VMI Cadet. December 3, 1934

              Second Classmen Receive
Rings in Traditional
Figure
VOLUME xxvin LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1934
tttoanoke Alumni Give
Excellent Military
BaU
State AIEE To
Convene Here
December 7-8
Virginia Governor Leads Rival
Corps In March To Classic Game
Other State Officials Accompany Peery to Maher Field
Muddy Condition of Stadium Prevents Customary
Pre-Game Ceremonies; Large Crowd Watches
V. M. I. Men Will Take Active
Part on State Program to Be
Given Here This Week
Gen. Lejeune Will Speak
O'Riordan Prepares Paper on
Stroboscope, One of Recent
Engineering Developments
On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7
and 8, there is to be held a meet-ing
of the Southern Virginia Sec-tion
of the A. I. E. E. here at the
Virginia Military Institute. Mem-bers
of the convention will reg-ister
in Nicholas Engineer Hall
between the hours of three and six
o'clock on Friday afternoon. There
will be a Battalion Parade by the
Corps of Cadets at 4:45 p. m., for
their benefit.
Welcomes Delegates
Dinner will be served Friday
night in Ninety-Four Hall to those
guests of the V. M. I. branch of the
A. I. E. E. The Section Meeting
will be held in Nicholas Engineer-ing
Hall at eight o'clock that ev-ening
with Mr. E. L. Lockwood
presiding. At that time General
John A. Lejeune will give an ad-dress
of welcome to the delegates,
and Mr. C. M. Ripley, who is a
representative of the General Elec-tric
Company, will speak on the
topic "It Costs Less to be Modern."
Branch Meeting
The Student Chapter of the A. I.
E. E. will conduct a meeting Sat-urday
morning at nine-thirty.
The progra mfor the entire meet-ing
is as follows:
Friday:
3:00 to 6:00 p. m.—Registration
in Nicholas Engineering Hall.
4:45 p. m.—Battalion Parade.
7:00 p. m.—Dinner in Ninety-
Four Hall.
(Guests of the V. M. I. branch).
8:00 p. m.—Section meeting in
Nicholas Engineering Hall, E. L
Lockwood presiding.
Welcome by General John A. Le-jeune.
"It Costs Less to be Modern,"
Mr. C. M. Ripley, General Electric
Company.
Saturday:
9:30 a. m.—Branch meeting
Nicholas Engineering Hall. Cadet
F. B. Cavanaugh presiding.
Application of the Stroboscope,
Cadet C. F. O'Riordan.
In Application of Heaviside An-alysis,
Cadet I. G. Foster.
Fragments of V. M. I. History,
Cadet Wilson Couper.
Illustration of Synchronous Com-
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Roanoke, Va., November 29.—
Pre-game ceremonites took on a
new dignity and form today. De-parting
from usual custom the pro-cession
was led by the First citi-zen
of the State, Governor Peery,
and his party. At 1:15 o'clock the
Governor with his military escort
passed down Jefferson Avenue, Roa-noke's
main thoroughfare. Besides
the Governor's car there were oth-ers
containing officers of both the
State and Nation.
Military Lane
The Chief Executive was flanked
on one side by the V. M. I. Corps
and on the other by the V. P. I
Corps on his ride down Jefferson
Avenue. While passing he was
honored by hand salute from both
Corps.
Then the V. M. I. Corps fell in
behind the Governor for the march
to the Field for the game. The
V. P. I. band was next in the line of
march and was in turn followed by
the V. P. I. Corps. The entire
parade was over a mile long, and
was well worth the while of the
spectators who braved the bad
weather.
Ceremonies and formations at
the field were cut short because of
the rain and condition of the turf.
Both Corps marched straight to the
stands to await the opening whistle.
Yankee Club
Plans Dance
For Christmas
Will be Held in Colonnades
of Essex House; Casaloma
Orchestra Furnishes Music
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NUMBER 11
V F m m u e s Cadets
On Muddy Field 13-0
A I E E Holds
Third Meeting
Frost, Cavanaugh and Arnold
Give Interesting Discussions
For C h a p t e r Members
The third meeting of the V.M.I,
chapter of the A. I. E. E. was held
December 2, 1934 in Nicholas En-gineering
Hall with F. B. Cava-naugh
as presiding officer.
The first speaker, C. C. Frost,
spoke on improved lighting facili-ties
in factories. Meters no longer
have to be operated by means of
batteries, photo-electric cells are
used to generate the necessary en-ergy.
Indirect lighting has become
one of the greatest improvements.
It replaces the system of direct
light, and the eyestrain on the
workers is greatly decreased.
Vose Speaks
F. C. Vose gave an interesting
discussion of the scarcity of rad-ium
bringing out that there are
only about twenty-five ounces of
the element in the world. Belgium
has more than any other country,
and it occurs there in the impure
form of a grayish salt. Madame
Curie was absolutely a failure fin-ancially,
but she gave the world
pure radium. One of the foremost
experiments at present is on adium
and its effect on cancer. i
Chinese People Topic
"The Chinese People" was the
topic used by E. T. Arnold. He told
of the two distinct classes—coolies
and yellows—and of their struggle
for existence in cities. Opium took
a hold upon China, and the detri-mental
effects have grown serious.
Not until 1900 did the spread of
education reach any degree of rap-idity.
Infantry Takes
Second Drill
Edges out "F" Company to
Cop Closely Contested First
November 27.—Emerging from
the lower brackets where they
placed in the last competitive drill,
"B" and "F" Companies took first
and second places respectively in
the November inter-company com-petitive
drill held today. The re-sults
of this drill completely up-set
the company drill standings as
compared with last month with the
exception of "E" Company, which
placed sixth both times.
Scores 87.15 Points
"B" Company won with a score
of 87.15 points out of a possible
hundred. It was followed closely
by "F" Company with a score of
86.03 and "C" Company with 85.75,
while other companies trailed as
follows: "A" Company, 83.98;
"D" Company, 81.76; and "E" Com
pany, 78.48. The relative standings
of the companies last month were,
D, C, A, B, F, and E.
Maximum of 100
The drill for the past month was
so arranged as to have a maximum
possible score of a hundred points.
Of these points 26 were awarded
for drill by companies under com-mand
of the various company cap-tains.
The second portion was drill
by platoons with the platoon lieu-tenants
in command, for which 37
points were given for each platoon,
or a total of 74 possible points for
the platoon drill.
Second Classmen Receive Rings At
Traditional Ceremony; Dodson Leads
Inside Ninety-Four Hall sat many
people. Outside it was pouring rain
and through the windows flashes of
lightning could be seen. All were
waiting a n x i o u s l y , wondering
whether the rain would delay the
Figure. Suddenly the doors at the
lower end of the hall swung open.
There was a pause of hushed ex-pectancy
and to the strains of the
"Spirit" the couples came forth
lour abreast. Leading the Figure
were Richard Dodson with Miss
Alice Steidtmann and James Cul-peper
with Miss Frances Baldwin.
The assistant leaders were Thomas
White with Miss Isabel Fiske and
John deButts with his mother, Mrs.
Snydor deButts.
Figure Simple
The couples proceeded straight
toward the opposite end of the hall
until all were on the floor. Then
the couples on the right did a col-umn
right and those on the left
did a column left and marched
straight to the edges of the hall,
where they again turned and con-tinued
in the original direction
along the outer edges of the floor.
Meeting in the center of the upper
end of the hall, the couples came
back down the center of the floor,
once more four abreast, until they
werp opposite the chaperons' box.
There they did a column right and
ugain they split, this time forming
two large circles. Through neces-sity
very simple, the Figure was
beautiful in its simplicity.
Supreme Movement
And now came the moment for
which all had been waiting. The
couples came out of the circle and
formed two lines along the sides.
There was a momentary pause
while the orchestra changed its
tempo from the march to that of
the waltz. The arches were moved
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December 2.—Plans are now well
under way for the annual Christ-mas
dance of the V. M. I. Yankee
Club, which is to be held on Thurs-day
evening, December 27 in the
Colonnades of the Essex House in
New York City. The music is to
be furnished by Glen Gray and his
Casa Loma Orchestra, whose theme
song "Smoke Rings," is well known
to all the corps, and who features
the vocals of Kenny Sargent and
Pee-Wee Hunt, one of the hottest
singers on the air. Casa Loma Ss
well known for his famous Camel
Caravan programs and this pro-gram
is to be broadcast at nine
o'clock the evening of the dance.
Dance to be Formal
Most of the arrangements have
been made by a committee ap-pointed
from members of the V.M.I.
Yankee Club and a committee of
New York Alumni. Reservations
have been made for a large num-ber
and the expense item has been
well taken care of. There is to be a
small cover charge but absolutely
no minimum charge.
As in the past, the dress will be
formal. Mess jackets with tuxedo
pants are preferred but those who
do not have mess jackets may wear
complete tuxedo.
Fourth Enterprise
This is the fourth enterprise of
this kind lhat has been undertaken
by the Yankee Club. During the
past two summers they have given
dances at the St. Regis with music
by Myer-Davis and Freddy Martin
and last Christmas they held
dance at the Hotel Commodore
with music furnished by Isham
Jones and his Orchestra.
At all the previous dances there
has been a very large attendance
but it is believed that the attend-ance
at this dance will surpass that
of all those held before. So far,
reservations are far in advance of
those last year, and an even larger
number of Alumni is expect ed.
Many Applications
The selection of the Essex House
was made from a large numfter of
applications including the Hotel
Commodore, where the dance' was
held last year, the Hotel St. Regis,
and the Hotel Pennsylvania, where
Hal Kemp and his famous band .are
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Smith and Dickerson Make
Gobbler Touchdowns on Line
Plunges; V.P.I. Uses Breaks
Cadet Attack Falters
Wayt Clark Plays Best Game
of Season; Combines Fine
Defense Work and Kicking
w/>yr cunax
Episcopal Group
Holds Discussions
First Meeting of Year at Din-ner;
Evolution is Topic-
Inebriated Guest
Visits Biology Lab
We have heard about the Insti-tute
visitor who commandered a
horse and toured the parade ground
on the animal's back, but we think
that the visitor who strolled into
the biology laboratory and amused
the penalty workers with his in-spection
of the specimens there
rather outshone the actions of his
predecessor. For after the visitor
had sprawled on the rattlesnake's
cage and tormented the poor snakes
to the point of striging at every-thing
in view, he wandered off to
the corner of the room where the
laboratory's prize alligator was
taking his afternoon constitutional.
The visitor was under no apparent
delusions concerning the actuality
of thsi last find, for with one
swoop he had the struggling sau-rian
by the neck and at arm's
length, from which position he pro-ceeded
to feed his captive several
index cards before the creature
could be rescued. The visitor part-ed
with his new friend reluctantly,
and when last seen, he was strolling
Nonchalantly up the steps of the
Chemistry Building.
November 24.—The discussion
group, sponsored by Mr. Wright,
rector of the Robert E. Lee Me-morial
Chapel, after a year of in-activity,
opened the season for this
year with a dinned and round table
discussion this evening at the Rob-ert
E. Lee Hotel.
Unique Organization
This organization is unique in;
the group of denominal organiza--!
In a sea of mud at Maher Field
last Thursday, the Techmen of VPI
gained a 13-0 victory over a Keydet
team which could not click well in
the tight spots. The contest was
the 32nd annual game between the
two schools and brought out a Roa-noke
crowd of 10,000 in spite of the
unfavorable weather conditions.
Fumble and Blocked Kick
Both of the Gobbler touchdowns
came as results of the breaks of
the game against V. M. I. In the
second period with seven minutes
before the half, Penn fumbled on
his own 16-yard stripe and Dodge
fell on the pigskin for Tech. From
that point the V. P. I. eleven push-ed
through the mud toward the Ca-det
zero mark and in five plays had
tallied, Dickerson carrying the ball
over. Dave Jones converted from
placement for the extra point. Ben
Dodge again aide dthe Tech cause
when in the third period he fell on
Wayt Clark's kick which had been
blocked by Mac Banks on the V.M.I.
23. The heavy Tech team plowed
through the Keydet line and again
it took them five attempts to score.
(Captain George Smith crossed the
;goal line unmolested.
Passing Attack Impossible
For the first time in over five
years the Keydets and Gobblers
had a muddy field to play upon.
The Jield was in sue hpoor condi-tion
because of the steady rain
which had fallen upon it for four
days, that neither team was able to
tions at V. M. I. in that although exhibit much of an offense. It was
ilts members are all associated Jimpossible to run an end or pass
with the Episcopal Church, there is t(jhe slippery and water-soaked ball,
an equal number of visitors at each all of which had a bad effect upon
meeting, who do not necessarily tihe Squadron attack. Without the
have to be Episcopalians. Accord- Burd driving Urick in the lineup,
ing to members, it is this feature I 4J»e Big Red Team could not pro-
" ' ' tv Kjn-je much yardage by line plunges.
Seek Removal Of
Ban On Conf. R adio
December 3.—The beliej' that the
Southern Conference mi&ht lift its
restrictions on the broad< tasting of
Conference football games was ex-pressed
last night by Forrest
Fletcher, Director of Athletics at
Washington and Lee, and President
of the Southern Conf ere] nee.
Broadcasts Prohibited
At present the conference pro-hibits
the broadcasting of any reg-ularly
scheduled game in which a
Southern Conference tea m is a par-ticipant.
Among the problems to be con-sidered
by the conference, Mr.
Fletcher said, are the ovei-tures of
several schools of small otrgatniza-tions
for membership in the
Southern Conference. The couifei-.
ence will also vote on eligibility
rules as well as upon quesitioms re-lating
to junior colleges.
He pointed out that the scholas-tic
eligibility rule would be dis-cussed
at length and that, the pro-posal
to permit graduates., of junior
colleges to participate i n athletics
during their freshman year- at a
major school would be voted upon.
that makes the meetings totally
non-sectarian, and therefore more,
interesting discussions are obtain-ed.
After the dinner a topic is se-lected
and following the reading)
of an unbiased opinion on the sub--
ject, the meeting resolves itself )•
into a round table discussion in
which every person present is al-lowed
a certain time in which to
express his own views on the topic
selected.
Interesting Topic v
At the meeting this evening the
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TSBJ huge form of Carlyle Lowe
was much needed to stop the drives
of tShe beefy Tech backs.
Kicking Duel
The first period was mainly a
•kicking duel between Tech's fine
, punter, ISickerson, and Wayt Clark.
. Each teaw was waiting for a break
•on the kicks instead of attempting
'to gain ground on the offense dur-
'ing the opening quarter. Every
rman on the field was covered with
[ mud after the first play, making it
[ (Continued on page eight)
Roanoke Alumni G rive Military Ball;
Peery Awards Ti "ophy To V.P.I. Team
Roanoke, Va., November 29.—i ij
week-end of military dances starte
with a bang here tonight. The an i-|
nual Military Ball was the best al t-j
tended of any ever held. The rei
son for this was discernible with a
glance at Enoch Light and his C B>-
lumbia broadcasting o r c h e s t r a.
Enoch was every bit as good
advance notices had stated. N (ot
ihe least attraction was Mary Dr in-si,
the torch singer, judging fr »m
the crowd which stayed close all
evening. "Lazy Bill" Hudgins, the
home town by who made good, in
the big city, came back and cr-< jott-ed
tor the home towners.
Smith Gets Cup
The Ball started at nine o'cllock
and was in full swing at nine-thir-ty.
About aen-fifteen the dancej
was interrupted for the presenta-tion
of the trophy to the Captain
of the winning team. Governor
Peery made a short speech | of pre-sentation
and gave the beautiful
<rup to Captain George Smith of
T. P. I. Smith had little to say but
when cheered on by his schoolmates
answered the call in noble fashion.
The State's Chief Executive was
introduced by Mayor Seifert of
Roanoke. V. P. I. obtained per-manent
possession of the cup.
Crowded Floor
The momentary halt did nothing
to lessen the crowd and the dance
went on. At train time the strag-glers
were still coming in.
At eleven-thirty some kind soul
made a turnout to the effect that
V. M. I. men had better leave to
catch the train. Thus a reluctant
Corps turned their thoughts home-ward
and made a dash for the
check room. Here they met with
some delay for its staff was not
able to cope with the sudden de-mand
and some of the last failed
t£> make the train.