VMI Cadet. May 2, 1932

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Vol. XXV LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1932 No. 28 PARTIES ASKSUPPORT AT POLLS
V. M. I. Cadets Last Uniformed
Confederate Force In Old Capitol
RICHMOND MAGAZINE CARRIES WRITE-UP OF INSTITUTE
Cadets Went To Richmond In
'61 For Training Service.
T. H. HARREL TO EDIT
CADET NEXT YEAR
WERE MORE FAMILIAR
WITH CANNON BALLS
THAN FOOTBALLS
That the Virginia Military Insti-tute
for several months was situat-ed
in Richmond and that the cadet
corps was the last uniformed Confed-erate
force to evacuate the Confed-erate
capital in 1865 is brought out in
an article by Earle Lutz in the Rich-mond
Magazine, official publication
of the Richmond Chamber of Com-merce,
for April.
Mr. Lutz was writing on the Con-federate
States Naval Academy, but
devoted half of the article to V. M. I.
The students of the two institutions
were described as "school boys one
hour and fighting men the next." The j
writer points out that had the South
been victorious the Confederate Army
In accordance with a motion
adopted at its last meeting the
Athletic Council elected T. H.
Harrel, of Arkansas, Editor-in-
Chief of the 1933 Cadet, it was
nounced today by the President
of the Council. This selection
was made early this year in or-der
to give the new editor time
to form a staff. The complete
Cadet staff will be announced
next week.
Big Election Farce Arouses
Enthusiasm Of Entire Cadet Corps
MILITARISTS AND NON-MILITARISTS VIE FOR APPROV-AL
OF KEYDETS IN MAMOTH POLITICAL
MAMMOTH POLITICAL
April Honor List
Not since the swashbuckling days of "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too!" has the United States of America been under such catchlys-mic
stress as at the present moment. The bitter hatred and
fierce fighting of the War Between the States, all Panics and De-pressions,
the 1916 Presidential Campaign between Hughes and
Fiffv-Tlirpp f afWc Mabn Wilson, the colossality of the World War and all the international
t i l l } ' 1111CC lidueia i'ldne furore resulting therefrom, Prohibition and the Lindbergh Baby
question are all a mere drop in the bucket as compared with the
present crisis which is shaking the country from stem to stern,
Memorandrum~Shows List Larg- barracks from the main sinks to the Bomb Room and the Universe
B from Saturn to East Lexington. Ere the present evening is many
er inis Month. hours older an extra edition of The Cadet will leave the press, an-
HEADQUARTERS nouncing to the world the results of the most glamorous, potent,
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE mud-slingingest, dirtiest, most highly ballyhooed and important
Lexington, Virginia Presidential Campaign of All Time. Herewith is the strong
April 29, 1932 straight dope and summary of the campaigns, and for the use of
Memorandum No. 70: au poll-tax paying citizens a Ballot, which should be filled out right
the' HONOR' LlsTfoTthe month'of a w a y f.or t h e Strictly Honest Collection of Votes which will begin
April, 1932, having received an ave- immediately.
rage of 9.00 or more on all topics of1 The Cadet hereby announces its non-partisan status, and treats
instruction and no grade below 8.50 parties fairly and without prejudice.
on any topic of instruction: WHQ W J L L N E X T OCCUPY T H E W H I T E H O U S E ? ? ? THE
, First Class GREATEST QUESTION S I N C E NOAH TOOK T H E ORIGINAL
and Navy football classics might o f T h e Richmond News Leader, who George, J. F„ Jr. Va.; Hansbrough MONKEYS A N D HYENAS INTO THE ARK!!!
have been staged without the teams; is the author of the article appearing i L. J., Va.; Heald, J. M. D., Va.; Jack-! MILITARY PARTY NON-MILITARY PARTY
leaving home, but added that "the in this issue of THE CADET about, s o n , L. W., N. C.; Keith, J., Va.; Long, D . ~ With nen meetings costers ballv-
The x m Z t T u * m ETJS&
with cannon balls just then. States, the Institute was temporarily I Monks, J., Jr., N. Y.; Moyka, C., N. inning on April 27 at tattoo, before bands, demonstrations, street fights,
V. M. I. cadets, Mr. Lutz pointed located in the poorhouse at Richmond. • y . ; Nelson, P. P. Va.; Patterson, D. „_ n,lfq;PtlPP which nackine the brawls and mud-slinging galore the
out, came to Richmond in a body in gr- who is a first g e n a n t . on o., W. Va ;; P o t t e r ^ S Va, Sledge,. ^ ^ ^ a r m i n g ' ' over the'court- Non - Military party, espousing
the Spring of 1861 to train the Con- Virginia national guard, is a graduate," " M l S S " l h o mPs o n - J" C" S- C- j y a i . d , w a s estimated at 100,000, with GOOSE-NECK GREINER and PAUL
federate volunteers. In 1864 after i of the University of Richmond. Second Class - tbe u s u a i accompanying band, signs EDMUNDS for president and vice-
Hunter burned the buildings at Lex-1 Bernard, O. S., Jr., Va.; Betts, C. a n d ballyhoo. Presidential candidate president, respectively have put up
ington, the Institute was moved to M II V A r r T K f r f t n d T q I U w' w" Va''• K e a r f J t t ^ P AVa ^ Ki^' Hudgins was presented amid furious a terrific campaign rivalling the glory
Richmond and the new a l m s h o u s e , M*. rtnUSirOIlg 1dlKN W W , Va., and h i g s i n g a n d u n s t i n t e d of the sun itself in intensity. From
which could not be operated for lack! T„ PArne T n / j o v |M-> Penn.; Lansdale, J., Jr., Tex.; yells of "We Want Greiner!" Mr. different localities on the second
1U VJUipa l u u a j r Lay, J. S., Jr., D. C.; McCarthy, F. Hudgin's initial coup was to display s t o °P these radical partisans have
dieton,' J W Tex • PetTigr^' W h " l h i s v o c a l for leadership by blared forth their platform and prom
Va. ° Van Petten, A. E , Kan^ Wheel- calling the battalion to attention «es to a suffering Corns, and in thei:
Strong Wet Party.
EARLE LUTZ
member of the reportorial staff j
Is One of Editor's New York
Times; Attended V. M. I.
of money, was turned over to the
corps for school purposes. Frequent
calls to active duty interfered with
studies. The article says in part:
"The Virginia Military Institute
did not have smooth sailing even
during its period in the Confederate
capital. The school was opened here m e m b e r o f t h e C l a s s o f 1 8 7 7 a n d 18
Mr. Henry E. Armstrong, who at-tended
V. M. I. for two years as a
in the fall of 1864 after Hunter had now a member of the editorial staff
burned the buildings at Lexington of The New York Times, addressed
er, J. W., Jr., Va.
Third Class
Baker, J. A. B., Va.; Baldwin, J. D.
C., Va.; Crawford, J. H„ Tenn.; Ed-
McCarthy, opening for the speak-ers,
espoused an R. O. T. C. check in
every pocket and pay of $1 per day.
J7i
nfe/Ginoc k
P€On^GVa:r,SooRdw?n; At this time a terrific deluge of wa
J. M., Va.; Jones, R. H., Jr., Va.;lter descended upon the Military par-and
it was realized that they could | the Corps this afternoon in Jackson Royce G. A., Ala.; Swindell, G. B„ I tisans from a third stoop battery of
not be reconstructed at any time in Memorial Hall. Having left Lexing-|J r" M d l buckets, and candidates and speak-the
immediate future. ton in 1875 he was impressed by the Fourth Class ers were forced to don raincapes in
"The Institute's board ordered the: changes which have taken place in Bagwell W. P., Jr., Va.; DeMeo, L. order to resume their exhortations,
corps to assemble at Camp Lee, near both the Institute and its operation. J-, N. Y.; Evans, R W., Va.; Foster, Throughout the entire rally, water
Richmond, on October 1. It was at Mr. Armstrong came to V. M. I. clung, a f i . , Jr.,' Va\; Meem, L C.", p o m ' e d in s t e a d y s t r e a m s uPo n t he
this same place that the corps re- from England and while here was the II, N. Y.; Morgan, G. D., Jr., Va.; political stage.
ported in 1861 to serve as drillmas- youngest man in his class. After O'Riordan C. F., Va.;_ Peters^ H.JV., Jack Epps, key-note speaker of the
leaving the Institute he attended Har-vard
and was graduated in the Law
(Continued On Tase Seven) Va.; Schupp, C. F., II, N
liamson, W. G., Jr., W. Va,
By Command of Major
school but entered the newspaper Lejeune.
game shortly afterwards. He told the; G. A. DERBYSHIRE,
.continued on past si Executive Officer
Florentine School Treated
In Art Lecture
Colonel Moseley Continues Se- "Oh My Darlir.g!" Cries Sub
General
ries of Discussions.
Last Tuesday night Colonel Mose-ley
continued his series of art lec-
Embracing Keydet's Sweetheart
evening, pointed out that doing away
with the military system would put
V. M. I. on a plane with certain non-military
military schools, and that V.
C. I. would lower the Institute to the
plane of a mere college (citing illus-trations).
Mr. Epps had on display
a sopping drawing board as illustra-tion
of the wetness of the Military
plank, and his contentions were fur-thered
by a barrage of wet rags
fired simultaneously by Non-Military
enthusiasts. "Can you feature
ises to a suffering Corps, and in their
vigor for their cause have exhibited
an underlying feeling of deepest sin-cerity
for their Cause.
First Inning
Leading off with a whirlwind camp
meeting from the second stoop at
Jackson Arch Tuesday night, the Non-
Militarists, under the leadership of
Hon. Hangjaw Davis, Slimy Senator
from Georgia, presented their plat-form
to a mammoth crowd estimated
at 2,000, until the stoop started break-ing
under the feet of the enthusias-
IContinued on Page 8)
Mock Convention Names
Roosevelt, Byrd
Claude Bowers Addresses
nual Affair.
An-
Stirring scenes were enacted in the
Washington and Lee Gymnasium last
Tuesday afternoon during their mock
Democratic Convention. Claude G.
Bowers opened the convention with
Goose-Neck Greiner as president??" a brilliant keynote address that morn-tures
with a discussion of Florentine, Officer Comes Upon Cadet On Late Date In Story In Cadet of
Sienese, and Umbrian painting of the 1892
Renaissance, three.schools of painting ^ h t h e i n t e r e s t i n h i s A l m a j a c k s o n , the alumni of the institu-, , - , FnllnwlW „ . • f ,
which sprang up almost simultaneous- u of M r j M. s . W a r i n g ) -94, T h e tion who were killed or died in the ™red. , have to have ^
ly during the Italian R e n a i s s a n c e . ! ^ h a s b e e n f o r t u n a t e £ o b t a i n . l a t e war> a n d t h e c a d e t s w h o l o s t the roof of the White House raised;activities weie lesumed with added
Cimabue of the Florentine school and | n g a n e x c e e d i n ( ? l y r a r e COpy of the their lives at the battle of New Mar-
Duccio di Buoninsegno of the Sien- l g 9 2 C a d e t The C a d e t u N o 4> o f k e t „ A b i t o f f i l ] e r w a s n e e d ed
ese school are particularly known for V o l u m e II( indicating that the paper to complete the page, and the follow-i.
f„ wag f o u n d e d jn ig9i, The publica- ing was used: "What's the use in cal-tion
was advertised as "The Repres- ling her Isabelle when she isn't?"
entative Military Magazine of the Then follows another short story,
° n e ° . South," and the price of a 60-page centered around "the bathing grounds
issue was twenty cents. at Old Point" and the fast life there.
As one opens the magazine, for Diana, the heroine, is known for her
it was more then than a newspaper, skill in "the most graceful of dances,
guisneu "» >•<«» "'»•"»>•"- the f i r s t t h i n g that strikes his eye is the "West Point," and is consequent- 10 a u v o ( ; B l e mc
His Death of St. Francis " " „ , , . at .Sa. n.t a a short story dealing with a pure,ly1 ly a>lw ays in great, d, emand, .f or ,t,h e pi 'ecr,sBomnlai ul nirJ , lduee
Croce Cathedral, in Florence, is his , , ' „ „ r , u• ,, j •
their infusion of new life into the
worn-out Byzantine art.
Giotto of the Florentine school
ian art. Giotto made his figures stand
out from his paintings in a lifelike
manner. His paintings are distin-guished
for their dramatic feeling
so Greiner could stick out his neck!! v,K°r>
Greiner is inconsistent; he shined with The entire procedure was a faith-chevrons
himself only recently. We ful reproduction of the real Demo-want
NECK, all right, but not cratic Convention, and rigid conform-
GOOSE-NECK!!!" ity was observed in every detail. Na-
Hudgins Thrashes Hostile Candi- t. i o n a l i s s u e s w e r e discussed in the
dates. 1'gbt of their own party. Commitees
Candidate Hudgins thanked the au- adhered to the views of their own
dience for the ovation of boos with 1 s t a t e Po l icies in voting, thus the con-which
he was received, and proceeds v e n t i ° n was an accurate index of the
to advocate moderate militarism with
1 keynote. Grein-
(Continued On Page Flvel
best piece of work.
Massaccio, a fifteenth century Flor-entine
painter, lived only twenty-seven
years, but in that brief span
of years with only three or four paint- i ^ . ' - ^ e n ill"author' writes
ings he succeeded in changing the
local theme. Following this are two last dance, which was called in those
imposing feature stories, both of them days "Auf Wiedersehen." The illu- GOVERNMENT
dealing with military themes, and strations for "Diana" are particular-a
"pep talk" defining "company ly amusing.
enthusiasm." Truth is spoken in the After this comes a debate, "Resolv-
"To ed: That College Journalism Is Bene
INSPECTING
OFFICERS ARRIVE TODAY
entire current of Florentine painting. P,ut a l u k e w a™ captain at the head ficial to Those Immediately Concern-
HHue Wwa»ss aabbllee ttoo ddoo tthhiiss tthhrroouugghh hhiiss ° f * C O m p a n y 1 8 . h k e COr .k l n g a b°U1 .e a n d a di a l<*t story, "Little Mis-understanding
of linear and aerial
of champagne with a defective cork." Sus,
After these feature stories comes "Mulieri Non Gredendum Est," is
The regular annual Government
Inspection will start tomorrow and
will continue over the usual two-day
period. The Inspecting Officers will
be the same as last year. Lieutenant-
Colonel Charles S. Caffery will in-perspective,
whereby he made distant ,, , muuerl ureaenuum r.st, is Tnf a n trv Unit r iP„t«nHnt
ob, j.e cVt.s appear smal,l, er and. .d. immer in a de„t ailed, n,e w..s. s.t. ory' ,a nnouncing that ja lm l "as«te1 ri p' iaec«e udeenauliinigg wwnitnh itnhee ttrriiaallss p € 1 t h e l n t a n „t r y Unit, Lieut. enant-
,h•i s pai•n 5ti ngs. xF^r om ttuh-i s time on II.t, - th, e Bo. ard . of Visitors has ag.r e, ed, u„p o.n •a*n d tWriNb™ul»aUtiUoUns» oOfI aa bOIlOoCcKk- rluunnnneeri .
alian oainting split into two schools- t h e p l a n f o r a n eW m e m o r l a l h a l 1 t o Extracts are quoted:". . . .that night
(Continued On Page Two) , b e & memorial to "General Stonewall (Continued On Page Six)
Democratic party's present trend in
American politics.
If the results of the election of can-didates
are as reliable as they have
been in the past four previous meet-ings,
Governor Roosevelt will be the
Democratic choice for the presidency,
and former Governor Byrd of Vir-ginia
will be his running mate for
the office of vice-president.
The cadets who attended the con-vention
wish to extend their appre-ciation
to Mr. Morrison, president of
Colonel Frank K. Chapin will inspect the Washington and Lee student body
the Cavalry, and Major William H.f o r h i s k i nd invitation to attend such
Shepherd will inspect the Artillery.an instructive and interesting affair.