VMI Cadet. December 16, 1940

              Glee Club To Carol
In Courtyard Friday
At 10t30 P. M.
VOLUME XXXIV—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 16, 1940 NUMBER 14
Educators Meet Here
To Discuss Program
Of Defense Education
State Colleges
Plan to Give
Short Courses
In order to discuss a propoaed
plan for establishing short courses
on defense at various state schools,
a meeting was held at the Insti-tute
last Wednesday and was at-tended
by several prominent Vir-ginia
educators. Among those at-tending
were Dean Earle Norris, of
V. P. I , Professors Evans and Wil-liams
of the University of Virginia,
Mr. Frank Cavedo of the Virginia
Employment Service, and several
members of the VMI faculty.
The plan is t o set up c e r t a i n short
courses dealing with the defense
p r o g r am in several of the s t a t e en-g
i n e e r i n g schools. In order to e f f e ct
such a program, the various schools
would have the cooperation of the
Virginia Employment Service which
s t a r t e d the movement. The p r o g r am
is designed to give t r a i n i n g to those
men who have been uhable to se-c
u r e instruction at engineering
schools.
Professor Evans, of the Univer-s
i ty of Virginia, presented to the
m e e t i n g an outline of what is al-r
e a d y being done at that school
a l o n g this line. The University is
now giving a night course in Draw-ing,
which is approved by the Fed-e
r a l authorities. The pre-requisites
f o r this course are a high school
education and two years of high
school math. Because of allotments,
it is not known how long this
course will continue. Other tenta-t
i v e courses listed by the Univer-sity
for this p r o g r am are: Materials
Testing, Electronics, Radio Com
municiations, and Explosives.
The professor stated f u r t h e r that
about f i f t y men, who a r e employed
i n Charlottesville, made applica-t
i o n s for this course.
Dean Norris of VPI told of his
i n s t i t u t i o n a l courses in connection
w i t h the National Youth Adminis-tratiQn.
Colonel R. A. Marr, acting head
of the VMI Civil Engineering De-p
a r t m e n t , called the a t t e n t i o n of the
delegates to the apparent need for
civil engineers on construction work
in the .Rockbridge area.
Mr. Cavedo, of the employment
service, then gave a short speech
o u t l i n i n g the program of his office.
A f t e r certain preliminary reports
h a v e been collected, the delegates
will meet with him in order that
some d e f i n i t e action may be taken.
Since these courses are not de-signed
for college men, they would
not affect VMI cadets to any great
degree. The plan is, however, a sig-n
i f i c a n t one in the present national
defense program. The need for
s k i l l e d workers with more technical
e d u c a t i o n has been cited recently
by the defense authorities, and at-tempts
will be made to remedy this
deficiency through this program.
Both Col. Stewart W. Anderson,
h e a d of the Electrical Engineer De-p
a r t m e n t , and Colonel Marr have
s u b m i t t e d outlines of courses that
these departments are prepared to
o f f e r to the Superintendent. Vari-ous
instructors at VMI have signi-f
i e d their willingness to cooperate,
and the plan is now under consid-e
r a t i o n by the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t . Fur-t
h e r developments will be announc-ed
later in The Cadet.
Goolrick, Pitts,
Horne, Doby ns,
Enter Contest
The VMI r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s who will
t a k e part in the essay competition
of the I n s t i t u t e for Foreign Policy
of the College of William and Mary
w e r e selected and announced here
l a t e last week. The last issue of The
Cadet carried an account of the
purpose, prizes, and plans of this
I n s t i t u t e , and immediately after
t h a t publication, the process of se-lecting
the candidates was begun.
These men, all of the f i r s t class,
who have been entered are W. K.
Goolrick, G. S. Horne, S. W. Dob-yns,
a n d J . L. P i t t s . These f o u r were
chosen by Colonel Read, assisted
b y Colonel Dixon and Colonel Ful-ler,
f r om the complete list of ap-plications
received, by an examina-tion
of the records, w r i t i n g ability,
imagination, and aptitude f o r social
studies exhibited in the past by
each candidate.
Although these four men will
meet soon in order to choose a fac-u
l t y advisor to round out the team,
it is significant and praiseworthy
t h a t the Superintendent and every
member of t h e faculty of of t h e De-p
a r t m e n t of Liberal Arts has o f f e r -
ed his aid and full support to these
contestants.
I t might be added that this is the
f i r s t year that the I n s t i t u t e of f or
eign policy has been held, and the
topic chosen in view of the vital im
p o r t a n c e of the foreign policy of the
United States in the apparently
critical years which are so immi
n e n t and must be faced by every
citizens of the United States.
W-L Columnist
Receives (?)
Coaching Bid
Dick Wright, Ring-tum Phi sports
columnist last week received a 'ten-t
a t i v e offer' of a five-year contract
as head football coach at VPI at $9,-
000 a year.
The offer was made in a letter
received then by Wright, who last
week criticized the work of W&L's
Tex Tilson in his column, "The F i f th
Q u a r t e r . " T y p e w r i t t e n on stationery
of the Tech Department of Physical
Education and Athletics, the letter
c a r r i e d only a typed signature, "The
Virginia Tech Athletic Council."
"As you have doubtless read in
t h e daily newspapers, Mr. Henry
Redd, head football coach here for
t h e past nine years, has recently re-signed
his position to devote full
time to alumni work," the letter
read. "Thus, the Virginia Tech Ath-l
e t i c Council is now entering upon
t h e task of selecting a suitable suc-cessor
to Mr. Redd.
"The council is, of course, going
about this task deliberately. We are
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Bounds and Randolph
Chosen Co-Directors
Of Second Class Show
Iron Lung
Fund Drive
Still Short
Progress on the collections for
t h e Lexington Iron Lung f u n d has
been reported to be very satisfac-tory,
w i t h c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r om cadets
to be s u b m i t t e d to t h e f u n d a u t h o r i -
ties. The f u n d has been half sub-scribed
at the present time, and
f u r t h e r donations are still being
sent. The undertaking is for the
benefit of the e n t i r e community, and
it is expected that it will receive
t h e complete support of the people
in and around Lexington.
Dr. W. D. Hoyt, head of the de-p
a r t m e n t of Biology at W. & L„ has
stated, "The instrument is used not
only for infantile paralysis, but
also for many other conditions,
such as drowning, electrical shock,
a s p h y x i a t i o n by carbon monoxide
or other gases, i n j u r i e s incurred in
Corps to Have
Christmas Dinner
Wednesday Night
With only five days remaining
until furlough and innumerable
calendars in barracks resembling
t h e last rose of summer, our
thoughts turn f r om Physics, Math
and such trash to turkey, plum
pudding and beautiful fems. Dis-r
e g a r d i n g the l a t t e r (we leave that
u p to you), we received word f r om
Club Corzet will once more re-sound
to music and the clicking of
some seven hundred assorted sets
of molars while as many cadets dive
i n t o t u r k e y with all the trimmings.
Yep! It's the annual Christmas
supper next Wednesday night which
gives headaches to Bogus, joy to
t h e rats, and in some cases stomach-aches
to the over-indulgent.
This year the a f f a i r will be "big-ger
and better than ever" in the
words of Mr. Bryant, the mess hall
steward. The menu will include
f r e s h f r u i t cocktail, turkey a la
B o g u s , ' ( a new mess hall specialty),
c r a n b e r r y jelly, celery and olives,
lettuce, hot rolls, potatoes (prep-a
r a t i o n as yet unknown), coffee and
milk, ice cream, and some assorted
n u t s for the more balmy brothers.
Music will be f u r n i s h e d by Tony
and His Killer Dillers of Musical
Syncopation, alias, the Post Band.
Music a p p r o p r i a t e to the Christmas
season will regale the diners who
a r e cordially invited to join in, if
e a t i n g does not prove too strenuous
a task.
As f o r t h e rats, they will undoubt-edly
take advantage of this rare
o p p o r t u n i t y to read their l e t t e r s to
Santa Claus, Imploring this illus-t
r i o u s gentleman to donate various
g i f t s to their much-beloved super-iors.
We have no doubt that the
"Night Before Christmas" will take
a t e r r i b l e beating at the hands of
t h e various amateur Daniel Web-sters.
To make the occasion a truly
memorable one, old Saint Nick has
promised to be on hand with gifts
f o r some of our more noted Brer
Rats.
So get out your Sal Hepatica,
boys, and p r e p a r e for an hour's en-joyment
in the famous rendezvous
of the South, good ole' Club Crozet!
NO COVER CHARGE.
Glee Club to Give Annual Christmas Carol
Concert in Courtyard Friday Night at 10:30
Ail library books are due to be
turned in by Thursday, Dec. 19,
11)40. Fines of two cents per day
per volume will be charged for
books not brought in before
Christmas.
Newman Named Local
Weather Observer
Succeeding General Francis Mai-lory,
for many years Lexington's
j o f f i c i a l weather observer, is Lieu-
; t e n a n t James Newman of VMI.
1 L i e u t e n a n t Newman reports the
high t e m p e r a t u r e for the week as
66 on Tuesday. The thermometer
dropped to 18 degrees on Monday
morning, according to the new ob-server.
Temperatures day by day
d u r i n g the past week were Thurs-day,
max. 48, min. 29; Friday, 44, 21;
Sat. 55, 20; Sun. 52, 36; Mon. 52, 18;
Tues. 66, 49; Wed. 61, 29.
On Friday evening at 10:30, the
VMI Glee club will give its annual
Christmas concert in the courtyard
of b a r r a c k s . The concert will b e com-posed
of six familiar Christmas
carols.
K e i t h Willis, president of the
club, has announced that the club
will f o rm on the n o r t h side of the
courtyard, facing Washington arch,
in about the same position used
last year. W. E. Bell, a t h i r d class-man,
who is directing the organi-zation
in the absence of Mrs. Ra-mey,
will conduct t h e program.
A special l i g h t i n g a r r a n g e m e n t for
t h e concert is being designed by
H. R. Hill and H. E. Mecredy, Jr.
It is especially requested that all
first classmen and those second
classmen having the privilege of
r u n n i n g lights after taps t u r n off
t h e i r light at the beginning of the
p r o g r am so that the special Christ-mas
lighting may have its f u l l effect.
The program will begin with the
f a m i l i a r hymn, "Coifle All Ye Faith-f
u l . " The concert will continue with
"Joy to t h e World," "O L i t t l e Town
of Bethlehem," "Hark the Herald
Angles Sing," and "It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear." The final selec-t
i on will be a special arrangement
of "Silent Night, Holy Night," fea-u
r i n g an octet which will sing f r om
t h e (toops with the whole club
offering the background.
Before the concert in the court-yard,
the club will sing in f r o n t of
General Kilbourne's home, and then
repeat the program before t h e Com-m
a n d a n t ' s quarters. Both these con-c
e r t s will be given between ten and
t e n - t h i r t y o'clock.
The practice of singing carols in
t h e courtyard on the eve of the
Christmas furlough was begun in
1935. At this time a group of cadet;
gave the first impromptu concert.
The next year a group of volunteers,
u n d e r the direction of Col. R. E.
Dixon, gave a Christmas carol pro-gram.
In 1937 the glee club was
officially organized under" the di-rection
of Mrs. M. G. Ramey, and
at that Christmas, presented a carol
program. This custom has continued
each year since. Each year new
ideas have been added to the con-cert,
making it more impressive.
At the present time the concert
is looked f o r w a r d to b y cadets with
as much eagerness as h e a r i n g Tony
play "Home Sweet Home" the morn-ing
on which the furlough begins.
Many visitors are always attracted
to t h e I n s t i t u t e to hear the concert.
pneumonia.'
He also said that he could re-member
when some cadet was killed
f ew years ago f r om contact with
h i g h l y charged wire, and that if
the lung had been invented and
Lexington had had one, his life
would probably have been saved.
There has been a presence of pa-ralysis
in neighboring counties, and
this fact alone shows a potential
need for the versatile and very
useful instrument.
A model of the iron lung, which
has been on display in t h e Post Ex-change
for the past week, illustrates
t h e principle of the full-sized pro-totype
being obtained for Lexington
by means of the donations. This
model is r u n by electricity and has
two toy balloons which represent
t h e human lung. The effect of the
increasing and decreasing pressure
w i t h i n t h e "boiler" is n o t e d t h r o u gh
t h e reaction on the balloons. The
iron l u n g has been brought into the
public eye many times recently,
with the most notable patient be-ing
Fred Snite, Jr., who has lived
in one for several years, and is now
m a r r i e d and has a child.
Institute Sectional Clubs to Hold Variety
Of Entertainments During Christmas Furlough
In full keeping with the spirit of
Christmas and the coming of the
New Year, a number of the section-al
clubs of the I n s t i t u t e have plan-ned
dances, parties, and combina-tions
of both. The scenes of these
f e s t i v i t i e s range f r om the heart of
New York City to t h e w a rm climate
of t h e S t a t e of Texas.
Richmond Dance Jan. 2nd
At Commonwealth Club
The Richmond VMI Cadet Club
will present a dance on the even-ing
of Thursday, J a n u a r y 2, 1941, at
10 p. m. at t&e Commonwealth club
in Richmond. The president of the
club, James C. Wheat, Jr., an-nounced
today that plans have been
completed for the gala a f f a i r , which
will be the last social event of the
season before r e t u r n i n g from fur-lough.
While the dances of several of the
sectional organizations are being
h e l d in conjunction with alumni
chapters, the Richmond Club dance
is being conducted by the cadets
alone. President Wheat stated fur-t
h e r that he extends a cordial in-vitation
to cadeft f r om all sections.
The dance will last until 2 a. m.
Reservations may be secured from
Wheat in room 121, f r om any offi-cer
of t h e club, or at t h e door of the
Commonwealth Club on the night
of the dance.
Yankee Reunion To Be
Held In New York
The Yankee Club is the first on
t h e list with an informal party for
all cadets and alumni in the vici-n
i ty of New York City. President
Stan Navas has arranged for the
p a r t y to be held at the German-
American Rathskeller, 4th Avenue
and 17th Street, December 3rd, at
n i n e o'clock. It is expected that - a
l a r g e number of alumni and f r i e n ds
will be present also.
Northern Virginia Cadets,
Alumni Gather at 'Swanee'
The Northern Virginia Club will
make the 27th a double occasion,
when they, in conjunction with the
Alumni Chapter of that section,
will sponsor their dance at the
"Swanee Tavern," Warrenton, Va.
Jimmy Darmon and his orchestra
will supply the music. All cadets
of that district are invited to come,
and should they wish to bring
1 See SECTIONAL CLUBS Page 6
Christmas Dance Calendar
Dec. 23 Yankee Club at German-American Club at 4th
Avenue and 17th Street, New York City, at nine
o'clock.
Dec. 27 Northern Virginia Club at "Swanee Tavern," War-renton,
Virginia, at ten o'clock.
Dec. 27 Texas Club at Hotel Adolphus, Dallas, Texas.
Dec. 28 Norfolk-Portsmouth Club at Norfolk Town Club,
at nine o'clock.
Dec. 30 Roanoke Club at Hotel Roanoke, from nine 'till
two.
Jan 2 Richmond Club al Commonwealth Club, Rich-mond
at ten o'clock.
Staff Announces
Try-outs to Begin
After Furlough
Getting off to an early start, with
plans for the best Second Class
Show yet, the Second Class has ap-pointed
t h e first f ew members of t he
staff. Those members of the staff
r e c e n t l y appointed were: Carroll
Bounds and Jack Randolph, Co-directors;
Leonard Blackburn Assis-t
a n t to the Directors; Billy Brown,
Business Manager; Ed Swain, P u b l i -
c i ty Director; and Eddie Young,
Stage Manager. This still leaves a
great many appointments yet to be
made before actual work on the
p l a y can begin. Selections for the
cast of the play will probably not
begin until after the Christmas
f u r l o u g h .
No i n f o r m a t i o n can be given out
yet as to t h e exact n a t u r e of t h e play,
but it is to be something quite dif-f
e r e n t f r om anything those of the
other classes have presented. An-
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a t h l e t i c sports, and some forms of selections of the cast will be made
and all those who wish to try-out
for the play should watch for them.
To assist f u r t h e r in the play and
to determine the policy to be fol-lowed,
Col. Robert L. Bates, Pro-fessor
of Psychology and Philoso-phy,
has been appointed faculty
advisor. Sometime this week the
d i r e c t o r s will meet with Colonel
Bates to discuss plans for the play.
As has been the policy in former
y e a r s the play will be held during
t h e Easter Hops.
Zamsky Given
Bomb Contract
Limiting Hours
For Furlough
Announced
I n an order published f r om Head-q
u a r t e r s today, it was announced
that recall f r om classes will me
sounded at 11:25 a. m. on Saturday,
being 20 minutes earlier than the
11:45 recall at the same time last
y e a r . Police call will be sounded
at 11:30 and the inspection of q u a r t -
ers by tactical officers will begin
promptly at about 11:35. The time
for dismissal will depend upon the
completion of the inspection by the
tactical officers who will then re-port
to the Commandant. After this
inspection, the Commandant will
dismiss the corps at whatever time
he sees fit.
T r u n k rooms will be open f r om
DRC until SRC on Wednesday,
Last Friday evening the 1942
Bomb committee awarded the con-tract
for class photographs to the —-
Zamsky Studio of Philadelphia, Pa. Thursday and Friday of this week
For the past three years this con- i n order to allow Cadets to obtain
t r a c t has been given to Andre, of articles of clothing for the furlough.
Lexington.
The quality of Zamsky's work is
very well known in the East. In the
past he has worked on year books
f o r such colleges as Syracuse, Yale,
Cornell, and the University of Vir-ginia.
This is not the first time that
Zamsky has been connected with
VMI annuals. The Bomb of the
Class of '38 was his work, and for
a p p r o x i m a t e l y four years before
that time his services were sought
a f t e r by the various year-book
s t a f f s of the Institute.
The change in contract will nec-e
s s i t a t e a re-photographing of the
present tlxird and f o u r t h classes for
t h e 1942 BL-mb. However, this is not
expected to cause a great deal of
confusion or expense.
Monogram 'Mistos'
Play Heavy Drama
In Saturday Show
Those seven cadets who rather
reluctanUy used the rat line as a
means of travel this past week, the
Monogram Rats, entertained the
Corps in Jackson Memorial Hall
last Saturday night immediately
following the movie.
The script was w r i t t e n by Billy
Clark, and he also directed the
show. Practice began last Monday mobile:
Civilian clothes, trunks, and suit-casesmay
be kept in b a r r a c k rooms
f r om DRC, Friday, until time of de-p
a r t u r e for the furlough.
L a u n d r y can be obtained between
4 p. m. and SRC on Friday, and
those cadets desiifng to send out
l a u n d r y b e f o r e t h e f u r l o u g h may do
so before 9:00 a. m. Saturday.
During the inspection by tactical
officers on Saturday, cadets may
wear civilian clothes.
The above information, given the
Cadet this morning, is not positive,
but was said to be highly probable
by the Commandant.
This year the corps will have the
longest Christmas vacation that has
occurred in many years, due to the
fact that Christmas comes on a
Wednesday. To give all cadets who
live far away the opportunity to
get home that day, release will
be sounded at 12 o'clock on Decem-ber
21st, giving one more day for
enjoyment. The limiting hours for
r e p o r t i n g on J a n u a r y 3, are:
a. For those a r r i v i n g at Roanoke
by t r a i n f r om the West and South-west,
and for those spending the
f u r l o u g h in Rockbridge County ( in-cluding
Lexington):
10:00 a. m. or as soon as possible
a f t e r arrival in Lexington of bus
scheduled to leave Roanoke 8:15
a. m. «
b. For those living beyond Rock-bridge
county who r e t u r n by auto-afternoon.
L. A. Leacacos served
as the only stage hand, producing
all the sound effects, and Pete Rice
was prompter.
The cast was as follows:
" J o s e p h i n e"
"Moses"
"Potent Cefus"
"Okus"
"Pokus"
"Wife"
"Baby"
Gerald Williams
Bob Barton
Emil Sotnyk
All seven of these Third Class-men
received many compliments
f o r their splendid performance,
which showed that they had put
out lots of hard work. The theme
was a great love affair entitled
"The Seven Tragedies." Joe Muha
took the part of the heroine, while
Billy Clark was "her" hero.
2:30 p
c. From those from the North-
East:
3:20 p. m. or as soon as possible
a f t e r arrival in Lexington of the
J o e Muha bus scheduled to leave Washington
Billy Clark ; at 8:00 a. m.
J u l e Minton j d. For those arriving at Clifton
Duke Ellington j Forge by train from the West and
Northwest:
3:30 p. m. or as soon as possible
a f t e r the arrival in Lexington on
t h e bus scheduled to leave Clifton
Forge at 2:00 p. m.
e. For those arriving at Lynch-burg
by train from the South and
Southwest:
4:00 p. m. or as soon as possible
a f t e r arrival of the bus scheduled
to leave Lynchburg at 2:20 p. m.
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