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Dood It Again ! And How /„ VMI 13 (»I G.W.7 ^ULi Alt XXXVIII—Z—788 Frank Morse 'Wasn't Born, Just Grew' On t h e door at the head of the s t e p s of t h e m i l i t a r y store b u i l d i ng (Q.M.D. to you) t h e r e ' s a sign: F r a n k Morse R e p a i r Shop : t Hours 8 to 10, 2 to 5 I w e n t in d u r i n g one of m y vacant p e r i o d s and p r o p p e d myself against one of t h e tables. A smallish man, • l i g h t l y bald, and v e a r i n g a d i r ty g r e e n visor w a d d l e d over. " F r a n k , I ' d like to get some in-f o r m a t i o n about you f o r a w r i t e - up i n t h e Cadet." He q u e s t i o n e d me as to w h y I'd p i c k e d him, and t h e n proceeded to g i v e me t h e i n f o r m a t i o n. " I wasn't born," he chuckled, " J u s t grew." " W h e r e ? " was m y only f o l l o w - u p. "London, England." he said. I noticed he d i d n ' t h a v e an Eng-l i s h accent—made no comment but a s k e d h im "When?" He hummed and hawed but fin-a l l y a d m i t t e d to 1879. "Why did you h a p p e n to come to t h e U n i t e d States?" "Well I w a s t a l k i n g to m y G r a n d - m o t h e r — t e l l i n g her I was going to move—and she suggested t h a t I con-t a c t an u n c l e i n America. I did, and me and my wife moved to Burl-ington, N. J., in 1905 w h e r e I work-e d w i t h h im f o r t e n years." T h e n I asked h im how he hap-p e n e d to come to VMI. He e x p l a i n e d t h a t he r e a d a n ad-v e r t i s e m e n t for musicians in the Post Band, w r o t e the S u p e r i n t e n - d e n t (General Nichols) for a job, a n d soon f o u n d himself s t a n d i n g be-h i n d a h o r n in t h e t h i r d file. I n t r u e VMI style he was given a n e x t r a job of t a i l o r i n g , and even-t u a l l y (after about 15 years) took it over completely. He a d d e d t h a t he •vas a p p r e n t i c e d t o a t a i l o r w h e n he ..as"* e l e v e n an£ worked for five y e a r s . During the same time he i^gMied to p l a y a cornet in one of t h a ^ y bands. I t a l k e d to h im some m o r e and as I was l e a v i n g he said: "Tell the boys I've enjoyed helping them w h e n I could. I 'm p r o u d o f m y con-t a c t w i t h t h e boys and t h e I n s t i t u t e ." k & J f l I J + t o e t SHU Time! Sign Up For The Corps Trip TH E V.M.I. CADET, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 6,1947 NUMBER 3 l t . r f . p 7 I j . i ' i V M y J ™ f m 1 *<*jt ml < Vf ri * m Cir P ^ ' ^ - ii The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will appear in Lexington in March as the final event in the Concert Theatre Series. Col. Lipscomb Clarifies PE Organization I n a r e c e n t i n t e r v i ew w i t h Colon-el Lipscomb, the Post Exchange Officer, the facts concerning the d i s p o s i t i o n of P.E. profits, organ-i z a t i o n of the Exchange and other p e r t i n e n t i n f o r m a t i o n was released. Col. Lipscomb expressed his de-s i r e t h a t the Corps u n d e r s t a n d com- i p l e t e l y the financial a r r a n g e m e n t s: by which t h e E x c h a n g e is o p e r a t e d .! B r i e f l y those a r r a n g e m e n t s are as I follows: (1) Salaries and wages of mana-gers and employees must be paid; (2) New stock must be bought to r e p l a c e that sold; (3) The r e m a i n i n g profits, which amount to about t h e same as profits o n c o m p a r a b l e sales in r e t a i l estab-lishments, a r e put back into Corps a c t i v i t i e s . D u r i n g the first eight m o n t h s of last year a p p r o x i m a t e l y $4,500 was a p p r o p r i a t e d for Cadet activities. E x a m p l e s of the specific activities s u p p o r t e d by such appropriations Concert-Theatre Committee Announces Season's Program TSetv Material Received By Various Depts. I n t h e last f ew months t h e Insti-t u t e has obtained large q u a n t i t i es of new or almost new equipment f r om various s o u r c e s . A large amount of t h i s m a t e r i a l was receiv-e d t h r o u g h lhe efTorls of t h e many loyal f r i e n d s of t h e I n s t i t u t e . Other m a t e r i a l was purchased by the I n s t i t u t e from the Surplus War M a t e r i a l s D e p a r t m e n t of t h e Army f o r a n o m i n a l price- T h e Civil Engineering Depart m e n t alone has received about $85,000 w o r t h of this equipment, I n c l u d i n g extensive s u r v e y i n g in-s t r u m e n t s of all types, p h o t o - g r a m e - i ^ q u i p m e n t , h y d r a u l i c equipment, - . r i a l s testing machines, and a corriTiletely equipped mobile ma-c h i n e shop. Considerable other m a t e r i a l of v a r i o u s kinds is in the process of being donated to the d e p a r t m e n t . T h e Electrical Engineering De-p a r t m e n t has r e c e i v e d in t h e same m a n n e r the equivalent value in e q u i p m e n t of $30,000. This includes q u a n t i t i e s of e l e c t r o n i c and serv.o-m e h a n i sm equipment, communica-t i o n sets of varous types f a m i l i ar t o the ex-servieeman, and large (a m o u n t s of power sets and other m i s c e l l a n e o u s equipment, i The Chemistry and Athletic de-p a r t m e n t s have also a c q u i r e d sur-p l u s and other m a t e r i a l s to supple-ment t h e i r courses of instruction. The Rockbridge Concert-Theater S e r i e s had such a successful season last year that the committee in c h a r g e p r o u d l y announces t h a t it Is a b l e to offer a bonus to Its sub-scribers. This will be a concert by T h e B a l t i m o r e S y m p h o n y Orchestra on March 6th in t h e W. & L. gym-nasium. Reginald S t e w a r t , t h e con-d u c t o r of this orchestra, has been guest c o n d u c t o r of o t h e r d i s t i n g u i s h - ed orchestras such as The New York a n d London P h i l h a r m o n i c Or-chestras, t h e N.B.C. Symphony, the America before the war, but was not so well k n o w n in this country. However, since the war he has s w i f t l y risen to the top here and! is c o n s i d e r e d b y m a n y critics to be one of t h e most b r i l l i a n t p i a n i s t s in t h e world. I n t h e 1945-'46 season he p l a y e d as soloist w i t h twelve or-c h e s t r a s in t h e U.S. besides giving many r e c i t a l s in this country, t o u r - i n g L a t i n A m e r i c a and m a k i n g rec-ords for Columbia. Last season he gave 60 concerts in Mexico, Colom-bia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, etc. V. M. L To Play Host To Annual Virginia Highway Conference Corps Takes Lynchburg et al By Storm Last S a t u r d a y about t w o - t h i r d s of t h e Corps went to L y n c h b u r g for t h e George Washington-VMI foot-ball game; a p p r o x i m a t e l y 400 m a r c h - ed in the f o r m a t i o n on the field. Most of those who w e n t f r om h e re t o L y n c h b u r g t r a v e l e d by means of buses provided by the everde-p e n d a b l e Pete. I n these symbols of m o d e r n t r a n s - D e t r o i t , Chicago and N a t i o n a l Sym- • H e is now concertizing in Europe phonies. In the short space of 4 and will r e t u r n to this c o u n t r y just y e a r s since he assumed the l e a d e r - before his Lexington appearance, s h i p of The Baltimore Orchestra, Shortly after his recital here he Mr. S t e w a r t has r a i s e d it to a h i g h will give his s e v e n t h Carnegie Hall p o s i t i o n so that it now r a n k s with recital in New York, t h e greatest symphonic organiza-t i o n s in the Western Hemisphere. W. F. Edmonds Will Lead Glee Club The VMI Glee Club, w h i c h gain-ed m u c h r e c o g n i t i o n t h r o u g h o u t the S o u t h last year, held its flrst meet-i n g of the season Tuesday evening, S e p t e m b e r 22, w i t h a p p r o x i m a t e ly f o r t y - f i v e members of last year's c l u b present. T h e Glee Club, w h i c h is b e c o m i ng m o r e and more an i n t e g r a l p a r t of VMI, is again under the leader-s h i p of Lt. Col. H. N. Dillard. First Lt. William F. Byers has been ap-p o i n t e d as Col. D i l l a r d ' s assistant and was introduced to t h e Club at The flrst annual Virginia High-way Conference, an assemblage of s t a t e , city, and county officials f or discussions of m u t u a l problems in-v o l v i n g roads and streets, will be h e l d at Virginia M i l i t a r y I n s t i t u t e, L e x i n g t o n , October 31 and Novem-b e r 1. P l a n s for the session were an-n o u n c e d y e s t e r d a y by M a j o r - G e n - e r a l R. J. Marshall, s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of VMI, and S t a t e Highway Com-m i s s i o n e r James A. Anderson. Under joint sponsorship of VMI a n d the State Highway Depart-ment, the conference will inaugu-r a t e an annual series of similar m e e t i n g s if the various p a r t i c i p a t - i n g agencies continue to "show t h e keen i n t e r e s t they have so f ar i n d i c a t e d , " t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t said. A p p r o x i m a t e l y 500 officials are e x p e c t e d to attend the two-day This orchestra rose to national p r o m i n e n c e two years ago in a ser-ies of r a d i o concerts over the NBC n e t w o r k . People of L e x i n g t o n had a n o p p o r t u n i t y to hear a small o r c h e s t r a when The V i r g i n i a Sym-phony, a WPA project, appeared a r e as follows: , „ , ,, ' h e r e some years ago. But the ap- (1) Post Office boxes ' $940 p e a r a n c e of The B a l t i m o r e will be (2) Glee Club 300 the first concert in L e x i n g t o n by a (3) Polo t e am 200 f u l l s y m p h o n y orchestra. A special (4) Band I n s t r u m e n t s 600 p l a t f o rm will be b u i l t to accomodate (5) Honor Court (for p r i n t i n g ; i t s n i n e t y players, of rules, (6) T h e " Ceatdce t " 35500 ] I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e c o n c e r t b y T h e > B a U i m o r e Orchestra on March 6th, i t s flrst meeting. J u s t p r i o r to finals last y e a r the j m e e t i n g . Complete details of a pro-p o r t a t i o n , g u a r a n t e e d to b e not m o r e j c l u b elected Cadet officers for the gram which will f e a t u r e national and State leaders as s p e a k e r s ^ i ll b e a n n o u n c e d as soon as t h e l i n e - up is completed. C. S. Mullen, chief engineer of t h e highway d e p a r t m e n t and gen-e r a l c h a i r m a n for t h e first confer-e n c e said this year's session will b e primarily "organizational" in hours, L y n c h b u r g was stormed by ton Harrison, and tenor soloist, J- n a t u r e but t h a t " w e e v e n t u a l l y want t h e VMI Cadets, w h o h e a v e d a p r a y - : R a w l e s (Isaac) Fulgham. QUr h i g h w a y conference i n V i r g i n ia er of t h a n k s g i v i n g for their safe : T h e n e w p r e s i d e n t and the exe- t o b e the equal of a n y in t h e U n i t ed t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a Orchestra and an but u n s u r e trip, and began to pre- c u t i V e committee met with Col. s t a t e s ." a l b um of piano music by Liszt—all p a r e for f u r t h e r operations. Dilard last week, to establish a f o r Columbia. | Du r i n g t h e a f t e r n o o n , m a n y mem- system of organization for this sea-son and to discuss p r o s p e c t i v e and He has r e c o r d e d t h e Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the New York Philharmonic. Bela B a r t o k ' s T h i r d P i a n o Concerto with t h a n twenty-five years old, the , c o m i n g season. W i l l i am F. Edmonds. Corps, bus Ijy bus, slowly made its bass 6oloist (remember his "Ole u n c e r t a i n way across the forebod- Man River"?) was elected p r e s i d e n t, i n g mountains between Lexington A four-man executive committee a n d Lynchburg, t r a v e l i n g over Rt. j w a s also elected. It is composed of 501 lest t h e g r a d e of Rt. 60 p r o v e to t Thomas (Comin' T h r o u g h t h e Rye) be too much for t h e vehicles. A f t e r Bowers, Walter C. Dresser, who is a leisurely trip lasting about two , a l so one of t h e Club's pianists, Ash- (7) Cheer l e a d e r s ' s w e a t e r s 50 These are just a f ew of the ap-p r o p r i a t i o n s made. Commenting upon the suggestions t h a t the P.E. reduce its prices by c u t t i n g down t h e profits, Col. Lips-comb said that the Post Exchange must make a r e a s o n a b l e profit for two reasons. First of all, several Cadet activities would have no s o u r c e of income if they did not r e c e i v e Post Exchange profits; con-s e q u e n t l y , they would not be able to function. Secondly, local mer-c h a n t s might raise the issue with a u t h o r i t i e s in Richmond as to w h e t h e r a S l a t e owned store opre-a t i n g in c o m p e t i t i o n with t h e local m e r c h a n t s is legal. The o r g a n i z a t i o n of the Post Ex-c h a n g e is as follows: The Post Ex-c h a n g e Council, consisting of Colonel Couper, Colonel Bucher, Colonel Byrne, and Colonel P u r d i e , which f o r m u l a t e s policies; the Post Ex- The Rockbridge Concert-Theater S e r i e s is o f f e r i n g two other con-certs. Tho first will be a piano re-c i t a l In t h e VMI g y m n a s i um on Dec. 15 by Gyorgy Sandor. He was sta-t i o n e d in L e x i n g t o n d u r i n g t h e war at The School for Spccial Services a n d at t h a t time gave concerts for The Woman's Club and The Rock-, b r i d g e County Tuberculosis Asso-c i a t i o n and played i n f o r m a l l y in a n u m b e r of homes in Lexington. He S t i l l another event in the series hers of t h e f o u r t h class b e c a m e con-will be a concert b y Mary Van Kirk, I firmed a d d i c t s o f Randolph Macon a n t i c i p a t e d concerts. At t h i s meeting,' _ , „„ , . ,, ., • , Woman's College, e n j o y i n g the tea Col. D i l l a r d discussed prospects for c o n t r a l t o , on Feb. 23rd in the High i . . . . dance in honor of their freshmen, the Club to sing at t h e Easter Sun- School Auditorium. Miss Van K i r k | A n i n f l u e n t j a i m i n o r i t y of t h e upper rise Service at N a t u r a l Bridge, The has been s t a r r e d as guest soloist on 1 c l a s s m e n were so successful at Ma- Apple Blossom Festival at Winches- NBC's "Voice of F i r e s t o n e " for the 1 c o n a n d Southern Seminary that ter, Thomas J e f f e r s o n A u d i t o r i um in last five years. Several years ago t h e r a n k s a n d files of g r a y u n i f o r m s Richmond, The S o u t h e r n Seminary, she won t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n Auditions m e a n c j e r i n g through Lynchburg's Buena Vista, M a r y Washington Col-of the Air Award and became the s t r e e t s w e r e i n t e r s p e r s e d with the lege in Fredericksburg, Virginia, t h e n youngest m e m b e r of t h e Metro- m o r e f a n c i f u l constumes of t h e f a i r e r and Madison College in Harrison-p o l i t a n . S h e has a p p e a r e d in opera s e x B u t t h e m a j o r i t y 0f the u p p e r burg, Virginia. The Committee re-at the B e r k s h i r e a n d o t h e r festivals, ! c l a s s m e n explored the lively me- newed plans for operation during has sung as guest soloist w i t h many t r o p o ] i s o { L y n c h b u r g a c c o m p a h i e d both t h e F a l l - w i n t e r and t h e S p r i ng o r c h e s t r a s throughout the country be e q u a „ y u n s u c c e s s f u l b r o t h _ s e a s Q n s ; a n d s i n c e t h e c ] u b ,o st a n d has made a name for herself I ^ Qnly a f e w me m e b e r s f r om last in the field of oratorio. She made j many USO appearances for the . , . armed forces, climaxed in t h e sum-, e d behind the west bleachers of j r e p e r t o i r e i n h e r i t e d f r om last year mer of 1945 when she headed her L y n c h b u r g ' s m u n i c i p a l s t a d i u m , and, j will permit it to get on the road own unit in the Southwest Pacific, j m a r c h i n g f r om there, passed in re- early. The islands were still under fire 1 v i e w before the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t . ) Applications have been received Major purpose of the meeting is to p r o v i d e o p p o r t u n i t i e s for the m e e t i n g of "all city, county and S t a t e officials a n d engineers to ex-change ideas and to discuss mat-t e r s of mutual interest r e l a t i n g to r o a d a n d s t r e e t problems." Officials a n t i c i p a t e t h a t the meet-ings "will serve to b r i n g about a b e t t e r understanding of current p r o b l e m s and will result in closer c o - o p e r a t i o n of all agencies charged w i t h the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of p r o v i d i ng a d e q u a t e and s a f e f a c i l i t i e s f o r those who t r a v e l on t h e s t r e e t s and high-ways of t h e Commonwealth." C o - o p e r a t i n g with VMI and the At 7:45 p. m. t h e Corps was f o r m - year, it is hoped that its e x t e n s i v e j h i e h w a y d e p a r t m e n t in a r r a n g i ng t h e sessions are the United States P u b l i c Roads Administration, the L e a g u e of Virginia Municipalities, L e a g u e of Virginia Counties, coun-n umb h ome s Le x i n g t o n . H e a s ^ ^ ^ Q 1 a u d l e n c M _ Ab o u t h s i x t h o u s a n d s p e c t a t o r s wi t - f r om a p p r o x ima t e l y fifty-five N e w £t y J a n"d c i ty *p lJa"n"n' "i n*g b o a r d s , c o u n - madea host of f r i e n d s a n d a d m i r e r s r frQm f o m . { o t w c ] v c t h o u - 1 nessed the game formation, which Cadets along with several a p p l i e s- ^ ° , , , . , ranging h e r e who are eagerly looking for- • Jn I w Q J i m a _ G u a m T i n i a n , w a s made interesting, even to the w a r d to his r e t u r n . I a n d S a i p a n . Critics say that her 1 Corps, by m e m b e r s of t h e two teams A n a t i v e of H u n g a r y , he h a d con- j v o i c e has a rich, mellow quality ; w h o seemed to want to " w a r m - u p" c e r t i z e d w i d e l y in E u r o p e and S o u t h • r e m i n i s c e n t of S c h u m a n n - H e i n k . I (Continued On Page 2) Cadet Consensus Tests Controversial Issue; 68.4% Say G.C. SliouldHaiidle Drinking Cases One of the most controversial j c e l l e n t points were brought up on c h a n g e Officer, Lt. Col. Lipscomb, issues c u r r e n t l y in b a r r a c k s is the who supervises the Exchange; Ca- C o n t l n u e d On Page 6 Ten Years Ago : In The Cadet ROTC monthly checks of $15.50 j r first classmen and $5.25 f o r sec- , n d classmen will be delayed in p a y m e n t until sometime a f t e r Oc-t o b e r 10th. VMI's f a m o u s P a u l S h u leads VMI to 20-9 victory over William and Mary. Among the new changes an-n o u n c e d by the General Committee was a much needed r e s t r i c t i o n on a n y sort of booing by cadets. New Ruling Made On Bronze Stars A n e w r u l i n g in War D e p a r t m e nt C i r c u l a r 162, dated 20 J u n e 1947 adds a change to AR600-45, dated 22 S e p t e m b e r 1943 p a r a g r a p h 15.1 e., w h i c h concerns a w a r d i n g of the Bronze S t a r Medal. T h i s n e w change will e n t i t l e thousands of Combat Doughfoots and Medics to the Bronze Star Medal. The new change as published in WD C i r c u l a r 162, 1947 is as follows: Those i n d i v i d u a l s who as members of the Army of the United States, w e r e cited by name on or a f t e r 7 December 1941 a n d prior to 3 Sep-t e m b e r 1945 i n o r d e r s or in a formal c e r t i f i c a t e , for meritorious or ex-e m p l a r y conduct against the armed enemy, may make application to The A d j u t a n t General, Washington 25, D. C., f o r a w a r d of t h e Bronze S t a r Medal on the basis of such citation. A c i t a t i o n in o r d e r s for the Combat I n f a n t r y Badge or Medical Badge a w a r d e d d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d of a c t u a l combat against the aimed enemy is considered as a citation f o r m e r i t o r i o u s conduct in ground combat. These citations in orders d u r i n g the period 7 December 1941 to 3 S e p t e m b e r w e r e not automatic, but were based upon recommenda-t i o n s of u n i t c o m m a n d e r s t h o r o u g h ly f a m i l i a r with the achievements of t h e individuals cited and a f t e r a c a r e f u l e v a l u a t i o n of their work. q u e s t i o n of the r e c e n t Honor Court change in the ruling concerning d r i n k i n g b e f o r e dances. The follow-i n g a r e the r e s u l t s of t h e consensus t a k e n in b a r r a c k s last week. 1. Do you t h i n k that the mem-b e r s of the Honor Court should be allowed to c h a n g e a r u l e concerning t h e Honor Code without i n f o r m i ng t h e corps or at least the first and second classes? . Percent Yes .'. - 28.7 No - 71.3 2. W e r e you in f a v o r of t h e r e c e nt change made in t h e r u l i n g concern-i n g the use of alcholic beverages t h r e e hours b e f o r e a dance? P e r c e n t Yea s 51.8 No 48.5 3. Do you think that this rule, c o n c e r n i n g drinking, should be h a n d l e d by t h e Honor Court or the G e n e r a l Commitee? P e r c e n t H. C :...... G. C T h e General Committee and the Honor Court have scored again but t h i s time, u n f o r t u n a t e l y , they have not made a hit w i t h the cadets. In e x a m i n a t i o n of the first question, we see that t h e corps thinks that t h e Honor Court should not have c h a n g e d the existing rule without first consulting them. However, a slight m a r g i n in t h e v o t e v i n d i c a t ed t h e Honor Court members from p e r f o r m i n g a n act t h a t t h e corps did not favor. Many opinions w e r e e x p r e s s e d on t h e consensus sheets and many ex-b o t h sides of t h e question. The gen-eral opinion was that this r u l e con-c e r n i n g d r i n k i n g and also the rule known as "Number 20" should not c o n c e r n the Honor Court at all. Many men e x p r e s s e d t h e o p i n i o n t h at t h e s e rules do not concern honor at all. They t h o u g h t t h a t t h e Honor Court should concern itself with t h r e e main catagories; lying, cheat-ing, and stealing. The remainder should be t u r n e d over to the scope of the General Committee and should be made dismissal offences. Most of the rules in the honor section a r e time tested. By that we m e a n t h a t t h e y w e r e put t h e r e main-ly because s o m e t h i n g h a d happened i n past y e a r s t h a t made it necessary f o r t h e s e rules. In order to p r e v e nt a n y l a t e r occurence of that incident t h e Honor Court deemed it neces-s a r y to i n s t i t u t e a r u l i n g as a pre-v e n t i v e measure. H e r e are some of the remarks t h a t w e r e made on t h e change: "The p r e s e n t system of changing a r u l i ng 31.6 j of the Honor Court is similar to .4 the electoral college of the United States. It Is outmoded because of t h e size of t h e corps. A closed ballot could be easily taken. C e r t a i n l y a body for the corps should be con-t r o l l e d by the same corps." ' "My suggestion is t h a t t h e Honor Court should present the changes to t h e corps giving b o t h sides of the issue. T h e corps should h a v e a vote, but the final decision should be up to t h e Court itself. Thus, the Court could exercise its influence on the Corps to a c e r t a i n degree, but the corps would have a chance to give i t s opinion. It is m y belief t h a t t h e re is not enough consciousness of thp Honor Code in the lower classes.... it only takes one such occurence of drunlcencss to ruin a r e p u t a t i o n ." 'If the members of the H. C. pre-f e r to a t t e n d dances while drunk let t h em go to some other school. Lets k e e p t h e old rule. It h a s w o r k ed v e r y well so far and in another y e a r most of t h e sots and inebriates will be out of the corps." The honor of the corps is what we make it. Times change, and so do we and o u r views. Most girls re-m a r k on the dignity of V.M.I, dan-ces. Let's keep it that way. It takes something "super strong" like the H.C. to h a n d l e things like this." 'Any change which might reflect b a d l y on t h e c r e d i t or name or char- Motor Vehicles, the D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e Police, the Governor's High-t i o n s f r om t h e Old Cadets. The pro- j cess of selecting t h e candidates by j . . . . , , . , , ., way S a f e t y C o m m i t t e e and t h e Vir-a u d i t i o n has a l r e a d y begun, and the J J . .. ginia Road Builders Association. Colonel R. A. Marr, head of the VMI civil e n g i n e e r i n g school, is c h a i r m a n of the committee on in-v i t a t i o n s for t h e conference. Other committees are at work on hous-i n g plans, exhibits and displays of e q u i p m e n t . Club should be p r e p a r e d to begin i n t e n s i v e r e h e a r s a l s next week. Discovered among the New Ca-d e t s applicants was a pianist who, it is hoped, may take the placc of '48-B's C. R i c h a r d Eichhorn, w h o was g r a d u a t e d last J u n e . The discovery was 'Misto" G. T. Edwards, of F r a n k l i n , Virginia, whose flne tech-n i q u e will p e r h a p s be h e a r d in a solo selection d u r i n g some concerts. The Corps will p r o b a b l y be in-t e r e s t e d to l e a r n that t h e Glee Club p l a n s to do a good deal of home s i n g i n g this year with spccial se-l e c t i o n s In Crozet Hall f r om time to time. First Two Years ROTC Is Outlined Personalities This , Is the flrst of five articles which will deal w i t h courses t a u g ht a c t e r of t h e Corps reflects badly on ^ R Q T C D e p a r t m e n t . T h i? t h e honor of the corps.1 The Honor Court is not o p e r a t e d I a r t i c l e will deal with the courses t a u g h t to b o t h years of t h e Elemen-to please the corps. It is supposed t a r y T h e n e x t a r U d e w m d i s c u s3 to uphold the honor of the c o r p s ' , h e g u b J e c t a g . y e n tQ a U b r a n c h es and d r i n k i n g in my estimation does not reflect on a m a n ' s honor." "Our class officers w e r e put t h e re by us. We h a v e f a i t h in t h e i r j u d g e - ment. But, should they ever do a n y t h i n g we do not agree w i t h I'm s u r e they will listen to our opin-ions and act accordingly. They're doing it now, a r e n ' t htey?" "I t h i n k it should be h a n d l e d by t h e General Committee, and chang-ed f r om an Honor Court to a G. C. rule, with the six hour limit in- : I n d i v i d u a l W e a p o n s a n d s t e a d o f t h e t h r e e limit. As I see it, it is no more a b r e a c h of honor to of the Advanced. This will be fol-lowed by articles on the I n f a n t r y, Cavalry, Field A r t i l l e r y and Air Corps. The s u b j e c t s to be taught in flrst y e a r E l e m e n t a r y ROTC .that Is the f o u r t h class, are as follows: H o u r s M i l i t a r y Organization 8 Hygiene and First Aid 10 L e a d e r s h i p , D r i l l a n d Command E x e r c i s e 36 M a r k m a n s h i p 25 Maps and Aerial P h o t o g r a p h s 13 a t j e n d a dance u n d e r the influence N a t l o n a l D e t e n s e A c t a n d r O T C 4 of alcohol h e r e on the post t h a n a t , T h e s u b j e c t s t o b e t a u g h t t o t h e one off the post, as, I understand, w c l M g m c n t a k i n g t h e s e c( Is done f r e q u e n t l y ." C o n t i n u e d On Page 6 | (Continued On Page 2 ) I n our p e r s o n a l i t i e s spot we find none other than V.M.I.'s Captain A d j u t a n t W i l l i am B. May. Looking over Bill's past r e c o r d we find he m a t r i c u l a t e d in F e b r u r a y , 1945, a b r o t h e r rat of the class of 1949A. a f t e r graduating from Marshall High School w i t h the r a n k of First C a p t a i n . I n his t h i r d class year May was first r a n k i n g corporal of his class. As a 2A Bill w a s flrst s e r g e a n t f r om w h i c h he received the stripes of R e g i m e n t a l S e r g e a n t - M a j o r. Among his many achievements, such as P r e s i d e n t of his class since his rate year, we now find him P r e s i d e n t of both G. C. and Honor Court. v - Bill is one of the ancients who has been on a Corps trip, having made tho j a u n t to Richmond in 1945. D u r i n g the summer of 1947 ho h a d his summer camp t r a i n i n g in t h e Field A r t i l l e r y at Camp Camp-bell, Kentucky, p u t t i n g into prac-t i c e t h o t h e o r i e s w h i c h h e l e a r n e d In t h r e e years of M i l i t a r y Science at t h e I n s t i t u t e. Upon his g r a d u a t i o n the Insti-t u t e will lose another May, of w h i c h she may well be proud. We say a n o t h e r May, as Bill's brother was in t h e class of 1D40. We all hope that Bill will be as s u c e s s f u l at the Medical College of Virginia and in his d e n t a l c a r e er .is h e has been at V-M.I.
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Title | VMI Cadet. October 6, 1947 |
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Full Text Search | Dood It Again ! And How /„ VMI 13 (»I G.W.7 ^ULi Alt XXXVIII—Z—788 Frank Morse 'Wasn't Born, Just Grew' On t h e door at the head of the s t e p s of t h e m i l i t a r y store b u i l d i ng (Q.M.D. to you) t h e r e ' s a sign: F r a n k Morse R e p a i r Shop : t Hours 8 to 10, 2 to 5 I w e n t in d u r i n g one of m y vacant p e r i o d s and p r o p p e d myself against one of t h e tables. A smallish man, • l i g h t l y bald, and v e a r i n g a d i r ty g r e e n visor w a d d l e d over. " F r a n k , I ' d like to get some in-f o r m a t i o n about you f o r a w r i t e - up i n t h e Cadet." He q u e s t i o n e d me as to w h y I'd p i c k e d him, and t h e n proceeded to g i v e me t h e i n f o r m a t i o n. " I wasn't born," he chuckled, " J u s t grew." " W h e r e ? " was m y only f o l l o w - u p. "London, England." he said. I noticed he d i d n ' t h a v e an Eng-l i s h accent—made no comment but a s k e d h im "When?" He hummed and hawed but fin-a l l y a d m i t t e d to 1879. "Why did you h a p p e n to come to t h e U n i t e d States?" "Well I w a s t a l k i n g to m y G r a n d - m o t h e r — t e l l i n g her I was going to move—and she suggested t h a t I con-t a c t an u n c l e i n America. I did, and me and my wife moved to Burl-ington, N. J., in 1905 w h e r e I work-e d w i t h h im f o r t e n years." T h e n I asked h im how he hap-p e n e d to come to VMI. He e x p l a i n e d t h a t he r e a d a n ad-v e r t i s e m e n t for musicians in the Post Band, w r o t e the S u p e r i n t e n - d e n t (General Nichols) for a job, a n d soon f o u n d himself s t a n d i n g be-h i n d a h o r n in t h e t h i r d file. I n t r u e VMI style he was given a n e x t r a job of t a i l o r i n g , and even-t u a l l y (after about 15 years) took it over completely. He a d d e d t h a t he •vas a p p r e n t i c e d t o a t a i l o r w h e n he ..as"* e l e v e n an£ worked for five y e a r s . During the same time he i^gMied to p l a y a cornet in one of t h a ^ y bands. I t a l k e d to h im some m o r e and as I was l e a v i n g he said: "Tell the boys I've enjoyed helping them w h e n I could. I 'm p r o u d o f m y con-t a c t w i t h t h e boys and t h e I n s t i t u t e ." k & J f l I J + t o e t SHU Time! Sign Up For The Corps Trip TH E V.M.I. CADET, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 6,1947 NUMBER 3 l t . r f . p 7 I j . i ' i V M y J ™ f m 1 *<*jt ml < Vf ri * m Cir P ^ ' ^ - ii The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will appear in Lexington in March as the final event in the Concert Theatre Series. Col. Lipscomb Clarifies PE Organization I n a r e c e n t i n t e r v i ew w i t h Colon-el Lipscomb, the Post Exchange Officer, the facts concerning the d i s p o s i t i o n of P.E. profits, organ-i z a t i o n of the Exchange and other p e r t i n e n t i n f o r m a t i o n was released. Col. Lipscomb expressed his de-s i r e t h a t the Corps u n d e r s t a n d com- i p l e t e l y the financial a r r a n g e m e n t s: by which t h e E x c h a n g e is o p e r a t e d .! B r i e f l y those a r r a n g e m e n t s are as I follows: (1) Salaries and wages of mana-gers and employees must be paid; (2) New stock must be bought to r e p l a c e that sold; (3) The r e m a i n i n g profits, which amount to about t h e same as profits o n c o m p a r a b l e sales in r e t a i l estab-lishments, a r e put back into Corps a c t i v i t i e s . D u r i n g the first eight m o n t h s of last year a p p r o x i m a t e l y $4,500 was a p p r o p r i a t e d for Cadet activities. E x a m p l e s of the specific activities s u p p o r t e d by such appropriations Concert-Theatre Committee Announces Season's Program TSetv Material Received By Various Depts. I n t h e last f ew months t h e Insti-t u t e has obtained large q u a n t i t i es of new or almost new equipment f r om various s o u r c e s . A large amount of t h i s m a t e r i a l was receiv-e d t h r o u g h lhe efTorls of t h e many loyal f r i e n d s of t h e I n s t i t u t e . Other m a t e r i a l was purchased by the I n s t i t u t e from the Surplus War M a t e r i a l s D e p a r t m e n t of t h e Army f o r a n o m i n a l price- T h e Civil Engineering Depart m e n t alone has received about $85,000 w o r t h of this equipment, I n c l u d i n g extensive s u r v e y i n g in-s t r u m e n t s of all types, p h o t o - g r a m e - i ^ q u i p m e n t , h y d r a u l i c equipment, - . r i a l s testing machines, and a corriTiletely equipped mobile ma-c h i n e shop. Considerable other m a t e r i a l of v a r i o u s kinds is in the process of being donated to the d e p a r t m e n t . T h e Electrical Engineering De-p a r t m e n t has r e c e i v e d in t h e same m a n n e r the equivalent value in e q u i p m e n t of $30,000. This includes q u a n t i t i e s of e l e c t r o n i c and serv.o-m e h a n i sm equipment, communica-t i o n sets of varous types f a m i l i ar t o the ex-servieeman, and large (a m o u n t s of power sets and other m i s c e l l a n e o u s equipment, i The Chemistry and Athletic de-p a r t m e n t s have also a c q u i r e d sur-p l u s and other m a t e r i a l s to supple-ment t h e i r courses of instruction. The Rockbridge Concert-Theater S e r i e s had such a successful season last year that the committee in c h a r g e p r o u d l y announces t h a t it Is a b l e to offer a bonus to Its sub-scribers. This will be a concert by T h e B a l t i m o r e S y m p h o n y Orchestra on March 6th in t h e W. & L. gym-nasium. Reginald S t e w a r t , t h e con-d u c t o r of this orchestra, has been guest c o n d u c t o r of o t h e r d i s t i n g u i s h - ed orchestras such as The New York a n d London P h i l h a r m o n i c Or-chestras, t h e N.B.C. Symphony, the America before the war, but was not so well k n o w n in this country. However, since the war he has s w i f t l y risen to the top here and! is c o n s i d e r e d b y m a n y critics to be one of t h e most b r i l l i a n t p i a n i s t s in t h e world. I n t h e 1945-'46 season he p l a y e d as soloist w i t h twelve or-c h e s t r a s in t h e U.S. besides giving many r e c i t a l s in this country, t o u r - i n g L a t i n A m e r i c a and m a k i n g rec-ords for Columbia. Last season he gave 60 concerts in Mexico, Colom-bia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, etc. V. M. L To Play Host To Annual Virginia Highway Conference Corps Takes Lynchburg et al By Storm Last S a t u r d a y about t w o - t h i r d s of t h e Corps went to L y n c h b u r g for t h e George Washington-VMI foot-ball game; a p p r o x i m a t e l y 400 m a r c h - ed in the f o r m a t i o n on the field. Most of those who w e n t f r om h e re t o L y n c h b u r g t r a v e l e d by means of buses provided by the everde-p e n d a b l e Pete. I n these symbols of m o d e r n t r a n s - D e t r o i t , Chicago and N a t i o n a l Sym- • H e is now concertizing in Europe phonies. In the short space of 4 and will r e t u r n to this c o u n t r y just y e a r s since he assumed the l e a d e r - before his Lexington appearance, s h i p of The Baltimore Orchestra, Shortly after his recital here he Mr. S t e w a r t has r a i s e d it to a h i g h will give his s e v e n t h Carnegie Hall p o s i t i o n so that it now r a n k s with recital in New York, t h e greatest symphonic organiza-t i o n s in the Western Hemisphere. W. F. Edmonds Will Lead Glee Club The VMI Glee Club, w h i c h gain-ed m u c h r e c o g n i t i o n t h r o u g h o u t the S o u t h last year, held its flrst meet-i n g of the season Tuesday evening, S e p t e m b e r 22, w i t h a p p r o x i m a t e ly f o r t y - f i v e members of last year's c l u b present. T h e Glee Club, w h i c h is b e c o m i ng m o r e and more an i n t e g r a l p a r t of VMI, is again under the leader-s h i p of Lt. Col. H. N. Dillard. First Lt. William F. Byers has been ap-p o i n t e d as Col. D i l l a r d ' s assistant and was introduced to t h e Club at The flrst annual Virginia High-way Conference, an assemblage of s t a t e , city, and county officials f or discussions of m u t u a l problems in-v o l v i n g roads and streets, will be h e l d at Virginia M i l i t a r y I n s t i t u t e, L e x i n g t o n , October 31 and Novem-b e r 1. P l a n s for the session were an-n o u n c e d y e s t e r d a y by M a j o r - G e n - e r a l R. J. Marshall, s u p e r i n t e n d e nt of VMI, and S t a t e Highway Com-m i s s i o n e r James A. Anderson. Under joint sponsorship of VMI a n d the State Highway Depart-ment, the conference will inaugu-r a t e an annual series of similar m e e t i n g s if the various p a r t i c i p a t - i n g agencies continue to "show t h e keen i n t e r e s t they have so f ar i n d i c a t e d , " t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t said. A p p r o x i m a t e l y 500 officials are e x p e c t e d to attend the two-day This orchestra rose to national p r o m i n e n c e two years ago in a ser-ies of r a d i o concerts over the NBC n e t w o r k . People of L e x i n g t o n had a n o p p o r t u n i t y to hear a small o r c h e s t r a when The V i r g i n i a Sym-phony, a WPA project, appeared a r e as follows: , „ , ,, ' h e r e some years ago. But the ap- (1) Post Office boxes ' $940 p e a r a n c e of The B a l t i m o r e will be (2) Glee Club 300 the first concert in L e x i n g t o n by a (3) Polo t e am 200 f u l l s y m p h o n y orchestra. A special (4) Band I n s t r u m e n t s 600 p l a t f o rm will be b u i l t to accomodate (5) Honor Court (for p r i n t i n g ; i t s n i n e t y players, of rules, (6) T h e " Ceatdce t " 35500 ] I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e c o n c e r t b y T h e > B a U i m o r e Orchestra on March 6th, i t s flrst meeting. J u s t p r i o r to finals last y e a r the j m e e t i n g . Complete details of a pro-p o r t a t i o n , g u a r a n t e e d to b e not m o r e j c l u b elected Cadet officers for the gram which will f e a t u r e national and State leaders as s p e a k e r s ^ i ll b e a n n o u n c e d as soon as t h e l i n e - up is completed. C. S. Mullen, chief engineer of t h e highway d e p a r t m e n t and gen-e r a l c h a i r m a n for t h e first confer-e n c e said this year's session will b e primarily "organizational" in hours, L y n c h b u r g was stormed by ton Harrison, and tenor soloist, J- n a t u r e but t h a t " w e e v e n t u a l l y want t h e VMI Cadets, w h o h e a v e d a p r a y - : R a w l e s (Isaac) Fulgham. QUr h i g h w a y conference i n V i r g i n ia er of t h a n k s g i v i n g for their safe : T h e n e w p r e s i d e n t and the exe- t o b e the equal of a n y in t h e U n i t ed t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a Orchestra and an but u n s u r e trip, and began to pre- c u t i V e committee met with Col. s t a t e s ." a l b um of piano music by Liszt—all p a r e for f u r t h e r operations. Dilard last week, to establish a f o r Columbia. | Du r i n g t h e a f t e r n o o n , m a n y mem- system of organization for this sea-son and to discuss p r o s p e c t i v e and He has r e c o r d e d t h e Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the New York Philharmonic. Bela B a r t o k ' s T h i r d P i a n o Concerto with t h a n twenty-five years old, the , c o m i n g season. W i l l i am F. Edmonds. Corps, bus Ijy bus, slowly made its bass 6oloist (remember his "Ole u n c e r t a i n way across the forebod- Man River"?) was elected p r e s i d e n t, i n g mountains between Lexington A four-man executive committee a n d Lynchburg, t r a v e l i n g over Rt. j w a s also elected. It is composed of 501 lest t h e g r a d e of Rt. 60 p r o v e to t Thomas (Comin' T h r o u g h t h e Rye) be too much for t h e vehicles. A f t e r Bowers, Walter C. Dresser, who is a leisurely trip lasting about two , a l so one of t h e Club's pianists, Ash- (7) Cheer l e a d e r s ' s w e a t e r s 50 These are just a f ew of the ap-p r o p r i a t i o n s made. Commenting upon the suggestions t h a t the P.E. reduce its prices by c u t t i n g down t h e profits, Col. Lips-comb said that the Post Exchange must make a r e a s o n a b l e profit for two reasons. First of all, several Cadet activities would have no s o u r c e of income if they did not r e c e i v e Post Exchange profits; con-s e q u e n t l y , they would not be able to function. Secondly, local mer-c h a n t s might raise the issue with a u t h o r i t i e s in Richmond as to w h e t h e r a S l a t e owned store opre-a t i n g in c o m p e t i t i o n with t h e local m e r c h a n t s is legal. The o r g a n i z a t i o n of the Post Ex-c h a n g e is as follows: The Post Ex-c h a n g e Council, consisting of Colonel Couper, Colonel Bucher, Colonel Byrne, and Colonel P u r d i e , which f o r m u l a t e s policies; the Post Ex- The Rockbridge Concert-Theater S e r i e s is o f f e r i n g two other con-certs. Tho first will be a piano re-c i t a l In t h e VMI g y m n a s i um on Dec. 15 by Gyorgy Sandor. He was sta-t i o n e d in L e x i n g t o n d u r i n g t h e war at The School for Spccial Services a n d at t h a t time gave concerts for The Woman's Club and The Rock-, b r i d g e County Tuberculosis Asso-c i a t i o n and played i n f o r m a l l y in a n u m b e r of homes in Lexington. He S t i l l another event in the series hers of t h e f o u r t h class b e c a m e con-will be a concert b y Mary Van Kirk, I firmed a d d i c t s o f Randolph Macon a n t i c i p a t e d concerts. At t h i s meeting,' _ , „„ , . ,, ., • , Woman's College, e n j o y i n g the tea Col. D i l l a r d discussed prospects for c o n t r a l t o , on Feb. 23rd in the High i . . . . dance in honor of their freshmen, the Club to sing at t h e Easter Sun- School Auditorium. Miss Van K i r k | A n i n f l u e n t j a i m i n o r i t y of t h e upper rise Service at N a t u r a l Bridge, The has been s t a r r e d as guest soloist on 1 c l a s s m e n were so successful at Ma- Apple Blossom Festival at Winches- NBC's "Voice of F i r e s t o n e " for the 1 c o n a n d Southern Seminary that ter, Thomas J e f f e r s o n A u d i t o r i um in last five years. Several years ago t h e r a n k s a n d files of g r a y u n i f o r m s Richmond, The S o u t h e r n Seminary, she won t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n Auditions m e a n c j e r i n g through Lynchburg's Buena Vista, M a r y Washington Col-of the Air Award and became the s t r e e t s w e r e i n t e r s p e r s e d with the lege in Fredericksburg, Virginia, t h e n youngest m e m b e r of t h e Metro- m o r e f a n c i f u l constumes of t h e f a i r e r and Madison College in Harrison-p o l i t a n . S h e has a p p e a r e d in opera s e x B u t t h e m a j o r i t y 0f the u p p e r burg, Virginia. The Committee re-at the B e r k s h i r e a n d o t h e r festivals, ! c l a s s m e n explored the lively me- newed plans for operation during has sung as guest soloist w i t h many t r o p o ] i s o { L y n c h b u r g a c c o m p a h i e d both t h e F a l l - w i n t e r and t h e S p r i ng o r c h e s t r a s throughout the country be e q u a „ y u n s u c c e s s f u l b r o t h _ s e a s Q n s ; a n d s i n c e t h e c ] u b ,o st a n d has made a name for herself I ^ Qnly a f e w me m e b e r s f r om last in the field of oratorio. She made j many USO appearances for the . , . armed forces, climaxed in t h e sum-, e d behind the west bleachers of j r e p e r t o i r e i n h e r i t e d f r om last year mer of 1945 when she headed her L y n c h b u r g ' s m u n i c i p a l s t a d i u m , and, j will permit it to get on the road own unit in the Southwest Pacific, j m a r c h i n g f r om there, passed in re- early. The islands were still under fire 1 v i e w before the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t . ) Applications have been received Major purpose of the meeting is to p r o v i d e o p p o r t u n i t i e s for the m e e t i n g of "all city, county and S t a t e officials a n d engineers to ex-change ideas and to discuss mat-t e r s of mutual interest r e l a t i n g to r o a d a n d s t r e e t problems." Officials a n t i c i p a t e t h a t the meet-ings "will serve to b r i n g about a b e t t e r understanding of current p r o b l e m s and will result in closer c o - o p e r a t i o n of all agencies charged w i t h the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of p r o v i d i ng a d e q u a t e and s a f e f a c i l i t i e s f o r those who t r a v e l on t h e s t r e e t s and high-ways of t h e Commonwealth." C o - o p e r a t i n g with VMI and the At 7:45 p. m. t h e Corps was f o r m - year, it is hoped that its e x t e n s i v e j h i e h w a y d e p a r t m e n t in a r r a n g i ng t h e sessions are the United States P u b l i c Roads Administration, the L e a g u e of Virginia Municipalities, L e a g u e of Virginia Counties, coun-n umb h ome s Le x i n g t o n . H e a s ^ ^ ^ Q 1 a u d l e n c M _ Ab o u t h s i x t h o u s a n d s p e c t a t o r s wi t - f r om a p p r o x ima t e l y fifty-five N e w £t y J a n"d c i ty *p lJa"n"n' "i n*g b o a r d s , c o u n - madea host of f r i e n d s a n d a d m i r e r s r frQm f o m . { o t w c ] v c t h o u - 1 nessed the game formation, which Cadets along with several a p p l i e s- ^ ° , , , . , ranging h e r e who are eagerly looking for- • Jn I w Q J i m a _ G u a m T i n i a n , w a s made interesting, even to the w a r d to his r e t u r n . I a n d S a i p a n . Critics say that her 1 Corps, by m e m b e r s of t h e two teams A n a t i v e of H u n g a r y , he h a d con- j v o i c e has a rich, mellow quality ; w h o seemed to want to " w a r m - u p" c e r t i z e d w i d e l y in E u r o p e and S o u t h • r e m i n i s c e n t of S c h u m a n n - H e i n k . I (Continued On Page 2) Cadet Consensus Tests Controversial Issue; 68.4% Say G.C. SliouldHaiidle Drinking Cases One of the most controversial j c e l l e n t points were brought up on c h a n g e Officer, Lt. Col. Lipscomb, issues c u r r e n t l y in b a r r a c k s is the who supervises the Exchange; Ca- C o n t l n u e d On Page 6 Ten Years Ago : In The Cadet ROTC monthly checks of $15.50 j r first classmen and $5.25 f o r sec- , n d classmen will be delayed in p a y m e n t until sometime a f t e r Oc-t o b e r 10th. VMI's f a m o u s P a u l S h u leads VMI to 20-9 victory over William and Mary. Among the new changes an-n o u n c e d by the General Committee was a much needed r e s t r i c t i o n on a n y sort of booing by cadets. New Ruling Made On Bronze Stars A n e w r u l i n g in War D e p a r t m e nt C i r c u l a r 162, dated 20 J u n e 1947 adds a change to AR600-45, dated 22 S e p t e m b e r 1943 p a r a g r a p h 15.1 e., w h i c h concerns a w a r d i n g of the Bronze S t a r Medal. T h i s n e w change will e n t i t l e thousands of Combat Doughfoots and Medics to the Bronze Star Medal. The new change as published in WD C i r c u l a r 162, 1947 is as follows: Those i n d i v i d u a l s who as members of the Army of the United States, w e r e cited by name on or a f t e r 7 December 1941 a n d prior to 3 Sep-t e m b e r 1945 i n o r d e r s or in a formal c e r t i f i c a t e , for meritorious or ex-e m p l a r y conduct against the armed enemy, may make application to The A d j u t a n t General, Washington 25, D. C., f o r a w a r d of t h e Bronze S t a r Medal on the basis of such citation. A c i t a t i o n in o r d e r s for the Combat I n f a n t r y Badge or Medical Badge a w a r d e d d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d of a c t u a l combat against the aimed enemy is considered as a citation f o r m e r i t o r i o u s conduct in ground combat. These citations in orders d u r i n g the period 7 December 1941 to 3 S e p t e m b e r w e r e not automatic, but were based upon recommenda-t i o n s of u n i t c o m m a n d e r s t h o r o u g h ly f a m i l i a r with the achievements of t h e individuals cited and a f t e r a c a r e f u l e v a l u a t i o n of their work. q u e s t i o n of the r e c e n t Honor Court change in the ruling concerning d r i n k i n g b e f o r e dances. The follow-i n g a r e the r e s u l t s of t h e consensus t a k e n in b a r r a c k s last week. 1. Do you t h i n k that the mem-b e r s of the Honor Court should be allowed to c h a n g e a r u l e concerning t h e Honor Code without i n f o r m i ng t h e corps or at least the first and second classes? . Percent Yes .'. - 28.7 No - 71.3 2. W e r e you in f a v o r of t h e r e c e nt change made in t h e r u l i n g concern-i n g the use of alcholic beverages t h r e e hours b e f o r e a dance? P e r c e n t Yea s 51.8 No 48.5 3. Do you think that this rule, c o n c e r n i n g drinking, should be h a n d l e d by t h e Honor Court or the G e n e r a l Commitee? P e r c e n t H. C :...... G. C T h e General Committee and the Honor Court have scored again but t h i s time, u n f o r t u n a t e l y , they have not made a hit w i t h the cadets. In e x a m i n a t i o n of the first question, we see that t h e corps thinks that t h e Honor Court should not have c h a n g e d the existing rule without first consulting them. However, a slight m a r g i n in t h e v o t e v i n d i c a t ed t h e Honor Court members from p e r f o r m i n g a n act t h a t t h e corps did not favor. Many opinions w e r e e x p r e s s e d on t h e consensus sheets and many ex-b o t h sides of t h e question. The gen-eral opinion was that this r u l e con-c e r n i n g d r i n k i n g and also the rule known as "Number 20" should not c o n c e r n the Honor Court at all. Many men e x p r e s s e d t h e o p i n i o n t h at t h e s e rules do not concern honor at all. They t h o u g h t t h a t t h e Honor Court should concern itself with t h r e e main catagories; lying, cheat-ing, and stealing. The remainder should be t u r n e d over to the scope of the General Committee and should be made dismissal offences. Most of the rules in the honor section a r e time tested. By that we m e a n t h a t t h e y w e r e put t h e r e main-ly because s o m e t h i n g h a d happened i n past y e a r s t h a t made it necessary f o r t h e s e rules. In order to p r e v e nt a n y l a t e r occurence of that incident t h e Honor Court deemed it neces-s a r y to i n s t i t u t e a r u l i n g as a pre-v e n t i v e measure. H e r e are some of the remarks t h a t w e r e made on t h e change: "The p r e s e n t system of changing a r u l i ng 31.6 j of the Honor Court is similar to .4 the electoral college of the United States. It Is outmoded because of t h e size of t h e corps. A closed ballot could be easily taken. C e r t a i n l y a body for the corps should be con-t r o l l e d by the same corps." ' "My suggestion is t h a t t h e Honor Court should present the changes to t h e corps giving b o t h sides of the issue. T h e corps should h a v e a vote, but the final decision should be up to t h e Court itself. Thus, the Court could exercise its influence on the Corps to a c e r t a i n degree, but the corps would have a chance to give i t s opinion. It is m y belief t h a t t h e re is not enough consciousness of thp Honor Code in the lower classes.... it only takes one such occurence of drunlcencss to ruin a r e p u t a t i o n ." 'If the members of the H. C. pre-f e r to a t t e n d dances while drunk let t h em go to some other school. Lets k e e p t h e old rule. It h a s w o r k ed v e r y well so far and in another y e a r most of t h e sots and inebriates will be out of the corps." The honor of the corps is what we make it. Times change, and so do we and o u r views. Most girls re-m a r k on the dignity of V.M.I, dan-ces. Let's keep it that way. It takes something "super strong" like the H.C. to h a n d l e things like this." 'Any change which might reflect b a d l y on t h e c r e d i t or name or char- Motor Vehicles, the D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e Police, the Governor's High-t i o n s f r om t h e Old Cadets. The pro- j cess of selecting t h e candidates by j . . . . , , . , , ., way S a f e t y C o m m i t t e e and t h e Vir-a u d i t i o n has a l r e a d y begun, and the J J . .. ginia Road Builders Association. Colonel R. A. Marr, head of the VMI civil e n g i n e e r i n g school, is c h a i r m a n of the committee on in-v i t a t i o n s for t h e conference. Other committees are at work on hous-i n g plans, exhibits and displays of e q u i p m e n t . Club should be p r e p a r e d to begin i n t e n s i v e r e h e a r s a l s next week. Discovered among the New Ca-d e t s applicants was a pianist who, it is hoped, may take the placc of '48-B's C. R i c h a r d Eichhorn, w h o was g r a d u a t e d last J u n e . The discovery was 'Misto" G. T. Edwards, of F r a n k l i n , Virginia, whose flne tech-n i q u e will p e r h a p s be h e a r d in a solo selection d u r i n g some concerts. The Corps will p r o b a b l y be in-t e r e s t e d to l e a r n that t h e Glee Club p l a n s to do a good deal of home s i n g i n g this year with spccial se-l e c t i o n s In Crozet Hall f r om time to time. First Two Years ROTC Is Outlined Personalities This , Is the flrst of five articles which will deal w i t h courses t a u g ht a c t e r of t h e Corps reflects badly on ^ R Q T C D e p a r t m e n t . T h i? t h e honor of the corps.1 The Honor Court is not o p e r a t e d I a r t i c l e will deal with the courses t a u g h t to b o t h years of t h e Elemen-to please the corps. It is supposed t a r y T h e n e x t a r U d e w m d i s c u s3 to uphold the honor of the c o r p s ' , h e g u b J e c t a g . y e n tQ a U b r a n c h es and d r i n k i n g in my estimation does not reflect on a m a n ' s honor." "Our class officers w e r e put t h e re by us. We h a v e f a i t h in t h e i r j u d g e - ment. But, should they ever do a n y t h i n g we do not agree w i t h I'm s u r e they will listen to our opin-ions and act accordingly. They're doing it now, a r e n ' t htey?" "I t h i n k it should be h a n d l e d by t h e General Committee, and chang-ed f r om an Honor Court to a G. C. rule, with the six hour limit in- : I n d i v i d u a l W e a p o n s a n d s t e a d o f t h e t h r e e limit. As I see it, it is no more a b r e a c h of honor to of the Advanced. This will be fol-lowed by articles on the I n f a n t r y, Cavalry, Field A r t i l l e r y and Air Corps. The s u b j e c t s to be taught in flrst y e a r E l e m e n t a r y ROTC .that Is the f o u r t h class, are as follows: H o u r s M i l i t a r y Organization 8 Hygiene and First Aid 10 L e a d e r s h i p , D r i l l a n d Command E x e r c i s e 36 M a r k m a n s h i p 25 Maps and Aerial P h o t o g r a p h s 13 a t j e n d a dance u n d e r the influence N a t l o n a l D e t e n s e A c t a n d r O T C 4 of alcohol h e r e on the post t h a n a t , T h e s u b j e c t s t o b e t a u g h t t o t h e one off the post, as, I understand, w c l M g m c n t a k i n g t h e s e c( Is done f r e q u e n t l y ." C o n t i n u e d On Page 6 | (Continued On Page 2 ) I n our p e r s o n a l i t i e s spot we find none other than V.M.I.'s Captain A d j u t a n t W i l l i am B. May. Looking over Bill's past r e c o r d we find he m a t r i c u l a t e d in F e b r u r a y , 1945, a b r o t h e r rat of the class of 1949A. a f t e r graduating from Marshall High School w i t h the r a n k of First C a p t a i n . I n his t h i r d class year May was first r a n k i n g corporal of his class. As a 2A Bill w a s flrst s e r g e a n t f r om w h i c h he received the stripes of R e g i m e n t a l S e r g e a n t - M a j o r. Among his many achievements, such as P r e s i d e n t of his class since his rate year, we now find him P r e s i d e n t of both G. C. and Honor Court. v - Bill is one of the ancients who has been on a Corps trip, having made tho j a u n t to Richmond in 1945. D u r i n g the summer of 1947 ho h a d his summer camp t r a i n i n g in t h e Field A r t i l l e r y at Camp Camp-bell, Kentucky, p u t t i n g into prac-t i c e t h o t h e o r i e s w h i c h h e l e a r n e d In t h r e e years of M i l i t a r y Science at t h e I n s t i t u t e. Upon his g r a d u a t i o n the Insti-t u t e will lose another May, of w h i c h she may well be proud. We say a n o t h e r May, as Bill's brother was in t h e class of 1D40. We all hope that Bill will be as s u c e s s f u l at the Medical College of Virginia and in his d e n t a l c a r e er .is h e has been at V-M.I. |