VMI Cadet. September 30, 1946

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J. L. Morrison
First Captain
L i I r a n
V M I - 7
Richmond — 7
VOLUME XXXVII—Z—788 THE V.M.I. CADET, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA SEPTEMBER 30, 1946 NUMBER 2 CORPS ORGANIZATION
Tony Pastor To Play For Opening Hops
Band Of The Year
Will Play Oct. 18
In Cocke '94 Hall
Tony Pastor and his orchestra,
featuring Tommy Lynn, the Clooney
sisters, Stubby Pastor, and Henry
Riggs, will open at VMI the 18th
of October heading a parade of
name bands at the Institute this
year.
Tony, who for his exceptional
artistry in swing and dance music,
won the title of "Band of the Year",
had had a phenomenal rise to glory
in the world of orchestra leaders.
Initiating' his trek to world re-known
upon the retirement of Artie
Shaw n 1939, Tony soared upward,
playing at such notable resorts as
the Surf Club at Virginia Beach,
the State Ballroom in Boston, and
the Casa Manana in Hollywood.
Tony's flrst step into the big time
came with an engagement at the
Lincoln Hotel in New York, the
haunt of such "names" as Artie
Shaw and Charlie Barnet. Only
Shaw, equaled Tony's rapid rise
to the dizzy heights in so short a
time. Pastor played at the Lincoln
Hotel for seven months, broadcast-ing
5 times a week. This, together
with his recordings, made the nation
Pastor-Conscious.
Hit recordings are Tony's special-ty,
and his many records have been
noted for their smooth originality.
His suggestive rendition of "Let's
Do It" zoomed Tony to the top of
the orchestral pile and out of his
spot in Augusta, Ga., where the local
bluenoses failed to appreciate his
style.
Despite his quick rise as a band
lader, Tony is not without long ex-perience
in the music world. Leav-ing
early diversions as a carpenter,
weaver, ana tobacco planter, Tony
entered upon a musical career play-ing
the Sax out of admiration for
Jimmy Dorsey. After three years as
a featured vocalist and first saxo-phonist
Tony operated his own
night club in Hartford, Conn. Club
Hollywood was inspired by an
earlier trip to Hollywood and ran
for four years.
Tony Pastor
M-l Rifles To
Be Issued For
Entire Corps
With the arrival of 625 M-l rifles
recently, another step has been
taken to bring the Corps of Cadets
up to date in the reorganization
plan set up by the War Depart-ment
for ROTC units throughout
the country. The replacement of the
U.S. Rifle Cal. 30 M-l marks the
passing of another of VMI's tradi-tions.
The '03 has been a standard
part of the Corps equipment since
1918.
Loudspeaker
System for VMI
In Near Future
The traditional turn-out drum is
going the way of the horse cavalry
as a result of the experimental am-plifier
and loudspeaker system in-stalled
in barracks last week.
Borrowed from the Military
Science Department and installed
by Major Crosby P. Miller, R.O.T.C.
instructor, the loudspeaker now
being used in barracks is only a
temporary arrangement for determ-
Commanders
Practice For
Early Booking
The VMI cadet dance band, long
known to us as the "VMI Command-ers,"
has been reorganized after a
six-months' break which followed
a period of intermittent wartime
existence. During the war, due to
the rapid turnover of cadet musi-cians,
the band had none of the spark
and life that had been willed to it
by the great) '43 Commanders. There
were orchestras in the winter of
'43 and during '44 and '45, but be-cause
of the lack of material and
the accelerated schedule which pre-
PLETED J* L. Morrison Named
First Captain In Corps
Concert Series
Planned For
School Year
Uncle Charlie
80 Years Old
H. S. Dunbar,
R.D. Duke Edit
1947 Bomb
The 1947 "Bomb", VMI's annual,
will be one of the largest ar.d most
complete in the history of the Ins-titute.
Besides giving details on
each graduating Firstclassman, it
will include pictures of everyone in
t>he Corps arranged according to
classes. H. S. Dunbar, and R. D.
Duke are the co-editors of the new
post-war "Bomb," and they promise
to produce the biggest and the
best ever printed.
The "Outrage" will be as lurid as
ever under the editorship of J. L.
Morrison and J. O. Wilson. A call
has been sent out for any cartoons
which might find a place on these
scandalius pages. Don't throw away
your talent; preserve it for all times
in the "Outrage!"
Every cadet in barracks probably
has some informal, candid pictures
hidden away in the back of his lock-er.
Dust them off, and take them
down to Dunbar or Duke. Nothing
will shock them; and perhaps they
can even use your snapshots in the
"Bomb."
A Beauty section may be included,
but no definate plans have been
made for it. So just save those pic-tures
of your "lost loves" until the
word is passed around to bring them
fed, air cooled, shoulder fired, semi-automatic
rifle. It holds a clip of
eight cartridges with none in the
chamber. The weapon weighs ap-proximately
9 pounds and is 43 inch-es
long.
The rifling consists of four groov-es
running spirally along a 24 inch
| thing elf
But the return to barracks of a
I i'ull-sized corps has brought with it
For the first time in as long as
most Keydets now in barracks can
remember, there will be profession-al,
legitimate drama and concert
music in Lexington during this
school year. A series of four events,
called the Rockbridge Concert-Thea-tre
Series and consisting of two
plays and two concerts, has been
scheduled for the fall and winter
season. The series was organized
by a group of Rockbridge County
women before the opening of the
fall term.
The first event of the series will
be the production of Shakespeare's
comedy "Much Ado About Nothing"
at the Lexington High School audi-
— In accordance with the provisions
of Paragraph I, General Orders No.
11, dated 24 June, 1946, these
Headquarters, on recommendation
of the Commandant of Cadets the
following promotions and appoint-ments
in the Corps of Cadets are
hereby announced effective this
date., 26 June 1946 and as amended
by pecial Order No. 4 dated 6 Sep-tember,
1946.
ining what changes will be neces-
It is largely due to the efforts of ! sary for an efficient, permanent,
Maj. Gen. R. J. Marshall, Super- ; barracks announcement system. ..
intendent, who obtained "special Present plans, under the direction v e n t e d a d e ( ' u a t c they wer<;
authority", that the Corps now has ; of Lt. Col. John S. Jamison, instruc- J ™ i z e d ™r e f o r . ^ e personal
! , . , , . , ,, I pleasure of the musicians than any-enough
M-l rifles for every cadet, i tor in electrical engineering, call
The M-l is a gas operated, clip for installation of loudspeakers on
the roof of the sentinel box, with I
amplifier and microphone equip- . . , ,. , , .
ment in the Officer-of-the-Day'., 7 T t Hp? l ° r i U m 0 n * * G V e n i n g ° f W e d " e s d a y .
h , the ability to make the Commanders October 23rd. The play will be pre-
T ' a d d i t i o n , loudspeakers are to ^ J ^ V T o ^ I Z ^ s e n t e d the Players, a well-
. . . , . ' . „ , . .. , , The new band was oiganized by eroUD be installed along the street to the B o b L a r d o n a N e w Y o r k e l . w ho
mess hall, to provide band music h a s b c e n b e a t i n g d r u m s s i n c e he
for the corps at meal formations. w a s o l d e r o u g h to hold the sticks.
barrel, which under normal pres-j This system can be set up with the H e w i l l l e a d t h c band, a n d w m be
sure sustains a pressure of 50,000 present equipment, supplemented assisted by Ziggy Freeman, a hard-pounds
per square inch. The sight j by army surplus which the Institute j w o r k i n g i s w e e t playing trumpeter " ' N ° v ^ b e r 13th, when
is considerably larger than the con- hopes to receive soon. In the event whn w a s a mainstay of the '43 band th°" " '" " '
known group of talented actors who
tour the state each year with a large
repertoire of stage offerings.
The Barter Players will again ap-pear
at the High School Auditorium
The Corps wishes to extend its
heartiest congratulations to Uncle
Charlie on his eightieth birthday.
This grand old man who has cared
for the athletic equipment here at
V.M.I, for the past twenty-three
years has missed but six trips with
the football team in all these years.
An excellent example of his wonder-ful
devotion to his job is his fol-lowing
experience here at the In-stitute.
It happened about fifteen
years ago when the equipment room
was being moved from the third
floor to its present position in the
gym. Charlie and two boys were
carrying a heavy load down the
third stoop when one of the boys
tripped over a sack. The weight
shifted to Charlie's side and forced
him over the railing and on down
three stories until he landed ln
the courtyard. He got up rather
slowly but refused to quit his job
for the rest of the day. As Colonel
Clarkson so aptly put it at the time,
"Charlie, you're like a cat with nine
lives. You just lost one of them."
After seeing a boy draw equip-ment
for four years and i'etting to
know him Charlie just can't bring
himself to watch a graduatioa. This
tne bit of sentime'nt added to the
color and character of Charlie and
makes him someone worth knowing.
After having seen many football
teams come and go his opinion that
this years team is the best in five
years should prove that we'll win
•ur share of games.
Sa here's to Uncle Charlie, an
equipment manager to be true but
possessed with a kind of under-standing
U V.M.I and her men. To
you we mr thanks from our heart
for your evorlasting loyalty.
H. C. Jones, in Room 135 is taking
subscriptions for the annual. It will
be $9.00 a copy, but for those who
are a little short of folding money,
this may be paid in installments.
Three dollars payable when the
"Bomb" is ordered, and two more
payments will be made in November
and January.
At this time, it has not been de-cided
just how the Firstclassmen
will be presented In the section
dedicated to them. In any case, they
will not be slighted, for this book
will include the final chapters of
their days at VMI. Don't you mem-bers
of lower classes , even
Rats, think that the Bomb is not for
you. It is for and about the Corps
and in the future years you wouldn't
take a hundred dollars for your
copy that describes the activities
of VMI when you were there.
ventional type because it gives a that no army material is made avail-man
with poor eyesight his maxi- able, the additional equipment need-mum
chance of hitting the target ed will be purchased from a com-with
every shot. Still it isn't so mercial company,
large that it places a man with i Also projected as part of the new
normal vision at a disadvantage. ! system will be dictaphone communi-
Major C. P. Miller, Armd. Inf., cation with the academic building,
said in an interview Thursday that | such as is used for inter-communi-one
platoon of "B" Company will cation in large offices and bids from
be chosen to carry M-l's, to drill commercial companies for the in-only,
in order to familiarize them stallation of this system are now
with the weapon so that they may being received.
act as a demonstration team on the i
manual of arms, field stripping, and
cleaning of the piece when the rifle
has been issued to the entire Corps.
Maj. Miller also said that there
were enough M-l's for each cadet
to have one, but that they would
not be issued bfore Thanksgiving
they will present Howard Lindsay
Behind them at the present time j a n d R"s s e 1 1 C r o u s e ; s P u l i t z e r P™*
Foundation
Drive Continues
In the week ending September
26, $4,141.00 was'contributed in cash
and probably not until after the a n d i n p , e d g e s t o t h e A l u m n j F o u n_
Christmas furlough. dation ^ m a k e s a t o t a l o { $ 1 2 _
These rifles will be cleaned by 21g c o l l e c t e d s i n c e A u g u s t j A
Institute personnel and not by the m e m b e r of t h e Foundation Office
cadets as earlier rumored. To date ' idi „I t i s n , t n e a r l y a s g r e a t a vol_
108 M-l's have been cleaned of cos- u m e as ^ e d e d b u t i t d o e s r e p r e.
moline. There will be a delay in
the cleaning of the rest of these
weapons while the arsenal waits
for a previously requisitioned ship- d r i v e w i t h a t o t a l of $ 4 4 3 8 s i n ce
ment of cleaning material. Maj. j A u g u s t j. General Marshall ad-
Miller stated that this delay is being [ d r e s s e d a meeting of alumni in
caused by the lack of authority to L y n c h b u r g Tuesday September 15,
use gasoline in place of Solvent X, a n d s p o k e t h e following Friday in
sent a significant increase."
Lynchburg, Virginia has made the
arc four saxes, two trombones, trum p l a y "S t a t e o f t h e U n i o n " ° n e ex"
pet, piano and guitar, which, with j P r e s s e d °Pi n i o n °f t h i s Presentation
Bob's drums and Ziggy's trumpet i w a s t h a t " w a s "e a s i Iy as enjoyable
brings the total to eleven pieces. a s t h e Broadway production."
The band expects to add a bass and
another trumpet as soon as they can
be found.
The business end of the organiza-tion
is taken care of by Business
Manager Ed Hartman. His efforts
booked the band at Southern Semi-nary
last Saturday night, and he
has obtained tentative bookings at
Madison and Randolph-Macon. He
also plans to use the band for small
dances here at school, if the ar-
Beryl Rubinstein, world famous
pianist, will appear in our own gym
on Monday, December 2nd. Rubin-stein,
a native of Georgia, has been
a star of the concert stage since he
was eight years old. He has studied
under the "greats" of the piano
world both in this country and in
Europe, and has played t0 packed
houses with the best-known or-chestras
all over the nation.
The fourth event of the seriee
since Solvent X is no longer used
by the Army.
The reason behind the replace-ment
of the '03 by the M-l is that
the M-l is now the official weapon
of the U.S. Army, while the '03 is
now used only as a sniper's rifle,
usually with the telescopic sight
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ing within the next few weeks. Ru-
I mors are circulating in barracks
greatest single contribution to the I t h a t R a t s w i u s o o n d r a w g u a rd
duty. However, before they are
assigned, they must be correctly
outfitted. Guard is a ceremony, and
it is plain that the dress should be
uniform. It is more important that
no man be allowed to take the re-sponsibility
of a guard member un-rangements
can be made with the w i „ b e a v o c a l g n d i n s t r u m e n t al
Hop Committee. ! c o n c e r t b y t h e T r a p p F a m j l y s j n g_
ers, in Washington and Lee's Dore-mus
Gymnasium the evening of
Thursday, February 6th. This group
of singers has been touring in this
country for many years, and there
are probably few in barracks who
The guard situation at the Insti- h a v e n o t b e e n t o l d of t h e m oJ. af_
tute shows definite signs of improv- ] , e n d e d o n e Qf t h e i r m a n y c o n c e r tj
Further details of the series of
Rats Take Over
Guard Duties
events will be published in this
paper during the season.
Norfolk. Among those present was
George D. Brooke, Chairman of
the Board, Virginian Railway, and
President of the VMI Foundation.
An Alumni meeting was held in
Fredericksburg, Wednesday Sep-tember
24 at which J. Clifford Mil-ler,
President of the VMI Alumni
Association was the speaker.
til he has been properly instructed.
During the week of October 7,
Interior Guard Duty will be substi-tuted
for the regular scheduled sub-jects
on the R.O.T.C. curriculum for
all New Cadets sections.
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Housing For
Dates Scarce
Due to a great number of alumni
returning for homecoming this year
cadets are finding it impossible to
get housing facilities for dates. This
matter was brought to the attention
of the Hop Committee only a week
ago. In a search of Lexington and
vicinity it has been found that the
situation is much worse than anti-cipated.
To date the Hop Committee has
engaged a Lexington woman for
the specific purpose of arranging
for rooms ln town. Aa for the home-coming
game the outcome is yet
unknown. All cadets are advised to
look at their hop schedule and plan
ahead (or the coming dance*.
Rat Riding
Gets Underway
' Approximately 80 Rats have re-ported
for the annual classes in
equitation and horsemanship. The
class, taught temporarily by Major
Balthis, meets on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons. Colonel John
M. Fray is scheduled to take over
instruction sometime in October.
Major Balthis states that about
50 per cent of the Rats have had
previous riding experience, and two
of them were far enough advanced
to join the Horse Show Team.
Plans are now being made to
procure instructors from the upper
classes so that afternoon classes may
be held whenever they do not in-terfere
with Academic work.
Col. Bucher Hails Catawba Torchlight Procession.
Atlanta Party
The following plana have been
announced for the football team
in Atlanta: The team and Alumni
are to attend a banquet at 9:04
p. m Saturday night in the Owl
Room of the Ansley Hotel.
The Atlanta Debutante Club has
consented to procure dates for
those cadets desiring them.
This Information was furnished
by Charles B. Shelton, Jr. Secre-tary
and Treaaurer of th* Atfaata
AlaauW Aaaooiattam.
TO BE CADET CAPTAINS:
1. Morrison, J. L. Jr., Regimental
Commander
2. Ramsey, G P., 2nd Battalion
Commander.
3. Applin, P L„ 1st Battalion
Commander
4. Dunbar, H. S., Regimental S-4
5. Beale, J. I., Regimental 8-3
6. Bcrcaw, W. W., A Company
7. Anderson, R. S., E Company
8. Gorman, J. B., F Company
9. Hartman, C. E„ B Company
15. Haiksuale, W. B., D Company
11. Jones, H. C., C Company
12. Johnson, II. C., Regimental
Adjutant.
13. Brand, E. C„ G. Company
TO BE CADET FIRST LIEUTEN-ANTS
1. Duke, R. D.
2. Clarkson, B. W
3. Hartman, C. C.
4. Williamson, R. L.
5. Weber, VV. W.
6. Hoeser, C. A.
7. Sylvester, A.T. II, Adjutant, tad
Battalion
8. Trumbo, J. W.
9 Duncan, T. E.
16. Boiling, A. S.
TO BE CADET SECOND LIEUTEN-ANTS
1. Fitts, J H.
2. Stupalsky, A. J.
3. Danforth. C F.
4. Eichhorn, C. R.
5. Harrington, A. W.
6. Lacy, R. T.
7. Wilson, J. D
8. Markey, D. A.
9. Tucker, T. M.
16 Parker, W. R.
11. Wolford, L. T.
12. Sheppard, A. K
13. Lawson, W. E.
14. Ingles, J. S.
15. Walker, R. W.
TO BE REGIMENTAL SERGEANT
MAJOR
1. Loth, A. L.
TO BE CADET SUPPLY SER-GEANT
1. Williams, J. D.
TO BE BATTALION SERGEANT
MAJORS
1. Smith, II .L.
2 Slaytoa, O. L.
TO BE CADET COLOR SER-GEANTS
1. Harrington, J. E.
2. Whitmore, W. M„ Jr.
TO BE CADET FIRST SERGEANTS
1 Ilodactt, J W. Jr.
2. Newcomb, A. J. Jr.
3. Eldridge, J. R.
4. May, W. B
5. Peyton, T. L.
TO BE CADET COMPANY SUPPLY
SERGEANTS
1. Jarrett, E. A.
2. Malmo, R. C.
3. Jacobsen, T. B.
4. Penniman, G. A.
5. Mills, M M.
S. Franklin, S. W.
7. Russell, W. H.
TO BE CADET SERGEANTS
1. West, E. E.
Z Schwartz, J. F. IU
3. Nachman, J. F. HI
4. Dillard, S. 8. U
5. Mlllimet, 8.
(. Hayes, W. C. Si.
7. Patterson, W. V. Jr.
8. Loughborough, 8. D.
9. Totter, J. K.
1*. Parker, A. H
U. Barker, J. A.
112. Pritchard, L. D.
TO BE CADET CORPORALS
1. Harmon, B. F. ID
2. Enochs, J. W. Jr.
3. Cosby, J. C.
4. Myers, D. J.
5. Tigertt, T. W.
«. Van Hook, J. M.
7. GUI, J. L.
S. Nelson, N. G.
». Hensel. A W.
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