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VOLUME XXXIV—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 19, 1940 NUMBER 10
N. Virginia
CadetsForm
Club Here
Hirst, Simpson,
Emory Officers
Of Organization
A Northern Virginia club has
been formed at VMI, that Is expect-ed
in light of its size and men to
begin a career of usefullness rival-ing
its older brothers to the south
before 1940 has grown cold.
The first meeting was called two
weeks ago during which Julian F.
Hirst of Purcellville was elected
president, M. O. Simpson of Front
Royal, vice-president and William
H. Emory, V, of Warrenton, sec-retary-
treasurer.
It is interesting to note that the
first president of the three-year
old Northern Virginia Alumni
chapter was none other than Julian
T. Hirst, Sr. As a matter of fact
the founding of the present club
was largely indebted to the remark-able
success of this chapter, that
before reaching the age of a year
had the honor of entertaining both
Gen. George C. Marshall, and Major
Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne simul-taneously
at Leesburg. Since then it
has entertained both Gen. and
Mrs. Kilbourne, Col. Burress and
numerous other prominent person-ages.
It has also played a prom-inent
part in the VMI council meet-ings
the last few years.
Correspondence has been carried
on between the club and chapter of
late, and plans are being formed for
a joint formal dance in the heart
of the piedmont section, Warrenton,
sometime during Christmas fur-lough.
Already numerous cadets,
including prominent members of
other clubs, have expressed desire to
attend. This is to be expected for
Warrenton is widely known for its
entertaining ability. Also its loca-tion
at the intersection of the Lee
highway and route 29 make it
easily accessible. The floor will be
open to all alumni, cadets, and
their friends.
To date several good orchestras
have been contacted and with the
choice of a suitable place for the
occasion a most successful social
event will be enjoyed.
Ring Figure Leaders
WILLIAMS THELMA JENNINGS L. L. LEECH
Ingredients: A Ring—
A Girl—And A Kiss
Many Dales
Expected
For Dances
The following is a list of young
ladies who will attend the Thanks-giving
Dances this week-end. They
will be the guests of members of
the first, third and fourth classes
and will not, of course, participate
in the Ring Figure.
Hollins
Robin Atkinson, Mary Harper
Ricketts, Nancy Taylor, Virginia
Martin, Charlotte Tolley.
Randolph Macon
Jean Mayar, Virginia Deaver, Bet-ty
Chaney, Mary Louise Inglehart,
Helen Gaber, Pam Cruise, Mary
Jean Gilliam, Sarah Colmary, Julis
Donald.
Sweetbrier
Ruth Paley, Ann Jacobs, Cather-ine
Tift.
Mary Baldwin
Betty Wilkins, Margaret Harold,
Elizabeth McGaw, Catherine Kivili-jhan,
Rosemary Manch, Lucy Falk-ner,
Mary Grove, Jane Craig.
Other Colleges
Eleanor Dean, Charlotte Levell,
Mary Newbold, Clover Brown,
Grace Peachy, Nancy Williams, Lois
Berry, Kitty Clark, Sally Duncan,
Patricia Jackson, Ann Rogers, Phyl-lis
Wise, Jane Green, Anne Free-man,
Sunshine Trumbeau, Mary
Jane Peters, Maredie Cover, Pat Ci-burn,
Phyllis Gatlinf, Dorothy Dean
Robinson, Nancy Ely, Jappie John-son,
Dot McAden, Lucie Wilcox,
Patricia Orr, Claire Bardwell, Shir-ley
Sutton, Ruth Artley and Cyn-thia
Knight.
Rosemary Bell, Barbara Appel,
Ruby Martin, Nancy Smith, Mary
Erskine, Anne McClun, Katherine
Kivlighan, Betty Barr, Evelyn Ride-out,
Lois Hester, Ruth Skelton,
Grace Ellerton, Dot Serlich, Mary
Blanton, Thursa Grant, Daphine
Crump, Helen Phillips, Mary Louise
Porter, Katherine Rucker, Grace
Graves, Frances Appel, Shirley
Willige, Marguerite Clifton, Jesse
Cato, Frances Drewery, Marilyn El-lis,
Margaret Chandler, Lilyan Win-grove,
Peggy Traver, Genieve Hos-mer,
Mardie Moffit, Alysce Hep-ner,
Betty Sancken, Louise Brown,
Kitty Baker, Margery McShane,
Winifred Booker.
Shirley Sanut, Helen Lowe, Vir-ginia
Fiske, Rita Cowette, Betty
Dolan, Alice Williams, Natalie San-fotd,
Clara Steiner, Peggy Moss,
Coby Cranneft, Betty Rosebaum,
Gay Gibson, Mary Meek Brown,
Betty Wingfield, Virginia Faulkner,
(Continued on Page 6)
GERTRUDE RUDULPH
Inter-Battalion
Football Game
The annual inter-battalion
football game will be played this
Saturday at 2:30 p.m., provided
Alumni Field and uniforms are
available. The price of admis-sion
is ten cents and the pro-ceeds
will go to the Intramural
Department. Tickets will be sold
in barracks some night this
week.
By FRANK LEE
"Ring figure comes but once a year,
But once it comes, it's really here!"
With such an expression the sec-ond
classman gives his heartfelt
opinion of that event which will
ruin him financially, but which will
serve to send him soaring to the
highest brackets of 'his"girl's reper-toire
of male possibilities.
Girls blush, mothers' hearts beat
faster, flash bulbs of multiple cam-eras
flash, music from sweet trum-pets
Alls the room, and" the knees
of the second classmen beat a loud
tattoo as the long procession of
beautiful girls in white evening
gowns resplendent with their hand-some
escorts pass through the beau-tifully
intricate figure before that
fateful moment when they pass
These same beautiful girls "come,
see, and conquer" the fickle hearts
of the cadets who are not wary.
Of course there are some cadets of
the second class -who are foolish
enough to think that they are the
ones who do the heart conquering.
They all learn sooner or later (after
they've received the fourth ICC)
that they are wrong, so they resign
themselves to a life of waiting for
some beautiful girl that won't do
them dirt. At any rate Ring Figure
serves some of us with opportunity
to "splurge" on a big scale for the
"one," even though her heart be-longs
to someone else, that has the
best hold on our affections.
As the eventful day of Ring Figure
approaches, some of the members
of the class of '42 are still without
W. S. EDWARDS
through the arch. In the arch the i dates. It need not be said that these
shaking second classman takes
from his pocket a handsome ring
which _he passes to his partner; she
takes it and places it on the ring
finger of his left hand. But that is
not all. The shy cadet takes the
girl in his arms and repays her for
her services in the best way that he
knows—with a kiss.
Ring Figure, with its pomp and
beautiful girls, ls a tradition at VMI.
It (some say that "it" is the gentle-man,
but I know better) attracts the
most beautiful girls in the country.
same men are- beginning to feel a
bit anxious. M6'st of them have re-ceived
at least one ICC, but it is
more than a fact that they will turn
up with some sort of a date in tow.
She may not be what one would
expect, but she will be as thrilled as
any of the rest, and our sympathies
will be extended to the unfortunate
who is unable to have his "true
love" to give him that gift which
he will wear the re-i. ol his life.
It might be appropriate to give
Constinued on Page 6
Corps Off Thursday
For Roanoke Battle;
Entrain at 7:45 a.m.
Friday Evening
Dance Schedule
The Ring Figure will begin
promptly at 10 p.m. on Friday
evening. All participants are re-quested
to be in Cocke Hall by
9 p. m. and will use the east
entrance to the hall. All other
persons will be admitted at the
west entrance. Only persons
holding cards will be admitted
on the dance floor until after
the figure. The doors will close
at 10 p.m.
FIGURE PARTICIPANTS
R. P. Williams with Miss Thelma
Jennings of Hollis, N. Y.; W. S. Ed-wards
with Miss Gertrude Rudolph
of Birmingham, Ala.; E. G. King
with Miss Sarah Hardaway of Col-umbus,
Ga.; L. L. Leech with Miss
Virginia Ross Stiles, of Norfolk, Va.;
C. J. Bounds with Miss Elizabeth
Carter Toepleman, of Henderson,
N. C.; C. M. Drake with Miss Lynne
Roessler of Dallas, Texas; J. W.
Martin with Miss Ethel Lindsay of
Portsmouth, Va.; B. B. Pake with
Miss Rachel Jones of Pine Bluff,
Ark.; T. Y. Davis with Miss Violet
Bryant of Norfolk, Va.; J. O'Keefe
with Miss May Wertz of Roanoke,
Va.; J. W. Consolvo with Miss Mar-tha
Merchant of Collingswood, N.
J.; G. C. Folkes with Miss Ora Ear-nest
of Portsmouth, Va.
J. M. Satterfield with Miss Jane
Rose of Richmond, Va.; M. Jones
with Miss Margery Moul of Scars-dale,
N. Y.; R. L. Guy with Miss
Nancy Gregory of Richmond, Va.;
A. P. Goddin with Miss Betty Blair
of Richmond, Va.; R. D. Wall with
Miss Nancy Sampson of Richmond,
Va.; E. W. Swain with Miss Anne
Marshall of Victoria, Va.; P. C. Ca-bell
with Miss Frances Arthur of
Jackson, Mich.; R. W. D. Taylor
with Miss Fentie Wambersie of
Orange, Va.; W. H. Getty with Miss
Mary Jane Hess of Indianapolis,
Ind.; R. E. Dunlap with Miss Becky
Major of Front Royal, Va.; J. H.
Grant with Miss Nani Stephens of
Fort Randolph, Canal Zone.
C. H. Wilkins with Miss Mary
Hamner of Ammon, Va.; T. R. Jones
with Miss Martha Claiborne Will-cox
of Norfolk, Va.; R. H. Jeschke
with Miss Emilie Lewis of Paris
Island, S. C.; J. L. Shomo with Miss
Winifred Berkley of Sewickley, Pa.;
R. A. Weller with Miss Emily Wil-kins
of New York, N. Y.; J. A. Mc-
Donough with Miss Frances Mat-thews
of Richmond, Va.; R. T. Lem
mon with Miss Coma Noel of Chi-cago,
111.; E. L. Keppel with Miss
Katherine Jones of Baltimore, Md.;
H. M. Thornton with Miss Jean
Outland of Norfolk, Va.; J. A. Hag-an
with Miss Jane Nicholson of
Norfolk, Va.; W. A. Spilman with
Miss Jean Betts of Richmond, Va.;
L. A. Durham with Miss Jean Mc-
Guire of Roanoke, Va.
J. E. Edens with Miss Martha
Lunsford of Petersburg, Pa.; T. F.
Gilliam with Miss Virginia Wood of
Hopewell, Va.; J. E. Cheatham with
Miss Jean Richardson of Colonial
Heights, Va.; E. J. Fogarty with
Mrs. E. J. Fogarty of Savannah, Ga.;
M. E. Fulk with Miss Helen Cale-baugh
of Cleveland, Ohio; J. L.
Dorrier with Miss Jean Black of
Palmyra, Va.; J. M. Wray with Miss
Ann Robey of Richmond, Va.; D. R.
Oakey with Miss Frances Minter
of Roanoke, Va.; C. R. Tosti with
Miss Mary Moran of New Hope, Pa.;
D. E. Walker with Miss Harriet
Riley of Westwood, N. J.; G. E.
Moore with Miss Eleanor Hoyt of
Sparrows Point, Md.; K. P. Gray-beal
with Miss Mary Grace Sherer
of Richmond, Va.; G. W. Heath
with Miss Judy Field of Gloucester,
Va.
B. C. Menk with Miss Marie
Beale of Cleveland, Ohio; P. X.
Geary with Miss Cathy Small of
Harrisburg, Pa.; S. T. Hockaday
with Miss Mary Henley Spencer
of Williamsburg, Va.; C. C. Chew-ning
with Miss Mary Britton of
Richmond, Va.; W. B. Nugent with
Miss Ethel Lee James of Peters-burg,
Va.; J. J. Matthews with Miss
Helen Mcllwaine of Petersburg, Va.;
W. Doolan with Miss E. Converse
of Beltsville, Md.; R. H. Williams
with Miss Anna George of Ports-mouth,
Va.; C. G. Knick with Miss
Rose Lee Agnor of Middlebrook,
Va.; R. Baldwin with Miss Garland
Jean Hirsch of Manila, P. I.; A. H.
Clark with Miss Helen Kindler of
Washington, D. C.; L. L. Stallings
with Miss Evelyn Williams of Cum-berland,
Md.
C. N. Catlett with Miss Rachel
Griffith of Hampton, Va.; W. E.
Woelper with Miss Peggy Jane
Demmler of Pittsburgh, Pa.; J. A.
Jordan with Miss Sue Marshall of
Victoria, Va.; B. Burnett with Miss
Ruth Johnston of Roanoke, Va.;
L. G. Porter with Miss Helen Cos-tello
of Alexandria, Va.; J. T. Wil-son
with Miss Beverly Smith of
Somerset, Ky.; W. J. Boehmer with
Miss Mary Lee Harrison of Wash-ington,
D. C.; C. T. Urquhart with
Miss Jeanne Meades of Norfolk,
Va.; R. C. Reed with Miss Betsy
Springer of Charlotte, N. C.; I. B.
Pierce with Miss Elizabeth Nourse
of New Hope, Pa.; R. C. Home with
Miss Mitzi Payne of Falls Church,
Va.; G. H. Esser with Miss Anne
Parker of Appalachian, Va.
R. W. Williams with Miss Anne
Easterley of Rock Gulch, Tenn.;
C. P. Wilson with Miss Sara Nair
of Rich Pasture, Va.; J. S. Drewry
with Miss Corinne Millikin of Boy-kins,
Va.; C. S. Mullen with Miss
Mary Knox Thompson of St. Louis,
Mo.; H. J. Siebert with Miss Martha
Watkins Gaines of Midlothian, Va.;
C. B. Miller with Miss Ann Folkes
of Richmond, Va.; E. V. King with
Miss Mary Frances Hutchinson of
Fort Bragg, N. C.; J. M. Wright
with Miss Mary Baxter of Norfolk,
Va.; J. K. McCullough with Miss
Jo Ann Ulrich of Birmingham, Ala.;
A. D. Tuck with Miss Norma Rose
of Richmond, Va.; J. E. Woodward
with Miss Anne Chipman of New-ark,
Del.; D. D. Cameron with Miss
Jane Kirkpatrick of Charlotte,
N. C.; C. E. Fonvielle with Miss
Jean Smith of Wilmington, N. C.;
R. W. Goodman with Miss Louise
Vandiviers of Cannon, Ga.; F. J.
Lee with Miss Judy Winans of Dal-las,
Tex.
J. Mullen with Miss Edith Don-nan
of Richmond, Va.; J. D. Lee
with Miss Lucy Moore of Sumter,
S. C.; D. L. Rawls with Miss Con-nie
Homer of Harrison, N. Y.; H. L.
Harris with Miss Ann Hart of Balti-more,
Md.; R. T. Bland with Miss
Trudy Cloxton of Williamsburg,
Probable Starting Lineup:
V. P. I.
LE Clark
LT W. Tate
LG Anderson
C Zydiak
RG McClure
RT Belcher
RE J. Henderson
QB Wheeler
HB
HB Thomas
FB Warriner
Time: Kickoff 2:15 p. m., Thursday, Nov. 21, 1940.
Place: Maher Field, Roanoke, Virginia.
Cadet corps of both schools will parade on the field at ap-proximately
1:30 p. m.
V. M. I
Sexton
Nelson
Thrasher
Skladany
W. Walker
Tipton
Nugent
Pritchard
Catlett
Matthews
B. Walker
Va.; W. D. Lillard with Miss Har-riet
Scott of Orange, Va.; J. M.
Patton with Miss Kitty Kinton of
Durham, N. C.; W. N. Brown with
Miss Frances Holt of Staunton, Va.
H. C. Sutherland with Miss Carol
Anderson of Danville, Va.; W. H.
Pike with Miss Joan Thompson of
St. Louis, Mo.; B. L. Crafton with
Miss June Grosh of Hagerstown,
Md.; F. W. Poos with Miss Marian
Shanley of St. Louis, Mo.; S. T. Hol-land
with Miss Dorothy Gwaltney
of Windsor, Va.; A. C. Pritchard
with Miss LeMoine Gray of Peters-burg,
Va.; J. E. Whitmore with Miss
Sarah Lee Miller of Staunton, Va.
C. H. Purdum with Miss Mar-garet
Vanderveer of Milford, Ind
W. F. Flood with Miss Marguerite
Kells of Annapolis, Md.; P. R. Shea-han
with Miss Wilma Tillet of Char-lotte,
N. C.; W. I. Powers with Miss
Patsy Featherstone of Dallas, Texas;
E. S. Granger with Miss Betty
Beale Fahr of Richmond, Va.; W.
B. Walker with Miss Missie John-son
of Richmond, Va.; L. Naisa-wald
with Miss Jince Nicely of Lex-ington,
Va.; J. H. Randolph with
Miss Sudie Perkins of Reedville,
Va.; T. W. Williamson with Miss
Jean Newman of Harrisonburg, Va.;
G. C. Williams with Miss Dorothy
Crews of Baskersville, Va.; A. G.
Williams with Miss Lillie Harwell
of Petersburg, Va.; C. H. Beckham
with Miss Loyce Alice Barrow of
Lakeland, Fla.; J. W. Carmine with
Miss Norma Dozier of Rocky Mount,
N. C.; J. B. Dillard with Miss Mary
Ann Baldner of Xenia, Ohio.
E. D. Risdon with Miss Margaret
Burge of Martinsville, Va.; R. D.
Patton with Miss Doris Jane Boor-man
of Rochester, N. Y.; S. C. Har-rold
with Miss Carolyn Burt of
Albany, Ga.; D. T. Aston with Miss
Ruth Adair Whitehead of Dover,
N. J.; H. S. Strausser with Miss
Ruth Acker of Reading, Pa.; G. H.
Rhea with Miss Lavinia Wither-spoon
of Nashville, Tenn.; J. C.
Hooker with Miss Margie Shackel-ford
of Martinsville, Va.; F. C. Jones
with Miss Frances Latane of Wake-field,
Va.; J. R. Major with Miss
Margaret Barjeron of Chevy Chase,
Md.; A. Vick with Miss Julia Mon-roe
of Hampton, Va.; J. Hume with
Miss Anne Mitchell of Ashville,
N. C.
A. H. Williams with Miss Anne
K___ Kowardin of Richmond, Va.; R. H. " ' T ' T
K e r n ! Spessard with Miss Suzanne Pul-1 U " d e r t he
lim of Fort Thomas, Ky.; L. A.
Heinel with Miss Billie Goodwin
of Richmond, Va.; E. B. Young
with Miss Frances Hendee of At-
Delegates
Attend VIPA
Convention
Two second crassmen, members
of the staff of The VMI Cadet at-tended
the 14th annual convention
of the Virginia Intercollegiate Press
Association in Blacksburg, Va., last
week. Representing The Cadet were
associate editors W. N. Brown and
C. J. Bounds.
The cadets arrived in Blacksburg
early Friday morning to find a full
schedule planned for them. The
convention opened with the regis-tration
of delegates, followed by
lunch served in the VPI faculty
apartments. Regimental parade by
the VPI Corps of Cadets topped the
list of afternoon events, then the
delegates attended the various dis-cussion
groups on yearbooks, sports-writing,
business managing, editori-al
policies, magazines and hand-books,
newswriting, coverage and
make-up. Friday evening was set
aside for the business meeting and
a dance in the Student Activities
ballroom.
Saturday's activities started with
the business meeting and an address
to the delegates by H. Powell Chap-man,
followed by meetings of the
discussion groups and lunch in the
faculty apartments. In the after-noon
the delegates attended the V.
P. I.-Furman football game.
Saturday evening the delegates
attended the final banquet in the
VPI dining hall. Experiences in cov-ering
Europe for the Associated
Press were discussed by Melvin K.
Whiteleather, former AP foreign
correspondent and now a member
of the Philadelphia Evening Bulle-tin
staff. Some of the background
of present conditions in Europe was
explained by Whiteleather, who re-turned
to this country after serving
in Europe more than 12 years.
The Virginia Tech chapter of Pi
Delta Epsilon, honorary journal-ism
fraternity, tapped Whiteleather
into honorary membership and tap-ped
four members of student pub-lication
staffs.
The new officers, headed by Miss
Ailene Overby, of Chatham, Va.. a
junior at Farmville State Teachers
college, who was elected association
president, were introduced by John
Elder, Richmond editor of the Vir-ginia
Tech and retiring president.
Other officers elected were Rob-ert
Cotton, junior at the University
of Richmond, first vice-president;
Miss Florence Weiland, junior at
Blackstone, second vice-president;
J. Marshall Doswell, junior at
Hampden-Sydney, secretary and
t r e a s u r e r . Alexander Hudgins,
Blackstone publisher, was reelected
executive secretary.
The association will meet next
year with Farmville State Teachers
college and Hampden-Sydney
hosts.
Keydets Precede'
Tech on Field
At Annual Game
Entraining at East Lexington at
about 7:45 a. m., Thursday morn-ing,
the Corps will descend on Roa-noke
to meet the VPI Corps who
are hoping to capture the city and
assume command of its vast re-sources.
Last minute details of the
plans are being worked out by
Major R. H. Knox, who will be in
charge of the trip, and the Lexing-ton
force is expected to detrain
within the battle area at about 10
. According to the plan, the
Corps will make a show of force
to impress the opposition with our
strength and spirit by conducting
a march from the point of debarka-tion
to the Patrick Henry Hotel
where field headquarters will be
set up.
Upon arrival at the Patrick Hen-ry
Hotel the Corps will be dis-missed
until the pre-battle forma-tion
at approximately 1:55 p.m.
when the Corps will march to the
battle ground. The Lexington Ar-my
will precede the VPI army on
the field and will occupy the cov-ered
grandstand. The field will be
cleared at 1:55 p.m. for the great
battle which will begin at 2:15
p. m.
A scouting force consisting of
Charlie Moore, Dick Williams and
Bill McClure were sent out last
week to get the lay of the land
in Roanoke. The patrol contacted
Mr. Robert C. Royer, secretary of
the VMI-VPI Thanksgiving Game
committee and an enemy patrol
from VPI also on the prowl. The
scouts brought back the informa-tion
that the uniform will be a pass
for free rides on busses and street
cars. Two dances have been arrang-ed
for: one with Bobby Byrne's or-chestra
at the Auditorium and the
other at the Hotelj Roanoke to the
music of Freddie Lee and his band.
The price of fifty cents covers the
entrance fee to either or both
dances for any cadets in uniform
and his date.
The Corps will effect its retire-ment
from Roanoke at 11:45 p.m.
in the same troop train that car-ried
them into the battle area in
the morning. Upon debarkation
a check formation will be held, and
the Corps will be marched back to
barracks from East Lexington. As
in the past, military and academic
duties will be suspended until DRC
Friday.
Kilbourne, Jacobs
Make Western Trip
Maj. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne,
superintendent of the Virginia Mili-tary
Institute, and Major Herbert
A. Jacob, Secretary of the Alumni
Association, left Lexington last
week for an extended tour of the
VMI Alumni Chapters of the Mid-dle
West. The purpose of the visit
was for the Institute representa-tives
to become better acquanteid
with the alumni of this section and
to give them first hand information
of the activities and changes at
VMI and in the Corps of Cadets.
The Superintendent and Major
Jacob were in St. Louis for the
VMI-Washington University foot-ball
game on Saturday and pro-ceeded
to Detroit, where General
Kilbourne spoke last night at a
banquet meeting of that chapter.
It was from this meeting that he
delivered his address, over a na-tional
hook-up, commemorating the
101st anniversary of the founding
of VMI.
"Your Career" Booklet
Issued in Barracks
Through the efforts of the Ins-titute,
a very informative and help-ful
booklet was distributed to all
cadets early last week. Quite ap-propriately,
this booklet is known
s "Your Career.
In an effort to throw a bit of light
upon the unknown path which
American Youth must follow, Coca
Cola has chosen twenty-five of the
lanta, Ga.; H. B. Kinsolving with successful men of America, and they
Miss Gertrude Breckinridge of, have passed on their advice to
Lexington, Ky. 1 others.
Final Practices
For Ring Figure
Held This Week
Final preparations for the Ring
Figure of the Class of 1942, to be
held Friday in Cocke Hall, have
been completed according to an an-nouncement
today by Robert V.
Jacobs, president of the Hop Com-mittee
and Dick Williams, president
of the Second Class.
There will be two more practices
without the cadets' dates, tonight
and tomorrow night on the return
of the corps from supper, and a
final practice with dates immedia-tely
following parade on Friday
afternoon.
Leaders in the Figure will be
Richard P. Williams, Sterling Ed-wards,
Lloyd Leech, and Everett
King, class officers and their dates;
Miss Thelma Jennings, of Hollins,
Long Island, N. Y.; Miss Virginia
Stiles, of Norfolk, Va.; Miss Ger-trude
Rudolph, of Birmingham,
Ala.; and Miss Sarah Hardaway, of
Columbus, Ga.. The favors for the
second classmen's dates will be pre-sented
to them by Mrs. W. S. Ed-wards
and Mrs. E. B. King.
Bobby Byrne and his band, fea-turing
lovely Dorothy Claire and
Jimmy Palmer as vocalists, will
proceed to Lexington for the gala
occasion on Friday, November 22
after filling engagements at Geor-gia
Tech on November 15th and
16, and in Roanoke on Nov. 21.
Byrne's musical education began
at the age of two years and eight
months and, as far as he is con-cerned,
has never ceased. Nor will
it, he promises. He is a determined
taskmaster—will strive for hours
to perfect a single chord in his or-chestra
rehearsals. The boys in his
band, including his younger broth-er,
Donald, appreciate the sensitivi-ty
of Bobby's ear and are pleased
to work along with him, never dis-puting
his decision as to the right-ness
or wrongness of a note.
Byrne's greaUiess as a musician
is attested to by the fact that the
illustrious Leopold Stokowski has
offered to make a place for him in
the Phildelphia Symphony Orches-tra
if ever the young man tires of
popular music.