VMI Cadet. March 3, 1952

              | y i S 3 » Caiiet VOLUME XLII VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. MARCH 3, 1952 NUMBER 19
AMA Picks
Appley As
Speaker At
Conlerence
Meetings to Start
Friday 14 March
With Key Address
Mr. Lawrence Appley, president
of the American Management
Association, has been chosen as the
principal speaker for the fifth
annual Virgina Industrial Manage-ment
conference which is to be
held at V.M.I, and Washington and
Lee in Lexington on March 14. Mr.
Appley, who heads the associa-tion
which represents some thir-teen
thousand companies and
individuals has said that he will
u s e "Organizing Management
Resources" as the main topic for
his talk.
His address will he the key dis
cussion in this year's conference
which will have as its main
theme, "Training For Industry".
The conference has drawn nearly
two hundred of Virgina's top in-dustrialists,
businessmen, and edu-cators
as participants.
T h e American Management
Association is the organizing re-presenting
nearly all the nation's
business and industries in the
development and application of
principles and techniques of the
science of management.
Mr. Appley has a long and dis-tinguished
war service record as
a civilian governmental advisor.
During the war he served as a
consultant on civilian personnel
to the Secretary of War and as
executive director of the Man-power
Commission. He was award
ed a War Department citation and
a medal of merit for his accom-plishments
during his government
service.
After the war he became vice-president
in charge of personnel
and public relations and a direc-tor
of Montgomery Ward and Com
pany. He held this position until
he became the chief executive for
the American Management Asso-ciation.
Mr. Appley has also served
as a member of the President's
National Management Labor Policy
Committee, as a member of the
personnel committee of the Hoover
Commission, and as an advisor to
the United States Civil Service
Commission o n administrative
organization. He is currently a
member of the President's Com-mittee
on Personnel to the Atomic
Energy Commission.
A native of Newark, N. Y.,
Appley was graduated from Ohio
Wesleyan and did his graduate
work at Ohio State and Sycacure
Universities.
This year's conference, which
will be a one day affair, is jointly
sponsored by the Virginia Manu-facturer's
Association, V.M.I., and
Washington and Lee University.
Morning sessions will be held at
the Institute and in the afternoon
the participants will adjourn to
the W & L campus. The session
will close with a dinner meeting
held that night at the Natural
Bridge Hotel.
Sgt. Loar Joins ROTC Staff
Master Sgt. William A. Loar
from Springfield, Colorado, has re-cently
been appointed instructor in
the ROTC Detachment at V.M.I.
Sgt. Loar completed two years at
the University of Phillipines and
enlisted in the Infantry Nov. 17,
1933, at Fort Warren, Wyoming.
Sgt. Loar has received the follow-ing
awards: American Defense
Theatre, Middle East, Pacific,
World War H, Victory Medal,
Korea, U. N. Ribbon, Presidental
Unit Citation, Korean citation, Air
Medal, Commendation Ribbon, and
the Good Conduct Medal.
Chemists Hear
Dr. Alyea In
Hollins Speech
Saturday, February 23, the
V.M.I. Student Affiliate Chapter of
the American Chemical Society
went to Hollins College to attend
the February meeting of the Blue
Ridge Section of the American
Chemical Society. Dr. Herbert Al-yea
of Princeton spoke on "The
Atomic Bomb; Weapon For Peace."
That a Princeton man was upon
the stage was obvious, for who
else could have illustrated the
atomic bomb by defining female
sex hormones as "something that,
put into a Princeton man one night
produces a Harvard man in the
morning.
Gives Demonstrations
Dr. Alyea spoke with a most
amazing style—his presentation
was indeed unique. Rather than
a speech, his lecture was a series
of demonstrations, each of which
could be compared to one of the
basic reactions of atomic fission,
the fundamental reaction of the
atomic bomb dropped on Hiro-shima.
Of interest to the layman,
who will, however, not appreciate
the theory behind it, is the fact
that the "atomic bomb" dropped
on Hiroshima was in no way simi-ler
to the "atomic bomb" which
descended on the inhabitants of
Nagasaki, removing them from the
face of the earth we know.
Traces History
After tracing the history of the
atomic bomb from the alchemists'
attempts to transmute one element
to another, (i.e., transform lead
into gold) to the current products
of Oak Ridge-and Hansford, Wash-ington,
and in the near future
Conway, South Carolina, Dr. Alyea
left the bomb and put to the stu-dents
who were assembled the
challenge the bomb had put to
them. Now, he said, they are
standing on the threshold- of a
new age—the atomic age. No lon-ger
is the question of which
nation can win in war against
another, for another war would
bring such destruction upon all
the parties involved that the victor
would be far worse off, and have
suffered much greater loss than"
any nation has yet undergone;
that victory would be an empty
gain. It is mandatory that the poli-tical
scientists tackle the problem
of how to settle the question of
setting up a means of policing
the world and ending war. It is
not necessary to decide whether
or not active steps against war are
feasible, for war is no longer a
means for anything other than end-ing
life as we know it. It is time
that the political scientists apply
themselves and all their efforts to
solving the problems that the physi-cal
scientists and their labors have
brought on.
80 Second Class Civils
Visit Lone Star Cement
Plant Near Roanoke, Va.
A group of approximately 80
Second Class Civil Engineering
students made an inspection tour
of the Lone Star Cement Mill at
Lone Star, Virginia on Tuesday,
Fel}ruary 26t.h
Upon arrival at the plant, the
group, accompanied by Major Mc-
Donough and Captain Anderson,
was split into five sections. Then
each section, led by a guide, was
given a complete tour of the mill's
facilities. The tour started with
the quarrying of the limestone
and shale and proceeded step by
step through the various porcesses
required to make cement. The
group also saw the rotary kilns at
the plant which are among the
largest pieces of moving machine-ry
in th* world.
At the conchision of the tour,
refreshments were SCTVMI tad the
group returned to the Institute.
Trigg, Morgan Head '53 Hop Committee;
Clopton, Miller, Maddux, Named Officers
Shown above are the officers of the 1953 Hop Committee. Seated, L. to R.—Trigg, Morgan, Miller
and Clopton. Standing, L. to R.—Goronto, Murray, and Maddux.
Poll Lifts Commanders' Rating
Following the recent hops, the
VMI CADET conducted a consen-sus
in barracks in order to deter-mine
the reaction of the corps to
the music furnished by the Com-manders.
"This cross section' shows
that not only were the Commanders
popular, but that they would be
more than acceptable for the
three "minor" dances, i.e. Open-ings,
Homecomings, and Midwin-ter.
The corps seemed to agree
that the music of the Commanders
was favorably comparable to the
music furnished by most of the
name bands which have appeared
here recently. The thing which
has been most objected to in
having the Commanders play at
the dances was that in order to
attract a girl from any distance,
it is necessary to treat her to a
"big name band." This theory.
however, was in the minority.
Most men felt that the lower price
of the tickets and the band's readi-ness
to play requests more than
made up for the difference in
quality (if there is any) in the
danciabiiity of the music.
The Midwinter Hop this year
was the best attended Midwinters
in the history of the Hop com-mittee.
If at the other two "minor"
dances such attendance records
could be duplicated, the subse-quent
increase in revenue would
more than make up for the in-crease
in ticket costs necessitated
by having "name" bands at the
major dances.
The biggest criticism of the
Commander's music was their lack
of variety. Perhaps with the pros-pect
of increased wages, the musi-cians
would be glad to add to
their repertoire.
D.C. Symphony Here Today
Lt. Tigert, 49-C
Killed In Nevada
Aerial Collision
First Lieutenant Thomas W.
Tiggert, a graduate of V.M.I, in
the class of 1949-C, was killed in
Nevada, February 11, when his
jet fighter collided with another
plane near Las Vegas. Tigertt had
only recently returned from Korea,
where he flew one hundred mis-sions
against the Communists. As
a combat pilot with the 49th,
Jet Squadron, he was awarded the
Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Clus-ter.
At the time of his death, he
was an instructor at Nellis Air
Force Base in Nevada.
Tom Tigertt left his mark on
V.M.I. Coming here from Wilmer,
Texas, his military ability led him
to the rank of regimental adjut
ant, and finally to graduation as
a Distinguished Military Student.
His horsemanship while at the
Institute was outstanding, and he
received the coveted award for
the best horseman in his class.
The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Howard
Mitchell, which presents two concerts in Lexington today.
The National Symphony Orches-tra,
which will present a concert
in the Gymnasium at 8 p.m. to-night,
presented a second concert
in the Fieldhouse this afternoon.
The matinee performance was
sponsored by the Rockbridge Edu-cation
Association for some two
thousand school students of Lex-ington
and Rockbridge County.
The orchestra, under the able
direction of Dr. Howard Mitchell,
performed a program which in-cluded
among other selections,
Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Appren-tice,"
Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite"
and Rossini's Overture to "William
T«ll."
Toaight, Dr. Mitchell and the
NatioMl Symphony will play the
second program uader the spon-sorship
of the Rockbridge Concert-
Theater Series. This year marks
the Orchestra's fourth consecutive
appearance in Lexington under
the same auspices. Dr. Mitchell's
evening program will include Pur-cell's
"Trumpet Voluntary," Hay-den's
Symphony No. 87, Rimsky-
Korsakoff's "Capriccio Espagnol"
and Brahm's Fourth Symphony,
The National Symphony Orches-tra
was founded in 1931 by the
late Hans Kindler and has since
this that date become one of the
nation's leading orchestras. How-ard
Mitchell joined the orchestra
in 1933 as first cellist and has
risen through the positions of as-sistant
and associate conductor to
become its permanent director.
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W&Vs Recent
Fancy Dress Ball
Featured in 'Life^
Two of the nation's foremost
periodicals, "Life" and "Time"
magazines, gave mention to both
of the Lexington Institutions of
Higher Learning in recent issues.
Life attended the Fancy Dress
Ball at Washington and Lee Uni-versity
and ran a four page spread
on the dance, entitling it "Life
Attends a Shakespearian Party,"
which was the theme of this year's
Fancy Dress. The story was covered
by two women, reporter Betty
Schmidt and photographer Lisa
Larson. Miss Larson rewarded the
"Keydets" with a front page pic-ture
of first classman John Taylor.
'Time' Covers Course
Time Magazine, belonging, in-cidentolly,
to the same chain as
Life, ran a short story in its
Educational Section in the new
course on Personal Relations re-quired
of all candidates for a
degree in Civil Engineering. The
course, according to the Time story,
includes everything from lectures
on City Government, to how to
choose insurance and get along
with your wife. The course is
given to the First Class, who meet
once a week for the lectures.
Members Select
Ten More Cadets
For Dance Group
Jack W. Trigg and Austin H.
Morgan were elected president
and vice-president, respectively, of
the 1953 VMI Hop Committee at
a meeting last week in which both
officers and members of next
year's committee were c h o s e n.
Other officers selected included:
Ned C l o p t o n , treasurer; Bob
Miller, business manager; and
Frank Maddux, advertising man-ager.
Norman Murray and Henry
Gornto were made chairmen of
the '53 flower committee.
Six second classmen and four
thirds were made members for the
coming year. The seconds, in ad-dition
to Clopton, Gornto, Murray,
and Maddox, were George Chumb-ley
and Warren Goddard. Mem-bers
of the Class of '54 elected
were; Otto Naumann, Bill Berry,
John Lewis, and Henry Hulmes.
Trigg Is Chemist
The new president is Supply
Sergeant for "C" Company and a
chemistry major. He was elected
to the Hop Committee in Septem-ber
of this year and had previously
served on the Floor Committee.
He plans to follow the same gen-eral
policies as his predecessors,
keeping the orchestras at their
previous high level and making
use of the VMI Commanders as
often as possible.
Trigg and his '53 committee will
not officially take over the run-ning
of the hops until after Easter
Hops. They will supervise the
Final dances, taking over the sell-ing
of corsages, putting up of
decorations, arranging for orches-tras,
and selling of tickets for the
first time.
Vice-president Morgan is a Civil
Engineering major and a member
of the A.S.C.E. He has been on
the Hop Committee for two years,
having been elected in September
oof his third class year. As vice-president,
he will be in charge of
decorations and plans to use more
solid color ceilings in his decor-ating
scheme than have been usual
in the past.
Clopton is a sergeant in Fox
Company and, being a Civil, a
member of the A.S.C.E. His duties
will involve taking charge of the
committee's budget and supervis-ing
the amounts to be spent for
each set of dances, as well as help-ing
to determine the price of
tickets, etc.
Manager Finds Bands
As business manager. Miller will
handle the obtaining of orchestras,
determining those available for
selection by the Hop Committee,
He will also take care of purchases
of decorations, tickets, and other
items needed for the dances. He
points out that the committee can
not always obtain the very large
orchestras desired by some of the
corps because of a money limit of
$3,000 set by the Superintendent.
Miller is a sergeant in Easy
Company, a Civil, and a member of
the 1953 "Bomb" staff, "Turn-
Out" staff, and A.S.C.E. He has
been a member of the Hop Com-mittee
this year, and plans to try
to obtain a variety of bands that
have not appeared here recently,
using a concensus of the corps as
a basis for his selection.
Advertising Manager Maddux
will have charge of supplying bar-racks
with posters on coming
dances and providing articles on
c o m m i t t e e activities for the
"Cadet." He is a History major, a
member of the 1963 "Bomb" staff,
and a glee club member. Murray
and Gornto will select the florist
to supply the corps with flowers
from the annual group of bidders
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