VMI Cadet. April 11, 1932

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Vol. XXV LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1932 No. 25
DR. ROBERT E. ROTH "Pass In Revue" Is
Smashing Hit
MCCARTHY PRODUCES BEST
SHOW IN* HISTORY
Moore, Hudgins, Monks, Fin-klehoffe,
Noble, and Will
Share Honors With Greiner's
Minstrels.
THE CORPS IN 464
Corps Sees and Hears
[Illustrated Lecture
DR. ROTH PRESENTS
SCENES
Out - of - the - Way Scenes and
Facts of South America
Entertain Corps.
Dr. Robert E. Roth, noted world-traveler
and lecturer, addressed the
corps and quite a number of visitors
> tonight in Jackson Memorial Hall on
the subject of his many travels
throughout the world. His exquisite
color views of South America were
especially impressive. For ten years
Dr. Roth has traveled through many
countries photographing unusual
V. M. I. goes Broadway! A combi-nation
of Floyd Gibbons and Walter
Winchell would be hard pressed to do
i justice to the Second Class show,
"Pass in Revue." Only the modest
price of admission could convince one
that it was an amateur production,
'and even that fact leads one to doubt
:t. Combinations like Hudgins and
Moore, Monks and Finklehoffe, No-ble
and Will, lead one to suspect the
j introduction of professional talent
The first act opened with a rendi-tion
of "The March of the Muske-ters,"
"Charlie Cadet," and "I Love a
Parade" by Charlie (Goose to you)
Greiner and the ensemble. The only
possible improvement would have
! been more encores. Greiner, a sing-iv
of torch-songs, catapaulted the
audience into hilarious heights which
the other acts sustained.
Shadow Leach (we tsill think it
.vas a local officer disguised as
Leach) offered a poetic selection en-titled
"After the Ball," which drew
thundering applause.
The Showers Singers, a quartet
composed of Edmonds, Taylor, Crock-er,
and McCarthy, harmonized so per-fectly
that it was difficult «to realize
the fact that they were singing with-out
the accompaniment of the run-ning
water of the north end of bar-i
racks.
Finklhoffe demonstrated his abil-
Easter Dances Are
Great Success
NO MORE FORMALS UNTIL
FINALS
Red Nichols' Orchestra and At-tractive
Girls Climax Week-end
Entertainment.
This rare old picture of the Corps of Cadets dates back to the ap-proximate
time of Hunter's raid. T -e exact date of the photograph is
not known.
Col. S. M. Schoonmaker, A
Union Officer and Gentleman
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
V. M.
OF
I.
HUNTER'S RAID ON
scenes, and tonight the corps was
fortunate to hear a description of his j ty as a tragedian in his recital of
latest journey into the unknown re- "The Highwayman." If anyone
mained untouched by that bit
drama, he is devoid of emotion. It
was perfect.
Noble and Will, that incomparable
pair of acrobatic comedians, offered
gions of South America. From the
many thousands of photographs tak-en
in that area the speaker selected
those which proved so interesting to
the audience tonight.
These pictures have been repro-duced
into dissolving views which
profusely illustrate his entertaining
and instructive travelogue. The pic-tures
when placed on the screen were
so convincingly real and so startling
beautiful that one could not help but
imagine that he or she was looking at
the original scene and not a reproduc-tion
of it. The best way to learn
about South America and its people
is to visit South America. Neverthe-less,
since it is not possible for all
of us to travel, the best subject is to W a n g er
see the record of other peoples' trav-els.
Dr. Roth did not travel to see C r a c U i n g dowrTon
one of the cleverest selections on the s t i t u t e . He reached Lexington, camp-bill
in their Apache burlesque, "While e d o n t h e S t a u n t o n side of the North
River, 6ut did not shell barracks. Lin-coln
had specifically prohibited the
destruction of private property and
t educational institutions, and Schoon-
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V. M. I. Track Team Con-quers
University of
Richmond
TRACK EVENTS" PROVE CA-DETS'
LONG SUITE
Colonel Schoonmaker Remained Loyal To His Ideals!
By Otis D. Smith i founders of the Institute and then a
The pictures which appeared in the member of the faculty, writes: "At
Cadet last week of the reenactment pirst they were content to receive ba-in
1924 of the Battle of New Market con, two slices apiece; but they soon
bring to mind the most interesting became insolent; demanded the
story of one of those men who com- i smokehouse key, and told me they
posed the group picture, Colonel J. would break the door unless I open-
M. Schoonmaker of the 14th Penn- ->d it. I protested against their pil-sylvania
Cavalry, commander of the 'age, and with a score of them sur-
First Brigade of Averill's Cavalry rounding me, with guns in their
Division of Mapor-General Hunter's hands, proceeded to the smokehouse
and threw it open, entreating them
at the same time, by the respect they
had for their wives, mothers, and sis-ters,
to leave me a little meat. They
heeded me no more than wild beasts
would have done; swore at me; and
'eft me not one piece. Some rushed
-lown the cellar steps, seized the new-
'y churned butter there, and made off
. . . . they seized our breakfast, and
?ven snatched the toasted bread and
egg that had been begged for the sick
crying for something to eat; I had
man's breakfast. My children were
army in the War between the States.
On Friday, June 10, 1864, Colonel
r e _ Schoonmaker was sent out from
Staunton as commander of the ad-vance
guard of Hunter's army with
orders to march on Lexington and to
burn or otherwise destroy all the
buildings of the Virginia Military In-
The most delightful series of Eas-
Hops in the history of the Insti-tute
commenced on Friday evening
and maintained the tempo of joyous
entertainment reached in the Second
Class presentation "Pass in Revue."
Never before have so many elements
of perfect amusement been offered in
one week-end at V. M. I.
All sections of the country sent
their representatives of feminine
beauty and charm to grace the floor
if Ninety-Four Hall. There, amid
the colorful decorations of blue and
white streamers, throngs of dancers
waltzed to the haunting melodies of
Red Nichols' orchestra. Once again
the soft lights of the crystal globe
diffused their multi-colored rays on
the whirling dancers beneath. Eve-ning
gowns, uniforms, and tuxedos
•eflected them in a myriad of spark-ing
hues.
Red Nichols' and his musicians
vere doubly inspired by the appre-ciative
response of the guests; one
niece followed another with little in-
Lermission, and each offering receiv-d
more applause than the previous
ine, until one was reminded of the
•are-free jubilation of the Final Ball.
The Dansant on Saturday afternoon
irew a large number of dancers who
were bent upon capturing every min-lte
of pleasure which the week-end
extended. Even the weather caught
h musical spirit of the occasion and
•endered that (popular?' selection,
"Rain on the Roof," with the con-sistency
of a fugue. The 0. G. also
'elt the lure of soothing strains and
submitted a solo on a drum which
ounded the swan song of the fes-tivities.
So Easter Hops came to an
<nd. But what hops they were! Per-
'ect in every sense of the word!
maker, to use his own words, "con- nothing to give them but crackers."
Breaks Tape
Times.
Three
good looking
how many miles that he could cover U n i v e r s i t y o f Richmond track and
in a day, but he traveled leisurely in f i e M o u t f i t Qn A l u m n i F i e i d last Wed-order
to become acquainted with the n e s d a y > T o n y Wanger's cinder boys
sidered at the time the burning of
the Institute for military reasons un-necessary
and unwarranted."
The main body of Hunter's army,
consisting of twenty-two regiments
if infantry, fifteen of cavalry, and
seven batteries of artillery, arrived
he next day. Among the officers
various countries which he illustrates
in his travelogue. The speaker took
his audience down the West Coast of
South America, drifting along the
lazy Pacific, going into the coun-tries
of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. In
Ecuador they visited the Cacao plan-tations
and then watched the natives
weave the ever popular Panama hats
for which this country is famous.
From Ecuador they traveled south-ward
through the interior to Cuzco,
Peru, where the Inca Ruins were well
illustrated, and then into the Jungles
stepped out to win the first home
meet of the season by a score of 72
to 54. The teams broke even in the
field events, but on the track V. M.
I. secured the 18-point advantage
which led to victory.
Joyce, of Richmond, led the scor-ing
with 16 points in the field events,
winning the discus throw, outhopping
Joe Phillips to win the high jump
at 5 feet 9 1-2 inches, tying with
Vance for first place in the pole vault,
and participating in the broad jump
of Peru, where a wedding of the na- a n £ s h o t P®}* , . . . . ,
" ' . „„ The captains of both teams show-tives
was shown up We „ i n the sprints. Wanger
Dr. Roth inspired his audience and ^ s e c ( m d Jn t h e g c o r i n g w i t h 15
held their absorbed attention by the
sincerity and frankness with which'
he spoke, with the genius of an ora-tor,
he carried his listeners into the
countries discussed, so clear and vivid
are his portrayals of places, customs,
and peoples. His descriptions were
scoring
points for three first places, in the
hundred yard dash, two-twenty, and
low hurdles, while Captain Vial of
Richmond piled up 11 points, with a
first and two second places. "Tur-key"
Chaltain, of the Spiders, step-ped
out to take first in the high hir-certainly
not an array o f d r y s t a U s - P ^ & w i n n .
tics, but alert discussions drawn J i om formance i n t h e b r o a d j u m p.
a fund of knowledge personally ac-, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
bited strong combinations. Rudy
Bumgardner, cross country captain,
followed closely by Charlie Horst,
took the 2-miles with no trouble at
The Marine Band's rendition of the aii( w i t h the greater part of a lap to
V. M. I. Spirit as broadcast at three Spa r e . Turner and Burruss breasted
Even today, after all traces of sec-tional
bitterness have died out, Hunt-er's
Lexington relatives disown him
and refer to him as the Renegade
Vandal.
Such was the man who commanded
he Institute to be burned at 9 o'clock
n Sunday morning, June 12. Mrs.
quired.
The corps enjoyed the lecture fully
and feels very fortunate in being al-lowed
to hear this noted man.
o'clock on Monday afternoon makes
one appreciate the beauty of the
song. This makes the second time
that the Marine Band has played it
on their program within the last two
months.
the string together to tie for first
n the mile run, far ahead of Rich-mond's
leading man.
Led by Buck Wright, the Keydet
combination of Buck, Brugh, and Bill
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were Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, Presiton dramatically records that
Infantry Division; Major William vhile the above was being written
McKinley; and Captain Henry A. Du-j he Arsenal exploded. Schoonmaker,
Pont of the 5th Artillery. The first j "he first Union soldier to enter the
kwo subsequently became Presidents, institute buildings, found, to quote
•nd Captain duPont became the dis- him, "the cadets' school books open
tinguished United States Senator m their desks and diagrams partly
from Delaware. Schoonmaker was finished on the blackboard." General
everely reprimanded by Hunter for j ^mith, then the Superintendent, and
-ot carrying out his orders and im- .everal cadets were taken as prison-mediately
relieved of his command, TS. The educational equipment of the
On Saturday, June 11, the invasion Institute was given to the flames
«f Lexington began. A company of along with the buildings. The price-
•adets under Captain Wise, station- '0 S S mineralogical collection donated
1 near what is now known as the 0 t h e s c h ° o 1 by General Cocke, a
neamery, had burned the East Lex- 'an?e and valuable library, including
'ngton bridge as soon as the Confed-1 irreplaceable collection of scienti-
•>rate rear guard had crossed, and had 'i c w o r k s w h i c h h a d b e e n Purchased
been distributed as sharpshooters on "«>m Colonel Claude Crozet, an ex-he
rocky hill down beyond their hos- 'eptionally valuable telescope, and
oital, so it was necessary for Hunter he complete scientific apparatus and
o send General Averill with a bri- 'aboratories of the Engineering,
-ade of cavalry to cross the river I Chemistry, and Agricultural depart-
"urther north, probably in the vici- '^«nts—all were destroyed. All the
nity of the since discovered caves. professors' houses were burned with
Hunter met with little resistance -he exception of that of the Superin-save
that of the Corps, the Confed- e n i i e n t - H i s daughter was desperate-erates
having withdrawn toward V 111 i n c h i l d birth.
Lynchburg. Seeing him entering Lex- After the destruction of the Insti-ington,
the remainder of the Corps ute Schoonmaker was restored to his
followed the route of the Confeder-1 ommand, and Hunter's army march-ates,
and Hunter's forces marched 1 on towards Lynchburg.
Royal Guard Mount In
Sweden
into town. Mute evidence of the ad-vance
remains in the two solid shot
which one sees today in the tower on
•he east side of barracks.
It is learned from reputable sources
that the conduct of both Hunter and
In later years Colonel Schoonmaker
became very interested in V. M. I.
ind returned to Finals and anniver-aries
for years. On June 24, 1914,
e delivered an address on the occa-sion
of the Seventy-Fifth Anniver-lhe
greater part of his forces was ary Celebration. On May 15, 1924, he
disgraceful. Homes and smokehouses returned for the reenactment of the
were entered. Mrs. Preston, wife of Battle of New Market. On each of
Colonel J. T. L. Preston, one of the j is visits he always said that he was
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COLORFUL CEREMONY AT-TENDS
CHANGE OF
GUARD
Capt. Granfelt Describes His-toric
Military Function In
Sweden.
By Capt. Nils Granfelt.
It is in the big court-yard of the
barracks. The High Guard, in full
dress, if formed in the regular way
with opened ranks, rifles charged,
ind bayonets fixed, the band outside
the right wing. The officer in
-harge, a lieutenant, reports to his
•hief. "Sir, the High Guard accord-ing
to orders."
"Good—March off!" and off they
<?o, the band playing, the drums
roaring, the guardsmen marching as
only guardsmen can do, and the sty-lish
lieutenant straightening his back
o the utmost degree.
Marching up to the Royal Castle
'he guard attracts everybody's at-tention.
People rush from all direc-tions
to get a place in front of the
Tuard, and pretty soon the "chimney-sweepers"
are counted by the thou-sands.
Up at the castle the old guard al-ready
stands a* attention, ready to
salute the new guard when it swings
ip the royal court-yard. After both
guards have passed in review before
"he national flag the new guard re-lieves
the old guard from its twen-ty-
four hours duty in protecting the
lives of the royal family. For hun-ireds
of years the royal guard-mount
has been a popular amusement
o the inhabitants of Stockholm and
ts visitors.
The O. C. is a busy man. Besideb
he eleven sentinels in and outside
he castle he is responsible for the
-uard as a whole and takes his or-
(ers from nobody but the comman-
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