Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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The E.G. and G.C ■• 1 1 Third Class Officers: President — David V. Spears, Vice President — Timothy J. Keilty, Historian — David C. Moore. Second Class Officers: President — James B. Chartier, Vice President — John J. Lee, Historian — Matt Daniels. Corps 245

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First Class Officers: President — Jamie E. Clark, Vice-President — John M. Brown, Historian — Thomas B. Graham. Cadet government as distinguished from the Chain of Command, is vested in the General and Executive Committees. These committees, acting in the name of the Corps, and con- cerned chiefly with the appearance, discipline, and conduct of the Corps, are charged with maintaining and improving the reputation and respect which the VMI Corps of Cadets has tradi- tionally enjoyed. The General Committee is concerned with maintaining discipline within the Corps. It hears cases involving violations of class privileges and is authorized to issue penalty tours and confinement. The Executive Committee is concerned with upholding the appearance and conduct of the Corps in public. It hears all cases that tend to reflect adversely on the high standards of the Corps. Both the General and Executive Committees are authorized by the Superintendent. The rules are published each year for the information of the Corps. Ignorance of these published rules is no excuse. c : :x cc e, ,-t pVrN Z Sx- C V ?m i V An E.C. card is the means by which Cadets inform the E.C. of the violations and the violators. 244 Corps

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Rat Disciplinary Committee The 1961- ' -2 session saw the inception of a new organiza- tion in barracks: not so new in principle as in name and method of achieving its intended purpose. The name of this group is the Rat Discijjlinarv Connnittee, and its purjjose, as implied by its title, is to correct all rats who have strayed from the set of rules known as Rat Restrictions. These unif|ue, Corps-imposed regulations (thirty-six in all) re(|uire Rats to learn all school songs and -ells and a niyria l of facts pertinent to the Institute and its history. They further restrict the Rat ' s movements in barracks by recjuiring him to walk the Rat Line in a military manner at all times. ' Most of the rules are designed to instill discipline and due respect for authority in the New Cadet; a few of the rules are designed for the convenience of upperlassmen, for example: .V rat shall not visit the barber shop on days when in- spection in ranks is held. Any upperclassman has the authority to send the rat-deviate to the Committee. The Rat Disciplinary Committee has been developed under much more foi ' nial lines than its predecessor, the ( )tficers of the Guard .Vssoc ' iation. The RDC, as it is commonly called, is now a subsi liarv of the General Committee, and the RDC chairman is automatically a nietnber of the General Committee. The old battle drill tours are no more, having been replaced by penalty tours and confinement. An added feature for the wayward rodents is a series of after- supper visits to the 5tli stoop for further corrective action. Among the activities a l?at may find awaiting him are push-ups, straining, and Rat Bible quizzes. Excerpt from the 1962 BOMB. The original officers of the elected 1984 Rat Disciplinary Committee. The beginning of tiie end . . . Cadre, August 1983. 246 Corps