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Hep Committee To Poll Barricks On Swing W. & L., V. M. I., U. of Va., H.-S. C. Dance Dates Conflict VOLUME XXXI No. 2778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1938. NUMBER 19 Underdog Grapplers Capture Southern Conference Crown Legislature To Appropriate Funds For New Library, Centennial Celebration; J. W. Johns To Raise Additional Money Increase Seen for General Operation, Academic Equip. Library Plans Altered To Meet New Estimate By ALEX MORRISON In a recent interview the super-intendent stated that the appro-priations committee af the General Assembly has approved the in-creased appropriation tor "general operations" at VMI. The budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938 includes an increase of ap-proximately $11,000 under this item. Academic Equipment Included For the purchase of additional equipment for the academic de-partments the proposed appropria-tion is $27,000 for the next two years. This allotment represents an increase of about $10,000 over the last two years. Library Plans Changed The amount allowed for the new library is about three-fifths of the original estimate, and in order to come within this allowance the size of the library will necessarily be reduced. The original plans called for a building 211 feet in length, but the reduced appropria-tion will require a corresponding alteration in length to 180 feet. The arrangements have been retained, and the original seating capacity of 240 will not be changed. The base-ment floor will perhaps have to be left partly unfinished, and it will be necessary to borrow money to make up the $100,000 not carried out in the appropriations bill. Committee's Attitude Encouraging "A most encouraging sign," said General Kilbourne, "is the evidence of friendliness to our school by Delegates and Senators. There was not a dissenting vote in the com-mittee on the proposal to increase certain appropriations and# to grant $10,000 towards expenses of the Centennial celebration in 1939. This is the first time the state has ever appropriated funds for a college centennial." Mr. Jay Winston Johns, Chair-man of the Centennial Committee, has said that he can raise any ad-ditional money over the appropria-tion necessary to meet the expenses of the many phases of the cele-bration. The following tentative plans have been submitted by the Board of Visitors as a basis for the prep-aration of estimates: "The VMI WiU be Heard From—" New Market Day, May 15, 1939, is to be devoted to the memory of the services to the Confederacy of the Cadet Corps and the former Cadets of the Institute. The plan contemplates the re-enactment the morning, of the departure of the Corps, under Major T. J. Jack son for Richmond for the purpose of acting as drill instructors to the hastily assembling volunteers. This will include also a pageant partici-pated in by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Con-federate Veterans, who in appro-priate costumes will represent the patriotic citizens of Lexington, Va., assembled to witness the departure of the Corp6 and cheer the cadets on their way. Appropriate ceremonies at the resting place of Generals Lee and Jackson also are contemplated. In the afternoon, following a luncheon in the mess hall for guests it is planned to reenact so much (Continued on Page 4) j Col. Bates9 Classes See Insulin Shock At Insanity Clinic Pre-Meds And Liberal Artists Visit Staunton Hospital March 5—The First and Second Class pre-medical and liberal arts sections and a few of the chemistry students Journeyed to Staunton on Saturday afternoon to attend the clinic sponsored by Dr. DeJarnette, superintendent of the Western State hospital for the insane. Col-onel Robert L. Bates, professor of philosophy • and psychology, and Major Robert P. Carroll, assistant professor of biology, who accomp-anied the sections, were in charge of the trip. Clinic Is Annual Affair The clinic is held once a year to show the students of state col-leges various examples of insanity existing among the 2,400 patients in the Staunton institution. Several of the types of insanity that were shown were paresis, incomplete paralysis, dementia praecox, a form of insanity developing usually in late adolescence, and characterized by loss of interest in people and things and incoherence of thought and action, paranoia, a chronic mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions of persecu-tion and of one's own greatness, and mental depressive psycosis. Two Patients Given Insulin The clinic opened with the intro-duction of insulin into two patients who were in a coma when the in sulin was injected into their bodies. The effect of the sugar upon them, in the weakened condition that they were, caused such a severe shock that their minds were clear ed. Insulin has been discovered only recently as a medicine for in-sanity. One unusual case that the stud-ents were shown was that of a young man of 24 who lost his memory on Feb. 3, and who can-not remember a single thing that ever happened to him up until that day. Dr. DeJarnette, who is one of the outstanding authorities on insanity in the state, said that out of 21,000 cases which he has attended, this loss of memory is the first that he has encountered. Among other schools sending students to the clinic were Wash-ington and Lee, the University of Virginia, Madison College and Mary Baldwin. Doctors and pro-fessors from each of these schools also attended. Ramey Heads New Publicity Department Boyer Supervises NYA Men In New Set-Up; Office To Be In '94 Hall March 7—Major Medford G. Ramey has been named by the Superintendent to handle all pub-licity relating to the Institute with the exception of Colonel Read's in-tercollegiate athletic publicity. Captain Dayhuff Former Head The new organization under Ma-jor Ramey will assume essentially the same duties formerly carried on by Captain Charles E. Dayhuff, who left the Institute in 1936, and will expand its scope to include every department possible. Offices In Gymnasium With the financial support of the Alumni Association the new agen-cy is establishing its headquarters in the gymnasium, where an here-tofore inaccessible room will be utilized through the construction of a catwalk from the Intramural of-fices. The office will be equipped to provide ample f a c i l i t i es for the work of a staff of report-ers and typists. D. P. Boyer Is Cadet Supervisor The personnel of the publicity bureau will consist of cadets from the National Youth Administration rolls, and will be directed by Ca-det Donald P. Boyer, Jr. Harry Dunton of the second class will be chief typist. Reporters have been assigned to cover the fields in which they are especially interest-ed and qualified to cover, and in-clude: W. S. McMann, D. G. Van Horn, R. H. Barnes, P. B. Coldiron, J. E. Hensley and J. L. Meem. Col. Hunley of the Liberal Arts Depart-ment will approve all copy before release to the newspapers. To Contact Entire Southeastern US Not only newspapers in the state, but also those throughout the en-tire South and East will come within the range of contact, and a determined attempt will be made to obtain for VMI the same notice secured by other schools and col-leges through the medium of the news press. Second Classmen To Begin Bomb Sittings April 5 Andre Of Lexington Official Photographer For '39's Publication By J. G. HUNDLEY March 5—Billy McCarthy, editor of the Thirty-nine Bomb, revealed today that sittings for portraits of Second Classmen will begin April 5, in the Alumni Hall. The photo-graphs will be made in the con-ventional mess jackets. Andre Official Photographer The tentative plans for the pub-lication of next year's annual have been formulated by McCarthy, al-though no staff has been chosen to assist the publication. The contracts for the printing, engraving, and photography have already been awarded. As usual, the printing and engraving will be done by the Benson Printing Co. of Nashville, Tenn., and the Lynch-burg Engraving Co., of Lynchburg, Va., respectively. But for the '39 Bomb, Andre Studios of Lexing-ton, a newcomer to the profession-al staff of this book, but for many years the photographer for W&L's Calyx, will be in charge of the photography. Andre is replacing Zamsky Studios of Philadelphia, Pa., to whom this contract has been let for the last few years. "We made this change," McCar-thy stated today, "primarily be-cause Zamsky is unpopular with the cadets and because his work has not been entirely satisfactory. Then, too, Andre is very conveni-ent. We will be able to present the real VMI pictorially. Real snapshots, such as erf shirt-tail pa-rades, torchlight parades, cheer rallies, and the teams' leaving on athletic furloughs, will be used. Pictures of such subjects as these will be appreciated by the Corps and have not been used before. Centennial Is Theme The layout and scheme of the book will be planned this summer in Washington when McCarthy will meet with the engraver and printer during the former's week-end furloughs from summer camp. "It is not definite, but the theme of the 100th Anniversary will be followed to some extent," McCar-thy disclosed. "Of course, the de-tails will be worked out next summer." Aside from the work on the Bomb, the Bullet, more commonly (Continued On Page 8) Conference Fails In Hop Set Clash; Contracts Signed Cottrell Anticipates 'Most Successful' Hops Yet; Students May Boycott March 7—It has become apparent that due to unfortunate circum-stances, there is a conflict in Spring Hop dates, the 22nd and 23rd of April, which were finally decided upon by the dance committees of Virginia Military Institute, Wash-ington and Lee University. Univer-sity of Virgnia and Hampden-Syd-ney College. Committee Oversight The conflict arose when the Hop; made committee, in voting for Guy Lom-, in the VMI 32, WL 29; Cadets Take Four Titles bardo and his orchestra to play in '94 Hall, unintentionally overlook-ed the fact that Washington and Lee had scheduled their dances for the only week end that Lombardo was available. The Committee re-mained uncorrected in their over-sight until the Easter Hop contract had been signed. Compromise Impossible Foust, Martin, Reeves, Steidtmann Win Titles By SNAKE SCARBURGH The VMI wrestlers won the sixth annual Southern Conference wrestling tournament, held at VPI in Blacksburg, Friday and Satur-day. The final tally was VMI 32, Washington and Lee 29, North Carolina 7, Davidson 7, VPI 5, and Duke 1. Washington and Lee, the only threat to the top-headed Keydets, strong bid for the erowr consolation matches after Sam Barnes' protegees piled up an early 25 to 15 lead as a result of the i n d i v i d u a l championship matches. VMI came through the finals with four title holders, W&L two, NCU one and Davidson one. The Generals came back strong in the consolation matches for sec-ond and third places and at the end of four matches held a one-poinit When the matter was eventually j lead of 29-28. Halsey Hill put VMI called to the attention of the Hop [back in front by taking the 155-lb. Committee, a conference was held1 class and then Al Fiedler clinched with representatives of W&L in an the championship for VMI by tak-effort to clarify the situation. How- ing the measure of W&L's Charlie ever, since both schools had con-'. Lykes in the runner-up match oi tracted their orchestras, the meet-. toe unlimited class, ing ended in a deadlock. ! Strate Victim Of Foul Cottrell Unconcerned j George Strate started off the Hop Committee President, Stu- I championship bouts for VMI in the art Cotrell, when questioned about 1118"lb- and w a s matched with the conflict answered, "The situa-tion is unfortunate and uninten- Bob Kemp of W&L. cleaning up the mat Strate was with Kemp tional, but really not very signifi- a n d w a s o n t h c way to a victory cant." j when he slammed the General 118- In regard to a question concern-1 P ° U n d e r t o t h e m a t i n a n e « o r t to ing the prospective student boycott of VMI dances, Cottrell merely smiled unconcernedly and answer-ed, "We look forward to the Easter Hops as being the most successful set of dances we have held in quite a time." Ellerson Finally Announces Entire Cast of Spring Second Class Show By J. S. McCRACKEN March 3—Watt Ellerson, manager of the Second Class Show, today announced the final cast for "Cap-tain Applejack." Several Second Classmen have leading roles the play with third and fourth classmen coming in for their share of the honors. The feminine roles, which re-quire considerable acting ability, will be played by M. B. McKin-non, who will portray "Poppy Faire," L. S. Cooper, who will in-terpret the part of "Anna Valeska", W. B. Reynolds who will portray "Mrs. Whitecombe," and J. W. Bow-man who will portray the part of "Mrs. Pengard." The remainder of the cast includes Jimmy Bailey as "Ambrose Applejohn," J. L. Mac- Rae as "Lush," Kenny Slaughter as '^Pengard," Hank Bernstein as "Borolsky," Jimmy Hughes as "Dennett" wid Misha Kadick as "Johnny Jason." up to the present time have been on the first and second acts and as these are now in the final stages it is expected that practice will begin on the third and final act about the mid-dle of this month. The final prac tices in April will deal with polish-ing up the play for presentation and it is hoped that three prac-tices can be held each week dur-ing that time. Approximately Two Hour Show The time required for present-ing the play had caused some con-cern during the early practices, but it has been found now that the second and third acts are shorter than the first, and the entire play can be shown in approximately two hours which is the desired amount of time. The VMI Com-manders will play before the rais-ing of the curtain. It is hoped that the services of the Glee Club can be engaged to entertain the audience between acts. This, how-ever, has not definitely been ar-ranged. Hop Committee Seeks Opinions Question! Question! Is "swing music" on the wane? What is your "pet" definition of "swing" music? What type of music do you prefer? What is your favor-ite orchestra and why? There are a few of the ques-tions every Cadet in barracks will have the opportunity to answer for himself, and within the coming week. It is becoming more and more a moot question among orches-tra leaders and band booking agencies whether or not "swing" music continues to rule supreme on the college campus. As a result, the CADET, at the re-quest of the Hep Committee, will undertake to canvass bar-racks this week with a ques-tionnaire, the results of which will be published in an early is-sue of the CADET. The cooperation of the Corps is requested in order to deter-mine the under-current of popu-lar opinion prevalent in bar-racks today. break a leg hold and the referee ruled a foul on the Keydet. The match was given to W&L. Jimmy Foust proceeded to avenge Strate's defeat and pinned Pittman of Tech in the 126-lb. class. Then 'Reeves declsloned Craver from Davidson in the 135-lb. class to put VMI well out in front. Leonard Martin Wins W&L dropped the 145-lb. class (Continued On Page 5) '22 "Bull Stander" Talks to Engineers March 4.—Mr. W. W. Archer of the Virginia Electric Power Com-pany today addressed members of the first class Electrical and Civil sections and second class Electrical sections. Mr. Archer stated that he was the "bull ranking" man in his class at graduation in 1922, and (Continued on Page I) Faculty Club Hears Swan Chemistry Dept. Head Discusses 'Chemurgy' The VMI Faculty Club met jn Crozet Hall for its monthly meet-ing on Wednesday, February 23, at 7 p. m. Forty-eight members were present, among them two of the club's three new members, Capt. Leary, Major Grove's re-cently appointed assistant, and Russ Cohen, new member of the football coaching staff, who were intro-duced to the club. Major Ellis, the newly detailed infantry officer, was unable to be present. Chemistry Department Conducts Program The program for the evening was given over to the Chemistry De-partment. Colonel W. O. Swan was the speaker of the evening; his sub-ject was the "Farm Chemurgic Council." Rehabilitation of Idle Farm Land The Council was founded for the purpose of introducing more agri-cultural products as raw materials in industrial processes. It was Gar-van's problem to find some uses to which all this idle land could be put. Great strides have been made to-ward the founder's goal. One group of the Council has developed a pro-cess for making pure alcohol from corn to be used in blending gaso- (Continued On Page •)
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. March 7, 1938 |
Issue Date | 1938-03-07 |
Volume/Number | Volume 31, number 19 |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
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Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
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Full Text Search | Hep Committee To Poll Barricks On Swing W. & L., V. M. I., U. of Va., H.-S. C. Dance Dates Conflict VOLUME XXXI No. 2778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1938. NUMBER 19 Underdog Grapplers Capture Southern Conference Crown Legislature To Appropriate Funds For New Library, Centennial Celebration; J. W. Johns To Raise Additional Money Increase Seen for General Operation, Academic Equip. Library Plans Altered To Meet New Estimate By ALEX MORRISON In a recent interview the super-intendent stated that the appro-priations committee af the General Assembly has approved the in-creased appropriation tor "general operations" at VMI. The budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938 includes an increase of ap-proximately $11,000 under this item. Academic Equipment Included For the purchase of additional equipment for the academic de-partments the proposed appropria-tion is $27,000 for the next two years. This allotment represents an increase of about $10,000 over the last two years. Library Plans Changed The amount allowed for the new library is about three-fifths of the original estimate, and in order to come within this allowance the size of the library will necessarily be reduced. The original plans called for a building 211 feet in length, but the reduced appropria-tion will require a corresponding alteration in length to 180 feet. The arrangements have been retained, and the original seating capacity of 240 will not be changed. The base-ment floor will perhaps have to be left partly unfinished, and it will be necessary to borrow money to make up the $100,000 not carried out in the appropriations bill. Committee's Attitude Encouraging "A most encouraging sign," said General Kilbourne, "is the evidence of friendliness to our school by Delegates and Senators. There was not a dissenting vote in the com-mittee on the proposal to increase certain appropriations and# to grant $10,000 towards expenses of the Centennial celebration in 1939. This is the first time the state has ever appropriated funds for a college centennial." Mr. Jay Winston Johns, Chair-man of the Centennial Committee, has said that he can raise any ad-ditional money over the appropria-tion necessary to meet the expenses of the many phases of the cele-bration. The following tentative plans have been submitted by the Board of Visitors as a basis for the prep-aration of estimates: "The VMI WiU be Heard From—" New Market Day, May 15, 1939, is to be devoted to the memory of the services to the Confederacy of the Cadet Corps and the former Cadets of the Institute. The plan contemplates the re-enactment the morning, of the departure of the Corps, under Major T. J. Jack son for Richmond for the purpose of acting as drill instructors to the hastily assembling volunteers. This will include also a pageant partici-pated in by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Con-federate Veterans, who in appro-priate costumes will represent the patriotic citizens of Lexington, Va., assembled to witness the departure of the Corp6 and cheer the cadets on their way. Appropriate ceremonies at the resting place of Generals Lee and Jackson also are contemplated. In the afternoon, following a luncheon in the mess hall for guests it is planned to reenact so much (Continued on Page 4) j Col. Bates9 Classes See Insulin Shock At Insanity Clinic Pre-Meds And Liberal Artists Visit Staunton Hospital March 5—The First and Second Class pre-medical and liberal arts sections and a few of the chemistry students Journeyed to Staunton on Saturday afternoon to attend the clinic sponsored by Dr. DeJarnette, superintendent of the Western State hospital for the insane. Col-onel Robert L. Bates, professor of philosophy • and psychology, and Major Robert P. Carroll, assistant professor of biology, who accomp-anied the sections, were in charge of the trip. Clinic Is Annual Affair The clinic is held once a year to show the students of state col-leges various examples of insanity existing among the 2,400 patients in the Staunton institution. Several of the types of insanity that were shown were paresis, incomplete paralysis, dementia praecox, a form of insanity developing usually in late adolescence, and characterized by loss of interest in people and things and incoherence of thought and action, paranoia, a chronic mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions of persecu-tion and of one's own greatness, and mental depressive psycosis. Two Patients Given Insulin The clinic opened with the intro-duction of insulin into two patients who were in a coma when the in sulin was injected into their bodies. The effect of the sugar upon them, in the weakened condition that they were, caused such a severe shock that their minds were clear ed. Insulin has been discovered only recently as a medicine for in-sanity. One unusual case that the stud-ents were shown was that of a young man of 24 who lost his memory on Feb. 3, and who can-not remember a single thing that ever happened to him up until that day. Dr. DeJarnette, who is one of the outstanding authorities on insanity in the state, said that out of 21,000 cases which he has attended, this loss of memory is the first that he has encountered. Among other schools sending students to the clinic were Wash-ington and Lee, the University of Virginia, Madison College and Mary Baldwin. Doctors and pro-fessors from each of these schools also attended. Ramey Heads New Publicity Department Boyer Supervises NYA Men In New Set-Up; Office To Be In '94 Hall March 7—Major Medford G. Ramey has been named by the Superintendent to handle all pub-licity relating to the Institute with the exception of Colonel Read's in-tercollegiate athletic publicity. Captain Dayhuff Former Head The new organization under Ma-jor Ramey will assume essentially the same duties formerly carried on by Captain Charles E. Dayhuff, who left the Institute in 1936, and will expand its scope to include every department possible. Offices In Gymnasium With the financial support of the Alumni Association the new agen-cy is establishing its headquarters in the gymnasium, where an here-tofore inaccessible room will be utilized through the construction of a catwalk from the Intramural of-fices. The office will be equipped to provide ample f a c i l i t i es for the work of a staff of report-ers and typists. D. P. Boyer Is Cadet Supervisor The personnel of the publicity bureau will consist of cadets from the National Youth Administration rolls, and will be directed by Ca-det Donald P. Boyer, Jr. Harry Dunton of the second class will be chief typist. Reporters have been assigned to cover the fields in which they are especially interest-ed and qualified to cover, and in-clude: W. S. McMann, D. G. Van Horn, R. H. Barnes, P. B. Coldiron, J. E. Hensley and J. L. Meem. Col. Hunley of the Liberal Arts Depart-ment will approve all copy before release to the newspapers. To Contact Entire Southeastern US Not only newspapers in the state, but also those throughout the en-tire South and East will come within the range of contact, and a determined attempt will be made to obtain for VMI the same notice secured by other schools and col-leges through the medium of the news press. Second Classmen To Begin Bomb Sittings April 5 Andre Of Lexington Official Photographer For '39's Publication By J. G. HUNDLEY March 5—Billy McCarthy, editor of the Thirty-nine Bomb, revealed today that sittings for portraits of Second Classmen will begin April 5, in the Alumni Hall. The photo-graphs will be made in the con-ventional mess jackets. Andre Official Photographer The tentative plans for the pub-lication of next year's annual have been formulated by McCarthy, al-though no staff has been chosen to assist the publication. The contracts for the printing, engraving, and photography have already been awarded. As usual, the printing and engraving will be done by the Benson Printing Co. of Nashville, Tenn., and the Lynch-burg Engraving Co., of Lynchburg, Va., respectively. But for the '39 Bomb, Andre Studios of Lexing-ton, a newcomer to the profession-al staff of this book, but for many years the photographer for W&L's Calyx, will be in charge of the photography. Andre is replacing Zamsky Studios of Philadelphia, Pa., to whom this contract has been let for the last few years. "We made this change," McCar-thy stated today, "primarily be-cause Zamsky is unpopular with the cadets and because his work has not been entirely satisfactory. Then, too, Andre is very conveni-ent. We will be able to present the real VMI pictorially. Real snapshots, such as erf shirt-tail pa-rades, torchlight parades, cheer rallies, and the teams' leaving on athletic furloughs, will be used. Pictures of such subjects as these will be appreciated by the Corps and have not been used before. Centennial Is Theme The layout and scheme of the book will be planned this summer in Washington when McCarthy will meet with the engraver and printer during the former's week-end furloughs from summer camp. "It is not definite, but the theme of the 100th Anniversary will be followed to some extent," McCar-thy disclosed. "Of course, the de-tails will be worked out next summer." Aside from the work on the Bomb, the Bullet, more commonly (Continued On Page 8) Conference Fails In Hop Set Clash; Contracts Signed Cottrell Anticipates 'Most Successful' Hops Yet; Students May Boycott March 7—It has become apparent that due to unfortunate circum-stances, there is a conflict in Spring Hop dates, the 22nd and 23rd of April, which were finally decided upon by the dance committees of Virginia Military Institute, Wash-ington and Lee University. Univer-sity of Virgnia and Hampden-Syd-ney College. Committee Oversight The conflict arose when the Hop; made committee, in voting for Guy Lom-, in the VMI 32, WL 29; Cadets Take Four Titles bardo and his orchestra to play in '94 Hall, unintentionally overlook-ed the fact that Washington and Lee had scheduled their dances for the only week end that Lombardo was available. The Committee re-mained uncorrected in their over-sight until the Easter Hop contract had been signed. Compromise Impossible Foust, Martin, Reeves, Steidtmann Win Titles By SNAKE SCARBURGH The VMI wrestlers won the sixth annual Southern Conference wrestling tournament, held at VPI in Blacksburg, Friday and Satur-day. The final tally was VMI 32, Washington and Lee 29, North Carolina 7, Davidson 7, VPI 5, and Duke 1. Washington and Lee, the only threat to the top-headed Keydets, strong bid for the erowr consolation matches after Sam Barnes' protegees piled up an early 25 to 15 lead as a result of the i n d i v i d u a l championship matches. VMI came through the finals with four title holders, W&L two, NCU one and Davidson one. The Generals came back strong in the consolation matches for sec-ond and third places and at the end of four matches held a one-poinit When the matter was eventually j lead of 29-28. Halsey Hill put VMI called to the attention of the Hop [back in front by taking the 155-lb. Committee, a conference was held1 class and then Al Fiedler clinched with representatives of W&L in an the championship for VMI by tak-effort to clarify the situation. How- ing the measure of W&L's Charlie ever, since both schools had con-'. Lykes in the runner-up match oi tracted their orchestras, the meet-. toe unlimited class, ing ended in a deadlock. ! Strate Victim Of Foul Cottrell Unconcerned j George Strate started off the Hop Committee President, Stu- I championship bouts for VMI in the art Cotrell, when questioned about 1118"lb- and w a s matched with the conflict answered, "The situa-tion is unfortunate and uninten- Bob Kemp of W&L. cleaning up the mat Strate was with Kemp tional, but really not very signifi- a n d w a s o n t h c way to a victory cant." j when he slammed the General 118- In regard to a question concern-1 P ° U n d e r t o t h e m a t i n a n e « o r t to ing the prospective student boycott of VMI dances, Cottrell merely smiled unconcernedly and answer-ed, "We look forward to the Easter Hops as being the most successful set of dances we have held in quite a time." Ellerson Finally Announces Entire Cast of Spring Second Class Show By J. S. McCRACKEN March 3—Watt Ellerson, manager of the Second Class Show, today announced the final cast for "Cap-tain Applejack." Several Second Classmen have leading roles the play with third and fourth classmen coming in for their share of the honors. The feminine roles, which re-quire considerable acting ability, will be played by M. B. McKin-non, who will portray "Poppy Faire," L. S. Cooper, who will in-terpret the part of "Anna Valeska", W. B. Reynolds who will portray "Mrs. Whitecombe," and J. W. Bow-man who will portray the part of "Mrs. Pengard." The remainder of the cast includes Jimmy Bailey as "Ambrose Applejohn," J. L. Mac- Rae as "Lush," Kenny Slaughter as '^Pengard," Hank Bernstein as "Borolsky," Jimmy Hughes as "Dennett" wid Misha Kadick as "Johnny Jason." up to the present time have been on the first and second acts and as these are now in the final stages it is expected that practice will begin on the third and final act about the mid-dle of this month. The final prac tices in April will deal with polish-ing up the play for presentation and it is hoped that three prac-tices can be held each week dur-ing that time. Approximately Two Hour Show The time required for present-ing the play had caused some con-cern during the early practices, but it has been found now that the second and third acts are shorter than the first, and the entire play can be shown in approximately two hours which is the desired amount of time. The VMI Com-manders will play before the rais-ing of the curtain. It is hoped that the services of the Glee Club can be engaged to entertain the audience between acts. This, how-ever, has not definitely been ar-ranged. Hop Committee Seeks Opinions Question! Question! Is "swing music" on the wane? What is your "pet" definition of "swing" music? What type of music do you prefer? What is your favor-ite orchestra and why? There are a few of the ques-tions every Cadet in barracks will have the opportunity to answer for himself, and within the coming week. It is becoming more and more a moot question among orches-tra leaders and band booking agencies whether or not "swing" music continues to rule supreme on the college campus. As a result, the CADET, at the re-quest of the Hep Committee, will undertake to canvass bar-racks this week with a ques-tionnaire, the results of which will be published in an early is-sue of the CADET. The cooperation of the Corps is requested in order to deter-mine the under-current of popu-lar opinion prevalent in bar-racks today. break a leg hold and the referee ruled a foul on the Keydet. The match was given to W&L. Jimmy Foust proceeded to avenge Strate's defeat and pinned Pittman of Tech in the 126-lb. class. Then 'Reeves declsloned Craver from Davidson in the 135-lb. class to put VMI well out in front. Leonard Martin Wins W&L dropped the 145-lb. class (Continued On Page 5) '22 "Bull Stander" Talks to Engineers March 4.—Mr. W. W. Archer of the Virginia Electric Power Com-pany today addressed members of the first class Electrical and Civil sections and second class Electrical sections. Mr. Archer stated that he was the "bull ranking" man in his class at graduation in 1922, and (Continued on Page I) Faculty Club Hears Swan Chemistry Dept. Head Discusses 'Chemurgy' The VMI Faculty Club met jn Crozet Hall for its monthly meet-ing on Wednesday, February 23, at 7 p. m. Forty-eight members were present, among them two of the club's three new members, Capt. Leary, Major Grove's re-cently appointed assistant, and Russ Cohen, new member of the football coaching staff, who were intro-duced to the club. Major Ellis, the newly detailed infantry officer, was unable to be present. Chemistry Department Conducts Program The program for the evening was given over to the Chemistry De-partment. Colonel W. O. Swan was the speaker of the evening; his sub-ject was the "Farm Chemurgic Council." Rehabilitation of Idle Farm Land The Council was founded for the purpose of introducing more agri-cultural products as raw materials in industrial processes. It was Gar-van's problem to find some uses to which all this idle land could be put. Great strides have been made to-ward the founder's goal. One group of the Council has developed a pro-cess for making pure alcohol from corn to be used in blending gaso- (Continued On Page •) |