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MERRY CHRISTMAS jteMjytogt HAPPY NEW YEAR VOLUME XLII VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 17, 1951 NUMBER 13 I M W W M I W W W I I I W ^ ^ Christmas Message To The Corps of Cadets: 8 December 1951 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to each of you! The time has arrived for a break in your intensive study and training. Have a good time at home with your families. Many of our recent graduates are having a rough time in Korea. I hope they may soon have it easier and that you will not have to undergo that hardship. The only way to avoid it is for us to train and arm to the point were our country is highly respected. So en-joy this holiday and come back with renewed determi-nation to be as efficient a citizen and soldier as you are capable of being. Be careful going home and returning. R. J. MARSHALL, Superintendent A LETTER TO SANTA Walking back down Letcher i fit the purpose nicely. Avenue last week after seeing the willy Gilly wants a pin for best Hollywood version of life in a ] instructed O.D., and while you're Large Chorus Sings 'Messiah9 In Lexington Sunday afternoon at the Pres-byterian Church Handel's "Mes-siah" was given by a chorus of 130 voices with two soloists. Helen Wood of Lynchburg, a student of Giuseppe Beghetti, who taught Helen Traubel and Marian Ander-son, was the soprano soloist. She has had a wide experience in opera, concert, oratorio, and radio, making her opera debut in New York in 1950. Mrs. Wood has ap-peared with this group for the past few years, and during this fall she has been featured as the soloist in concerts sponsored by the Williamsburg Restoration. Col. F. H. Barksdale, the execu-tive officer at VMI, was the tenor soloist. He has been active in music in Lexington for many years. The chorus was composed of church choirs of Lexington and the glee clubs of Washington and Lee and the Lexington High School. The. organist was Theodore Henzel. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Henzel is a newcomer to Lex-ington. He studied at the Phila-delphia Musical Academy, later re-ceiving his degree of Bachelor of Music from Westminster Choir at Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Henzel is now the music director at the Court Street Methodist Church in Lynchburg. There was a large crowd in at-tendance and the program was broadcast over WREL. Commanders Will Play for Corps In Concert Tuesday Tomorrow night promises to be an eventful one in the realm of entertainment with the Glee Club concert and the VMI-Maryland basketball game providing two parts of a varied program for the corps and visitors. Another event has been planned for the hour be-tween nine and ten o'clock prior to the Glee Club concert. This is the program to be given by the VMI Commanders. Under the direction of Teddy Benson, the VMI dance band has scheduled a program of Christmas songs mixed with several popular and novelty numbers. Among the list of songs are: "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas," "Blue Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and Glenn Miller's ar-rangement of "Jingle Bells." Vo-cals will be performed by Joe Car-ney, and Benson has anonunced that the band may play a number with "Little John" Knapp dancing the Charleston. On the popular side of the ledger will be another (Continued On Page 2) Eighty Members Of Cadre Leave Early on Furlough Approximately 80 members of the new gadet cadre, who reported five days early in the beginning of the Fall term to aid in the train-ing of the new cadets, left the Institute at Dinner Roll Call on Saturday to begin Christmas Fur-lough. This extra five days of vacation was allotted by the Super-intendent in order to compensate for those days lost due to their early return in the Fall. On September the fourth a Cadre of cadet officers returned to the Insitute to take charge of the year's crop of rats. The "New Cadets" seemed to require a com-plete change in clothing, a matter of donning the "tailored" coveralls and discarding the "civies." The first few days were devoted to clothing these men in coveralls and outfitting them with the es-sentials of military life. Since the essentials didn't work by themselves, it was necessary to "drill" a few hours to acquaint the men with their new posse-sions. From the nucleus of the few officers of the cadre was soon formed a battlion of rats who with a few exceptions were ready moving firetrap, or let's go Armor, I chanced to see a letter lying on the sidewalk. Being a good news-man I picked it up and looked at the address . To my pleasant surprise it was addressed to "Santa Claus, The North Pole." Just for curiosity I opened it up and found it was from a little boy about eight years old. The first part of the letter was what one would expect from a progressive youngester of today, he wanted an Elite Atom Smasher so he could blow up the school house, a pet cobra, Ava Gardner, and a few other odds and ends. But then I came to a few paragraphs that amazed even a four year vete-ran of Marshall's Moron Manna. It read: "You know, Santa, al-though everyone tells me I'm not very bright, I want to go to VMI when I get old enough; and so I'd like you to answer a few of the boys' wishes there. I've heard them and some of their officers wishing for thing; I thought may be you could help them. To begin with, Poo Berke wants a new type of stripes to show that he's Battalion S-3 and not just any old second lieutenant. I think because of the nature of his job, a couple of phallic sym-bols under three stripes would at it, Hose Nose Moore would like one too. Both these boys are very popular because of their de-votion to duty, so it would be nice to do something to (I mean for) them. Bill Myers wants a pet elephant so he won't feel so self conscious, and Jimmy Sartor wants some webbing for his feet. Red Ger-detz wants a punching bag, and Scurvy Patton could use a new T-shirt. Col. Barksdale would like new disapproved stamp to replace his old one. It's been used so many times this year that every now and then the "dis" doesn't show. Major Dobyns could use a pair of felt shoes and a black light flash-light. Most everyone in the corps want the Commandant to get a set of stars so he can stop work-ing for them, and they also want a griddle, at least they said some-thing about wanting to fry pan-cakes, I think. There was one last request, that maybe you'll understand. I never heard of one before, but if you've got any spare Ollies around, Santa, that's what the corps really wants." Sonny, I can only add A-men! ! Christmas Letter to The Corps You stand on the threshold of the Christmas sea-son with all its joys and holiday festivities. Remember these blessings are yours because some nineteen hundred years ago a man in Palestine took a stand for what he believed was right. Because of what that man stood for, much of the entire world today recognizes Christmas as a time not only for joyous celebration, but a time of re-dedication to the Better Values in Life. Everywhere we look there \ is at once apparent the need for men who set their f standards high and live up to them. ; It is my hope that in these troubled times each man \ in the Corps will use a part of his Christmas furlough ( to ponder what he can do during 1952 to make a better j contribution to his friends, his school and his country, ) and return in January not only with pleasant memories \ of the Yuletide, but also a firm resolve for an ever-improving performance in the New Year. If this be done by every man, VMI in 1952 will show to both her friends and her critics the Finest Corps of them all. May each of you have a wonderful Christmas Holi-day. FRANK R. PANCAKE, Colonel, USAF Commandant of Cadets. Glee Club's Christmas Concert Features Carols by Octet, Solos By Witt, Long, Moise and Miller The annual Christmas carol program of the VMI Glee Club will presented at 10 o'clock on the night of Tuesday, 18 December. Including renditions by soloists, a quartet, and the entire club; the event will last approximately 45 minutes and will be attended by the families and guests of cadets as well as Institute officers and citizens of Lexington. Wearing overcoats with turned-back capes, the club will stand on a platform located in the North-east corner of the court-yard. Guests will be seated on the first stoop while cadets will be situated on all stoops facing the singers. A group of eight "Carolers" for entrance into old cadet com-' com® !n t h r o u g h Washington Arch and sing a group of seasonal ballads with a groups of decorated windows on the first stoop as a panies on their return from sum-mer furlough on September the tenth. The Superintendent issued the following commendation to the men of the cadre. "I would like to take this opport-unity to commend the excellent work accomplished by you and members of the New Cadet Cadre during the period 5 through 10 September 1951, and the subse-quent period in which the new cadets were organized as a sepa-rate battlion." "The largest entering class in history of the Institute was pro-cessed in an efficient and busi-nesslike manner. The four hun-dred and three new cadets were quickly indoctrinated into our com-plex pattern of barracks life, early became proficient in close-order drill, and were outfitted on sche-dule with the accoutrements necessary for daily life at V.M.I. The many phases to be completed left little time for your personal relaxation, but not once did you fail to respond if a project was required after the usual working hours.'" "Because of your unswerving de-votion to duty and your desire to do a thorough job, the processing period passed quickly and smooth-ly without the usual delays and changes that are so often incident to a program of such magnitude." "With the organization of the New Cadet Battalion you continu-ed your good work in a manner which has resulted in excellent | (Continued On Page 2) background. The group will sing " It Came Upon The Midnight Clear," "Adeste Trideles," and "O Come all Ye Faithful." Bob Mod-jeski will accompany the octet with his oboe. Larry Moise, tenor, backed by the glee club, will sing the solo part for "O Holy Night", while Bob Modjeski will provide the oboe solo for the glee club's pre-sentation of "Lo, How a 'Ere Blooming". Two drinking songs are planned, one of which will be the "Glouchestershire Wassail" with a solo by Dave Howard, bass. A second song, "The Boar's Head", will feature a solo by Luke Witt, tenor. The entire groups will ren-der "Adoramos Te Christe," a La-tin carol, and "Good King Wen-siscos, a seasonal ballad. The songs to be presented dur-ing the evening, in order of their rendition, are: "Deck The Halls," "The First Noel," "Wassail," "Jingle Bells." "Boar's Head," "Gloria Patri," "0 Holy Night," "Lo How A Rose 'Ere Blooming," "Adoramus Te Christus," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Good King Wenceslas," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Silent Night." Tyler Miller will sing the solo part for "Go Tell It on the Mountain" while "Silent Night" will feature a solo by Charley Long. Members of the "carolers" octet include: Larry Moise, Char-ley Long, Luke Witt, Dan Diamond-idis, Bizzy Haraway, Clarence Brauner, Jim Greer, George St. John, and Bob Modjeski. The program this year is to be simpler than it has been in recent years because of a belief that the many scenes and lighting effects have tended to detract from the singing itself. The glee club sang several carols, including "The First Noel," and "Silent Night in the third stoop sallyport on Sunday night at Taps. A Christmas concert was also presented at Southern Semi-nary on Monday night. Most of the songs to be contained in tomor-row's concert were presented. A Message from The Staff Of The VMI Cadet On behalf of the members of the editorial and busi-nes staffs of the VMI CADET, and the printing staff of the Rockbridge County News, we wish to take this op-portunity to wish all of our subscribers a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We hope that you have enjoyed reading the paper as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you, and hope that our pleasant association with you may continue in times to come. 8 Frank C. Gorham Editor in Chief Wm. A. Thompson Business Manager J. Robert Nolley Managing Editor D. R. Webb L. A. Finney John R. Taylor John S. Gray Col. Dolvin, Veteran of Korean Combat, Addresses First and Second Classes on Experiences Third Honor List Released; Rats Top Roll with Eighteen FIRST CLASS F. J. Aragon, Jr La. G. H. Carter, Jr Va. W. L. Cooper Va. J. L. Finney Pa. L. A. Finney 111. W. F. Gilley Va. S. T. Greer Ala. B. M. Guttery Ala. J. P. Hatfield Va. G. A. Robison Calif. Minor L. Rogers Va. T. N. Rucker Va. E. S. Willbarger, Jr Va. W. M. Zollman, Jr Va. SECOND CLASS W. H. Bayliss, Jr. W. Va. R. A. Cheatham Va. H. F. Claus, Jr 111. J. P. Cross, Jr. Va. F. M. Gonzales P. R. J. W. Home, III Ga. W. R. Johnson Va. T. F. Mariani Md. C. S. McClosky, Jr Miss. K. M. Perry Va. G. W. Sommers, Jr. Va. R. A. Sovik, Jr N. Y. H. H. Steinmann Calif. West Point Graduate Set Up First Tank Unit For UN Forces Last Wednesday afternoon, the first class military science sections (both air and ground forces) were marched to Preston Library for a lecture by a combat veteran of the Korean War. Colonel Welborn G. Dolvin, GSC, came to VMI by special request to speak to the first and second classes on the Korean situation and on his experiences in Korea. Colonel Dolvin graduated from West Point with the Class of 1938 and now at the age of 35, is a full Colonel. During World War II he served in Africa and Europe and shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, when it was apparent that tanks could and should be used in Korea, was flown over there specifically to organize the first tank unit committed to the fighting, the 89th Tank Battal-ion, which he commanded. The last three months of his Korean tour were spent as Chief of Staff of the 25th Infantry Division. His present duty is with the Re-search and Development Division of G-4. An Army Officer (Armor expert), he is entitled to wear the J. W. Trigg, Jr. Ala. Paratrooper Jump Badge, and while A. H. Williams, Jr. Va. in Korea he won the Air Medal. K- L- Y u Mich. | Colonel Dolvin's lecture dealt THIRD CLASS ] with his experiences and observa- E. R. Bare Va.1 tions in Korea. He stressed Infan- J. L. Berry W. Va. try—Armor co-operation and ex- E. W. Chandler Va. plained how they operated to- J. P. Diuguid Md. gether. He pointed out that the D. W. Drennen Ala. Tank—Infantry Team is important W. F. Dunkelberger Pa. because of the mutual defense D. J. Dunlap Va. provided—the tanks knock out R- E* G e e Va. machine guns and other infantry G. W. Hardy, III La. obstacles while the Infantry takes J. Kaplan Tenn. care of anti-tank guns, rocket J. A. Mapp Va. L. B. Massad Va. W. W. Miller Va. J. A. Sanguigni Pa. FOURTH CLASS D. M. Barker Va. J. W. Barlow Va launchers, and so on. He told the Military Science E M Newton TiT MH I s t , u d e n t s of sev E. M. Newton, III Md. eral operations in w h i c h h i s t a s k f involved J . A. S a n u m i / n i Pa I „ „ A . . . mvuiveu, and went into some detail on the organization of the task force. It consisted of two attack groups and a control group. The attack groups were identical, each containing one company of tanks from the 89th Tank Battalion and one company of infantry from the 35th Infan-try Regiment. The control group consisted of Headquarters, a pla-toon of Engineers, a Medical De-tachment, a Tactical Air Control Party, and so on. He described an action which took place in North-West Korea just 60 miles from the Manchurian border. (This was the action in which one of Colonel Dolvin's com-pany commanders won the Con-continued On Page 6) J. R. Brenner L. J. Cock L. M. Damiano R. E. Fitch E. R. Griffith C. R. Hare N. S. Harris R. T. Hickey D. W. Hoatson F. J. Leech J. D. Massie J. W. McDowell, Jr. J. W. Morris, III ... C. F. Pilley, Jr J. W. Robertson Pa. Va. Mass. Conn. Ga. N. Y. Va. 111. Md. Va. Va. Kan. Va. Va. ..Va. J. A. Trice Va.
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Full Text Search | MERRY CHRISTMAS jteMjytogt HAPPY NEW YEAR VOLUME XLII VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 17, 1951 NUMBER 13 I M W W M I W W W I I I W ^ ^ Christmas Message To The Corps of Cadets: 8 December 1951 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to each of you! The time has arrived for a break in your intensive study and training. Have a good time at home with your families. Many of our recent graduates are having a rough time in Korea. I hope they may soon have it easier and that you will not have to undergo that hardship. The only way to avoid it is for us to train and arm to the point were our country is highly respected. So en-joy this holiday and come back with renewed determi-nation to be as efficient a citizen and soldier as you are capable of being. Be careful going home and returning. R. J. MARSHALL, Superintendent A LETTER TO SANTA Walking back down Letcher i fit the purpose nicely. Avenue last week after seeing the willy Gilly wants a pin for best Hollywood version of life in a ] instructed O.D., and while you're Large Chorus Sings 'Messiah9 In Lexington Sunday afternoon at the Pres-byterian Church Handel's "Mes-siah" was given by a chorus of 130 voices with two soloists. Helen Wood of Lynchburg, a student of Giuseppe Beghetti, who taught Helen Traubel and Marian Ander-son, was the soprano soloist. She has had a wide experience in opera, concert, oratorio, and radio, making her opera debut in New York in 1950. Mrs. Wood has ap-peared with this group for the past few years, and during this fall she has been featured as the soloist in concerts sponsored by the Williamsburg Restoration. Col. F. H. Barksdale, the execu-tive officer at VMI, was the tenor soloist. He has been active in music in Lexington for many years. The chorus was composed of church choirs of Lexington and the glee clubs of Washington and Lee and the Lexington High School. The. organist was Theodore Henzel. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Henzel is a newcomer to Lex-ington. He studied at the Phila-delphia Musical Academy, later re-ceiving his degree of Bachelor of Music from Westminster Choir at Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Henzel is now the music director at the Court Street Methodist Church in Lynchburg. There was a large crowd in at-tendance and the program was broadcast over WREL. Commanders Will Play for Corps In Concert Tuesday Tomorrow night promises to be an eventful one in the realm of entertainment with the Glee Club concert and the VMI-Maryland basketball game providing two parts of a varied program for the corps and visitors. Another event has been planned for the hour be-tween nine and ten o'clock prior to the Glee Club concert. This is the program to be given by the VMI Commanders. Under the direction of Teddy Benson, the VMI dance band has scheduled a program of Christmas songs mixed with several popular and novelty numbers. Among the list of songs are: "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas," "Blue Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and Glenn Miller's ar-rangement of "Jingle Bells." Vo-cals will be performed by Joe Car-ney, and Benson has anonunced that the band may play a number with "Little John" Knapp dancing the Charleston. On the popular side of the ledger will be another (Continued On Page 2) Eighty Members Of Cadre Leave Early on Furlough Approximately 80 members of the new gadet cadre, who reported five days early in the beginning of the Fall term to aid in the train-ing of the new cadets, left the Institute at Dinner Roll Call on Saturday to begin Christmas Fur-lough. This extra five days of vacation was allotted by the Super-intendent in order to compensate for those days lost due to their early return in the Fall. On September the fourth a Cadre of cadet officers returned to the Insitute to take charge of the year's crop of rats. The "New Cadets" seemed to require a com-plete change in clothing, a matter of donning the "tailored" coveralls and discarding the "civies." The first few days were devoted to clothing these men in coveralls and outfitting them with the es-sentials of military life. Since the essentials didn't work by themselves, it was necessary to "drill" a few hours to acquaint the men with their new posse-sions. From the nucleus of the few officers of the cadre was soon formed a battlion of rats who with a few exceptions were ready moving firetrap, or let's go Armor, I chanced to see a letter lying on the sidewalk. Being a good news-man I picked it up and looked at the address . To my pleasant surprise it was addressed to "Santa Claus, The North Pole." Just for curiosity I opened it up and found it was from a little boy about eight years old. The first part of the letter was what one would expect from a progressive youngester of today, he wanted an Elite Atom Smasher so he could blow up the school house, a pet cobra, Ava Gardner, and a few other odds and ends. But then I came to a few paragraphs that amazed even a four year vete-ran of Marshall's Moron Manna. It read: "You know, Santa, al-though everyone tells me I'm not very bright, I want to go to VMI when I get old enough; and so I'd like you to answer a few of the boys' wishes there. I've heard them and some of their officers wishing for thing; I thought may be you could help them. To begin with, Poo Berke wants a new type of stripes to show that he's Battalion S-3 and not just any old second lieutenant. I think because of the nature of his job, a couple of phallic sym-bols under three stripes would at it, Hose Nose Moore would like one too. Both these boys are very popular because of their de-votion to duty, so it would be nice to do something to (I mean for) them. Bill Myers wants a pet elephant so he won't feel so self conscious, and Jimmy Sartor wants some webbing for his feet. Red Ger-detz wants a punching bag, and Scurvy Patton could use a new T-shirt. Col. Barksdale would like new disapproved stamp to replace his old one. It's been used so many times this year that every now and then the "dis" doesn't show. Major Dobyns could use a pair of felt shoes and a black light flash-light. Most everyone in the corps want the Commandant to get a set of stars so he can stop work-ing for them, and they also want a griddle, at least they said some-thing about wanting to fry pan-cakes, I think. There was one last request, that maybe you'll understand. I never heard of one before, but if you've got any spare Ollies around, Santa, that's what the corps really wants." Sonny, I can only add A-men! ! Christmas Letter to The Corps You stand on the threshold of the Christmas sea-son with all its joys and holiday festivities. Remember these blessings are yours because some nineteen hundred years ago a man in Palestine took a stand for what he believed was right. Because of what that man stood for, much of the entire world today recognizes Christmas as a time not only for joyous celebration, but a time of re-dedication to the Better Values in Life. Everywhere we look there \ is at once apparent the need for men who set their f standards high and live up to them. ; It is my hope that in these troubled times each man \ in the Corps will use a part of his Christmas furlough ( to ponder what he can do during 1952 to make a better j contribution to his friends, his school and his country, ) and return in January not only with pleasant memories \ of the Yuletide, but also a firm resolve for an ever-improving performance in the New Year. If this be done by every man, VMI in 1952 will show to both her friends and her critics the Finest Corps of them all. May each of you have a wonderful Christmas Holi-day. FRANK R. PANCAKE, Colonel, USAF Commandant of Cadets. Glee Club's Christmas Concert Features Carols by Octet, Solos By Witt, Long, Moise and Miller The annual Christmas carol program of the VMI Glee Club will presented at 10 o'clock on the night of Tuesday, 18 December. Including renditions by soloists, a quartet, and the entire club; the event will last approximately 45 minutes and will be attended by the families and guests of cadets as well as Institute officers and citizens of Lexington. Wearing overcoats with turned-back capes, the club will stand on a platform located in the North-east corner of the court-yard. Guests will be seated on the first stoop while cadets will be situated on all stoops facing the singers. A group of eight "Carolers" for entrance into old cadet com-' com® !n t h r o u g h Washington Arch and sing a group of seasonal ballads with a groups of decorated windows on the first stoop as a panies on their return from sum-mer furlough on September the tenth. The Superintendent issued the following commendation to the men of the cadre. "I would like to take this opport-unity to commend the excellent work accomplished by you and members of the New Cadet Cadre during the period 5 through 10 September 1951, and the subse-quent period in which the new cadets were organized as a sepa-rate battlion." "The largest entering class in history of the Institute was pro-cessed in an efficient and busi-nesslike manner. The four hun-dred and three new cadets were quickly indoctrinated into our com-plex pattern of barracks life, early became proficient in close-order drill, and were outfitted on sche-dule with the accoutrements necessary for daily life at V.M.I. The many phases to be completed left little time for your personal relaxation, but not once did you fail to respond if a project was required after the usual working hours.'" "Because of your unswerving de-votion to duty and your desire to do a thorough job, the processing period passed quickly and smooth-ly without the usual delays and changes that are so often incident to a program of such magnitude." "With the organization of the New Cadet Battalion you continu-ed your good work in a manner which has resulted in excellent | (Continued On Page 2) background. The group will sing " It Came Upon The Midnight Clear," "Adeste Trideles," and "O Come all Ye Faithful." Bob Mod-jeski will accompany the octet with his oboe. Larry Moise, tenor, backed by the glee club, will sing the solo part for "O Holy Night", while Bob Modjeski will provide the oboe solo for the glee club's pre-sentation of "Lo, How a 'Ere Blooming". Two drinking songs are planned, one of which will be the "Glouchestershire Wassail" with a solo by Dave Howard, bass. A second song, "The Boar's Head", will feature a solo by Luke Witt, tenor. The entire groups will ren-der "Adoramos Te Christe," a La-tin carol, and "Good King Wen-siscos, a seasonal ballad. The songs to be presented dur-ing the evening, in order of their rendition, are: "Deck The Halls," "The First Noel," "Wassail," "Jingle Bells." "Boar's Head," "Gloria Patri," "0 Holy Night," "Lo How A Rose 'Ere Blooming," "Adoramus Te Christus," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Good King Wenceslas," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Silent Night." Tyler Miller will sing the solo part for "Go Tell It on the Mountain" while "Silent Night" will feature a solo by Charley Long. Members of the "carolers" octet include: Larry Moise, Char-ley Long, Luke Witt, Dan Diamond-idis, Bizzy Haraway, Clarence Brauner, Jim Greer, George St. John, and Bob Modjeski. The program this year is to be simpler than it has been in recent years because of a belief that the many scenes and lighting effects have tended to detract from the singing itself. The glee club sang several carols, including "The First Noel," and "Silent Night in the third stoop sallyport on Sunday night at Taps. A Christmas concert was also presented at Southern Semi-nary on Monday night. Most of the songs to be contained in tomor-row's concert were presented. A Message from The Staff Of The VMI Cadet On behalf of the members of the editorial and busi-nes staffs of the VMI CADET, and the printing staff of the Rockbridge County News, we wish to take this op-portunity to wish all of our subscribers a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We hope that you have enjoyed reading the paper as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you, and hope that our pleasant association with you may continue in times to come. 8 Frank C. Gorham Editor in Chief Wm. A. Thompson Business Manager J. Robert Nolley Managing Editor D. R. Webb L. A. Finney John R. Taylor John S. Gray Col. Dolvin, Veteran of Korean Combat, Addresses First and Second Classes on Experiences Third Honor List Released; Rats Top Roll with Eighteen FIRST CLASS F. J. Aragon, Jr La. G. H. Carter, Jr Va. W. L. Cooper Va. J. L. Finney Pa. L. A. Finney 111. W. F. Gilley Va. S. T. Greer Ala. B. M. Guttery Ala. J. P. Hatfield Va. G. A. Robison Calif. Minor L. Rogers Va. T. N. Rucker Va. E. S. Willbarger, Jr Va. W. M. Zollman, Jr Va. SECOND CLASS W. H. Bayliss, Jr. W. Va. R. A. Cheatham Va. H. F. Claus, Jr 111. J. P. Cross, Jr. Va. F. M. Gonzales P. R. J. W. Home, III Ga. W. R. Johnson Va. T. F. Mariani Md. C. S. McClosky, Jr Miss. K. M. Perry Va. G. W. Sommers, Jr. Va. R. A. Sovik, Jr N. Y. H. H. Steinmann Calif. West Point Graduate Set Up First Tank Unit For UN Forces Last Wednesday afternoon, the first class military science sections (both air and ground forces) were marched to Preston Library for a lecture by a combat veteran of the Korean War. Colonel Welborn G. Dolvin, GSC, came to VMI by special request to speak to the first and second classes on the Korean situation and on his experiences in Korea. Colonel Dolvin graduated from West Point with the Class of 1938 and now at the age of 35, is a full Colonel. During World War II he served in Africa and Europe and shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, when it was apparent that tanks could and should be used in Korea, was flown over there specifically to organize the first tank unit committed to the fighting, the 89th Tank Battal-ion, which he commanded. The last three months of his Korean tour were spent as Chief of Staff of the 25th Infantry Division. His present duty is with the Re-search and Development Division of G-4. An Army Officer (Armor expert), he is entitled to wear the J. W. Trigg, Jr. Ala. Paratrooper Jump Badge, and while A. H. Williams, Jr. Va. in Korea he won the Air Medal. K- L- Y u Mich. | Colonel Dolvin's lecture dealt THIRD CLASS ] with his experiences and observa- E. R. Bare Va.1 tions in Korea. He stressed Infan- J. L. Berry W. Va. try—Armor co-operation and ex- E. W. Chandler Va. plained how they operated to- J. P. Diuguid Md. gether. He pointed out that the D. W. Drennen Ala. Tank—Infantry Team is important W. F. Dunkelberger Pa. because of the mutual defense D. J. Dunlap Va. provided—the tanks knock out R- E* G e e Va. machine guns and other infantry G. W. Hardy, III La. obstacles while the Infantry takes J. Kaplan Tenn. care of anti-tank guns, rocket J. A. Mapp Va. L. B. Massad Va. W. W. Miller Va. J. A. Sanguigni Pa. FOURTH CLASS D. M. Barker Va. J. W. Barlow Va launchers, and so on. He told the Military Science E M Newton TiT MH I s t , u d e n t s of sev E. M. Newton, III Md. eral operations in w h i c h h i s t a s k f involved J . A. S a n u m i / n i Pa I „ „ A . . . mvuiveu, and went into some detail on the organization of the task force. It consisted of two attack groups and a control group. The attack groups were identical, each containing one company of tanks from the 89th Tank Battalion and one company of infantry from the 35th Infan-try Regiment. The control group consisted of Headquarters, a pla-toon of Engineers, a Medical De-tachment, a Tactical Air Control Party, and so on. He described an action which took place in North-West Korea just 60 miles from the Manchurian border. (This was the action in which one of Colonel Dolvin's com-pany commanders won the Con-continued On Page 6) J. R. Brenner L. J. Cock L. M. Damiano R. E. Fitch E. R. Griffith C. R. Hare N. S. Harris R. T. Hickey D. W. Hoatson F. J. Leech J. D. Massie J. W. McDowell, Jr. J. W. Morris, III ... C. F. Pilley, Jr J. W. Robertson Pa. Va. Mass. Conn. Ga. N. Y. Va. 111. Md. Va. Va. Kan. Va. Va. ..Va. J. A. Trice Va. |