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Plans For Indoor Drill and Riding Hall Completed t t l l M a k ck Team Wins vTr Richmond Page 5 VOLUME XXXIV—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, APRIL 28, 1941 NUMBER Let's Wake Up! AN EDITORIAL A very stupid and most unnecessary custom at VMI, which has grown by leaps and bounds for t h e past several years, has today surpassed mere custom and developed iifto a manda-t o r y procedure from which no cadet can hope to escape. The practice of buying corsages for e v e r y date at every dance is, w h e n considered impartially, a destructive influence and a blemish on our good judgment. VMI prides itself on its superior entertainment of young l a d i e s during dances. Furthermore, cadets almost always l e a v e no stone unturned in order to make certain that these y o u n g ladies are cared for in a manner that any gentleman c o u l d not help taut praise. There is, nevertheless, a limit to e v e r y t h i n g and we believe that cadets, through commercial influences, have been forced to go beyond the bounds of courtesy and propriety. Under the present set-up, any cadet having a girl to a dance must expend a ridiculous sum for the purchase of flowers, w h i c h seems to be looked upon as one of the barest "necessities." If a cadet f e e l s that his budget cannot stand this purchase, there are t w o courses l e f t to him. Either he escorts t h e girl to the dances without benefit of flowers, thus making her f e e l v e r y conspicuous or he g i v e s the whole thing up and dosen't have a date. Sad as it may seem, the last procdure is t h e more frequent consequence. If however, the cadet decides t o i n v i t e the girl, he usually runs into debt and has a pretty t o u g h time getting out. As a result of such occurrences, The Cadet desires to go o n record recommending to a broad-minded Corps of Cadets t h e immediate and absolute abolition of corsages for all girls at all dances. We realize that w e are sticking our necks out, but w e feel p r e t t y ashamed that somebody hasn't beaten us to it. There are going to be some cadets, and among t h em the Finance Committee element, who disagree. We shall try to show, however, that such a step, if taken properly, would not hurt t h e Finance Committees, but would help t h em tremendously i n the end. In the first place, flowers are no necessity. Many of the nation's large colleges and universities have awakened to t h i s fact and have promptly abolished them. These schools h a v e realized the heavy financial burden that such a s y s t em places upon students along .with" t h e fact that corsages are by no means essential to the success of a set of dances. At VMI, most corsages after half an evening's wear s h ow very definite signs of w i l t i n g and by the time the dance is over, they are u s u a l l y "shot." Besides, when every girl at a VMI hop (the number ranges f r om 200 to 600) blossoms out w i t h flowers on her dress, what difference does it make? She has something that t h e rest have. So what? Exactly what difference does it make to her? We can see none. What pleases the average girl is the possession of something that the other girls do not have. When all the girls have corsages, who notices them? We say again: What difference do flowers make? In the second place, flowers for dances here constitute about one-third of the dance budget. If this third were suddenly taken away, think how much better off the average cadet would be financially. At Saturday's dance, there were 500 or more girls present and nearly every single one sported a corsage. This means something like $1200—$1700 was ex-tracted from VMI for a f e w tokens that meant little, that ac-complished nothing, and that were so common that t h e y were noticed by nobody except possibly the girls that wore them. Approximately the same amount of money was spent for the Friday hop. All this indicates that about $2500 may have been spent for corsages this past week-end. If this money were thrown into one pot, Kay Kyser or Glenn Miller could have been playing in the smoking room while Tommy Dorsey went to town on the dance floor. In the third place, w e don't believe that the Finance Com-i t t e e gets such a great benefit out of the sale of flowers even w i t h liberal commissions given it by the flower merchants. The Finance Committee is merely a step in the direction of formng a Hop Committee. Consequently, the profit that such a group seek6 to earn is to be used, in the end, s o l e l y for the promotion of hops here atVMI. Then, why not promote these hops in a manner that will be more beneficial to cadets? If flowers at dances were to be abolished today, the Finance Committee's profits would be cut to a great extent. We admit that, for flowers are its chief source of revenue. But, when the finance committeemen become hop committeemen, it would be a different story. Since cadets would automatically have their dance budget cut by one-third of the former total, more cadets would be able to have girls up. With more girls up to dances, more cadets, even if they were stags, would be attracted to the dances. With such a large influx of business, the Hop Committee could promote the best bands and the best season that VMI ever had. Since the Hop Committee is a non-profit organization, it should end up with no profits and no deficits at the end of the year. What difference does it make where or h ow it gets its money anyway, whether as a Finance Committe or as a Hop Committee? The only difference is that cadets would be benefitted by the latter. And, since every or-ganization at VMI is for the ultimate benefit of cadets, why shouldn't the latter course be followed? Before the exponents of the cause of the great loss to the Finance Committees start hopping down the editor's neck, we humbly request that they answer this question. This editorial is not an attack on the company that holds the contract for flowers with the Finance Committee. This company is one of the finest we have ever seen and furnshes cadets with the best flowers at the lowest prices that w e have experienced. The company has been over-generous in the decoration flowers for the gymnasium and it grieves us indeed, that it would suffer under such a plan after having shown the school such kindness and consideration. Nevertheless, it is the principle, not the firm, to which we object. But, the practice of giving corsages at dances is little more (Continued on Page 2) Washington Rector Selected to Deliver Graduates' Sermon '41 Finals Schedule Released The Reverend C. Leslie Glenn, D. D., rector of St. John's Church, Washington, D. C., has been named by the Superintendent, Maj. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne, to deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the members of the graduating class on Sunday morning, June 8, 1941, at the annual services in the Jackson Memorial Hall. Dr. Glenn is one of Washington's most noted clergyman and is known throughout the state of Virginia for his excellent discussions. The selec-tion of Dr. Glenn calls to mind that another Washington man spoke at the Baccalaureate exercises last Finals, the Reverend Peter Mar-shall. Dr. Marshall was received en-thusiastically by all who heard him and Dr. Glenn is expected to be equally popular. Col. George A. Derbyshire, mili-tary executive officer of the Insti-tute, released today the schedule for the 1941 Finals, which will last from June 7 through June 11. The schedule is as follows: Saturday, June 7 9:00 a. m.—Close order drill, the corps. 10 a. m.—Cavalry exhibition. 11:00 a. m.—Field artillery exhi-bition. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 5:30 p. m.—Regimental Review for the Board of Visitors including the presentation of prizes: 1. Garnett Andrews Cup. 2. Company Rifle Cup. 3. Company Intramural Cup. 4. Individual Rifle Cup. 5. ROTC Medals. 6. Other Military Trophies. Parade. 9:00 p. m.—Monogram Hop. Sunday, June 8 9:15 a. m.—Sunday morning in-spection of quarters. 10:00 a. m.—Escort of the Color. 11:00 a. m.—Baccalaureate Sermon —Jackson Memorial Hall, by the Rev. C. Leslie Glenn, St. John's church, Washington, D. C. 12:00 Noon—Unveiling of tablets and memorials, Memorial Garden. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 2:30 p. m.—Polo Game. 8:30 p. m.—Alumni Reception in Preston Library. 10:00 p. m.—Glee Club Concert, Memorial Garden. Monday, June 9 9:00 a. m.—Academic Exhibit. 9:30 a. m.—Garrison Review. 11:30 a. m.—Rifle Exercises, the Corps. 12:00 Noon—Presentation of Car-son Collection—Preston Library.. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 2:15 p. m.—Annual Meeting, Gen-eral Alumni Association, Jackson Memorial Hall. 2:30 p. m—Horse Show, VMI Ath-letic Field. 5:00 p. m.—Alumni Review. 10:00 p. m.—Final German. Tuesday, June 10 10:00 a. m.—Garrison Review. 10:40 a. m.—Cavalry Exhibition. 11:20 a. m.—Field Artillery Exhi-bition. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 3:00 p. m.—Gymnastic Exhibition. 5:00 p. m.—Graduation Parade. 9:00 p. m.—Superintendent's Re-ception. 11:00 p. m.—Final Ball. Wednesday, June 11 11:00 a. m.—Graduation Exercises, Jackson Memorial Hall. 1. Invocation. 2. Announcement of Distinctions. 3. Valedictory Address by Cadet L. D. Hill, III, of Texas. 4. Announcement of Honors: (a) Award of Jackson-Hope Med-s. (b) Award of Cincinnati Medal. (c) Award of French Medal in Mathematics. (d) Award of Deering Medal in English Literature. (e) Award of Bothwell Graham Medal. (f) Award of Garnett Andrews Prize. (g) Award of ' Alfred H. Knowles 1933 Award." (h) Award of Lemuel McKim-mie Long Jarman Award. 5. Address to graduating class jor General Walter S. Grant, nding Third Corps Area. (Continued on page 0) Valedictorian L. D. HILL, III Citadel Cadets Pay Week-end Visit to VMI In return for a week-end visit at the Citadel by three members of the first class, three cadets from the Citadel were entertained by the In-stitute during the past week-end. The group consisted of Bob Nelson, a first classman who holds the rank of Lieut. Intelligence officer; Al Chapman, a second classman who holds the rank of First Sergeant, and Herb Beckington, a member of the third class and a corporal. The purpose of the visit was to obtain information concerning our Centennial Celebration in view of the approaching celebration of that same event at the Citadel next year. During their stay at the In-stitute the three representatives of the Citadel compared the VMI sys-tem with that at the Citadel with a view to improving their own sys-tem. As guests of the Institute the three Citadel - cadets were shown a com-plete week-end which included at-tending Easter Hops. Hugh Gantt entertained Bob Nel-son. Nelson's visit included every-thing from sleeping in barracks hays to attending W Hops. The King twins entertained Al Chapman. Gordon Smith was host to Herb Beckington, who lived on the third stoop during his stay. ASCE Holds State Meeting At Lexington VPI Invites Delegates For Next Convention The annual joint meeting of the Virginia Student Chapters of the American Society of Civil Engin-eers was held at the Institute on Saturday, April 28th. Besides sen-iors and juniors of the host chap-ter, which has a membership of one hundred and sixty, thirty mem-bers of the Virginia Poltechnic In-stitute student chapter and fifteen delegates from the University of Virginia attended the convention. The principal speaker was E. M. Hastings, chief engineer of the Rich-mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad. Mr. Hastings is an honor-ary alumnus of VMI and the offi-cial contact member of the VMI student chapter for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Hastings discussed the duties and opportunities of young engineers, especially in connection with na-tional defense. The theme of Mr. Hastings' speech dealt with the out-look of the world today and the necessity of serious thought and deed among the youth of America today. Each of the student chapters was represented by two speakers. W. H. Lewis of Virginia Polytechnic In-stitute discussed "Kellogg Health Games," in which he told how de-ficiencies in our public health sys-tem were found in the war games carried on by the experiments with humans against bacteria. W. E. Kline of VPI spoke on "City Man-agement" and gave an outline of a day's work of a city manager and the different jobs required of him. E. Boyd Livesay of the University of Virginia spoke on the "Multiplex Method of Mapping -from Aerial Photographs" and David Schumak-er discussed "Soil Stabilization by Portland Cement." Both of these speeches were of a technical nature and the methods used were one of the main points discussed. Defense topics were selected by the Virginia Military Institute student speakers. Stanley Navas spoke on "Defense of Our Caribbean Bases" and Alvin Meyer spoke on "Emergency Clor-ination of Bombed Water Supplies." After the speeches were complet-ed, W. E. Cline, of VPI, extended an invitation to the group to meet at Virginia Polytechnic Institute at the next meeting of the conven-tion. The invitation was accepted by the chapters and though no specific date was set, the meeting is almost sure to be held in the spring. Before attending the meeting in the auditorium of the Preston Li-brary from 11:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. delegates witnessed a regimental parade by VMI's Cadets. Proposed Drill Hall Will Be Constructed Northeast of Stables Flying Board Here May 7-10 The traveling Army Air Corps Cadet Board of Langely Field, Va., today announced that Us spring itinerary would include a four-day stop at Lexington. Capt. James S. Sutton, AC, President, said that the Board will be at the ROTC office at VMI from May 7 through May 10. At that time all Interested cadets and Washington and Lee stud-ents will be examined. Second Class Show Receives Big Ovation On Friday, April 25, playing to a capacity crowd of officers of the Institute, alumni, cadets and their dates, the Second Class Show be-gan the Hop week-end most succes-fully. The crowd, estimated at be-tween eight hundred and a thousand began filing into JM Hall at 7:30 p. m. and at 8 o'clock the doors were closed for the opening with only standing room left in the bal-cony. Beginning with a note of hilarity and gaiety, the show continued in this manner for almost the entire time. Clark Goolsby and Billy Clark provided a short black-face skit and Billy Clark drew much ap-plause from the audience with his imitations of famous persons among them being an excellent imitation of President Roosevelt. Outstanding Comedian of the show was Dave Aston in the part of William B. Bilgewater. Aston's dialogue and actions brought such laughter from the house that the show was inter-rupted several times to wait for comparative silence before it was possible to continue. For the serious side of the show a short play entitled "The Valiant" Was presented. Starred in this were Miss Wini Jansen, Rollo Patton, and Eddie Young. Miss Jansen, a senior at Southern Seminary, has already had previous roles on the stage and her performance in "The Valiant" was excellent. From comments heard among the various members of the audience in-terviewed the plan of intermission was most successful. No one was al-lowed to leave his seat during in- Continued On Page 6) Institute Gets Options On Property The site of the indoor drill hall, to be constructed with the assist-ance of WPA funds, has been de-cided by securing options on the property just northeast of the stable area. The frontage on Main Street (of Lexington) will be 303 feet. The depth varies, but is nowhere less than 185 feet. This will permit a building 300 x 125 feet to be con-structed as planned. By cutting and filling, the ground level of the hall can be brought within a few feet of that of the stable giving easy access to the hall for the field artillery units. The new structure will not only be a valuable addition to VMI'S means for instruction, but it will re-sult in improving the appearance of the approaches to the Institute from the northeast. The Superintendent, General Kil-bourne, has been working for some-time in an effort to provide VMI with a drill hall that can be used by the mounted units, especially during the bad weather which is so frequent during the winter months which has suspended mounted ac-tivity to a large degree during that time. As announced in an issue of The Cadet several weeks ago, the au-thorities here hope to begin work on the building before the present session is concluded. If this is ac-complished, much work can be done during the summer months, but it has not yet been learned as to what date Institute officials hope to have the hall ready for use by the military department. Dorsey Thrills Week-end Audience; Concert Is Overwhelming Success by yajo Comman Tommy Dorsey, that "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing," who has re-cently changed his title to "That Sentimental Gentleman," proved to an enthusiastic audience in Cocke Hall last week-end that his former title is far the more appropriate. Dorsey and his nationally famous orchestra played before a group that was said by many to be even great-er than that attracted to the Easter Dances of 1940 by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. His scheduled appear-ances were at the formal hops on Friday and Saturday evenings and at the swing concert and dansant on Saturday afternoon. The older of the two Dorsey bro-thers was scheduled to put in an appearance at VMI early Friday af-ternoon and to engage a picked cadet team in a Softball game against his own "Swinging Softballer." Dor-sey and his boys were, however, held up by the bad weather that hit Virginia early Friday and the group did not arrive at the Insti-tute until very late Friday evening; the arrival was so late that the "Sentimental Gentleman" and the band were hardly able to make a quick change into their working clothes before the dance began. Dorsey did arrive, however, in time to add a feature attraction to the Second Class Show. Coming into Cocke Hall about 9:30 p. m., he found the nine members of his band who were in his own party, but discovered that the ofher thirteen men and the girl vocalists were still on the road between here and Washington on the special bus that he had chartered for them. Despair-ing for lack of time. Tommy began to worry about whether the others TOMMY DORSEY were going to arrive in time for the dance to begin as scheduled. Turning to a member of the Hop Committee on duty in the gymna-sium, Dorsey asked if there was any way in which the Second Class Show, then making its premiere and derniere showing in the Jack-son Memorial Hall, could be length-ened in order to insure that the rest of his gang would get to VMI in time to start playing when the crowd arrived in the gym. The cadet on duty advised Mr. Dorsey to go into JM Hall and to make a speech to the audience there. Mr. Dorsey balked a bit replying that he was no speech maker. Soon, however, some of the talent from the attraction presented by the Second Class Show, came into the gym and persuaded Mr. Tommy Dorsey to accompany them to the I JM Hall and to appear on the stage with the show. Dorsey then consent-ed with his every-ready and com-pletely winning smile. He went on with the boys, was greeted with tumultous applause in the hall and proceeded to give the boys and girls an unheralded treat on the trom-bone accompanied by the VMI Com-manders. This was probably the first time that Ed Hensley, director of the orchestra here, had ever had such a famous musical personnage attached to his band. The Dorsey ruse worked, nevertheless, and he held the audience spellbound with a piece as only he could play it. In the meantime, the bus arrived with the other members of the band and the instruments and everything was ready to start. On Saturday afternoon, at a very informal gathering in Cocke Hall, Dorsey and his gang turned on their charm for an hour's concert before approximately 1300 spectators, one of the largest crowds ever to be assembled in that building. After playing many encores, Dorsey fin-ally ended the concert and dancing continued the program until a few minutes after six o'clock. The Saturday evening appear-ance, featuring more of the sweet music than did the Friday hop, was equally successful and thoroughly enjoyable. Dorsey concluded the dance with the entire Spirit, a feat that is accomplished by few, since most bands play only the chorus. Dorsey, however, played the entire piece and was properly rewarded with a loud burst of applause. One of the most striking effects noted during the week-end was the (Continued on page 6) Time Limit On Cadetships Is Extended Board Says VPF OK For Reimbursement The Board of Visitors of the Vir-ginia Military Institute held its an-nual Easter meeting in the old li-brary building on Saturday, April 26, at 2 p. m. The meeting was devoted largely to financial matters and to policies affecting former and present state cadets. Among those policies was one ex-tending the time authorized for ful-filling the state obligation for those in the military service of the United States during the present emergen-cy. The extension granted is to be for the period of such service. Another policy adopted was that those VMI men in the Virginia Pro-tective Force shall be given the same credit as is allowed for an en-listment in the National Guard. Heflin To Address Presbyterian Club Tuesday Evening Col. S. M. Heflin will speak to the Presbyterian Club this week at a special meeting Tuesday night immediately following supper in Alumni Hall. This meeting will take the place of the regular Wednesday meeting. The topic of Colonel Heflin's ad-dress will be "The Place of Reli-gion in the Science of Today," which was requested by the cadets, and it is expected that Colonel Hef-lin will give a fundamental forma-tion to many beliefs. Colonel Heflin is a graduate of V. M. I., and is head of the depart-ment of physics. He is an elder in the Lexington Presbyterian church and Superintendent of the Presby-terian Sunday school. After the regular discussion and devotional at the meeting last Wed-nesday, plans for a social picnic were discussed and a tentative date was suggested. Dr. Murray discuss-ed the subject with the young peo-ple of the church Thursday, and announced that May 17 seems to be the most suitable date for all con-cerned. This question will be set-tled at the next regular meeting.
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Full Text Search | Plans For Indoor Drill and Riding Hall Completed t t l l M a k ck Team Wins vTr Richmond Page 5 VOLUME XXXIV—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, APRIL 28, 1941 NUMBER Let's Wake Up! AN EDITORIAL A very stupid and most unnecessary custom at VMI, which has grown by leaps and bounds for t h e past several years, has today surpassed mere custom and developed iifto a manda-t o r y procedure from which no cadet can hope to escape. The practice of buying corsages for e v e r y date at every dance is, w h e n considered impartially, a destructive influence and a blemish on our good judgment. VMI prides itself on its superior entertainment of young l a d i e s during dances. Furthermore, cadets almost always l e a v e no stone unturned in order to make certain that these y o u n g ladies are cared for in a manner that any gentleman c o u l d not help taut praise. There is, nevertheless, a limit to e v e r y t h i n g and we believe that cadets, through commercial influences, have been forced to go beyond the bounds of courtesy and propriety. Under the present set-up, any cadet having a girl to a dance must expend a ridiculous sum for the purchase of flowers, w h i c h seems to be looked upon as one of the barest "necessities." If a cadet f e e l s that his budget cannot stand this purchase, there are t w o courses l e f t to him. Either he escorts t h e girl to the dances without benefit of flowers, thus making her f e e l v e r y conspicuous or he g i v e s the whole thing up and dosen't have a date. Sad as it may seem, the last procdure is t h e more frequent consequence. If however, the cadet decides t o i n v i t e the girl, he usually runs into debt and has a pretty t o u g h time getting out. As a result of such occurrences, The Cadet desires to go o n record recommending to a broad-minded Corps of Cadets t h e immediate and absolute abolition of corsages for all girls at all dances. We realize that w e are sticking our necks out, but w e feel p r e t t y ashamed that somebody hasn't beaten us to it. There are going to be some cadets, and among t h em the Finance Committee element, who disagree. We shall try to show, however, that such a step, if taken properly, would not hurt t h e Finance Committees, but would help t h em tremendously i n the end. In the first place, flowers are no necessity. Many of the nation's large colleges and universities have awakened to t h i s fact and have promptly abolished them. These schools h a v e realized the heavy financial burden that such a s y s t em places upon students along .with" t h e fact that corsages are by no means essential to the success of a set of dances. At VMI, most corsages after half an evening's wear s h ow very definite signs of w i l t i n g and by the time the dance is over, they are u s u a l l y "shot." Besides, when every girl at a VMI hop (the number ranges f r om 200 to 600) blossoms out w i t h flowers on her dress, what difference does it make? She has something that t h e rest have. So what? Exactly what difference does it make to her? We can see none. What pleases the average girl is the possession of something that the other girls do not have. When all the girls have corsages, who notices them? We say again: What difference do flowers make? In the second place, flowers for dances here constitute about one-third of the dance budget. If this third were suddenly taken away, think how much better off the average cadet would be financially. At Saturday's dance, there were 500 or more girls present and nearly every single one sported a corsage. This means something like $1200—$1700 was ex-tracted from VMI for a f e w tokens that meant little, that ac-complished nothing, and that were so common that t h e y were noticed by nobody except possibly the girls that wore them. Approximately the same amount of money was spent for the Friday hop. All this indicates that about $2500 may have been spent for corsages this past week-end. If this money were thrown into one pot, Kay Kyser or Glenn Miller could have been playing in the smoking room while Tommy Dorsey went to town on the dance floor. In the third place, w e don't believe that the Finance Com-i t t e e gets such a great benefit out of the sale of flowers even w i t h liberal commissions given it by the flower merchants. The Finance Committee is merely a step in the direction of formng a Hop Committee. Consequently, the profit that such a group seek6 to earn is to be used, in the end, s o l e l y for the promotion of hops here atVMI. Then, why not promote these hops in a manner that will be more beneficial to cadets? If flowers at dances were to be abolished today, the Finance Committee's profits would be cut to a great extent. We admit that, for flowers are its chief source of revenue. But, when the finance committeemen become hop committeemen, it would be a different story. Since cadets would automatically have their dance budget cut by one-third of the former total, more cadets would be able to have girls up. With more girls up to dances, more cadets, even if they were stags, would be attracted to the dances. With such a large influx of business, the Hop Committee could promote the best bands and the best season that VMI ever had. Since the Hop Committee is a non-profit organization, it should end up with no profits and no deficits at the end of the year. What difference does it make where or h ow it gets its money anyway, whether as a Finance Committe or as a Hop Committee? The only difference is that cadets would be benefitted by the latter. And, since every or-ganization at VMI is for the ultimate benefit of cadets, why shouldn't the latter course be followed? Before the exponents of the cause of the great loss to the Finance Committees start hopping down the editor's neck, we humbly request that they answer this question. This editorial is not an attack on the company that holds the contract for flowers with the Finance Committee. This company is one of the finest we have ever seen and furnshes cadets with the best flowers at the lowest prices that w e have experienced. The company has been over-generous in the decoration flowers for the gymnasium and it grieves us indeed, that it would suffer under such a plan after having shown the school such kindness and consideration. Nevertheless, it is the principle, not the firm, to which we object. But, the practice of giving corsages at dances is little more (Continued on Page 2) Washington Rector Selected to Deliver Graduates' Sermon '41 Finals Schedule Released The Reverend C. Leslie Glenn, D. D., rector of St. John's Church, Washington, D. C., has been named by the Superintendent, Maj. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne, to deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the members of the graduating class on Sunday morning, June 8, 1941, at the annual services in the Jackson Memorial Hall. Dr. Glenn is one of Washington's most noted clergyman and is known throughout the state of Virginia for his excellent discussions. The selec-tion of Dr. Glenn calls to mind that another Washington man spoke at the Baccalaureate exercises last Finals, the Reverend Peter Mar-shall. Dr. Marshall was received en-thusiastically by all who heard him and Dr. Glenn is expected to be equally popular. Col. George A. Derbyshire, mili-tary executive officer of the Insti-tute, released today the schedule for the 1941 Finals, which will last from June 7 through June 11. The schedule is as follows: Saturday, June 7 9:00 a. m.—Close order drill, the corps. 10 a. m.—Cavalry exhibition. 11:00 a. m.—Field artillery exhi-bition. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 5:30 p. m.—Regimental Review for the Board of Visitors including the presentation of prizes: 1. Garnett Andrews Cup. 2. Company Rifle Cup. 3. Company Intramural Cup. 4. Individual Rifle Cup. 5. ROTC Medals. 6. Other Military Trophies. Parade. 9:00 p. m.—Monogram Hop. Sunday, June 8 9:15 a. m.—Sunday morning in-spection of quarters. 10:00 a. m.—Escort of the Color. 11:00 a. m.—Baccalaureate Sermon —Jackson Memorial Hall, by the Rev. C. Leslie Glenn, St. John's church, Washington, D. C. 12:00 Noon—Unveiling of tablets and memorials, Memorial Garden. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 2:30 p. m.—Polo Game. 8:30 p. m.—Alumni Reception in Preston Library. 10:00 p. m.—Glee Club Concert, Memorial Garden. Monday, June 9 9:00 a. m.—Academic Exhibit. 9:30 a. m.—Garrison Review. 11:30 a. m.—Rifle Exercises, the Corps. 12:00 Noon—Presentation of Car-son Collection—Preston Library.. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 2:15 p. m.—Annual Meeting, Gen-eral Alumni Association, Jackson Memorial Hall. 2:30 p. m—Horse Show, VMI Ath-letic Field. 5:00 p. m.—Alumni Review. 10:00 p. m.—Final German. Tuesday, June 10 10:00 a. m.—Garrison Review. 10:40 a. m.—Cavalry Exhibition. 11:20 a. m.—Field Artillery Exhi-bition. 2:00 p. m.—Guard Mounting. 3:00 p. m.—Gymnastic Exhibition. 5:00 p. m.—Graduation Parade. 9:00 p. m.—Superintendent's Re-ception. 11:00 p. m.—Final Ball. Wednesday, June 11 11:00 a. m.—Graduation Exercises, Jackson Memorial Hall. 1. Invocation. 2. Announcement of Distinctions. 3. Valedictory Address by Cadet L. D. Hill, III, of Texas. 4. Announcement of Honors: (a) Award of Jackson-Hope Med-s. (b) Award of Cincinnati Medal. (c) Award of French Medal in Mathematics. (d) Award of Deering Medal in English Literature. (e) Award of Bothwell Graham Medal. (f) Award of Garnett Andrews Prize. (g) Award of ' Alfred H. Knowles 1933 Award." (h) Award of Lemuel McKim-mie Long Jarman Award. 5. Address to graduating class jor General Walter S. Grant, nding Third Corps Area. (Continued on page 0) Valedictorian L. D. HILL, III Citadel Cadets Pay Week-end Visit to VMI In return for a week-end visit at the Citadel by three members of the first class, three cadets from the Citadel were entertained by the In-stitute during the past week-end. The group consisted of Bob Nelson, a first classman who holds the rank of Lieut. Intelligence officer; Al Chapman, a second classman who holds the rank of First Sergeant, and Herb Beckington, a member of the third class and a corporal. The purpose of the visit was to obtain information concerning our Centennial Celebration in view of the approaching celebration of that same event at the Citadel next year. During their stay at the In-stitute the three representatives of the Citadel compared the VMI sys-tem with that at the Citadel with a view to improving their own sys-tem. As guests of the Institute the three Citadel - cadets were shown a com-plete week-end which included at-tending Easter Hops. Hugh Gantt entertained Bob Nel-son. Nelson's visit included every-thing from sleeping in barracks hays to attending W Hops. The King twins entertained Al Chapman. Gordon Smith was host to Herb Beckington, who lived on the third stoop during his stay. ASCE Holds State Meeting At Lexington VPI Invites Delegates For Next Convention The annual joint meeting of the Virginia Student Chapters of the American Society of Civil Engin-eers was held at the Institute on Saturday, April 28th. Besides sen-iors and juniors of the host chap-ter, which has a membership of one hundred and sixty, thirty mem-bers of the Virginia Poltechnic In-stitute student chapter and fifteen delegates from the University of Virginia attended the convention. The principal speaker was E. M. Hastings, chief engineer of the Rich-mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad. Mr. Hastings is an honor-ary alumnus of VMI and the offi-cial contact member of the VMI student chapter for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Hastings discussed the duties and opportunities of young engineers, especially in connection with na-tional defense. The theme of Mr. Hastings' speech dealt with the out-look of the world today and the necessity of serious thought and deed among the youth of America today. Each of the student chapters was represented by two speakers. W. H. Lewis of Virginia Polytechnic In-stitute discussed "Kellogg Health Games," in which he told how de-ficiencies in our public health sys-tem were found in the war games carried on by the experiments with humans against bacteria. W. E. Kline of VPI spoke on "City Man-agement" and gave an outline of a day's work of a city manager and the different jobs required of him. E. Boyd Livesay of the University of Virginia spoke on the "Multiplex Method of Mapping -from Aerial Photographs" and David Schumak-er discussed "Soil Stabilization by Portland Cement." Both of these speeches were of a technical nature and the methods used were one of the main points discussed. Defense topics were selected by the Virginia Military Institute student speakers. Stanley Navas spoke on "Defense of Our Caribbean Bases" and Alvin Meyer spoke on "Emergency Clor-ination of Bombed Water Supplies." After the speeches were complet-ed, W. E. Cline, of VPI, extended an invitation to the group to meet at Virginia Polytechnic Institute at the next meeting of the conven-tion. The invitation was accepted by the chapters and though no specific date was set, the meeting is almost sure to be held in the spring. Before attending the meeting in the auditorium of the Preston Li-brary from 11:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. delegates witnessed a regimental parade by VMI's Cadets. Proposed Drill Hall Will Be Constructed Northeast of Stables Flying Board Here May 7-10 The traveling Army Air Corps Cadet Board of Langely Field, Va., today announced that Us spring itinerary would include a four-day stop at Lexington. Capt. James S. Sutton, AC, President, said that the Board will be at the ROTC office at VMI from May 7 through May 10. At that time all Interested cadets and Washington and Lee stud-ents will be examined. Second Class Show Receives Big Ovation On Friday, April 25, playing to a capacity crowd of officers of the Institute, alumni, cadets and their dates, the Second Class Show be-gan the Hop week-end most succes-fully. The crowd, estimated at be-tween eight hundred and a thousand began filing into JM Hall at 7:30 p. m. and at 8 o'clock the doors were closed for the opening with only standing room left in the bal-cony. Beginning with a note of hilarity and gaiety, the show continued in this manner for almost the entire time. Clark Goolsby and Billy Clark provided a short black-face skit and Billy Clark drew much ap-plause from the audience with his imitations of famous persons among them being an excellent imitation of President Roosevelt. Outstanding Comedian of the show was Dave Aston in the part of William B. Bilgewater. Aston's dialogue and actions brought such laughter from the house that the show was inter-rupted several times to wait for comparative silence before it was possible to continue. For the serious side of the show a short play entitled "The Valiant" Was presented. Starred in this were Miss Wini Jansen, Rollo Patton, and Eddie Young. Miss Jansen, a senior at Southern Seminary, has already had previous roles on the stage and her performance in "The Valiant" was excellent. From comments heard among the various members of the audience in-terviewed the plan of intermission was most successful. No one was al-lowed to leave his seat during in- Continued On Page 6) Institute Gets Options On Property The site of the indoor drill hall, to be constructed with the assist-ance of WPA funds, has been de-cided by securing options on the property just northeast of the stable area. The frontage on Main Street (of Lexington) will be 303 feet. The depth varies, but is nowhere less than 185 feet. This will permit a building 300 x 125 feet to be con-structed as planned. By cutting and filling, the ground level of the hall can be brought within a few feet of that of the stable giving easy access to the hall for the field artillery units. The new structure will not only be a valuable addition to VMI'S means for instruction, but it will re-sult in improving the appearance of the approaches to the Institute from the northeast. The Superintendent, General Kil-bourne, has been working for some-time in an effort to provide VMI with a drill hall that can be used by the mounted units, especially during the bad weather which is so frequent during the winter months which has suspended mounted ac-tivity to a large degree during that time. As announced in an issue of The Cadet several weeks ago, the au-thorities here hope to begin work on the building before the present session is concluded. If this is ac-complished, much work can be done during the summer months, but it has not yet been learned as to what date Institute officials hope to have the hall ready for use by the military department. Dorsey Thrills Week-end Audience; Concert Is Overwhelming Success by yajo Comman Tommy Dorsey, that "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing," who has re-cently changed his title to "That Sentimental Gentleman," proved to an enthusiastic audience in Cocke Hall last week-end that his former title is far the more appropriate. Dorsey and his nationally famous orchestra played before a group that was said by many to be even great-er than that attracted to the Easter Dances of 1940 by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. His scheduled appear-ances were at the formal hops on Friday and Saturday evenings and at the swing concert and dansant on Saturday afternoon. The older of the two Dorsey bro-thers was scheduled to put in an appearance at VMI early Friday af-ternoon and to engage a picked cadet team in a Softball game against his own "Swinging Softballer." Dor-sey and his boys were, however, held up by the bad weather that hit Virginia early Friday and the group did not arrive at the Insti-tute until very late Friday evening; the arrival was so late that the "Sentimental Gentleman" and the band were hardly able to make a quick change into their working clothes before the dance began. Dorsey did arrive, however, in time to add a feature attraction to the Second Class Show. Coming into Cocke Hall about 9:30 p. m., he found the nine members of his band who were in his own party, but discovered that the ofher thirteen men and the girl vocalists were still on the road between here and Washington on the special bus that he had chartered for them. Despair-ing for lack of time. Tommy began to worry about whether the others TOMMY DORSEY were going to arrive in time for the dance to begin as scheduled. Turning to a member of the Hop Committee on duty in the gymna-sium, Dorsey asked if there was any way in which the Second Class Show, then making its premiere and derniere showing in the Jack-son Memorial Hall, could be length-ened in order to insure that the rest of his gang would get to VMI in time to start playing when the crowd arrived in the gym. The cadet on duty advised Mr. Dorsey to go into JM Hall and to make a speech to the audience there. Mr. Dorsey balked a bit replying that he was no speech maker. Soon, however, some of the talent from the attraction presented by the Second Class Show, came into the gym and persuaded Mr. Tommy Dorsey to accompany them to the I JM Hall and to appear on the stage with the show. Dorsey then consent-ed with his every-ready and com-pletely winning smile. He went on with the boys, was greeted with tumultous applause in the hall and proceeded to give the boys and girls an unheralded treat on the trom-bone accompanied by the VMI Com-manders. This was probably the first time that Ed Hensley, director of the orchestra here, had ever had such a famous musical personnage attached to his band. The Dorsey ruse worked, nevertheless, and he held the audience spellbound with a piece as only he could play it. In the meantime, the bus arrived with the other members of the band and the instruments and everything was ready to start. On Saturday afternoon, at a very informal gathering in Cocke Hall, Dorsey and his gang turned on their charm for an hour's concert before approximately 1300 spectators, one of the largest crowds ever to be assembled in that building. After playing many encores, Dorsey fin-ally ended the concert and dancing continued the program until a few minutes after six o'clock. The Saturday evening appear-ance, featuring more of the sweet music than did the Friday hop, was equally successful and thoroughly enjoyable. Dorsey concluded the dance with the entire Spirit, a feat that is accomplished by few, since most bands play only the chorus. Dorsey, however, played the entire piece and was properly rewarded with a loud burst of applause. One of the most striking effects noted during the week-end was the (Continued on page 6) Time Limit On Cadetships Is Extended Board Says VPF OK For Reimbursement The Board of Visitors of the Vir-ginia Military Institute held its an-nual Easter meeting in the old li-brary building on Saturday, April 26, at 2 p. m. The meeting was devoted largely to financial matters and to policies affecting former and present state cadets. Among those policies was one ex-tending the time authorized for ful-filling the state obligation for those in the military service of the United States during the present emergen-cy. The extension granted is to be for the period of such service. Another policy adopted was that those VMI men in the Virginia Pro-tective Force shall be given the same credit as is allowed for an en-listment in the National Guard. Heflin To Address Presbyterian Club Tuesday Evening Col. S. M. Heflin will speak to the Presbyterian Club this week at a special meeting Tuesday night immediately following supper in Alumni Hall. This meeting will take the place of the regular Wednesday meeting. The topic of Colonel Heflin's ad-dress will be "The Place of Reli-gion in the Science of Today," which was requested by the cadets, and it is expected that Colonel Hef-lin will give a fundamental forma-tion to many beliefs. Colonel Heflin is a graduate of V. M. I., and is head of the depart-ment of physics. He is an elder in the Lexington Presbyterian church and Superintendent of the Presby-terian Sunday school. After the regular discussion and devotional at the meeting last Wed-nesday, plans for a social picnic were discussed and a tentative date was suggested. Dr. Murray discuss-ed the subject with the young peo-ple of the church Thursday, and announced that May 17 seems to be the most suitable date for all con-cerned. This question will be set-tled at the next regular meeting. |