VMI Cadet. May 24, 1937

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First Classmen Choose
Varied Occupations
Of Boxing Still Un-decided
Here
VOLUME XXX LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1937 NUMBER 30
Council To Decide
On Boxing Question
Spring Sports Monograms To
Be Passed On By
Body
Final Boxing Vote
Next Year's Cadet Editor To
Be Elected
The fate of intercollegiate box-ing
at VMI will be settled once
and for all tomorrow when the
Athletic Council holds its regular
spring meeting. At a previous
meeting, arguments were presented
by both dides, but the Council
deferred acftion until a later time
in order to give members a chance
io consider the matter. '
At the last meeting, sentiment
in the Council as a whole was re
ported to be strongly opposed to
any continuance of boxing here.
Petitions and reports were ad-vanced
by the boxers, led by Ran-dolph
Whittle, captain of last
year's squad, but it was said that
if a vote had been taken at the
time, the sport would have been
abandoned, and the only conces-sion
the proponents of boxing
could secure was a postponement
of a vote.
Fight Looms
Although from all indications it
seemed likely today that boxing
' ould be dropped, it is probable
at some fight will be made in
lense of the sport when the
Jouncil meets. Nothing oould be
learned as to whether or not the
individual members of the Coun-cil
were opposed at the March
meetings have changed their mind
in regard to the subject.
Boxing was dropped • at VMI fol
lowing the tragic death of Cadet
William Eastham as the result of
injuries sustained in a match with
Mike Lombardo, Maryland firghter.
The accident caused a wave of
comment from both critics and de-fenders
of the sport all over the
•ountry.
Other Business
Besides a decision on boxing,
*ber regular business will be
.Italt with by the Council tomor-row.
Monograms in all spring
sports will be awarded, and the
editor of next year's "VMI Cadet"
will be selected. The meeting is
the last regularly scheduled for the
C uncil for this year.
Methodist Cadets
*oijoy Hay Ride
•
.-pproximately thirty Cadets at-tended
a hay ride given to Metho-dist
Cadets by the Trinity Metho-dist
church of Lexington. The Ca-dets
left barracks about 3:15 Sat-urday
afternoon and returned at
9:30. There were two trucks and
a school bus that met the Cadets
at Barracks and then went to the
Methodist church to pick up the
girls and the food. From the church
the party drove to Cave Mountain
ake, a beautiful little lake that
was made by the Civilian Conser-vation
Corps just a few miles out-ride
of Glasgow.
When the party arrived at Cave
u'ountain Lake they were at lib-erty
to do as they pleased from
then until supper at six. Various
groups formed and scattered, some
climbing the mountain trails, some
walking along the edge of the lake,
and a few just sitting around wait-ing
for the call to supper. At six
the party assembled and after a
short blessing by Dr. Aaron the
party enjoyed an excellent and
plentiful supper. After supper the
party scattered again and wander-ed
around until 7:20 when they as-
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Speaker
(Courtesy Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Richmond, Va-, May 15—Maj-or-
General Charles E. KUbourne
is shown above as he was mak-ing
the New Market Day ad-dress
before the Richmond
VMI Alumni chapter. The new
Superintendent has been in
great demand as a speaker.
A.S.C.E. Hears
Experts Talk
Government And Slate Offl
cials Lecture To Engin-eers
The, last meeting of the VMI
student chapter of the ASCE was
held Saturday morning, May 22 in
Nichols Engineering Hall. Cadet D.
C. Hastings, president of the VMI
chapter presented the first guest
speaker, Mr. J. C. Hoyt, an engineer
with the United States Geological
Survey and a past director and
past vice-president of the ASCE.
Mr. Hoyt is an authority on stream
flow and water resources and his
address centered upon the five
main water problefs which confront
the engineer: water supply, irriga-tion,
water power, wate for indus-try,
and flood control. The latter
being of timely interest, he spoke
at length on that topic, suggest-ing
the abandonment of flood areas
as homes and their conversion into
parks to which floods could be of
little damage.
Mr. J. J. Dirzulaitis, District En-gineer
for the United State Geolo-gical
Survey, Chief Engineer of the
Virginia State Conservation, and
Development Commission, a prom-inent
member of the American So-ciety
of Civil Engineers, and an
expert on surface and ground wat-ers
was the second guest speaker.
He expressed regret that more law
was not included in the engineer-ing
student's curriculum. He also
said that there was an abundance
of opportunities available for
young engineers in the field of
water supply, especially in re-search.
Last Issue Of Cadet
The Cadet, after this issue,
suspends publication for the of-ficial
year until the Finals ex-tar.
This year's editor, C. B.
Goolrick, will still have charge.
The Final extra will be a
limited edition of four pages and
will be distributed in Barracks
immediately following the Final
Formation on the Hill at the
cost of twenty cents to each
Cadet.
Government Inspection Unusual Success;
Cadets Units Show Well In Maneuvers
Lieutenant-Colonels Glass, Connor, And Davis-View Cadet
Military Activities Critically
May 21—The annual government
inspection of the Virginia Military
Institute ended here today with a
field problem in which all mem-bers
of the school service units
were represented. The inspectors
this year were Lieutenant-Colonel
Daniel Connor for the Field Ar-tillery;
Lieutenant-Colonel Glass,
for the Cavalry, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Davis for the Infantry.
Thursday's program included
classroom work by all memlbers of
the Corps, close order drill, and in
the afternoon, a Garrison Review.
Colonel Withers A. Burress, Com-mandant
of Cadets, made a
special turnout in the Mess Hall
through the First Capt. compliment-ing
his charges on their excellent
showing during the day.
Friday morning was a repetition
of the preceding day, but in the
afternoon the practical value of
Institute training was illustrated to
the Inspecting officers in the suc-cessful
working of a field prob-lem
on White's Farm. The prob-lem
concerned the workings of the
Advance Guard and enemy "Delay-ed
Action." The Cavalry unit rep-resented
the enemy, and a battery
of Field Artillery and several com-panies
of Infantry were the ad-vancing
army of friendly troops.
The orders published announcing
the official rating of the various
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Memorial Day
Parade Here
Holiday On 31st To Be Boon
To Studious
Cadets
Memorial Day this year will
come on Monday the 31st of May.
This day will be the first day in
the Final Examination week. This
day, being a holiday for the Insti-tute,
will afford all of the boys
to have an extra day to study be-fore
their first examination. As
usual, the Corps will have their
Memorial Day parade in the
morning.
This year the parade will follow
along the same lines as those of
preceding ones. The Corps will be
divided into two sections. There
will be a field Artillery battery
and a body of infantry which will
be made of men in the different
units who are not on the battery.
The formation will be turned out
around ten o'clock Monday morn-ing
and will arrive at the Lexing-ton
cemetery about eleven o'clock.
The infantry will precede the bat-tery
and the route of march will
be from barracks along Letcher
Avenue to the gates of the Wash-ington
and Lee campus. From
there the infantry will turn up
Henry Street to Main Street and
will proceed along this street to
the Cemetery. The return route
of march will be the same as the
initial route.
The infantry will, of course, be
in full dress uniform and will
carry arms. The battery will have
on mounted full dress uniform. The
rate of march will be quick-time
march throughout the entire pa-rade.
The two platoons of "B" Com-pany
will fire a salute at eleven
o'clock inside of the Cemetery in
front of Jackson's statue. The re-mainder
of the infantry will form
in plantoon fronts facing the Cem-etery.
This portion of the infan-
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Finance Comm
Sends Permit
Permit Sent To Supt. Office;
Approval Necessary By
New Regulation
W. H. Hastings, chairman of the
Second Class Finance Committee
for the coming year, has announc
ed that permits for the operation
of the various concessions usually
handled by this organization have
been submitted to the Superintend-ent's
office for approval. No word
has yet been received of action
upon them but a definite report is
expected by the early part of next
week according to Colonel Edwards
who is associated with the Finance
Committee in its work.
The business concessions to be
handled the next school term will
be much the asme as those of this
year. They include the following:
the sale of flowers, newspapers,
magazines, stationery, Christmas
cards, and rat rings. The operation
of movies in J. M. Hall, and of
the Blue Room in the Gymnasium
during the Hops is also on the list
of activities. Tom Moseley, in
charge of the latter project, has
announced that his permit has al-ready
been approved and that plans
are being considered for providing
cushions for the hard, bare benches
that line the walls of the refresh-ment
room. The operation of this
concession is under the supervi-sion
of the Hop Committee.
Rat Rings
Until this year the sale of Rat
rings in barracks has been handled
privately, but present plans call
for the inclusion of this enterprise
in the Finance Committee's work.
In the past this business has prov-ed
to be a most successful one due
t<J the almost unanimous demand
for these rings among the Fourth
Classmen.
The contract for Christmas cards
for the next Yuletide season has
been let to the Charles Elliott Co.,
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First Classmen Plan Careers;
50% Have Definite Occupations
The following list should denote
something—what it denotes de-pending
on several things which
are not absolutely essential at this
point. It is interesting, however,
to point out some facts that have
probably escaped public notice up
to this time. For instance: there
are the same number of men in
the Chemistry and Liberal Arts de-partments,
twenty-seven; also, and
this will be of special interest to
the proverbial hay-hounds of the
L. A. Department who object to
being referred to as the "crip de-partment"
there is an equal num-ber,
sixteen, in each department
who are undecided about their
course of action after graduation
this June. The E. E.'s have the
highest percentage of success, since
everyone in a section of six has de-finite
plans for the future. Gen-eral
Electric and Westinghouse are
taking on four men, which seems
to indicate that the E. E. men are
upholding an excellent record of
long standing in this department.
Out of a total of thirty-one men in
the C. E. Department, only seven
are undecided or uncertain. To sum
up the above results, which, by the
way, are not guaranteed nor in-fallible
over fifty per cent of
a class of ninety-one have definite
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Alumni Plan Finals;
McCarthyMay Resign
Alumni Secretary May Resign To Take New Post;
Alumni President Easley Is Finals Speaker;
Many Grads Expected To Return
Resignation Rumored
(Courtesy Richmond News Leader)
May Accept Post With
George Abbott
May 24—Although unwilling to
confirm officially any reports, it is
almost definitely known here that
the resignation of Frank McCarthy
'33, this year's Secretary of the
General Alumni Association, would
be forthcoming within the next
few days. Recently he has receiv-ed
several offers of great import-ance,
and it is a virtual certainty
that he will accept one of them.
Elected Secretary
McCarthy returned to the Insti-tute
in his present capacity follow-ing
the resignation of Frank Sum-mers
who accepted the position of
head-coach at Randolph Macon
College. Since this fall, the Alum-ni
Association under the executive
ability of McCarthy has made more
real progress than it has ever
made before. The Association Fund
has surpassed any of its predeces-sors
in point of interest and amount
the newly incorporated VMI Foun-dation
could lay the responsibility
of its birth at the door of the Alum-ni
Hall where McCarthy has his
office, and the Alumni News has
reached a new high in excellence.
Unofficially the Alumni Secretary
has achieved an equal amount of
success.
Off the records, Frank McCar-thy
has probably contributed as
much to the Corps of Cadets as any
man has ever done before. He has
aided in the plans and completion
of various class shows, publications
and even the planning of this year's
ring figure. As a Cadet, he was
one of the most active men in the
Barracks; He served as chairman
of the '33 Second Class Finance
Committee, cadet captain, editor of
the "Bomb," Hop Committee busi-ness
manager, director of the Sec-ond
Class show, and finally, the
Cincinnati medalist. The authorship
of various songs such as "Buck-ling
on My Boots and Spurs" may
be traced to the versatile McCar-thy.
WiUi Theatrical Producer
The position which McCarthy
will accept if he resigns his pres-ent
post is with the Broadway
theatrical producer, George Abbott,
of "Brother Rat," "Three Men On
A Horse," and "On Your Toes,"
fame, ln need of a public rela-tions
manager, Abbott has found
the personality of McCarthy fitted
for the job's requirements. The
first assignment for the new pub-
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Bigger Crowd Than Usual
Expected At Head-quarters
Committee Elections
Class Reunions To Reunite
Corps Instead Of Mere
Classes
VMI Alumni in many parts of
the nation are making plans for
their annual pilgrimage to Lexing-ton
and considering questions which
must be decided when they arrive
at the Institute for Finals, June 12-
16th.
Advance indications show that
more alumni will be present to
witness the graduation of the Class
of 1937 than at any other in the
past, according to Frank McCarthy,
Secretary of the Alumni Associa-tion.
Annual Business Session
At their annual business meeting
in Jackson Memorial Hall on June
14, the former cadets must elect
a president for the year 1937-1938.
Officiating at the meeting will be
Former Senator James S. Easley,
Class of 1904, under whose leader-ship
the the Association has made
marked progress in every field, and
who will long be remembered for
his efforts in behalf of the VMI
Fundation, which was incorporated
this year. John C. Hagan, former
president of the Association and
associated with Mr. Easley in plan-ning
the fund, is President of the
Foundation.
At the same meeting, the alutnni
will elect five members to tlieir
Executive Committee. These men
will replace W. B. Bowles, '13, Har-ry
deButts, '16, J. L. Dillard, '9t5,
G. H. Miller, '24, and W. G. Tal-man,
'31, whose terms expire af
Finals.
On the social side, sixteen classes
will be in official reunion, while
numerous others will hold informal
reunions. Those who gather under
the Dix System, which aims to re-unite
whole corps rather than in-dividual
classes dnly will be '35,
'34,' 33, '32, '31, '15. '14, '13, '12, '96,
'95, '94, '93, '77, '76 and '75.
President To Report
The annual report of the Presi-dent,
usually presented at the Fin-als
meeting of the Association, will
be published this year in the last
issue of The Alumni News. The
magazine is now on the press and
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Ray Frye Signed For N. Va.
Club Dance
May 21—Arrangements are rap-idly
completed for the Northern
Virginia Club's summer dance to
be given • in the Pot and Kettle
Hall at Culpepper, Va., Thursday,
June 17 from ten until two. After
communicating with four bands
from that section, the dance com-mittee
of the club decided on Ray
Frye and his Virginians from Har-risonburg.
This orchestra is well
known in Northern Virginia not
only through the many dances for
which it plays, but also because of
its frequent broadcasts over Station
WSVA in Harisonburg. The eleven
piece band played here in Lexing-ton
for the 1937 President's Ball
last January.
The Pot and Kettle Club Hall is
aibout two miles outside of Culpep-per
and is right next door to Wil-liams'
Tea Room.