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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 See DICK WRIGHT Page 6 Only Five More Days and— 1 1 # ¥ 1.H 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- ...JU11GO ItlLUXma in n o u n c eme n t s UaOs to t h e tUiJmUeC Uof1 Ut ihfce 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. See XMAS FURLOUGH P a ^ 6 15 at ic- 's,
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Full Text Search | 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 See DICK WRIGHT Page 6 Only Five More Days and— 1 1 # ¥ 1.H 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- ...JU11GO ItlLUXma in n o u n c eme n t s UaOs to t h e tUiJmUeC Uof1 Ut ihfce 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. See XMAS FURLOUGH P a ^ 6 15 at ic- 's, |