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Delegate F. Moore rFriend of Institute5 Died Here Saturday The State of Virginia waa dealt a great blow Saturday morning by the death of two outstanding members of the general aasembly. Delegate Frank Moore, always a ataunch friend of the Inatitute, and chairman of the house appro-priations committee, died at 1 p. m„ Saturday, at his home here in Lexington. He waa recognized aa one of the best informed men on atate finances in Virginia. Senator Henry Taylor Wickham, alao a friend of the Institute, president, pro tern of the senate, a member of the finance committee and chairman of the powerful privileges and elections com-; mittee, died at Richmond at 2 p. m., Friday. Delegate Moore attended every important ceremony of VMI, and though prevented by his position as chairman of the house appropriations committee from favoring the Insti-tute in the allotment of State funds, waa alwaya helpful in arranging hearings not only on fiscal matters but in other legislation affecting the interests of VMI. He was buried with public services at the graveside in Lexington cemetery at 4 p. m. yesterday, conducted by Dr. J. J. Murray, pastor of the Lexington Presbyterian church, which Delegate Moore has served for 25 years as superintendent of the Sunday school until his retirement a few years ago and where he was an elder at the time of his death. The Institute flags were at half mast during the funeral. • : Born In Lexington She llJlllUCabct The Virginia Military Institute PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS VOLUME XXXVI—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MARCH 8, 1943 NUMBER 20 William M. Wood Last New Market Participant Dies Took Part In Famed Charge New Commissioned Officers to Fill Regimental Posts According to i n f o r m a t i o n released by Colonel F r a y this morning, regi-m e n t a l recommendations to All p o s t s left vacant by members of t h e g r a d u a t i n g flrst class pre-med-ical course, w h o will leave the In-s t i t u t e on March 20, will be an-n o u n c e d in the March 22 issue of The Cadet. Of the t h i r t e e n g r a d u a t - i n g members of this group three a r e commissioned officers—R. L. Reeves being second b a t t a l i o n com-m a n d e r , W. H. Romm being sec-ond battalion a d j u t a n t , and R. W. McConnell being flrst b a t t a l i o n ad-j u t a n t . The loss of these men will n e c e s s i t a t e the a p p o i n t m e n t of one n e w cadet captain, two flrst lieu-t e n a n t s , and t h r e e second lieuten-a n t s . The Commandant says that t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s will be filled in t h e usual manner — by accepting r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s from regimental and company commissioned officers. P r e - M e d s Take Physical As another p r e p a r a t o r y step to t h e i r e a r l y g r a d u a t i o n , all first class p r e - m e d i c a l s t u d e n t s went to Roa-n o k e last S a t u r d a y for physical ex-a m i n a t i o n s connected with their g r a d u a t i o n and Army-sanctioned e a r l y e n t r a n c e into medical college. These men left early Saturday m o r n i n g , proceeded to the Roa-n o k e general classification center a n d w e r e given complete physicals s u c h as those which are given all men b e f o r e e n t e r i n g the service, in a n y branch. In fact, as one of these c a d e t s e x p r e s s e d it, "We did every-t h i n g the inductees did—except w h e r e they were either sent to c l a s s i f i c a t i o n c e n t e r s t h e n e x t morn-ing, or given seven days for fond f a r e w e l l s , we came back to VMI f o r a n o t h e r stretch." D e l e g a t e Moore, who r e p r e s e n t - ed R o c k b r i d g e county and the city of B u e n a Vista, was b o r n h e r e Sep-t e m b e r 14, 1871, a son of J o h n Pres-ton Moore and Agnes L a i r d Moore, b o t h of R o c k b r i d g e county. He a t t e n d e d Washington and Lee u n i v e r s i t y , r e c e i v i n g the LL.B. de-gree, and was engaged in the prac-t i c e of law and in the flre insur-a n c e business. He m a r r i e d Miss Louis Wallace Thorn, of Millersburg, Ky., who s u r v i v e s him. Also s u r v i v i n g are two sons, Thomas T. Moore, of Richmond, and Lieut, (j.g.) J. P r e s - ton Moore, U.S.N., s t a t i o n e d at New York. C o m m i t t e e Named He was also a member of the K n i g h t s of Pythias, the Shriners, and Knight Templars, and Phi K a p p a Sigma. S p e a k e r Thomas B. Stanley, of H e n r y county, named a house com-m i t t e e of nine to represent the house officially at the funeral. These were C. C. Loudcrback, of Page; Tate B. Sterrett, of Bath; B e r n a r d C. Goodwin, of Clifton Forge; Dr. E. W. Dodd, of Bote-t o u r t ; Robert Whitehead, of Nel-son; C. G. Quesenbery and G. D. Hodges, of Augusta; Frank W Burks, of Bedford, and H. B. Sin-g l e t o n of Amherst. S p e a k e r Stanley said, when he was i n f o r m e d of the d e a t h of Dele g a t e Moore: "I am deeply grieved and feel a great personal loss at learning t o d a y of t h e d e a t h of F r a n k Moore, of Lexington. S e r v i n g on the ap-p r o p r i a t i o n s committee since t e r i n g the house, six years with h im as chairman, I learned to k n o w h im intimately. "Possessing a t h o r o u g h and first-h a n d i n f o r m a t i o n on all a p p r o p r i a - t i o n bills, he e n j o y e d the highest respect of his associates on the ap-p r i a t i o n s committee and his col-l e a g u e s of the house. Virginia has lost another valued and distin-g u i s h e d s e r v a n t in his passing." Should We Extend Our Honor System By JIMMY MORRISON Because of t h e a r r i v a l of s o l d i e r s at t h e I n s t i t u t e sometime in March, t h e question this week is w h e t h e r or not the Corps feels t h a t these en-l i s t e d men should be f o r c e d to a b i d e by our honor court r e g u l a t i o n s: F I R S T CLASS A. Z. FREEMAN—"I t h i n k t h e y should be given a trial period to see if t h e y can assume the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of a V. M. I. man. Then, If this fails, t h e a r m y should m a k e its own r e g u l a t i o n s g o v e r n i n g them. JIMMY DEMMLER—"No, they a r e n ' t r a t s a r e they?" MAC YOUELL—"They d i d n ' t ask to come here, a n d t h e y a r e n ' t V. M. I. men, so why should they be put under our system?' SECOND CLASS BURT SHORT—"Yes. because I d o n ' t t h i n k the s o l d i e r s a n d t h e cadets could possibly get along t o g e t h e r o t h e r w i s e ." "ZIGGY" FREEMAN—"Yes, because t h e y a r e r e c e i v i n g the same credit as we are." JIMMY CLARK—"I t h i n k t h a t we of the corps have been bred to the system, but this means n o t h i n g to them, for they will be h e r e only t e m p o r a r i l y ." J . R. EMERY—"It would be u n f a i r to e n f o r c e our system on them, be-cause some of the honor court rules are not r e q u i r e d in the a r m y ." HARRY EASTERLY—"We can consider these soldiers as r a t s as f a r as t h e honor s y s t em is c o n c e r n e d . Every year the f o u r t h class comes in and absorbs o a r r e g u l a t i o n s and t h e r e is no reason why the s o l d i e rs should not. T h e c o m m a n d a n t will back up any decision tbe honor c o u r t would make." J IM IRWl'jV—"I t h i n k we s h o u l d put t h em under, but it's going to be a h a r d job for the man who u n d e r t a k e s it. At any rate, I t h i n k it can be done." THIRD CLASS DAVID LAIR—"I t h i n k that we would have a h e l l u v a time doinp it and it would be foolish to try. They aren't dopes—think of the money t h e y could ulean up." P H I L READ—"No, their military regulations are enough, and they should not be forced to e n d u r e any others.' HOWARD HII|L—"The U. S. Army requests no honor system other t h a n its own. These men a r e in the army, and we cannot expect to s u b o r d i n a t e them to our rules, but if the army decides to do it, t h a t is a n o t h e r m a t t e r ." BILLY KASTLl^BllRG—"I t h i n k so because if they d i d n ' t live u n d e r the honor systeAi they would not be a p a r t of V. M. I. T h i s s y s t em makes our school idiique, and they should c e r t a i n l y be compelled to abide by our rules. BIG BEAR—"Anjrbody who lives between these four walls should be f o r c e d to a b i i | e by our regulations." BOB O S B O R N — t h i n k we should try, but I don't think we should Colonel Card Will Address Pre-Meds At Age of 18 The S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Has receiv-ed with deep sorrow, which will be s h a r e d by all V. M. I. men, an-n o u n c e m e n t of the death, during t h e night of March second-third, of William Morrison Wood, the last survivor of the b a t t a l i o n of c a d e t s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in the Battle of New Market. Born December 21, 1845, h e mat-r i c u l a t e d at VMI, J a n u a r y , 1864, a n d was assigned to Company A. He came of a f a m i l y devoted to t h e Institute, three of his broth-ers, a cousin r e a r e d in his f a t h e r 's home, four nephews, a grandson, and two great nephews having been members of the Corps. One of his b r o t h e r s was a member of t h e Board of Visitors from 1882 to 1884. This devotion was shared by William M. Wood throughout his life. He was one of eleven veterans of the Confederacy who attended t h e New Market Ceremonies in our Centennial year. At a special r e v i ew of the Corps in his honor, he a t t a c h e d to the colors the bat-t l e s t r e a m e r . His grandson, Joseph L. P a r r i s h , Jr., Class of 1941, was d e t a i l e d as his aide d u r i n g his vis-it to Lexington. T h o u g h a member of the Corps J f o r only one year, he was award-ed a diploma "Honoris Causa" by t h e Board of Visitors. A man of great ability and per-sonal charm, his loss will be keen-ly felt by hosts of those who have known, a d m i r e d and loved him. In token of respect to his mem-o r y and of sympathy for the mem-b e r s of his family, the flags of t h e I n s t i t u t e were flown at half mast until r e t r e a t Thursday, the f o u r t h instant. The death of Mr. Wood, one of the f e w American citizens to see his country fight its t h r e e great-est wars, stands as a n o t h e r sym-bol of the disappearance of the 'old' Institute. End of An Era Not only has VMI lost its oldest and one of its most distinguished alumni, but this section of the c o u n t r y as a whole has fc/lt the loss of one of its real citizens. The passing of this man j u s t u n d e r two month short of the time when he would have marke dthe seventy-n i n t h observance of the appear-ance of the Corps so g a l l a n t l y at New Market indeed marks the p a s s i n g of an era. By ED DENNIS Colonel Daniel P. Card, VMI Post Surgeon, will deliver the p r i n c i p a l address at the gradua-t i o n exercises of VMI's F i r s t Class P r e - M e d i c a l students on March 20 t h . These exercises which will be h e l d in Jackson Memorial Hall, w i l l be a t t e n d e d only by members of t h e F i r s t Class, members of the f a c u l t y who do not have conflict-i n g classes, and guests and mem-b e r s of f a m i l i e s of the g r a d u a t i ng class. The p r o g r am will begin at 9:00 a. m., and t h e r e will be a re lease on the reservation for First Classmen until normal routine is r e s u m e d at 10:00 a. m. The p r o g r am is as follows: Invocation. A n n o u n c e m e n t of Distinctions. Address by the President, First Class. Award of the "Alfred H. Know-les 1933 Award" by Lt. Colonel Robert P. Carroll. Address by Colonel Daniel P. Card. Auld Lang Sync. Bonediction. Members of the Board of Visi-t o r s and heads of d e p a r t m e n t s not h a v i n g conflicting classes, will ac-c o r d i n g to custom, sft on the plat-f o rm during the exercises. The g r a d u a t i o n parade for members of t h e g r a d u a t i o n class will be held F r i d a y at 5:00 p. m. Six Additional ERC Students Are Called By GEORGE FOX The Fourth Class last week looked over its members and ut-t e r e d a low groan. Of the 255 r a ts who e n t e r e d September 14, scarce-ly 150 will see the First Class g r a d u a t e in May. By far the greatest percentage of those now missing have been c a l l e d to service by the armed forces. With more leaving every day, the toll has now reached 55. The ERC called six more f r om the I n s t i t u t e last week. They are: C r y t z e r , Harwood, Fischer, Block, F o r s t e r and Ninos. A hint of fu-t u r e calls was given when two of t h e above men w e r e called by the Second Service Command. They w e r e the first to be called from VMI by that command which em-b r a c e s New York and New Jer-sey. Cooper and Gentry Named Officers On Tuesday evening, the Glee c l u b took time out f r om practice in order to transact some of the more pressing business. The club elected A. B. Cooper, J r . , as first vice-president and T. B. Gentry, second vice-president. A l t h o u g h in f o r m e r y e a r s the f i r st class members have been given keys for their 4 years of effort, Andy C a v a n a u g h ' proposed that, since the Glee club would prob a b l y not exist next year, all mem-b e r s should receive keys for this year. The motion was carried. The first class keys will be gold, the o t h e r s silver. Three trips in the immediate f u t u r e were announced The club will j o u r n e y to Southern S e m i n a r y the end of the month T r i p s to Randolph Macon and Hol-l i n s will follow quickly. Italy Will Not Revolt Count Carlo Sforza Tells Corps Today Third Classmen Lecture Given Select Committee By DABNEY WARING P l a n s for the Ring Figure of the class of '45 a r e proceeding as well as can be expected. After consid-e r a t i o n of the volunteers for work on the figure, the third class of-f i c e r s have made the following committee appointments: Figure committee, Morgan, Gittens and Duff; Favors, Edmonds and Esser; Music, Turriziani, and Anthony; Flowers, Whittle. Whiting, Lank-f o r d and Peery; Decorations, Bar-ker, Taylor, W. A., Kastelburg, Crandall, Quarles, Robinson, and Waring; Dance Cards and Invita-tions, Sloan; Chaperones, Webb; P h o t o g r a p h i c Arrangements, Mil-ler. The first man mentioned in each c o m m i t t e e is to act as chair-man of his committee. The com-m i t t e e on music and decorations will work in conjunction with the Hop and Floor Committees. Lt. J o e Mullen has been request-ed to act as Faculty Advisor for t h e dances. The date is still set for May 20, in the hope that the rings will ar-r i v e by that time. However, the r i n g m a n u f a c t u r e r s have not and will not make any promises to t h a t effect. Other plans include w e a r i n g the usual uniforms of mess jackets. In the event that the rings do not ar-r i v e in time, it has been suggested t h a t some a r r a n g e m e n t s be made to borrow rings for the occasion f r om first and second classmen. ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) ERC Payments Prove To Be Pipe Dream By E. J. WILLIAMS In an i n t e r v i ew with Col. Fray l a s t night it was disclosed that the Army Board that inspected V. M. I. last w e e k told h im t h a t the Corps "made a fine a p p e a r a n c e " at parade. Col. F r a y also s t a t e d t h a t h e hoped to get a c o n t r a c t for more Special-ized Trainees. It was u n e a r t h e d in t h e i n t e r v i ew that compensation f o r cadets as a r e s u l t of t h e Special-ized T r a i n i n g G r o u p was definitely out. I n c r e a s e In t h e N u m b e r of T r a i n e es The Commandant expressed a hope and a d e s i r e t h a t one h u n d r ed m o r e of the service men could be c o n t r a c t e d for before April 6th. T h i s contract would be made pos-s i b l e by the p r o b a b l e loss of cadets to the various branches of the a r m e d services. The War Depart-ment has expressed a d e s i r ^ that t h e soldiers stationed here be placed on the Honor System, and g e n e r a l l y put on a par with the Corps. Whether this is possible is not yet known. However, these men would have the privileges of »'ie various classes according to w h e t h e r they w e r e t a k i n g first, sec- >nd, third, or f o u r t h class subjects. ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) Saturday Evening Post Tells Story of Three YMI Generals By JIMMY MORRISON In December the S a t u r d a y Even-i n g Post began a series of "articles "These Are the Generals," and to d a t e three of the seven sketches have been VMI men. The March 6 issue p o r t r a y s Major General W a l t e r Reed Weaver, the man who does more to "Keep 'Em Flying" t h a n anybody else on earth. The following excerpts are tak-e n f r om this article w r i t t e n by J o h n T. Whitaker: "Weaver was born in 1885 at C h a r l e s t o n . His f a t h e r , Major Gen-e r a l E. M. Weaver, commandant at the Citadel, had overcome Char-l e s t o n ' s hostility to a West Point Y a n k e e and won the hand of the d a u g h t e r of old Professor Holmes who had m a n u f a c t u r e d gunpowd-e r for the Confederacy. The f a t h er sent y o u n g Weaver to the Virginia M i l i t a r y Institute. Gen. George C. Marshall was the worshipful r a t 's f i r s t cadet captain. Young Weaver loved VMI w h e r e they still guard-ed Stonewall Jackson's desk in his old r e c i t a t i o n hall, and where his s t u d i e s in electrical engineering p r o v e d so e x c i t i n g that he decided on an e n g i n e e r i n g career. But in h i s t h i r d y e a r at VMI he was told by his f a t h e r that an appointment h a d been secured to West Point. When World War I came, Cap-t a i n Weaver asked for action in F r a n c e . Instead the War Depart-ment t r a n s f e r r e d him f r om the In-f a n t r y to the Signal Corps, pro-moted him M a j o r and informed him t h a t overnight he had become an a v i a t i o n expert. "You were an expert then if you could pronounce aerlion or f u s e l a g e ." A f t e r the war Weaver thought he ought to l e a r n to fly. He t r a i n - ed at March Field, California in 1920 and qualified as a bombard-ment pilot at Kelly Field, Texas, t h e following year. A f t e r tours of d u t y at various air fields he was assigned in 1932 as chief of the p l a n s division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps. Then followed a t u r b u l e n t period khich won him t h e name of "Trotsky" Weaver, a n d not only because his white m a n e resembled that of the Bol-shevik. Weaver was one of the lit-t l e group t h a t a g i t a t e d for a sepa-r a t e air corps. He declines to dis-cuss today the d e s i r a b i l i t y of uni-f y i n g the Army and Navy Air Forces. "You don't change horses in the m i d d l e of a s t r e am or in the mid-d l e of war," he says. When Hitler struck in Poland, Weaver was commandant of the Air Corps tactical school at Mar-shall Field, Ala. In July, 1940, he took over the Southeast Air Corps T r a i n i n g Center, expanding from f i v e to s i x t y the n u m b e r of schools for the basic, p r i m a r y and ad-vanced training of pilots. When General George H. Brett went to t h e Southwest Pacific a f t e r Pearl Harbor, Weaver became acting Chief of the Air Corps. Anticipat-ing the army reorganization of March, 1942, which was to make A r n o l d commanding general of the A r m y Air Forces, Weaver, in Feb-r u a r y , was given his present as-s i g n m e n t the vast task of training f l y e r s but technicians," When Mr. Whitaker interviewed Gen. Weaver, he made this state-ment about the Air Corps Ground School, "This technical t r a i n i n g is t h e biggest thing in the country. T h e r e ' s no f l a g waving, no medal pinning. But these ground crew men are most essential when you u n d e r s t a n d an air force. There c a n be no sustained air effort w i t h o u t efficient maintainance T h e ' k e e p i n g of the faith' b e t w e en t h e air c r ew and the ground crew is one of the u n w r i t t e n laws of a v i a t i o n . Leave me out. I 'm at the s u n s e t now. Write about my boys." In JM Hall At 12 o'Cloch Count Carlo Sforza, I t a l i a n states-man and diplomat, told the Corps of Cadets in J M Hall at noon to-d a y , t h a t Italy cannot be expected to r e v o l t or sue for s e p a r a t e peace u n d e r the present e x i s t i n g condi-tions. Count Sforza, who was f o r c e d to flee Europe when the Nazis invad-ed F r a n c e in 1940, a r r i v e d in Lex-ington week b e f o r e last to conduct a four w e e k ' s series of lectures at Washington and Lee University. Coming to the University under t h e auspices of the Carnegie En-d o w m e n t for International Peace, Count Sforza has devoted his lec-t u r e series to the present world c r i s i s as it affects Italy and I". S.- I t a l i a n relations. "He made many trips to 'J. S. f o r his pleasure, but the last time he came for his skin," spoke Gen-eral Kilbourne of the Count when he introduced him to the corps at noon today. Count Sforza e x p l a i n e d the part played by shrewd propaganda in e s t a b l i s h i n g f a s c i sm in Italy. "There is no c o u n t r y in the world which has p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y divided among so many people in such small lots." " H i t l e r and Mussolini a r e t y . a n ts —not dictators," said the count. This is true, the speaker pointed out. because d i c t a t o r s h i p s are lim-ited— usually to 6 or 12 monlhs— and t y r a n n y is unlimited. Why did I t a l y e n t e r the war? "It was not Italy which entered the w a r , " said the Count, "it was Mus-solini . . . poor devil, I p i t y him so much." "If the Axis wins, Italy will be gone—but no more than you ' If t h e Allies win, Italy will be dealt w i t h through Allied statesmanship and generosity," said the Count. F o l l o w i n g the Count's speech, several questions were asked by officers and cadets of the Institute. Guy Haskins asked the Count what he t h o u g h t caused such a com-plete collapse of the resistance of F r a n c e to Germany. "France was in 1940 a house divided into two," r e p l i e d the Count. Howard Hill asked if we could e x p e c t a revolt of the Italian peo- ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) War Problems Water Works School Held By ED DENNIS A War Problems Water Works School was held recently in Ni-chols Engineering Building for c i ty engineers from the various s u r r o u n d i n g towns, which was at-t e n d e d by two First Class Civil E n g i n e e r i n g sections. Col. William Couper issued a welcome to the group on behalf of t h e s u p e r i n t e n d e n t . During the m o r n i n g session. Major H. R. Mc- Call spoke on "The Office of Civi-l i an Defense Water Supply Pro-g r a m " and Lt. Col. J. C. Hanes t a l k e d of the "Effect of Bombs on Water and Sewerage S t r u c t u r e s ." In the a f t e r n o o n , Mr. 1. D. Vass ( C o n t i n u e d on P a g e 4) Chemical Society Hears Two Talks The VMI chapter, American Chemical Society held its first m e e t i n g since exams in the lec-t u r e room, Maury-Brooke Hall week before last. O. D. Dennis gave a talk on the industrial pro-cesses of paper m a k i n g in a plant which he visited in Richmond. Bob Emery and Scott Bryan each gave talks on the jobs they held in the chemical industry during t h e summer f u r l o u g h . Emery spoke on his job with t h e American Brass company and the work he did in t h e l a b o r a t o r y there. Bryan's talk concerned his job in the laboratory of the Norfolk and Western Rail-road. Sam Gillespie announced t h a t the p r o g r am committee would a r r a n g e to h a v e some movies shown a t the next meeting on the chem-i s t r y of mining. Training Films Are Shown At MS Classes By DAN TUCKER This year the Military Science D e p a r t m e n t has been very f o r t u n - a t e in securing a great many t r a i n i n g films of value and inter-est to the various branches of the d e p a r t m e n t . In the bad weather f o l l o w i n g the examination period several of these films were shown d u r i n g drill periods and in class. O f t e n tests were given to see how much the cadets were getting out of the films. But these films a r e not designed to be used only in inclement weather. They are well done, many have movie ac-tors in them, and p r e s e n t the vari-ous s u b j e c t s much better than they ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) 1944 Bomb To Feature 0"ly Seconds By M. C. MUMMA The staff of the '44 Bomb has completed the plans for its pub-lication which will appear in May The staff, composed of Stroud and Burdon, editors, and Gish and Hull, business managers, has released the f o l l o w i n g information concerning, t h e Bomb. T h e '44 Bomb will be issued in May, at a p p r o x i m a t e l y the same t i m e as the '43 Bomb. The price will be $6.50. This Bomb will differ f r om the Bombs of p r e v i o u s classes in tev-e r a l respects. The p r i m a r y differ-ence is that this issue will deal solely with the Second Class. T h e re will be no p i c t u r e s or a r t i c l e s about t h e other three classes. Another d i f f e r e n c e is in the size of the vol-ume. The '44 Bomb, m e a s u r i n g 8 inches by 11 inches, will be slight-ly smaller than previous VMI an-nuals. The Bomb will be built around t h e class history and pictures of t h e Second Class. There will be i n d i v i d u a l p i c t u r e s and brief notes on each m e m b e r of the class. The Seconds wear mess j a c k e t s in thete p i c t u r e s , which were taken d u r i ng t h e past week. Many informal pic-t u r e s of the class taken d u r i n g the past two and one-half years will r o u n d out the new Bomb. The publication will be p r i n t ed by Stone Co., of Roanoke. The en-g r a v i n g is to be done by the Lynch-b u r g Engraving Company, and An-dre, in Lexington, is handling the p h o t o g r a p h y .
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Full Text Search | Delegate F. Moore rFriend of Institute5 Died Here Saturday The State of Virginia waa dealt a great blow Saturday morning by the death of two outstanding members of the general aasembly. Delegate Frank Moore, always a ataunch friend of the Inatitute, and chairman of the house appro-priations committee, died at 1 p. m„ Saturday, at his home here in Lexington. He waa recognized aa one of the best informed men on atate finances in Virginia. Senator Henry Taylor Wickham, alao a friend of the Institute, president, pro tern of the senate, a member of the finance committee and chairman of the powerful privileges and elections com-; mittee, died at Richmond at 2 p. m., Friday. Delegate Moore attended every important ceremony of VMI, and though prevented by his position as chairman of the house appropriations committee from favoring the Insti-tute in the allotment of State funds, waa alwaya helpful in arranging hearings not only on fiscal matters but in other legislation affecting the interests of VMI. He was buried with public services at the graveside in Lexington cemetery at 4 p. m. yesterday, conducted by Dr. J. J. Murray, pastor of the Lexington Presbyterian church, which Delegate Moore has served for 25 years as superintendent of the Sunday school until his retirement a few years ago and where he was an elder at the time of his death. The Institute flags were at half mast during the funeral. • : Born In Lexington She llJlllUCabct The Virginia Military Institute PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS VOLUME XXXVI—Z-778 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MARCH 8, 1943 NUMBER 20 William M. Wood Last New Market Participant Dies Took Part In Famed Charge New Commissioned Officers to Fill Regimental Posts According to i n f o r m a t i o n released by Colonel F r a y this morning, regi-m e n t a l recommendations to All p o s t s left vacant by members of t h e g r a d u a t i n g flrst class pre-med-ical course, w h o will leave the In-s t i t u t e on March 20, will be an-n o u n c e d in the March 22 issue of The Cadet. Of the t h i r t e e n g r a d u a t - i n g members of this group three a r e commissioned officers—R. L. Reeves being second b a t t a l i o n com-m a n d e r , W. H. Romm being sec-ond battalion a d j u t a n t , and R. W. McConnell being flrst b a t t a l i o n ad-j u t a n t . The loss of these men will n e c e s s i t a t e the a p p o i n t m e n t of one n e w cadet captain, two flrst lieu-t e n a n t s , and t h r e e second lieuten-a n t s . The Commandant says that t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s will be filled in t h e usual manner — by accepting r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s from regimental and company commissioned officers. P r e - M e d s Take Physical As another p r e p a r a t o r y step to t h e i r e a r l y g r a d u a t i o n , all first class p r e - m e d i c a l s t u d e n t s went to Roa-n o k e last S a t u r d a y for physical ex-a m i n a t i o n s connected with their g r a d u a t i o n and Army-sanctioned e a r l y e n t r a n c e into medical college. These men left early Saturday m o r n i n g , proceeded to the Roa-n o k e general classification center a n d w e r e given complete physicals s u c h as those which are given all men b e f o r e e n t e r i n g the service, in a n y branch. In fact, as one of these c a d e t s e x p r e s s e d it, "We did every-t h i n g the inductees did—except w h e r e they were either sent to c l a s s i f i c a t i o n c e n t e r s t h e n e x t morn-ing, or given seven days for fond f a r e w e l l s , we came back to VMI f o r a n o t h e r stretch." D e l e g a t e Moore, who r e p r e s e n t - ed R o c k b r i d g e county and the city of B u e n a Vista, was b o r n h e r e Sep-t e m b e r 14, 1871, a son of J o h n Pres-ton Moore and Agnes L a i r d Moore, b o t h of R o c k b r i d g e county. He a t t e n d e d Washington and Lee u n i v e r s i t y , r e c e i v i n g the LL.B. de-gree, and was engaged in the prac-t i c e of law and in the flre insur-a n c e business. He m a r r i e d Miss Louis Wallace Thorn, of Millersburg, Ky., who s u r v i v e s him. Also s u r v i v i n g are two sons, Thomas T. Moore, of Richmond, and Lieut, (j.g.) J. P r e s - ton Moore, U.S.N., s t a t i o n e d at New York. C o m m i t t e e Named He was also a member of the K n i g h t s of Pythias, the Shriners, and Knight Templars, and Phi K a p p a Sigma. S p e a k e r Thomas B. Stanley, of H e n r y county, named a house com-m i t t e e of nine to represent the house officially at the funeral. These were C. C. Loudcrback, of Page; Tate B. Sterrett, of Bath; B e r n a r d C. Goodwin, of Clifton Forge; Dr. E. W. Dodd, of Bote-t o u r t ; Robert Whitehead, of Nel-son; C. G. Quesenbery and G. D. Hodges, of Augusta; Frank W Burks, of Bedford, and H. B. Sin-g l e t o n of Amherst. S p e a k e r Stanley said, when he was i n f o r m e d of the d e a t h of Dele g a t e Moore: "I am deeply grieved and feel a great personal loss at learning t o d a y of t h e d e a t h of F r a n k Moore, of Lexington. S e r v i n g on the ap-p r o p r i a t i o n s committee since t e r i n g the house, six years with h im as chairman, I learned to k n o w h im intimately. "Possessing a t h o r o u g h and first-h a n d i n f o r m a t i o n on all a p p r o p r i a - t i o n bills, he e n j o y e d the highest respect of his associates on the ap-p r i a t i o n s committee and his col-l e a g u e s of the house. Virginia has lost another valued and distin-g u i s h e d s e r v a n t in his passing." Should We Extend Our Honor System By JIMMY MORRISON Because of t h e a r r i v a l of s o l d i e r s at t h e I n s t i t u t e sometime in March, t h e question this week is w h e t h e r or not the Corps feels t h a t these en-l i s t e d men should be f o r c e d to a b i d e by our honor court r e g u l a t i o n s: F I R S T CLASS A. Z. FREEMAN—"I t h i n k t h e y should be given a trial period to see if t h e y can assume the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of a V. M. I. man. Then, If this fails, t h e a r m y should m a k e its own r e g u l a t i o n s g o v e r n i n g them. JIMMY DEMMLER—"No, they a r e n ' t r a t s a r e they?" MAC YOUELL—"They d i d n ' t ask to come here, a n d t h e y a r e n ' t V. M. I. men, so why should they be put under our system?' SECOND CLASS BURT SHORT—"Yes. because I d o n ' t t h i n k the s o l d i e r s a n d t h e cadets could possibly get along t o g e t h e r o t h e r w i s e ." "ZIGGY" FREEMAN—"Yes, because t h e y a r e r e c e i v i n g the same credit as we are." JIMMY CLARK—"I t h i n k t h a t we of the corps have been bred to the system, but this means n o t h i n g to them, for they will be h e r e only t e m p o r a r i l y ." J . R. EMERY—"It would be u n f a i r to e n f o r c e our system on them, be-cause some of the honor court rules are not r e q u i r e d in the a r m y ." HARRY EASTERLY—"We can consider these soldiers as r a t s as f a r as t h e honor s y s t em is c o n c e r n e d . Every year the f o u r t h class comes in and absorbs o a r r e g u l a t i o n s and t h e r e is no reason why the s o l d i e rs should not. T h e c o m m a n d a n t will back up any decision tbe honor c o u r t would make." J IM IRWl'jV—"I t h i n k we s h o u l d put t h em under, but it's going to be a h a r d job for the man who u n d e r t a k e s it. At any rate, I t h i n k it can be done." THIRD CLASS DAVID LAIR—"I t h i n k that we would have a h e l l u v a time doinp it and it would be foolish to try. They aren't dopes—think of the money t h e y could ulean up." P H I L READ—"No, their military regulations are enough, and they should not be forced to e n d u r e any others.' HOWARD HII|L—"The U. S. Army requests no honor system other t h a n its own. These men a r e in the army, and we cannot expect to s u b o r d i n a t e them to our rules, but if the army decides to do it, t h a t is a n o t h e r m a t t e r ." BILLY KASTLl^BllRG—"I t h i n k so because if they d i d n ' t live u n d e r the honor systeAi they would not be a p a r t of V. M. I. T h i s s y s t em makes our school idiique, and they should c e r t a i n l y be compelled to abide by our rules. BIG BEAR—"Anjrbody who lives between these four walls should be f o r c e d to a b i i | e by our regulations." BOB O S B O R N — t h i n k we should try, but I don't think we should Colonel Card Will Address Pre-Meds At Age of 18 The S u p e r i n t e n d e n t Has receiv-ed with deep sorrow, which will be s h a r e d by all V. M. I. men, an-n o u n c e m e n t of the death, during t h e night of March second-third, of William Morrison Wood, the last survivor of the b a t t a l i o n of c a d e t s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in the Battle of New Market. Born December 21, 1845, h e mat-r i c u l a t e d at VMI, J a n u a r y , 1864, a n d was assigned to Company A. He came of a f a m i l y devoted to t h e Institute, three of his broth-ers, a cousin r e a r e d in his f a t h e r 's home, four nephews, a grandson, and two great nephews having been members of the Corps. One of his b r o t h e r s was a member of t h e Board of Visitors from 1882 to 1884. This devotion was shared by William M. Wood throughout his life. He was one of eleven veterans of the Confederacy who attended t h e New Market Ceremonies in our Centennial year. At a special r e v i ew of the Corps in his honor, he a t t a c h e d to the colors the bat-t l e s t r e a m e r . His grandson, Joseph L. P a r r i s h , Jr., Class of 1941, was d e t a i l e d as his aide d u r i n g his vis-it to Lexington. T h o u g h a member of the Corps J f o r only one year, he was award-ed a diploma "Honoris Causa" by t h e Board of Visitors. A man of great ability and per-sonal charm, his loss will be keen-ly felt by hosts of those who have known, a d m i r e d and loved him. In token of respect to his mem-o r y and of sympathy for the mem-b e r s of his family, the flags of t h e I n s t i t u t e were flown at half mast until r e t r e a t Thursday, the f o u r t h instant. The death of Mr. Wood, one of the f e w American citizens to see his country fight its t h r e e great-est wars, stands as a n o t h e r sym-bol of the disappearance of the 'old' Institute. End of An Era Not only has VMI lost its oldest and one of its most distinguished alumni, but this section of the c o u n t r y as a whole has fc/lt the loss of one of its real citizens. The passing of this man j u s t u n d e r two month short of the time when he would have marke dthe seventy-n i n t h observance of the appear-ance of the Corps so g a l l a n t l y at New Market indeed marks the p a s s i n g of an era. By ED DENNIS Colonel Daniel P. Card, VMI Post Surgeon, will deliver the p r i n c i p a l address at the gradua-t i o n exercises of VMI's F i r s t Class P r e - M e d i c a l students on March 20 t h . These exercises which will be h e l d in Jackson Memorial Hall, w i l l be a t t e n d e d only by members of t h e F i r s t Class, members of the f a c u l t y who do not have conflict-i n g classes, and guests and mem-b e r s of f a m i l i e s of the g r a d u a t i ng class. The p r o g r am will begin at 9:00 a. m., and t h e r e will be a re lease on the reservation for First Classmen until normal routine is r e s u m e d at 10:00 a. m. The p r o g r am is as follows: Invocation. A n n o u n c e m e n t of Distinctions. Address by the President, First Class. Award of the "Alfred H. Know-les 1933 Award" by Lt. Colonel Robert P. Carroll. Address by Colonel Daniel P. Card. Auld Lang Sync. Bonediction. Members of the Board of Visi-t o r s and heads of d e p a r t m e n t s not h a v i n g conflicting classes, will ac-c o r d i n g to custom, sft on the plat-f o rm during the exercises. The g r a d u a t i o n parade for members of t h e g r a d u a t i o n class will be held F r i d a y at 5:00 p. m. Six Additional ERC Students Are Called By GEORGE FOX The Fourth Class last week looked over its members and ut-t e r e d a low groan. Of the 255 r a ts who e n t e r e d September 14, scarce-ly 150 will see the First Class g r a d u a t e in May. By far the greatest percentage of those now missing have been c a l l e d to service by the armed forces. With more leaving every day, the toll has now reached 55. The ERC called six more f r om the I n s t i t u t e last week. They are: C r y t z e r , Harwood, Fischer, Block, F o r s t e r and Ninos. A hint of fu-t u r e calls was given when two of t h e above men w e r e called by the Second Service Command. They w e r e the first to be called from VMI by that command which em-b r a c e s New York and New Jer-sey. Cooper and Gentry Named Officers On Tuesday evening, the Glee c l u b took time out f r om practice in order to transact some of the more pressing business. The club elected A. B. Cooper, J r . , as first vice-president and T. B. Gentry, second vice-president. A l t h o u g h in f o r m e r y e a r s the f i r st class members have been given keys for their 4 years of effort, Andy C a v a n a u g h ' proposed that, since the Glee club would prob a b l y not exist next year, all mem-b e r s should receive keys for this year. The motion was carried. The first class keys will be gold, the o t h e r s silver. Three trips in the immediate f u t u r e were announced The club will j o u r n e y to Southern S e m i n a r y the end of the month T r i p s to Randolph Macon and Hol-l i n s will follow quickly. Italy Will Not Revolt Count Carlo Sforza Tells Corps Today Third Classmen Lecture Given Select Committee By DABNEY WARING P l a n s for the Ring Figure of the class of '45 a r e proceeding as well as can be expected. After consid-e r a t i o n of the volunteers for work on the figure, the third class of-f i c e r s have made the following committee appointments: Figure committee, Morgan, Gittens and Duff; Favors, Edmonds and Esser; Music, Turriziani, and Anthony; Flowers, Whittle. Whiting, Lank-f o r d and Peery; Decorations, Bar-ker, Taylor, W. A., Kastelburg, Crandall, Quarles, Robinson, and Waring; Dance Cards and Invita-tions, Sloan; Chaperones, Webb; P h o t o g r a p h i c Arrangements, Mil-ler. The first man mentioned in each c o m m i t t e e is to act as chair-man of his committee. The com-m i t t e e on music and decorations will work in conjunction with the Hop and Floor Committees. Lt. J o e Mullen has been request-ed to act as Faculty Advisor for t h e dances. The date is still set for May 20, in the hope that the rings will ar-r i v e by that time. However, the r i n g m a n u f a c t u r e r s have not and will not make any promises to t h a t effect. Other plans include w e a r i n g the usual uniforms of mess jackets. In the event that the rings do not ar-r i v e in time, it has been suggested t h a t some a r r a n g e m e n t s be made to borrow rings for the occasion f r om first and second classmen. ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) ERC Payments Prove To Be Pipe Dream By E. J. WILLIAMS In an i n t e r v i ew with Col. Fray l a s t night it was disclosed that the Army Board that inspected V. M. I. last w e e k told h im t h a t the Corps "made a fine a p p e a r a n c e " at parade. Col. F r a y also s t a t e d t h a t h e hoped to get a c o n t r a c t for more Special-ized Trainees. It was u n e a r t h e d in t h e i n t e r v i ew that compensation f o r cadets as a r e s u l t of t h e Special-ized T r a i n i n g G r o u p was definitely out. I n c r e a s e In t h e N u m b e r of T r a i n e es The Commandant expressed a hope and a d e s i r e t h a t one h u n d r ed m o r e of the service men could be c o n t r a c t e d for before April 6th. T h i s contract would be made pos-s i b l e by the p r o b a b l e loss of cadets to the various branches of the a r m e d services. The War Depart-ment has expressed a d e s i r ^ that t h e soldiers stationed here be placed on the Honor System, and g e n e r a l l y put on a par with the Corps. Whether this is possible is not yet known. However, these men would have the privileges of »'ie various classes according to w h e t h e r they w e r e t a k i n g first, sec- >nd, third, or f o u r t h class subjects. ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) Saturday Evening Post Tells Story of Three YMI Generals By JIMMY MORRISON In December the S a t u r d a y Even-i n g Post began a series of "articles "These Are the Generals," and to d a t e three of the seven sketches have been VMI men. The March 6 issue p o r t r a y s Major General W a l t e r Reed Weaver, the man who does more to "Keep 'Em Flying" t h a n anybody else on earth. The following excerpts are tak-e n f r om this article w r i t t e n by J o h n T. Whitaker: "Weaver was born in 1885 at C h a r l e s t o n . His f a t h e r , Major Gen-e r a l E. M. Weaver, commandant at the Citadel, had overcome Char-l e s t o n ' s hostility to a West Point Y a n k e e and won the hand of the d a u g h t e r of old Professor Holmes who had m a n u f a c t u r e d gunpowd-e r for the Confederacy. The f a t h er sent y o u n g Weaver to the Virginia M i l i t a r y Institute. Gen. George C. Marshall was the worshipful r a t 's f i r s t cadet captain. Young Weaver loved VMI w h e r e they still guard-ed Stonewall Jackson's desk in his old r e c i t a t i o n hall, and where his s t u d i e s in electrical engineering p r o v e d so e x c i t i n g that he decided on an e n g i n e e r i n g career. But in h i s t h i r d y e a r at VMI he was told by his f a t h e r that an appointment h a d been secured to West Point. When World War I came, Cap-t a i n Weaver asked for action in F r a n c e . Instead the War Depart-ment t r a n s f e r r e d him f r om the In-f a n t r y to the Signal Corps, pro-moted him M a j o r and informed him t h a t overnight he had become an a v i a t i o n expert. "You were an expert then if you could pronounce aerlion or f u s e l a g e ." A f t e r the war Weaver thought he ought to l e a r n to fly. He t r a i n - ed at March Field, California in 1920 and qualified as a bombard-ment pilot at Kelly Field, Texas, t h e following year. A f t e r tours of d u t y at various air fields he was assigned in 1932 as chief of the p l a n s division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps. Then followed a t u r b u l e n t period khich won him t h e name of "Trotsky" Weaver, a n d not only because his white m a n e resembled that of the Bol-shevik. Weaver was one of the lit-t l e group t h a t a g i t a t e d for a sepa-r a t e air corps. He declines to dis-cuss today the d e s i r a b i l i t y of uni-f y i n g the Army and Navy Air Forces. "You don't change horses in the m i d d l e of a s t r e am or in the mid-d l e of war," he says. When Hitler struck in Poland, Weaver was commandant of the Air Corps tactical school at Mar-shall Field, Ala. In July, 1940, he took over the Southeast Air Corps T r a i n i n g Center, expanding from f i v e to s i x t y the n u m b e r of schools for the basic, p r i m a r y and ad-vanced training of pilots. When General George H. Brett went to t h e Southwest Pacific a f t e r Pearl Harbor, Weaver became acting Chief of the Air Corps. Anticipat-ing the army reorganization of March, 1942, which was to make A r n o l d commanding general of the A r m y Air Forces, Weaver, in Feb-r u a r y , was given his present as-s i g n m e n t the vast task of training f l y e r s but technicians," When Mr. Whitaker interviewed Gen. Weaver, he made this state-ment about the Air Corps Ground School, "This technical t r a i n i n g is t h e biggest thing in the country. T h e r e ' s no f l a g waving, no medal pinning. But these ground crew men are most essential when you u n d e r s t a n d an air force. There c a n be no sustained air effort w i t h o u t efficient maintainance T h e ' k e e p i n g of the faith' b e t w e en t h e air c r ew and the ground crew is one of the u n w r i t t e n laws of a v i a t i o n . Leave me out. I 'm at the s u n s e t now. Write about my boys." In JM Hall At 12 o'Cloch Count Carlo Sforza, I t a l i a n states-man and diplomat, told the Corps of Cadets in J M Hall at noon to-d a y , t h a t Italy cannot be expected to r e v o l t or sue for s e p a r a t e peace u n d e r the present e x i s t i n g condi-tions. Count Sforza, who was f o r c e d to flee Europe when the Nazis invad-ed F r a n c e in 1940, a r r i v e d in Lex-ington week b e f o r e last to conduct a four w e e k ' s series of lectures at Washington and Lee University. Coming to the University under t h e auspices of the Carnegie En-d o w m e n t for International Peace, Count Sforza has devoted his lec-t u r e series to the present world c r i s i s as it affects Italy and I". S.- I t a l i a n relations. "He made many trips to 'J. S. f o r his pleasure, but the last time he came for his skin," spoke Gen-eral Kilbourne of the Count when he introduced him to the corps at noon today. Count Sforza e x p l a i n e d the part played by shrewd propaganda in e s t a b l i s h i n g f a s c i sm in Italy. "There is no c o u n t r y in the world which has p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y divided among so many people in such small lots." " H i t l e r and Mussolini a r e t y . a n ts —not dictators," said the count. This is true, the speaker pointed out. because d i c t a t o r s h i p s are lim-ited— usually to 6 or 12 monlhs— and t y r a n n y is unlimited. Why did I t a l y e n t e r the war? "It was not Italy which entered the w a r , " said the Count, "it was Mus-solini . . . poor devil, I p i t y him so much." "If the Axis wins, Italy will be gone—but no more than you ' If t h e Allies win, Italy will be dealt w i t h through Allied statesmanship and generosity," said the Count. F o l l o w i n g the Count's speech, several questions were asked by officers and cadets of the Institute. Guy Haskins asked the Count what he t h o u g h t caused such a com-plete collapse of the resistance of F r a n c e to Germany. "France was in 1940 a house divided into two," r e p l i e d the Count. Howard Hill asked if we could e x p e c t a revolt of the Italian peo- ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) War Problems Water Works School Held By ED DENNIS A War Problems Water Works School was held recently in Ni-chols Engineering Building for c i ty engineers from the various s u r r o u n d i n g towns, which was at-t e n d e d by two First Class Civil E n g i n e e r i n g sections. Col. William Couper issued a welcome to the group on behalf of t h e s u p e r i n t e n d e n t . During the m o r n i n g session. Major H. R. Mc- Call spoke on "The Office of Civi-l i an Defense Water Supply Pro-g r a m " and Lt. Col. J. C. Hanes t a l k e d of the "Effect of Bombs on Water and Sewerage S t r u c t u r e s ." In the a f t e r n o o n , Mr. 1. D. Vass ( C o n t i n u e d on P a g e 4) Chemical Society Hears Two Talks The VMI chapter, American Chemical Society held its first m e e t i n g since exams in the lec-t u r e room, Maury-Brooke Hall week before last. O. D. Dennis gave a talk on the industrial pro-cesses of paper m a k i n g in a plant which he visited in Richmond. Bob Emery and Scott Bryan each gave talks on the jobs they held in the chemical industry during t h e summer f u r l o u g h . Emery spoke on his job with t h e American Brass company and the work he did in t h e l a b o r a t o r y there. Bryan's talk concerned his job in the laboratory of the Norfolk and Western Rail-road. Sam Gillespie announced t h a t the p r o g r am committee would a r r a n g e to h a v e some movies shown a t the next meeting on the chem-i s t r y of mining. Training Films Are Shown At MS Classes By DAN TUCKER This year the Military Science D e p a r t m e n t has been very f o r t u n - a t e in securing a great many t r a i n i n g films of value and inter-est to the various branches of the d e p a r t m e n t . In the bad weather f o l l o w i n g the examination period several of these films were shown d u r i n g drill periods and in class. O f t e n tests were given to see how much the cadets were getting out of the films. But these films a r e not designed to be used only in inclement weather. They are well done, many have movie ac-tors in them, and p r e s e n t the vari-ous s u b j e c t s much better than they ( C o n t i n u e d On Page 4) 1944 Bomb To Feature 0"ly Seconds By M. C. MUMMA The staff of the '44 Bomb has completed the plans for its pub-lication which will appear in May The staff, composed of Stroud and Burdon, editors, and Gish and Hull, business managers, has released the f o l l o w i n g information concerning, t h e Bomb. T h e '44 Bomb will be issued in May, at a p p r o x i m a t e l y the same t i m e as the '43 Bomb. The price will be $6.50. This Bomb will differ f r om the Bombs of p r e v i o u s classes in tev-e r a l respects. The p r i m a r y differ-ence is that this issue will deal solely with the Second Class. T h e re will be no p i c t u r e s or a r t i c l e s about t h e other three classes. Another d i f f e r e n c e is in the size of the vol-ume. The '44 Bomb, m e a s u r i n g 8 inches by 11 inches, will be slight-ly smaller than previous VMI an-nuals. The Bomb will be built around t h e class history and pictures of t h e Second Class. There will be i n d i v i d u a l p i c t u r e s and brief notes on each m e m b e r of the class. The Seconds wear mess j a c k e t s in thete p i c t u r e s , which were taken d u r i ng t h e past week. Many informal pic-t u r e s of the class taken d u r i n g the past two and one-half years will r o u n d out the new Bomb. The publication will be p r i n t ed by Stone Co., of Roanoke. The en-g r a v i n g is to be done by the Lynch-b u r g Engraving Company, and An-dre, in Lexington, is handling the p h o t o g r a p h y . |