VMI Cadet. December 9, 1940

              Hubert, Catlett Named
To Lead Squadron
Next Year
VMI Graduate
Army War Plans'
Division
VOLUME XXXIV—Z-778 L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , D E C E M B E R 9, 1 9 40 N U M B E R 13
General L. T. Gerow
Named to Head Army
War Plans Division
Kilbourne
Explains
ROTC Cuts
Averett
Glee Club
To Sing Here
One of Army's
Newest Generals
Succeeds Strong
B r i g a d i e r General Leonard Town-send
Gerow, '11, was appointed
chief of the War Plans Division of
t h e General Staff of the United
S t a t e s Army last Saturday. In his
n e w position, General Gerow will
w o r k d i r e c t l y u n d e r General George
C. Marshall, '01, the Chief of Staff.
General Gerow, a v e t e r a n student
of strategy, is one of the Army's
newest generals. He was promoted
t e m p o r a r i l y to t h e r a n k of b r i g a d i er
general this fall, and his recent
a p p o i n t m e n t puts h im in charge of
one of the Army's most important
divisions. The War Plans Division
has the job of making plans for
m i l i t a r y action in any part of the
world, where the forces of the
U n i t e d States might be concerned,
b o t h offensively and defensively.
Faculty Shift
Made to Fill
Vacancies
Following General Anderson's
r e c e n t leave of absence, to become
Coordinator and Executive Secre-t
a r y of the Virginia State Council
f o r Defense, numerous changes in
t h e faculty have been carried out
in o r d e r to include t h e duties of the
vacant office in t h e schedule of the
members of the present Academic
Board. Since General Anderson is
expected to be absent for approxi-m
a t e l y two months, the resulting
changes are considered to be tem-porary.
The e x e c u t i v e and academic duties
of the Academic Executive will be
c a r r i e d out by the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t 's
office, while Capt. J o h n B. Cabell
A recent article in Life Magazine W,U1 ®SSiSt i n t h ' e h a n d l i n « o f aP"
c i t ed this position as one of the six p , h c a t ' o n s a n d admissions. He has
most important posts in the Army.
The new assistant chief of Staff
succeeds Brigadier General George
V. Strong, who was assigned to
command the Seventh Corps Area
w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s at Omaha, Ne-b
r a s k a . Although not announced in
official communiques, r e l i a b le
sources have informed The Cadet,
t h a t General Strong will probably
be promoted to the r a n k of major
general.
General Gerow, a native of
P e t e r s b u r g , Va., g r a d u a t e d f r om VMI
i n t h e Class of 1911 w i t h t h e degree
of Bachelor of Science and stood
t w e l f t h in his class. He e n t e r e d the
Army in 1911 immediately after
graduation. During the F i r s t World
War, he held t h e r a n k of lieutenant
colonel on the staff of the Com-mander-
in-Chief of the American
E x p e d i t i o n a r y Force, Gen. J o h n J.
Pershing. For outstanding service,
d u r i n g this war, he received the
a w a r d of the French "Legion of
Honor."
A f t e r the war, General Gerow
r e m a i n e d in the service and was a
l i e u t e n a n t colonel in the War Plans
Division of th^_ General Staff until
two years ago.' (Since then, he has
r i s e n rapidly in rank to the posi-tion
that he now holds.
The stocky, 52-year-old division
chief is considered by many experts
as one of the outstanding strategists
i n the Arijjy today.
With General Gerow's appoint-raAj,
VMI now has two general
officers holding outstanding posi-tions
on the General Staff of the
Army. This, of course, does not in-clude
the many junior officers who
a r e now in this branch of the ser-vice.
Several days previous to the an-nouncement
of this promotion, Gen-e
r a l Gerow visited the I n s t i t u t e un-officially
and had short talks with
General Kilbourne and the Com-mandant,
Colonel Holmes. Since he
was at that time changing stations
and in a h u r r y to reach Washing-ton,
his visit to VMI was a rather
brief one.
also been t r a n s f e r r e d f r om his post
in the Liberal Arts Department to
t h e Civil Engineering Department,
w h e r e he will devote his time en-t
i r e l y to instruction in the courses
16ft open because of the recent re-vision
of instructors.
Lieutenant Alexander H. Mor
rison has been t r a n s f e r r e d f r om the
English Department to the Eco-nomics
Department, where he will
assume the duties which he had last
year. Lieut. William A. Tidwell
will act as a p a r t - t i m e Instructor in
t h e History Department instead of
f u l l - t i m e in the English Depart-ment,
where he has been an in-s
t r u c t o r since early in the academic
y e a r .
The one addition to the f a c u l t y is
t h e temporary appointment of Mr.
Samuel G. Barnes to t h e instructing
staff of the English Department, in
addition to which he will carry
out his duties, as varsity wrestling
coach
These changes in t h e departmental
instructors, along w i t h the appoint'
ment of Mr. Barnes, are expected
to be in effect as long as General
Anderson Alls his position in the
service of the state.
Army Rumored
To Take Only
Younger Men
By the Intercollegiate Washington
Press
Washington, Dec. 9—Persistent
"inside" press reports that young
men only will be inducted into mili-t
a r y service—despite the 21 to 36
age limits set by law—are correct
by i n t e r p r e t a t i o n only.
T r u t h is that the War Depart-ment,
while vigorously denying
a n intention of "requisitioning" men
u n d e r 29, admit that they expect
younger men to comprise the bulk
of early quotas. Assumption is that
older men will escape service
t h r o u g h occupation or dependents.
While the Army is reliable and
will abide by i t s intention of ac-c
e p t i n g men "as they come" from
local draft boards, several consid-e
r a t i o n s are noteworthy:
(1) Army is p e r m i t t e d by law to
" r e q u i s i t i o n " men within whatever
age limits it desires despite draft
legislaUon.
(2) Army wants younger men:
were strong proponents of 31 year
age limit d u r i n g d r a f t debates.
(3) Now confident that most in-ductees
will be under 29, t h e Army
will string along with the present
a r r a n g e m e n t , at least, for the first
year.
But, if Army expectations are in-correct,
and men of all ages are
inducted, a t h a n g e is forthcoming,
and, informed military observers
believe, later "requisitions" will
specify precise age groups.
Several weeks ago, the ROTC
office h e r e announced that it would
be necessary to drop a number of
cadets f r om its rolls. The Superin-tendent
wrote to Washington in
order to attempt to obviate this
necessity. For the information of
all cadets, t h e following l e t t e r f r om
t h e Superintendent is published.
The Editor of The Cadet
Dear Mr. McCauley:
Several inquiries have been made
as a result of dropping from the
ROTC rolls c e r t a i n cadets. This ac-t
i on was t a k e n because the appro*
p r i a t i o n was insufficient, b e i n g based
l allotment of 690 cadets,
whereas we actually had present
729.
Representation was made to the
War Department that all would
l i k e to be enrolled whether they
receive compensation or not; that
eligibility for a Reserve commis-sion
meant more than the money
consideration. Request was made
to enroll all physically fit cadets
regardless of t h e allotment of funds.
To this request reply was re-ceived.
It is s t a t e d t h a t t h e number
a u t h o r i z e d for ROTC is based, not
on the appropriation, but on the
estimated requirements for main-t
a i n i n g the Officers Reserve Corps.
A total of 19,000 was allowed for
t h e e n t i r e United States. Those not
e n r o l l e d cannot, under the Nation-al
Defense Act, be made eligible
f o r commissions.
Cadets omitted f r om t h e rolls be-cause
of an insufficient quota need
not be discouraged because by nor-mal
a t t r i t i o n in t h e Corps it is prob-a
b l e that all physically qualified
will sooner or l a t e r be enrolled.
C. E. Kilbourne,
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t
As the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t ' s l e t t e r in-dicates,
the dropping of these ca-dets
f r om the rolls of the Reserve
O f f i c e r s Training Corps does not
mean that these cadets may not be
reinstated. The allotment was made
when the corps was of smaller
strength, a n d it is p r o b a b l e t h a t the
men who are qualified will be
e v e n t u a l l y re-instated.
Keith Willis, president of theVMI
Glee Club, has announced t h a t the
Glee Club of AVerett college, of
Danville, Va., will be presented to
t h e Corps in a Joint concert with
t h e VMI Glee Club on Caturday,
March 29, 1941, in t h e J a c k s o n Mem-orial
Hall.
Averett will send its singers tp
Lexington for a concert in t h e Bap-tist
church, where they have sung
in the past. The concert in the
church will be held on Sunday of
that week-end. On the night before
they will combine with the VMI
Glee Club to f o rm one of t h e great-est
and most unusual concerts ever
held in Lexington, a composite Glee
Club of over one hundred voices.
This will probably be the first con-cert
of the VMI club before the
corps for this year.
At present, the executive com-m
i t t e e is very busy making plans
f o r t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t of these young
ladies a f t e r t h e i r performance. Ten-t
a t i v e plans call for a banquet in
t h e mess hall, followed by an in-formal
dance.
As customary, the Glee Club will
sing Christmas Carols in t h e court
y a r d the night before departure
f o r the Christmas furlough. The
e n t i r e list of the numbers has not
yet been completed, but cadets may
be sure it will be one of the best
performances yet. Because of the
fine work of W. E. Bell, acting di-r
e c t o r of t h e Club, this long-honored
custom will b e continued, to f u r n i sh
t h e corps with this excellent year-ly
entertainment.
Competitive
Drill Won
By fB' Co.
Following, are the results of the
Competitive Drill as announced by
the Commandant this week.
B Company 89
F Company 85.3
C Company 85
A Company 84
E Company 81
D Company 79.6
The results of this drill rank 'A'
and 'B' Companies very close for
the number one position on the Gar-n
e t t - A n d r e w s competition for the
f i r s t term, while 'D' Company, the
company that took f i r s t place in the
last drill, has dropped consider-ably
in the race for the trophy. Col-onel
Ellis stated that the company
d r i l l of the winner was good while
t h e platoon drill could stand some
improvement. This was the first
d r i l l in which all of the officers of
"B" company had participated to-g
e t h e r this year.
Aeolians Hold
Fifth Meeting
In Alumni Hall
Foreign Policy Is Topic
For Essay Contest
The Institute for National Policy,
of the College of William and Mary,
is offering a series of prizes, both
national and regional, to be award-ed
to t h e a u t h o r s of the best essays
on the factors that will determine
t h e American foreign policy in the
coming decade. The most significant
essays will be brought together
under t h e title, "The Next Decade of
American Foreign Policy," and will
be published in book form near the
end of this academic year. T h e r e will
be three National Prizes of $450
each and a prize of $300 to t h e win-ner
in each region. Each institution
that participates is to select a group
of three students and a faculty
advisor to draft the essay, which
is not to exceed five thousand words.
General Kilbourne has suggested
that the English Department se-lect
a group of First Classmen,
whom they consider the best r e p r e -
sentatives for VMI, and from this
group, the t h r e e students are to be
elected by popular vote. The elected
t h r e e will name their own faculty
advisor.
Fall Dances Held
At Girls' Colleges
This week-end marked the last of
t h e social events, before Christmas
Furlough, with dances at both Hol-lins
and Randolph Macon women's
colleges. Not only were these the
last dances before Christmas, but
also the last until after exams in
February, when VMI gives its Mid-
Winter Hops. All the nearby men's
colleges were well represented at
both dances by men f r om VMI, VPI,
W&L, and U. Va., and there were
others f r om colleges f a r t h e r away.
At Hollins the J u n i o r Prom was
given by the Junior Class. They
did the decorating, a r r a n g e d for the
orchestra, and conducted a figure in
which all Juniors with dates took
p a r t . The music was handled by
Freddy Johnson and his orchestra,
f r om Chapei Hill, N. C., who are
slated to play in New Jersey's
famous Meadowbrook in the very
near future.
The Christmas Formats, a r e g u l a r -
ly scheduled dance given each year
about this time, was the f e a t u r e at
Randolph-Macon. A social commit-tee
chosen from the whole school
was in charge of the dance, and it
was this group with their dates
who went through a figure. The
many sorority houses on the campus
each held open house for the dance
'Messiah'
To Be Sung
On Sunday
On Sunday, Dec. 15, at five o'clock,
Miss Mary Monroe Penick will
present the Messiah, Handel's fa-mous
oratorio, at the Presbyterian
chyrch. This is an annual event at
this church and for several years
t h e cadets have played a n important
p a r t in t h e chorus. This year prom-ises
to be one of the best yet as
several noted singers will b e present,
to sing the more important solo
parts.
Miss Edythe Schneider, head of
t h e voice department of Madison
college, will sing the very important
soprano recitative. Caleb Cushing,
well known oratorio singer, former-ly
with the world-renowned West-minster
Choir will sing t h e b a r i t o ne
role. Winifred Cushing, contralto,
and Elsie Hogue Donald, soprano,
complete the list of out-of-town
singers. Organ accompaniments will
be furnished by Virginia Egolf
Walters, formerly of the music fac-u
l t y of Hollins college. The chorus
will be composed of about one
hundred and fifty voices.
The Messiah, the best known, and
by f a r the most popular, of Handel's
many compositions, was w r i t t e n by
t h e composer in twenty-two days.
This is a very short time for such
an interesting composition. When
p r e s e n t e d the first time, the "Halle-l
u j a h Chorus" made its composer
famous. Even now, a very high tri-b
u t e is paid to the composer when-
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Over fifty people, including of-ficers
and their wives, citizens of
Lexington, and cadets, attended the
Aeolian's fifth concert, held in
Alumni Hall Saturday, f e a t u r i n g an
all-Tschaikowsky program.
The program included several
selections, f r om w h i c h many modern
a r r a n g e m e n t s have been adopted,
such as "Andante Cantabile," from
S t r i n g Quartet No. 1, f r om which
came "The Isle of May," and The
Overture—"Fantasia," to Romeo
and Juilet, f r om which "Our Love"
was taken.
During intermission an e n t e r t a i n -
ing commentary was given by E. S.
Granger.
The complete program was:
"Waltz from String Serenade;"
introduction by C. T. Dorset to
"March Slav"; introduction by G.
H. Esser to "Andante Cantabile,"
f r om the string Quartet No. 1; in-t
r d u c t i o n by H. M. Thornton to
t h e Overture—"Fantasia," to Ro-meo
and Juilet; intermission com-mentory
by E. S. Granger; intro-duction
by W. J. Dance to "The
P i l b r i m ' s Song;" a n d a n introduction
by J. S. Gillespie to Concerto No.
1 in B F l a t Minor.
Next S a t u r d a y evening, Dec. 14, at
7:30 o'clock in Alumni Hall, the
Aeolians will present the following
p r o g r am of Christmas music:
Prelude, "Christmas Bells, per-formed
by William H. Heitz; "Stille
Nacht," Gruber, solo by Ernestine
Schumann-Heink; Medley of Christ-mas
Carols, performed by Marek
Weber and his orchestra;introduc-tion,
by T. C. McLeod, to "Nut-cracker
Suite Ballet," Tschaikow-sky
Op. 71, performed by Leopold
Stokowski and the Philadelphia Or-chestra;
intermission with commen-t
a r y by Dr. H. V. Shelley.
I n t r o d u c t i o n by Mr. E. G. Bal-l
a r d to selections f r om "The Mes-siah,"
Handel, performed by Leo-pold
Stokowski and t h e Philadelphia
Orchestra, and the Royal Choral
The following selections will be
given: "Pastoral Symphony," "And
t h e Glory of the Lord," "All we
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Purdie Called to Duty
With 29th Division;
Leaves in January
Several Alumni
Also Summoned
LT. COL. K. S. PURDIE
Hold Reception For
Officers and Athletes
Since their arrival at the Ins-titute,
General and Mrs. Kilbourne
have made it a custom to give a
reception in honor of the football
t e am at the end of ech football
season. The affair f a r this year was
held on last Wednesday afternoon,
and lasted f r om 4:00 p. m. till about
6:20. Among those invited, besides
t h e members of the football squad,
were all of the Cadet commissioned
officers, the cheer leaders, the
coaches and trainers, with their
wives, and the officers of the athle-tic
staff, and their wives. About 50
young ladies f r om Southern Semin-ary,
and several of their teachers,
were also present. The receiving
line was composed of General and
Mrs. Kilbourne, Cadet B. W. Walker,
t h e football captain, and Cadet C.
E. Moore, the cadet first captain.
Refreshments were served, and
t h e cadets and their dates danced
to music furnished by a nickelo-deon.
The a f f a i r was Informal, t h e cadets
wearing blouses.
To Ft. Meade
L i e u t . Col. Kenneth S. Purdie,
associate professor of mathemaUcs
a t VMI, will leave the Institute
t e m p o r a r i l y in J a n u a r y in order to
proceed to Fort Meade, Md., where
he will be on active d u t y with the
29th Division of t h e National Guard.
Colonel Purdie holds the rank of
l i e u t e n a n t colonel on the division
staff.
Colonel Purdie, a native of Nor-folk,
Va., obtained his B. S. de-gree
f r om t h e Virginia Military In-s
t i t u t e in the Class of 1912. Com-p
l e t i n g the course in t h r e e and one-half
years, he took ninth academic
stand in his class. He returned to
t h e Institute in 1913 and served as
captain and assistant professor of
mathematics for one year. In 1918,
Colonel Purdie, a m a j o r in the Coast
A r t i l l e r y Corps of the United States
Army, served as Commandant of
Cadets and Professor of Military
Science and Tactics for two years,
He r e t u r n e d to VMI in 1926 and has
since been in the mathematics de-p
a r t m e n t .
Since Colonel Purdie's absence
will depend upon t h e length of serv-ice
of the 29th Division, which is at
t h i s time very uncertain, it is not
known how long he will be away.
Provisions are now being made by
t h e Superintendent to appoint a
civilian instructor in mathematics
for the period of Colonel Purdie's
absence.
Prospective plans for t h e calling
of the 29th Division in J a n u a r y -will
a f f e c t a n u m b e r of alumni.
The division is composed of units
f r om the states of Maryland, Vir-ginia,
Pennsylvania, and the District
of Columbia. The units are distri-rows'
condition was described as b u t e d b y s t a t e s i n t h e following
very serious, and that of Brooke as [ m a n n e r : Virginia, Ninety-first In-
S°o d - fantry Brigade, 111th Field Artil-
Barrows is the son of Mrs. Wil- l e r y R e g i m e n t > Twenty-ninth Sig-l
i am S. Barrows, also of Lexington. n a l company, and Twenty-ninth
The young man is a student at f T a n k Company; Maryland Fifty-
Washington and Lee university. I E i g h t h i n f a n t r y Brigade, 110th Field
Brooke is the son of Colonel and A r t i U e r y Regiment, 104th Medical
Mrs. George M. Brooke. Colonel, R e g i m e n t ; Pennsylvania, 176th
Brooke, a retired Army officer, was j F i e l d A r t n i e r y Regiment; District
professor at VMI at one time. o£ C o l u m b i a , 121st Engineer Regi-
Two W-L Men
In Automobile
Crash Here
Tragedy struck yesterday on the
grounds of the Institute when a
car driven by George Barrows, 19,
of Lexington was almost completely
demolished in an e a r l y m o r n i n g ac-cident.
Accompanying Barrows was
Howard Brooke, 20, also of Lexing-ton.
Both men were taken to Jackson
Memorial hospital, in Lexington,
w h e r e it was determined that Bar-rows
was suffering f r om f r a c t u r e of
t h e skull, shock, and severe abra-sions.
Brooke also suffered shock
and abrasions in addition to a f r a c -
t u r e d shoulder. At l a t e s t r e p o r t , Bar-
Richard H. Harwood, ex- 38, Serves Overseas
In Canadian Regiment, rThe Black Watch9
By JOE DREWRY
Richard H. (Dixie) Harwood, of
Portsmouth, Va., is one of the many
Americans fighting for the British
in the present war. "Dixie" was a
member of the class of 1938, but he
a t t e n d e d V. M. I. only one year.
While at the Institute he became
very fond of Colonel S. M. Heflin,
and it was through Colonel Heflin
that we found out about this rep-r
e s e n t a t i v e of V. M. I. in the Brit-ish
forces.
When "Dixie" left VMI at the end
of his rat year, he went back to
t h e Eastern Shore and married. Af-t
e r that he joined the 'Royal Scots,'
b e t t e r known as "The Black
Watch." In his first l e t t e r to Col-onel
Heflin he stated how well VMI
was known in Canada. In October
of this year, Colonel Heflin re-ceived
another letter from Har-wood.
He is still attached to the
F i r s t Black Watch of the Canadian
Active Service Force.
Many points of great interest
were expressed in his last letter.
One of the most impresssive things
is the undying spirit of the Eng-lish
people. He says. "Hitler's in-vasion
was broken up and so he is
is t r y i n g to bomb us (England) off
t h e map. If he is trying to break
t h e spirit of the English people
by bombing civilians, he is just
wasting his time. These people
stand up and sing 'God Save the
King" even with bombs dropping
around them."
He tells how the United States
is represented over there with men
f r om every state in the Union.
Dixie also expressed his desire that
old VMI would lick the hell out
of VPI." Even though Harwood
stayed at VMI only one year, he
says "that the one year at VMI did
Black Watch. "I've seen h u n d r e d s of
s t i r r i n g sights while following our
khaki warriors (Canadian soldiers)
overseas since this war began, but,
on this sandy Nova Scotian plain
my heart was filled and my nerves
tingled as I watched the Black
Watch parading with steel-edged
more than any three years of my cockiness as they show'on a crowd-life
toward making me a better
man. When we were dodging men
at football practice, I never thought
that some day I would be dodging
bombs over here."
In the letter "Dixie" enclosed a
clipping f r om a Canadian newspap-which
showed him and his
number two and three machine
gunners. He passed all the require-ments
and he is an expert machine
gunner. The nickname "Dixie" was
attached in Canada because Har-wood
was f r om the South.
At the end of the letter is a blur.
In the p a r a g r a p h following that one
he gives an explanation of the spot.
"Excuse the blur. A bomb went off
nearby and the table was shaken.
There is a n a i r - r a i d on now. I would
be mad as hell if a bomb fell and
r u i n e d this letter."
In an explanation of the photo-g
r a p h taken from the Canadian
paper, Oie men of the Black Watch
a r e described as the "leather-skin-ned
Ladies from Hell, hard as
nails, thoroughly trained, and
happy about the whole thing."
F r om an article by A. W. O'Brien
we got an idea of the men of the
packed street march. Only a hand-ful
of their own battalion members
joined the silent wilderness in
viewing the pipe-band step out with
conscious pride while carrying on
a magnificent Highland custom. Yet
t h e r e was a lilt to the music and
a challenge to their step I never
noticed before * • * these men had
heard whispered a t h r i l l i n g secret,
The Black Watch was about to sail
—it didn't matter where, as long as
t h e r e would be a fight at the end
of the water trail.
"No regiment in Canadian his-t
o r y ever underwent a training
period to compare with theirs. Most
of the men had long experience
w i t h the Black Watch as peace-time
militia—many of them saw ac-tion
in the last war. Immediately
a f t e r war began, the First Batta-lion
began to f o rm and train. On
December 28, they left for Mon-treal
for camp, settling down to
hard work at the Exhibition
Grounds at Toronto. From there,
they shifted to Valcantier. Then
under a blanket of censorship, they
were rushed to Newfoundland and
at last—overseas."
Young Brooke is also a direct de-scendent
of the late Commander
J o h n Mercer Brooke, distinguished
member of the faculty of the Ins-titute,
and the inventor of the
famed iron-clad Merrimac, first ship
of its kind, which played an im-p
o r t a n t part in the Civil War.
There were no eye-witnesses to
t h e accident, but according to the
account given by Brooke, the car
was traveling up the hill f r om Lee
Highway at high speed when it
s t r u c k the c u r b i n g on the right side
of the road, t u r n e d over, and crash-ed
into the stone wall near the
southeast corner of Crozet Hall. The
loud crash was heard by many
cadets in barracks, who, running
to the scene of the crash, found the
late-model Chevrolet crumpled and
capsized. Several of t h em were able
to right the car and remove the
two unconscious men. Lexington
Police were summoned, and both
men were removed to the Lexing-ton
hospital.
A bulletin f r om the hospital this
a f t e r n o o n stated that Brooke is get-t
i ng along "very nicely" and that
t h e condition of Barrows is "slight
ly improved over yesterday."
Monogram 'Mistos'
To Present Show
Last week the Monogram Club
held two meetings. Tom Thrasher,
t h e president, was in charge of
both meetings. At the first of the
two, Nelson Catlett and Billy Wal-ker,
were voted as full-fledged
members, and Manager Jack Bal-this
as an honorary member. It was
also voted that prospective new
members go in the Rat Line for a
week, beginning today. Every ca-det
probably saw Julius Minton,
"Duke" Ellington, Joe Muha, Billy
Clark, Emil Sotnyk, Gerald Wil
liams, and Bob Barton step off at
t h e first call this morning. These
"Mistos" will put on an amateur
show, w r i t t e n and directed by Bil
ly Clark, Saturday night in the
J. M. Hall, just before the movie.
Thrasher said that this show has
dramatic possibilities, and that he
hopes barracks will turn out in a
body to see this hit of 1940.
T h r a s h e r wishes to take this op
p o r t u n i t y to i n f o rm the men of the
Corps that while the Monogram
men are in the rat line, only the
old monogram members will be al-lowed
to haze t h em because this is
s t r i c t ly a privilege of the members
of this club. The remainder of the
Corps may watch but they may not
participate.
ment. 29th Division Headquarters,
and 29th Military Police Company.
Units of the 104th Quartermaster
Regiment are distributed, along
w i t h other auxiliaries, throughout
t h e aforementioned states.
Among the VMI alumni who will
go into t r a i n i n g with the Division
at Fort Meade in J a n u a r y are: Brig-adier
General George M. Alexander,
09, who commands the brigade;
Lieut. Col. Kenneth S. Purdie, '12,
Lieut. Col. Edwin P. Conquest, '14,
and Major Philip W. Root, '18, who
a r e members of the Division Staff;
Lieut. Col. Edwin Cox, '20, Major
H e r b e r t Harris, '12, Major Marshall
P. Fletcher, '14, Major Montgomery
C. Jackson, '20, and Captain Oliver
L. Denton, '24, who are assigned to
units of the Ninety-First Brigade;
Lieut. Col. Arthur Emerson, '20,
Major Tazewell F. Thompson, '29,
and Capt. J o h n P. Cooper, '29, who
a r e assigned to the F i f t y - F o u r t h Ar-t
i l l e ry Brigade.
The 29th Division has t r a i n e d f or
t h e past several summers at Indian-town,
Penn., Manassas, Va., and
Ogdensburg, N. Y.
This division has enjoyed an en-viable
record since its induction
into the service. A very interest-ing
history of the activities of the
unit was w r i t t e n several years ago
by Colonel John A. Cutchins, a
staff officer of Richmond, Va. The
work is entitled "History of the
Twenty-Ninth Division."
Colonel Purdie stated today that
t h e r e are probably a great many
more alumni now assigned to duty
w i t h the division, and that he will
send the names to The Cadet upon
his a r r i v a l at Fort Meade.
Lack of Interest Shown
For Confederate Craves
Lack of interest in taking care of
t h e graves of Confederate soldiers
in public cemeteries may lead to a
change under which disbursement
of money appropriated for this pur-pose
will be attended to by public
officials, Colonel LeRoy Hodges,
S t a t e Comptroller, has stated. How-ever,
it is unlikely that such a
change will come about in the near
f u t u r e , he said. The Comptroller's
office has a number of small ap-propriations
for the care of Con-f
e d e r a t e soldiers' graves, at present
unclaimed by memorial organiza-
Uons.
The associate editors of The Cadet
will meet tonight at eight o'clock
in the Cadet room in the basement
of the old library building. Editors
a r e urgently requested to attend?