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MAKE EVKHTf PAY DA* BOND DAY ItilliUCubct U. S. DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS VOLUME XXXV—Z-778 L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , M A R C H 23, 1942 N U M B E R 22 ^Bundles" Bazaar To Supplant Usual Easter Week Dance Washington-Lee Gymnasium Site Of Novel Dance A substitute to take the place of t h e regular Saturday night dance at Easter Hops this year will be in t h e form of a Bazaar sponsored by t h e local chapter of Bundles for America. The I n s t i t u t e decided some time ago to have only one dance for Easters so as to save time for the first class. And the Bazaar will serve as a substitute for the Satur-day night dance. The "Offense" Bazaar will be held Saturday, April 11, both in the af- ' t e r n o o n and night, in Washington & Lee's Doremus Gymnasium. At t h e afternoon session, f r om 3 to 6, t h e r e will be dancing to the mel-odious strains of a " J u k e Box" for a charge of 25c. The V. M. I. "Com-manders" and the W.&L. "Southern Collegians" will alternate playing f o r the night dance f r om 8 to 12, at which there will be an admission charge of 35c and a small fee for dancing. Following the Idea of an old fashioned county fair, there will be booths of every sort in the gym, including two f o r t u n e tellers, bingo, a milk bar, refreshments, ice cream, and many others. Cigarette and flower girls will go around through t h e crowd peddeling their wares. I t is expected that a general per-mit of the type issued for first class hops will be granted all cadets who wish to attend. This Bazaar will fill in the gap made by the withdrawal of the Saturday dances here, thus giving the cadets a full p r o g r am on Easter Hop week-end. The Second Class Show and the r e g u l a r formal dance will be held on Friday night. A special f e a t u r e is- t h a t of hav-i n g reserved tables available for groups up to and including six in number, for five dollars. Cadets and t h e i r dates attending will thus be able to secure "ringside accomo-dations" if they wish to make up parties. The cost of the tables in-cludes the admission charge. The Bundles for America chapter in Lexington is sponsored by the Blue Ridge Garden Club. Mrs. Gaines, chairman of the Bazaar said, "The bazaar is being given as a means for raising money to finance the Bundles for America chapter here. This organization, while working in co-operation with other war relief agencies, under-t a k e s to do the things not specifical-ly covered in these organizations. I t lends assistance to families of service-men, sends handj* kits to soldiers and sailors, and makes it-self useful in hundreds of ways in r e l i e v i n g the people who are seri-ously affected by the war." This dance will be given in com-bination with a First Class hop on F r i d a y night at which time the Second Class Show will be present-ed. Presentation Of Portrait Announced In a recent issue of t h e Richmond Times-Dispatch a photogramp of a new portrait of General George C. Marshall was published. This ex-cellent study of the Chief of Staff is a very striking picture. Although t h e features are somewhat angular and the countenance is narrowed, nevertheless the expression lacks harshness. The painting is indeed s h a r p in its general outline, but t h a t is because of the artists concep-tion. This portrait was painted by Leslie Emery, 29, of Falls Church, Virginia. Ironically enough the work was presented to General Marshall prior to Mr. Emery's induction into the army as a private. While a resident of Falls Church, he was an active member of the local WPA art proj-ect. There he diligently pursued his painting, and as a result of his patient study was able to produce the above impression. This portrait is to be presented by General Marshall, as indicated by the article, to VMI. As yet no communication has been announced concerning its presentation. The date for its arrival at the Institute is not known. Lexington Is Resting Place Of Lee Bible A globe trotting Bible, which was once presented to General Robert E. Lee will soon find its last rest-ing place in Lexington where, it will be placed on display to the general public. It was uncovered due to the efforts of Bob Davis, New York Sun correspondent who was s t a r t e d off in its search by the de-s i r e of an Englishman whom the r e p o r t e r met in Beira, Portuguese East Africa in 1934 to find the whereabouts of this particular Bible. In 1864 the f a t h e r of Thomas Mac- Donald, the gentleman whom the newspaperman, had encountered, together with a number of other British merchants sent a 20-pound St. James morocco bound Bible hand-tooled by the younger Mac- Donald and inscribed with the names of the donors to express t h e i r feelings for the South. Gen-e r a l Lee replied with a note of ap-preciation. For sixty years no more was heard of this Bible—until Davis promised to go in search of it. Upon his r e t u r n to Amerioa, Davis went in immediate search of the lost volume. After several months of poking about, together with Miss »• (Continued on Page 4) Make-Overs Will Follow Graduation Room-makeovers for the three re-maining classes a f t e r the graduation of the first class in May, according to Colonel Fray in a statement to the Cadet Saturday morning, will probably take place a f ew days af-t e r the departure of the members of the first class. At that time the first stoop will have been vacated, and since rooms for the three upper classes are granted through mil-i t a ry and academic rank, a f ew days will intervene for the decisions and choices as to what cadets will occupy what rooms. Colonel Fray said that he had not talked with the Superintendent concerning this matter, but thaT he felt sure makeovers would be scheduled for this time in view of t h e advantage of having the men settled in their respective rooms when the corps returns f r om sum-mer furlough on September 10th. True to tradition, the high rank-ing man of each room will make a selection for both himself and his room-mates. There will be a meeting of all members of the Editorial Staff of The Cadet in the Cadet Room at Tatoo tonight. Members Of First Class Write Theses The Garnett-Andrews Prize of $50.00 will be awarded at finals to t h e first classman who submits the best original thesis on any military subject. This award has been made each year since 1915. The subject for the thesis must be submitted by April First, for ap-proval, and the thesis itself must be handed in by May First. It may be w r i t t e n on any military subject, and by any member of the first class regardless of the branch of the service in which he serves. The Prize was won last year by E. M. Meyer in the Field Artillery. Lecture Tour To Staunton Informative As f u r t h e r study in Psychology, the Third, Second and First Class Pre-Meds, and the Second and First Class Liberal Artists attended the annual clinic at the Western State Hospital at Staunton on Saturday, March twenty-first. The clinic began with a meeting in the auditorium where the Su-perintendent, Dr. De J a r n e t t e be-gan with a f ew of the more common theories which explain mental dis-eases, and the possibility of cure. One of these, the piano conception of mental disorder, was explained by the Doctor. During his discus-sion, he pointed out the similarity between a piano and a person's mind. He stated that a sound mind, like a sound piano, would produce harmony if "played" correctly; however, an insane mind, like a broken piano, could only produce discords, no m a t t e r how the stimuli were presented. He told the audi-ence about the "unknown elements" of belief and knowledge, and their relation to the ego. The first type of mental disorder studied at the clinic Saturday was Paresis, or Syphilis of the Brain. This is one of the mental diseases which may be prevented, provided t h a t the proper attention is given to its cause. The symptoms were given, and also the treatment, which consists of salvasan, and other heavy metal injections, and the new heat treatment, in conjunction with 606. In this heat treatment, the pa-t i e n t ' s temperature is raised in a "hot box" up to 106.5 degrees fah-renheit. Three patients with paresis were shown the audience; these patients had the typical symptoms such as elation, unequally dilated pupils, characteristic tremor of tongue, lips, and throat, and the "classic tone," which is produced when the vocal cords are affected. Delusions are common in this dis-ease. (Continued on Page 4) March First Class Hop Applauded As Commanders Offer Sweet, And Swing For Alumni9 Corps And Dates May 15 Set As Definite Date For First Class Graduation In Revised Finals Schedules Gen. Kilbourne Issues ROTC Information Posted this past week was a mem-orandum from the Superintendent which does a great deal to clarify the status of first and second class-men with regard to their prospec-t i v e commissioning in the Reserve Corps upon graduation. Emphasis should be placed on the fact that the following excerpts are the latest available information f r om the War Department. Two main points are brought out with respect to the first class: 1. A substitution of the officer's t r a i n i n g school for the regular ROTC summer camp does not apply to those who have already attended a summer camp. 2. War Department policy still permits an officer of any Arm of the Service to apply for flight train-ing. If he passes the test, he is de-tached from his Arm and is as-signed to the Air Corps. Otherwise he is returned to his original Arm without loss of rank. Any officer who desires permanent transfer to the Air Corps should apply for it immediately after being commis-sioned but not before. With respect to the second class, the following information is offered: 1. ROTC students to be graduated in 1943, unless change is ordered before then, will complete their course of instr-uction at Fort Sill, Fort Riley, or Fort Benning which maintain service schools for the Field Artillery, Cavalry, and In-f a n t r y respectively. There will be a three month course, ..and though not yet commissioned, ROTC men will attend classes with commis-sioned officers of the Army and will be treated as officers in every regard. The ROTC graduates will not be associated in school with civilians who have had no military training. The latter will go to officer candi-date schools as enlisted men, and these schools are entirely apart f r om the regular service school sys-tem. The Superintendent closed his memorandum with the words of a Washington correspondent who j views this new training system as | follows: "I feel sincerely that the change will be a good thing for V. M. I. in that it will enable our officers to make a far better showing when they go to troops. Reserve officers throughout the Army are begging for the opportunity to attend serv-ice schools and secure experience with new weapons and new meth-ods which cannot be obtained in ROTC schools." Streamlined Schedule To Embrace Two Days As Baccalaureate And Other Early Events Are Cancelled Chorus Sings In Lexington Palm Sunday A great deal of interest is being shown in the forthcoming perform-ance of the St. Matthew Passion which will be sung at the Presby-t e r i a n Church of Lexington on P a lm Sunday afternoon from five to six. As far as is known this great oratorio has been given in the south only t h r e e times previous-ly, one of these being in Lexington last year. Last year's performance here attracted visitors from Nor-folk, Newport N e w s , Hollins, Sweetbriar and other sections of t h e state. V. M. I. f a c u l t y members taking part are Major H e r b e r t Dillard and Lieut. Flournoy Barksdale. Cadets in the chorus a r e J. A. Allison, W. E. Bell, T. B. Beaulac, W. M. Cran-dall. R. E. Dunlap, W. T. Edmonds, S. R. Gittens, Jr., C. J. Grojean, R. H. Gammon, G. L. Jacks, J. R. Jones, R. A. Meade, B. C. Moomaw, W. F. Poos, R. D. Patton and J. C. Wilkinson. The out-of-town soloists will be Frances Sims (soprano) of Norfolk, Winifred Cushing (contralto) of Shenandoah Conservatory, John Wranek (tenor) of Lynchburg, and Caleb Cushing (baritone) of Shen-andoah Conservatory. Robert L. Goodale of the Hollins College mu-sic department will play the organ accompaniment. Helen Cosby and J a c k Rickett of Lexington will also have solo parts. On Saturday night the VMI Com-manders made their last scheduled appearance at a First Class Hop this year, which was attended by a large number of girls f r om nearby towns. The dance was enlivened by a ren-dition given by the V. M. I. Glee Club during intermission. The realization that the Easter Hop this year would consist of one dance only brought forth a large number of cadets and their dates, alumni, and guests. The sparkle of gowns and uniforms was accentuat-ed amid the color motif of orchid, orange, led, white, and blue stream-ers. The fact that only a portion of W. H. Cocke ('94) Hall was used for dancing made the crowd just fit t h e dance floor. A large number of the girls pres-ent were from the neighboring girls' schools, although many came f r om great distances to attend. The music for this dance was f u r n i s h e d by the Commanders and, according to t h e dancers excellent as in the past. "Bosh" Pritchard pro-vided the vocals for the evening, and was especially praised for his medley of war-time songs. A picture of two cadets at "pre-sent arms" with a girl in the center against a background of the Amer-ican Flag served as a backdrop for t h e orchestra stand. During intermission something novel was offered by the V. M. I. Glee Club which presented a med-ley of spirited songs. The program included "Tuti", "Student Logic", "Now and Then", "Sea-Fever", and "Of Doughty Deeds". The variety of numbers received a well-deserved round of applause and praise and proved to be "just the thing" to alleviate the dullness which usually accompanies intermission. As is the general custom (and Blue law) the dance was concluded at 12 o'clock and the 300 dancers left the gym until the beginning of the Easter Hop to be held on April 10. Any cadet with an old or brok-en radio or phonograph he does not want and which he is willing to give to local Social Service workers, see Newbold in 108. Old phonograph records are also de-sired. Scholarships In Chemistry Are Offered For the benefit of the graduating first class chemists, there have been offered to the Chemistry depart-ment some scholarships and fellow-ships by colleges, universities and industries of the United States. These will be open for the men that a r e not going into the Army, and who pass the constituted require-ments of the individual fellowships. As in the past, t h e s e fellowships are offered to those g r a d u a t e s who wish to continue the study of chemistry in some specialized field that can be had at the place from which these are given, Some of the ones available at t h e present time are offered by L a f a y e t t e College, Iowa Slate Col-lege, John Hopkins College, The Charles A. Coffin Foundation, and General Electric, Inc. With the aid of these fellowships, men will be able to specialize in branches of Chemistry that can not be obtained in the small field that is offered at the Institute. General Kilbourne announced to-day to the Cadet that the final ex-ercises for the graduation of the Class of '42 will be held on May 15th. The usual New Market Day ceremonies will take place at the graves of those cadets killed in that b a t t l e at approximately 10:30 a. m. on that morning, and that Regimen-tal Review which is customarily held will be omitted. Following the rites, the Corps will be immediately marched to Jackson Memorial Hall where the graduation will occur as usual. The baccalaureate sermon which is always a high point in these ex-ercises has been canceled for this year, as have been the spring hike, and the Easter Hops which are as a rule in the closing months of the school year. As has been previously an-nounced, there will be no exam-inations for the graduating class. Those First Classmen with past de-ficiencies will be enabled to take re-examinations on April 27, May 4th, and May 11th. The examina-tions for the Second. Third- and F o u r t h Classes will be advanced about a week ahead of the sched-uled time. The graduation exercises will consist as follows: On May 14th: Review for the Board of Visitors and presentation of prizes. Unveiling of tablets in Memorial Garden. Annual meeting of the General Alumni Association. The Graduation Parade. The Superintendent's Reception. The Final Ball. On May 15th: New Market Day Exercises. The usual exercises in Jackson Memorial Hall. The Formation on the hill, follow-ing graduation cxercises and an-nouncement of appointments and promotions. Following the graduation of the First Class, all other classes will be-come entitled to the privileges of the class above. The Corps of Cadets will be reorganized as a bat-talion of six companies. Cadet of-ficers and non-commissioned offi-cers appointed will assume the du-ties and responsibilities of their new grades. General Kilbourne expressed the hope that the early graduation would give the First Class the op-portunity to spend at least a week at home before having to go into t h e service. Valley Of Virginia Blackout Observed In Lexington And Vicinity As VMI Participates Biding Privileges Granted Fourths Last week Colonel Fray qualified several of the rats for riding priv-ileges. He first made them ride a specified course, including jumping the h u n t e r s course on the Island and jumping in and out of the drill field at White's Farm. A fair degree of proficiency in the three gaits of walking, trotting, and cantering was also required of these cadets. They had to show that they could maintain a firm control over the horse at these various gaits. In ad-dition these rats had to show that they had a knowledge of how to groom and take care of a horse. These are the first Fourth Classmen to be given permits this year as graduates of this course. Cadet To Present Special Features THE VMI CADET, in next week's issue, plans to f e a t u r e several im-pressionistic articles and pictures dealing with important phases of cadet life both in and outside of bunacks. This f e a t u r e is added be-cause of its timeliness, according to Edward Swain, managing editor of THE CADET. Swain added the re-mark that he hoped the corps would understand the spirit of the features since, in themselves they represent a great deal of work and research on the part of the members of the CADET staff. Customary news coverage will be included, in addition to this series of articles, although the staff of the paper expects the features to cover much of the allotted space. William l ewis. '37 Japanese Captive Several days ago the Navy De-partment announced that Captain William Wullis Lewis, United States Marine Corps, had been made a prisoner of war by the Japs. Cap-t a in Lewis, a graduate of the In-stitute, Class of '37, was with the Wake Island garrison. His wife is at the present time with her par-ents, Captain and Mrs. Albert S. Clifton, Medical Corps, U. S. N. While at the Institute, Captain Lewis took part in many activities. He was a Lieutenant in "C" Com-pany, Manager of Rat Wrestling, on the Horse Shoe team, and on the Business staff of The Cadet. His home is in Culpeper, Virginia. He graduated with a B. S. in Civil En-gineering. By ETHAN STROUD The time was 9:03 p. m. Suddenly a shrill siren sent its notes vibrating through the night. In a little less time than it takes to think, all was black in the barracks at the end of the road. A few minutes before a horse shoe of light, f r om the library around to the officer's houses, was shining with the brightness of a titanic neon sign. Someone had forgotten to turn the moon off, but that was all that shone. This siren that startled everybody meant dan-ger. Danger f r om the sky. In fifteen minutes enemy bombers laden with destruction were expected. When fifteen minutes had ticked away, Lexington, Glasgow, Buena Vista, Staunton, Waynesboro, Harrison-burg, and Charlottesville were som-berly dark. Now really and truly no enemy a i r c r a f t were expected. Yet such a thing was, and is, not beyond the r e a lm of impossibility. And if some day an attack becomes an actuality, Lexington and VMI will be ready. The hands that turned the lights off last Friday night, thus making possible a blackout, were filled with felicity not fear. The planes that came over—although we never saw any—were friendly ones. Their pilots were looking for weak points, or rather light points, in tfae black-out; weak points to be corrected. These pilots did not deal out de-struction on F r i d a y night, but the next day they did give out instruc-tion on blackout improvement. For fifty minutes Lexington and VMI watched the sky and the surround-ing sable night. When the all clear siren blew, one did not breathe sighs of relief that they were still alive, but just sighs of happiness at being able to begin again where one had left off at 9:05. There were no wreckages or fires or casualties. Mann Carter Burial Held Last Week Funeral rites for VMI's oldest alumnus, Mann Page Carter, 91, were held last Wednesday in Win-chester. Six members of the corps including G. C. Williams, T. J. Wil-son, J. M. Wright, E. King, P C. Cabell, and C. J. Urquhardt, served as active pall bearers. Serving as honorary pallbearers were former VMI alumni and friends: Peyton J. Marshall, Edward W. Barr and State Senator Burr P. Harrison, Winchester; Harold Smith and G. Tyler Miller, Front Royall, and Ed-ward McC. Williams, Berryville, Va. Mr. Carter, formerly of Upper-ville, graduated several years after . t h e Civil War in the Civil Engi-n e e r i n g Course, taking 6th stand in his class. During his school years, General Robert E. Lee was Presi-dent of Washington and Lee Uni-versity. After graduation, Mr. Car-ter returned to serve as an assist-ant professor. For more than 50 years he was active in Civil Engi-neering in both this country and in South America. Several years ago he was present at the VMI centennial celebration. All hop debts must be paid by April 10th to Jack Hughes in Room 105. t
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Full Text Search | MAKE EVKHTf PAY DA* BOND DAY ItilliUCubct U. S. DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS VOLUME XXXV—Z-778 L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , M A R C H 23, 1942 N U M B E R 22 ^Bundles" Bazaar To Supplant Usual Easter Week Dance Washington-Lee Gymnasium Site Of Novel Dance A substitute to take the place of t h e regular Saturday night dance at Easter Hops this year will be in t h e form of a Bazaar sponsored by t h e local chapter of Bundles for America. The I n s t i t u t e decided some time ago to have only one dance for Easters so as to save time for the first class. And the Bazaar will serve as a substitute for the Satur-day night dance. The "Offense" Bazaar will be held Saturday, April 11, both in the af- ' t e r n o o n and night, in Washington & Lee's Doremus Gymnasium. At t h e afternoon session, f r om 3 to 6, t h e r e will be dancing to the mel-odious strains of a " J u k e Box" for a charge of 25c. The V. M. I. "Com-manders" and the W.&L. "Southern Collegians" will alternate playing f o r the night dance f r om 8 to 12, at which there will be an admission charge of 35c and a small fee for dancing. Following the Idea of an old fashioned county fair, there will be booths of every sort in the gym, including two f o r t u n e tellers, bingo, a milk bar, refreshments, ice cream, and many others. Cigarette and flower girls will go around through t h e crowd peddeling their wares. I t is expected that a general per-mit of the type issued for first class hops will be granted all cadets who wish to attend. This Bazaar will fill in the gap made by the withdrawal of the Saturday dances here, thus giving the cadets a full p r o g r am on Easter Hop week-end. The Second Class Show and the r e g u l a r formal dance will be held on Friday night. A special f e a t u r e is- t h a t of hav-i n g reserved tables available for groups up to and including six in number, for five dollars. Cadets and t h e i r dates attending will thus be able to secure "ringside accomo-dations" if they wish to make up parties. The cost of the tables in-cludes the admission charge. The Bundles for America chapter in Lexington is sponsored by the Blue Ridge Garden Club. Mrs. Gaines, chairman of the Bazaar said, "The bazaar is being given as a means for raising money to finance the Bundles for America chapter here. This organization, while working in co-operation with other war relief agencies, under-t a k e s to do the things not specifical-ly covered in these organizations. I t lends assistance to families of service-men, sends handj* kits to soldiers and sailors, and makes it-self useful in hundreds of ways in r e l i e v i n g the people who are seri-ously affected by the war." This dance will be given in com-bination with a First Class hop on F r i d a y night at which time the Second Class Show will be present-ed. Presentation Of Portrait Announced In a recent issue of t h e Richmond Times-Dispatch a photogramp of a new portrait of General George C. Marshall was published. This ex-cellent study of the Chief of Staff is a very striking picture. Although t h e features are somewhat angular and the countenance is narrowed, nevertheless the expression lacks harshness. The painting is indeed s h a r p in its general outline, but t h a t is because of the artists concep-tion. This portrait was painted by Leslie Emery, 29, of Falls Church, Virginia. Ironically enough the work was presented to General Marshall prior to Mr. Emery's induction into the army as a private. While a resident of Falls Church, he was an active member of the local WPA art proj-ect. There he diligently pursued his painting, and as a result of his patient study was able to produce the above impression. This portrait is to be presented by General Marshall, as indicated by the article, to VMI. As yet no communication has been announced concerning its presentation. The date for its arrival at the Institute is not known. Lexington Is Resting Place Of Lee Bible A globe trotting Bible, which was once presented to General Robert E. Lee will soon find its last rest-ing place in Lexington where, it will be placed on display to the general public. It was uncovered due to the efforts of Bob Davis, New York Sun correspondent who was s t a r t e d off in its search by the de-s i r e of an Englishman whom the r e p o r t e r met in Beira, Portuguese East Africa in 1934 to find the whereabouts of this particular Bible. In 1864 the f a t h e r of Thomas Mac- Donald, the gentleman whom the newspaperman, had encountered, together with a number of other British merchants sent a 20-pound St. James morocco bound Bible hand-tooled by the younger Mac- Donald and inscribed with the names of the donors to express t h e i r feelings for the South. Gen-e r a l Lee replied with a note of ap-preciation. For sixty years no more was heard of this Bible—until Davis promised to go in search of it. Upon his r e t u r n to Amerioa, Davis went in immediate search of the lost volume. After several months of poking about, together with Miss »• (Continued on Page 4) Make-Overs Will Follow Graduation Room-makeovers for the three re-maining classes a f t e r the graduation of the first class in May, according to Colonel Fray in a statement to the Cadet Saturday morning, will probably take place a f ew days af-t e r the departure of the members of the first class. At that time the first stoop will have been vacated, and since rooms for the three upper classes are granted through mil-i t a ry and academic rank, a f ew days will intervene for the decisions and choices as to what cadets will occupy what rooms. Colonel Fray said that he had not talked with the Superintendent concerning this matter, but thaT he felt sure makeovers would be scheduled for this time in view of t h e advantage of having the men settled in their respective rooms when the corps returns f r om sum-mer furlough on September 10th. True to tradition, the high rank-ing man of each room will make a selection for both himself and his room-mates. There will be a meeting of all members of the Editorial Staff of The Cadet in the Cadet Room at Tatoo tonight. Members Of First Class Write Theses The Garnett-Andrews Prize of $50.00 will be awarded at finals to t h e first classman who submits the best original thesis on any military subject. This award has been made each year since 1915. The subject for the thesis must be submitted by April First, for ap-proval, and the thesis itself must be handed in by May First. It may be w r i t t e n on any military subject, and by any member of the first class regardless of the branch of the service in which he serves. The Prize was won last year by E. M. Meyer in the Field Artillery. Lecture Tour To Staunton Informative As f u r t h e r study in Psychology, the Third, Second and First Class Pre-Meds, and the Second and First Class Liberal Artists attended the annual clinic at the Western State Hospital at Staunton on Saturday, March twenty-first. The clinic began with a meeting in the auditorium where the Su-perintendent, Dr. De J a r n e t t e be-gan with a f ew of the more common theories which explain mental dis-eases, and the possibility of cure. One of these, the piano conception of mental disorder, was explained by the Doctor. During his discus-sion, he pointed out the similarity between a piano and a person's mind. He stated that a sound mind, like a sound piano, would produce harmony if "played" correctly; however, an insane mind, like a broken piano, could only produce discords, no m a t t e r how the stimuli were presented. He told the audi-ence about the "unknown elements" of belief and knowledge, and their relation to the ego. The first type of mental disorder studied at the clinic Saturday was Paresis, or Syphilis of the Brain. This is one of the mental diseases which may be prevented, provided t h a t the proper attention is given to its cause. The symptoms were given, and also the treatment, which consists of salvasan, and other heavy metal injections, and the new heat treatment, in conjunction with 606. In this heat treatment, the pa-t i e n t ' s temperature is raised in a "hot box" up to 106.5 degrees fah-renheit. Three patients with paresis were shown the audience; these patients had the typical symptoms such as elation, unequally dilated pupils, characteristic tremor of tongue, lips, and throat, and the "classic tone," which is produced when the vocal cords are affected. Delusions are common in this dis-ease. (Continued on Page 4) March First Class Hop Applauded As Commanders Offer Sweet, And Swing For Alumni9 Corps And Dates May 15 Set As Definite Date For First Class Graduation In Revised Finals Schedules Gen. Kilbourne Issues ROTC Information Posted this past week was a mem-orandum from the Superintendent which does a great deal to clarify the status of first and second class-men with regard to their prospec-t i v e commissioning in the Reserve Corps upon graduation. Emphasis should be placed on the fact that the following excerpts are the latest available information f r om the War Department. Two main points are brought out with respect to the first class: 1. A substitution of the officer's t r a i n i n g school for the regular ROTC summer camp does not apply to those who have already attended a summer camp. 2. War Department policy still permits an officer of any Arm of the Service to apply for flight train-ing. If he passes the test, he is de-tached from his Arm and is as-signed to the Air Corps. Otherwise he is returned to his original Arm without loss of rank. Any officer who desires permanent transfer to the Air Corps should apply for it immediately after being commis-sioned but not before. With respect to the second class, the following information is offered: 1. ROTC students to be graduated in 1943, unless change is ordered before then, will complete their course of instr-uction at Fort Sill, Fort Riley, or Fort Benning which maintain service schools for the Field Artillery, Cavalry, and In-f a n t r y respectively. There will be a three month course, ..and though not yet commissioned, ROTC men will attend classes with commis-sioned officers of the Army and will be treated as officers in every regard. The ROTC graduates will not be associated in school with civilians who have had no military training. The latter will go to officer candi-date schools as enlisted men, and these schools are entirely apart f r om the regular service school sys-tem. The Superintendent closed his memorandum with the words of a Washington correspondent who j views this new training system as | follows: "I feel sincerely that the change will be a good thing for V. M. I. in that it will enable our officers to make a far better showing when they go to troops. Reserve officers throughout the Army are begging for the opportunity to attend serv-ice schools and secure experience with new weapons and new meth-ods which cannot be obtained in ROTC schools." Streamlined Schedule To Embrace Two Days As Baccalaureate And Other Early Events Are Cancelled Chorus Sings In Lexington Palm Sunday A great deal of interest is being shown in the forthcoming perform-ance of the St. Matthew Passion which will be sung at the Presby-t e r i a n Church of Lexington on P a lm Sunday afternoon from five to six. As far as is known this great oratorio has been given in the south only t h r e e times previous-ly, one of these being in Lexington last year. Last year's performance here attracted visitors from Nor-folk, Newport N e w s , Hollins, Sweetbriar and other sections of t h e state. V. M. I. f a c u l t y members taking part are Major H e r b e r t Dillard and Lieut. Flournoy Barksdale. Cadets in the chorus a r e J. A. Allison, W. E. Bell, T. B. Beaulac, W. M. Cran-dall. R. E. Dunlap, W. T. Edmonds, S. R. Gittens, Jr., C. J. Grojean, R. H. Gammon, G. L. Jacks, J. R. Jones, R. A. Meade, B. C. Moomaw, W. F. Poos, R. D. Patton and J. C. Wilkinson. The out-of-town soloists will be Frances Sims (soprano) of Norfolk, Winifred Cushing (contralto) of Shenandoah Conservatory, John Wranek (tenor) of Lynchburg, and Caleb Cushing (baritone) of Shen-andoah Conservatory. Robert L. Goodale of the Hollins College mu-sic department will play the organ accompaniment. Helen Cosby and J a c k Rickett of Lexington will also have solo parts. On Saturday night the VMI Com-manders made their last scheduled appearance at a First Class Hop this year, which was attended by a large number of girls f r om nearby towns. The dance was enlivened by a ren-dition given by the V. M. I. Glee Club during intermission. The realization that the Easter Hop this year would consist of one dance only brought forth a large number of cadets and their dates, alumni, and guests. The sparkle of gowns and uniforms was accentuat-ed amid the color motif of orchid, orange, led, white, and blue stream-ers. The fact that only a portion of W. H. Cocke ('94) Hall was used for dancing made the crowd just fit t h e dance floor. A large number of the girls pres-ent were from the neighboring girls' schools, although many came f r om great distances to attend. The music for this dance was f u r n i s h e d by the Commanders and, according to t h e dancers excellent as in the past. "Bosh" Pritchard pro-vided the vocals for the evening, and was especially praised for his medley of war-time songs. A picture of two cadets at "pre-sent arms" with a girl in the center against a background of the Amer-ican Flag served as a backdrop for t h e orchestra stand. During intermission something novel was offered by the V. M. I. Glee Club which presented a med-ley of spirited songs. The program included "Tuti", "Student Logic", "Now and Then", "Sea-Fever", and "Of Doughty Deeds". The variety of numbers received a well-deserved round of applause and praise and proved to be "just the thing" to alleviate the dullness which usually accompanies intermission. As is the general custom (and Blue law) the dance was concluded at 12 o'clock and the 300 dancers left the gym until the beginning of the Easter Hop to be held on April 10. Any cadet with an old or brok-en radio or phonograph he does not want and which he is willing to give to local Social Service workers, see Newbold in 108. Old phonograph records are also de-sired. Scholarships In Chemistry Are Offered For the benefit of the graduating first class chemists, there have been offered to the Chemistry depart-ment some scholarships and fellow-ships by colleges, universities and industries of the United States. These will be open for the men that a r e not going into the Army, and who pass the constituted require-ments of the individual fellowships. As in the past, t h e s e fellowships are offered to those g r a d u a t e s who wish to continue the study of chemistry in some specialized field that can be had at the place from which these are given, Some of the ones available at t h e present time are offered by L a f a y e t t e College, Iowa Slate Col-lege, John Hopkins College, The Charles A. Coffin Foundation, and General Electric, Inc. With the aid of these fellowships, men will be able to specialize in branches of Chemistry that can not be obtained in the small field that is offered at the Institute. General Kilbourne announced to-day to the Cadet that the final ex-ercises for the graduation of the Class of '42 will be held on May 15th. The usual New Market Day ceremonies will take place at the graves of those cadets killed in that b a t t l e at approximately 10:30 a. m. on that morning, and that Regimen-tal Review which is customarily held will be omitted. Following the rites, the Corps will be immediately marched to Jackson Memorial Hall where the graduation will occur as usual. The baccalaureate sermon which is always a high point in these ex-ercises has been canceled for this year, as have been the spring hike, and the Easter Hops which are as a rule in the closing months of the school year. As has been previously an-nounced, there will be no exam-inations for the graduating class. Those First Classmen with past de-ficiencies will be enabled to take re-examinations on April 27, May 4th, and May 11th. The examina-tions for the Second. Third- and F o u r t h Classes will be advanced about a week ahead of the sched-uled time. The graduation exercises will consist as follows: On May 14th: Review for the Board of Visitors and presentation of prizes. Unveiling of tablets in Memorial Garden. Annual meeting of the General Alumni Association. The Graduation Parade. The Superintendent's Reception. The Final Ball. On May 15th: New Market Day Exercises. The usual exercises in Jackson Memorial Hall. The Formation on the hill, follow-ing graduation cxercises and an-nouncement of appointments and promotions. Following the graduation of the First Class, all other classes will be-come entitled to the privileges of the class above. The Corps of Cadets will be reorganized as a bat-talion of six companies. Cadet of-ficers and non-commissioned offi-cers appointed will assume the du-ties and responsibilities of their new grades. General Kilbourne expressed the hope that the early graduation would give the First Class the op-portunity to spend at least a week at home before having to go into t h e service. Valley Of Virginia Blackout Observed In Lexington And Vicinity As VMI Participates Biding Privileges Granted Fourths Last week Colonel Fray qualified several of the rats for riding priv-ileges. He first made them ride a specified course, including jumping the h u n t e r s course on the Island and jumping in and out of the drill field at White's Farm. A fair degree of proficiency in the three gaits of walking, trotting, and cantering was also required of these cadets. They had to show that they could maintain a firm control over the horse at these various gaits. In ad-dition these rats had to show that they had a knowledge of how to groom and take care of a horse. These are the first Fourth Classmen to be given permits this year as graduates of this course. Cadet To Present Special Features THE VMI CADET, in next week's issue, plans to f e a t u r e several im-pressionistic articles and pictures dealing with important phases of cadet life both in and outside of bunacks. This f e a t u r e is added be-cause of its timeliness, according to Edward Swain, managing editor of THE CADET. Swain added the re-mark that he hoped the corps would understand the spirit of the features since, in themselves they represent a great deal of work and research on the part of the members of the CADET staff. Customary news coverage will be included, in addition to this series of articles, although the staff of the paper expects the features to cover much of the allotted space. William l ewis. '37 Japanese Captive Several days ago the Navy De-partment announced that Captain William Wullis Lewis, United States Marine Corps, had been made a prisoner of war by the Japs. Cap-t a in Lewis, a graduate of the In-stitute, Class of '37, was with the Wake Island garrison. His wife is at the present time with her par-ents, Captain and Mrs. Albert S. Clifton, Medical Corps, U. S. N. While at the Institute, Captain Lewis took part in many activities. He was a Lieutenant in "C" Com-pany, Manager of Rat Wrestling, on the Horse Shoe team, and on the Business staff of The Cadet. His home is in Culpeper, Virginia. He graduated with a B. S. in Civil En-gineering. By ETHAN STROUD The time was 9:03 p. m. Suddenly a shrill siren sent its notes vibrating through the night. In a little less time than it takes to think, all was black in the barracks at the end of the road. A few minutes before a horse shoe of light, f r om the library around to the officer's houses, was shining with the brightness of a titanic neon sign. Someone had forgotten to turn the moon off, but that was all that shone. This siren that startled everybody meant dan-ger. Danger f r om the sky. In fifteen minutes enemy bombers laden with destruction were expected. When fifteen minutes had ticked away, Lexington, Glasgow, Buena Vista, Staunton, Waynesboro, Harrison-burg, and Charlottesville were som-berly dark. Now really and truly no enemy a i r c r a f t were expected. Yet such a thing was, and is, not beyond the r e a lm of impossibility. And if some day an attack becomes an actuality, Lexington and VMI will be ready. The hands that turned the lights off last Friday night, thus making possible a blackout, were filled with felicity not fear. The planes that came over—although we never saw any—were friendly ones. Their pilots were looking for weak points, or rather light points, in tfae black-out; weak points to be corrected. These pilots did not deal out de-struction on F r i d a y night, but the next day they did give out instruc-tion on blackout improvement. For fifty minutes Lexington and VMI watched the sky and the surround-ing sable night. When the all clear siren blew, one did not breathe sighs of relief that they were still alive, but just sighs of happiness at being able to begin again where one had left off at 9:05. There were no wreckages or fires or casualties. Mann Carter Burial Held Last Week Funeral rites for VMI's oldest alumnus, Mann Page Carter, 91, were held last Wednesday in Win-chester. Six members of the corps including G. C. Williams, T. J. Wil-son, J. M. Wright, E. King, P C. Cabell, and C. J. Urquhardt, served as active pall bearers. Serving as honorary pallbearers were former VMI alumni and friends: Peyton J. Marshall, Edward W. Barr and State Senator Burr P. Harrison, Winchester; Harold Smith and G. Tyler Miller, Front Royall, and Ed-ward McC. Williams, Berryville, Va. Mr. Carter, formerly of Upper-ville, graduated several years after . t h e Civil War in the Civil Engi-n e e r i n g Course, taking 6th stand in his class. During his school years, General Robert E. Lee was Presi-dent of Washington and Lee Uni-versity. After graduation, Mr. Car-ter returned to serve as an assist-ant professor. For more than 50 years he was active in Civil Engi-neering in both this country and in South America. Several years ago he was present at the VMI centennial celebration. All hop debts must be paid by April 10th to Jack Hughes in Room 105. t |