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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- (ConUnued F r om Page 6) 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 (Continued f r om Page 6) 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?
Object Description
Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. December 9, 1940 |
Issue Date | 1940-12-09 |
Volume/Number | Volume 34, number 13 |
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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Full Text Search | 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- (ConUnued F r om Page 6) 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 (Continued f r om Page 6) 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? |