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S l i c l t l l i j l C u k t T H E V . M . I . CADET, L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1945) Lnboshutz and Nemenoff, famous duo-pianists who will give a con-cert in '94 Hall on Saturday, Dec. 3rd at 8 p.m. under the auspices of the Rockbridge Concert-Theater Series. No tickets will be sold at the door, but each cadet whoh is a subscriber to the series is invited to bring a date to this concert free of charge. Keydet Clubs Plan Parties Over Holidays Like many of the clubs here at the Institute the Ambassador Club has not made any definite plans for a Christmas party. Since the Am-bassador Club is composed of cadets from the Washington, D. C. metro-politan area, it may combine with the Northern Virginia Club to celebrate the holidays. Parties, get-to-gethers, and just generally having a good time are all included in the Texas Club's activities for the holidays. Already the club has had a big banquet last Saturday night in Lex-ington before the dance. The guest speaker at the banquet was Col. B. S. Carroll. While in the big state the club has two separate parties planned. One will be in Dallas for all those in that vicinity and one in Houston for members living there. Neither of the parties have definite plans, but it is assured that both will be a success. There will also be sev-eral other small gatherings held. The Newman Club has several Christmas activities also planned before the holidays begin. They (Continued on Page 4) Washington and Lee Students Relate Impressions Of Institute To Reporters In various and sundry wanderings | about the W&L campus and fratern-ity houses connected with said in-stitution, it was found that the myth of the VMI-W&L rivalry is still considered a myth. From freshman to senior and fraternity man to non-fraternity man this seemed to be the consensus of opinion. It was also noted that the VMI Corps parade over W&L's anniversary made quite a good impression on said Minks. However, let's allow a fair cross-section of W&L students to speak for themselves: Tex St. Clair: VMI is a fine school. It's rough on freshmen. I Ray Sanchez: I do not like the rat system, and think it does more harm than good in some cases. I have seen one parade at VMI. Cap-tain Nichols, Captain Miller are two of the men I have known at VMI. Most girls knock themselves out to get to go to a VMI dance. I never gave VMI too much thought. W&L is tougher scholastically than VMI. VMI can't be too tough be-cause the cadets don't have any time to study. Even if the system was changed, the cadets wouldn't make the grades, in cer-tain cases anyway. Changing the system would break the spirit of don't feel I'd be cut out for the | VMI, and the very principle of the military myself. i school. Eugene Anderson: I think VMI is a good school, and I haven't ever missed a j^jade (especially when Tuck is there). The Rat system sounds too rough and inhuman. The best thing about the school is its spirit, which does good for all con-cerned, and is the main cause for Jack Crowder: The VMI bunch is a good one, but I don't know many. I admire them for putting aip with as much as they do. Dick Hynson: My cousin went there. Most of the boys enjoy go- I ing over to VMI to see the parades, there. A lot of us envy the VMI sets (dances). Really more of a i t h e corPs sti11 existing. The bad •sport than a rivalry between the ; t h i n g a b o u t t h e c a d e t s is t h e tyPe two schools as there are no rules here and strict rules at VMI (mili-tarism.) Henry Jones: VMI has a lot of good spirit. They go through a lot of hazing. Bob Johnson: I know a couple of boys whom I had gone to school with earlier, who went to VMI. I never gave any thought to the rivalry. Hugh Francis: I like the parades, and think a lot of the school. I ad-mire the students who go to a place like VMI and putting up with the lack of freedom they have to be confronted with. Tom Jacobs: I saw the reviews and parades last spring. They all | looked very good. The VMI cadets i are a great bunch, and are very I friendly. AU I hear is the one-sided I views about the rat system and I its bad points, so therefore I would I rather not express my opinion. I f do believe there should be more • intermixing, such as dances and Rother social events. I Dick Baker: I don't want to ex-press myself, but think it is a good •question. f John MoDorgh: I like the cadet ystem, but think the rat line is lot of baloney. I do not see why ne human being has to take that ind of treatment from another. Human beings weren't made for that sort of thing. The longer a cadet stays at VMI, the more he becomes wrapped up in the tradi-tion of the school and the more he becomes aloof. Some of the cadets are polite, but a lot have an entirely different attitude and are hard to tell about. The parades at VMI are beautiful and I think perhaps some of the cadets them-selves enjoy them. The biggest ob- . Jection is the too infrequent chan-ges to obtain leave and get out of the Institute. will do the same thing. It destroys their personal initiative a little but after it is all over they are proud of the fact that they made it through. All of the cadets know it takes a lot to make it. The out-siders don't know much, and all their opinions are formed by hear-say the rivalry propaganda and there is no evidence of ill feeling at all. VMI is a damn good school and rates high academically. I wouldn't like to have four more years but in complete accord with policy. I know Johnny Lane, Rudy White. I know a dozen boys from Johnny's section. John Joyce: I met some awful YMI Glee Club Record Album To Come Soon BY R. L. DALRYMPLE One of the most outstanding features of the record album to be placed on sale in Barracks soon by the Glee Club is an entirely new arrangement of the VMI Spirit. This arrangement features I choral introduction followed by double rendition of the chorus, I first in unison and then in har- J mony. All those who have heard the record feel that it will be I considered the finest record of our school song in existence. There are a few interesting side- [ lights to the recording of this record. It was not made under what might be termed completely favorable conditions, as the re-cording of the Spirit was one of the first on the schedule at the Glee Club recording session at the RCA Victor studios in New York City. Virtually everyone had been studying New York night life the evening before, and, as one cadet was prompted to re-mark, "the over-hang was some-thing awful." Add to this the fact that the new arrangement has some rather difficult chords, and you can imagine the difficulty en-countered in making a good record. After numerous tries, two record-ings were chosen, and, thanks to the miracle of modern tape-re-cording, parts of each were com-bined to make one acceptable record. Samples to be Played Before very long, now, the cadets will have an opportunity to hear the Glee Club records. Samples are due to arrive very soon, and arrangements have been made to play them on the various local disc-jockey programs and in bar-racks. The manufacturer has set the tenth of December as an ap-proximate date of arrival of the albums themselves, and they will Dischinger To Deliver 50-A Valedictory Speech At January Graduation Popular Band Record Crowd Feature Hops BY MACK BLACKWELL, Jr. The "Favorites of Millions,' Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, were this weekend, one of the most successful dance bands ever to play a VMI Hop if one uses as a standard the tremendous number of people who attended the hops and the enthusiastic re-ception given the band by the dancers. The exquisite decorations of the gym, the beautiful figure presented by the class of 1951, and the very danceable music of Glen ( Gray's orchestra combined to make what was held to be one of the most pleasing weekends at the In-stitute in recent years. Music Weil-Timed It seemed as if Glen Gray was using a crystal ball to select the music he played. Just at the moment everyone wanted to \valtz, he would play a waltz medley. When the dancers felt the urge to rumba, a rumba would be thc next selection. But, far and above the other selections, were the many smooth ballads featured by the Casa Loma musicians. In an inter-view Saturday night, Mr. Gray said, "I'm trying to play the kind of music people can not only dance to, but listen to, also. You might H. C. DISCHINGER be distributed to those who have cal1 i l "Hotel Music." Well, what-ordered them as soon after their e v e r t y p c of music Mr. Gray pre-arrival as possible. * ~ The recording session in itself was a new experience for most of the members of the Club. AJ though many records have been sents, it's obviously very popular at VMI—the enthusiastic reception given him is proof enough. Top-Flight Musicians Spark Band Much of the success of the Casa nice guys at VMI. I almost went , m a d e b y t h e c , u b b e f o r 6 i b o t h at | L o m a o r c h e s t r a h i n g e s o n t h e f a ct of things going on after finals. Three ash cans of bottles from one house is a sign of a total mess. I know a few VMI boys and I think they are swell fellows. Cadets are less friendly on their own campus Bill Bailey: VMI is a fine school and I like it a lot. As I went to a military prep school. I suppose that is the main reason. The parades display the reason for drill periods in the afternoons and the result of same. The rat system has a pur-pose, but it is getting outdated and modified too much. I know two or three boys from Greenbrier Mili-tary School who have told me of the rat system at present, and what they think about it. Jack Anderson: The school is all right. The rat system in my opinion is no good and I know that a lot of l}oys would stay at VMI if it was not in existence. The rat system places too many regulations on new cadets, not allowing the rat to think for himself enough, be-cause of narrow views. I think the cadets, all of them, should have more freedom in and around the school. VMI is strictly Army mind-ed now so should let the cadets make decisions for themselves. Some of the fellows at the school are nice regardless of the circumstances. B.B. Albert: The boys at VMI are a good bunch of guys and I like them very much. If Armv played anybody but VMI they'd run the score to 90-0. I have to kill a barrel now so can't say much. Dick Carden: The rat system has its advantages if not carried too far. The idea of a militarv colleee is excellent. The rat system should be carried on but not to the ex-the Institute and on trips, none of | that every musician in the band them were made in quite so pro-fessional a setting as the lavishly equipped Victor Studios. These studios, in which are made virtu-ally all of the RCA Victor popular records are equipped with the latest in recording equipment and designed in such a manner that the acoustics are almost perfect. Steinway Concert Grand pianos, organs, celestes, and all sorts of heavy orchestral instruments line the walls, which are of the latest multi-cylindrical c o n s t r u c t i o n. Everyone was impressed by the high degree of professional ef-ficiency demonstrated by the re-cording engineers, whose expert-ness did much to lighten the gruel-ing five hour session. The Club's high spirits were shown by spon-taneous cheering upon the com-pletion of a good recording, al-though it must be admitted that towards the end of the session there were not a few sighs of re lief mingling with the cheers. to a military school myself. Jim Turk: The rat system is lack-ing at W&L. It is the best way to get acquainted with the people at the school, if not carried too far. The spirit and the football record at VMI go together and compose an impressive record. Don Peterson: The rat system is being played up too much. It can't be as bad as it sounds to be. Tom Andrews: Although he doesn't see too much of VMI, he thinks it is a good school with a good bunch of boys in it. A lot of good athletes would go out at VMI if the rat system were better. The rat system needs more school spirit in it, and behind it, to carry on pro-perly. Then the rats wouldn't hate it and the school so much. John Martin: I have nothing against the school itself other than it is not a good means of education. Too much time is spent on the military life there. The cadets as a whole are good fellows. Jim Taylor: The VMI cadets are a fine bunch of boys, and good party boys, too. The only thing, they don't get drunk enough with us. The rat line in practice now is a bunch of bull; I went through one myself. VMI should open up dances and should get together with W&L on one good dance per year. The uniforms are pretty, and so are the parades. Tom Moore: I don't know much about the corps, and am indifferent about the whole thing. Mason Robertson: I think VMI is a good school with some fine people enrolled there. My own father went to VMI but I can't see myself going to a military school In some respects, a school such as VMI places a greater sense of res-ponsibility on the individual. Henry Stern: I get to go to VMI about twice a week but haven't seen too many parades. The Mem-orial Day parade was very im- his interest in ridnig Captain Gil-pressive and colorful. One objection liam is helping organize a riding is that I hardly ever get to see club at VMI now. a master of his chosen instrument. No single section of the band could be pointed out as the "best," but two musicians could be pointed out as slightly terrific. They are Mr "Fats" Daniels on clarinet and Mi Bill Moore on trumpet. Bill Moore leads the brass section and "Fats" heads the reed section. Both eve-nings, intent listeners stood around the badstand listening and watch-ing the Casa Lomians perform in a style which only their band can claim. Some of the best-received arrangements played by Glen Gray were: "Lucky 'Ol Sun," "Through a Long and Sleepless Night," "No Name Jive," and "Clare de Lune." Mr. Gray's excellent music style is not recognized at VMI alone. A certain reliable source says that he is to play for the W&L "Fancy Dress" Ball. Capt. Gilliam Returns Here As Instructor BY JOHN R. TAYLOR, Jr. This year Captain B. McC. Gilliam returned to his alma mater after an absence of nine years as an in-structor in the economics depart-ment and as a tactical officer Captain Gilliam was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he attended Virginia Epis-copal School. After his graduation there Captain Gilliam entered VMI in the class of 1940. He was editor of the Bomb during his flrst class year. He was liberal artists—there being no set major then. During his cadetship Captain Gilliam was particularly interested in riding, a hobby he still continues. Due to Select Popular Civilian Livil, Air Force Yet The Class of 1950-A recently elected Hugh Charles Dischinger of Gloucester, Virginia to deliver their class valedictory address at the graduation ceremonies, which will be held on Saturday, January 28. 1950. Hugh, habitually referred to as "Dish" by his classmates, spent one and a half years at the In-stitute before going into service, and after he came back, he was in the corps until June 48, when he decided to complete the remainder of his work as a civilian student. A member of the Brother Rat Class of 1945, he matriculated in Sep-tember, 1941, two months before that disastrous December Sunday that was to affect drastically his college career. Made Corporal As a rat, "Dish" played rat foot-ball, participated in all intra-murals, and planned to be an elec-trical engineer. Also he was "run-ning" enough to win corporal stripes his third class year. He finished his second year first term before he was called, in one of the first groups of the Enlisted Re-serve Corps to be called to active duty. He left after mid-term, 1943. After being called to active duty, "Dish" eventually became a fighter pilot in the Air Corps, and attained the rank of captain. After three years and eight months of service, including nineteen months overseas, he was discharged and returned to the Institute in Feb-fruary 1947. as a third classman Stein G C Va with the academic class of 1950-A. Whitehurst W A Va After coming back, he switched his course from electrical to civil. Prominent in ASCE i As a civil engineer, he has been | active in the ASCE. being elected assistant secretary his third class 1950-B's Head Men In Recent Honor Rating 1. HONOR LIST: The following cadets comprise the honor list for the period ending 12 November 1949. having an average of 9.00 or more on all topics of instruction and conduct records not impaired by excessive demerits: First Class, Second Term Dischinger M C Va Dresser W C Va Hamner H D Jr Va Naschold E T Jr Pa Quisenberry E L III Va Ripley J G Va Shufflebarger C L Va Va W Va Va First Class, First Term Brooke R L Buchanan W J Burckell T J Burwell E B Va Butler J E Va Coffman G S W Va Costello F A Jr W Va Coupland R C Jr DC Davis C C Pa Davis J G Va Eva TV NY Fisher E Jr Mass Fleming D W Conn Flippen J H Jr Va Galliher C L Jr Tenn (Continued On Page 2) year and vice-president in his sec-ond class year. At the present time he is the executive officer of that organization. As a returned veteran, Hugh has made a record that helps support the contention that returned vet-erans are serious students. He has won academic stars something since he returned, which he now has no opportunity to wear, as a result of being a civilian student (Continued On Page 4) many of my old friends at VMI because of the restrictions there. treme. and should be handled by 1 l'ke the new lounge at barracks, mature men rather than guvs who where a strong sense of comrade-merelv lose their heads. The rats s^ip is found. As for the rat sys-b— like hell, but next year thev (Continued On Page 4) During the war Captain Gilliam saw duty in the European theater, for he was in the Intelligence Branch of the 29th Division for three years. He entered Berlin with (Continued on Page 4) Roanoke Trip Features Y.P.I. Tribute At Half The corps trip to Roanoke on Thanksgiving Day touched off a weekend of social events for cadets, their dates, and parents. The high point of the trip was. of course, the "Military Classic of the South" in which the Big Red Team battled VPI's Gobblers to a 28-28 tie. The game had all of the color for which it is traditionally noted. The pre-game ceremonies included regimental reviews by both corps and ended with a meeting of the two staffs in the middle of the field, at which time VMI flrst cap-tain W. J. Buchanan returned the pamphlets which had been dropped over VMI the day before. The turned back capes added somewhat to the colorful appearances and also to the distinction of the cadet stand on both sides. Tech Band Good Tech's main contribution to the game's attractions were the well-trained band and the designs formed with their white hats. Three formations were made in this manner, the white hats stand-ing out against the background of Continued on Page 2 Curley Powell squeaks over for the tying touchdown in the closing minutes of Thursday's game to make score read 28-28 after Keydets had passed and bulled their way to the Tech six-yard stripe. (Photo Coartesy of Roanoke World-News)
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Title | VMI Cadet. November 28, 1949 |
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Full Text Search | S l i c l t l l i j l C u k t T H E V . M . I . CADET, L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1945) Lnboshutz and Nemenoff, famous duo-pianists who will give a con-cert in '94 Hall on Saturday, Dec. 3rd at 8 p.m. under the auspices of the Rockbridge Concert-Theater Series. No tickets will be sold at the door, but each cadet whoh is a subscriber to the series is invited to bring a date to this concert free of charge. Keydet Clubs Plan Parties Over Holidays Like many of the clubs here at the Institute the Ambassador Club has not made any definite plans for a Christmas party. Since the Am-bassador Club is composed of cadets from the Washington, D. C. metro-politan area, it may combine with the Northern Virginia Club to celebrate the holidays. Parties, get-to-gethers, and just generally having a good time are all included in the Texas Club's activities for the holidays. Already the club has had a big banquet last Saturday night in Lex-ington before the dance. The guest speaker at the banquet was Col. B. S. Carroll. While in the big state the club has two separate parties planned. One will be in Dallas for all those in that vicinity and one in Houston for members living there. Neither of the parties have definite plans, but it is assured that both will be a success. There will also be sev-eral other small gatherings held. The Newman Club has several Christmas activities also planned before the holidays begin. They (Continued on Page 4) Washington and Lee Students Relate Impressions Of Institute To Reporters In various and sundry wanderings | about the W&L campus and fratern-ity houses connected with said in-stitution, it was found that the myth of the VMI-W&L rivalry is still considered a myth. From freshman to senior and fraternity man to non-fraternity man this seemed to be the consensus of opinion. It was also noted that the VMI Corps parade over W&L's anniversary made quite a good impression on said Minks. However, let's allow a fair cross-section of W&L students to speak for themselves: Tex St. Clair: VMI is a fine school. It's rough on freshmen. I Ray Sanchez: I do not like the rat system, and think it does more harm than good in some cases. I have seen one parade at VMI. Cap-tain Nichols, Captain Miller are two of the men I have known at VMI. Most girls knock themselves out to get to go to a VMI dance. I never gave VMI too much thought. W&L is tougher scholastically than VMI. VMI can't be too tough be-cause the cadets don't have any time to study. Even if the system was changed, the cadets wouldn't make the grades, in cer-tain cases anyway. Changing the system would break the spirit of don't feel I'd be cut out for the | VMI, and the very principle of the military myself. i school. Eugene Anderson: I think VMI is a good school, and I haven't ever missed a j^jade (especially when Tuck is there). The Rat system sounds too rough and inhuman. The best thing about the school is its spirit, which does good for all con-cerned, and is the main cause for Jack Crowder: The VMI bunch is a good one, but I don't know many. I admire them for putting aip with as much as they do. Dick Hynson: My cousin went there. Most of the boys enjoy go- I ing over to VMI to see the parades, there. A lot of us envy the VMI sets (dances). Really more of a i t h e corPs sti11 existing. The bad •sport than a rivalry between the ; t h i n g a b o u t t h e c a d e t s is t h e tyPe two schools as there are no rules here and strict rules at VMI (mili-tarism.) Henry Jones: VMI has a lot of good spirit. They go through a lot of hazing. Bob Johnson: I know a couple of boys whom I had gone to school with earlier, who went to VMI. I never gave any thought to the rivalry. Hugh Francis: I like the parades, and think a lot of the school. I ad-mire the students who go to a place like VMI and putting up with the lack of freedom they have to be confronted with. Tom Jacobs: I saw the reviews and parades last spring. They all | looked very good. The VMI cadets i are a great bunch, and are very I friendly. AU I hear is the one-sided I views about the rat system and I its bad points, so therefore I would I rather not express my opinion. I f do believe there should be more • intermixing, such as dances and Rother social events. I Dick Baker: I don't want to ex-press myself, but think it is a good •question. f John MoDorgh: I like the cadet ystem, but think the rat line is lot of baloney. I do not see why ne human being has to take that ind of treatment from another. Human beings weren't made for that sort of thing. The longer a cadet stays at VMI, the more he becomes wrapped up in the tradi-tion of the school and the more he becomes aloof. Some of the cadets are polite, but a lot have an entirely different attitude and are hard to tell about. The parades at VMI are beautiful and I think perhaps some of the cadets them-selves enjoy them. The biggest ob- . Jection is the too infrequent chan-ges to obtain leave and get out of the Institute. will do the same thing. It destroys their personal initiative a little but after it is all over they are proud of the fact that they made it through. All of the cadets know it takes a lot to make it. The out-siders don't know much, and all their opinions are formed by hear-say the rivalry propaganda and there is no evidence of ill feeling at all. VMI is a damn good school and rates high academically. I wouldn't like to have four more years but in complete accord with policy. I know Johnny Lane, Rudy White. I know a dozen boys from Johnny's section. John Joyce: I met some awful YMI Glee Club Record Album To Come Soon BY R. L. DALRYMPLE One of the most outstanding features of the record album to be placed on sale in Barracks soon by the Glee Club is an entirely new arrangement of the VMI Spirit. This arrangement features I choral introduction followed by double rendition of the chorus, I first in unison and then in har- J mony. All those who have heard the record feel that it will be I considered the finest record of our school song in existence. There are a few interesting side- [ lights to the recording of this record. It was not made under what might be termed completely favorable conditions, as the re-cording of the Spirit was one of the first on the schedule at the Glee Club recording session at the RCA Victor studios in New York City. Virtually everyone had been studying New York night life the evening before, and, as one cadet was prompted to re-mark, "the over-hang was some-thing awful." Add to this the fact that the new arrangement has some rather difficult chords, and you can imagine the difficulty en-countered in making a good record. After numerous tries, two record-ings were chosen, and, thanks to the miracle of modern tape-re-cording, parts of each were com-bined to make one acceptable record. Samples to be Played Before very long, now, the cadets will have an opportunity to hear the Glee Club records. Samples are due to arrive very soon, and arrangements have been made to play them on the various local disc-jockey programs and in bar-racks. The manufacturer has set the tenth of December as an ap-proximate date of arrival of the albums themselves, and they will Dischinger To Deliver 50-A Valedictory Speech At January Graduation Popular Band Record Crowd Feature Hops BY MACK BLACKWELL, Jr. The "Favorites of Millions,' Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, were this weekend, one of the most successful dance bands ever to play a VMI Hop if one uses as a standard the tremendous number of people who attended the hops and the enthusiastic re-ception given the band by the dancers. The exquisite decorations of the gym, the beautiful figure presented by the class of 1951, and the very danceable music of Glen ( Gray's orchestra combined to make what was held to be one of the most pleasing weekends at the In-stitute in recent years. Music Weil-Timed It seemed as if Glen Gray was using a crystal ball to select the music he played. Just at the moment everyone wanted to \valtz, he would play a waltz medley. When the dancers felt the urge to rumba, a rumba would be thc next selection. But, far and above the other selections, were the many smooth ballads featured by the Casa Loma musicians. In an inter-view Saturday night, Mr. Gray said, "I'm trying to play the kind of music people can not only dance to, but listen to, also. You might H. C. DISCHINGER be distributed to those who have cal1 i l "Hotel Music." Well, what-ordered them as soon after their e v e r t y p c of music Mr. Gray pre-arrival as possible. * ~ The recording session in itself was a new experience for most of the members of the Club. AJ though many records have been sents, it's obviously very popular at VMI—the enthusiastic reception given him is proof enough. Top-Flight Musicians Spark Band Much of the success of the Casa nice guys at VMI. I almost went , m a d e b y t h e c , u b b e f o r 6 i b o t h at | L o m a o r c h e s t r a h i n g e s o n t h e f a ct of things going on after finals. Three ash cans of bottles from one house is a sign of a total mess. I know a few VMI boys and I think they are swell fellows. Cadets are less friendly on their own campus Bill Bailey: VMI is a fine school and I like it a lot. As I went to a military prep school. I suppose that is the main reason. The parades display the reason for drill periods in the afternoons and the result of same. The rat system has a pur-pose, but it is getting outdated and modified too much. I know two or three boys from Greenbrier Mili-tary School who have told me of the rat system at present, and what they think about it. Jack Anderson: The school is all right. The rat system in my opinion is no good and I know that a lot of l}oys would stay at VMI if it was not in existence. The rat system places too many regulations on new cadets, not allowing the rat to think for himself enough, be-cause of narrow views. I think the cadets, all of them, should have more freedom in and around the school. VMI is strictly Army mind-ed now so should let the cadets make decisions for themselves. Some of the fellows at the school are nice regardless of the circumstances. B.B. Albert: The boys at VMI are a good bunch of guys and I like them very much. If Armv played anybody but VMI they'd run the score to 90-0. I have to kill a barrel now so can't say much. Dick Carden: The rat system has its advantages if not carried too far. The idea of a militarv colleee is excellent. The rat system should be carried on but not to the ex-the Institute and on trips, none of | that every musician in the band them were made in quite so pro-fessional a setting as the lavishly equipped Victor Studios. These studios, in which are made virtu-ally all of the RCA Victor popular records are equipped with the latest in recording equipment and designed in such a manner that the acoustics are almost perfect. Steinway Concert Grand pianos, organs, celestes, and all sorts of heavy orchestral instruments line the walls, which are of the latest multi-cylindrical c o n s t r u c t i o n. Everyone was impressed by the high degree of professional ef-ficiency demonstrated by the re-cording engineers, whose expert-ness did much to lighten the gruel-ing five hour session. The Club's high spirits were shown by spon-taneous cheering upon the com-pletion of a good recording, al-though it must be admitted that towards the end of the session there were not a few sighs of re lief mingling with the cheers. to a military school myself. Jim Turk: The rat system is lack-ing at W&L. It is the best way to get acquainted with the people at the school, if not carried too far. The spirit and the football record at VMI go together and compose an impressive record. Don Peterson: The rat system is being played up too much. It can't be as bad as it sounds to be. Tom Andrews: Although he doesn't see too much of VMI, he thinks it is a good school with a good bunch of boys in it. A lot of good athletes would go out at VMI if the rat system were better. The rat system needs more school spirit in it, and behind it, to carry on pro-perly. Then the rats wouldn't hate it and the school so much. John Martin: I have nothing against the school itself other than it is not a good means of education. Too much time is spent on the military life there. The cadets as a whole are good fellows. Jim Taylor: The VMI cadets are a fine bunch of boys, and good party boys, too. The only thing, they don't get drunk enough with us. The rat line in practice now is a bunch of bull; I went through one myself. VMI should open up dances and should get together with W&L on one good dance per year. The uniforms are pretty, and so are the parades. Tom Moore: I don't know much about the corps, and am indifferent about the whole thing. Mason Robertson: I think VMI is a good school with some fine people enrolled there. My own father went to VMI but I can't see myself going to a military school In some respects, a school such as VMI places a greater sense of res-ponsibility on the individual. Henry Stern: I get to go to VMI about twice a week but haven't seen too many parades. The Mem-orial Day parade was very im- his interest in ridnig Captain Gil-pressive and colorful. One objection liam is helping organize a riding is that I hardly ever get to see club at VMI now. a master of his chosen instrument. No single section of the band could be pointed out as the "best," but two musicians could be pointed out as slightly terrific. They are Mr "Fats" Daniels on clarinet and Mi Bill Moore on trumpet. Bill Moore leads the brass section and "Fats" heads the reed section. Both eve-nings, intent listeners stood around the badstand listening and watch-ing the Casa Lomians perform in a style which only their band can claim. Some of the best-received arrangements played by Glen Gray were: "Lucky 'Ol Sun," "Through a Long and Sleepless Night," "No Name Jive," and "Clare de Lune." Mr. Gray's excellent music style is not recognized at VMI alone. A certain reliable source says that he is to play for the W&L "Fancy Dress" Ball. Capt. Gilliam Returns Here As Instructor BY JOHN R. TAYLOR, Jr. This year Captain B. McC. Gilliam returned to his alma mater after an absence of nine years as an in-structor in the economics depart-ment and as a tactical officer Captain Gilliam was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he attended Virginia Epis-copal School. After his graduation there Captain Gilliam entered VMI in the class of 1940. He was editor of the Bomb during his flrst class year. He was liberal artists—there being no set major then. During his cadetship Captain Gilliam was particularly interested in riding, a hobby he still continues. Due to Select Popular Civilian Livil, Air Force Yet The Class of 1950-A recently elected Hugh Charles Dischinger of Gloucester, Virginia to deliver their class valedictory address at the graduation ceremonies, which will be held on Saturday, January 28. 1950. Hugh, habitually referred to as "Dish" by his classmates, spent one and a half years at the In-stitute before going into service, and after he came back, he was in the corps until June 48, when he decided to complete the remainder of his work as a civilian student. A member of the Brother Rat Class of 1945, he matriculated in Sep-tember, 1941, two months before that disastrous December Sunday that was to affect drastically his college career. Made Corporal As a rat, "Dish" played rat foot-ball, participated in all intra-murals, and planned to be an elec-trical engineer. Also he was "run-ning" enough to win corporal stripes his third class year. He finished his second year first term before he was called, in one of the first groups of the Enlisted Re-serve Corps to be called to active duty. He left after mid-term, 1943. After being called to active duty, "Dish" eventually became a fighter pilot in the Air Corps, and attained the rank of captain. After three years and eight months of service, including nineteen months overseas, he was discharged and returned to the Institute in Feb-fruary 1947. as a third classman Stein G C Va with the academic class of 1950-A. Whitehurst W A Va After coming back, he switched his course from electrical to civil. Prominent in ASCE i As a civil engineer, he has been | active in the ASCE. being elected assistant secretary his third class 1950-B's Head Men In Recent Honor Rating 1. HONOR LIST: The following cadets comprise the honor list for the period ending 12 November 1949. having an average of 9.00 or more on all topics of instruction and conduct records not impaired by excessive demerits: First Class, Second Term Dischinger M C Va Dresser W C Va Hamner H D Jr Va Naschold E T Jr Pa Quisenberry E L III Va Ripley J G Va Shufflebarger C L Va Va W Va Va First Class, First Term Brooke R L Buchanan W J Burckell T J Burwell E B Va Butler J E Va Coffman G S W Va Costello F A Jr W Va Coupland R C Jr DC Davis C C Pa Davis J G Va Eva TV NY Fisher E Jr Mass Fleming D W Conn Flippen J H Jr Va Galliher C L Jr Tenn (Continued On Page 2) year and vice-president in his sec-ond class year. At the present time he is the executive officer of that organization. As a returned veteran, Hugh has made a record that helps support the contention that returned vet-erans are serious students. He has won academic stars something since he returned, which he now has no opportunity to wear, as a result of being a civilian student (Continued On Page 4) many of my old friends at VMI because of the restrictions there. treme. and should be handled by 1 l'ke the new lounge at barracks, mature men rather than guvs who where a strong sense of comrade-merelv lose their heads. The rats s^ip is found. As for the rat sys-b— like hell, but next year thev (Continued On Page 4) During the war Captain Gilliam saw duty in the European theater, for he was in the Intelligence Branch of the 29th Division for three years. He entered Berlin with (Continued on Page 4) Roanoke Trip Features Y.P.I. Tribute At Half The corps trip to Roanoke on Thanksgiving Day touched off a weekend of social events for cadets, their dates, and parents. The high point of the trip was. of course, the "Military Classic of the South" in which the Big Red Team battled VPI's Gobblers to a 28-28 tie. The game had all of the color for which it is traditionally noted. The pre-game ceremonies included regimental reviews by both corps and ended with a meeting of the two staffs in the middle of the field, at which time VMI flrst cap-tain W. J. Buchanan returned the pamphlets which had been dropped over VMI the day before. The turned back capes added somewhat to the colorful appearances and also to the distinction of the cadet stand on both sides. Tech Band Good Tech's main contribution to the game's attractions were the well-trained band and the designs formed with their white hats. Three formations were made in this manner, the white hats stand-ing out against the background of Continued on Page 2 Curley Powell squeaks over for the tying touchdown in the closing minutes of Thursday's game to make score read 28-28 after Keydets had passed and bulled their way to the Tech six-yard stripe. (Photo Coartesy of Roanoke World-News) |