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THE CADET FENCERS At RIFLEMEI \ <A MM1 |9 32 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE V-Vol. XXV LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1932 No. 23 Cadet Gets Picture of Corps at New Mar-ket Jn'24 * Richmond Reporter Furnishes Photographs of General Le-jeune and Cadets at Mimic Battle. Mr. Earle Lutz, a member of the reportorial staff of The Richmond News Leader, has presented THE CADET with four valuable negatives of pictures which he took at New Mar-ket in 1924 when the corps of cadets of the V. M. I. and the United States marines re-enacted the Battle of New Market before a crowd estimated at 100,000 people. Perhaps the best picture in the lot shows Major-General John A. Lejeune, now superintendent of the V. M. I., who was then a high officer in the Marine Corps, standing by the late General Edward West Nichols, then superintendent of the Institute. In-cluded also in the picture is Major- General Smedley Butler, then com-manding officer of Quantico. Another picture shows the V. M. I. cadets in field dike and lined up in company formation ready to take the field and reproduce their part in the famous battle. A third picture shows a group of cadets who had special parts, coming off the field. The fourth picture shows a battle scene. Mr. Lutz, a graduate of the Uni-versity of Richmond, is a first lieu-tenant on the staff of the 111th field artillery, Virginia National Guard. He was a member of the staff of The Richmond Times Dispatch at that time and was "covering" the cere-monies for this newspaper, The pic-tures were taken with a personal camera. The Cadet takes this opportunity to thank Mr. Lutz for these pictures and adds that it will reproduce sev-eral of them in an early issue. WILL and NOBLE Complete Company of "Pass In Revue" Announced New Spring Movie Book-ings Announced Second Class To Present the Best Features. The formidable list of coming at-tractions which the Second Class Fi-nance Committee is presenting to the Corps in Jackson Memorial Hall this spring resembles more closely the Roxy preview sheet than it does an Institute booking list. It boasts the best pictures of all types and particu-larly those types which have receiv-ed much favorable comment—tales of horror, love stories, and comedies. First on the list appears "Franken-stein," which the Corps did not have an opportunity to see and for which there has been such a clamor. Then there appear "Lovers Courageous," with Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans, and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which the first classmen re-port were both excellent. An opportunity is being afforded the Corps to see "Murders in the Rue Morgue," as interpreted by Sidney Fox and Bela Lugosi, old Dracula himself. It will be remembered that this was the picture the permit to see which was revoked on account of the flu. One of the Saturday night fea-tures is "Ladies of the Big House," with Sylvia Sidney, the girl who turned down the bid to Easters. Fol-lowing this come "Business and Pleasure," with Will Rogers, and "Are You Listening," with William Haines, two pictures which should prove most entertaining. "Strangers in Love," with Kay Francis and Fredric March. "For-bidden," with Barbara Stanwyck and Adolphe Menjou, "Law and Order," with Walter Huston, and "Impatient Maiden," with Lew Ayres compose the remainder of the array. The great improvement over the old silent Saturday night picture in J. M. Hall which has been made in the past two years reflects a good deal of credit to these indispensible second class organizations. "Shadow" Leach In Second Class Show Feature Act. Production of the second class show, "Pass in Revue," which is to be presented in Jackson Memorial the Friday night of Easters, has reached the point where it is no long-r necessary to have individual prac-tices, instead of which practices are I being held rehearsals of several groups of acts at a time. These con-nected rehearsals are ironing out any hitches there might have been and -re rounding the acts into shape for a smooth presentation to the Corps, he faculty, and the numerous out-siders who will be present at the In- •.titute Friday of next week. In addition to Heine Woodson's V. M. I. Commanders, the organization if the company includes forty-five men, many of whom are second :lassmen. In the group of sixteen which sings in the opening and closing choruses and takes part in the "For Dear Old V. M. I." act are Jimmy Lay, Bill Jones, C. N. Smith, Jack Taylor, C. F. Schupp, Wythe Holt, Cliff Hud-gins, Red Berkeley, Ed Crocker, Frank Hodges, Buzzy Face, R. S. Ed-monds, Bill Tompkins, Jimmy Schaaf Johnny Kirk, and Hill Wellford. "Shadow" Leach, who will be re-member for his accurate portrayal of me of the well known officers of the Institute in "Fifty Million Keydets" 'ast year, has an act all by himself this year. The Showers Singers, that well (Continued on page 8) '32 Bomb to Burst About Fifth of June Annual To Be Larger Than Last Year's. Bomb in the courtyard! ! ! The 1932 Bomb is scheduled to burst in barracks about the fifth of June. Editor-in-chief Neikirk says that the work is rapidly going forward and the first 265 pages are already com-plete. This includes the class sec-tion with the exception of the rat of-ficers who have not as yet been elect-ed. These pictures will be in about the middle of April, thus making the section complete. The dedication and appreciation sec-tions are all finished. The pictures of the many views of the Institute are all in and are already in form. This, with the pictures of the faculty of-ficers and the department write-ups and personnel, will complete the first forty pages. I After the class section comes the military. This is only about one half drawn up. The gloss prints of about fifteen cadet officers have not as yet been returned from the photograph-ers. The designs for the company pages are now being drawn up. This section will be closed when the pic-tures have been received. The athletic section under the di-rection of Ned Trapnell is coming along nicely and will be in fine shape when the other teams are ready. The pictures of Rat track and baseball are the only team pictures which are not n, but there are a few of the winter sports write-ups which haven't been turned in so far. There are also one or two coaches who haven't been photographed, but that will be done in the very near future. The activities are just about com-plete, although there has been delay | in the pictures getting back from the photographers. The fact that there (Continued on page 8) French Architecture Under Bourbons Discussed Last Week Keydet Fencers Win Conference Title; Riflemen Are Third Corps Area Champs Institute Shows Military Prowess Among Collegiates. Captain Carter Scores Highest Total In Area. A.S.C.E Holds Bi-Monthly Meeting Saturday Leach, Gill, Doyle Relate Ex-periences. The regular bi-monthly meeting of the local chapter of the A. S. C. E. was held in the Nichols Engineering Building last Saturday morning. The opening speaker on the program was Mr. R. E. Leach of the First Class, who chose for his topic "Life in a Railroad Camp." Mr. Leach told of his experiences while working in one if these camps in Harlen County, Kentucky, which proved to be most interesting to his audience. He then explained the advantages and disad-vantages of living in a railroad camp. The next speaker was Mr. John K. Gill of the First Class. He describ- 'd to the members of the chapter the drilling of an oil well. Since Mr. Till is from a little oil town located n the wilds of Oklahoma, he was very well informed on this subject. Mr. C. W. Bailey of the First Class text told how white lead is manufac-tured. After giving his talk, Mr. Bailey presented a series of slides showing all of the different pro-cessses in the manufacture of white lead. Mr. J. P. Lea of the Second Class next told of the development of the •entral cement mixing plants. These plants are situated near railroads so that the raw materials can be trans-ferred directly from the cars to the mixing bins. The mixing plants is largely structural framework built of (Continued on Page Eight.) Work of Lemercier, Mansart, Perrault Described By Col. Moseley. Last Tuesday night. Col. Moseley ontinued his series of lectures with a discussion of the development of French architecture under Louis, n the first part of his talk Col. Moseley discussed the work of the French architects, Lemercier, Man-sart, and Perrault. Col. Moseley closed his lecture with a description •f the sumptuous Palace of Versail-les. The Bourbons ruled for two hun- 'red years, from 1589 till the time of the French Revolution. During his time many magnificent "build-ngs were erected and alterations vvere made in many of the earlier buildings. The Place des Vosges in Paris is an interesting row of houses, flush with one another. They are con-structed largely of red brick and .vhite stone for the purpose of econ-omy. The Sorbonne also in Paris is a church with a Jesuit facade. It is he greatest piece of work of the architect, Lemercier. The church is i compromise in design between the French school and the Italian school. The dome has an inner shell of >rick and stone and an outer shell >f timber. The outstanding architect of the seventeenth century in France is Francisco Mansart. It is from his iesigns that we get our two-sloped Mansard roofs. His Chateau of Blois, built with unfinished rough stone work in many places, has the main emphasis on the central bay. The houses of the nobles of this period have the high-pitched roofs which the French have always liked. Long, rectangular, projecting wings take the place of the old Medieval towers. The houses of this time are much more habitable than the earlier (Continued on pact I) After a season filled with success, the sharpshooters of the Red, White, and Yellow reached the heights in capturing the championship of the 3rd Corps Area, Intercollegiate divi-sion. The results of the annual match announced recently by Lieutenant- Colonel Ralph H. Leavitt, corps area R. O. T. C. officer, shows V. M. I. xs the winner of the senior division vith a total score of 3705. Eighteen colleges or universities were repre-sented in the championship which covers the territory of Virginia, Penn-sylvania, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Ten men fired and counted in the respective totals of each team. As has been pointed out in The Cadet all season, Lieutenant Howard coaches a team this year which is without a doubt the most consistent in the history of this sport at the In-stitute. Perhaps the old team does io boast of any national individual champions, but the corps should be and most assuredly is proud of the string of victories it has recorded. In winning the 1932 championship, V. M. I. takes possession of a beauti-ful silver cup as token of victory. The requirement for permanent posses-sion is that the championship be won by the same team for three consecu-tive years. Besides taking the team ^rown, the Institute again came into the spotlight through the superior firing of Captain Carter, who scored the highest total in the area. In the four positions the leader placed a score of 378 out of a possible 400. As victor, Carter will reccive a silver medal. Other members of the squad will be given bronze medals. Follow-ing are the teams competing and the scores by stages: Virginia Military Institute—Prone 989, sitting 972, kneeling 911, stand-ing 833. Total 3705. Western Maryland College—Prone 971, sitting 947, kneeling 925, stand-ing 856. Total 3,699. Carnegie Institute of Technology- Prone 985, sitting 971, kneeling 913, standing 813. Total 3682. University of Maryland — Prone (Continued on Page Eight.) Moody Beats Out Allen In Fi-nals At Chapel Hill. The V. M. I. Fencing Team came through in great style last week-end to win the Southern Conference Fencing Championship at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. With Moody winning the foil championship of the South, and each member of the team helping to amass points, the cadet swordsmen accumulated a large snough total in the three weapons combined to triumph over six other college teams and rule as undisputed champions. Throughout the compe-tition the superior coaching of Cap-tain Granfelt and the long period of raining were the two most apparent factors in the yictory of the keydet "encers. The tournament commenced with freshman foil matches. V. M. I. had 'o entrants in this class, and North Carolina won the title by a large margin. The varsity fencing meet included ill three weapons, but the cadets | showed more ability in the use of the foil and epee than they did in the I ^aber. Against a strong list of op- I ponents which included The Univer- I sity of Virginia, North Carolina, south Carolina, Georgia Tech, Wil- 'iam and Mary, and Rollins, the V. ; M. I. fencers placed five out of six entrants in the semi-finals in foils. Three of the five men were later eliminated in the semi-finals by their iwn teammates for the scoring sys-tem employed included the perform- ; ance of individual representation. Fowler of William and Mary won he individual championship in the 3pee, but V. M. I. amassed mote points in the use of that weapon than any other college in the tournament, vhich gave them the title of epee hampions. The classic of the series was in the 'oils. It was in the play of this wea- •on that the cadet fencers came into (Continued on Page Eight.) Plans For~V.~M T. Pistol Team Announced Light, '23 Writes For Law Review Comments On Judge Cardozo In Minneapolis Publication. Charles P. Light, Jr., '23, now as-sociate professor of law at Washing-ton and Lee, has completed for pub-lication in the Minneapolis Law Re-view a most interesting article on Judge Cardozo, recently appointed member of the United States Supreme Court. Taking the form of a prop-hecy of Judge Cardozo's decisions as based on his splendid record and de-cisions while he was on the Supreme Court of New York, the article quotes frequently from the long line of pre-cedents he established while sitting \s a member of that body. It deals i particular with his work with his work with problems of constitu-tionality and his views on search and -seizure with regard to the prohibi-tion law. Mr. Light was editor-in-chief of he '23 Bomb and president of the Washington Club. He graduated with distinction in the Department of Lib-al Arts, and in addition to his A. he has received his A. M. and his -L. B. Rudy Vallee reports that during his recent interview with President Hoover the chief executive offered him a Congressional Medal if the crooner would write a song to pull the country out of the depression. Rudy didn't say anything about what he was offered to quit writing songs altogether. To Be Coached By Lt. Hurt. Word has been received in the R. O. T. C. Office that the War Depart-ment has appropriated to the Insti-tute $150 to cover the expenses of a V. M. I. pistol team. The team is to be sponsored by the field artillery, tnd only men enrolled in that unit i nay contest for a berth on the team. There will really be two teams, one shooting the regular service 45 cali-j ber automatic and the other, the 22 caliber automatic. Although the type >r make of the last gun are not pre-scribed, there is a requirement that the length of the barrel must not ex-ceed ten inches and that the sights must be metallic. Any suitable am-munition may be used. The teams will consist of five men j and one substitute each, and men who ; shoot in one class will not be eligible o shoot in the other. The only re-quirement here is that the members if both teams must have attended regularly the R. O. T. C. classes at he Institute or at camp. The matches will be fired in nation-wide competition, the winning teamt to be awarded trophies to be kept for ine year. Individua} winners will ilso be awarded trophies for victory n matches. Each member of a win- 'ing team will be awarded a silver nedal, and members of teams which, ilace second and third will be given bronze medals. Lt. Hurt, who is coaching this new rroup, reports that there are a num-ber of sharpshooters in the present artillery unit and that he has great expectations for the success of hia earns. Entries must be in by April 5, allowing ample time for the mat-hes to be fired between May 1 and | \Iay 15.
Object Description
Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. March 28, 1932 |
Issue Date | 1932-03-28 |
Volume/Number | Volume 25, number 23 |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
Subject |
Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
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