VMI Cadet. September 26, 1932

              HE CADET PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOL. XXVI LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 1932 No. 2
Trip To Richmond
Looms As Pos-sibility
LACK OF FUNDS STANDS
IN WAY OF CORPS BE-ING
AT UNVEILING
Many Military and National
Figures To Atfend.
Rumors that the Corps of Cadets
along with the Corps of V. P. I.
will be in attendance at the unveil-ing
of the Virginia World War
Memorial carillon, still appear.
Some of these reports say that the
whole V. M. I. Corps will attend
and others that only a few com-panies
will be there. Both Rich-mond
papers have made state-ments
that it is absolutely decided
that some members of both Corps
will be at the unveiling.
The unveiling is planned for the
15th of October, this date being
selected in preference to the 11th
of November because of the avail-ability
of more military figures
and prominent speakers. The foot-ball
team of the V. P. I. will play
their annual game against Wil-liam
and Mary at Richmond on
. that date and the Corps of that
Institution will be in attendance
at the game.
According to the statements of
the Richmond News Leader, Gen-eral
Lejeune has said that as
many of the Corps of Cadets of
V. M. I. will be at the unveiling
as there are funds to send. He has
stated that he is enthusiastic about
the trip and that one company and
the colors, at least, will be there
should the funds be provided.
The possibility that some weal-thy
Virginian, interested in the
. two schools and highly desirous of
making the dedication exercises
as colorful as possible, might pro-vide
expenses of the entire two
Corps to Richmond has been dis-cussed
by the war commission of-ficials,
but so far no wealthy Vir-ginian
has been found.
THE CADET has made every
effort to obtain from headquar-ters
the exact arrangements made
regarding the trip. A statement
was issued last week that the trip
(Continued on page eight)
Statue Corner Stone Re-veals
Relics
Contents Added To Institute
Museum.
When the monument of Stone-wall
Jackson was removed from
its mound during the summer, a
small copper box was found em-bedded
in what was the corner-stone
of the New Market Statue
which once stood on that site. The
Statue was unveiled on June 23,
1903. The contents of the box are
at present in the Memorial Mu-seum
and are as follows:
Typewritten list of Class of
1903.
Typewritten account of the
forming of the New Market Me-morial
Association by the ladies
of Lexington, May 28, 1897.
Circular letter in phamplet
form of the V. M. I. Alumni As-sociation,
containing a report of
the committee on the New Mar-ket
Monument, June 22, 1899.
The phamplet also gives the Roll
of Honor and Roster of the Corps
of Cadets in the battle.
Class pennant, 1903—colors
green and white.
Class picture, 1904 with names
of members on back.
Roll of Class of 1905 written
by hand.
Picture of Class of 1900, taken
of fourth class in 1902-1903.
Phamplet—"Response of Hon.
Peter J. Otey at the Alumni Ban-quet,
June, 1896, to the toast 'The
War Time Cadets.'
Booklet—"Memorial Address of
I Continued on page four)
ATTENTION!
THE CADET wishes to warn
those subscribers who have not
yet re-subscribed for this year
that they will be dropped from
the mailing list after this is-sue.
It has been the policy of
THE CADET in the past to
send the first two issues to the
subscribers of the past year
free of charge, and after that
time the mailing list is reduced
to include only those who have
sent in paid subscriptions.
THE CADET wishes take
this method of expressing its
thanks for the support which
has already been shown the
paper this year. THE CADET
staff hopes that any changes
made in the mailing list will
be made for additions and not
for substractions.
Richmond Alumni
Adopt Resolution
To Gen. Lejeune
Col. Anderson Selec-ed
Member Advis-ory
Board
Plans For Im-provements
In Many
Localities.
V i r g i n i a Academy Of
Science Organizes
Junior Division
v. M. I. Urged To Initiate
Student Chapter.
There has been recently organ-ized,
a Junior, or College division
of the Virginia Academy of
Science. It has been organized es-pecially
for undergraduates in the
Virginia Colleges, as they are not
eligible for membership in the
Academy. The membership fees
have been greatly reduced, being
now only one dollar a year.
The leaders of this movement
have as their aim the organization
of student chapters in the various
schools, to promote interest in the
sciences. Such a chapter will hold
regular monthly meetings for
which papers will be prepared and
read by the members. These pa-pers
will not, of course, be reports
on research problems done by the
individuals, but discussions of in-teresting
scientific topics. Several
of the best papers will be pre-sented
before the Academy at its
annual meeting.
The 1933 meeting of the Vir-ginia
Academy of Science is to be
held this year at the Fredericks-burg
State Teacher's College dur-ing
the latter part of April, Dr.
E. C. L. Miller, a retired professor
(Continued on page four)
Hopes For Speedy Recovery COMPLETES TOUR OF IN-of
Superintendent Ex- SPECTION THROUGH
Pressed. CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Sympathy ana hopes for a
speedy recovery of Major-General F o r m u l a t es
John A. Lejeune, superintendent
of the Virginia Military Institute,
were contained in a resolution
unanimously adopted by the V. M. A substantial proof of the re-
I. Club of Richmond at its monthly cognition by the state government
dinner meeting on Tuesday even- j of the quality of engineering
ing at the Commonwealth Club, taught at V. M. I. and the ability
The resolution, offered by Col- of its professors was given last
onel Joseph Button, a member of week by Governor Pollard's selec-the
V. M. I. board of visitors, tion of Colonel J. A. Anderson,
read as follows: the head of the Civil Dept., as a
"Resolved, that the members of member of the newly formed En-the
V. M. I. Club of Richmond gineering Advisory Board. The
have heard with profound regret purpose of this board is to help
of the distressing accident that remedy conditions of unemploy-had
befallen the greatly beloved ment and distress in the state by
superintendent of the V. M. I., discovering new construction pro-
General John A. Lejeune. j jects in the towns and cities to
utilize the aid offered to the states
by the National Government. Soon
after formation of the huge Re-construction
Finance Corporation
Governor Pollard began to con-sider
ways in which Virginia
might utilize her portion of the
immense sum set aside for loans
to states. These loans have to be
made for worthwhile self-liquidat-ing
public improvements such as
water works, lighting, bridges,
Lieutenant Howard To
Leave Institute
Infantry Officer Transferred
To Hawaii.
Word has been received that
First Lieutenant Edwin B. How-ard,
since September, 1929, assist-ant
professor of Military Science
and Tactics and instructor in In-fantry
at the Institute, is to be
transferred under existing orders
to the Hawaiian Department.
Lt. Howard is planning to leave
Lexington around November 20
for New York, where he will sail
on December 13 for Panama. From
Panama he goes to San Francis-co
and thence to Honolulu. Lt.
Howard is to be stationed with
the Infantry regiment at Schofield
Gen. Lejeune Shows
Steady Improve-ment
SUPT.'S CHANCES FOR RE-COVERY
BRIGHT
Colonel Couper Describes Ac-cident
As It Occurred.
As THE CADET goes to press
word is received that General Le-jeune
is showing steady improve-ment.
His condiiton of the past
two days has shown that he is
much stronger, and attending phy-sicians
are confident of eventual
recovery. The General has re-gained
consciousness on several
occasions and he has been able to
Barracks for two years for the-; recognize his family. Although
tour of foreign service which all
Infantry officers get every five
or six years.
Schofield Barracks is the larg-est
post in the entire army, there
being stationed there a whole di-
Interesting Talks Feature
A. S. C. E. Meeting
Gary, Scott, Luck and Keller
Give Talks.
The members of the A. S. C. E.
were entertained by four very in-teresting
talks at their regular
meeting last Friday. The first
talk, given by J. W. Gary, was
about the Boulder Dam. Although
he told something about all its
(features, most of Mr. Gary's talk
was concerned with the concrete
work of the dam. Following Gary,
S. B. Scott gave a talk on geo-physical
prospects, the method of
determining ores which are under
the ground by the character of
the sound waves sent forth when
explosives are set off in the ore.
"The Greatest Suspension Bridge"
was the subject of the talk given
by S. B. Luck. The bridge is one
which stretches across the Dela-ware
river and it represents one
of the greatest achievements of
the civil engineering.
The last talk of the morning
was given by T. M. Keller. He
"We extend to him, his devoted
wife and daughters our sincere
sympathy in the trying ordeal
through which they are passing
and express the hope that a Kind
and Wise Providence may speed-ily
restore him to health that he
may continue to carry on, for
many years to come, the marvelous
work he has been doing durnig
his incumbency as superintendent
of the V. M. I.
"Resolved, further, that the sec- Paving, recreational centers,
retary communicate this resolu- ! schools, and town halls. The towns
tion to Mrs. Lejeune." and c i t i e s c a n i n t h e course of
The club also voted to s e n d i time Pa y b a c k these l o a n s them-flovvers
to General Lejeune.
unable, as yet, to converse he has
shown ready response to those
who have talked to him, showing
that he can understand what is
being said.
Below will be found a detailed
vision of 7,000 officers and men. statement describing the accident,
The size of this post is on ac- The statement was issued by Col.
count of the fact that Honolulu is William Couper. The accident as
the coaling station, naval base, it was seen from barracks is de-and
supply center for the Pacific scribed in a statement by Cadet
fleet. Koteen, S.eeond Class. Col. Cou-
In addition to his duties with B per issued his statement a few
Company, while at the Institute hours after the accident and Ca-
Lt. Howard coached the rifle team det Koteen's was issued on the
to the three best seasons it has same day.
ever had. In the spring of 1931
the team won the Hearst Trophy, S T A T E M E N T OF COLONEL
and in 1932 it won the third corps WM. COUPER
area championship. Business Executive, V. M. I.,
Although the coach for the rifle C o n c e r n i n g A c c i d e n t To Gen.
team this year has not yet been | L e j e u n e , S e p t e m b e r 19. 1932.
. „ . . „ chosen' H h a s b e e n rumored that1
W o r k w a g — ^ ftt t h e y M
selves, and at present they will C a P t a i n , M a r t l n ' w h o "placed Ma- j P o w e l . H o u s e ^ s u m m e r in give many peopl, e empl, oymenti aJn d Jj or Mackenzie as senior .:
Local Branch*A.I. E.
Holds First Meeting
Of Year
Instructive Program Given
Before New Members.
The local chapter of the A. I. E.
E. met last Friday morning in the
assembly room of Nichols Engin-brjng
money into the
llie ct(jver.5;r appointed
Allan J. Saville, Consulting En-gineer
of the city of Richmond;
Col. Anderson of V. M. I.; Dean
E. B. Norris and Prof. F. J. Sette
of V. P. I.; and W. S. Rodman and
Arthur F. Macconichie of the Uni-versity
of Virginia as members of
a board which would visit the
towns and cities all over the state
inspecting them for possible pro-
....v... „ preparation for adding a new 250
state. Ac- t o r I n f a n t r y ' o r C a p t a m j horse-power boiler. This necessi-
..trerald, whq captained ^the
eering Hall. It was the first meet- Jects and stirring up interest
ing of the new year, and many among the leading citizens. The
were present for the first time. u- of Va- . representatives were
Chairman Wooters called the assigned to northern Virginia,
meeting to order and briefly wel- j t h o s e f™m V; p- L t o southern
corned the new members and visit- (Continued on page four)
Dingman Thirty Three Bullet Con-tains
Valuable In-formation
ors. He introduced Mr
as the first speaker.
Mr. Dingman gave a lengthy and
interesting discussion of armature
and stator windings. His speech
was made particularly interesting
by the use of the real coils as il-lustrations,
and by his evident As has been the custom of
knowledge of his subject. He show- Bomb Staffs in the past, the Staff
ed to the meeting many different 0f the 1933 Bomb, headed by
types of coils and explained fully Frank McCarthy and Joe Lea,
the reasons for winding them as h a v e presented to the Rats one of
they were wound. Some time was the best Bullets ever to make its
utilized in showing how coils were appearance around Barracks,
insulated by dipping and wrapping, in makeup and content the Bul-and
by the use of fabric and as- \e t j8 v e r y s jmj l a r to the one of
bestos sleeves. year. It contains much infor-
Following Mr. Dingman's dis- mation which is of value to the
cussion Mr. J. E. Taylor presented Ra t s in becoming familiar with the
a paper on "Elevator Service in customs and surroundings of V.
Our Modern Skyscrapers." In this M. I. The merit of the booklet is
paper, Mr. Taylor presented the evidenced by the great popularity
problems connected with the ad- with which they have been reeeiv-vancement
of elevator service in ed in barracks by the Old Cadets,
our new skyscrapers. He offered All of the extra copies have been
some solutions which have been ,sold to the upper classes,
used in solving the outstanding
problems, but he made it clear
team in '31, may be secured
the post.
The War Department has to
date ordered no one to succeed Lt.
Howard.
Week End Brings Open-ing
Hops
^'j. tated among other* tilings, tiiiaig-ing
the existing structure. Work
on the enlargement of the struc-ture
has been progressing for a.
few weeks.
About 11:45 A. M. General Le-jeune
came from his office and
said, "I would like to go with you
the next time you go to the power
house," and we left to make the
_ _ _ _ _ inspection shortly thereafter. As
WEEDE MYER TO HOLD we left the Superintendent's Of-
FORTH IN '94 HALL fice the 1 1 : 5 5 A- M- bel1 w a s rin£-
FRI. A N D SAT. 'nfT- We passed through the ca-dets
coming from the classes just
Big Red Team Clashes With lettinK out and proCeeded to the
Duke. power house—first going to the
, . , coal bin slab which is on a level
They re here The opening hops JU . . , ...
* , , , , _ . , , „ , between the old roof and the pro-are
scheduled for Friday and Sat- . „ „ ,,
, , . . posed new roof of the power
- d a y , and they are going to be h o u s e A ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
geant George ("Doc") Hinty call-ed
to the workmen that it was 12
o'clock and told them to knock off
for dinner.
Almost immediately thereafter
good. Indications seem to assure
plenty of the girls, and, of course,
the football game will draw an ex-tra
number.
At least one thing is certain:
Weede Myer will have his whole G e n e r a l Lejeune and I started to
band on hand to furnish the type s 0 t o t h e m a i n f ] o m . o f t h e p o w er
of music which has proved so pop- h o u s e w h k h is o n a considerably
ular with Keydets in the past. It l o w e i . , e v e l t h a n t h a t o n w h i c h we
will be remembered that the same were standing. I was in front a
The new write-ups appear in the
that, there still remai.n s pl, enty of 1933 Bullet. A small space is de- _ , _ . . vott ed, .t o .t.h e 0S econd] n(i lass wF inance
room for advancement in this ser- Committee and a larger portion
vice.
Cadet Bernard delivered a
speech which proved to be enter- , . . . . , . .,
chose as his subject "The Carpen- u , n l amJ ^ a[, tee is of particular value since it
t^.. r»..™ „f I.i v>io nrfisnnta tn thp Now (adets tht>
ways ot improving the prestige of
the Engineering profession,
suggested in his talk that engin-eers
adopt shorter hours, thus pro-viding
more jobs for engineers
and at the same time allow them-for
advanced
ter Dam of Arkansas." In his
talk he included the value of the
dam to the surrounding territory.
The choice of subjects and the
excellent manner in which the
speeches were delivered were
causes for complimentary com.: l v e g m o r e t i me
ment before the meeting was ad-, s t u d y
to Rat Athletics. The article about
the Second Class Finance Commit-presents
to the New Cadets the
reasons for the existence of the
journed. The next meeting of the |
Branch will be held Saturday. |
^ Committee, the source of their rev-enue,
and the necessity for the
revenue.
The Bullet, "Rat Bible," which
the Bomb Staff has contributed
this year is worthy of the praise
The concluding talk was made I o f T h e CorP*- MaCarthy and Lea
'Continued on page eight) are to be congratulated.
group played a large part in the f o o t o r s o a n ( , w a g heading to-success
of last year's Openings. w a r d t h e 8 t a i r w a y b a c k o f t h e Ad_
Weede Myer has just completed a ministration Building but the
contract at Virginia Beach and he G e n e r a l s a i d > «L e t>s K 0 t h i s w a y>
is at present engaged in making it>g s h o r t e r , " and at once started
a tour of the State. down t h e s l o p e b e t w e € n t h e east
To give a last remembrance of e n d of th<J p o w e r h o u g e a m , t he
the fading summer the color com- o l d c h e m i 8 t r y building (the build-bination
to be used will be light i n g n o w u s e d f o l . an o r d n a n ee
and dark green. Great care is be- „ t o r a g e warehouse). I was prob-ing
taken by the decorating com- a b l y s i x o r e i g h t f e e t b e h i n d h im
mittee to make '94 Hall look as A l m o g t i m m e d i a t e l y h e s l i p p e d on
welcoming as possible. The Cloak t h e g l o p e a n d g t a r t e d tQ r u n for_
room and lounge room system | w a r d _ He r a n f i r s t t o w a r d t he
which was inaugurated last year o r d n a n c e b u i i d i n K a n d then turn-will
again be in use. Jts benefit e d t o w a r d t h e p o w e ) . h o u s e (th<J
to the success of the hops has been p a t h u g ( j d a t t i m e s b y w o r k m en
sufficiently proved to insure its r u n 8 t h a t w a y ) By t h e t , m e he
continuance. reached the bottom of the slope
The feature attraction of Sat- h e w a s r u n n J headlong. At the
urday wil be the clash of Captain • b o t t o m o £ t h e gU) ig a c o n c r e te
Kostainsek s Big Red Team with w a U a b o u t f j v e f < j e t h i R h a n d w h yn
the Duke Blue Devils Ihe Key- h<; ^ ^ the w a „ he h a d to
dets will be down on Alumni Field j u m p _ t h i a h e did. Below the wall
trying to please its crowd-of en- ig a c o n c r e t e s l a b i n f r o n t ()f th<.
power house door (it covers the
hot well), and he landed on the
thusiastic supporters by sending
the Duke men back with a smart-ing
defeat. Everyone ig going, j g k b a b o u t ^ f e e t ( r o m t h e w & n
V. M. I. s social season will start
with a bang.
Although his feet may have hit
(Continued on page four)