VMI Cadet. March 23, 1942

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^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
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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.
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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.
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