f l e r g b y t h e a(, o re
Beni-Hassan. of 1 7 g 9 t o 1 ? 4 8 C a r t e r o £ t h e R e y_
Civilization had reached Thebes at d e t s w a s h i g h s c o r e m a n o f t h e m e e t
the beginning of the first Empire per- w i t l l a foT t h e f o u r positions,
iod, which, roughly dated, started in Ci a r l { w a R t h e b i f ? h s c o r e l . fo r the
the middle of the sixteenth century visitors with a 356. Another should-
B.C. At Thebes may be seen fine er-to-shoulder match will be fired at
colonnade tombs with their sixteen- y P. I. on March 14.
sided columns, which were probably fjv c hi>,.h s c o r e s f o r the meet
the forerunners of the Greek and a r e a s follows:
Roman fluted columns. The massive y_ M. L
scale on which the Egyptians built Carter
is exemplified by the nine hundred Fitzgerald
ton statue of one of the Rameses at Moody
Thebes. Wallace
The Temples of Karnak and Luxor McGee
are the most outstanding architectur-al
features of the second Emipre per- Total
iod, and in these temples are found V. p. I.—
excellent specimens of the bell-top Clark
and lotus columns that were used so Dixon
widely in later periods. By this time Maddox
the temple had increased its import- Davis, J. E.
ance so much that the temples of Davis, J. L.
the period are much greater than the
tombs from an architectural point of Total 1748
view. In them was used the princi- Last week the team outscored
pie of having a flat roof supported Georgetown in the first mail match
enough to make anyone want to try the hearts of the music-lovers in the th® , tain of the V. P. I. team by a close
mi•dj- westi , whue re ih. e pli ayedi alhl i last* t b e Zulu Archipelago. lney resist- . . . ,, , , . , e d n i n t e r v e n t i o n a n d u p h e ] d decision. Both men landed clean
year. His outstanding engagements ^ M o h a m m e d a n b e l i e f s i n t h e f a c e punches often and there was practi-were
at the Golden Pumpkin and The Qf ^ Mr_ C u a d r a - S f i r s t i n s t r u c t i o n ~a!1y n ° clinching.
Cocoanut Grove in Chicago and late- ,n ^ ^ w&g r e c e j v e d f r o m a n S p a n n p u n i s h e d Hoffman, V. P. I.,
\ i ^T 4 x,P ,y m g \ T f: "American soldier boy" who was an one hundred and sixty pounder, to
Witt Clinton Hotel in Albany. At
present he is on a tour of the coun-try,
playing at universities and col-leges
throughout the South. Last
week his music brought much com-ment
from Atlanta, where he played
at the Georgia Tech Dances.
Getting an orchestra of the cali-bre
of Jimmy Green's for Mid-Winter
dances at V. M. I., is unusual, and his
music alone should make this set of
dances successful.
of the first to enter the Islands.
When he was but a youngster, Mr.
Cuadra said that his father was about
to kill him for making statements
about the goodness of Christianity,
but his mother intervened and saved
his life. His father was a strict
win an easy decision. Spann hit hard
and effectively and a right hook in
the last of the third round sent the
V. P. I. man to the mat where he
was saved by the bell at the seventh
count.
Dunn outslugged Eisen of the V.
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Athletic Council Is
Reorganized
NEW CONSTITUTION AND
BY-LAWS ADOPTED
Moro and would not recognize any P. I- squad to win the hundred and
belief but that om his Mohannedan i ceventy-five bout for V. M. I., put-ancestors.
Some friendly jesuit ting the win in the bag.
priests heard of the affair and kid- In the unlimited class Stark of V.
napped the youngster and took him P. I. resorted to aggressive rushes to
the British North Borneo where he win from Kostainsek, the V. M. I.
learned more of Christ and the West- ; entry,
ern world. Varsity summary:
Mr. Cuadra has a geart gift of 115 pounds—Reavis, V. P. I., de-speech
and his accent and manner of • feated Duane by decision; extra
talking make a very forceful appeal round.
Pane 5.) de-
The Athletic Council held a special
meeting Wednesday afternoon in
354 Alumni Hall to approve of the new
345 Constitution and By-Laws. These
were gone over carefully and, with a TJJNNJS
178H f e w minor changes, approved. The
date of March 1 was set for these to
356 j,0 into effect. Through the co-operation of the
To conform to Southern Confer- V. M. I. Aqlmnni and the Athletic
ence rules, the old Council has been Association, work on a 150 yard ex-
Improvements Made
on Athletic Field
COURTS AND 220
YARD TRACK ADDED
de-de~
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125 pounds—Towler, V. P. I.,
feated Capt. Buck by decision.
135 pounds—Monks, V. M. I.,
feated Pritchard by decision.
145 pounds—Epps, V. M. L,
feated Capt. Mehaffey by decision.
160 pounds—Spann, V. M. I., de-feated
Hoffman by decision.
175 pounds—Dunn, V. M. I., de-feated
Eisen by decision.
Unlimited—Stark, V. P. I., defeat-ed
Kostainsek by decision.
Freshman summary:
done away with, and a new one sub- tension of the Athletic Field is now 115 pounds—Rogers, V. M. I., de-stituted.
Under the new constitution underway. According t'o the state-! " * i_ • , ,
the Council is composed of 5 officers ments of Major Clarkscn in an in- tf ^ 0 „ d B £ u n d knockout- 1 : 54
of the Institute, 3 cadets and 1 mem- terview Saturday, within this exten- 125 ounds T V >
ber of the Alumni Association. The sion there will be four new Tennis f e a t e d ^"""ort b "d""' ^ ^
president of the counccil is elected by Courts and the space beyond these ' >S ' e c l s l o rK
by columns, and this principle still of the season to the tune of 1370-12. t h e of c a d e t s a n d t h e o t h e r wH1 a l l o w f[>T a 2 2 0 d s t r a i ht_ « 5 POUnds-Bain, V. M. I., defeat-persists
today, although stfeel con- The five high V. M. I. men for this t w o c a d e t m m b e r B a r e s e l e c t e d by a w a y o n t h e f a t h e r side of the Sta-i , ? ° ^ n B 5 n e t^1 0 ""
struction has made it possible to do mat c h were: the m a n a llf t h e s i x rt the Uium. L 1 4 5 P«unds-Goodwin, V. M. I., de-
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without it when it is not desirable. Fitzgerald
The last prominent period in Egypt- Carter
ian architecture was the Saite period McGee
which saw a further development of Dayhuff
the temple and the final attempt of Wallace
Egypt to give the world something This coming week will
new in architecture. The temples of team hard at work firing matches
Horus and Isis are the best of the with Navy and the University of
captains of these sports, the presi- The Alumni has bought the pro-dent
of the monogram club and the perty and the Athletic Association
editor of THE CADET. The three1 is doing the work; the total cost of
cadets who are on the council now this improvement is estimated at
266 are Woods Talman, President; Mac $5,900.00. The work should be com-find
the B r o w n a n d Ham Smith. The vice- pleted about the 1st of April.
president, selected by the corps, the The material and work necessary
editor of THE CADET, and director for this extension will include 60 cu-period,
and Egypt's last contributions Maryland. Navy bids fair to have 0f publicity attend the meetings as buc yards of concrete, 1100 cubic
are seen in them. The scene then the undisputed title of national
shifted to Greece, on which Colonel champs again this year in the small
:'on-voting members.
At the meeting permission
yards of excavation 2500 cubic yards
was of rock, 125 cubic yards of sand, 250
feated Yorke by decision.
175 pounds—Porterfield, V. P. I.,
knocked out Browning, 0:40 of first
round.
Unlimited—Spaulding, V. M. I., de-feated
Simmons by decision.
Increased Loans To War Veterans
Seen.
The House last week passed the
veterans' loan bill by an overwhilm-
Moseley will talk next Tuesday night bore field for on Saturday they set ^^ed'^'the^basVeVbau"'team"To feet of'lB fooV i n n i n g " t ^ c k ! the Z a t T a n hJ»r W<W, t0 t he
at half past seven. a new intercollegiate record in the e n t e r t h e t o u r n a m e n t i n A t i a n t a the drainage of the courts, and the prob- ed that t h 7 18 CXpeCt"
shoulder-to-shoulder match with Ohio l a t t e r p a r t of Ft, b r u a ry, provided able hauling of clay.
State that they win the required number of
same quick action will be
Honorable Scars. taken there. The bill provides for an
"Oh, dear, Johnny, have you been
fighting again?" i A
"No, miss; we moved yesterday, and but enougn are leit exposed to sup- '»» «»'" wur.«.i.em ^ - s . c - . c , ,mCresi in | pensation certificates, which were »„
I m o v e d the cat."-Passing Show. ply the requisite gossip. j Charlottesville. Tennis among the cadets. 'proved by the House in 1924.
This will greatly improve the looks increase from 22 1-2 to 50
Charity covers a multitude of sins, conference games, and for the box- of the west end of the Stadium as j j n t h e loan value of the adiuateTl r n^
it enough are left exposed to sup- team to enter the tournament at well as create a greater interest in pensation certificates whi.-h