VMI Cadet. October 5, 1937

              McCarthy To Edit
Year Book
VOLUME XXXI LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 1937 NUMBER 3
Squadron
In Comeback
Win Over
W-M Indians
William And Mary
Leads VMI Al
Half 9-6
Shu Comes Thru
In Uphill Battle Fighting
Squadron Goes On
To Win
By SNAKE SCARBURGH
The Fighting Squadron broke
into the win column in Norfolk
Saturday on the new Foreman
Field at the expense of Branch
Bocock's William and Mary In-dians
20-9. Paul Shu, versatile
sophomore halfback, thrilled 3,500
spectators as he reeled off two
touchdowns, whipped a neat pass
to Bud Kovar for the third and
added two more points with place-kicks.
Phil Chapman, 150-pound
package of dynamite made his de-but
as a varsity player for VMI
early in the first quarter and play-ed
a large part in the Keydets first
scoring drive, picking up 31 yards
in two plays to put the ball on
the Indians 12 yard stripe and
made repeated gains throughout
the game.
The William and Mary eleven
made a strong bid for its initial
Southern Conference game and led
at the half 9-6 but could not cope
with the Squadron attack in the
closing quarters as Pooley Hubert
was presented with his first vic-tory
as VMI's head coach. The
Indians made practically all their
yardage through the air, using
passing attack that had the Cadet
backfield guessing. Otis Bunch,
spearhead of the Indian attack,
passed 28 yards to Johnny Coiner
to put the ball in scoring position
on VMI's 14 yard line early in
the second quarter from where
Lloyd Phillips marched to the goal
line after chalking up a first down.
The Fighting Squadron held for
three downs but Phillips went
over for the Indians' lone touch-down
on the fourth.
Squadron Scores First
The first quarter was all VMI.
Red Echols kicked off for the Key
dets with PhiUips taking it on
his own 26. The Indians soon
found out that the Squadron's line
wasn't to be trifled with so Bunch
kicked on his second down. On
the next play Paul Shu showed
the Indians what they had to put
up with all afternoon when he
dashed through right tackle for 28
yards and then three plays later
he sliced off right guard for 11
more but VMI was offside and the
ball called back.
The Indian line tightened and
Shu punted. Bunch punted on his
second down and VMI gained 22
yards on the exchange. Shu
broke loose again for 30 yards but
officials ruled VMI was holding.
Another exchange of punts fol-lowed
and then the Squadron
started its first touchdown drive.
Shu picked up 3 yards off right
tackle and Phil Chapman added
11 more and a first down. Shu
then tossed a pass to Andy Trze-ciak
which was knocked down but
was allowed because of interfer-ence.
Chapman raced around
right end for a nice gain of 20
yards to plant the oval on the
Indian 14. Shu advanced it to the
12 and then he followed perfect
interference around left end for
the touchdown. His placement for
extra point was blocked by Dil-lard
Near the end of the first
stanza Shu fumbled a pass from
center on his own goal line which
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Tentative
Plans For i
Rich. Trip Are
Revealed
Richmond Alumni
Plans Not Yet
Complete
Oct. 5.—Col. Burress announced
today that as far as he was able
to foresee the Corps trip to Rich-mond
this year would probably
follow, in general, about the same
procedure that it did last year.
The only difference that is evident
so far is the fact that as yet the
Corps has not received any word
from the Capital City VMI Club
about plans for the entertainment
of Cadets other than the invitation
extended them to come. Last year,
it will be remembered, the Alumni
of Richmond extended their weL
come in every way imaginable to
make the Cadets as comfortable as
possible and to furnish them with
as much entertainment as the city
afforded. This year however, no
such plans have been as yet forth-coming,
and unless they are the
Cadets will have to arrange their
own entertainment.
Approximate Plans
If last year's schedule is fol-lowed,
the Corps will leave East
Lexington about midnight Friday,
Oct. 15, and will arrive at the
Main Street Station at 6:30 Satur-day
morning. After a check roll
call the Corps will be dismissed
until the game formation at 1:30
that afternoon. Following the
game it is presumed that the
Cadets will be allowed to pursue
their own interests until about 10
o'clock the following morning
when they will form at the sta-tion
to entrain for Lexington
which they will reach, if nothing
goes wrong, at about 5 that after-noon.
Purely Tentative
It is to be remembered, how-ever,
that all of the foregoing is
tentative until orders come from
Headquarters confirming it or def-initely
making new plans. In the
latter case notice will probably
come out in time for all men to
make their arrangements.
Kilbourne Inaugural Draws Large Crowd;
Distinguished Guests Add Color to Affair
Gen. Lejeune Turns Over to Gen. Kilbourne
McCarthy Comes
Into Year Book
Inheritance
Oct. 1—At a meeting of the Sec-ond
Class held in the J. M. Hall
tonight, W. H. McCarthy of Rich-mond
was elected Editor of the
1939 BOMB. Bill Irving, president
of the class presided at the meet-ing
assisted by Pat Riddleberger,
class historian. A large group of
nominees were selected and after
they were sent from the hall many
members of the class participated
in a discussion of their merits.
Member Of Finance Committee
McCarthy, a brother of Frank
McCarthy, is a member of the
Second Class Finance Committee
in charge of the sale of class rings.
During the next few days he will
confer with representatives of
yearbook companies who are stay-ing
in Lexington on business with
the 19Q8 BOMB staff. The busi-ness
manager for the 1939 BOMB
will probably be elected by the
class of "39 within the next week.
Second Class Show
Following the election' of the
BOMB editor the class discussed
a few phases of the General Com-mittee
Rules. Irving said that two
new rules concerning old cadets
have been added this year. He al-so
reminded the class of the Sec-ond
Class show to be given at
Easter, asking that anyone
having suggestions for it bring
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The above picture is of General
Lejeune just before he turned over
his official duties as Superintend-ent
of the VMI to his successor,
General Kilbourne. In the center
is Captain Robert Massie, presi-dent
of the Institute Board of Vis-itors,
who had an important posi-tion
in the two-day ceremonies
surrounding the Inaugural exer-cises.
Immediately after this pic-ture
was taken the Corps of Cadets
staged a Garrison Review in honor
of the old and new Superintend-ents.
Cut Courtesy ROANOKE
TIMES (Carroll Martin, photogra-pher).
Life Of Major-General Charles E. Kilbourne Is Reviewed
Famous Son of VMI Returns As Superintendent To Crown Long Career
By FRED ADAMS
ffi-
Major-General Charles Evans
Kilbourne, on this last Oct. 1,
changed places with Major-Gen-eral
John Archer Lejeune on the
reviewing stand and with that ac-tion
officially became VMI's sixth
Superintendent since the founding
of the school on Nov., 11, 1839. It
is appropriate that General Le-jeune's
successor should be a man
who served under him in his divi-sion
in the Great War and at the
same time is an alumnus of VMI
and a member of the class of 1894
which has already furnished one
superintendent, General Cocke. Is
it not appropriate that he should
be a man who has already distin-guished
himself in his chosen pro-fession
by being the only Ameri-can
soldier who wears the Dis-tinguished
Service Cross, the Dis-tinguished
Service Medal, the
Philippine Congressional Medal,
and the Congressional Medal of
Honor? Now he has returned to his
alma mater to guide the destinies
of VMI into and through the sixth
period of her notable history, and
it is not hard to believe that he
will be a most creditable asset if
the past is. any indicative at all
of the future.
Brilliant VMI Record
June of the year 1894 during the
great panic witnessed the gradua-tion
of Cadet Lieutenant Charles
Evans Kilbourne, standing second
in his class as the Second Jackson
Hope medalist with a B. S. degree
in Civil Engineering. Thus began
a life soon to be devoted to activi-ty
and accomplishments. The year
of his graduation young Kilbourne
went to New Mexico where he
worker first as a surveyor then
as an instructor in a small mili-tary
school. Soon afterwards he
began to work for the weather
bureau and continued it until
1896 when he joined the Volun-teer
Signal Corps.
Spanish-American War
He was comrmissioned a Second
Lieutenant in he Signal Corps on
May 20, IMS, and was sent to the
Philippines where he actively en-gaged
in the Spanish-American
war, taking part in the capture of
Manilla, and later in subduing the
Philippine Insurrection, in opera-tions
in Cavite, Laguna and Bul-can
Provinces, in the Boxer cam-paign,
China, in the relief of the
Legation in Peking, China, in 1900,
and in operations in the Southern
Sulus. He was later awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor, the
highest decoration that can be
conferred upon a soldier of the
United States, "for most distin-guished
gallantry in action" at
Paco Bridge, P. I., on Feb. 5, 1899,
when in the face of enemy fire
he climbed a telephone pole and
cooly and competently repaired a
broken wire, thus reestablishing
GeneralCommittee
Reveals Rule
Change
Sept. 29—Al Fiedler, President
of the First Class and the Gen-eral
Committee, has instituted two
important additions to this year's
General Committee Rules.
"Booing"
All "booing" in the barracks,
which at times has proved embar-assing
to other Cadets and their
guests, will be dealt with severly.
The majority of the Corps has
long been ashamed of this harm-less,
though ungentlemanly past-time.
It was also made known
that there will be a rule concern-ing
the use of the electric razors
in barracks during certain hours
of the day. This ruling has become
necessary due to the interference
with radio reception.
Printed copies of the General
Committtee Rules are to be dis-tributed
In barracks early next
week. All Rats are cautioned to
read these rules and their Rat
Bibles carefully. There is to be
a General Committee meeting in
the very near future.
communications with the front."
He was given a commission in the
regular army in 1899 and saw more
service in the Islands, after most
of the fighting had subsided, as
city property officer of Manilla
and in charge of the Fire and Sani-tary
departments. Following the
relief of the Legation in Pekin, he
was appointed Chief of Police in
the American sector of the Chin-ese
city.
Returns To States
In 1901 Kilbourne returned to
the United States and was pro-moted
to the grade of a first lieu-tenant.
He transferred from the
infantry to the artillery on March
17, 1902. Rising rapidly in rank
he held successive positions in
swift order. He was an honor
graduate of the Artillery School,
followed by the position of Ad-jutant
of Ft. Monroe, then com-manding
Fort Andrews, Boston
harbor. He was a member of the
Artillery Board and took the 35th
Company to the Philippine Islands
where he established the first ar-tillery
garrison in defense of Man-ila
Bay.
Manila Again, Pirates
Captain Kilbourne was detailed
inspector for the Philippine Con-stabulary
in 1909 and in that cap-acity
he visited all parts of the
islands of Luzon, Mindano, and
Sulu. A little later he took a prom-inent
part in suppressing a mutiny
of the Kalnyor Igorotes and soon
thereafter helped to a major de-gree
in the obliteration of a band
of Hadjii and Sulu pirates.
States, General Staff
Returning to this country again
after an absence of two years he
served on the General Staff for
two details, 1911-1913, 1915-1919. At
the entrance of the United States
into the World War he was tem-porarily
made a brigadier-general
to become Chief of Staff of the
89th Division which he took over-seas
to England and then France
in the winter of 1917-1018, seeing
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Lejeune And
Kilbourne Honored
By High Ranking
Officials, Alumni,
And Cadets
By L. E. HUDGINS
The Inauguration exercises that
marked the end of a successful
eight year reign as Superintendent
for General John A. Lejeune and
opened a new chapter in the life
of General Charles E. Kilbourne
got underway Thursday afternoon
in J. M. Hall, when Captain Green-lee
Letcher presented VMI with
a portrait of General Lejeune.
Captain Letcher was introduced
by Mr. A. W. Robertson, Repres-entative
to Congress from this dis-trict.
The portrait, a fine lifelike
oil work, was painted by Mrs.
Lillian Simpson of St. Louis. Al-though
Mrs. Simpson did not have
General Lejeune sit for the por-trait,
the likeness of the General
was strikingly true. At the close
of Captain Letcher's speech of
presentation, the portrait was un-veiled
by Cadet Captain Powell.
Reception Gay Affair
On Thursday night, October 1,
many of the* leading personages in
the national and state government
gathered in '94 Hall to honor both
General Lejeune and General Kil-bourne
at a reception. The hall
was gaily decorated with flags
and evergreens that presented a
striking background for the many
noted personages present. General
Bowley, commander of the Third
Corps Area, General Holcomb,
commandant of the Marine Corps,
and Lieutenant Governor Price, the
Democratic nominee for Governor,
together with many noted educa-tors
filled the hall for the memor-able
occasion.
Navy Band lurnishes Music
Music for the reception was fur-nished
by the United States Navy
Band which came direct from
Washington to play. The band was
excellent and caused much favor-able
comment among the assemb-lage.
During the reception refresh-ments
were served, and the floor
committee under Captain McNeal
performed their job exceedingly
well.
Ceremonies In J. M. Hall
In J. M. Hall Friday morning, the
Inaugural ceremony officially open-
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Gen. Kilbourne
Addresses Corps
First Time
Oct. 2—Speaking today to the en-tire
corps gathered in Jackson
Memorial Hall, General Kilbourne
made his first official talk as Sup-erintendent.
Speaking in an in-formal
manner, General Kilbourne's
talk was sprinkled with a word
of advice to rats and upper class-men
as well. Speaking to the rats
"your worst two weeks are past;
it is now up to you to stick out
your year of 'probation' here at
the Institute," and to the upper
classmen General Kilbourne ad-vised,
"it is your duty to set an
example for the new cadets and
lend them your encouragement
and assistance."
General Kilbourne ended his
talk with some "good news." He
announced that the Board of Vis-itors
had accepted his suggestion
that the Corps go to Richmond this
year due to the fact that the ma-jority
of the cadets desired to go
to Richmond this year instead of
Charlottesville.