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She I t I l l i U C a b ct 0 Vj ^ of The Virginia Military Institute PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Following the custom of the past, the next Issue of The Cadet, which will go to press a week f r om today, will be an eight page Issue p a r t i c u l a r l y f e a t u r i n g the Ring Figure Hops held this past week-end. Outstanding will be the full page of pictures which w e r e taken throughout the week-end In an effort to r a p t u r e the s p i r i t and gaiety of what is probably the o u t s t a n d i n g remembrance of a VMI man f r om within his cadetship. Also f e a t u r e d at this time will be more and more news of VMI men who now serve in every corner of the world with the armed forces. The past few weeks have seen these men taking active and important parts in the news of the day which will be t h e history of tomorrow. VOLUME XXXVI—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 30, 1942 NUMBER 11 Thanksgiving Week-end Comes and Goes 600 Cadets Attended VPI Game Truck Company To Visit Institute During Next Week Roster B r i a n Bowen, editor of t he "Bomb," said Thursday night that t h e "Bomb's" roster of the Corps has bee ncompleted and will prob-a b l y be out within t h r e e days. The r o s t e r will be similar to the rosters of the past, and will contain the names an daddresses of all cadets a r r a n g e d according to classes. The compiling and typing were done by Wyatt, J. R., Estes, L. L„ Byers, W. F„ and P i c k e r a l , G. L. The p r i n t - ing w o r k is b e i n g done by the Stone P r i n t i n g Company of Roanoke. New Calendar Completed By Second Class The Second Class Finance Com-m i t t e e has completed its prepara-t i o n of t h e Keydet Calendar for the f o r t h c o m i n g year. In addition to an e n t i r e l y new calendar t h e r e will be s u p p l e m e n t a r y fillers for the old calendars. Harry Ratrie has been responsible for the compilation of t h e n ew calendar. The cover design b y Eddie Wahlert p i c t u r e s a mount-ed cadet t a k i n g a jump. The cover which is made of w h i t e l e a t h e r has a n excellent a p p e a r a n c e both as to q u a l i t y and style. The a r t work of t h e filler contains sketches by Ed-d i e Wahlert, Eddie Young, W. A. Munroe, W. H. Taylor, and J. I. Cofer. These designs f r om all pre-views should prove very entertain-ing and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of cadet life. The price of these calendars will be the same as last year, $1.00. As t h e custom in past years Xmas cards will be available to t h e Corps. The cards this y e a r picture a snow scene of the west side of barracks t a k e n f r om a position on the walk n e a r the N i c h o l s Engineering Building. The cost of these cards will be a half-dozen for one dollar. Committee Publishes New Statement SECOND FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE 1943 HOP COMMITTEE J u n e 2, 1942 to October 27, 1942 Receipts Music $2,171.40 T r a n s f e r 2,328.74 L u x u r y tax 4.70 Change 175.00 Loan 987.50 E x p e n d i t u r es Music - Decorations Flowers Labor . P u n c h Bowl Police I n v i t a t i o ns S t e n o g r a p h ic I n c i d e n t a ls C h a p e r o n e supper T r a n s f e r I n t e r e s t on Notes Hop Cards and Tickets Ladies Room L u x u r y tax Change — $5,665.34 $2,693.64 307.15 175.00 150.15 71.60 156.00 362.72 26.13 109.98 12.40 123.20 12.50 3150 0.35 315.61 325.00 $4,872.93 Balance on hand less checks o u t s t a n d i n g October 29, 1942 792.41 $5,65.34 Assets Accounts Receivable - $ 349.85 •I Balance on hand less checks o u t s t a n d i n g October 29, \ 1942 r. 792.41 officii $1,142.26 school- (\ Tentative Plan Is Announced By Commandant On the night of December 5 a company of some 50 army trucks and cars will visit t h e I n s t i t u t e for t h e purpose of giving instruction in the handling, maintenance and o r g a n i z a t i o n of motorized equip-ment now in use in the army. The company will be composed of many v a r i o u s types of vehicles, includ-i n g the large six wheel 2 1-2 ton t r u c k and the popular reconnais-sance car, the "jeep". T h e r e will be some 140 men act-ing as instructors. Around a hun-d r e d of these will be second lieu-tenants, the m a j o r i t y of which are r e c e n t graduates of the Officers' Candidate School at Camp Lee. The r e m a i n i n g personnel will be com-posed of enlisted men. No definite schedule has been made but the following is probable schedule: December 7th and December 8th will be devoted to the instruction of the first class. December 9th will be devoted to t h e Second Class, and; December 10th will be devoted to t h e t h i r d class. The classes receiving instruction will be excused f r om academic du-ties. I n a recent interview, Colonel F r a y stressed the fact that a very p r a c t i c a l plan of instruction would be followed. There will be no lec-t u r e s or b l a c k b o a r d discussions. All cadets will take p a r t and thus learn by actual experience. The company, which will be un-der the command of Captain Kirk-land, will bring the latest mess units, including a complete fleld kitchen. The mess will be attended by various cadet officers during t h e visit. In case of inclement w e a t h e r sev-e r a l t r a i n i n g films will be shown on various phases of motorized or-ganization of the army. The Thanksgiving Game VMTS MATTHEWS GETS LOOSE FOR 23 YARDS—Hardly had the VPI-VMI game gotten u n d e r w a y when J. J. Matthews, a senior from Hampton, got loose for 28 y a r d s around his own l e f t side of the line and was in t h e clear until he was knocked out of bounds at midfleld by Cap-t a i n Billy James. Hurdling the line in the center is J o e Maskas, (56) Tech's big A l l - S t a t e tackle, and on the l e f t C. H. Marks (74), VMI tackle, is about to block Jack Gallagher (69), Tech back. (Times Staff Photo). Colonel Alcio Souto9 Brazil Military Academy Head Gives VMI Corps Brief Talk The T u r n - O u t which appeared on F r i d a y was the finest issue ever published by the staff in the few short years of its existence. At the same time the editors have a right to point with p r i d e to the magazine t h a t has sought to b r i n g the activ-ities of the Corps into closer rela-t i o n s h i p with the Alumni, patrons, and friends of the Institute. The magazine has been enlarged both in the size of its pages and content. Never before has the c i r c u l a t i o n of t h e magazine been so wide. Over 1700 copies have been printed for t h i s p a r t i c u l a r issue. VMI Glee Club Entertains At Ring Figure The VMI Glee Club made its first appearance before t h e corps of cadets during their Ring Figure Dance, F r i d a y night. This group, directed by Cadet Andy Cavanaiigh, sang a series of five martial songs in its brief p r o g r am which was given direct-ly before the intermission of the dance. The selections in this group were "Stout Hearted Men," "The Song of the Army Air Corps," "The Marine Hymn," "Army Blue," and t h e club's own arrangement of "Over There." About fifty-five cadets are en-r o l l e d as members of the club this year. Major Horne is f a c u l t y ad-visor for the group and Cadet Bill Drewry is accompanist. The following speech was made to the Corps of Cadets on Satur-day, November 21, by Colonel Alcio Souto, Commandant of the Military Academy of Brazil, who visited V. M. I. on November 20 and 21: Cadets, I am sorry t h a t I can't speak Eng-lish correctly, but I have the nerve to say a f ew words to you in your own language because, as we say in Brazil, it is the duty of every person to speak his own language correctly; and this gives him the right to speak all other languages incorrectly. As commandant of the Brazilian cadets I congratulate you and I have the p l e a s u r e of expressing my g r a t i t u d e for the manner with which I have been received here at V. M. I. and my administration for t h e excellent demonstration of your m i l i t a r y instruction. The review yesterda y left a wonderful impres-sion, I compliment you and your in-s t r u c t o r s and your fine superintend-ent. T h a n k you. Colonel Joseph B. Phillips Was With Jimmy Doolittle When Nazis Attacked Plane Civils And Chemists Will Hear Lecture The first and second class Chem-i s t ry sections and the second class Civil sections will attend a lecture on Wednesday, December 2, f r om 10:00 to 11:00 a. m., by Mr. Bradley H. Booth, metallurgist of the Jack-son. Iron and Steel Company. The subject of Mr. Booth's talk will be "The M a n u f a c t u r e and Uses of Silvery Pig Iron." The first class Chemistry sections will be excused from Industrial Chemistry on W e d n e s d a y and Thursday. The second class sections will be excused from Quantitative Analysis L a b o r a t o r y on Wednesday, and the second class Civil sections will be excused f r om Materials of Construction on Wednesday and Thursday. General John Arthur Lejeune THE GENERAL ORDER With deep sorrow the Superin-tendent announces the death, at the Union Memorial Hospital, Balti-more, Maryland, at 9:45 A. M„ No-vember 20, 1942, of his distinguished predecessor, Lieutenant General J o h n Archer Lejeune. United States Marine Corps, Retired, and Super-i n t e n d e n t Emeritus of the Virginia Military Institute. General Lejeune was born in Louisiana, J u n e 10, 1867, the son of a f o r m e r Confederate officer. He at-tended the Louisiana State Univer-sity and f r om that institution was appointed to the United States Na-val Academy. He completed the course at the Academy in 1888. F r om the time of his g r a d u a t i o n his life was active to an unusual de-gree. As a midshipman he was aboard one of the American ships wrecked in the disastrous hurri-cane in Samoa in 1889. In the Span-ish War he commanded the Marine detachment on the U. S. Gunboat Cincinnati. He commanded a Ma-rine b a t t a l i o n of the American force in Panama in 1903, served in Cuba d u r i n g a threatened uprising, and commanded a brigade of Marines in the e x p e d i t i o n a r y force t h a t cap-t u r e d Vera Cruz In April, 1914. During the first two years of World War One, he served as Com-mandant, Marine Corps Training S t a t i o n at Quantico, Virginia, and as Assistant to the Major General Commandant of the Corps. He went to France in 1918 and served suc-cessively with the 35th Division, t h e 64th Brigade, 32nd Division, and t h e 4th (Marine) Brigade, 2nd Divi-sion, commanding the last two. During the active campaign, as Major General, he succeeded Gcn- (Continued on Page 3) (Copied 11-16-42 f r om clipping on file in Col. Couper's office—Editor's Note). Allied Force Headquarters in North Africa, Nov. 11 (AP)—Be-cause a Flying Fortress proved more than a match for f o u r German pilots who did not know what big game they were stalking. Brigadier General James H. Doolittle, chief of t h e 12th Air Force, is c o n t i n u i n g to direct the United States air attack against the Axis instead of lying dead. General Doolittle and twelve staff officers were attacked by four ene-my planes. The co-pilot was wound-ed in a running gun battle, and Doolittle took his place in the fight-ing ship. This is the story of how the short-handed young f o r t r e s s crew, led by pilot L i e u t e n a n t John C. Summers, of Lexington, Tenn., saved Doo-l i t t l e and his staff officers, some of whom did not know they had been in a fight until the co-pilot fell to t h e floor covered with blood f r om a machine-gun bullet in his shoul-der. Among the officers on the f o r t - ress was L i e u t e n a n t Colonel Joseph B. Phillips, of New York. (A United Press correspondent, operating under a m i l i t a r y pool ar-rangement which made his reports available to other services, said Phillips, who graduated f r om VMI in the class of 1921, t h e n was editor of "Newsweek.") The f o r t r e s s flew a f ew feet above w a t e r most of the time, and it was s h o r t - h a n d e d because of the large number of officers aboard. When the f o u r enemy planes were sighted the crew jumped to their posts. Most of the staff officers in the bomb bay were u n a w a r e of the approach of the planes. The pilot t u r n e d and the enemy gave chase. Just skimming the waves, the (Continued On Page 4) The long anticipated Thanksgiv-ing- Ring Figure week-end has once again come and gone. VMI's foot-ball season is over for a n o t h e r year. The first class has taken its last corps trip. Second classmen are now w e a r i n g their class rings, and t h e 1942 Thanksgiving dances have been added to the list of successful VMI hops. The Roanoke Trip By nine o'clock Thursday morn-ing most of the corps had arrived in Roanoke. Many went in private cars, many by bus and some by t r a i n . Over six hundred cadets made the trip. The first and final formation of T h u r s d a y ' s t r i p took place at 11:50 a. m. in f r o n t of the P a t r i c k Henry Hotel, when the corps formed to march to the game. The VPI Corps followed VMI's Cadets on the foot-ball field, and the dedication of Roanoke's new stadium took place. VPI's Victory The kick-off came at 2:30, a n d the Big Red Team got off to an early lead when it scored but missed the e x t r a point in the first quarter. Billy Clark, left end for VMI, was p r e s e n t e d a gold wrist watch by a Roanoke jewelry company for being the first man to score in the 1942-game of the annual VMI-VPI g r i d i r o n clash in Roanoke on Thanksgiving. C l a r k received a pass t h r o w n by Dick DeShazo over the goal line d u r i n g the first q u a r t e r of t h e game. VMI lost its lead in the second q u a r t e r , and the half ended 7-6. During the last two q u a r t e r s the Gobblers proved too much for the Big Reds, and "the final score was VPI 20, VMI 6. Dance Thursday Night A dance f o r both the VMI and the VPI Cadets was held at the Hotel Roanoke ball room at 9:00 Thurs-day night. Many of the men mak-ing the trip attended this annual social event. Unlike previous years, cadets had until noon Friday to r e t u r n f r om t h e trip. Classes w e r e h e l d as usual on Friday afternoon, followed by a g a r r i s o n parade for many visitors, i n c l u d i n g hop dates who had ar-r i v e d e a r l i e r during the day. Ring Figure The r i n g figure was held at 10:00 F r i d a y evening, and some one hun- (Continued On Page 4) Comments on the Asphalt Lecture by Mr. Dent [ E d i t o r ' s Note: The following a r t i c l e constitutes a continuation of the notes taken by M. M. B r a n t l e y at a series of four lec-t u r e s on asphalt given by Mr. Dent to the first class Civil Sec-tions last week.l As has been proved recently, the most important part of a road or runway, whether of cement or as-phalt, is the foundation. A runway may be paved with six inches of asphalt or cement, or with six feet, and it will still fail under load if it does not have a foundation. The obvious solution to this is that the s u b - g r a d e must be "engineered," t h a t is planned in a logical and sound manner. One of the major reasons for the formation of the Asphalt Institute is the need for t h e teaching of the proper placing of asphalt pavement. Asphalt has two sources. One type is the product of the refining of petroleum, and the other is f r om n a t u r a l deposits generally r e f e r r ed to as lakes. Asphalt f r om p e t r o l e um is refined off at three stages, and upon this stage depend its prop-erties, and the substance which is used as a c u t t i n g agent. The three types are classified by t h e ir setting q u a l i t i e s as slow, medium, and rapid curing. In general, the heaviest will allow is used. During the lectures Mr. Dent de-scribed and showed slides of the v a r i o u s tests used to d e t e r m i n e the p r o p e r t i e s of asphalts. Upon these p r o p e r t i e s depend the use to which a certain asphalt is put, and the method of application. Regardless of the type of asphalt to be used, or the use to which it is to be put, the general principles of sub-grade construction are the same. Any pavement t h a t is to stand up under loads must have, a solid foundation. This means that the material used fo r a f o u n d a t i o n must be imported if the native soil is not satisfactory. In the case that t h e original soil is u n s u i t a b l e it is g e n e r a l l y possible to obtain mate-r i a l nearby that will do the job. Several .of our large airports are f a i l i n g today because the engineers in charge of construction did not pay enough attentio nto the sub-grade. No pavement whether of as-phalt or Portland cement has enough strength of its own to sup-port the loads to which it is sub-jected. All roads depend on the f o u n d a t i o n for their strength. Classifications Given in the rising order of their d e s i r a b i l i t y are the four major classifications of asphalt applica-tion: surface treatment, road mix, penetration, and plant mixes. The type used depends upon the avail-a b i l i ty of the materials, and the potential value of the road. All that is said about roads is also appli-cable to airports in general. S u r f a c e treatment is by far the cheapest form of asphalt applica-tion. In this method, a f t e r the foun-dation is prepared, the asphalt is applied, and about half an inch of sand or stone chips are rolled into t h e bitumen. This gives a quite sat-isfactory road for light traffic, and it has the advantage that it does not have to be d i s t u r b e d in order to apply a different type of finish. This method gives a pavement about one and a half inches thick. The next method is the road mix, so called because the materials are dumped individually, a n d then mixed in place by the use of blade scrapers. This type of road is put down in either one or two courses depending on the thickness of pave-ment desired, but it is very seldom made more than six inches thick. To make penetration macadam t h e gravel is placed on the road, and t h e n compacted before the asphalt is applied. This pavement can be made as thick as is desired, but no layer should be more than four inches thick. P l a n t Mixed Method The best type of road is produced by the p l a n t mixed method. In this method the asphalt, stone, sand, and clay are mixed in a special plant, t h e n hauled to the road site and put in place by the use of some type of spreader. The chief draw-back to this method is that unless it is a very large job there is gen-e r a l l y no m i x i n g plant in the vicin-ity. Two steps t h a t a r e comman to all types of a s p h a l t paving a r e the last two. One is t h e r o l l i n g of the pave-ment, and the other is the applica-tion of a final weather proofing coat of asphalt and sand. The pave-ment must be able to protect the road foundation, and in order to do that it must keep w a t e r f r om en-t e r i n g . In the c o n s t r u c t i o n of airport run-ways by any of these methods one of the m a j o r difficulties encountered is that of d r a i n a g e because of the great increase in width over that of a road. Airfields Over seventy-five per cent of the airfields in this country today that a r e paved at all are paved with asphalt, and a large majority of our roads are surfaced with the same material. This speaks well for asphalt, and it will speak well for itself, if the e n g i n e e r s will remem-ber that no pavement is stronger t h a n its foundation. Handy Portrait Unveiled On Saturday % A portrait of George Ben John-ston Handy, Class of 1940, was un-veiled at a simple ceremony in P r e s t o n L i b r a r y at 12:20 p. m., No-vember 28. It now hangs on the wall beside that of Colonel John Quincy Marr, Class of 1846, the first VMI alumni to be killed in action dur-ing the War Between the States. In a brief address, Lieutenant Barksdaie, a classmate of Handy, r e c i t e d how the latter had died fighting in the B a t t l e of Bataan and told something of him as a cadet. The portrait was then unveiled by Miss Helen Handy, sister of our f o r m e r comrade. L i e u t e n a n t Goolrick, Class of 1937, p r e s e n t e d the p o r t r a i t at the request of the donors, and also com-mented on the p o r t r a i t s of other distinguished soldiers and states-men in the same room. General Kil-b o u r n e accepted the p o r t r a i t for the I n s t i t u t e . Mr. and Mrs. Boiling Handy, Miss Helen Handy, Mrs. Jones, who with h e r husband, Charles Hill Jones, Class of 1917, jointly arranged for t h e painting of the portrait and gave it to VMI, and Mr. David Sil-vette, who painted the portrait, were present at the ceremony as were many cadets and visitors. An excellent photograph of the p o r t r a i t has been filed with Cadet Handy's permanent record.
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Full Text Search | She I t I l l i U C a b ct 0 Vj ^ of The Virginia Military Institute PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Following the custom of the past, the next Issue of The Cadet, which will go to press a week f r om today, will be an eight page Issue p a r t i c u l a r l y f e a t u r i n g the Ring Figure Hops held this past week-end. Outstanding will be the full page of pictures which w e r e taken throughout the week-end In an effort to r a p t u r e the s p i r i t and gaiety of what is probably the o u t s t a n d i n g remembrance of a VMI man f r om within his cadetship. Also f e a t u r e d at this time will be more and more news of VMI men who now serve in every corner of the world with the armed forces. The past few weeks have seen these men taking active and important parts in the news of the day which will be t h e history of tomorrow. VOLUME XXXVI—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 30, 1942 NUMBER 11 Thanksgiving Week-end Comes and Goes 600 Cadets Attended VPI Game Truck Company To Visit Institute During Next Week Roster B r i a n Bowen, editor of t he "Bomb," said Thursday night that t h e "Bomb's" roster of the Corps has bee ncompleted and will prob-a b l y be out within t h r e e days. The r o s t e r will be similar to the rosters of the past, and will contain the names an daddresses of all cadets a r r a n g e d according to classes. The compiling and typing were done by Wyatt, J. R., Estes, L. L„ Byers, W. F„ and P i c k e r a l , G. L. The p r i n t - ing w o r k is b e i n g done by the Stone P r i n t i n g Company of Roanoke. New Calendar Completed By Second Class The Second Class Finance Com-m i t t e e has completed its prepara-t i o n of t h e Keydet Calendar for the f o r t h c o m i n g year. In addition to an e n t i r e l y new calendar t h e r e will be s u p p l e m e n t a r y fillers for the old calendars. Harry Ratrie has been responsible for the compilation of t h e n ew calendar. The cover design b y Eddie Wahlert p i c t u r e s a mount-ed cadet t a k i n g a jump. The cover which is made of w h i t e l e a t h e r has a n excellent a p p e a r a n c e both as to q u a l i t y and style. The a r t work of t h e filler contains sketches by Ed-d i e Wahlert, Eddie Young, W. A. Munroe, W. H. Taylor, and J. I. Cofer. These designs f r om all pre-views should prove very entertain-ing and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of cadet life. The price of these calendars will be the same as last year, $1.00. As t h e custom in past years Xmas cards will be available to t h e Corps. The cards this y e a r picture a snow scene of the west side of barracks t a k e n f r om a position on the walk n e a r the N i c h o l s Engineering Building. The cost of these cards will be a half-dozen for one dollar. Committee Publishes New Statement SECOND FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE 1943 HOP COMMITTEE J u n e 2, 1942 to October 27, 1942 Receipts Music $2,171.40 T r a n s f e r 2,328.74 L u x u r y tax 4.70 Change 175.00 Loan 987.50 E x p e n d i t u r es Music - Decorations Flowers Labor . P u n c h Bowl Police I n v i t a t i o ns S t e n o g r a p h ic I n c i d e n t a ls C h a p e r o n e supper T r a n s f e r I n t e r e s t on Notes Hop Cards and Tickets Ladies Room L u x u r y tax Change — $5,665.34 $2,693.64 307.15 175.00 150.15 71.60 156.00 362.72 26.13 109.98 12.40 123.20 12.50 3150 0.35 315.61 325.00 $4,872.93 Balance on hand less checks o u t s t a n d i n g October 29, 1942 792.41 $5,65.34 Assets Accounts Receivable - $ 349.85 •I Balance on hand less checks o u t s t a n d i n g October 29, \ 1942 r. 792.41 officii $1,142.26 school- (\ Tentative Plan Is Announced By Commandant On the night of December 5 a company of some 50 army trucks and cars will visit t h e I n s t i t u t e for t h e purpose of giving instruction in the handling, maintenance and o r g a n i z a t i o n of motorized equip-ment now in use in the army. The company will be composed of many v a r i o u s types of vehicles, includ-i n g the large six wheel 2 1-2 ton t r u c k and the popular reconnais-sance car, the "jeep". T h e r e will be some 140 men act-ing as instructors. Around a hun-d r e d of these will be second lieu-tenants, the m a j o r i t y of which are r e c e n t graduates of the Officers' Candidate School at Camp Lee. The r e m a i n i n g personnel will be com-posed of enlisted men. No definite schedule has been made but the following is probable schedule: December 7th and December 8th will be devoted to the instruction of the first class. December 9th will be devoted to t h e Second Class, and; December 10th will be devoted to t h e t h i r d class. The classes receiving instruction will be excused f r om academic du-ties. I n a recent interview, Colonel F r a y stressed the fact that a very p r a c t i c a l plan of instruction would be followed. There will be no lec-t u r e s or b l a c k b o a r d discussions. All cadets will take p a r t and thus learn by actual experience. The company, which will be un-der the command of Captain Kirk-land, will bring the latest mess units, including a complete fleld kitchen. The mess will be attended by various cadet officers during t h e visit. In case of inclement w e a t h e r sev-e r a l t r a i n i n g films will be shown on various phases of motorized or-ganization of the army. The Thanksgiving Game VMTS MATTHEWS GETS LOOSE FOR 23 YARDS—Hardly had the VPI-VMI game gotten u n d e r w a y when J. J. Matthews, a senior from Hampton, got loose for 28 y a r d s around his own l e f t side of the line and was in t h e clear until he was knocked out of bounds at midfleld by Cap-t a i n Billy James. Hurdling the line in the center is J o e Maskas, (56) Tech's big A l l - S t a t e tackle, and on the l e f t C. H. Marks (74), VMI tackle, is about to block Jack Gallagher (69), Tech back. (Times Staff Photo). Colonel Alcio Souto9 Brazil Military Academy Head Gives VMI Corps Brief Talk The T u r n - O u t which appeared on F r i d a y was the finest issue ever published by the staff in the few short years of its existence. At the same time the editors have a right to point with p r i d e to the magazine t h a t has sought to b r i n g the activ-ities of the Corps into closer rela-t i o n s h i p with the Alumni, patrons, and friends of the Institute. The magazine has been enlarged both in the size of its pages and content. Never before has the c i r c u l a t i o n of t h e magazine been so wide. Over 1700 copies have been printed for t h i s p a r t i c u l a r issue. VMI Glee Club Entertains At Ring Figure The VMI Glee Club made its first appearance before t h e corps of cadets during their Ring Figure Dance, F r i d a y night. This group, directed by Cadet Andy Cavanaiigh, sang a series of five martial songs in its brief p r o g r am which was given direct-ly before the intermission of the dance. The selections in this group were "Stout Hearted Men," "The Song of the Army Air Corps," "The Marine Hymn," "Army Blue," and t h e club's own arrangement of "Over There." About fifty-five cadets are en-r o l l e d as members of the club this year. Major Horne is f a c u l t y ad-visor for the group and Cadet Bill Drewry is accompanist. The following speech was made to the Corps of Cadets on Satur-day, November 21, by Colonel Alcio Souto, Commandant of the Military Academy of Brazil, who visited V. M. I. on November 20 and 21: Cadets, I am sorry t h a t I can't speak Eng-lish correctly, but I have the nerve to say a f ew words to you in your own language because, as we say in Brazil, it is the duty of every person to speak his own language correctly; and this gives him the right to speak all other languages incorrectly. As commandant of the Brazilian cadets I congratulate you and I have the p l e a s u r e of expressing my g r a t i t u d e for the manner with which I have been received here at V. M. I. and my administration for t h e excellent demonstration of your m i l i t a r y instruction. The review yesterda y left a wonderful impres-sion, I compliment you and your in-s t r u c t o r s and your fine superintend-ent. T h a n k you. Colonel Joseph B. Phillips Was With Jimmy Doolittle When Nazis Attacked Plane Civils And Chemists Will Hear Lecture The first and second class Chem-i s t ry sections and the second class Civil sections will attend a lecture on Wednesday, December 2, f r om 10:00 to 11:00 a. m., by Mr. Bradley H. Booth, metallurgist of the Jack-son. Iron and Steel Company. The subject of Mr. Booth's talk will be "The M a n u f a c t u r e and Uses of Silvery Pig Iron." The first class Chemistry sections will be excused from Industrial Chemistry on W e d n e s d a y and Thursday. The second class sections will be excused from Quantitative Analysis L a b o r a t o r y on Wednesday, and the second class Civil sections will be excused f r om Materials of Construction on Wednesday and Thursday. General John Arthur Lejeune THE GENERAL ORDER With deep sorrow the Superin-tendent announces the death, at the Union Memorial Hospital, Balti-more, Maryland, at 9:45 A. M„ No-vember 20, 1942, of his distinguished predecessor, Lieutenant General J o h n Archer Lejeune. United States Marine Corps, Retired, and Super-i n t e n d e n t Emeritus of the Virginia Military Institute. General Lejeune was born in Louisiana, J u n e 10, 1867, the son of a f o r m e r Confederate officer. He at-tended the Louisiana State Univer-sity and f r om that institution was appointed to the United States Na-val Academy. He completed the course at the Academy in 1888. F r om the time of his g r a d u a t i o n his life was active to an unusual de-gree. As a midshipman he was aboard one of the American ships wrecked in the disastrous hurri-cane in Samoa in 1889. In the Span-ish War he commanded the Marine detachment on the U. S. Gunboat Cincinnati. He commanded a Ma-rine b a t t a l i o n of the American force in Panama in 1903, served in Cuba d u r i n g a threatened uprising, and commanded a brigade of Marines in the e x p e d i t i o n a r y force t h a t cap-t u r e d Vera Cruz In April, 1914. During the first two years of World War One, he served as Com-mandant, Marine Corps Training S t a t i o n at Quantico, Virginia, and as Assistant to the Major General Commandant of the Corps. He went to France in 1918 and served suc-cessively with the 35th Division, t h e 64th Brigade, 32nd Division, and t h e 4th (Marine) Brigade, 2nd Divi-sion, commanding the last two. During the active campaign, as Major General, he succeeded Gcn- (Continued on Page 3) (Copied 11-16-42 f r om clipping on file in Col. Couper's office—Editor's Note). Allied Force Headquarters in North Africa, Nov. 11 (AP)—Be-cause a Flying Fortress proved more than a match for f o u r German pilots who did not know what big game they were stalking. Brigadier General James H. Doolittle, chief of t h e 12th Air Force, is c o n t i n u i n g to direct the United States air attack against the Axis instead of lying dead. General Doolittle and twelve staff officers were attacked by four ene-my planes. The co-pilot was wound-ed in a running gun battle, and Doolittle took his place in the fight-ing ship. This is the story of how the short-handed young f o r t r e s s crew, led by pilot L i e u t e n a n t John C. Summers, of Lexington, Tenn., saved Doo-l i t t l e and his staff officers, some of whom did not know they had been in a fight until the co-pilot fell to t h e floor covered with blood f r om a machine-gun bullet in his shoul-der. Among the officers on the f o r t - ress was L i e u t e n a n t Colonel Joseph B. Phillips, of New York. (A United Press correspondent, operating under a m i l i t a r y pool ar-rangement which made his reports available to other services, said Phillips, who graduated f r om VMI in the class of 1921, t h e n was editor of "Newsweek.") The f o r t r e s s flew a f ew feet above w a t e r most of the time, and it was s h o r t - h a n d e d because of the large number of officers aboard. When the f o u r enemy planes were sighted the crew jumped to their posts. Most of the staff officers in the bomb bay were u n a w a r e of the approach of the planes. The pilot t u r n e d and the enemy gave chase. Just skimming the waves, the (Continued On Page 4) The long anticipated Thanksgiv-ing- Ring Figure week-end has once again come and gone. VMI's foot-ball season is over for a n o t h e r year. The first class has taken its last corps trip. Second classmen are now w e a r i n g their class rings, and t h e 1942 Thanksgiving dances have been added to the list of successful VMI hops. The Roanoke Trip By nine o'clock Thursday morn-ing most of the corps had arrived in Roanoke. Many went in private cars, many by bus and some by t r a i n . Over six hundred cadets made the trip. The first and final formation of T h u r s d a y ' s t r i p took place at 11:50 a. m. in f r o n t of the P a t r i c k Henry Hotel, when the corps formed to march to the game. The VPI Corps followed VMI's Cadets on the foot-ball field, and the dedication of Roanoke's new stadium took place. VPI's Victory The kick-off came at 2:30, a n d the Big Red Team got off to an early lead when it scored but missed the e x t r a point in the first quarter. Billy Clark, left end for VMI, was p r e s e n t e d a gold wrist watch by a Roanoke jewelry company for being the first man to score in the 1942-game of the annual VMI-VPI g r i d i r o n clash in Roanoke on Thanksgiving. C l a r k received a pass t h r o w n by Dick DeShazo over the goal line d u r i n g the first q u a r t e r of t h e game. VMI lost its lead in the second q u a r t e r , and the half ended 7-6. During the last two q u a r t e r s the Gobblers proved too much for the Big Reds, and "the final score was VPI 20, VMI 6. Dance Thursday Night A dance f o r both the VMI and the VPI Cadets was held at the Hotel Roanoke ball room at 9:00 Thurs-day night. Many of the men mak-ing the trip attended this annual social event. Unlike previous years, cadets had until noon Friday to r e t u r n f r om t h e trip. Classes w e r e h e l d as usual on Friday afternoon, followed by a g a r r i s o n parade for many visitors, i n c l u d i n g hop dates who had ar-r i v e d e a r l i e r during the day. Ring Figure The r i n g figure was held at 10:00 F r i d a y evening, and some one hun- (Continued On Page 4) Comments on the Asphalt Lecture by Mr. Dent [ E d i t o r ' s Note: The following a r t i c l e constitutes a continuation of the notes taken by M. M. B r a n t l e y at a series of four lec-t u r e s on asphalt given by Mr. Dent to the first class Civil Sec-tions last week.l As has been proved recently, the most important part of a road or runway, whether of cement or as-phalt, is the foundation. A runway may be paved with six inches of asphalt or cement, or with six feet, and it will still fail under load if it does not have a foundation. The obvious solution to this is that the s u b - g r a d e must be "engineered," t h a t is planned in a logical and sound manner. One of the major reasons for the formation of the Asphalt Institute is the need for t h e teaching of the proper placing of asphalt pavement. Asphalt has two sources. One type is the product of the refining of petroleum, and the other is f r om n a t u r a l deposits generally r e f e r r ed to as lakes. Asphalt f r om p e t r o l e um is refined off at three stages, and upon this stage depend its prop-erties, and the substance which is used as a c u t t i n g agent. The three types are classified by t h e ir setting q u a l i t i e s as slow, medium, and rapid curing. In general, the heaviest will allow is used. During the lectures Mr. Dent de-scribed and showed slides of the v a r i o u s tests used to d e t e r m i n e the p r o p e r t i e s of asphalts. Upon these p r o p e r t i e s depend the use to which a certain asphalt is put, and the method of application. Regardless of the type of asphalt to be used, or the use to which it is to be put, the general principles of sub-grade construction are the same. Any pavement t h a t is to stand up under loads must have, a solid foundation. This means that the material used fo r a f o u n d a t i o n must be imported if the native soil is not satisfactory. In the case that t h e original soil is u n s u i t a b l e it is g e n e r a l l y possible to obtain mate-r i a l nearby that will do the job. Several .of our large airports are f a i l i n g today because the engineers in charge of construction did not pay enough attentio nto the sub-grade. No pavement whether of as-phalt or Portland cement has enough strength of its own to sup-port the loads to which it is sub-jected. All roads depend on the f o u n d a t i o n for their strength. Classifications Given in the rising order of their d e s i r a b i l i t y are the four major classifications of asphalt applica-tion: surface treatment, road mix, penetration, and plant mixes. The type used depends upon the avail-a b i l i ty of the materials, and the potential value of the road. All that is said about roads is also appli-cable to airports in general. S u r f a c e treatment is by far the cheapest form of asphalt applica-tion. In this method, a f t e r the foun-dation is prepared, the asphalt is applied, and about half an inch of sand or stone chips are rolled into t h e bitumen. This gives a quite sat-isfactory road for light traffic, and it has the advantage that it does not have to be d i s t u r b e d in order to apply a different type of finish. This method gives a pavement about one and a half inches thick. The next method is the road mix, so called because the materials are dumped individually, a n d then mixed in place by the use of blade scrapers. This type of road is put down in either one or two courses depending on the thickness of pave-ment desired, but it is very seldom made more than six inches thick. To make penetration macadam t h e gravel is placed on the road, and t h e n compacted before the asphalt is applied. This pavement can be made as thick as is desired, but no layer should be more than four inches thick. P l a n t Mixed Method The best type of road is produced by the p l a n t mixed method. In this method the asphalt, stone, sand, and clay are mixed in a special plant, t h e n hauled to the road site and put in place by the use of some type of spreader. The chief draw-back to this method is that unless it is a very large job there is gen-e r a l l y no m i x i n g plant in the vicin-ity. Two steps t h a t a r e comman to all types of a s p h a l t paving a r e the last two. One is t h e r o l l i n g of the pave-ment, and the other is the applica-tion of a final weather proofing coat of asphalt and sand. The pave-ment must be able to protect the road foundation, and in order to do that it must keep w a t e r f r om en-t e r i n g . In the c o n s t r u c t i o n of airport run-ways by any of these methods one of the m a j o r difficulties encountered is that of d r a i n a g e because of the great increase in width over that of a road. Airfields Over seventy-five per cent of the airfields in this country today that a r e paved at all are paved with asphalt, and a large majority of our roads are surfaced with the same material. This speaks well for asphalt, and it will speak well for itself, if the e n g i n e e r s will remem-ber that no pavement is stronger t h a n its foundation. Handy Portrait Unveiled On Saturday % A portrait of George Ben John-ston Handy, Class of 1940, was un-veiled at a simple ceremony in P r e s t o n L i b r a r y at 12:20 p. m., No-vember 28. It now hangs on the wall beside that of Colonel John Quincy Marr, Class of 1846, the first VMI alumni to be killed in action dur-ing the War Between the States. In a brief address, Lieutenant Barksdaie, a classmate of Handy, r e c i t e d how the latter had died fighting in the B a t t l e of Bataan and told something of him as a cadet. The portrait was then unveiled by Miss Helen Handy, sister of our f o r m e r comrade. L i e u t e n a n t Goolrick, Class of 1937, p r e s e n t e d the p o r t r a i t at the request of the donors, and also com-mented on the p o r t r a i t s of other distinguished soldiers and states-men in the same room. General Kil-b o u r n e accepted the p o r t r a i t for the I n s t i t u t e . Mr. and Mrs. Boiling Handy, Miss Helen Handy, Mrs. Jones, who with h e r husband, Charles Hill Jones, Class of 1917, jointly arranged for t h e painting of the portrait and gave it to VMI, and Mr. David Sil-vette, who painted the portrait, were present at the ceremony as were many cadets and visitors. An excellent photograph of the p o r t r a i t has been filed with Cadet Handy's permanent record. |