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\M 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 (Continued On Page 4) 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. (Continued On Page 4) 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. (Continued On Page 4)
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
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Title | VMI Cadet. September 30, 1946 |
Issue Date | 1946-09-30 |
Volume/Number | Volume 37, number 2 |
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Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
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Full Text Search | \M 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 (Continued On Page 4) 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. (Continued On Page 4) 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. (Continued On Page 4) |