Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 388 of the 1923 volume:

( ' ii vuL s:i A-- Li:Tl±=riif lJrT1ifrL fTli TbfTl TlI51if 1 m axtmovh UR desire has been to preserve the record of a necessarily transitory era in the history of the Institute in the pages following. The first class to enter V. M. I. upon the close of the World War, Nineteen Twenty-Three has ever striven to hold high the soldierly qualities of honor, loyalty, and courageous performance of duty. In so doing ■ ve have been actuated by the example of those famous Americans, Washington, Lee, and Jackson, whose undying memory has ever been an inspiration to the wearers of the grey. Eighty-four years of constant service to State and Nation have enhanced the reputation of the Virginia Military Institute in walks of life both civil and military, and the future holds in store jears of increased activity and achieve- ment, when the Greater V. M. I. shall have come to pass. We who comprise the Corps today have throughout done our best to hold by the past and make greater the future. If these our aims have been accom- plished, we ask no recognition other than to have it said: We have fought a good fight, we have finished our course, we have kept the faith. f JMaJ ,. :i!||] ; : 1 1 1 I , MJ ffhif iJ ,..L r ' 1 4 THE BOMB VIRGINIA MILITARY 1839 INSTITUTE 1923 Vo Colonel Francis Mallory %l y. ' i ' v Whose life for more than thirty years has been dedicated to the high task of training young men for their duties upon the busy stage of the ivorld, irhose unflagging interest in the Corps of Cadets as a body and as individuals has always commmided our affection and regard, and the example of ivhose character has been to us often a beacon light through the four most important years of our lives, ive, the Class ofig2J, dedicate this, the the thirty-ninth volume of ( THE BOMB %.l History of tke Virginia Military Institute |T is useless to remark on the impossibility of summarizing, in less than a volume, even the high points of the history of V. M. I. It is our intent, how- ever, to give here the historical framework of the story of V. M. I. past, leaving to the other volumes the task of expansion and further inclusion of detail. In 1839, the date duly inscribed upon our Limit Gates, the first corps met. It numbered thirty-two men, and tuition, so long ago, was but $20 per year. At the end of twenty years, $151,000 had been expended on new buildings, and the corps had swelled to two hundred men. The baptism of fire came in the war with Mexico, which came four years after the graduation of the first class. During the Civil War V. M. I. both gained great glory and suffered adversity. The impetuous charge of the corps down Shirley ' s Hill to the mouths of the Federal cannon at the Battle of New Market was the decisive factor in the Confederate vic- tory. This charge, made by boys from fourteen to eighteen years old, stands alone in military history. Throughout the war the cadets acted as drill instructors for the Southern armies, in whose ranks 94 per cent of her living graduates served. The great blow to the institute fell when, in 1864, General Hunter of the Federal Army burnt and destroyed the buildings. Nevertheless, in the very year of the Civil War ' s close, V. M. I. again resumed operations. Indomitable courage overcame a debt larger than all appropriations made in the first twenty years of her life. Today the plant and equipment represent an in- vestment of over $1,000,000, and there is no debt. Of the record of V. M. I. in the World War we have only space to summon sta- tistics. At its beginning she included among her graduates five general officers, two hundred and thirty-three field officers, and sixty-four naval officers. At its close there were more than twelve hundred V. M. I. men who were officers, ranking from second lieutenants to brigadier-generals, in the service of the United States. In the less striking, but more stable pursuits of peace, V. M. I. has left her impress, through her men, in all the branches of the work of the world. The end is far from being yet. Plans are laid for a Greater V. M. I., to include another barracks and additional buildings too numerous to mention. Already the Alumni Field has come to pass, and at present the Francis H. Smith Building is being dismantled to make way for an extension of barracks that will complete the quadrangle. Our past has been filled with pride and victory ; we must measure up in future great- ness to the heritage of more than eighty years. M c • is •Hirgtma iMourning l er ipaii ' m I 11 Si ©fftrfra ' Saui mm m it -i M ' It Board of Visitors His Excellency, E. Lee Trinkle Governor of Virginia Com mander-in-CIiicf Mr. J. O. Winston Richmond, Va. Mr. Robert W. Massie Lynchburg, Va. Captain L. W. H. Peyton Staunton, Va. Mr. Thomas R. Keith Fairfax, Va. Mr. Benjamin Huger Lexington, Va. Mr. Harry H. Holt Hampton, Va. Captain Montgomery B. Corse Lexington, Va. Mr. Roy Sexton Wytheville, Va. Members of the Board Ex Officio General W. W. Sale, Richmomi, Va. Adjutant-General of Virginia Hon. Harris L. Hart, Richmond, Va. Superintendent of Public Instrurtion SUPERINTENDENT Major-General Edward West Nichols Superintendent Born Petersburg, Va., June 27, 1858. Student Hume and Cook ' s School from ' 66- ' 69, and at MoCabe ' s School, ' 69- ' 74. Graduated from V. M. I. in 1878, the fourth distinguished graduate in his class and a cadet lieutenant. Studied law at Washington and Lee University and at the University of Virginia, ' 78- ' 8i. Was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at V. M. I., ' 78- ' 8i. Practiced law in Nor- folk, ' 8i- ' 82. Professor of Engineering at V. M. I., ' Sa- ' go, and of Mathematics, ' 90- ' o7. He is the author of Nichols ' Analytical Geometry and Nichols ' Differential and Integral Calculus. Since 1903 he has been associated with the American Reporter International Railway Congress in scientific investigation. He is a member of the Virginia Geological Society and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Educa- tion. He is also a member of the Committee of College Presidents, President of the National Association of Military Colleges, and a member of the State Geological Commission. During the World War he was Chairman of the Virginia Council of Defense, and during the period of the S. A. T. C. was commissioned a Major in the United States Engineer Corps. At the close of the war the Government presented him with a certificate in recognition of his capable services. Since 1907 he has been Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. 24 .!fljS3:airnii!j:!:!MiJKtLi2E;: ' ji:!JiiiJ i . ' J ' 4 4 M Col. Huxter Pendleton M.A., Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Born at Frederick Hall, Louisa County, Virginia, January 22, 1858. A student at Aspen Hill Acad- emy, Louisa County, ' ya- ' ys. Entered LTniversity of Virginia, receiving degree of M.A. in ' 81. Post- graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Virginia, ' 82- ' 83, and in Chemistry and Mineralogy at the I ' niversity of Gottingen, Germany, ' 83- ' 86, re- ceiving degree of Ph.D. from the latter. Instructor at Tufts College, Boston, ' 87- ' 89, resigning to become Professor of Natural Science at Bethany College, W. Va., ' 89- ' 90. Since 1890, Professor of Chemistry at V. M. L Col. Fr.axcis M.allory C.E. Professor of Physics Born August 15, 1868. Graduated from the Nor- folk Academy, ' 86. Entering V. M. L, he gradu- ated second in his class, with the degree of C. E., in 1889. Commandant and Professor of Mathe- matics at Fishburne Military Academy, ' Sg- ' gi. Post Adjutant and Assistant Professor of Mathe- matics at V. M. L, ' 9i- ' 94. Resumed studies in Phvsics, Mathematics, and Astronomy at Johns Hop- kins University, ' 94- ' 97. Adjunct Professor of Phys- ics and Astronomy at V. M. L, ' 97- ' 99. Since 1899, Professor of Physics and in charge of Electrical Engineering at V. M. L Col. Hexry Clinton Ford .S., Ph.D. Professor of History Born December 12, 1867. Student V. P. I., Blacks- burg, Va., ' 84- ' 85. Entered V. M. I., graduating % ith degree of B.S- and the rank of Cadet Adjutant. Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Tac- tics, V. M. I., ' 89- ' 9o. Commandant of Cadets, Wentworth Military Academy, ' 9o- ' 93. Student at the I ' niversity of Virginia, ' 93- ' 95, which conferred on him the degree of Ph.D. in ' 99. Colonel and Chief of Engineers on the Staff of the Governor of Virginia, ' 9S- ' o2. Adjunct Professor of Latin and English at V. M. L, ' 99- ' o2. Commandant of Ca- dets, ' o2- ' o4. Head of the Department of Latin, English, and History until 1910, when with the ex- pansion of the Institute English was made a sepa- rate department, and 191 9, when the Department of Latin was formed. Since 1919 Head of the Depart- ment of History. Member of the State Board of Education, ' ii- ' 23. m Col. John ] Iercer Patton A.M. Professor of German First distinguished graduate V. M. I., 1880. As- sistant Professor of Mathematics, V. M. L, ' 8o- ' 82. Student at the I ' niversity of Brussels and at Paris, Madrid, and Seville, ' 82- ' 86. Associate Professor of Modern Languages at the LTniversity of Indiana, ' 86. Taught at various other schools, ' 87- ' o4. As- sistant Professor of Modern Languages at V. M. I. part of ' 04. Professor of Modern Languages, ' 04- ' 15. Since 1919, when it was made a separate depart- ment. Professor of German. v Faculty Col. Charles Wyatt Watts C.E. Professor of Mathematics Student Norfolk Academy, ' 86- ' 88. Graduated from V. M. I. fifth in his class, and Cadet Lieu- tenant, in ' 93. Instructor at the Danville Military Academy, ' g - ' g6. Assistant Professor of Mathe- matics at V. M. I., ' 96- ' 99, and promoted to Adjunct Professor of Mathematics in ' 99. Lieutenant-Coionel and Associate Professor of Mathematics, ' o8- ' o9. Since 1909 Colonel and Professor of Mathematics at V. M. I. 4 Col. William M. Hunley A.B. Professor of Economics and Political Science Received A.B. from Johns Hopkins University, ' 04. Postgraduate vork, Johns Hopkins, ' o6- ' o8. Assistant Editor and Reporter for the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Washington Post and Baltimore Sun, ' o8- ' io. Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Virginia, ' io- ' i4. Since 1914 Pro- fessor of Economics and Political Science at the V. M. I. Advisory Editor of the Virginia Journal of Education, Secretary of the University Commis- sion on Southern Race Questions, and the first execu- tive Secretary of the Virginia Council of Defense, ' i7- ' i9. Faculty Col. Thomas A. E. Moseley A.B., Ph.D. Professor of French and Spanish Born August 27, 1886. Received A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins University, ' 07, and Ph.D. degree from the same university in ' 15. Instructor in Mod- ern Languages at Princeton, ' ii- ' i6. Professor of Romance Languages at Washington and Jefferson College, ' i6- ' i9. Since September, 1919, Professor of Romance Languages at V. M. I. Col. Robert B. Poague B.s. Professor of Descriptii ' e Geometry and Drauinff Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, December 5, i88i. Graduated from V- M. L in 1900, fourth in class. With the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company and the Pennsylvania Railway. Commandant of Cadets at the Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, ' o2- ' o3. Assistant Professor of Physics at V. M. L, ' o+; transferred to the Department of Drawing as an Adjunct Professor, ' o8- ' i3. With Gulf and Ship Island Railway, ' o3- ' o4. In charge of Summer Coaching School, ' o8- ' i2. Associate Pro- fessor of Engineering, ' i3- ' 20. Since 1920, Colonel and Professor of Drawing and Descriptive Geom- etrv. 1$ m m Facult ' Col. Albert B. Dockerv Major, Cavalry, U. S. A. Commandant of Cadets Born at Hernando, Miss., 1878. Cadet V. M. I., ' 95- ' 98; graduated U. S. M. A., ' 02. Served with Fifth Cavalry in Philippines, Hawaii and the South- west. Inspector-Instructor of Militia Ca alry on Pacific Coast, ' i2- ' i4. Served with Tenth Cavalry on Mexican Border and on Punitive Expedition, ' 15- ' 16. Major commanding First Squadron California Cavalry on Mexican Border, ' 16. Major of In- fantry, ' i 7- ' 18. Lieut.-Col. of Infantry, ' 18. As- sistant Chief of Staff, Fourteenth Division (G-3), and at War College, ' 18. Commanding Fourth Cav- alry, ' 19. Since 1920, Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant of Cadets at V. M. I. Col. George A. Derbyshire Lt., U. S. a.. Retired Executive Officer Graduated from V. M. I. in 1889 with rank of Cadet First Captain. Tactical Officer V. M. I., ' 99- ' 01. Served as Lieutenant with the Puerto Rico Regiment, being transferred to the Regular Army and serving in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Retired from the Army in 1904. With Engineering Department of the New York Central Railway, ' 05- ' 15. Post Adjutant and Instructor in Mathematics, V. M. I., ' i5- ' i7. Recalled to active service in ' 17 and assigned as Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant of Cadets at V. M. I. for the period of the War. Since 1919, Executive Offi- cer and Aide to the Superintendent. ult Col. RA-iMoxD E. Dixon A.M. Professor of English and Literature Ripon College, ' o5- ' o7. University of Wisconsin, ' o7- ' o9 ; Summer Sessions, ' 09, ' 12, ' 20, ' 21. Univer- sity of Illinois, ' i4- ' i6. A.B. from University of Wisconsin, ' 09, and A.M. in ' 13. Instructor in Rhetoric, l niversity of Illinois, ' i3- ' i6. Assistant Cashier Dalton (Wis.) State Bank, ' i6- ' i9. Acting Head English Department V. M. I. February to June, 1919. Graduate nork in English and His- tory, University of Wisconsin, ' i9- ' 2o. Associate Professor of English and History V. M. I., ' 20- ' 2i. Professor of History and Literature and Head of the English Department, ' 2i- ' 22. Since, June, 1922, Pro- fessor of English and Literature. p. P ' ■A Col. Robert Scott Spillman M.D. Professor of Biology and Post Surgeon V. M. I. Class of 1893. University of New York; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Class of ' 99. In Medical Corps during Spanish-American War. Medical Corps, Fifty-ninth Infantry, Fourth Divi- sion, A. E. F. Gassed in action on the Vesle River and in the Meuse-. ' rgonne drive. Cited and recom- mended for D. S. C. and for promotion. Since Sep- tember, 1921, Professor of Biologv and Post Surgeon V. M. I. -y - - _--r . ? ,;x -f: -. : . t Faculty Lt.-Col. Stewart W. Anderson M.S. .Usociaie Professor of Electrical Engineering Graduated V. M. I., ' 08. Commandant Hill Mili- tary Academv. Electrical Engineer, Navy Depart- ment. Assistant Professor V. M. I-, ' i4- ' i9- Com- missioned Second Lieutenant of Engi neers June, ' 17; First Lieutenant, August, ' 17; Captain, August, ' 18. In France with 307th Engineers, St. Mihiel and Argonne drives. Since September. 1919, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering V. M. L Pro- moted to Lieutenant-Colonel and Associate Profes- sor, September, 1920. Lt.-Col. Samuel M. Millxer, Jr. B.S., M.A. Associate Professor of Modern Languages Graduated V. M. L as Cadet Lieutenant, ' 11. As- sistant Professor V. M. L, ' ii- ' i4. Graduate stu- dent University of Wisconsin, ' i4- ' i6. receiving de- gree of M.A. Adjunct Professor at V. M. L, ' 16- ' 17. First Fort Meyer Training Camp, ' 17. Com- missioned First Lieutenant of Field Artillery. Served with 314th Field Artillery at Camp Lee. Ordered overseas as Billeting Officer March i, 1918. Served in that capacitv until July, 1919. Adjunct Professor V. M. L, ' 19. Promoted to rank of Lieutenant- Colonel and Associate Professor of Modern Lan- guages, July, 1920. Faculty Lt.-Col. B. Davis Mayo B.s. Associate Professor of Mathematics Born at Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, 1884. Entered V. M. I., graduating in 1909 third in his class. Instructor at Fishburne Military Acad- emy, ' 09- ' 10. Assistant Professor of Engineering at V. M. I., ' io- ' i7, teaching the branches of higher mathematics. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, ' i7- ' 20. Since 1920, Lieutenant-Colonel and Asso- ciate Professor of Mathematics. Lt.-Col. James A. Anderson C.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering First distinguished graduate V. M. I., Class of 1 91 3. Instructor S. V. A., ' i3- ' i4. Instructor V. M. I., ' i4- ' i6- Student Cornell University, ' i6- ' i7, re- ceiving degree of C.E. Captain Quartermaster Corps, Virginia National Guard, ' 17. Assistant Quartermaster Thirtieth Division in France and Belgium, May, 1917, to September, 1918. Assistant to Operation Officer, First Army Headquarters, Sep- tember, 1918, to January, 1919. Assistant to Admin- istration Officer Headquarters, Seventh Corps, Jan- uary, 1919, to July, 1919. Major, August i, 1918; Lieutenant-Colonel, April, 1919. Major and Ad- junct Professor of Engineering V. M. I., ' i9- ' 20. Since 1920, Lieutenant-Colonel and Associate Pro- fessor of Engineering at V. M. I. M iii :::; y::y! i! Faculty Lt.-Col. George Lloyd Barton, Jr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Latin and French Phi Beta Kappa, Raven, Bachelor and Master of Arts, University of Virginia. Instructor in Latin, University of Virginia, ' i2- ' i6, and in Latin and Greek, ' i6- ' i7. Civilian Instructor V. M. I., ' ifi- ' iy. Major and Adjunct Professor of Latin and French, V. M. I., ' 19. Ph.D., University of Virginia, ' 20. Lieutenant-Colonel and Associate Professor of Latin and French since 1920. Since 1919 Secretary-Treas- urer V. M. I. Athletic Association. J= ;— .-t. V n ' Lt.-Col. Benjamix F. Crowson B.S. Associate Professor of Englisli Graduate of V. M. I., Class of ' 10. Commandant of Cadets, Millersburg Military Academy, Kentucky. Four years Assistant Professor V. M. I. Graduate student V. M. I. Special student University of Pennsylvania. Superintendent Charlotte Hall School, Maryland. Since September, 1920, Associate Professor of English V. M. I. Lt.-Col. Robert Lee Bates A.B., LL.B., A.M. Associate Professor of Psychology and PJiilosopliy Born November 7, 1886, at Middleway, W. Va. Graduated from West Virginia University in 1912 with degree of LL.B. Graduated from Military Department of West Virginia University. In 1916 received the degree of A.B. from West Virginia University. Later a student at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. High School Principal until 191 8. Com- missioned First Lieutenant, Psychology Service, U. S. Army. Later assigned to the Educational Service as Superintendent of Instruction at General Hospital No. 2. Student at Johns Hopkins University, receiv- ing degree of A.M. in 1920. Retained as Research Assistant in the Psychology Department of Johns Hopkins, ' 20- ' 2i. Adjunct Professor of Psychology V. M. I., ' 21 - ' 22. Since 1922 Associate Professor of Psychology and Philosophy. Member of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science. Major Frank A. Grove B.S. Adjunct Professor of Physics and Military Science Graduated from V. M. I. 1912. Instructor at the Dublin Institute, ' i3- ' i4. Assistant Professor V. M. I-, ' i4- ' i6. Commissioned First Lieutenant of Field Artillery, U. S. A., August, 1917. Served fifteen months in France with the Fifteenth Field Artillery, Second Division, taking part in the operations around Chateau-Thierry, Verdun, the Aisne defen- sive, and the Aisne-Marne offensive. Commissioned Captain, August, 1918. Discharged at Camp Mc- Clellan, February, 1919. Since then Major and Ad- unct Professor of Physics at V. M. I. III li h n Faculty Major Henlev P. Boykin B.S. .IJjuncI Professor of Malheinatics and Military Science and Assistant Commandant Born at Sunnvside, Southampton Count.v, Vir- ginia, 1891. Matriculated V. M. I., ' 09. Graduated V. M. 1., ' 12, degree of B.S. Assistant Professor of Mathematics ' and Dra%ving, ' i2- ' 20. Second Lieu- tenant U. S. A., assigned to V. M. I. Students ' Army Training Corps, ' 18. Major and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics and Drawing, ' 20. Assistant Com- mandant since September i, 1920. .ill M.AjoR Sterling M. Heflin B.S. Adjunct Professor of Physics and Military Science Distinguished graduate of V. M. I., Class of ' 16, receiving Cincinnati Medal on graduation. As- sistant Commandant, Instructor in Mathematics, and Athletic Coach at Bingham Military School, N. C, ' i6- ' i7. Commissioned Captain of Infantry from First Fort Meyer Training Camp. Instructor at second Fort Meyer Training Camp, and promoted to Major of Infantry. Transferred to Central In- fantrv O. T. S., Camp McArthur, Texas. Appoi.ited Adjimct C. I. O. T. S. Resigned from Army, De- cember, 191 8. Assistant Professor of Physics V. M. I., second term, session ' i8- ' i9. Oil business in Texas, ' i9- ' 20. Adjunct Professor of Physics V. M. I.. ' 20- ' 22. M Facult Major Hernando M. Read A.B. Adjunct Professor of English and History Born at Dallas, Texas, February 28, 1897. West Texas Military Academy, ' o8- ' i2. Fourth distin- guished graduate, Class of ' 16, V. M. I. Instructor at Emerson Institute, Washington, D. C, September- November, ' 16. Assistant Professor of English, V. M. I., ' i6- ' i8. Rejected at Officers ' Training School on account of defective vision. Waived exemption and vas accepted in the service September 4, 1918. First Sergeant Twenty-fourth (later Fourth) Com- pany, 155th Depot Brigade, Camp Lee, Va., Sep- tember-December, ' 18. I ' pon discharge from service resumed duties at V. M. I. Since July i, 1921, Major and Adjunct Professor of English and His- tory. AIajor Robkrt J. Trixkle B.s. ildjunct Professor of Electrical Eritjincering Boin at Dublin, Virginia, October 5, 1893. At- tended Roanoke College, ' lo- ' ii. Graduated V. M. I. in 1914, eighth in class, vith degree of B.S. in Elec- trical Engineering. Graduate students ' course Allis- Chalmers Elec. Manufacturing Co., ' i+- ' i5. With DuPont Powder Company, ' i5- ' i7. Commissioned Second Lieutenant from First Fort Meyer Training Camp, ' 17. Active service in U- S. A. in replace- ment and training centers. Camp Lee, Virginia, from August, ' 17, to May, ' 19. Discharged with rank of Captain, May, ' 19. Electrical engineering with Bethlehem Steel Company until July, ' 21. Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering V. M. L, ' 2r- ' 23. Since 1922, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engi- neering, V. M. L iP Major J. A. B. Dillard B.s. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry Born February 5, 1896. Distinguished graduate V. M. L, Class of 1916. Chemist with the Commer- cial Acid Company, ' 16, and with the New Jersey Zinc Company, ' 17. Safety Engineer and Chemical Engineer, Aluminum Company of America, ' 2o- ' 2i. Chemical Engineer for the Southern Acid and Sul- phur Company and the Arkansas Preservative Com- pany, ' 21. First Lieutenant, Infantry, 34th and 97th Divisions, ' i8. Assistant Professor of Chemistry V. M. L, ' i9- ' 20. Acting Head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy V. M. L, ' 21 - ' 22. Since September, 1922, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Department of Geology and Min- eralogy, V. M. L -. j - -: ' 7 y} M Assistant Professors Captain Robert A. Marr, Jr., B.S. Assislant Professor of Civil Enijinrering 11 n Captain T. F. Morton, A.B. Assistant Professor of Mat iemalics Captain Leslie Womeldorf, B.S. Assistant Professor of Modern Lan juaijes Captain J. H. C. Mann, B.S. Assistant Professor of Matliemalics Captain R. C. Weaver, B.S. Assistant Professor of Electrical Enijineeriyig Captain H. L. Watson, B.S. Assistant Professor of Clieinistry Captain L. S. Roberts, B.S. Assistant Professor of Matliematics Captain A. H. Grahaai, B.S. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Captain M. G. Ramey, A.B. Assistant Professor of Eyiglisl) and History h Captain W. S. Estes, B.S. Assistant Professor of Modern Langiiatjes Washington Taps! Fades the light within the dead-gray walls As if a hundred eyes had closed in sleep. A bugle, crooning softly, calls and calls Upon the sky in brass. The dark drops close, and dream-filled breezes ward The absent flags of day. The damp dews weep From out the sky, and night stands tireless guard Until the moon shall pass. Tide-full of lives whose quest for dream-of-dreams Has yet to reach its flood, heart-whole in all We live. Death shall not bend to us, it seems While Jrasliingion shall stand! A smybol stamped upon the horizon In bronze, deep-scored by memory ' s light you call- Our Patron, give to us thy benison From out a lavish hand. J. D. H., ' 23. DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Chemical Engineering Liberal Arts Department of Civil Engineering Colonel Robert B. Poague Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Anderson Captain Robert A. Marr, Jr. J. H. Adams B. P. Bailey, Jr. J. M. Baxter S. F. Blain R. D. BuDD, Jr. R. B. Archer K. V. Atwell F. W. Bailey J. R. Baird E. S. Baughn J. F. Baya R. C. Brower First Class B. L. Clarke, Jr. J. V. Caldwell A. G. Franklin E. C. Franklin M. R. GooDE R. G. Hunt Second Class R. F. Buchanan J. C. Causey, Jr. A. L. Chapin M. H. Doty W. Faulkner T. J. Garrett R. H. Knox H. B. McColgan P. C. Keesee B. E. Morriss C. L. Parker T. H. Robertson, Jr. V. W. SOUTHALL T. D. Shiels A. J. Major R. D. Palmer T. O. Rice F. L. Thompcon J. E. Woodfin R. C. Yates E. B. Yost mimus i £ MmmmMt M ' ■ ' x-r - Department of Electrical Engineering Colonel Francis Mallorv llentenant-colonel stewart w. anderson Major Sterling M. Heflin Major Robert J. Trinkle First Class G. L. Agnor R. Alexander, Jr. H. B. Barrow A. W. Belden, Jr. T. A. Brame A. S. Brigcs J. H. Coleman S. B. Coleman J. L. Clarkson S. S. Cooke, Jr. J. W. Cure, Jr. J. C. Davenport E. P. Dillon S. P. Foster R. L. Gatewood J. GiRAND W. R. Harrison C. A. Johnson F. W. Jones G. T. Miller E. D. Peterson R. H. Pretlow G. L. Roberts on A. C. Schmidt G. W. SVDNOR E. C. Thompson B. N. Thornton A. E. Turner T. H. Vaden R. W. Withers E. M. Williams J. E. Woodward M. N. Yarborough Second Class A. H. Adkins J. Baird L. E. Burgess W. E. Coleman O. L. Denton C. F. Feast, Jr. E. C. Ferguson F. I. Gregory W. H. Hassinger H. N. Henry R. A. Keely J. B. Lacy . R. P. Leonard F. R. Malone H. T. NicoLCON J. E. NORVELL C. F. Redd F. M. Sherry P. B. Stovin J. B. Taylor C. M. Thomas R. K. Waring J. M. Yates F. W. Yates Department of Chemical Engineering Colonel Hunter Pendleton Major James A. B. Dillard Captain Harry L. Watson Captain Andrew H. Graham Captain Welford S. Estes First Class J. L. Barrow E. R. Brown E. H. Cunningham R. L. Davis E. A. Durham T. U. Dudley, Jr. C. A. Farwell A. T. Gwathmey J. H. Kyle D. L. MacGregor F. C. Maloney, Jr. G. A. Penniman E. R. Plowden W. C. Shorter J. A. SIMMS Second Class J. G. Bickford C. D. Briggs P. D. Camp S. Letcher E. W. Link W. C. Noell T. L. Nolan C. Ruffner M. C. Trundle J. W. Watts, Jr. 46 LIBRARY Department of Liberal Arts Colonel Henry C. Ford Colonel William M. Hunlev Colonel Raymond E. Dixon Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin F. Cro.vson Lieutenant-Colonel Robert L. Bates Major Hernando M. Read Major John E. Townes First Class E. L. Akers, Jr. C. J. Chappell, Jr. H. P. Costolo L. L. Daube L. T. Derryberry P. P. Goodman J. DeW. Hankins S. G. Harriss, Jr. C. J. Hart E. C. Ivey, Jr. J. R. Jackson W. F. J0NE3 E. H. JOYNER, Jr. C. P. Light, Jr. E. C. McMillan J. W. Mason, Jr. B. P. Mays J. A. Mitchell W. F. Moore T. P. Morgan F. M. Page H. W. Porter T. V. Porter F. P. Prince C. L. Polk L. H. Ryland T. H. Spindle T. G. S PRATT B. B. Stone R. A. Turner M. D. Winchester C. S. Ramsey W. H. Shervin, Jr. M. M. Pettyjohn Second Class F. C. Alworth F. H. Bagby C. S. Carstens E. O. Chaudoin W. W. Couch C. O. Drennan J. F. East J. P. Edmondson W. P. GOOCH R. E. Hawkes T. C. HORNE P. HUNTT W. L Jordan M. B. King C. W. Lewis R. Lowe W. D. C. Lucy S. R. Marshall R. D. Mead G. H. Miller D. D. Moses Ma-. J. M. Osnato C. M. Pace H. H. Page E. B. Ryder W. B. Ryland T. H. Saunders A. B. Scott C. S. Semans C. L. Shelley R. j. Siewert W. Simpson 5 r-: w J. L. Sims A. N. Smith C. Smith J. Stevens R. G. Stokes R. L. Sullenberger R. S. Terry L. Timberlake R. L. Wallace J. A. Washington BOOK II CLASSES First Class Colors: Red and Black Class Officers Robert Gordon Hunt President Jesse Walters Caldwell P ' ice-Presidenl Hal Costolo Historian m m §1 B n ii i iUiii lMiMlllll K .( x  .i t(«-«: «c« - L b  y 3 ' : )i James Hardwicke Adaisis, B.S. ALTAVISTA, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Red, Ah, Adaa Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball. ■■F. Second Class: Private Company F ; Corn Club; A. S. C. Comedy Club; Marshal Final Ball. Fii-st Class; Private Company Squad; Marshal Final German. When duty whispers low ' Thou must, ' A. S. C. B. ; Polo The iith repli( We are attempting to introduce to you one of the brightest rays in our catalogue of sunspots. As a rat, curious as to what being an old cadet was like, Red formed the habit of visiting during call to quarters, and that, as everyone knows, is bad for the V. M. I. ' keydet. ' Not getting enough kick out of this, he ran the block to go to Washington and Lee hops and see his roommate ' s calic, staging a little track meet with Captain Cosine Nichols on the return trip. Becoming a typical trifling Third Classman, Red carried on with such small matters as pulling a month ' s solid max on Analytics out of the fire in order to make a Christmas furlough, joining the Cavalry, and going to the hops when on the sick list with all duty. He likewise showed consistent liking for our neighboring college ' s social affairs by being one of the two to attend her Fancy Dress Ball — sub rosa. Not satisfied, he assisted in the attempt to decorate the flag pole with Hard Boy McCuiston ' s remains when ' 23 threw eight bombs on a certain day when the latter was O. D. Since those palmy days he has helped make bridge the national indoor sport, pulled off a fireworks celebration that was good for an extra week ' s furlough one Christmas on account of injuries sustained, repeated at the Fancy Dress, got caught, and crossed over the river to rest in the shade of the Bridge Structure of Civil Engineering. A First Classman, Red is the same good-natured trifler, as well liked as he is well known — and it would be hard not to know him. Having a brother who graduated in ' 20, and another now in ' 26, it may be said that Hardwicke may come and Hardwicke may go, but Adams goes on forever. Luck to you, Red! Don ' t mind a little thing like that, be a sunbeam. l i Eugene Lynch Akers, Jr., A.B. LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantry lean Ookey Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Lynchburg Club. Third Class: Corporal Company A ; Lynchburg Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company A ; Lynchburg Club; Corn Club; R. B. P. D. ; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company A ; A. P. S. A.; V. M. I. S. S. C. ; Literary Society; Methodist Church Club; Lynchburg Club; Marshal Final German. The mildest manner with bravest minrl. The grasshoppers were having their Final Hop one breezy September morn about four years ago, when the sap of ambition stirred in one gentleman of leisure from that merrie towne of Lynchburg-on-the-sky-line. Above is that same specimen of laissez-faire, one Ookey Akers, by all of whose six and one-twelfth feet of longi- tude we ' ll swear forever. And so he came and saw, did Ook ; we will pass over the conquered. After a year made up of some three hundred centuries of twenty- four hours each, finals came, and the newly-made returned for a flying trip to the pioud city of his birth, storing up hard guy instincts necessary to a Mean Third Classman. As such he is said to have been as hard as the cobblestones upon the streets of Lynchburg, at the same time being the reigning potentate of the second squad in A Company. A Second Classman, he took to the cultured clan of Liberal Artists, and daily may he be seen reclining upon a lounge in the library, at peace with the world. Jean has always been a comfortable sort of man to be with. Being even- balanced himself, he doesn ' t put in his time trying to upset one ' s ideas, but keeps his counsel and takes his mind from no man. And when he sets his shoulder to a job something is bound to move. To V. M- L and ' 23 he will ever be a friend to be respected and admired, and to the world — a leader of men. That ' s one time I was too quick for assembly. : :f kf- iijLMilX XT j m. ml ' «-vi •J; yF! ? . ' - ' ' )i i i ' Robert Alexander, Jr., B.S. MARYLAND Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Alee, Bob, Abdul •■; Track Squad: Yankee Club. Third Class: Corporal nkee Club, Second Class: Color Sergeant; Ring Com- mittee; V. V. ' s; Vrestling Squafl; Track .Squad; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company A ; Scrub Football; Wrestling Squad; Track .Squad; V. M. I. S. S. C. ; Yankee Club; Marshal Final German. In arguing Alexander owned his skill, For e ' en though vanquished, he could argue still. Not looking before he leaped nor taking too much for granted, another mem- ber of ' 23 joined us to take what might come along. The M. T. C. ' s in their reception were all that they should be, and Alec soon entered on a term as a perfect rat. His foot slipped once or twice, but a little persuasion on the part of some earnest corporals did wonders — even to the extent of chevrons at finals. Trying to do a lot of things at once made him one of the unfortunates at Christ- mas. However, he escaped the influence of Buddy Chappell and emerged at finals with a little more gold. At the beginning of his Second Class year amperes and volts had a strange lure, and another engineer cursed his lack of hay. After midyears he became the envy of the section by being offered an approved permit to transfer to Liberal Arts, and probably broke Piggy ' s heart by not accepting. Hard luck has kept Bob from carrying on a bright prep school athletic record, much to his and our disgust. The calic do not seem to bother him very much, but we have seen him cast his eyes at a certain picture. He says he is going to settle down, so . Bob is one who knows v hen to work and when to play, two things that make for success, and we hope he comes through as he should. We like him for many reasons and wish him all the luck in the world. Whenever we see him we ' ll know that a real friend is around. I ' ll have to cut out all this foolishness. V J ,AA A-3; 1 ' - ' - ■i ! ' 23i Ben entered old V. M. I. with the rest of us, back in the hazy da s of September, 1919. He got through the rat year like the rest of us, praying for Finals to come. He had his experience holding the reins of authority as the sergeant but decided to cast his lot with the privates after mid-year makeovers. B. P. chose Civil En- gineering under Oley Anderson — and thereby a life of hard work. He was always noted for his slow speaking, but this has been with him since a child and can ' t be changed. As a hound Ben was fair; he could be counted on to attend all the hops, al- though his heart might be out West in the safe-keeping of some fair damsel. Ben intends to become an Architect after more studying at the University of Texas. However, as there are no reveilles nor Friday Afternoon Drills down there, he have a wonderful time planning houses and other buildings. The class wishes you all kinds of luck, Ben, feeling sure of the success you will gain after you leave your old Alma Mater. E |imi!4AXlA.4.i4. jdyi.- .. .(. K « C 4 f j J y - ) Henry Bexnett Barrow, B.S. BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Cousin Sloppy, Sloppy Fourth Class: Private Company D. Third Class: Corporal Company D. Second Class: Sergeant Company D ; Company Rifle Team; Polo Association; Varsity Polo Squad; Corn Club; Marshal Final Ball. Tirst Class: Lieutenant Company D ; Manager Polo Associa- tion; Captain Polo Team; A. I. E. E. ; Marshal Final German. •A ho kingdo Who would have thought that this once meek looking rat would blossom out as an efficient First Lieutenant? So it has come to pass. Hard work during his rat year won Henry Bennett Barrow those much-coveted Corporal ' s chevrons, and harder work the next year moved them up, while now the gold has reached his shoulders. His success in the military line is not a surprise, for he has attended three National Guard camps and already holds a commission as First Lieutenant in Uncle Sam ' s Reserves. Sloppy shines in other things besides military; all during his Second Class year he wore gold stars on his sleeves, and almost every night the rest of us poor mortals were disturbed by Electrical Engineers seeking his aid on many problems, as his willing heart is always ready to help a less fort unate classmate. We are all pulling for him to be listed as a Distinguished Graduate of the Class of ' 23. When polo was introduced at V. M. I. Sloppy became one of its most earnest supporters. He journeyed to Camp Dix to show the officers there how the game ought to be played, and he is now an officer of the Association and Manager of the Team. Bennett is ever a diligent Electrical Engineer and a worthy disciple of Pussy- foot, but many of us think that his love for military will lead him into the Army. Wherever he may roam, his earnestness, his strength of character, his consistency, and his never-say-die spirit will put the name of Barrow in the Hall of Fame. n .,, o,( ♦ x. cwt ( « -€ «r L James Lewis Barrow, B.S. BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Jl ' liistle, Pete, Peter, Jimmy Fonrtll Class: Private Company D ; Piedmont Club. Third Class: Corporal Company C ; Piedmont Club. Second Class: Private Company C ; Company Rifle Team; R. B. F. D. ; Piedmont Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; President P.edmont Club; Methodist Church Club; Literary Society; V. M. I. S. S. C. ; Company Rifle Team; Marshal Final German. yet by tiine completely silvered o ' e past the bounds of freakish youth. Peter hails from the good old Virginia borough of Blackstone, and claims to be the most famous representative since Chief Pawnticket hocked the early colonists to the Bathrobe Indians. Many are his goodly qualities, and many are his bad. Jimmie ' s fascination for the simpler sex is not by any means entirely due to his having the only asbestos hair in barracks, for many fair mam ' selles will swear that he knows his berries many times over and over, both in Blackstone and in Lexington. His line would have held up the Lusitania while it was sinking, and might be used for an ocean cable if it were composed of wire rather than hot air. Most unfortunately, he has a spark of genius in his diminutive brain, and, like many such geniuses, disdains idleness. At times, however, when not engaged in the perusal of La J ' ie Parisienne, or other examples of our modern literature, he may be seen, lost to the world, under a mountain of letters, which exude all the varieties of perfume known to the Beau Brummelistic world. Then we know that Peter is adding one more to his long list of conquests. Whistle demonstrates a wicked blackboard in his chosen couse of Chemical Engineering, and manipulates a dizzy molecule at all times. In fact, he likes the sport so much that he has spent in times past six summer weeks at Rockbridge Baths in order to become more proficient along those lines. We are sure that the world will hear from this young man, for his strength of character, supported by his willingness to work, prophesy for him the career of a celebrity and a valiant supporter of V. M. I. Someone is holding out on my special. EAjiJiiri XIXlXI K -K ' ii« ' L- ' (L ' C ,kkl.khb ' ' ii:mmi ' ' J J ' X     '  i John Matthews Baxter, B.S. WASHIXCTON ' , DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Born 1899. Matriculated 1919. Artillery John, Minnie, J. M. Fourth Class: Private Company B ' ; Washington Club. Third Class: Private Company B ; Wasliington Club. Second Class: Private Company B ; Wrestling Squad; A. S. C. E.; Washington Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; Wrestling Squad; Track Squad; Literary Society; Washington Club; A. S. C. E. : Mar- shal Final German. Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing ' s so hard, but search -will find it out. In the fall of 1919 John arrived at the Institute and received his first lessons in finning out. The next year, having neathered the hardships of rathood, he came back to try the life of the old cadet. He got the habit and has been a keydet ever since. He couldn ' t even stand life away from the old Institute for the full period of the summer furlough, so he came back twice to Summer School (ask the ridge-pole, it knows). His Second Class year might be said to have been the most eventful of the four for John. It was in that year that he gave up the pleasures of hay for the prob- lems of Civil Engineering. It was also in this vear that he received his first pro- posal of marriage. It was from Minnehaha, last of her race, and pride of the side- show at the Fair. She was a perfect thirty-six (in height), and though she jilted him a few days after the proposal, when the show left town, Minnie, as he was thereafter called, still said there was no other like her. We hope not, anyway! Even though he was Jilted, he has the satisfaction of knowing that he is attractive to the ladies, since he was picked out of the entire battalion. Minnie has now- pursued to its lair the elusive dip, and his four years are ended. Now that his keydet days are over, armed with the sheepskin, John journeys forth to wrest his living from a cruel world. We wish him success, and we know he will win it, if work and perseverance count. WTloop-e-el V i Arthur William Belden, B.S. WILMINGTON; NORTH CAROLINA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Fourth Class: Priv Private Company pany A : Drama te Company i. : Dramatic ic Club; Ten hal Pinal Ball. First Clas! Art, Deener B : Dramatic Club: North Carolina Club. Thii-d Class Club: North Carolina Club. Second Class: Private Com lis Squad; Company Rifle Team; North Carolina Club i: Private Company A ; Tennis Squad; Company Rifl( A. I. E. E. ; North Carolina Club; Marshal Final German When Arthur William Belden first reached barracks the sun vas setting behind old House Mountain, and he has continued to watch the self-same sun set for four long years. During the first year he went through it all with the rest of his brother rats, and returned as an old cadet to show the next class how it should be done. Art missed his calling when he took Electrical Engineering instead of Liberal Arts, as many of his female associates will tell you what a potent line he has. How- ever, it really does not make much difference, as he could succeed in anything. Fortunately or unfortunately Art is gifted with admirable ability along dra- matic lines, and he has made many trips to nearby female institutions of learning. In these schools he has had ample opportunity to exercise this same line, and it is believed that many of the inmates have fallen for it. Art has done well in Electrical Engineering, and it is expected that he w make quite a success along this course of endeavor, provided, of course, that he does not respond to the call of the footlights. ■■Good-bye g-irls, I ' m through. ' fL . ' ' S .- i ' L«.« ' i a7 AX H ' a, '     ■  Stanton Forman Blain_, B.S. LEXINGTONj VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Blain Fourth Class: Private Company D. Thii-d Class: Corporal Company C ; Valley of Virginia Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company ■ ' D ; A. S. C. E.; Valley of Virginia Club; Marshal Pinal Ball, lirst Class: Private Company D ; A. S. C. E. ; Local Lads ' Club; Marshal Final German. but sh e fail It is an adventurous spirit who dares to brave the terrors of ratdom, knowing full well the system and consequences. But such was Stanton Blain. Though living in Lexington, and acquainted even intimately with barracks life, he set out on his rugged four years with high hopes, fully reconciled to whatever the future might hold in store. His rat year having passed, he started on the uphill grade of a Third Classman. Before many weeks had passed the Commandant recognized his sterling qualities as a military man, and burdened him with a corporalcy. In spite of this fact, he walked Special Guard with the rest of his brother rats during the inevitable period of Third Class Bolshevism. Back again as a Second Classman and a high ranking sergeant, he seemed a changed man, the cause as yet being unknown. Not finding Electrical Engineering in accordance with his needs, he switched to Civil soon after Christmas. Even this seemed not to satisfy him, but he struggled bravely on. He suffered with the artillery and infantry units at Edgewood for six weeks with the rest of us, and concluded an otherwise successful summer by making a certain little town near Lexington his headquarters the greater part of the time. His First Class year has been successful, with the exception of five of the five necessary subjects, upon which he is still doubtful. Blain ' s success in life is assured, for he has the ability to make friends and to hold them. We predict a glorious and successful career for him, and we hope some day to gaze on his marvelous feats of engineering. No, I ' m not going to play bridge tonight — have to write a letter. I J k-A A MMJ r Terrell Alexaxder Brame, B.S. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery T, Terrible Fourth Class: Private Company B : Company Baseball; Mississippi Club. Third Class: Corporal Company E ; Company Baseball: Secretary-Treasurer Mississippi Club. Sec- ond Class: Private Company E ; Vice-President Mississippi-Tennessee Club; Company Baseball; Polo Squad; Corn Club; Marshal Final Ball, lirst Class: Private Company A ; Polo Team: Mississippi-Tennessee Club; Company Baseball; A. I. E. E. ; Marshal Final German, Create than I ■d, but I do not be If everyone in the world had the face and bearing of a Grecian god there would be hardly any particular use in looking like one. But since it happens that such men are rarely found, we indulge, along with the reader, in particular pleasure as we present the above, with this caution — he is not a Cireek. As a very newly keydet out, T realized the sole ambition of such, which is to erase himself entirely from the thsughts of the Third Class, though they do say he used to drape a wicked dike. The ne. t year he wore the chevrons of a high- ranking Corporal, although upholding the traditions of the hell-bustin ' Third Class- men sometimes caused him momentary embarrassments. Some blue-e ed sub-deb once told us that he was fast, and we finally agreed with her, when we watched him on the cinder path. The best of us give up in despair when we see T perform in Jackson Hall, while we feel like a young diploducus as he shakes a limbo in drastic style. Auf Wiedersehen and Au demain to him, and we are sure that the game of life he plays will be one of those heady, strong-heart, ascending ones that end only on the pinnacle of great success because there is no higher to climb. ■■Hike! Coming through! ii i ' if Albert Sidney Briggs, RICHMOND, VIRCIN ' IA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Sid, Newsy, Pridney Fourth Class: Class: Corpoi-f S- rgeant Company Class: P: Marshal ClK Ri te Company A : Episcopal Ch pany A ; Episcopal Church Choir; Richr A ; Art Editor ' ■Bullef; Richmond Club; Company A ; Art Editor Bomb ; Secretary A. I. E al German. His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand His manners were gentle, compliant, and blan chmond Club. Third Club. Second Class: hal Final Ball. First . E.; Richmond Club; This lad with the Canine cast of countenance is another product of the City on the James. Like most Richmonders, Newsy is an able advocate of the charms, mostly feminine, of his native city. He is neither selfish nor self-centered, his main Interests centering in his younger brother. His ideals have been many and varied since his advent into the Corps, and, much to his credit, he has realized most of them. In his rathood days his main ambition was to become successor to the last Jsckson Hope medalist, and he seemed well started on the path to success, having won an academic stand among the first of us, when he decided that the all-around man mixes knowledge with practice. In his Third and Second Class years he won the much coveted Chevrons, which well fulfilled his ambition. The summer leave before his First Class stretch was a turning-point in his life. His heart was captured by a certain fair damsel up the Valley. This set at naught the prevalent rumors that he had left Cupid in Richmond, which had hitherto been accepted by his fellow Cadets, due to the numerous hound sheets received from that city. Newsy has not allowed his social activities to interfere with his other duties, however, and in many other lines he has enjoyed equal success. As Art Editor of the Bomb, his work has been of the highest calibre, and to him is due much of the credit for the success of this publication. Always prominent in both academic and military circles, Sidney ' s many friends testify to his attractive personality and good-fellowship. When he is heard from in later life we will know that his success has been due to the perseverance and deter- mination which have characterized his career as a member of ' 23. Plenty eood! Hot stuff! Give ' em rest! jWrnm AAJLAAAA. Kj n-j. . j n(. « .(c- «c • l Edwin Rice Brown, Jr., B.S. DEER PARK, TEXAS Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Artillerv Ed, Brownie, Private Lily of the Stable Guards Third ClaS! : Private Company • ' B : Polo Association: Texas Club; Mar- ; Outrage Staff; Literarj- Society; ;he mother of invention. Farmer, Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Texas Club. Texas Club. Second Class: Private Company B shal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company I Texas Club; Marshal Final German. Art imitates nature, and necessity i One bright September morning this Texas prodigy walked blithely through Washington Arch. The cheers and well wishes of the entire populace of Deer Park were resounding in his ears, but he was soon finning out with the rest of old ' 23, firmly believing that all ' s well that ends well (though he doubted if he would ever see the end). Ed has a keen sense of humor, and, being quite a cartoonist, the bulletin boards were always full of his unchronicled barracks history. However, his sense of humor was not confined to cadets, for on one occasion Ole Nick was required to throw away his cigar in the courtyard. Aside from this, Ed has never departed from the realm of rational conservatism, except once when he dived off the fourth stoop while suffering various optical illusions and delusions. Brownie elected to become a disciple of the H2S creed, and the pursuit of the elusive ion seems to hold him like a spell, though at unguarded moments he has been heard to express the belief that he would have done well in Liberal Arts. We feel sure that that doubt is due to modesty, and, if he sticks with his profession, success awaits him at the end of the road. Oh no, Budd! Fifth rev hasn ' t gone! We ' re all just getting up early for our daily i V ri. - .  «. - ' L .- c, - i Robert Dunn Budd, Jr., B.S. petersburg, virginia Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Bud, Buddy, Judge Fourth Class: Private Company D ; Gym Team. Third Class: Private Company Gym Team. Second Class: Private Company D ; A. S. C. E. ; Marshal Final Ball. Clr.ss: Private Company D ; A. S. C. E. ; Marshal Final Ge Robert, as a rat, while not being immune from attention, succeeded in getting by b ' ' tter than the majority of his classmates, due to the fact that the two Red Perils ' of the year were from his own home town. However, he spent his spare fifteen minutes everv da} ' in hard study, and evenlualh ' became a Third Classman with the rest of us. As a Third Classman, he was boned, segregated, and unjustly accused — like the majority of us — but even in that year of indiscretion he showed signs of the seriousness and conservation that is affected by upperclassmen. In his Second Class year he was given an opportunity to apply himself to his studies, with the result that his stands rose in all subjects, and stars began to shine in the distance. Though he didn ' t make the stars, he did make the First Class. And having found out what he could do in the academic line, he plans to rival Birdie Girand in maxes this year. Interested in all athletics, Buddy has tried hard at those in which he is best: Gym work, polo, boxing, wrestling, and dancing. Strange to say, with the least chance for practice, he shows a high proficiency in the latter, and at every hop he tries to import at least one of the fairest. His successes in this line are our satis- faction. Since he has chosen Civil Engineering for a vocation, it has gained a valuable member, and we wish him every success. What the hell do I care? .lvllli AAAA. .iA. )( - ' ■( . f ' i«:-(L-4 L- iL ' C Jesse Walters Caldwell, B.S. RADFORD, VIRGINIA Born 1900. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Runt, Chas, Jess Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Vice-President Class; Scrub Football; Scrub Base- ball; Southwest Virginia Club. Third Class: Corporal Company B ; Vice-President Class; Scrub Football; Scrub Baseball; Hop Committee; Southwest Virginia Club. Sec- ond Class: Supply Sergeant Company E ; Vice-President Class; Captain Scrub Football Team; Assistant Manager Baseball; Athletic Editor BuUef; Vice-President A. S. C. E. ; Polo Squad; Vice-President Southwest Virginia Club; Hop Committee: Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company F ; Vice-President Class; Scrub Football; Varsity Polo; Assistant Leader Final German; Editor-in-Chief Cadef; Athletic Editor Bomb ; Pres- ident A. S. C. B. ; President Southwest Virginia Club; Vice-President Hop Committee. The foe may harass, but can ne ' er surprise. Or over him ignoble conquest win. Ever since his arrival on that never-to-be-forgotten morn, Caldwell has been climbing, climbing, toward the goal of success in every phase of Cadet life. In his Rat year Runt was among the first to appear on the Hill in response to the coaches ' call for football material, and later captained the best Junior Varsity V. M. I. ever turned out. Little Chas ' s personality soon asserted itself, for even while he was yet a lowly rodent, he was elected Vice-President of his class. He has been re-elected to this office three times. This honor is second to but one at the Institute, that of Class President. Gold lace appealing to his eye, Runt acquired for himself the much coveted chevrons: Corporal, Quartermaster-Sergeant, and Lieutenant. What more could be desired? An athlete, an officer, a class leader! Still Chas was ambitious. He chose to follow Civil Engineering, and in this course also has made good. Wishing to show that he was not a narrow-minded engi- neer, he decided to turn some of his surplus energy into literary channels, and we find him in his First Class year Editor-in-Chief of Tlie Cadet. Chas is at every Hop, and because of his recognized ability as a social leader he was chosen Assistant Leader of the Final German. In bidding good-bye to Chas irt June, V. M. I. loses a true son; the type of man of which she is proud. A faithful roommate! A sincere friend! A loyal son of his Alma Mater! May good luck remain with you always, Chas. You have succeeded in this, your first enterprise in life, and may the remainder be as successful. Let it be said: He fought a good fight, he kept the faith, he finished the course! Off me. Fat Boy!  7 h  ' 31 Clarence Joseph ChappelLj Jr., A.B. MACON, GEORGIA Fourth Class: Private Company C ; Georgia Club. Third Class: Corporal Com Secretary Georgia Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company E ; Company R Assistant Stage Manager Dramatic Club; Comedy Club; Georgia Club; Man Ball. First Class: Private Company C ' ; Manager Baseball Team; Athleti Stage Manager Dramatic Club; A. P. S. A.; Georgia Club; Marshal Final Germ pany ifle Te 5hal F The red clay hills of Georgia, where they raise water melons, peaches, and race riots, is Home, Sweet Home to this friend of ours. He back-tracked into Lexing- ington one September forenoon in 1919, and before an hour had passed he started The Great Adventure with some two hundred-odd brother rats. As a rat he earned the reputation of being able to drag in his chin further than any man in barracks, and you could always tell him by the mahogany-finished shine on his number 7 ' s. In his Third Class year, Buddy got a corporal on the first set of ap- pointments, and went up to E Company to pose as a rising military genius for two years. J5uddy ' s fame as a member of the Bulgarian Souphound Fraternity is right out there. Through four long years he has never missed a hop, and he may be seen anywhere on the floor, exercising a nasty shin at all times. Chip has demonstrated that he is no mean man on the mat, and he will always be able to double for Lionel Strongfort in case he gets hard up for a job. The Daily-Dope-Drops that he hands to the professors in Liberal Arts shows a mean knack of slinging the English Lan- guage for a fall. Passing out of the arch this June for the last time, a keydet who wore the gray, we know that, wherever we may find him, Buddy will always be in reality a keydet : one of those who possesses only the qualities of a man and a gentleman. Say, telluh! sfkr rje a Byrom Lewis Clarke, Jr., B.S. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Born 1 901. Matriculated 1920. Infantry B, Dumhcll, Monk Third Class: Private Company F ' : Comi Club; Scrub Football. Second Class: Ser Yankee Club: Company Kifle Team; Galle ball. First Class: Private Company ■ ' F ; Track Squad; Marshal Final German. any Rifle Team; Gallery Rifle Team; Y ' ankee reant Company F ; A. S. C. E. ; Corn Club; ry Rifle Team; Scrub Football; Marshal Final A. S. C. E. ; All Stars; Gallery Rifle Team; Of manners gentle, of affectic In wit a man, simplicity a ct ill Having thoroughly digested the countenance betrayed above, one naturally thinks of Gav ain the Green Knight, Philip of Macedon, and border uprisings. And as the Gentleman of the Portrait may be in future life one or all of these, it is a distinct surprise to learn that he is at present a sedate Civil Engineer. B is a canny worker on the gym floor, while per R. F. D. he puts De- mosthenes and Romeo in the deadly nightshade. He arrived in Lexington at the beginning of ' 23 ' s Third Class year, and in less than a day became known for his scads of knowledge in Chemistry, being able to fuss the wily molecule and repeat pages from memory concerning Ionic Equilibrium. He came into the Second Class a high ranking line sergeant and a side-kick of Civil Engineering. I ' p to the present time he holds the record in the Corps of the Ungreased Slide Rule Handicap, his beloved Professor Pick Marr being his only rival. In athletics he has striven on T-B. Heflin ' s scrubs, and credit is rightly due him for his performance. His ever- present cheerfulness makes him a pleasant companion at all times, and his wise cracks are more numerous than Sir John Falstaff ' s ever hop ed to be. He is never too busy to have a moment to spare for the other fellow, and always sufficiently diligent to inspire the respect of his fellow-cadets and professors. We predict for you, Byrom, a brilliant career, lighted by the flashes of your own wit and your infinile capacities for humor. They all look good far away. JU l . 5S2SSKSH22a .kkkM k ' -mm w Cs, '   y j . )! James Lewis Clarkson, B.S. MILLBORO, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Duck, Quack, Jim Fourtli Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; A. M. A. Club. Third Class: Corporal Company A ; Scrub Football: Company Baseball; Secretary A. M. A. Club; Hop Committee. Second Class: First Sergeant Company A ; Scrub Football; Company Baseball; Hop Committee; Finance Cor Manager Football; Marshal Final Ball, ball; Company Baseball; Polo Associati mittee; Finance Committee; A. I. E. B. Vice-President A. M. A. Club; Assistant First Class: Captain Company A ; Scrub Foot- on; Manager Scrub Basketball Team; Hop Com- President A. M. A. Club; Marshal Final German. the soldi ' life to have his balmy slumber waked with strife. Very early one September morning in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nineteen another Rat vas escorted into the main arch and became a son of V. M. I. After being introduced to the various requirements of Rat life, he spent the re- mainder of that year in hard work. His reward was a pair of chevrons which ad- mitted him to the ranks of the envied Corporals. In his Second Class year Duck decided to follow the flow of the elusive current and became a disciple of the dynamo. But alas! the spark of love in his heart short- circuited the flow of electricity through his head, so after Camp he spent the re- mainder of the summer with Monk at the Baths. Nevertheless he began his First Class year as Captain of A Company and piloted both himself and his Company through a successful year. When Auld Lang Syne is played again, V. M. L will send forth a son of whom she may well be proud, for he is a man among men, a credit to his class, and a truer friend could not be had. Well? Quack? ; ' V ' r 23 John Halligan Coleman, B.S. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Engineers HaUitjan, J. H., Penlialligan Fourth Class: Private Company B. Third Class; Private Company B. Second C ' las r Private Company B ; Marshal Final Ball. llrst Class: Private Company E ; A. I. E. E. ; Marshal Final German. nd round about In the fall of 1919, this specimen Avas run out of Petersburg by the Night Riders. Having no other place to go, he landed at V. M. I. and started on his career as an Electrical Engineer. With ups and downs, as the case might be, he came through, and now possesses that one skin we all love to touch, a sheepskin diploma. His love for wandering home at nights went so far that he tried to sail a horse to Petersburg and back in his dreams between taps and reveille, this going to prove he will be a great scientist some day. For the past four years he has been trying to decide which place shall be his future home: Richmond or Lynchburg. He also has stated many a time that one never knows how good-looking a brunette is until he marries a blonde. As a true believer in the flag with the green field and harp, Coleman can ' t be beat. He holds his own and says the Irish shall never perish. Likewise we give credit to Coleman for his four years of work as an electrician, and his never say die spirit. May good luck follow you in your coming years. Say, Hart, what would you give to be in Mississippi tonight? pMiW A m AA. Kj. ( H « ««■ (, « .i K] .APi .ii..Aii. iMiM ' inil tvtS T a )  ?   l Solon Bernard Coleman, B.S. SNELL, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Cupid, Rose-Bud, Angel Fourth Class: Private Company D. Third Class: Corporal Company D. Second Class: Sergeant Company D ; Polo Association; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Pri- vate Company D ; Polo Association; A. I. E. E. ; Marshal Final German. Ah! the Gods have favored us and placed in our midst one of their own number. Thus was the son of Venus and Apollo welcomed along with some three hundred more of us lowly mortals on the 2nd of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. He survived, as did most of us, the maelstrom of those September days, perhaps through the guidance of his divine parents, or by his own ethereal nature. Passing from the year, he was favored with the co.eted chevrons of a Corporalc} ' . His diet for this year was more often the ambrosia of B. D. ' s maxes, and it was only occasionally that he dropped to the cornbread of a 7-5- Another cycle turned its course and we see again this beautiful youth resuming his life with us. Deciding to use modern methods instead of the bow and arrow, he took up the study of discharging his darts by electricity- His search for a method had not altogether been futile, but it has been of such duration that we see him again in his First Class year enduring the company of us mortals. God or Man, Cupid possesses those qualities of quietness, stability, and good- fellowship that have given him a firm grip on our friendship, and the bonds are so strong that we defy time itself to weaken them. Mamma spank! ssr -A I f r f23 AkJk. A.AJU yi - . ii« «.«i. ' ' Stockton Cooke, Jr., B.S SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919, Engineers ' ■Stock, Fourth Class: Private Company D ; Alabama Club. Third Class: Corporal Compa •■D ; Alabama Club. Second Class: Private Company D ; Alabama Club; Marshal Fii Ball. ' First Class: Private Company D ; Alabama Club; Marshal Final German. —Behold, his eye As bright as is the eagle ' . , lighter Controlling majesty. While the great Muscle Shoals project seemed still but an unattainable dream in the mind of its author, Stock decided that Alabama peaches couldn ' t compare with those of Virginia, so he cast his lot with ' 23 in order to be near the latter. To say that the University of Alabama was a great loser thereby is putting it mildly, for in his four years with us Stock has ever been an outstanding member of his class. T) 1 i_ In his Third Class year he had his fling at the chevrons, but due to the Bolshe- vistic tendencies which he exhibited, he suffered a sudden fall from grace and has b ' .en a clean sleeve since that time. When he decided to pursue the elusive electron, the Artists lost a good man, for he has shown by his numerous near-lates to B. R. C, of which he holds the record, that he is a Morpheus hound of no mean ability. At the hops Stock is the first to arrive and the last to leave, and he may be seen at any time exhibiting the later-than-the-latest steps. Indeed, he has become so attracted to the old gvm that he seriously contemplates making Norfolk his future home, in order that he may ahvavs be on hand when Weidemeyer bursts forth with the Spirit. Be that as it may, we know that Stock will carry with him into the outside world all those qualities which have endeared him to us of ' 23, and which will of necessity reflect great credit upon his Alma Mater. Who is going out to Grant ' s today? i}.i ' ' - ' (U i     -  Ol am Hal p. Costolo, A.B, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Ike, Cos, Prince Hal Fourth Class: Private Company D ; Track Team; Scrub Basketball; Scrub Football: Company Rifle Team. Third Class: Corporal Company D ; Monogram Track; Scrub Basketball; Scrub Football; Company Rifle Team; Monogram Club; Class Historian. Sec- ond Class: First Sergeant Company D ; Monogram Football: Monogram Track; Scrub Basketball; Class Historian; Vice-President Polo Association; Vice-President Monogram Club; Vice-President Athletic Association; Cavalry Pistol Team; Assistant Leader Mono- gram Ball; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Captain Company D ; Class Historian; President Athletic Association; Captain Track; Monogram Football: Scrub Basketball; Hop Committee; A. P. S. A.: Marshal Final German, When love ' s well timed ' tis not a fault to love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise, Sink in the soft captivity together. From the city where they have to wear shinguards when they walk the streets came one Costolo. Easing into barracks, he made for the rat side of the old third stoop, and didn ' t stop until he got to the end of it. Here he hibernated until Finals without any staggering hap or mishap, romping into the Third Class as second cor- poral. As a Third Classman, Ike became that celebrated substitute for the dog biscuit known as Rough on Rats. The next year he held a straight course for Liberal Arts, and for two years has successfully chased the elusive A.B. Of his military record nothing further need be said. A glance at the statistics above will tell the whole story. As a gridiron artist, Cos might be called the Grand Master of the Elusive Pigskin. His work for two years as halfback of the Flying Squadron belongs to the history of the athletics of V. M. I.; some day an enterpr ' .sing publisher will print the story under the title of What a Young Athlete Should Know. Cos ' s speed and control, besides making him an outstanding star on the cinder path and captain of the track team, serves him well in encounters with the Dizzier Sex. With a line like the Atlantic Cable, and shaking an ankle worthy of an East Indian Dervish, Cos is one of those who preside over our. hops and make Rodolph sit up at night worrying. Cos, it ' s a short, hard way to the top of things when you buck the hard facts of life as you have the line of scrimmage. It ' s short because a man like you makes his hole and goes through fighting, and it ' s hard, because you never were the one to take the soft job. Ike, boy, we ' re watching you from the sidelines. This makes my third today, boys, tAvo regulars and a special. l i fe. K , ' HC «A J± - - Fourth Class: Private Company B. Third Class: Private Company D. Private Company D ; Piedmont Club; Marshal Final Ball, rh ' st Class pany E ; Piedmont Club; Marshal Final Ger One Sunday morning, as the sun was shining on this side of Old House Moun- tain, Edson journeyed to Old Nick ' s office and signed up. It was on Labor Day, and this may be why he has labored so ever since. Edson wasn ' t much surprised at the old cadets giving him a greeting that will never slip his memory, and in spite of the difficulties to be overcome in the rat year he had very little trouble in sticking it out. We all believe that this is the keynote of his future success. Early in his Third Class year Edson decided that the rules and regulations com- piled by the Board of Visitors did not suit him, and he began to go by his own rules, which he considered nothing more than common sense. Consequently many nights between the weary hours of 12 and 1 we found him in search of the golden brick in the courtyard. As time passed we learned to know him better- His disposition is such that it would be impossible for anyone to dislike him, hence his friends are in abundance. As a disciple of Old Rat he has done well. He distinguished himself in the laboratory, and since there is the basis for all science, we feel he has a fine chance for great success in this particular line. By heck! John Wilder Cure, Jr., B.S. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Johnny J Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Hoanoke Club. Third Class: Corporal Company F ; Scrub Basketball; Roanoke Club. Second Class: First Sergeant Company E ; Hop Committee; Scrub Basketball; Finance Committee; Roanoke Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Captain Company E ; Hop Committee; Finance Committee: Scrub Basket- ball: Advertising Manager Cadet ; A. I. E. E. ; Roanoke Club; Marshal Final German. He he stayed, he ' s been rewarded. Very early in September, 1919, the Magic City sent to V. M. I. a representa- tive. Well might Roanoke be proud of the fact, for Johnny Cure has made a name for himself in the Corps which will stay many years after he has taken his place out in the world. Johnny passed through his rat year with flying colors, as the star and cor- poral chevrons upon his sleeves stood to testify. Though a member of the mean Third Class, he was never so mean that he couldn ' t stay with the best of them, and passed into his Second Class year a member of the Electrical Engineers and a first sergeant, this latter leading to a captain, an honor only a very few can obtain. With the Class of ' 23 John stands high. The ladies all love him, so why shouldn ' t we? To show that his classmates will not be outdone, they have be- stowed upon him many honors. He is a member of the Hop Committee, Finance Committee, and is Advertising Manager of Tlie Cadet. These and other rewards have kept him from getting into trouble, although John has one weak spot — his heart. We often wonder at the outcome, and we can only hope for the best, for he deserves no other. WKEXKKKK l :. . ' K ' ii ' (i.:i: : dL±:L E Leon L. Dauee, A.B. ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA 1902. Matriculated 191 9 Cavalry Leon Fourth Class: Private Company D : Company Baseball: Oklalioma Club. Third Class: Private Company D ; Company Baseball; C. T. ; Oklahoma Club. Second Class; Private Company D ; Polo Team; V. V. ' s; Oklahoma. Club; Marshal Pinal Ball. First Class: Private Company D ; Polo Team; Company Baseball; All Stars; A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final Ge Is it polo. Mr. Gallaghe Here is a lad of a varied career and many talents. Nobody knows what he is thinking about or what he will do next. Leon entered the Institute in 1919, and arriving among the first, was placed high up in our midst; on the fourth stoop. Soon, however, it was deemed best to lower him in life, so he was changed to the cellar division. Still, he stood his troubles well, and soon became one of the most popular men in his class. His military expectations were not realized, for when Finals came his name was not on the list of those appointed. Returning as a Third Classman, he quickly learned the ways of the mean old cadets. Leon cast his lot with the Cavalry, and since then he has made a success in that branch. Leaving before the end of the year, and making a tour of the for- eign countries, he spent a most enjoyable vacation. As he returned a little late it was decided that he should follow the Arts course. With the rest of his classmates he proudly put on the much longed for class ring, and became a full-fledged upper- classman. After successfully passing all the academic stumbling-blocks placed in his way, he has finally made the last lap of his steady march towards a sheepskin and the freedom of cits in the outside world. Being well liked by all, Leon, it is plain that you ' ll have no diflSculties in over- coming the struggles of the wide, cruel woild. So we take this opportunity of wishing you luck and success in whatever your ventures may lead you to do, for we are glad to say you were with ' 23. W ( ' ' i n«-i ««« ' £ 4 a7 «i%P( . AAAAAi ilfeM ' iillP iS i e     .  i:i] Junius Clay Davenport, Jr., B.S. ROANOKE. VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Tubby Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Southwest Virginia Club. Third Class: Corporal Company A : Southwest Virginia Club. SecoDd Class: Sergeant Company A ; Polo Association: Roanoke Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company A ; A. I. B. E. ; All Stars: Roanoke Club; Marshal Final German. Lite too short — to hell with diet. ' In the fall of 1919 there appeared in our midst one Junius D., from the Magic City, who decided to cast his lot with us and try out the military life. Running true to form with a never-failing consistency, he has kept a constitution that never cr.icked a frown throughout his life. Although rather constrained in his rat days, when it is not always diplomatic to advertise a sunny nature on account of the dan- ger of being sun-struck, he has blossomed out since with the sort of temperament that you rarely find. Tubby ushered himself into the Third Class as a most runnin ' corporal, and passed through the storms and Bolshevism, the chemistry and the rat sheenies, the calculus and the confinements of the Third Class year, into the elements of Electrical Engineering. He stood for the term in the file-closers of the fir-rst rankin ' company- v-y! and backed A Company for three years against all comers, devoting much of his time explaining to an admiring audience, composed of Feezle Durham and Valentino Southall, why it is a physical impossiljility for the rear end of the battalion to be half as good as the front. The rest of a barracks life he spends in outguessing the wily P-Foot, demonstrating the superiorities of Roanoke, and thinking of her whom some day he will present with the cellar key as he repeats after the deacon: With my worldly goods I thee endow. Tubby, we ' re pulling for you to drop a magnet into the business world, and draw unto yourself as many shekels as you can get electrons into an atom. The man who wrote this book ought to be shot. te l i 3 frV mvk: Ik A 1 1.1 I A, : , ' i« _-iL-4 i L -C i f k ' M.f} . 11)))] ! ■■ -« Robert Louis Davis, B.S. HAMPTON, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Fotsy, Pu, Rowbear, Bob Fourth Class: Private Company C ; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Private Company D ; Tidewater Club. Second Class: Private Company D ; President Peninsula Club; Tidewater Club; Cheer Leader Corn Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company D ; Tidewater Club; Mascot O. G. ' s Association; Marshal Final German. Nay, but I swear ' t. It is with pleasure combined with doubt that we here narrate the history of one Pu Davis ' stay at the Institute. The lad in personal appearance is six feet four inches — ah — rather four feet six inches in height. Tall, erect, and manly, no one can imagine how we bubbled with joy on first seeing him, for here, we thought, was our future first captain. Although he was not destined to fill this noble office, nevertheless we can conscientiously say that Pu has taken a high place in the hearts of all who have known him. But to proceed: from the first day when he made his debut with the Third Class, throughout the whole of his four years ' stay here Bob has held down the heavy parts on the stage. Rowbear was lacking academically during his first four semesters. However, since taking up the study of chemistry, he has been surpassed by few. His book, My Personal Experiences ivith Molecules, or How I spent a Year in an Atom, has caused a considerable stir throughout chemical circles. Fotsy ' s record in outdoor work, however, has surpassed his academic in excel- lence. To begin with, he took first stand in the Corn Club activities, being cheer leader of that organization. Then, too, he was captain of the Lariat Team, to say nothing of his being quarterback of the Milk-Shake Squadron, which he leads to victory every night. Kind reader, even though this boy has caused us grey hairs, nevertheless, I am sure he will make a lasting impression, as he is the kind of man to merit trust and confidence. Cut it out. Hootch. I certify — iCC AT « .(. « .- C C ' i( A Fourth Class: Private Company E ; Tennis Squad; Tennessee Club. Third Class; Pri- vate Company E ; Tennis Squad; C. T. ; Tennessee Club. Second Class: Private Com- pany E ; Tennis Squad; Corn Club; Hop Committee; Tennessee-Mississippi Club; Mar- shal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; Tennis Team; Hop Committee; A, P. S. A.; Ti-nnessee-Mississippi Club; Marshal Final German. A gentleman Here, ladles and gentlemen, is something really worth looking at. Although he is not first captain, nor first Jackson-Hope, he makes up for these seeming deficiencies by the excellence of his personality and his good looks. Hailing from the aristocratic city of Nashville, he has absorbed the atmosphere of the Old South, which has given him the poise and quiet dignity of a true gen- tleman. There is, however, not lacking in him that offsetting quality which so many people of this type lack: an appreciative vein of humor. He can and does enjoy life even under the most difficult circumstances, and the value that this lends to his character is incalculable. He is at home in any crowd, and has the further capacity of putting everyone at his ease. It is easy to see how this young man with such a pleasing personality has taken such a high position in the social affairs of our miniature world. At the hops he is the brightest star of our firmament, and scintillates with the brilliance beyond comparison. A member of the hop committee, much of the success of this 3 ' ear ' s hops is due to him. Living four years with Derry, we have experienced the same joys and sorrows together, and in the common experience there has naturally arisen a strong bond of fellowship. Always willing to take part in anything, he carries off his end of the bargain with marked success. If, in the outside world, good will may measure your success, Doc, we know that you will go far, and that the Class of ' 23 will be proud to call you her own, Let ' s argue a while. Li: K ,  K ( Mi. « « ' K j: J 3A S13l Edmund Pendleton Dillon B.S. indian rock, virginia Born 1900. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Cricket, Spider Fourth Class; Private Company C. Third Class: Private Company C. Second Class: Private Company C ; Marsltal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; A. I. E. B.; Marslial Final German. Meelc and lowly, pure and holy, chief among- the blessed three. Witness, men, that this is the chronicle of one of our most illustrious, for when Edmund Pendleton Dillon sallied into our midst on the 3rd of September, 1919, Stonewall again repeated his very historic phrase (with, of course, alterations to suit), meaning that E. P. D. shall be heard from some day. Cricket never was a shining light in military life, but nevertheless passed through the days of a rat, a mean Third Classman, and after many hard knocks in the Second Class came to the position from which the sheepskins are attained. Cricket is not only noted for his good-heartedness and kindness, but also for many of those qualities which lack of space will not allow us to relate. He is a man who can say that he has not an enemy in the world, and his friends are numbered because he does not know- more. Not only do we expect that he will make his mark in his chosen field of endeavor, electrical engineering, but also we know that the world at large vill have to recognize his merits and award him a high position among his fellows. The Institute will lose a loyal cadet only to gain a yet more loyal alumnus, and one who will always reflect credit on his Alma Mater. Dam i£ Ino! KT most Thomas Underwood Dudley, Jr., B.S. MIDDLEBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Tom, Ash Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Northern Virginia Club. Third Class: Corporal Company A ; Company Baseball; Valley of Virginia Club. Second Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Northern Virginia Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Northern Virginia Club; Marshal Final German. ifest sign of continued cheerfulness. Thomas Underwood Dudley dropped into our knowledge on the sixth day of September, 191 9. He passed through the stage of new cadet with many sessions of push and pull, but came out all the better man for it. Tom got, or was donated (we never discovered how it happened), a corporal by the powers that were, and so entered on the stage of Stand up you misters! with credible showing. Likewise, he seems to have gotten in with the element, and the chevrons were clipped from his sleeves in the same manner that they were put on. Returning in his Second Class year, he entered the department of Chemistry, showed particular interest in the process of fermentation, and passed through till finals without a mishap. However, when the fair sex arrived he naturally gravitated toward one of their number, much to the surprise of his roommates and friends, and seems to have stuck. He came into the First Class year and did good work, and finally got that skin vou love to touch on merit alone. Tom is a good student, a friend that is a friend in time of need, and above all, a man. How ' bout it, Tommy 7 Edwin Arthur Durham, B.S. GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK Born 1899. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Bull, E. A., Feazle Fourth Class: Private Company F : Track Squad. Third Class; Corporal Company F ; Scrub Football: Swimming Team: Yankee Club. Second Class: Private Company F : Polo Association: Corn Club: RiHe Team; Y ' ankee Club: Pistol Team; Marshal Final Ball. First Cluss: Private Company F ; Scrub Football; Polo Association: Com- pany Baseball: Rifle Team; Pistol Team; Literary Society; All Stars; Yankee Club; Marshal Final German. Thy child-like grace and purity. Oh. keep for evermore. This late sun dawned upon the Institute in all his tardy brilliancy one serene morning, after most of us had arrived. The radiance coming from our newly risen classmate partially proceeded from his derby and sans culottes spats. But more potently did it gleam from his rotund form and countenance, reported by the authori- ties on the subject to have the characteristics of a hardened Parisian roue or New York first nighter. Bull joined shoulders with the rest of us, and we all loped al ong until the rat days were over. The next year he managed one of the hardest jobs in the Third Class: holding down Math, Chemistry, Physics, and a corporal at the same time. For the last two years he has chosen to learn much, under the faithful sponsorship of Labby Jim, of Why do de H2SO4 do dat? Besides, he has been a consistent football player, and though he has been unable to make the Varsity, he has been a tower of strength on the Scrubs. But by no means do the exploits of Feazle end there. At every dance you may find him, Treading a measure more lightly than can Dian the mazy groves, and he can give Salome fourteen wiggles and then beat her. We cannot begin to tell you of Bull ' s perpetual cheerfulness; his value as a boon companion and as a sturdy friend is not to be estimated. So, knowing him for a man of men, we say to him — Goodbye. [lA - .H « ' (C ' C«L ' C . Charles Alphonzo FarwelLj B.S. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Charlie, Slats Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Company Rifle Team; Louisiana Club. Third C ' lass: Corporal Company A ; Company Baseball; Company Rifle Team: Louisiana Club, Second Class: Sergeant Company A ; Company Baseball; Company Rifle Team; Vice-President Louisiana Club; Marshal Final Ball. Ilrst Class: Lieutenant Company A ; Company Baseball; President Louisiana Club; A. I. E. B. ; Marstial Final German. And he hitched his cart to a star. Four long years ago who could have gazed upon the pivot man of the rear rank of A Company and seen in him a future Lieutenant? But as the old saying goes, only time vill tell. Charlie came from New Orleans on an early day in Septem- ber and fell into his place with the rest of the would-be cadets. At finals he edged in on the list of Corporals, but during the year went by many of his brother rats. At the end of his second year he was, for some mysterious reason, omitted from the list of Sergeants, but again acquired the chevrons before the year was well started, and now with the chevrons draped from his shoulders he stands at the head of the list of Lieutenants. This, however, is onl} ' one side of the barracks life of this cadet, for as a Third Classman he decided to join the foot-soldiers as the horses had no use for him. Then, a year later, he decided to cast his lot with the disciples of Old Rat and Labby Jim, among the test tubes and beakers, and has proved himself a worthy follower. Charlie ' s only diversion from the military side of his life was playing with the hearts of the ladies. It isn ' t necessary to wish you success, Slats, for you have proven to us that no obstacle is too great to overcome. May your luck and happiness be the best, and the memories of V. M. I. and old ' 23 be ever present. Damn fine. Sidney Parks Foster, B.S. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Sparks, Jan, Sparko Club. Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Private Company B ; Chairman Class Pin Committee; Tidewater Club. Second Class: Private Company B ; Chairman Class Ring Committee; Associate Editor Bullet ; Marshal Final Ball. First Class; Private Company B ; Vice-President O. G. ' s Association: Assistant Art Editor Bomb ; Associate Editor Cadet ; A. I. B. E.; Tidewater Club; Chairman First Class Banquet Committee and Toastmaster of the Banquet; H-2 Quartet; Marshal Final Ge In mud 111 els are Dutch In the not. It must have been a gusty day when the above specimen was wafted to these grim old barracks from the city of salty breezes. But after a few eventful social calls to various sheeny dens, where M. T. C. ' s officiated mostly, he forgave the fateful winds of chance that brought him here, and decided to forget his fun-loving nature for the next ten months. After the vicissitudes of rathood were over, Parks settled down as a fairly mild bad element, but wasn ' t above enjoying the organ- ized disorder that formed the chief diversion of that dubious period. About this time he jumped directly into the limelight by designing the handsome class seal that was later to grace the class ring, class miniature, class pin, and class stationery. When it came to the parting of the ways in the academic and military phases of the Institute, Parks decided to dedicate his spare tim.e to the study of the phantom fluid of force; and in military lines he elected himself a Knight of the Red Guidon. As an Electrical Engineer he hopes in time to make the earth ' s magnetic field do his work for him, and as an artilleryman he sincerely hopes there won ' t be an- other war. Parks is an accomplished and ardent terpsichorean artist. If a girl is not avail- able he ' ll dance a clog and have almost as much fun. Besides, he is a musician of rare talent, for all night you can hear liquid melodies floating forth from his trusty mouth organ. Along with his aptitude for having a good time, Parks has a distinctive sense of humor; these qualities, together with his capacity for seriousness, constitute a personality that has won the hearts of all who know him, and foreshadows a man who can only succeed. How about attending my dance? CTlMi ' i ;I ,CI ' yi:i XO  . ( i. «. L-4,. «L« i %AM.kA. j:z-hm:: ' ) :L E .  ;:  .;,,.. ■ -,. -T7)] Albert Gallatin Franklin, B.S. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Buddy rourth Class: Private Company A ; Episcopal Church Choir; Richmond Club. Third Class: Private Company A ; Cadet Orchestra; Episcopal Church Choir; Richmond Club. Second Class: Private Company A ; A. S. C. B. ; Episcopal Church Choir; Richmond Club; Marshal Final Ball. lirst Class: Private Company A ; A. S. C. B.; Episcopal Church Choir; North Carolina Club; Marshal Final German. ' Tis good will makes intelligence. Once in every nineteen hundred and twenty-three summers, says the Prophet of Hindustan, Yap Largili, there shall appear upon this dizen ball, the commingled excrescence of all planets now hurtling slowly through space, one who is indeed a true- made Gentleman of Parts. The saying of the reverend sage was a bit slow of ful- fillment, but as we take in the representation of him who is above, we at least admit that the Seer spoke several quartfuls, even if he was a back number. Friend Buddy, when seen without eyeglasses, has caused the hearts of many drs Americannes, both of the Passion-flower type and the sometimes-shrinking violet, to wish that they could find the key to the cellar of his affections. When seen with same hornshell optical decorations, he has equally deceived professors into the non- effervescent belief that he knew what it was all about. But he, as other worse men, has drunk of the hemlock-cup of the Deeper Affection, and there is one fa re mayde of dreams who can put the kibosh on the remainder of the hours of the Keydet ' s longings. Buddy, may we never forget you as you marched into the Academic Building with Oley Anderson ' s slide rule and transit artists, or as you pushed a mean elusive toe to the glorified jazz of Weldemeyer — nor forget you and j ' our mad dashes to A Company, one jump and a half ahead of the misery horn. We count on 30U. En Avant, first call has sounded for the mingled drill and parade of life. Wk A lli.il i l ' m ' v ' i-- ' ' V vV - ' Edward Campbell Fraxklin, B.S. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Engineers Ed, Eddie Fourth Class: Private Compan 7 C ; Richmond Club; J. M. H. S. Club. Third Class: Private Company C ; Richmond Club. Second Class: Private Company C : Wrestling Squad; A. S. C. E. ; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; Varsity Wrestling; Monogram Club; All Stai ' s; A. S. C. B. ; Richmond Ciub; Marshal Final German. I dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more is none. The pictures of Napoleon Bonaparte done by White ' s photographers in Paris, France, show him to be a short, rotund gentleman of come-to-me-all-ye-calic ap- pearance. Following the parallel through to the bitter end, we come to rest finally with our eyes upon the gentleman above, done in white, black and neutral. Hailing from Richmond, Ed sifted gracefully into the arch on the 4th of Sep- tember, 1919, and in a few minutes had matriculated. And now the end is here, and Eddie leaves the Institute, the friend of every man who has known him. We believe that he must use the ditto system in answering his many letters from the sweeter sex, as he is a second Morvich of the Love Track, carrying no handicap. And yet — though we fear that the rumor may cause turmoil in the hearts of many hopeful maidens — we have heard tales of a certain little lady somewhere down South, and we feel that Eddie ' s affections are leased for life. We know that ' 23 will always have reason to refer to Eddie as one of the out- standing men of the class, a man of ability to be respected, a gentleman without a peer. We depend upon you to prove that our expectations are fulfilled, Eddie, and we know that we shall in no way have reason to be disappointed. The h— you sayl .-: .iiT K. ■ i « i ««■ •£.4 ;r K-kkkkk ' mm mm i- - ' i '     - Richard Loren Gatevvood, B.S. newport news, virginia Born 1902, Matriculated 1919. Artillery P-Foot, Dick, Gatey Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Private B ; Tidewater Club, Second Class: Private Company B ; Tidewater Club; Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; A. I. B. E. ; Tidewater Club Final German. Company Marshal Marshal Striking the electric cha ith darkly bound. ' When this longshoreman from the port of Newport News arrived, he was thanking his lucky stars that he was at last following in the footsteps of many of the Gate- woods by registering as a cadet of the old Institute. However, on reaching barracks, it seemed that the same lucky star was in total eclipse. As most eclipses are of short duration, so was that of his star, and he emerged from his rat year wearing it (the star) on his sleeve — a man distinguished on all subjects. Doubtless influenced by the social life at Fortress Monroe, Dick joined the artillery, and for the past two years has bumped along on the caissons at White ' s Farm and Edgewood Arsenal, where the artillery went, expecting a good five weeks ' vacation. Dick is serious beyond his years, and while not overburdened with the cares of the world, he thinks as a man. This trait doubtless led him to the course of Electrical Engineering, in which he has taken a high stand. His mind seems nat- urally designed to wrestle with flux densities, conductances, reactance, etc. Eagle has often been made to admit in the privacy of his room that Steinmetz was all wrong and that some day he would revolutionize the whole electrical world. Just at present, however, it is more to his advantage to agree with him. But time will tell, and vie have great hopes for him. Here ' s luck, old man, from the Class of ' 23. Like so much . l i imv % - i((; (V (v(4 . (-c«C ' ( .g a7 Fourth Class: pany E ; Cc Team; Chain Company Polo Squad: B Finance Committe James Girand, B.S. PHOENIX, ARIZONA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919 Cavalry Jimmie, Ji nanv E ; Company Rifle Team. Third Class: Corporal Com- Secoiid Class: Sergeant Company E ; Cavalry Polo [tee; Marshal Final Ball. First Class Manager Cadet ; Treasurer Polo Association Chairman A. I. E, E. ; Marshal Final G frc From a region of hot sweeping sands, commonly kno vn to us as Arizona, came this wiry young Westerner. He quickly settled down to the peaceful existence of a rat, and proceeded to disappoint us immediately, since he did not even try to shoot up the place or hold anybody up in the court yard. In fact, Jimmy was so peaceful and retiring a rat that we did not know he was around until just before Easter. Then he jumped into the limelight as official instigator and organizer of the annual Easter-egg battle. This he managed successfully, and showed to us that he had the attributes of a good Bolshevik. Upon his return as a Third Classman he immediately developed into a terror to the rats. Venturing back again in his Second Class year, we find him as chair- man of the Finance Committee, which job he has held until now, and which has plaved such an important part in the business life of the class. As business manager of the Cadet he Is the best we have ever seen. In the field of studies, Birdie has left all competitors far m the rear. Mars have adorned his sleeves since his rat year, and now he would look as odd to us without them as would a corporal without chevrons. In Girand, V. M. I. has a son of whom she has just cause to be proud. Wherever he may go in the business world, Jimmv will be a shining light. He will be heard from some day, for a man of his caliber cannot be barred from the paths of success. , , , . Jimmv, vou leave us, as we all separate to tread the rough paths of the world, knowing that ' we love vou as a brother, and wishing you a success in all your undertakings. As a keydet you have proven yourself a true son of this grand old place. , , How about somethin ' to eat? ijpl ITTT X (!( t ■.c,i: (« ««« a y 44 : ..t:. -ti4 | i ;|l i ' i J))]|ilj t«:!U 1 3 K Qh.  -;): -. y . :rir Maury Read Goode, Jr., B.S. LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Sparrow Fourth Class: Private Company D. Third Class: Corporal Company D ; Dramatic Club. Second Chiss: Supply Sergeant Company D ; Polo Squad: Basketball Squad; Boxing Squad: Assistant Manager Track Team: Cavalry Pistol Team: Dramatic Club: A. S. C. B. : IVIarslial Final Ball. First Class: Private Company D : Boxing Team; Basketball Squad: Manager Track Team; Athletic Council; Gallery Rifle Team; Out- rage Staff; A. S. C. B.: Marshal Final German. •■A cheerful yesterdays The Hilly City, indeed, did us a great service when she exiled this lad to tlie hardships of a rat year at V. M. I. From the outset he proved a very running and popular Mister, but in spite of this he seems to have harbored a deep griev- ance against the Institute, culminating in the attempted destruction of Room 90 and all five of Beef Ivey ' s love letters by the novel means of a lighted cigarette. This episode proved a triumph for Nelly, and a consequent failure for Sparrow, who now sadly resigned himself to his fate. A good man can ' t be kept down, and Sparrow emerged from the darkness of rodent days a high ranking corporal. Not being one of the element, Dame For- tune was his constant companion until his First Class year, when he decided that chevrons are useless, since they can ' t be worn on paletots. Sparrow is a prominent feature at hoptime, and the above is White ' s best effort to picture him as he then appears. Do you wonder, kind reader, that the calic all fight over him? Indeed, we predict a great success for him only if they can be kept off. In spite of this obstacle, Sparrow cannot help but reap the reward of success- ful endeavor, for in him are portrayed the qualities of leadership and personality which will cause him to be foremost among his fellows. Sit down, mister, and close that door tight! l i mfi :AAIkL. ' A.lj: A . i: . . i ( « -« L- C .L i a ' M ). hl k.::%, Phil Peyton Goodman, A.B. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Mose, P, Phil Fourth Class: Private Company E : Company Baseball; Dramatic Club; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Private Company E ; Dramatic Club; Tidewater Club. Second Class: Private Company C ; Assistant Editor Bullet ; Stage Manager Dramatic Club; Chair- man Cadet Entertainments; Literary Society; Director Comedy Club; Polo Association: Corn Club; Vice-President Tidewater Club; Marshal Final Ball. lirst Class: Private- Company C ; Assistant Editor Bomb ; Director-Manager Dramatic Club; Athletic Editor Cadet ; Press Representative; Polo Association; A. P. S. A.; Tidewater Club; Marshal Final German. Compa ilia hath be Mose abdicated the frisky sea vave5 near Norfolk in favor of anyone who vould risk his place, and took a position in line with the rest of ' 23 ' s newly cadets. Earlv in his rathood days he displayed those qualities that have made him an out- standing cadet. Always ready to entertain his classmates by exercising his histrionic ability, Phil gained renown among his brother rats as well as among the upper- classmen. The possession of the actor ' s instinct has given him a prominent place in all dramatic activities during his four years at the Institute. In amateur productions Mose has displayed talent second only to that of the Barrymore boys. But P ' s accomplishments are not limited to the world of art, for in the literary field he has also shown marked activity. He has filled the position of Assistant Editor of the Bomb and Athletic Editor of the Cadet with the greatest credit. In his Second Class year Mose chose to become a follower of College Bill, and has distinguished himself ever since. Especially in the writing of expository analysis does Phil excel, his knowledge of the differentia of the genus CAT, and his classification of BERRIES being remarkable. It has been a rare treat to know Phil in that intimate way characteristic of the Institute. He has been tried and never found wanting, both as a friend and a classmate, and it is with the sincerest wishes for future success that ' 23 bids him a fond farewell. Now the whole thing in a nutshell is this V; I ml ' im AAAAiL!klh.. KK ' -KX « C«. C«1 J h:.hkk. ) - Mf ' - U    7 )1 Allan Talbott Gwath.mev, B.S. RICHMONP, VIRGINIA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Pete, Peter Giuaf Fourth Class: Private Company C ; Richmond Club. Third Class: Corporal Company ■•B ; Company Baseball: Track Squad; Y, M. C. A. Cabinet; Richmond Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company ■ ' B ; Vice-President T. M. C. A.; Track Team; Cross Country Team; Company Baseball; Richmond Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; President Y. M. C. A.; Track Team; Tennis Squad; Company Baseball; Assistant Advertising Manager Bcmb ; Cadet Staff; Marshal Final German. Setti; .iUe aside, let attend to serious matters. Here ' s a man vho has earned the friendship and admiration of all his class- mates. Peter ranks among the first in the study line, and for two years wore the gold stars as a reward. He relinquished this privilege his last year because of the time spent in the various college activities in which he participated. As president of the Y. M. C. A., Peter has accomplished many things, and has strongly upheld the principles of the organization. Moreover, Gwathmey is not a man of few- abilities. Little expecting to make the track team but determined to try, he started training, and for his last two years has been the school miler, having won even when the odds were on the other side. Pete also did his part on the advertising staff of this volume. Gwathmey is one who carries with him the courage of his convictions, treating everyone as a gentleman, yet never afraid to give his true opinion in regard to the right. Into all his tasks he puts his best efforts, and this whole-hearted devotion to dutv, together with his winning personality and strong character, will prove a fore- runner of his success. When he gets on the mark in life ' s race, he ' s the kind that will beat Failure by a big margin, and come in neck and neck with those who are the leaders among us. Go to it, Peter, ' 23 ' s behind you to a man. Give turkey d by gosh. ' iXKKKKM L-tC- .- t tC -i - .« i fw James DeWitt Hankins, A.B. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantrv Fourth Class; Private Company F : Secretary Literary Society Associate Editor Bullet ; Dra Final Ball. First Class: Priva Lite rary Society; Dramatic Club; Presi dent A. P. S. A.; (Ipr Taan. Your brown e ■es meet me, faithful I can trust vour s oul when the drea Hank, Handsome F ; Richmond Club. Third Class: Corporal Company ; Richmond Club. Second Class: Private Company F ; matic Club; I iterary Society; Richmond Club; Marshal te Company F ; Associate Editor Bomb ; President Richmond Club; Marshal Final About the first of that month ever to be remembered by ' 23 — September, 1919 — there arrived upon our little scene of action one James DeWitt Hankins. Although Richmond is the scene of his more foolish youth, when he was later asked if he lived there, he replied, No, I go to V. M. I. And we are glad that you have been with us all these four long years, DeWitt. Always the best kind of friend, always glad to help anyone in trouble, you have gained the love of each one of us, and it will follow you wherever you may go. At the end of his rat year, marked by no more than the usual trials and troubles of a newly cadet, Hank ' s military aspirations were rewarded with a high (?) ranking corporal. He managed to hold this throughout the summer, and entered the Third Class with a flourish. Spurred on by his noble resolve — 400 demerits or bust — he won by a large majority. In his Second Class year he joined the ranks of the loyal Liberal Artists, and it may be said that no truer Liberal Artist ever lived. He has a line so convincing that no instructor can give him less than a max and keep a clear conscience. But in speaking of his love affairs, words are inadequate. We don ' t know what kind of a line he hands the ladies, but, judging from the success he has, it must be plenty potent. To tell the truth, many of us would be worse than dodos if it were not for timely advice given us by Handsome. n. . ' Hi ■• (. - ' L ' iQ4. . - ; -c l 15 ? B S o  jt,  ) ! Saimuel Goode Harriss, A.B. LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1900. Matriculated 1918. Artillery • ' Sam, Dizzy, S. IF. Foui-tli Class: Private Company F ; Lynchburg Club. Third Class: Private Company F ; Company Baseball: Lynchburg Club. Second Class: Private Company F ; Art Editor 1922 Bullef; Art Editor 1922 Bomb ; Hop Committee; Fie; 1922 Banquet Com- mittee; S. S. B. B. Team; Lynchburg- Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company F ; Lynchburg Club; Fie; A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final German. Art is Power. Sam started serving his term a year ahead of us, but fortunately for us and unfortunately for ' 22, he decided that it was not long enough, so he waited over a year. He manipulated the test tubes for a term, but became sidetracked, so he came back, got on the main line, and as a result, has been starring as an Artist ever since. However, Sam does not intend to follow either Arts or Chemistry, but, if his expectations come true, you will be able to sit down every Sunday morning in the near future and laugh over his comic creations in the greatest dailies of the country. His art work has been a great addition to all of our publications since his rat year. He has the happy faculty of seeing the many amusing things that happen in the daily routine of the Cadet ' s life which are obscure to the rest of us, and of portraying these things in such a manner that we almost split our sides laugh- ing at them. S. W. claims that he is no dog, but we believe otherwise. At any rate, we notice that he never misses a Hop — in fact, he has quite often been known to take in those of our neighbors, he and one other being the only ones to get by without being caught at the Fancy Dress in his Third Class year. For two years he has been a member of the Hop Committee, and his artistic taste has been of invaluable aid in assisting in the decoration of the Gym for the dances. The needy in life will never have to ask for Sam ' s help, and his continual smile and ready wit, ever-present characteristics during his cadetship, will carry him both high and far. How about going to Jarvis ' tonight? l i 23l JKKSXKKKK ifi. ( i i : ' 4 oiL . L-L 4 AAi A. v-Tj    ;.. y r William Riley Harrison, B.S. BOYCE, VIRGINIA Born 1900. Matriculated 191 8. Artillery Riley, Fat Boy Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Varsity Football; Track Squad; Scrub Basketball: Company Baseball; President Class of ' 22. Third Class: Corporal Company F ; Varsity Football; Monogram Club; Track Squad; Scrub Basketball; All-South Atlantic Guard; President Class of ' 22; Hop Committee. Second Class: First Ssr eant Company F ; Varsity Football; All-South Atlantic Guard; Monogram Club; Track Squad; Polo Team; Assistant Manager Scrub Basketball; Literary Society; Vice-President S. V. A. Club; Vice-President Northern Virginia Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Captain Com- pany F ; Captain Varsity Football Team; All-South Atlantic Guard; President Mono- gram Club; Manager Varsity Basketball Team; Polo Squad; A. I. E. E. ; Marshal Final German. Stalv rt, full-statu aple Five long years ago a member of the guard, who happened to be standing in front of the Washington Arch, noticed the Limit Gates suddenly open out and a Ford come stumbling through as if it had partaken of some post- Volstead beverage. The aforementioned flivver finally arrived at its destination, and the curtains being thrown aside, a face was revealed which created quite a commotion in the hearts of those present. The same smiling face has continued to cause a disturbance wherever it is seen. For is its owner not known as the smiling captain of the Fly- ing Squadron? To those of us here in barracks no further wor d is necessary, but to those who have never been within these battered walls let us introduce one William Riley Harrison, of Boyce, Virginia. It has been thought that, at last, here was one at whom Cupid could direct his arrows in vain, but alas! the sages conquered, for F Co. must have a sponsor, and noiv it is a question of which one shall it be? In his rat year Fat Boy showed that he was destined to become a wearer of plumes by getting on the much-coveted list of corporals. He started his Second Class year as a Q. M. Sergeant, but was soon promoted to the Top Kick, which leads to a captaincy. Being led astray by his roommates, he decided upon Electrical Engineering for a course. Riley has won a place in the hearts of every man in the corps by the same won- derful personality that will win him a place in the world. You have the ability, Fat Boy, and to wish you every success in later life is unnecessary, for you have proved to us that no set goal is impossible. Therefore, we can only wish you God- speed and happiness. Where in ' ell ' s the runt? |;L ic (.. ' . ' ( ' .( « •ii: ' «« ' .khk.bhk ' Al TM ! v  y  '  i Clarence Jerome Hart, A.B. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Fourth Class: Private Company pany B : A ' arsity Baseball. V. V. ' s: Marshal Final Ball. A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final Gei Ike, Jere, C. J. B : Company Baseball. Third Class: Corporal Corn- Second Class; Private Company B ; Varsity Baseball; First Class: Private Company B ; Varsity Baseball; The winds of chance blow many things across our path, but why they took Ike from his beloved tribesmen no one knows. As a rat Ike managed to eke out an existence until Finals. Returning as a Third Classman he began the year a run- ning corporal and a member of the struggling Fifth Section, in whose company he discovered that he could withstand the frequent deluges of Piggy. He threw in his lot with the Liberal Artists during his Second Class year, thus following the line of least resistance. This gave Ike plenty of time to carry on his indoor sports, which were of a wide variety. Joining the ranks of the infantry, he found his true forte in cadet life. In his First Class year we found Ike hard at work, first for his Christmas furlough and then for his Dip, and last, but not least, for one whose name he gives with a ? Next year he expects to go to Gulf Coast Military Academy, where we know he will make a success of himself as a Professor of English. As a philosopher, Ike has made his mark, and with an ability to master, in time, all subjects before him, we feel sure that one day he will take his stand in the world. What is more important, he has, in his period of cadetship, made a host of warm and devoted friends, which in itself is well worth the four years spent here. •■Great dayl Got a date! = -Wb ' i i MmmkkAlL.mAJ W; . ' iUL4 . ia., jw .- -r : '    ) 1 )1 Robert Gordon Hunt, B.S. ROLLA, MISSOURI Born 1900. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Eoh, Rob, R. G. Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Class President: Varsity Football; Track Squad; Monogram Club. Third Class: Corporal Company F ; Class President; Varsity Football; All-South Atlantic Tackle; Track Squad; W restling Team; Secretary-Treasurer Mono- gram Club; Hop Committee. Second Class: Sergeant Company F ; Class President; Varsity Football: ilonogram Club; Secretarj ' -Treasurer A. S. C. E.; Hop Committee: Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company f ; Class President; Varsity Foot- bail; All-South Atlantic Tackle; Monogram Club; Hop Committee; Marshal Final German. Thou comest ' Tis the very i I ' m from Missouri — you ' ve got to show me. Such was the statement made by one R. G. Hunt when he was gently escorted into barracks by a member of the Third Class Reception Committee. Since that time the old saying has been reversed and for four years Bob has been showing ' em instead. As a rat he clearly demon- strated to the boys that a representative of Rolla could play football, and succeeded in making the Varsity, which place he has held until the present. Not only did he prove his athletic ability, but also showed that he was a military genius by being published at the head of the list of corporals. Moreover, at ' 23 ' s first class meet- ing, Bob was elected president of the class, and he has filled the position nobly, not only as a Third Classman, but as a Second and a First Classman. Shortly after the beginning of the Third Class year he decided to once again join the ranks of the Bucks, so upon the recommendation of all those higher in authority. Cadet Hunt, R. G., was reduced to ranks. In his Second Class year, not being satisfied with a Sergeant, R. G. decided to follow the footsteps of other great men, and took Civil Engineering. After stressing and straining bridge trusses and concrete beams for two years, Rob is now on the verge of receiving the elusive and much sought-after skin you love to touch. When Auld Lang Syne is played, and the Companies are dismissed for the last time, V. M. I. loses a man of whom she may well be proud. He is a man in every sense of the word, as has been shown during four stormy years. And so — Good-bye, Good Luck, God bless you, ' tis all that we can say. To die. No! To sleep. That is the question. ICn fc ( - ' i H( « « « -C [U ' | l,Jt.i.J.A i ' l ' i|fe  T  )1 - — -n Edwin Clark Ivey, Jr., A.B. lynchburg, virginia Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalrj ' Beef, Eddie, Mandy Fourth Class: Private Companj ' B ; Scrub Football. Third Class: Corporal Co mpany B ; Scrub Basketball. Second Class: Sergeant Company F ; Scrub Football; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; Scrub Football; Cadet StaB; A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final German. On with the dance, let joy be unconfined. Beef came from the city on the Hillside, of vhich he is supposedly a valued citizen. Four years ago he threw over his position as an important part of the night life of Lynchburg and other cities, and started over again at V. M. I. Since then he has pursued a serene, unruffled course of existence from a lowly rat in B Company through the non-commissioned channels to that goal desired of the first class private: 1 berth in the rear rank of the same old company, and a dip under his arm when he pulls up stakes with the rest of ' 23. During his second year, Beef was able to earn and hold on to a high military rank. A cavalryman, he attended Camp Meade in the summer of 1922, spending all of his week-ends at the near-by beaches. It would be useless for us to try to relate this coming Don Lothario ' s adventures among les jetnines of the First Families of the South and North; we can only observe and wonder as we watch his more-than-graceful evolutions on the gym floor, or as he pulls off something intricate that we couldn ' t imitate if we had three legs. And though we have all come now to the leaving point, we know that Beef, whatever path he may choose to success in life, will always be what he has been in the past: one whose loyalty to company, to class, to V. M. L, and to high aim in life has gone to make him a man to be distinguished from among the usual type of man — in short, a true Keydet of V. M. L l l i ?Pv |gdAgi;l:i:i X • SJ James Ralph Jackson, A.B. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Ralph, Jack, S. S. Fourth Class: Private Company C ; Company Rifle Team; Southwest Virginia Club. Third Class: Corporal Company C ; Busted Club; Roanoke Club. Second Class: Private Company E ; Company Baseball; Corn Club; Roanoke Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; Company Baseball; Corn Club; A. P. S. A.; Roanoke Club; Marshal Final German. Sober, steadfast. e, yet innoc ithal. ' To attribute rightly the course of Ralph ' s presence in the Class of ' 23 would indeed be a problem. However, we may justly surmise that the presence of Keydet gray in his home town on each Thanksgiving Day lured him into our midst. After successfully holding down a prominent place in the rear rank of C Company through the year of vicissitudes, the gentleman above was bedecked with the cherished gold. Of course, we know that it takes but one false step — therefore, our young hero soon returned to the same prominent place in the rear rank that he had occupied the year before. Thus ended the checkered career as a typical Third Classman. From the above few remarks one might conceive the wrong impression of Ralph. To say he is popular would be an inadequate way of expressing the sen- timents not only of his classmates but of the corps. He has the rare faculty of making friends of even those persons who might wish to be his enemies, and this, combined with other valuable characteristics, has placed Ralph in a most enviable position. We can ' t determine just what his ambition in life is, but If he continues to I ' e as successful in the pursuit of his ideas as he has been in the past, his success is assured. The Class of ' 23 wishes one of its most loyal sons inevitable success. ' K n r ' ! , 3JL feA - . i « ' lfiL «k - I : l.ikiikM f mm ' ? ■  )- ■. ' ' - . ' ' . Charles Alexander Johnson, Jr., B.S. FLOREKCE, SOUTH CAROLINA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Charlie, John Fourth Class: Private Company C. Tliird Class: Private Cumpany C. Second Class: Private Company C ; Polo Association: President South Carolina Club; Marshal Final Ball, rlrst Class: Private Company C ; Polo Association; A. I. E. E. ; Jlarshal Final South Carolina has sent few men to V. M. I., but when she sent us Charles Alexander Johnson on the 5th of September, 191 9, she did us more than a service. Charlie passed through what Shesman called war, and embarked on the storm}- seas of Third Class life. Having weathered this without much damage to his small craft he entered into the calm of the upperclassman ' s life, and after being buffeted by many currents, racked by strains and stresses in his chosen field of Electrical Engineering, he, too, reached up and got his dip with the rest of ' 23. Charlie never gained the distinction of wearing chevrons, but has borne the white man ' s burden all the four long years. Speaking in English fashion, we might say that he is a solemn little bloke, but ttis does not mean that he is by nature sour — far from it. Well, Old World at Large, V. M. I. gives you another mas ' who, though small in stature, will get what he wants when he wants it, and will make you a useful and conscientious citizen. V. M. I., ' 23 gives you a man who will be a loyal alumnus, and of whom you may well be proud. 23 ■ p.. ■JkAkLJA.AJK ' . ' {iSi- ' xi i.{« . ' ±. ' ' A A All .tit ' ji. i£Ji- Fourth Class: Private C ; Tiflewatei- Club. Pinal Ball. First Clai E ' inal German. Frederick Walker Jones, B.S. GLOUCESTER, VIRGINI.A Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Engineers Poodles, Little Soupy Company D ; Tidewater Club. Second Class: Private Company i: Private Company C ; A. I. Third Class: Private Company C ; Tidewater Club; Marshal !. E. ; Tidewater Club; Marshal This buxom lad, on arrival, took a deep breath and was told to loosen up by the nearby Third Classmen. You see, he was one of those fortunates who only have to expand the chest to give the appearance of earnest and conscientious finning out. It was this chest that pulled the name of Poodles down upon him. Thus he began his life of calmness and ease. The former has remained through four vears, the latter disappeared on his taking Hlectrical Engineering. Though Poodles always takes well at the Hops, his most ardent admirers can- not recall the case of a calic being killed in the rush. Nevertheless his queer gambols have created much comment from his hapless partners. His career with the ladies is summed up by the fact that they think of him sometimes. As a man can be a hero to neither his valet nor his roommate, this closing com- plimentary paragraph should be left to an outsider, or yet better to an absolute stranger. This much, however, the rommate will say for Poodles : he is good- natured, likeable, conscientious, trifling at the right time, serious at the proper mo- ment, and rates success, which we all wish him. I ' d rather have been born with my looks than your money. l i n. (- M« ««« i «-. ITT EEI wwi m -.  William Franklin Jones, A.B. MARSHALL, TEXAS Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Soupy, Boots, Polo Jones rourth Class: Private Company A ; Texas Club. Third Class: Private Company A ; Texas Club. Second Class: Private Company A ; Polo Squad: V. V. ' s; Texas Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company A ; Polo Squad; Literary Society; A. P. S. A.; Texas Club; Marshal Final German. and hung look; That cow ' s horns wuz six feet from tip to tip . Four years ago, shortly after the arrival of a certain young man of uncertain height, the above utterances were heard emanating from the vicinity of 70-A. But thinlc not strangely of them, for they are but muted notes of the violin compared with the loud toots from the Texas horn to which we were later subjected. As a rat Soupy made himself famous as an athlete (Mexican) and popular with the well-known element. The fire of military ambition never burned within his breast; consequently he returned the next year untarnished by those proverbial harbingers of conceit called chevrons. At the beginning of his Second Class year we find our young hero lending an ear to the call of College Bill — a call which was destined to add a loyal Artist to the ranks. As the year went on, Soup attained no little success in Polo — a suc- cess attributed by some of our leading cartoonists to his enormous purchases of boots, spurs, mallets and other supplies (?). But great as was his polo playing, this phase of his athletic career presented but a flickering flame to the limelight into which he was brought by his skill in another branch of sport. Like all great men, his success was not attained without some cost, some sacrifice, and, therefore, in giving credit to this wizard of tennis, we must bear in mind the laborious hours spent on the courts in way of preparation. As a First Classman, Boots proved a somewhat different Boots — less ath- letic, more studious, but with the same traits which have always won for him the admiration of his classmates. Upon his graduation, the corps turns over to the ever-loyal alumni a true and earnest friend. •Why. that ' s a halt-wifs argument! V i Im Elihu Holland Joyner, Jr., A.B. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Peewee, Eddie, Li iu Fourth Class: Private Company D ; Company Baseball; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Frivate Company D ; Wrestling Squad; Company Baseball; Literary Society; Tidewater Club. Second Class: Private Company D ; Assistant Editor Bullet ; Literary Society; Tidewater Club; Marshal Final Ball, first Class: Private Company D ; Assistant Editor Bomb ; A. P. S. A.; Tidewater Club; Marshal Final German. I ' ll talk a word with this same learned Theban. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mr. Eddie Joyner. He hails from the city hy the sea, and it -was a page illuminating one of the brightest chapters of Peewee ' s history when he declined the luxuries of home to come to V. M. I. However, Eddie was not reluctant to descend from his pinnacle of self-esteem into the dust with the debris of the rest of us. As a Thii-d Classman, Eddie assumed a much higher stand, as a Third Class- man will do. Due to the numerous coaching classes that were attended by his class- mates during examinations, one might have thought that Peewee would continue in the realms of Math forever. However, he chose to follow the more elevating Artist ' s course, and thus lost all chance to shine as the composer of Joyner ' s Toucli Syslem of Different and Disiiilet raled Calculus. In this line Eddie is verily a shining light, and has proved himself a valuable asset to all of the class publications. Although assuredly he be small in stature and smooth of countenance, yet truly is he a giant in mind, and Atlas never bore up so much of Earth upon his shoulders as has Lihu responsibility. A gravely senatorial manner of speaking, upon occa- sion, coupled with a vocabulary that would make Noah Webster turn green with env_v, foreshadow the greatness that we predict for him in the future. We could not hope to find a better specimen of a true Southern gentleman than we have in Eddie. He is a staunch and constant friend, and has won the hearts of all of his associates. With your admirable qualities and good judgment, Eddie, you can feel assured that success is waiting for you. lvi«i il.AAA. 4JC {.■ Kn iML -i ' (( 4. « f a kkkhhl ' .I F ' -    - ' F Peyton Clay Keesee, B.S. keeling, virginia Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry P. C, Puzee, Keezy rourth Class: Private Company A. Third Class: Private Company A. Second Class: Private Company A ; A. S. C. B ; Marsiial Final Ball. First Class: Private Company A ; A. S. C. E. ; Marshal Final German. P. C. is one of those fortunate and very distinguished-looking mortals who go through life always gazing down upon their fellows, being (in height) a much su- perior being. Strange to say, there was no shooting star, no comet, and no eclipse to mark that significant day, December 14, 1901, upon which our hero was ushered into the world. He passed through the local high school at the head of his class, was exposed to a year at Chatham Training School, and in the fall of 1919 journeyed hither, being joyfully received by the Third Class. Ever since that time he has been very acutely at the Institute, and, incidentally, has absorbed some of that cul- ture, aplomb, and polish which are essential to a finished man of the world. Peyton is yet but an embrvo Civil Engineer; however, he dreams of the not-far-distant time whcH he will electrify the world by his prodigious feats of engineering skill. Perhaps it will be the construction of aerial highways, or yet the tunneling through the earth to China — who knows? The solving of intricate problems in calculus, mechanics, and the fourth dimension are but play to this budding genius. Argu- mentation with his instructors and flirtation with the Goddess of Chance are his principal delights during his leisure moments. As he is an enthusiastic follower of Bernard Shaw, we hope that he will always emerge victorious from his many trials and hardships through close adherence to the precepts of the illustrious author, and at the last enjoy perfect felicity and happiness with his inamorata. That ' ll do for tonight. I J Wv MB ¥c«. ' . ' ' i ' i i. ' 4. JL ' !3S John Holmes Kyle, B.S. LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Kitty Fourth Class: Private Company C ; Basketball Squad; Lynchburg Club. Third Class: Corporal Company C ; Basketball Squad; Lynchburg Club, Second Class: Sergeant Company C ; Varsity Basketball; Monogram Club; Business Manager Bullet ; Vice- President Lynchburg Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company C ; Varsity Basketball; Monogram Club; Business Manager Bomb ; President Lynchburg Club; Marshal Final German. He the ildc that thr tiled a ship. ' Kitty dumped his suitcase in the arch early in September of ' 19, and since has spent most of his time dashing to formations or the hay, only recuperating for a short space of time per year in and around his native town of Lynchburg. Kitty laid low the first term until basketball season, when he came forward as a follower of the elusive spheroid. At finals he loped into his own as a higher ranking corporal, holding his own as such for exactly two da.vs after Openings, when a little affair with a newly cadet . brought him to grief. He didn ' t give up, however, and make- overs found him as high up the list of corporals as ever. Having taken a particular liking to the chemical compounds for home brew and prussic acid, Kitty became, as a Second Classman, a dashing Chemical En- gineer. This did not prevent him from winning a well-earned basketball monogram in the spring of ' 22. Determined to make good in all things, he won the right to display enough chevrons in his last year to make him stoop-shouldered, while his kittenish characteristics make him an irresistible force among the fair. When a man holds the place that Kitty Kyle does — and always will — in our minds, it is hard to boil down his character and try to express it in one place. Always good-natured, never dull, but forever helping the day along with a friendly bit of repartee, he helps to brighten things up around this otherwise dull barracks. And it is all this, coupled with a sterling character that confronts all obstacles with unshaken poise and confidence of ultimate success, that will lift him high in civilian life. All success to you, Kitt} ' ; you are, in the best sense of the word, a damn good man. Who ' s going to the P. E. tonight? p7:v;::: - ' AAAA.a.AAi feX- -c- K-t « .«(. «j Charles Porterfield Light, Jr., A.B. WASHINGTON ' , DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Born 1902. Matriculated 191 9. Infantry Charlie, Charles, C. P., Thug, Frog rate Company B ; 1920 Bomb Staff; Washington Club. Third Class: Cadet Staff; Secretan,- Literary Society; Washington Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company E ; Editor-in-Chief Bullet ; Vice-President Literary Society; Vice-President W ashington Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company E ; Editor-in-Chief Bomb ; Post Exchange Council; President Washington Club; a , p. S. a.; Marshal Final German. A Creature not too bright or For transient sorrows, simple Of the many things that a man can obtain rightfully, success is by far the most important. This favorable termination that all men seek has followed Charles Por- terfield Light, Jr., throughout his four years at the Institute. C. P. blew in, sort of unexpected to the Third Class, in the fall of ' 19 from the Nation ' s Headquarters, and he has borne that Senatorial Attitude from the first day to this. The clerk assigned Charles to room 13, but, not being superstitious, he held sway in his domain with the supremacy of a rat in ye goode ole class. So the year ended, Charlie bearing the burden along with the rest of the Brother Rats, and out of the darkness came Corporal Light. Here came the time for C. P. to help stand up for our rights, and he proved an able and faithful classmate. We can not forget the Bull-she-vik Jour- nal appearing on the second stoop as the Roulette- Wheel. After strutting as a corporal for nine months, the best men rise to sergeants, and Thug ' s name was not omitted. As a Second Classman he settled down to work for his Alma Mater and class, the result being the best Bullet ever published at V. M. I. Charlie followed Bill Hunley all over the L. A. Course, and dares any engineer to dispute his statements. As a military example, he rivaled Wink Boykin, and his dream was realized with a Foist Loot in Company £. And that smile is something you just can ' t miss. As an Editor-in-Chief there are hardly phrases that can express our gratitude to Frog. His advice is sought and needed, and we kno v him as a real member of ' 23. We are leaving you, Charlie, but in person only. Wherever you go, be it at home or abroad, the best of ' 23 is with you, wishing you the same success that you obtained during our four years together. Shes a helluva keen girl. v UiiiiyJAAiCTim Y( -ii: M ' .(«.dC .i(L ' iL-C JAAAAA :::      i Donald Lane MacGregor, B.S. DULUTH, MINNESOTA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Hootch, Mac, Cave Man Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Yankee Club. Third Chiss: Corporal Company F ; Yankee Club. Second Class: First Sergeant Company B ; Track Squad; Comedy Club- Secretary Finance Committee; V. V. ' s; Secretary Yankee Club; Marshal Final Ball, First Class: Lieutenant Company E ; Varsity Football; Track Squad; Monogram Club; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; Secretary Finance Committee; President Yankee Club; Marshal Final Mu be made of a Scotchman if he be ught Hopping aboard the Duluth-Lexington Limited, this modern young Lochinvar bade farewell to the scenes of his childhood in September, 1919, and presented him- self for Old Nick ' s approval. His rat year proved an adventure worthy of that namesake who came riding out of the west, but the ensuing years proved easier sailing. After the storms of rathood had been weathered, Hooch appeared with brand new sets of stars and chevrons, indicative of his success along both military and academic lines, and he has retained both to the end of his cadetship. Duhith proved to be a mainstay of the Flying Squadron in his First Class year, and for his excellent work was awarded the coveted monogram. With the Calic he has always been a bit shy, but in spite of this they all fall for him, as was proven on his last trip to Washington. Mac is a glowing example of the College Man who has won great honors for himself through perseverance and industry coupled with natural ability, and it is with a feeling of pride that ' 23 points to him as one of her leading members. Stick with them in the outer world as you have done on the football field here, Hooch, and you will be sure to make great gains in the game of life. W , l i T yxiTin Smr  .   , V i Edwin Caston McMillan, A.B. ERISTOW, OKLAHOMA Born 1903. Matriculated 191 9. Infantry Eddie, Mac, Dapper Dan Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Company Baseball; Baptist Church Club; Oklahoma Club. Third Class: Corporal Company B ; Company Baseball; C. T. ; Baptist Church Club. Second Class: Private Company B ; Baseball Squad; V. V. ' s; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; Baseball Squad; A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final German. The dyna rth, Behold, kind reader, the Oklahoma wonder. In the fall of 1919 Mac left the wilds of his native state for an illustrious career at Virginia ' s School of Arms, and was not a little disillusioned when, upon his arrival, he found that he was to be merely one of the rats, and that his previous — and in his opinion consid- erable — military experience stood him in little stead. Being a capable and running Mister, however, he was rewarded in his Third Class year with the coveted chevrons. In spite of his numerous activities during this year, he found time to be one of the regular fellows of the ' 13, ' and was a mainstay of that organization. Upon becoming an upperclassman, Eddie came to the conclusion that Liberal Arts and chevrons are incompatible one with the other, and relinquished his hold upon the latter. An irresponsible clean-sleeve, his former military ambition was now replaced by that of becoming a shining light at the hops, and such was his success that in an incredibly short period of time Dame Rumor had it that his heart was no longer his own. But that ' s another story. From the very outset Eddie has been one of the leading and most popular members of ' 23, and he counts his friends by the score. With your well-directed aim of true friendship, abundant good nature, and ever- generous spirit, you cannot help but win out in the future as you have here, Mac, and all your shots will reach the bull ' s eye of success. J i ' iiiii!4AAi4im: f A (.-H i ncM -ft - C ' f Frank Campbell Maloxey, B.S LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Cavalrv Bump, Irish, Sausage ' Fourth Class: Private Company D ' Club. Third Class: Corporal Compan burg Club. Second Class: Sergeant ( Lynchburg Club; Marshal Final Ball. ; Scrub Basketball; Company Baseball: Lynchburg ' D ; Scrub Basketball; Company Baseball; Lynch- ompany E ; Scrub Basketball; Company Baseball; First Class: Private Company E ; Varsity Basket- ball Squad; Treasurer O. G. ' s Association; Lynchburg Club; Marshal Pinal German. Be bolde. be bolde. and everywhere, be bolde. There has always been at the Institute someone who keeps the reputation of Ireland from falling in the dust, and in the personage of the above, Ireland has a stalwart representative. His stand for Ireland is only s econd to his love for the Hilly City, for it was from there that he came to us. Arriving in September, 1919, his reputation did not suffer, as did those of the rest of us, but gained with time. To say that his rat year was a series of triumphs would not be amiss — but the triumphs were for the most part for the Third Classmen. However prejudiced against this place, Bump returned in September a high ranking Corporal, and was placed on the reception committee for the rats. Un- fortunatel) ' , when the Commandant had room make-overs, he forced Bump to reside with Coleman and Polk, and these influences have marred his life ever since. Deciding that he might profit by the experiences of Ole Rat, and in spite of being further burdened by the addition of Pigeon Thornton to his list of room- mates, we see Bump a Second Classman and a sergeant. When Basketball season opened he came once more to the front and was a member of the Junior Varsity and, for a time, on the Varsity squad. It was thought that when Sausage returned a First Classman he would dis- play the latent charms that the ladies so admire and that he is so reticent in dis- playing. The best that he will do so far is to grace the table at Rowland ' s every Saturday night in vain effort to keep up with Turkej- Southall. An irishman — impetuous, lovable, he stands as one of the truest sons that Old Erin has had to represent her here, and if the old sod needs another Michael Col- lins, we offer her Bump, and know that she will gain in the giving. Where in the hell is my pipe? 5 15= m- MjkJkkjk. ' A.lA. YL«.- . ii«-ii ' 4.«« i i f kkt ,ki imS '   y , ,,r. ri. oi James William Mason, Jr., A.B. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA Born 1902. Matriculated 191 9. Infantry Jack, Jazzbo rourtli Class: Private Company E ; Company Baseball: A. M. A. Club; North Carolina Club. Tliird Class: Private Company D ; Company Baseball; C. T. ; A. M. A. Club; North Carolina Club. Second Class: Private Company B ; Baseball Squad; Cadet Orchestra; A. M. A. Club; C. C. Football Team; North Carolina Club; Committee Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; Baseball Squad; Leader Cadet Orchestra; Quar- tet; A. M. A. Club; President North Carolina Club; A. P. S. A.; Committee Final German. ily the ubado touched his gui All vho know anything of V. M. I. and ' 23, and many others down home in No ' th Ca ' lina and parts unknown, know Jack of old. From the first day he crossed the Path of the Woe-begone Penalty Tourist in front of barracks, and passed over the Bridge of Newly Cadet Sighs into the existence of the rat, he has been with us, and, truly, of us. During the first year the young man spent most of his time trying to figure out a way to render himself invisible to Third Classmen on the rampage. During the succeeding term he won fairly for himself the honor of being a Third Classman of Third Classmen. Jazz came through these amazing activities into an assured position in the Department of Liberal Arts. Here, having completely taken in the sage authorities as to the extent of his knowledge, he has held a course unruffled by even the slightest academic mishap. And since our earliest knowledge, he has manipulated one ever more dexterous Artist ' s line, causing unusual acceleration of the heart-beats of many a Fayre and Younge Thing, being both vocally and by mail one who spins the story that cannot but be listened to and believed. A natural gift for music has won for him the place at the head of one of the most indispensable of barracks activities — the Cadet Orchestra. And Jack will make an upward progress in life in the same rapid way, we know. A man whose loyalty to class and the Institute, a friend whose first thoughts are always of his friend, and a gentleman who inspires all observers with an appreciation of his merits, which are not few, we bank on this son of V. M. I. — Jack. How much time we got, boy? irsAiT fl %mmkAAkJL A.lA. Yi i  ( «• «« 4 ij:.kk}Akj ' M ' mmi u i '     , :- . .)! BowDRE Phinizy Mays, A.B. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Bowdre, B. P. , Ole Lady Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Company Baseball; Georgia Club. Third Class: Corporal Company F ; C. T.; Georgia Club. Second Class: Battalion Sergeant-Major; Assistant Manager Baseball; Assistant Stage Manager Dramatic Club; Cadet Orchestra; Hop Committee; Vice-Pfesident Georgia Club; Leader Final Ball. First Class: Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant; Business Manager Dramatic Club; President Cotillion Club; Cadet Orchestra; President Georgia Club; A. P. S. A.; Leader Final German. Georgia ' s fame at the Institute rests on three factors: her peaches (speaking both literally and figuratively), her men, and her adjutants. Our young hero vho adorns this page combines in himself the latter two of these elements, and at various times has tasted of the first, so we may say that in him Georgia is thrice famous. All unconscious of the fortune that was in store for him, this young fellow arrived on the scene in September, 1919. I-ike all unpleasant experiences, this year finally passed, only to be followed by one nearly as exasperating, in which the monotony was relieved only by participation in the various activities of the element. Here the story changes, and from now on Dame Fortune smiles in beneficent favor on his personage. As a result we have a changed man. Beginning his Second Class year, his career seemed like the opening of a magic box whose each section reveals some new gift more pleasing than the other, reaching its culmination with Bowdre in the forefront at the Final Ball. Thus we have traced for three years our young man ' s career, and now we reach that important period in which he is a First Classman. It is hard to decide whether his voice sounds best on the parade ground or when announcing special extras at the hops, for in either capacity he is a past master. We have so far omitted one field of endeavor, but in so doing we have saved the best for the last. The cynosure of the ladies ' eyes, B. P. could have biscuits in various places, if he so desired. However, sincere in the affairrs dr cocur as in all matters of life, he remains true to one, and it is in knowledge of his assured future happiness that ' 23 bids him Godspeed. That ' s a pain to me. RVP AW fO kkkhkMiim mm   y).  i George Tyler Miller, B.S. WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 191 9. Cavalry George, G. T. Ty Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Company Baseball; Northern Virginia Club. Third Class; Private Company B ; Literary Society; Northern Virginia Club. Second Class: Private Company B ; Track Squad; Polo Association; Literary Society; Northern Vir- ginia Club; Marshal Final Ball. Fii-st Class: Private Company B ; Track Squad; A. I. E. B. ; Marshal Final German. ■What the bugle blowin ' for? .id File -Parade Historic Rappahannock County is responsible for the addition to our ranks of one G. T. Miller. George came to V. M. I. with the firm intention of becoming a man or getting killed, and the above photograph bears silent testimony to the fidelity and courage of the man vhose likeness it is. After passing through his rat year without serious mishap, Ty became obsessed with an unrelenting desire for the chevrons, but in spite of his efforts to better fit himself to be their wearer by passing the summer of his Third Class year at Fort Ethan Allen, it has been his fate to remain a clean-sleeve during his cadetship. Determined to prove that chevrons do not make the man, George returned as a Second Classman and set out in pursuit of the electron. In this he undoubtedly missed his calling, for in his hay-hitting and athletic (Mexican) tendencies, he has shown signs of being a born Artist. It was during his stay at Camp Meade that T3 first became famous as first ranking heart breaker, earning for himself the title of Tickletoed Trooper by his terpsichorean exhibitions at the Mount Washington Casino. With this excellent start, Ty returned as a full fledged O. G., after spending some time at Rockbridge Bi.ths in preparation for his continued pursuit of electrons and calic. He has met with unqualified success in regard to the latter, although the electron has prob- ably suffered in proportion to his adventures in hounding activities, for he is a true genius in his line. George is a valuable friend whose qualities of friendship are brought out by association and contact, and when he is president of the General Electric Company we can only hope that he will hearken back to his days as a keydet with fondest remembrance of his many friends in ' 23. Ain ' t this a helluva place? A l i RVrV Hugh Lee Miller, B.S. MORGANTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA Born 190 Maaler Matriculated 1919 Cavalry Huglisy, Tiny te Company C ; North Carolina Club. Third Class; Corporal Corn- North Carolina Club. Second Class: Supply Sergeant Company C ; Assistant Business Manager Bullet ; A ' ice-President North Carolina Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company D ; Assistant Business Manager Bomb ; A. I. E. E. ; North Carolina Club; Marshal F inal German. And a saint, when most I play the devil. The above individual, with the features that would put Adonis to shame, is none other than Tiny, the Old North State ' s stellar product. Tiny is one of ' 23 ' s most representative men, and in his career here has been active in all things worth while. Hugh found it a very difficult matter to reconcile himself to the hardships of his rat year, but his irrepressible wit and humor suffered little from the temporary suppression, and since that time we have enjoyed to the fullest the fruits thereof. He combines with an attractive personality the rare trait of knowing just what to say and when to say it, and his wise cracks have made him famous. With the calic Tiny has proven a veritable lodestone, attracting them by scores. However, he allows notfiing to disturb his perpetual equanimity, and we believe that his heart is still preserved intact. Hugh ' s wit is so keen that he can steal a nap while Monk is explaining the characteristics of the elusive electron, and with his happy-go-lucky disposition he possesses the faculty of making himself liked everywhere. His easy manner of pro- cedure and personal magnetism bespeak future success for him. With his departure the Institute loses — one who is a man through and through, and gains an alumnus of whom she may well be proud. Looka here, big boy. mEAKLKKKK f ' A ' M ' ■ -Uij ' k .« i Ihird Class: Private Company C ; Alabama Club. Second Class: First Serg-eant Com- pany C ; Vice-President Alabama Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Captain Com- pany C ; Manager Scrub Football Team; President Alabama Club; A P S A ■ Marshal We thank the Gus dropped in on us while we were doing the second lap of the graduation handicap, and ever since then he has been one of the leaders in the race. Having tried out the Navy during two years at Annapolis, he concluded that the Army was the one best bet, and the Cavalry likewise the best branch, all of which makes V. M. I. the gainer. Early in the game Napoleon demonstrated the same military genius as his namesake, and for the past two years he has stood around in front of C Company and looked commanding. Passing through the whirlpools of dis- aster raised by B. D. and Monk to engulf unwary Third Classmen, the voung man anchored in a berth in Liberal Arts, where it was calmer sailing. They say he has a snappy company, and though it is hard to persuade the voung giants to take a full thirty-inch step at drill, he can do almost as much with them as Ex- Professor Thurston, of magical memory, used to pull off with a high silk hat and a couple of Easter rabbits up his sleeve. Likewise, by some sleight-of-hand method, he almost baffles our amateur detective-work concerning his career with the fair sex. But we have direct evidence that the path of this Lothario, however well he tries to cover up his tracks, is one of twisted heartstrings — and we know that through life, while fair ladies may sigh for him in vain, he will be as he always has been, out in front, a leader of men. ix jKKK. |(o ( i, i. nMC5j (j K C5C:£2J ' J ' ,-K . 4 t 7l , ,o  ]U .   l Wesley Frost Moore, A.B. SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Short, Short One, Shorty, IP ' es Fourth Class: Private Company D ; Louisiana Club. Third Class: Corporal Company E ; Tennis Squad; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; Louisiana Club. Second Class: Private Com- pany E ; Track Squad; Tennis Squad; V. V. ' s; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; Louisiana! Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; Track Team; Tennis Team; All- Stars; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; A. P. S. A.; Louisiana Club; Marshal Final German. Ster ith npii It has often been said that Whatever is one man ' s loss is another man ' s gain. This -(vas proved conclusively ivhen Shorty left Shreveport to embark on his career as a military man. A truer comrade and a more loyal wearer of the gray has never entered the battered walls of V. M. I. Through the miseries of its rat year, its revengeful Third Class year, and its more tranquil period as an upper Shorty has backed ' 23 to the limit. cl Finals of 1920 found Wes in possession of a corporalcy and military aspira- tions, but due to an oversight on the part of the authorities, his name was omitted from the list of appointments and disappointments at the end of the following year. Having cast his lot with the Artists, most of his Second Class year was spent in the hay ; a slight error on his part, since it caused him to remain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with the rest of the academically deficient. Shorty was not absent when the Artillerymen of ' 23 arrived en masse at Edge- wood Arsenal, Md., for their final period of training as Reserve Officers. On six consecutive week-ends he, with the rest of us, fled from this misery to the bright lights of Baltimore and Washington. As an athlete Shorty is unequaled. How such a little man can attain such great heights in the pole vault and high jump is be ond our comprehension. Na- poleon seemed a past issue when the All-Stars went into action under Shorty ' s gen- eralship. Incidentally, he is extremely modest in speaking of his tennis achievements. Shorty is a gentleman of the first order, a true Keydet, of even temper and lovable disposition. We love him for what he is; we rejoice with him in the success we know he will attain. ' Loachy, ' pick up your clothes. V i y aljiiiii ' A;i:AA4 AA. A.-- . (.« i . « i y   -y   -- ¥)] Thoatas Pierpont Morgan A.B. EAGLE ROCK, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Pip, Tip, T. P. Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Company Baseball; Southwest Virginia Club. Third Class: Private Company B ; Company Baseball; Rifle Team; Southwest Virginia Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company B ; Baseball Squad; Southwest Virginia Club; Marshal ■ inal Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company vest Virginia Club; Marshal Final German. ■C ; Baseball Squad; A. P. But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on. Leaving no track behind. The name of Morgan to the vorIcl at large has always represented money, but to keydets it has had more than a pecuniary value, as it is the name of Pip Morgan himself. Coming from the metropolis of Eagle Rock, it took quite an ad- justment for him to live in the quietude of The Fortress on the Hilltop, after being accustomed to the hurry and hustle of a crowded city. As a Third Classman, we see Pierpont cracking down on the orderlies, and under the tutelage of the Wink passing Analytics and Calculus. Realizing that his experience as a Third Classman had been harrowing enough, he decided that the next year he would try Liberal Arts, and accordingly he became a disciple of the Classical School. The sleeves of this young man, although not decorated with stars, have the bril- liance of gold in another form — that of chevrons. Beginning in his Second Class year when he was made a Sergeant, his rise has been steady until it has reached its culmination in his First Class year, when Pip is a First Lieutenant. Pierpont ' s love for the Institute is so grafted in his heart that, when summer comes, he is loath to leave her protection. Accordingly, for the last two years he has spent his summers at the Alum, where as a member of the famous Rockbridge Baths Fire Department and a player on the Rockbridge nine, he has gained renown. The years we have been together, Pip, are gone by; the years when we will be separated are in the future. There is, however, a bridge of associations that will join these two in the memory of all those who have been privileged to know you. We wish you the best of luck. You know me, baby. A dm V i a Benham Epes Morriss, B.S. BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Engineers Ben Ben]., Con Fisherman Fourth Class; Private Company B. Sergeant Company B ; A. S. C. E. Class: Private Company B ; A. S. Third Class: Private Company • B. Baptist Church Club; Marshal Fi :. E. ; Marshal Final Gci-man. :holar, and a judge of good liquor. Early in September of the year nineteen hundred and nineteen Benham Epes Morriss reported for duty at the Virginia Military Institute. He was accepted as a cadet and was assigned to the Fourth Class. Mister Morriss underwent the same trials and tribulations as did his other brother rats of ' 23. Little Ben began to demonstrate his ability as a mathematician early in the proper stage, rathood, as shown by the fact that the cognomen of Morriss, B. E., was contained always in the first section roll of all classes for four years. Ben has proved his endurance by keeping his sleeves adorned with the coveted stars for three years, the maximum time limit. Not only did this mark of distinction in academic pursuits decorate his sleeves, but sergeant chevrons also, for the com- mandant had noted the determination for success in the eyes of that sober-minded cadet of the Third Class the year before. However, Little Ben loved his academ ic endeavors more than military success. Thus the First Class History will list Morriss among the distinguished graduates, instead of among the cadet captains. Benham did not keep close his knowledge for his own benefit, but was at all times ready to give aid to the more unfortunate members of his class. It mattered not to him whether the subject for instructions was from text-books or from any phase of life ' s transformation, his information was based on sound horse-sense reasoning. When it comes to affaires de coeur again Little Ben is leading. At least he ' s no little hound. With seemingly no efforts, his specials and indicators of bis- cuits arrive with near-mechanical regularity. Ben, the Class of ' 23 wishes you success, and may your structures be as famous as the Woolworth, your bridges as the London Bridge, and your roads as the Appian Way. L vaii iAiiAAAi iC-i  , ..! « «- L . ' iL « ,iF f ■ggvAviV ■• S, '   T   ' 01 Frank Martin Page A.B. BRISCOE, NORTH CAROLINA Born 19CO. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Frank, Andy Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Varsity Baseball; Basketball Squad; Monogram Club; Company Rifle Team. Thiitl Class: Corporal Company A ; Varsity Baseball; Monogram Club; Company Rifle Team; Secretary North Carolina Club. Second Class: Supply Sergeant Company A ; Varsity Baseball: Monogram Club; Scrub Basketball; Company Rifle Team; Cavalry Pistol Team; Gallery Rifle Team; President North Caro- lina Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Quartermaster Lieutenant; Captain Varsity Br.seball Team; Basketball Squad; Rifle Team; Gallery Rifle Team; Cavalry Pistol Team; A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final German. ■■The futu rks ut great iTien s destii In Frank we have one of the most versatile members of ' 23. Not only has he attained great success in Military and Academic lines, but his record as one of V. M. I. ' s foremost athletes, past and present, remains almost unsurpassed. Upon entering the Institute as a rat, Andy wasted no time lamenting his hard lot, but from the very first was right out there with the best of them, and his efforts were crowned with well-deserved success. In this first year, as a pitcher on the big team he stood head and shoulders above all opponents. His success during this season was but a prelude to that which was to follow, and Andy, by real ability, has steadily risen until in his First Class year he captained the famous squad of that season. It was during his Second Class year that Andy established a record as premier college pitcher of the East, several of his games being no-hit, no-run affairs against the strongest teams of the country. Frank early displayed great aptitude in military matters, and- has been suces- sively a wearer of corporal, sergeant, and lieutenant chevrons. His academic rec- ord, too, is an enviable one. A man of your caliber cannot help but reap the suc- cess that is awaiting you, Andy, and the best wishes of ' 23 attend you as you set forth upon the uncharted expanse of life. •■Up and flrth has gone. ' -Ar V J BEB; ' 23 lv€i(aiiAAAi.4iA. ' (i i ' . ' ' i(.«j!iL« C ii 4 a p lf kkk-MJj , .  - ; ;, yy- Oi Charles Laiviar Parker, B.S. YAZOO CITV, MISSISSIPPI Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Monk, Yazoo, La-ma Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Missisippi Club, Tbii-d Class: Corporal Company A ; Sergeant-at-Arms Literary Society; Mississippi Club. Second Class: Sergeant Com- pany A ; Wrestling Squad; V. V. ' s; Assistant Cheer Leader; Cavalry Pistol Team; A. S. C. E. ; President Mississippi-Tennessee Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Lieu- tenant Company A ; Cheer Leader; Athletic Council; A. S. C. E. ; President Mississippi- Tennessee Club; Marshal Final Get man. A civil habit Oft covers a good man. Monk, hailing from the Old Plantation State, came in the fall of ' 19 to the Castle-on-the-Nile. Although raised on the low price of cotton and high water, the worries of his Mississippi life were comparatively negligible to the new cares that daily beset him. Realizing that the Institute would suffer if he did not return, the following autumn we find him a Third Classman. It was not long before he so distinguished himself that the authorities pinned on his sleeve the golden emblem of a corporalcy. It was during this time that a certain person high in authority made reference to the geometrical position of Monk ' s auditory appendages, and since that time he has been a marked man. Eithei because of a desire to make up for this seeming im- politeness, or, better, because he saw the true worth of the real man, the next year he favored the young Adonis with the high office of a sergeancy. Monk ' s course of study, since he has been a Second Classman, has been Civil Engineering, but he can run any of the Artists a long race in the composition of essays, the difference being that his were not to be handed in in the course of studies, but were to be marked Special Delivery. As a First Classman he holds the center of attention at the football games, and his leading of the cheers has contributed much to the success of the Big Team. Still trying to get his dip, he has but one thing in mind, and if She is willing, everything will be all right. As long as memory may serve us, that jovial face and the incessant cry of Talk to Your Man will form a composite memory which we will cherish as one of the most precious heirlooms the Class of ' 23 has to offer. She ' s the sweetest girl! l i mJlAlLfATTK ' . K .. j, «« cj «l-lsCJ   y)  -■.) ! Graham Allen Penniman, B.S. DALLAS, TEXAS Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Abie, Allen Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Texas Club. Third Class: Corporal Company E ; C. T. ; Secretary Texas Club, Second Class: Private Company E : Polo Team; Assistant Advertising Manager Bullet ; Vice-President Texas Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; Polo Team; President Polo Association; Class Valedicto- rian; Assistant Advertising Manager Bomb ; K. P.; Marshal Final German. I ha had poli I ha ?ht each day. At last, gentle one, you are gazing upon a true specimen from the Lone Star State, a representative who is the embodiment of both the old and new generations. He shows that some of the old recklessness and devil-may-care spirit which the sons of the older Texas display has yet to die, but it is tempered with the sincerity and good-fellowship that is characteristic of all true gentlemen. It was early in the fall of ' 19 when Allen approached, unheralded and unsus- pecting, the strange and forbidding walls which are known to the outside world as the Virginia Military Institute. He was not destined to remain unknown for long, for after a friendly tete-a-tete with the sentinel, who for some unknow n reason per- sisted in walking back and forth before his door, he became quite a celebrity, and many receptions were held in his honor. This, however, did not dishearten him, and he emerged from his year as a rodent the proud wearer of corporal chevrons and stars. As a Second Classman he decided to become a chemist. This profession he has followed loyally, and he is now one of Rat ' s most trusted disciples. Being from Texas, he was accustomed to broncho-busting, and naturally decided to jine the Cavalry. The first time he mounted a horse the instructor (who had been trying to teach the rest of the cavalry unit that horses were meant to be ridden) gr.ve a sigh of relief, for here was one who sat his steed as did the knights of old. He clearly demonstrated his ability to understand and manage horseflesh by making the Varsity Polo Team. Allen, the Class of ' 23 bids you — not good-bye — but au rcvoir. There is no need to wish you success, for you can have nothing else. A- (i WKKKKKIK Ks (. i (« i:« « J ikkMkj m ' W J     .  ! Eltox Demerast Peterson ' , B S. CHINCOTEACUE, VIRGIS ' IA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Pete, Dcmmy, Cliincoteague Fourth Class: Private Company C ' ; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Private Company •■C ; Wrestling Squad; Tidewater Club. Second Class: Private Company C ' ; Wrestling Squad; Tidewater Club; Company Rifle Team; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; Literary Society; Tidewater Club; Marshal Final German. ■■He vas i Sht of highe On a September morn, at 4 o ' clock, Pete left Chincoteague for Lexington, not knowing anything of what he was running into, except that he was endeavoring to get an education. Thus, when he reached ' . M. I. he struck something more than he expected. In his rat year, therefore, he had two aims. One was to do well in his studies and the other to shine in the military line. The latter object was a neces- sary one, even more than the former. His second year centered around Bolshevism and his studies. Pete studied hard, and did well. Towards the end of the year all the sections of the class were taken to the Electrical Laboratory. This probably decided Pete ' s choice of Electrical Engineering for his two remaining years. So his third term was composed of the Right and Left Hand Rules, which is most essential in Electrical Engineering. The same applies for his last year, in which he worked with an increased ambition — the ambition of the Dip. We all feel sure of Pete ' s success, and that he will work with the self-same ambition throughout his life as he has in these four years. % IWr IVJMii AA A 1. 4 Ai l k . i. .Hj. ' .H • • « 4 kkkKkj ikmrnim K   y . ;r. 1 Macon Michaux Pettyjohn, A.B. lynchburg, virginia Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Mich, Peter, Pete Fourth Class: Private Company E ; Lynchburg Club; A. M. A. Club. Third Class: Corporal Company E ; Lynchburg Club; A. M. A. Club. Second Class: First Sergeant Company B : Polo Squad; Assistant Manager Football Team; H-1 Quartet; Lynch- burg Club; A. M. A. Club; Marshal Final Ball. Fii-st Class: Captain Company B ; Polo Squad; Manager Varsity Football Team; Cadet Orchestra; H-1 Quartet; A. P. S. A.; Lynchburg Club; A. M. A. Club; Marshal Final German. Sile that spoke, and eloquence of eyes. One day in the dark ages of September, 1919, a train backed into Lexington, and from the number of heads which were seen protruding from the windows as it slowly climbed the grade behind barracks, it looked like an excursion. Little did the engineer of that train dream that among his passengers was one destined to be a Cadet Captain at the Virginia Military Institute. That one was no less than M. M. Pettyjohn, of Lynchburg, Va. From the day he entered these gray and for- bidding wails, Peter has been striving toward a goal and, to quote an old saying, he has hitched his wagon to a star. And if you will believe us, gentle reader, that particular star has done its work well. Not only has Mich attained the highest success along military lines, hut he has also gained a place in the hearts of the Class of ' 23 that could be filled by no one else. As a rat he was a joy to his first sergeant, for his name never adorned the companv books. As a Third Classman, Peter was one of the few who emerged from the war none the worse for wear. During his Second Class year he was First Sergeant of B Company and at the present time he is captain of that same outfit. What more need be said? Peter has not been active in athletics, but has just completed his term as man- ager of football, and with all due respect to succeeding managers, his work will be. hard to beat. Mich, ' 23 wishes it could keep you always, but it can only join in wishing you Godspeed to the place in the world which we know awaits you. Go way! l i lA ' mi ' AA. AkJkKTI. KC- ♦ (■ - (- ' - ' L . ' L-iI 7 ■ -, ' -   ■ ■ 23 Eldridge Rodgers Plowden, B.S. TIMMONSVILLEj SOUTH CAROLINA Born 1899. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Monk, Boz, Bozo Fourth Class: Private Company E : Richmond Club. Third Class: Private Company I] ; Secretary Literary Society; Richmond Club. Second Class: Private Company E ; Polo Association; Track Squad; Dramatic Club; Literary Society; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; Track Squad; Literary Society; Episcopal Church Choir; H-2 Quartet; Marshal Final German. The tyr custo n, most grave senators, inty and steel couch of bed of down. With all the senatorial dignity, the calmness and serenity of a great mind, this modern philosopher sauntered up to the portals of the Institute, knocked, and asked for admittance. On the inside, however, his meditative mood received a rude shock, ai ' .d the descent from things ethereal to things material was hard on his aesthetic soul. Be things as they may, however, this life at the Institute changes the world for us all, and Bozo was no exception. To illustrate the soreness of life as we found it here while rats, imagine, if you can, the check imposed on his finer sensibilities when his name was changed from the high sounding Eldridge to the baser appella- tion of Monk, and, later, to Bozo. Passing through the vicissitudes, the trials and tribulations of both the Fourth and Third Class years, Bozo entered the quiet harbor of upperclassmanship as a student of chemistry. Here his wider vision found a field uncultivated, and it is here that he hopes to bring forth new fruit of the brain. Not only In the field of science has Bozo gathered laurels for his brow, but in classical circles as well, for he is recognized even here as an authority. A pillar of the Literary Society, his logical reasoning, his philosophical insight, and his glow- ing eloquence have made many a rival feel the ineffectiveness of his own efforts. What to say when saying good-bye, Boz, is always a question. However, in the mirror of time, the abstractions, the deep periods of thought, will be reflected as the individual attributes of you, but always with a fuller comprehensive view of the man who was to us all a friend. Good old hay.    .;- )1 Cadwallader Leonidas Polk, III, A.B. HELENA, ARKANSAS Third Class: Corporal Company C ; Episcopal Company ■■C ; Literarj- Editor Bullef; Associate ger Traclt; Episcopal Church Vestry; Episcopal Church First Class: Private Company C ; Literary Editor Bomb ; Assistant Librarian; Episcopal Church Vestry; Episcopal Marshal Final German. t of every-day life. When the Last Day and the Last Night have knocked this gally-west world for a loop of gold-fish, and the little birdies come home to rest with the phoenix while the dawn of the Millenium purples Delmonico ' s free-lunch counter, Cad will arise and deliver us another scherzo ohhligato from Handel. It must be a sort of continual inner happiness that keeps this Felluh singing day long, and he surely chases the Whippoor-will of the Deep Blue Feelings away. Cad started in making the? world a brighter place to live in back in the rat days, when things weren ' t bright at all. Since then he has been one of the prize bumps on the dill-pickle of Fate. He was a more runnin ' ilian runnin ' corporal as a Third Classman, and Finals brought him a sergeant almost as high as he deserved. As a First Classman the Wampus-Cad entered the free-and-easy ranks of the 0. G. ' s and took upon himself the White Man ' s Burden. Not the half of it would be told, if no word was said of Cad ' s adventurings among the Dearer Sex. It is rumored that he is the Past Grand Minister of For- eign Affairs (foreign to Lexington), where the wicked line of a Liberal Artist of the first water serves him well. We who have seen know what a lurid jazz instep he handles when Wiedemeyer does his stuff o ' hop nights. Cad, we hate to say good-bye to a man like you; we are going to have such a dam ' hard time finding another one just like you. But we who know you know also that we will hear often of you, for a man of your type succeeds in this world, more than ever triumphant when hardships are the greatest. in tf ii 1 El mkAkk!lTE ' ' % Harry Wilson Porter, A.B. LOUISA, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Rach, Sarg, Harry Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Piedmont Club. Third Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Piedmont Club, Secood Class: Sergeant Company B ; Com- pany Baseball; Corn Club; Vice-President Piedmont Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Piedmont Club; A. P. S. A.; Marshal il Ge Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario? Once from the wilds of Louisa, where roameth the ooglie-ooglie bird as of old lime, and where the pterodactyl yet flaunts his jazz-colored plumage and spits Moonshine plug through his two front teeth, came forth (as they say of Daniel in the lion ' s den) one Harry Porter. He headed for Rockbridge County and ' . M. I., and circled in one day on the C. O. Twister. During the ensuing ten months he laid low whenever possible, and spent most of his spare time polishing on his shoes, acquiring that shine you love to touch. Rachael became, during the next year, a well-known member of the Suite 99 Suicide Division, and during his Third Class sojourn, along with Ros veH Ram- say, acquired the title of The Silent Man, owing to a little episode involving parties yet unknown to the authorities. Knowing what was the best course, he turned to Liberal Arts with all the fervid zeal of a newly-hatched chicken hunting tor the remains of its egg-shell. Here he acquired that expression of imperturbable calm content which would be worth several fortunes to a professional poker player. As a Second Classman he adorned the file-closers of B Company, but returned to Company A for his final whirl at the title of A.B. Harry is one of those unusual men whose true worth cannot be told in a, day. Such a man ' s character unfolds more and more the longer you know him. Some day we expect him to bloom gallantly forth into a second Lord Chesterfield, of Louisa, Virginia. m Fourth Class: Private Company E ; Boxing Team; Swimming Team; Florida Club. Third Class: Corporal Companj ' B ; Boxing Team; Track Squad. Second Class: Supply Sergeant Company B ; Captain-Manager Boxing Team; Track Team; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company B ; Boxing Team; Track Team; K. P.; A. P. S. A. ; Marshal Final German. lutiny? Back in the days when the S. A. T. C. was part of the Institute and the jazz captains marched dwindled companies around the parade ground, Puzzle first dawned upon the Institute. He soon concluded that he had truly come a long dis- tance to a place that, to the newly keydet, seemed the exact opposite of Heaven. But he found an outlet for his bottled-up energy ' on the track squad and as a member of the boxing team. The next year Wuzzy, on account of an enforced absence enduring for months, decided to come back with us, and in this manner ' 23 gained a classmate worthy of her highest honors. As a Third Classman he was, in the real sense of the word, a runnin ' corporal. At the outset of the next year he be- came a Liberal Artist, and throughout the two years following ran true to form. Always an enthusiastic backer of athletics at the Institute, and a practicer of what he preached, Tom has been for four years a valuable man on the cinder path, and as captain and manager of the boxing team he has been essential factor in the rise of one of the newer sports of the Institute. A First Classman, he joined that body who believe in sleeve decorations on the uniform, which must be one of the reasons why the Cuter Class, invariablj- and without fail, fall for his winnin ' wiles. Wherever he may decide to pitch his tent and settle down, whether Florida or Maine or in between, we know that Puzzle will succeed in every single thing he turns his hand to do. •■Wight — dwcss! iliiw AAJAirxi: L- ' . ' ' . ' i ' ii «L ' C« ' ' { :i f Robert Henley Pretlow, B.S. SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Infantry IFink, Bob, Geese Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Corporal Company B ; Tidewater Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company B : Track Squad; Bo.xing Squad; Corn Club; Comedy Club; Tidewater Club; Marstial Final Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company B ; Scrub Football; Boxing Squad; A. I. E. E. ; Tidewater Club; Marshal Final Gei-man. The rank is but the guinea stamp. A man ' s a man for a ' that. The readers of this immortal page need no introduction to our most prominent friend, Athletic Wink. Poets can ' t elucidate on him, and neither can we, but there are all kinds of tales to tell from the beginning to the end. At the beginning, he was a rat, and there ' s not very much that a rat can do, but many things that he can ' t do. He tried them all, and became quite a figure of prominence. The next year he vore stars, trained the new cadets, did some trifling, and learned some things more serious. But in the Second Class he settled down consid- erably, became quite athletic, and finished with the coveted chevrons of First Lieutenant. Electrical wires being the source from which much evil flows, he chose as his course the reason why currents alternate, in order to, some day, build street cars in the town of Suffolk. His first accomplishment in athletics was the old scrub foot- ball team, where he ably played the position of end. In a few concluding words, Wink, we ask that you never lose your sense of humor, for a joke helps out in most all cases, that you always be a live wire, and that 30ur capability along all lines may continue to bring ' ou success. And so when you accept the position of Boss of Westinghouse, we expect to see you right there with a good joke and a capacitj ' for success. Aw, g ' wan, it ' s Texis! ' m M-r ki. - i ♦(( -£ VC « -C Fergus Prescott Prince, A.B. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Ferg, Princie Fourth Class: Private Company E ; Tidewater Club; Company Baseball. Third Class: Private Company E ; Tidevi ater Club; Literary Society. Second Class: Pri ' ate Com- pany E ; Tidewater Club; Literary Society; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; Tidewater Club; Literary Society; A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final German. Hii St fault loving ladies. On the first day of September, 1919, Fergie first entered Washington Arch, fully determined to carve a name for himself in V. M. I. ' s hall of fame. Being one of the first arrivals, he was tendered a rather cordial reception by the well-wishing Third Classmen, but he soon settled down to endure the storms of a rat year. All things must eventually end, and soon Princie blossomed forth as an M. T. C. After a comparatively quiet year, except for a short period when he turned Bolshevik along with many of his brother rats, he elected to become a follower of Dixon, and that he has well succeeded in his chosen course is evidenced by the numerous members of the opposite sex who have fallen for his true Artist ' s line. It is at the hops that Fergie shines. If monograms were given for dancing he would rate them all, for he is truly a past master of the terpsichorean art, and his barracks disciples are legion. A true and loyal friend, and an ever ready helper, Fergie well lives up to his name by being a true Prince. With his never ceasing smile he has won his way into the hearts of us all. Here ' s to you, Fergie. We know you may well be de- pended upon to uphold the spirit of ' 23. K« ( ( « « o c -(( -t g .Ai ..4:J U m f7]F- yyF] yy.y y). .j Charles Stuart Ramsey, A.B. UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Raz, Stu, Charlie Fourth Class: Private Company D ; Company Rifle Team; Yankee Club. Third Class; Private Company B ; Company Baseball Team; Company Rifle Team; Yankee Club. Second Class: Private Company B ; Track Squad; Company Baseball; Company Rifle Team; Corn Club; Y ' ankee Club; Marshal Pinal Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; Track Squad; Company Rifle Team; -Outrage Staft; A. P. S. A.; Y ' ankee Club; Marshal Final German. And histoiT with all her volumes vast Hath but one page. By all the laws of preforeordestlnation we have here the fair countenance of one to whom great deeds are but an incident in the day ' s work. Of the various and sundry happenings in his four years of barracks existence we can tell but a small part. His is the jewel of life which, turned in different directions, exhibits every- where a new and sparkling facet. Raz parked his number 9 ' s under a V. M. I. Deadfall Cot at the stroke of ten from the Tower Clock one morning in September four years ago at the same time that the rest of us, his companions in ratdom, were pulling off the same numbers. For the year he was a low-shining glimmer in the rear rank of D ' ' Co., but upon his return as a Third Classman he became one of the Aurora Borealis of Suite 99, and helped make the road of the Third Class look like the path of the Black Plague. The next session Stu decided to loaf around the library with Colonel Dixon ' s Morpheus Hounds, and for two years he has held dowii a retiring position in the ranks of the Saturday Evening Post absorbers. Likewise he shows the mark of a master in the Vernon Castle-like manner in which he becomes an ornament of the gym on hop nights, and they say that no Lord Byron was ever so raved over by a greater number of those whose smile is Heaven and Hell. We will never fail to recall his friendly grin and his ever-willing spirit. These two things, coupled with a most likable personality and the distinct stamp of good- fellowship, have made Rawse a friend much worth while. And whether he seeks success in life in the land of flying Dutchmen or among the torch-blowers of the Amazon River, we know that he will find it, and with it happiness. I ' ll be damn ' d! Wv i!lWAixo:xiJ K-i..-(. - «- :- « «!    . ' ' - ' ' ' - ' ol Gordon Lee Robertson, B.S. LOACHAPOKA, ALABAMA i Born 1904. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Loach, Loachy Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Company Baseball. Tliii-d Class: Corporal Com- pany B ; Alabama Club. Second Class; Private Company B ; Company Baseball: V. V. ' s; Marshal Final Ball. Pirst Class: Private Company B ; Company Baseball; All- Stars; A. I. B. E. ; Marshal Final German. The stately homes of Alabam . How beautiful they stand! Loach is a product of Alabama. Coming from Loachapoka, and all it implies, his home town has furnished him with many characteristic names of affection. But I.oachy has borne up under them manfully, and, in fact, has thrived on them. As a rat Gordon was subject to many trials and tribulations in VS. Company i;nder Henri Berger, but nevertheless he achieved success. At Finals he was made a corporal, and was declared, by the powers that be, a highbrow. As a Third Classman Loachapoka was a terror. Not satisfied with the delightful advantages of a suite, he took up his abode in a single room, where he enjoyed privacy, if nothing else. After Christmas he participated in the usual Bolshevistic uprising, assisting and supporting the young would-be anarchists in their aim for recognition in the use of their latent powers. Openings of 1921-1922 found Loachy both a private and an Electrical Engineer. His fat and smiling countenance soon found its way to the ranks of the V. V. ' s where, at right guard, he blocked his team to victory. For four years Loachy has waited patiently for the proverbial F. C. P., and now that he has it he enjoys Rowland ' s to the fullest extent — thrice weekly. Loach hasn ' t decided definitely just what he will do next year, but it is certain that he will make a success, whatever he turns to. Such a keydet as Loachy has been is bound to succeed and we are confident he will be a credit both to the Institute and ' 23. He is one of the most loyal and true brother rats with whom we have spent four years, suffering the hardships and making the most of the pleasures together. ■■Down with constituted authority] --4 l i V V ! f ' :)    .  . 301 Tliira Class: Corporal Compai A. S. C. E. ; Alabama Clu C. E. ; Alabama Club; Ma According to the advocates of the theory of reincarnation, the person of some ancient Greek philosopher, devoid of philosophy, sauntered up to the Washington Arch on September 4, 1919. Removing what we took to be a saxophone — which saxo- phone later proved to be a pipe — from his mouth, he asked if he could speak to General Nichols. The General did not grant him an audience, but one of his rep- resentatives from the ranks of the element acted in the General ' s stead, and Mr. Robertson did not find it difficult to gain an insight into the inner life of V. M. I. But Grandma (this being the appellation his thoughtful and philosophical nature soon earned for him among his brother-rats ) stood up like a man, and soon acquired the reputation of being a running mister. He returned as a Third Classman, and his huge propensity for running soon earned him the coveted corporalcy, which he held with dignity for the remainder of the year. Following a sojourn among the elect of SCHKEDURN-SCHDYK— Somewhere in Holland — Grandma returned as a Second Classman determined to drink deeply of the Pierian spring at the feet of Olie. As a First Classman Grandma put away the follies that marked his first three years at the Institute, and devoted himself, heart and soul, to the course he had elected to follow, becoming the standby of the Civil section as far as sound, practical judg- ment went. He always thought twice before he spoke, and it is this quality that will carry him to the pinnacle of success in this world where men win and weaklings fail. Good luck and God bless you, Grandma. It is thus that we, of old ' 23, bid you a last adieu. Son, you can ' t always sometimes tell. I-K ■ ' ■ ' . M iiM« ' 4 ' iL . ' i( m ' 4     - ■ -:— -V i LUCIAN HOBART RyLAND, A.B. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Hobo, Hotie, Ben Turpin Fourth Class: Private Company B ; Gym Team; Richmond Club. Third Class: Pri- vate Company B ; Gym Team; Monogram Club; Riclimond Club. Second Class: Private Company B ; Captain and Manager Gym Team: Monogram Club; V. V. ' s; Richmond Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; Gym Team; Monogram Club; A. P. S. A.; Richmond Club; Marshal Final German. Til ndship ' s sake. ' Hotie signed up among the first of us, showing his eagerness to don the gray. His prep davs at John Marshall stood him in good stead when the military life was taken up in earnest. He started early to make a name for himself, and at the end of the year had earned the golden stars of the distinguished man. It is to be feared that Ben Turpin was of the well-known element of our Third Class days. His exploits were many and varied. One night in particular he led the O. D. a merry chase into the fifth stoop. Thanks to the kind intervention of a certain Sub he managed to escape. In spite of his somewhat hectic existence he managed to study enough to keep his stars for another year. Neglecting his undoubted mathematical ability, he decided to take Liberal Arts in preference to leading the hard life of an Engineer. His Liberal Artist line has held him up with uncertain success in the classroom, but with undoubted success in his relations with the fair sex. We who know him best feel that nothing but success can crown his future work. That ' s £unn; — I didn ' t get a letter today. fi V i Lk i AA.i ifei ' liM: ' v . ' . ' ; ? ¥¥ -  J-) )r P 11 Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Tennessee Club. Third Class: Private Company A ; Tennessee Club. Second Class: Private Company A ; Company Baseball; Rifle Team; Secretary Mississippi-Tennessee Club; Marslial Final Ball. First Class; Private Company A ; Mississippi-Tennessee Club; A. I. E. E.; Marshal Final German. The Guard dies but never surrenders. Tiring of the undemocratic spirit of the Prussian Guard, Herr Alfred Clarence Von Schmidt brought his suitcase to V. M. I. on September 4, 1919. Alas! the young Prussian had to shine his own boots! Ay, t iere Avas the rub, as well as upon the plates of S. E. I. The rodent da s passed only too quickly, and our hero arrived on the scene on an entirely different fourth of September. Dutch exhibited real talent in the Third Class days. Not one accusation of chevron-coveting was filed against him. This extraordinary characteristic followed him through the remaining days. When the third September followed the fastly retreating footsteps of the first two, Al became attracted by a lively little creature that ever and anon exclaimed which way does the current go, huh? Being of an inquisitive nature, Dutch decided right then that he would master t iat secret any way; hence Monk gained a valuable disciple in Electricity. The elusive chevrons caused the future Steinmetz no loss of sleep — His belts were nearly tan. And over barracks he was known As the good old slippery man. At last Dutch weathered the rough seas of the first three years and sailed into the sedate calm of First Classdom. It was during this year that Al ' s romance was born, grew (?), and died (?). Mississippi misses had always received most of his attention, but the last one didn ' t miss him enough. Hops have always found him among those present, and it is rumored that one fair damsel once said: I think he ' s cute. Regardless of such opinions, we know that the five-foot grin and good nature of Dutch will pull him through life with a good rec at the end. I ' ll tell you whafs a fact ; ■.w «ll S ' % - -J ' ' . — j tuki . .lurf.i ' il. T :: , . ' kii.Mlii Lkivliii k ' XlA. : tc« ■ i:«C C ' ' sC ' i William Hugh Shervin Jr., A.B. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Brute, irillie Fourtli Class: e Company ' ■C ; Richmond Club. Third Class: Private Company E : C. T. ; Richmond Club. Second Class: Private Company E ; Corn Club; Secre- tary Richmond Club; Hop Committee; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; Assistant Editor Cadet ; Richmond Club; Hop Committee; A. P. S. A.; Marshal Final German. Tho ' modest, 6n his unembarrass ' d brow Nature has written gentleman. A Richmond lad, having much of the rare air and grace of that rare citv of Southern aristocracy, Brute matriculated one September day at the Virginia Mili- tary Institute. For four years he has kept the faith with the ' ' brother rats, and stands at last on the eve of completing this, his first real life ' s work. These few words, however, do not tell the full story by any manner of means, for Willie has played, since the first day, an important part in the history of ' 23. Even when a rat he was noted for his terpsichorean ability, and following the course of that talent we see him an important figure in the success of the Final Ball last June, and of the hops this year. As a Third Classman Willie ' s life was exciting, if not satisfying, and as a result things happened around the Institute for a certain period. Circumventing all the traps that would seek to bring him to disaster, however, he became in time a Second Classman, and left to the younger generation the risk of carrying on. Here, though he made a mistake, with quick intuition he soon remedied it. This mistake was the election of Electrical Engineering, but when surrounded by amperes and volts he saw that he was worthy of a better field. As Assistant Editor of the Cadet, member of the Hop Committee and Liberal Artist, Willie works out a fairly busy year for a Keydet. That outside in the world of every-day a correspondent success will be his is the hope of all of us who have known him. Thomas David Shiels, B.S. LEONARD, TEXAS Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Tom, T. D., Ted, IVar JVhoop I ' tiurth Class: Private Company A ; Scrub Football Squad; Dramatic Club; Texas Club. Third Class: Private Company F ; Dramatic Club; Texas Club. Second Class: Private Company F ; Track Team; Polo Squad; Dramatic Club; Comedy Club; Corn Club; A. S. C. E. ; Texas Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company F ; Track Team; Polo Squad; A. S. C. E. ; Te. as Club; Marshal Final German. -Villi to In the first place, if we believed all the wild tales that are related (and sometimes demonstrated), about what we do down home, why then Texas, the Lone Star State, would have breakfast where supper ought to be, and oil wells in every back yard, and have in every town, at the public square on Saturday night, the weekly game of tying a knot in the bull ' s tale. And of course we do not believe them ; that ' s one reason why we call Tom War Whoop. So our earliest thoughts of him go to the Dramatic Club, where he took his first part in cadet life as a real wild Injun, ready to fight, kill, and see a good joke at almost any time. But we have since realized that he is not quite as bad as all that, and in Tom Green County, Texas, has one son of no small caliber. Scrub football was his first accomplishment, and then came polo and track, in both of which sports he held places on the varsity. In track he ably followed the winged feet of Mercury for a quarter of a mile. The true characteristic of T. D. is that he says exactly what he thinks to whoever he thinks it ought to be said, caring not for the opinions of anyone, but for just what he thinks is fair, which is certainly one thing to be admired among men. Therefore we hate to tell old Tom good-bye, for he is certainly one of the truest and best friends we have had. Always ready to help everybody, and taking an interest in all cadet activities, we are sure that Tom, with his hard common sense, will make as many true friends hereafter as he has made at V. M. I. I ' m a Culberry Chump. ' A. ' . ' -(. ' i i .. K L ' Ll£.4 Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Piedmont Club. Third Class: Private Company F ; Piedmont Club. Second Class: Private Company P ; Piedmont Club: Marshal Final Ball. Fii st Class: Private Company F ; Secretary O. G. ' s Association; Sergcant- at-Arnis Literary Society; Piedmont Club; Marshal Final German. With ear At four o ' clock in the afternoon of September 4, 1919, new zest Yas given to the weII-l no%vn pastime of the proverbial element. The cause of this sudden stimulation of interest was the appearance of a certain young mister who claimed to hai! from Callands, Va. Shortly after his initial appearance at the arch this parveniic received numerous callers from the Third Class and the name of Rosebud from his brother rats. The rest of the year he devoted to the almost impossible task of explaining the exact location of his home town. As an old cadet, his career shows fewer trials and tribulations and greater success. A Third Classman, he weathered the storm and returned to us the next year an earnest disciple of Ole Rat. At this stage of the game, his theories con- cerning the eternal molecule became so important that Rosebud was forced to share honors with Einstein as a fitting appellation for the leader of chemists. The ap- pearance of his smiling countenance at the final ball marked the beginning of his efforts in the terpsichorean art, but not the end, for he has been growling con- sistently over biscuits ever since. His First Class year still further reflects the spirit of earnest endeavor which so characterized Einstein in his activities at X. M. I. — whether work or play. And in leaving, ' 23 can wish him nothing better than this: that he will make as complete a success in civil life as he has deservedly attained at V. M. I. ;, what do y i i li ii; ! Lyivlilli ' 4ikAil. AAA. OSSSSSSSSSSISi ' aa j .V ' ,■■ f ' ■ A ..,. ' ' -,. :  :;.  . y . l JoHK Alderson Simms, B.S. CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA Born 1904. Matriculated 1920. Infantry J. A., Alderson Marshal Final half sleep, he dreams of bette rids A few days after the Class of ' 23 embarked upon its career as a mean third class someone discovered a candidate for sergeant-major. On being asked his name the mouse prospective answered Simms, Sir, Charleston, W. Va., Sir. With many ups and downs, visits to his future classmate ' s rooms, zips, maxes, demerits, tours by night and by day, he floundered through the stormy and tempestuous year. Returning next fall, he decided to become a disciple of Old Rat after a lengthy consideration of time and labor. Alderson passed through his Second Class year cool, calm and collected, and at last achieved the long-thought-of and cherished F. C. P. On entering his First Class year, he became a member of the Ancient and Be- nevolent Order of the O. G. ' s. The professors have nothing on him when it comes to H2SO4 and H2S. He does not claim to be the star of the Chemistry section, but in spite of that, he insists that there must be an Aurora Borealis somewhere around. We wish J. A. much success teaching in some girls ' school, as he says that is the only way that he can think of to make up for the three years ' loss of time and line at the Institute. Don ' t say anything. mM MTAJjUklA ' (iA. ' -i. ' i ' ««i«. ' 4 Valentine Wood Southall, B.S. DINWIDDIE, VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Turkey, Young Judge, Rodolph I ' alentino Fourth Clas8: Private Company F : Company Baseball. Third Class: Private Com- pany F ; Varsity Baseball Squad, Second Class; Private Company F ; Varsity Base- ball; Monogram Club; Polo Association; A. S. C. E. ; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company F ; Varsity Baseball; Monogram Club; President O. G. ' s Association; A. S. C. B. ; Literary Society; Piedmont Club; Marshal Final German. The measure of life is not length, but honesty. Hail, the conquering hero comes! Thus heralded, Turkey Southall, star first baseman of the Dinwiddle Court House, Va., Baseball Team, arrived on the scene at historic old Lexington in the fall of 1919. His arrival being heralded in advance by the Dinwiddle Bi-Montlily Attempt, Valentine was awarded a hearty welcome by the Third Class Reception Club. He at once made a great hit, due to the numer- ous and manifold arts of which he was a past master. Not the least impressive of these was a demonstration of the proper method of batting as imparted to me by Ty Cobb in his rosiest days. The Fourth and Third Class years of his voyage at the military life being sailed without mishap, the mantle of Second Class dignity was expected to descend upon this stalwart lad ' s shoulders. But, sad to relate, W. W. threw off his mask of solemn demeanor and displayed a rare fund of wit and humor, the like of which had never before been seen at V. M. I. Wherever Valentine went, jo} ' was seen to reign supreme. Turkey, in the athletic life of the Institute, proved himself a mainstay of the baseball team by holding down first base in true big league style. Unanimously elected President of the O. G. ' s Association, he has proved himself worthy of all the trust and confidence reposed in him. As a follower of Oley, he has displayed qual- ities which portend a great future in the engineering world. But it is as a steadfast friend and true comrade, Turkey, that you will be remembered by your classmates, in whose hearts your name will be forever enshrined. ' ■Slow down! Where ' s the fire? Tedo, Theodore Hart Spindle, A.B. CHRISTIANSBURC, VIRGINIA 1900. Matriculated 1918. Artillery Sergeant Lily, T Fourth Class: Private Company Company F ; Episcopal Church Ch Company F ; Episcopal Churcl First Class: Private Company ' St Virginia Club; 11-2 Quartet Southwest Virginia Club. Third Class: Pr ; Southwest Virginia Club. Second Class: Private r; Southwest Virginia Club; Marshal Final Ball. ry Society; Episcopal Church Choir; South- . ; Marshal Final German. Four score and twenty years ago — well, not quite that long ago, Tedo scaled t other mounting opposite Christianshurg, inquired how to get out of Roanoke, and found a new home (?) at Lexington. Tedo became a good rat, although the ambition for a corporal never burned within his breast. Nay, his aspirations were turned to the higher pursuit of Cupid ' s game for some four years. The Third Class year treated Tedo kindly, in that he was never lowered to the point of wearing chevrons. He did succeed in holding a berth in the Field Artillery, however, and remembers a certain mounted trip over the hurdles. The ring year was Tedo ' s most eventful season, for it was at the beginning of this year that Ted raised himself to the higher (Liberal) Arts of V. M. L It was also during this term that a certain forlorn look found a place upon his soulful visage. The announcement was sent to him just before the restful trip to Buena Vista, but then his amorous trouble was drowned in aqua pura. It was an ordinary occurrence for Tedo to spout poetry and music at this time, some original appreciated. The music of his harmonica has completely routed many a gloomy hour, and the moral support of the Artillery Quartet has determined many a tactical engagement for that organization, chiefly because of the rich tenor of the Christians- burg youth. In his First Class year once more the forlorn appearance enveloped his features, but the rest cure was not demanded this year. The easy sailing of First-Classdom was a well earned reward of Tedo ' s successful endeavor, but his true reward shall come in life, to which he will take the soul of a poet, combined with the stern sense of realities that V. M. I. has given him. Let ' s cut to see who gets some ice cream. ii: .lViiiii i.0.ii4A.A. m c   T   l ToiM Ganaway Spratt, A.B. RICHLANDS, VIRGINIA Born 1900. Matriculated 1918. Artillery Tom, Jack, Sprig Fourth Class: Private Company E. Third Class: Co rporal Company B. Second Class: Private Company E ; FLE; Scrub Football: Episcopal Church Choir; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; FLE; Wrestling Squad; Outrage Staft; Episcopal Church Choir; Literary Society; A. P. S. A.; Southwest Virginia Club; Mar- shal Final German. — We ' ll forth and fight, Do deeds -worth praise and tell you them at night. It was in the fall of 191 8 when this worthy first appeared in the Arch, fresh from the hallowed precincts of the Episcopal High School. Tom went through the hard knocks of his rat year as a rat should, and was rewarded at finals with corporal ' s chevrons. During Jack ' s Third Class year he was subject to all the Bolshevik diseases that fall to the lot of the M. T. C. ' s, but he survived them and in due time came back as a dignified Second Classman. Tom decided to becom a protege of Ole Rat, but after a year of dallying with sundrv acids, bases, and salts, he became convinced that he had missed his calling, so he deserted his brother molecules to join the Hay Hounds as a follower of College Bill. Since then Jack has been a shining light to all beholders in the academic line. Tom was never a military genius, and in this he bears out the truth of the statement that The Bull is Mightier than the Bullet. When Jack receives his sheepskin and Auld Lang Syne has played, the Corps will have lost a true Cadet of whom the Institute may well be proud. Jack, although you did not start with ' 23, you have been one of the truest of the true, and in saying good-bye, we wish you all the success and happiness that this world has to offer. Say. who ' s got two bits? -Wfe: V i jKE m: k± kk M.ki AMJf AVi ' .. ' IU  )] Third Class: Literary Soc Circulation I German. Ben Brandon Stone, Jr., A.B. FORT WORTH, TEXAS Born 1903. Matriculated 1920. Infantry Eddie, B. B., Stone Age Company A ; Texas Club. Second Class: Private Company sas Club: Marshal Final Ball. Fii-st Class: Private Company ' ' A Cadet ; Literary Society; A. P. S. A.; Texas Club; Marshal Fil V i We feel like apologizing for introducing the face of the gentleman above to all whom it may concern. And the reason is that e ' er long this may be the most famous man in America, ranking beside George Washington and Herbert J. Hoover, respectively the Father and Feeder of their country. Eddie B. came to us from so far down South that he did not arrive unti l the beginning of our Third Class year. But he had picked up wisdom somewhere, for he soon kidded the almost-wizards of our Faculty into believing that he knew as much about the elusive conchoid and disappearing differential as Old Man Paralytic Geometry himself. Entering the Second Class, he swore fealty to Liberal Arts and, as ever before, hitched his wagon to a light-house. Having found the greater love, he remained ever faithful to Her, though not at all times scorning her — to him — less beautiful sisters. No Romeo ever barked so successfully under a balcony as does this Master of Hearts. It is a great pity to think that, if he sticks to law, the highest that he can ever rise will be to the bench of the Supreme Court. We are backing you to a man, Brandon, for the sake of the Institute and ' 23. May your path be always the stern road of difficult success that makes the greatest man. What a beautiful bird the frog are! ■fPMT fe- {r a i. - ( ■« « «« «! gj   y)   -g)l George Woodson Sydnor, B.S. RICHMOND; VIRGINIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Cavalry Sid, Chink, Skeezix Foarth Class; Private Company D : Company Baseball; John Marshall Club; Rich- mond Club. Third Class: Private Company D ; Company Baseball; John Marshall Club; Richmond Club. Second Class: Private Company D ; Track Squad; Company Baseball; Richmond Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company D ; Company Baseball; A. I. E. B. ; Literary Society; Richmond Club; Marshal Final German. A Big Dog among ladies dangerous thing. Look again at the image and superscription above, all ye who read as ye run, and behold the Chief of the Howling Hound Dervishes, the Lord High Potentate of the Monster Canines. Truly he twists a jaunty instep at the hops, and hands Her ever and oft an oration second not to the Phillipics of Demosthenes. Sid made his debut with the rest of us in the grey, glooiny days of September, 1919. His coming-out party, likewise, was afforded by the Third Class — our friends the enemy. Except for a certain reference to the front porch, and another to an old cadet, made when he was half-asleep and not responsible, he negotiated the rat year successfully in the ranks of D Co., which organization he has faith- fully stuck to until the last. As a Third Classman George was a typical represen- tative of a Bull-she-wistic crowd, and yet found time to elude the wiles of B. D. and Monk, upon which he determined to take Electrical Engineering and find out the reason Benjamin Franklin put up a kite instead of an umbrella when the rain came on. And yet, in spite of the fact that he conscientiously studies when the time for work is at hand, it is rumored that the letters addressed to him form one of the chief reasons why the U. S. Postal Service is continually complaining of overwork. We characterize George as a keydet serious without somberness, brilliant with- out showiness, and manly without restraint. And V. M. L rightly expects much of him, as we know that to whom much is given, much must be forthcoming in after life. Laugh it off, Son, laugh it oft, V i iimii 4AAA;lXIX ) i K iH( . «c :r -i j EsTEs Carter Thompson, B.S. CHATHAM, VIRGINIA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Skinny, Eihe, Shorly Fom-th Class: Private Company C ; Piedmont Club. Third Class: Private Company C ; Piedmont Club. Second Class: Private Company C ; Polo Association; Piedmont Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; A. I. E. E. ; Marslial Pinal Some men come to the Institute for an education, others because they desire mili- tary training, and still others because they admire the place. Which of these three influences brought this young man into our midst we — and he — are not able to say. Whatever the reason, ve are mighty glad he came among us, for we can hardly imagine what we would have done without him. Coming from the Piedmont region of the sovereign state of Virginia, he, with no show of pride at all, calmly announced that Chatham was his home. He tried during his rat year to live the fact down, but hasn ' t succeeded even into the fourth genera- tion of his First Class year. A highbrow, he has been in the choice company of the First Section always. And although his picture doesn ' t show it, he is really intelligent. Such was his propensity for Math and other evils of a like nature, that he chose, after serving under B. D. for a year, electricity as a life calling. This has not been a call answered in vain, for in spite of the dread which his less brilliant brother electricians hold for their distinguished professors, they hold no fear for our young genius. There is, however, a force that can strike fear into his heart, and strange to say, this Power is not masculine. That in time he will overcome this temerity we sincerely hope and fervently pray, but whether in her or in someone else you real- ize your dreams, Skinny, we hope that they will be of the happiest kind in the world. Aw, go t ' ell! ■ ' . ' V.«.iii. ' 4. « « i , y 1; I ' , I: T ' )-   i- 1ol Barbour Newman Thornton, B.S. FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Pigeon, Pige, Barbour Fourth Class: Private Company B. Third Class: Corporal Company B, Second Class: Sergeant Company B ; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company B ; A. I, E. E. ; Episcopal Church Vestry; Marshal Final German, The birds they sing upon the wing, the pigeons bill and coo. ' In the fall of 1919 a varied collection of individuals presented themselves at V. M. I. as candidates for matriculation, and among this bunch was one Barbour Thornton. Now to the outside world this fact may or may not be significant, but to us who have passed four long years in his company it means a great deal. Coming from the oldest inland town in America, he, like the rest of us, found things different from what he expected. Quickly adjusting himself to the situation, he soon caught on to the main features of the place. Finding that some of his brother rats were not so quick to learn, he tried to give them a little of his hard- earned experience, and this was nearly his undoing, for the old cadets resented his encroachments on their rights. Enduring the hardships of that year, the next September found him back a cor- poral and a Third Classman. At the hops the gold on his sleeves seemed to shine even brighter than the chevrons of mere captains, and it was here that he found his real worth and position. The dignity of the Second Class descending on him in due time, the young gentle- man decided to favor the world and electricians in general by taking their course. He has continued his studies even unto his First Class year and hopes to bring them to a successful close this June. Whether he continues along this path or decides upon some other profession as his life ' s work, we know that success will be his, for he possesses the enduring qualities of a sterling character, and the best wishes of all who have been fortunate to know him go with hira. As-ss V i , . p Archer Edmond Turner, B.S. QUITMAN, GEORGIA Born 1902. Matriculated 1919. Engineers Archie, Duck, Tunner Fourth Class: Private Company F ; Company Baseball; Georgia Club. Third Class: Corporal Company F ; Gym Squad; Georgia Club. .Second Class: Sergeant Company F ; Gym Team; Monogram Club; Rifle Team; Minstrel Show; Georgia Club; Marshal Final Ball. I ' irst Cla.ss: Private Company E ; Captain and Manager Gym Team; Mon- ogram Club; Quartet; A. I. E. E. ; Georgia Club; Marshal Final German. Di! retii spe tha elnquen Swapping peaches for ham for a period of four j ' ears, this lad came into our midst in September, 1919, with high ideals and aspirations. Today his ideals re- main on their same high plane, and his aspirations have been intensified by four years of constant striving. As a rat, like most of us, he pulled something gross, and the pain of living through that era was only compensated by the flash of gold that appeared on his sleeve the night of the Final Ball, when we see him in the full glory of a Third Classman. The pitfalls and snares that most of us seem unable to avoid in this critical period were somehow weathered by Archie, and he came out of the melee ahead of the game. A dignified Second Classman, a Sergeant, and totally absorbed in the mvsteries of the volt and ampere, Archie settled down to fool the boys and pass everything. He has now passed over the road that is the final stretch to the precious document. Spending a part of his vacations in Virginia, it could only be in the course of events that there would soon be an attraction to this locality other than the atmos- phere. In Archie, ' 23 boasts of a man who has the will and power to succeed, but who has more than this: the capacity to make himself a friend of whom everyone is proud. There ' s a discrepancy somewhere. ivIiiiiiii Aj ij , ' fA ' L ' €dk-L«S   )1 Russell Acker Turner, A.B. MOBILE, ALABAMA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Rus, Rusty, Rat Fourth Class: Private Company C ; V. M. I. S. S. ; Alabama Club. Third Class: Cor- poral Company C ; Literary Society; V. M. I. S. S. C. ; Secretary Alabama Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company C : Treasurer Bullet ; Literary Society; Alabama Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; Treasurer Bomb ; A. P. S. A.; Alabama Club; Marshal Final German. all in all. :e again. This military-looking genius, having attended a military school in his younger days, during which tender feelings were instilled in his heart for uniforms and all things military, accordingly decided to take up the pursuit of knowledge at the far- famed military school of the South. Thus one Rus Turner descended into our midst a gloomy day in the fall of ' 19, and began his glorious career at V. M. I. After many varied experiences, he passed through the rathood dajs, being known as one of the running newly cadets of ' 23, and being admitted early to the Royal Order of Dikers. When Finals appeared upon the calendar, as usual Rus was not forgotten, for his name appeared upon the list of corporals with some fiftj-nine other of his brother rats. Russell passed through a very successful Third Class year, as indicated by the fact that at Finals he again held down a much coveted position, a place on the list of Sergeants. It was in this year that he decided to specialize in Artillery, which was afterwards the cause of his spending many joyful hours under the invigorat- ing sun and among the relentless mosquitoes of Edgewood, Md. As a First Classman Russell returned a full-fledged wearer of the cape and paletot, and it was during this happy period of existence that he completed his col- lection of pictures of fair Southern Queens. This collection is the pride of his heart, and has graced his shelf for the past two years. Our hero is now well on his way down the golden path to success, and it is with a mingled feeling of joy and sadness that we bid him farewell — joy when we think of the wonderful future which awaits him, and sadness when we realize that ' 23 Vvill lose but not forget a true friend and comrade. That ' s not the halt of it. l i (r; r Thomas Hunt Vaden, B.S. CHATHAM, VIRGINIA Born 1900. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Simp, T. Hound, Rodolp i Valentino Fourth Class: Private Company A : Piedmont Club. Third Class: Private Company A ; Piedmont Club. Second Class: Private Company F ; Piedmont Club; Polo Asso- ciation; Marshal Final Ball. lirst Class: Private Company F ; Polo Association; A. I. B. E. ; Marshal Final German. •■And what I dare to dream of. dare to do. Time: September 3. Place: O. D. ' s Office, Washington Arch. Characters: Officer of the Day and T. Hunt Vaden. First Scene: O. D. (as rat slides in the O. D. ' s office): Mister! What do you mean by sliding in her ? Get the h — out of here! Second Scene (Rat slides in again) : Mister, didn ' t I tell you not to come in here? Rat: Yes, sir, but I thought it was because I hadn ' t made a good slide, and you wanted me to try it over again. Such was the reputation Simp acquired in his first days among us, and such his reputation has been through his four years. Living the rat year as best he could, he came back the following September a typical Third Classman, r evelling in the delights of all Third Classmen and running demerits. At the end of that year, however, he decided that V. M. I. had narrowed him too much, and decided to travel. With Grandma Robertson as a companion, he visited the old world, and was so delighted that he stayed too long in Holland and his boat left him stranded without a return passage. He showed what ' . M. I. had done for him by returning in time to start his candidacy for the degree under Pussyfoot. Always a hound with the ladies, it is at the hops that Simp truly asserts him- self and comes to the front. If your success in the material world is on the same plane as your success with the ladies, Simp, the members of ' 23 will be borrowing millions from you in about ten years. I don ' t get th y 3  J    ' ' ' )1 rourtli Class: Piivate Company C : Episcopal Church Choir. Third Class: Corporal Company C : Episcopal Church Choir. Second Class: Private Company C ; Polo As- sociation; Polo Squad; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company C ; A. I. S. E. ; Marshal Final German. When, two minutes after the ultimate joy-note of Fanny Doolancy ' s penny trumpet tAvo hours before daybreak, Weena launches from the hay like a young submarine destroyer from harbor, the air is filled with flying shoes, leggins, over- coats, and language. His roommates depart suddenly to avoid injury — Eddie ' s getting ready for the Marathon to reveille. Eight hundred of these has he attended in four years, running ' em close with the rest of us, and now we have all reached the days when we must sound an everlasting taps to our career at V. M. I., and turn our faces outward, toward the world. As a rat Edwina realized the mighty eloquence of enforced silence and many wrinkles between the shoulder-blades, and in the next year, impressed by the value of early intensive training, passed these lessons on to those who came after. Passing the Acheron of Third Class Math with B. D. Charon as boatman, he entered into the Elysium (?) of Electricity. Chasing the elusive thermo-coupllng from a Belgian hare to a cross-eyed guinea pig, scratching the hardwood surface until wild thought was generated, he has run the gamut of the Immortal 75-and-above, and landed on top of the world and his diploma. Which means to him the beginning of a new and greater life in Clarke County, Virginia, or elsewhere, attended by the love of maidens and the good-will of friends who care for him better than he cares for himself. But for us of ' 23 it means a Good-bye! that is harder than the thoughts of home. Weena, know- that we look to you to ride life over the hurdles of success with the same firm seat that has held you on the backs of the greenest-eyed devils in the Artillery stables. ill take no slack tonight. Riley: S l i Xliji AAliXX !((._ ( -at. «((. ' } M rp¥f y  ¥yy-)- ' -  i Morton Duke Winchester, A.B. GALVESTON, TEXAS Born 1900. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Duke, Windy, Mart Fourth Class: Private Company A ; Scrub Football; Track Squad; Company Baseball; Texas Club. Third Class: Corporal Company B ; Scrub Football; Track Squad; Wrest- ling Squad; Boxing Squad; Company Baseball; Texas Club. Second Class: Color Ser- geant; Scrub Football; Track Squad; Wrestling and Boxing Team; Company Baseball; Texas Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Lieutenant Company F ; Varsity Foot- ball; Varsity Track; Captain Varsity Boxing Team; Monogram Club; Athletic Council; Texas Club; Marshal Final German. Better like Hector in the fight) to die. Tha like a perfunied Pa and fly. Hailing from Galveston, this son of the Lone Star State was much surprised at the yarm welcome accorded him in the fall of ' 19, but, rising to the occasion, he soon made a reputation for running that brought him peace as a rat. During that year he helped make the Flying Squadron by hard and rough work in the back- field of the Junior Varsity. In his Third Class year he distinguished himself by his ability to avoid the pitfalls of a mean third-classman, and by rising in rank as a corporal. During Duke ' s Second Class year no parade was complete until he strutted down the field carrying the Colors, and no football scrimmage complete unless he was in the thick of it. In track he wielded a wicked javelin. What spare time he had after wiiting to Jacksonville, Florida, each day, he devoted to boxing and polo, in both of which he starred. His First Class year opened auspiciously, with his only two bad habits showing up: ascending gold, as he now wears a first lieutenant ' s stripes, and dogging, at which he is equally successful. During all four years he has been a faithful and hard worker in athletics and all other activities that help to better the Institute. He is a man of unusual force of character, and with a keen perception of right and wrong. He is admired and loved by all, and when he passes from these walls, the Institute will lose a worthy son and the world gain a real man. So here ' s to you, Windy, may you be as successful in life as you have been as a keydet. We are proud to call you a classmate, and know that wherever you go the Institute will feel it an honor to call you a son. Did I get a letter? g;..S5 fe- k V.iM ' ' i AAA4 A.i. A m.- ' « ' :i.- lL ± ' L ' f. g   y  ,   1 Robert Walter Withers, B.S. SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Infantry Bob, Runt, Curley Fourth Class: Private Company C ; Tidewater Club, Third Class: Corporal Company D : Tidewater Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company D ; Wrestling Team; Corn Club; Tidewater Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company D ; Man- ager Scrub Baseball; President Tidewater Club; Marshal Final German. In commemorating the many deeds which have been done by a roommate throughout the good and bad days of a four-year career at college, there is a tempting desire to give just his faults, and thereby shorten our article to — nothing (?). Starting from the very beginning st were all rats together, and that in itself denotes silence and unimportance. But, following in his brother ' s footsteps, Runt soon proved that size does not make the man, and we found in him a dependable and level-headed friend. It has generally been accepted that all people from Suffolk necessarily raise peanuts, talk peanuts, and eat peanuts, but this one has broken all records and is just a real human being, taking an interest in all keydet activities, and making himself useful whenever opportunity affords. And so it is needless to commemorate in detail each year as we have passed along, but there are several out- standing features which deserve mention. In the Third Class year he was Corporal Withers, and in the following year he was Sergeant Withers, but he never forgot that a soldier boy is not the only pebble on the beach. Being inspired by the ambition of all cadets to succeed in athletics, Runt made the wrestling team in his Second Class year, and is now- wrestling with anything from temptation on down, in a most professional way. In a few concluding expressions from one man against his hated roommate, we might say that Runt ' s keen sense of humor, his congenial manner, and his common sense, will fit in almost anywhere from matrimonial down to business success. And so, Bob, whether in peanuts or in the ice plant, we may know that friendship to ' 23 is still the outstanding feature. dVj-- l i Kc ■(( . -  «, « . !CC ' John Eggleston Woodward, B.S. SUFFOLK; VIRGINIA Born 1903. Matriculated 1919. Engineers Johnny, Baby John, Little One Fourth Class: Private Company D ; Tidewater Club. Third Class: Corporal Co C : Tidewater Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company D ; Varsity Wrestling; gram Club: Advertising Manager Bullet ; Tidewater Club; Marshal Final Ball. Class: Private Company D ; Captain and Manager Wrestling Team; Monogi-ai Adv Bomb ; Hid M. C. A. Cabinet; all he kne Picture below the likeness of ' 23 ' s smallest in stature but biggest in brain. John is a living example of the old adage that ' ' inches do not make the man, for in all lines of endeavor, military and academic, he has been successful. From the very outset of his career as a rat, John has been the pace-setter of the first section, and the stars on his coatee collar bear silejit testimony to his ability in his chosen course of Electrical Engineering. In other lines he has met with equal success. In his Third Class year he became one of Dockery ' s chosen sixty, and later was universally proclaimed one of the most capable sergeants in the battalion. Sensing the freedom and irresponsibility of his brother rats upon whom fortune ' s light had shone more kindly, he elected to become one of their number, and in his last year became a charter member of the O. G. ' s. As advertising manager of the Bomb he proved an invaluable asset to his class, though it was as captain of the most famous wrestling team ever produced at V. M. 1. that John is most famous. For the fair sex, however, Baby has never shown an affinity, consistently main- taining that he has yet to find one who can make his heart beat even a wee bit faster. Possessing as you do, Johnny, all those qualities which compose the real man, we know that you will be as successful in overcoming all future obstacles as you have been in vanquishing your opponents on the mat. Ain ' t got none. l vvImio :xa.a. 4A; hAkMM} 2 y    .r )] Morris Norwood Yarborough, B.S. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Born 1901. Matriculated 1919. Artillery Skinny, Earl Fourth Class; Private Company E ; Track Squad; John Marshall Club; Richmond Club. Third Class: Corporal Company E ; Track Squad; John Marshall Club; Richmond Club. Second Class: Sergeant Company E ; Varsity Track; Monogram Club; V. V. ' s; Rich- mond Club; Marshal Final Ball. First Class: Private Company E ; Varsity Track; Monogram Club; All-Stars; A. I. E. E. ; Richmond Club; Marshal Final German. And then he danced! When Skinny, First Earl of Yarborougli, transferred iiimself and his loyal retinue of brother-rats-to-be from his luxurious private car on the C. O. tracks to V. M. I., there bad never been such a hot time in Barracks since Hunter ' s raid. However, the Earl, under the directorship of the kind but firm corporal, rapidly accustomed himself to the change without the many flourishes befitting his rank but so illy befitting his position. Skinny for four }ears has been most fortunate in fooling the powers that be. For a year, the faculty being unable to see beyond a pair of intellectual horn-rims, he wore stars ; for two and a half years he wore chevrons, first as corporal and then as sergeant, and for four years, the coaches being kind-hearted, he ran on the Track Team and even pulled down a monogram. We, who always get caught up with, envy him his success, but willingly give him credit for obtaining the three honors V . M. I. offers — stars, chevrons, and monogram — and for upholding the fine old Yiddish name of Yarborough. The Earl can keep time to music with any part of his body, and, though his peerage has often been questioned, his rank as a clog dancer is above suspicion, for he can do with his knees, legs, feet, and arms, what an Italian Duke could never do with spaghetti. This ability has created a demand for him at Cadet Minstrels as well as at the hops. We are sure that Morris will get by in the cold, cold world as well as he has at V. M. I. At least, that is all that is necessary to wish for him. When we start to look for him, we expect to find him floating on gravy, if there is gravy to float on. Oh hell! l i R r To tke Old Academic Building (Now demolished to make vay for the fourth wing of barracks) They ' ve torn you down. No more you ' ll stand With clock-tower overtopping, grand, The barracks, with your loud command— Bong! Bong! to class! Our bombs have burst your window-panes, Wink ' s drawing class no more complains. Your photograph alone remains — It will not pass. We see you as on New Year ' s night We placed that ' 23 in sight Upon your front, to shine so bright On us around. And when the clock struck twelve, the cry, Red, White and Yellow floats on high! Rose up where ' 23 stood by Upon the ground. You ' re gone. New barracks takes your place, New towers, yet your turrets trace Their deep-scored lines across the face Of memory high ; Those who remember here may see Your turrets in the days to be. You bear our motto — ' 23, And V. M. I. —J. DeW. H., ' 23. THE 1923 CLASS RING Designed by S. P. Foster, ' 23. Manufactured by the Chas. H. Elliott Company m ill ; li 4i! Adams, M. V. Anderson, S. T. Barringer, J. H. Beecher, J. N. Behr, a. BowjMan, J. M. Brazleton, J. Brooks, T. L. Bruck, L. H. Buracker, J. A. Butler, H. L. Campbell, W. D, Carev, M. Casey, R. E. COHOON, W. comegys, w. Copenhaver, R. Cornelius, W. L. Crane, W. E. Culpepper, C. Cunningham, J. Dabney, a. E. Dennis, H. B. Denny, C. O. Drinnard, J. E. Duncan, T. W. EWING, W. Fargo, W. Farrar, W. C. Fletcher, L. Fox, R. Gardere, J. P. Gill, L. Greenwood, A. W. Graves, C. C. Hardwick, M. Harris, J. A. Hendon, G. Herrman, W. HOFF, L. HORSLEY, C. B. Ingram, W. B. Irby, F. B. KiLFOYLE, G. Lafollette, L. M. List, R. C. Lloyd, H. M. lowenburg, c. McCampbell, T. McFerran, W. R. McLONEY, B. McQuail, W. Mallory ' , F., Jr. Mathews, J. F. Mitchell, J- Nash, W. L. Nicholson, C. M. Nixon, S. Pawley, E. p. Peeples, T. G. Phelan, G. R. Phillips, T. Porter, P. B. Pressler, H. p. Rice, H. B. Richardson, R. Riess, M. Reid, J. G. Roberds, C. Romeyn, C. ruffin, j. r. Saunders, C. W. Saunders, H. DeB. Sawyer, T. L. Sloase, H. p. Smith, G. A. Stacy, E. A. Stearns, C. E. Stewart, P. K. TiMBERLAKE, F. S. Thornton, IL W. Turner. W. M. Ward, E. Weaver, C. Weisel, A. Wells, W. S. Williams, J. R. Wooldridge, W. p. CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-THREE March 17, 1923, 9:30 P. M. Toasts S. P. Foster, Toastmaster To the Class R. G. Hunt To Our Alma Mater ... J. W. Caldwell To the Ladies R. L. Davis To the Officers V. W. Southall To the Privates H. CoSTOLO To the Athletes . . To Our Ex-Classmates . . G. A. Pennlman To ' 23 from Ex-Classmates . . R. S. Terrv To the Element . . . . A. T. Gwathmey To the Others F. C. Maloney Ode to the Class J. D. Hankins . . C. P. Light, Jr. Menu Capriconus Cocktail Strained Chicken Gumbo in Cup Celery Hearts Queen Olives Salted Nuts Sweet Mixed Pickles Oeufs de Poisson D ' alose Julienne Potatoes, Flatte Roast Vermont Turkey English Peas Petit Fours Fruit Punch Cigars Cigarettes Oyster Stuffing Asparagus Tips, Bonne Femme Yams Sucre Salade Imperiale Biscuit Glace Jackson Coffee Mints Cranberry Sauce French Rolls Salteens and Cheese Committee S. P. Foster, Chairman C. S. Ramsav First Class History E promise all we are able to give to the Institute in future years when, a class fully coalesced, we shall come into our own. In all things we have tried to uphold the honor and show the spirit of V. M. 1. — Quo- tation from the first History of the Class of ' 23. There have been, before our time this day in June, 1923, eighty- three classes who have formed in front of three successive Superin- tendents of V. M. I. and taken the diploma of graduation. This seems a cold and bare statement of a simple fact, but not a one of those who have stood with his fellow- classmen at such a time will ever fail to remember the feelings that stirred in him as he was awarded that certificate of strong, earnest labor and unfailing attention to duty. It is our answer to the accolade given to the squires of old when they were dubbed knights. Thus hailed as men of V. M. I., we go from our cadet life to find for ourselves the way to high success and honor in the new fields of our work and play. Four years ago we came, the meekest of the meek. Since then we have gone through a system of evolution the like of which Spencer never knew. This was the first year that saw R. O. T. C. training at V. M. I., and our earliest work along this line was in artillery materiel. Every year a smaller, fitter body has gathered — smaller, for of a necessity certain men in the course of time have left us, and fitter, for every year has added to our ability and comprehension — to press the fight for V. M. I. and ' 23. Erasing all the memories of our rodent days in the blaze and glory of our bombs, we caused some of our revered officers much discomfort by breaking all the windows in their quarters in the snow-ridden depths of winter. Moved by the Commandant to our old rooms of the former year, we passed through a hard-fought class war, the im- memorial special guard, and the remainder of the delirium of a Third Class year. The autumn of 1921 brought us back more than ever keydets of and for V. AI. I. Split up into the various departments of study and the R. O. T. C, we yet constituted a unit of strength, hanging together as a class in all things. Rings and increased priv- ileges came to us in the course of time, and our ways of looking at things changed for the third time in as many years. It was only left for Mays, as Master of Revels, to hold sway over that wild crowd of calic, keydets, and alumni that thronged Jackson Hall as long as the music crashed like meeting sword-blades, while the moon floating in the sky gave place to the gray dawn — the Final Ball. Two hours after its close, at eight o ' clock on the morning of June 23, 1922, the whole class was bound northward for the R. O. T. C. camps. Once there, we had the opportunity of making the close acquaintance of many mosquitoes, much overpower- ing heat, more dirt, and all-day drills until the 26th of July. We also had a welcomed opportunity, in every camp but one, of comparing our type of military training with that of other colleges, and our estimate of the system of V. M. I. rose yet higher in com- parison. We now came to the final term of our cadet life. We took upon our shoulders — we hope with the seriousness of responsibility mingling with our naturally rollicking I [4 : m m fk m ■f outlook on life — the burden of carrying through our year as the First Class of V. M. I. Of F. C. P. and the honor of our position we have had our share ; the first we have availed ourselves of even beyond the limits of the law, the second we have upheld with all the wisdom that has come to us with the passing years. With Hunt as president and Caldwell as vice-president, ' 23 found itself peculiarly fortunate in having such men at the helm through each year of its life as a class. No praise too high could be yielded these men, our class officers. As became us, we gave many men to the teams that have fought hard for the Red, White, and Yellow in victory, and harder yet in defeat. On the football teams of V. M. I. played Hunt, Harrison, Costolo, MacGregor, Winchester, Caldwell and Pretlow. Kyle, Cure, Maloney, Semans and Page, F., made names for themselves in basketball, while Southall, Page, F., Hart and Caldwell were towers of strength on the baseball diamond. In track we gave Costolo, Moore, W., Yarborough, Gwathmey, Porter, T., Shiels and MacGregor. Porter, T., Winchester and Goode were on the boxing team. Woodward, Franklin, E., and Withers were our matmen, while Turner, A. and Ryland won monograms in gymnasium. Barrow, Brame, Penniman and Daube made up the first V. M. I. team to play intercollegiate polo. And now a period has been set to our endeavor, good or ill. It is not ours to pre- dict what shall be permanent, and what transitory, nor may we praise or blame. Any part of our four years ' passage through this life of the Institute is of a piece with the rest and with the annals of V. M. I. For we shall always have in life the memory that we have fulfilled, in all that we were ever able, our promise to do all that we were given to do. And we have kept our faith with the past: We promise . . . in all things ... to uphold the honor and show the spirit of V. M. I. We put our hands to the plow of high action, not turning back, and we shall thus keep facing to the front always, for — V. M. I. and our Class of ' 23. M r, -- q Second Class History a .)! i m ixM NOTHER short summer having passed, September 8, 1922, found us again answering that dreaded call at 6:05 a. m. Having finned out together and passed the stages of rathood successfully, we now looked with scorn upon the imdignified acts of a Third Classman — we who wore the two stripes of the important Second Classmen. We were now upper classmen, and each of us fully realized the necessity for prepara- tion for our future life ' s work. The first problem soon confronted us — that of decid- ing upon our course. Was it to be Liberal Arts, Civil, Electrical, or Chemical En- gineering? The divisions went along the usual lines, with Liberal Arts somewhat the favorite. At the first meeting of the class we re-elected Faulkner and Jordan, the two men who guided us safely through the trials and hardships of the bomb days, presi- dent and vice-president respectively. At another important election, W. L Jordan and S. B. UpDyke were chosen to lead the Final Ball, and they, ably assisted by Garber and his Harmonious Six, will make possible one of the greatest events of our cadet- ship. This year has been one of the best and most enjoyable years at the Institute, and there are many things by which the Class of ' 24 will always be remembered ; among these is our showing in athletics. In football, we were represented by such Varsity men as Faulkner, Ryder, Carlton, Briggs, Denton, Huntt, Atwell and McColgan, while to the Scrubs we gave Saunders, Baird, R., Bickford, Baughan, Osnato, Palmer, Doty and Letcher. In basketball were Ryder (captain). Miller, G. H., Faulkner and Saunders. In the first year of boxing and wrestling as a monogram sport these two branches of athletics were materially aided by such men as Carlton, Denton, Baird, R., Knox, Lewis, Ferguson, Lacy, Yates, J., Bickford and Chaudoin. It is yet too early to make any predictions concerning baseball and track, but from last year we have Faulkner, Ryder, and Saunders in the former, and Sims and Briggs in the latter. The most enjoyable event of our lives was experienced after S. M. I. on Decem- ber 3, when we became the proud possessors of the coveted ring, a token that shall ever be guarded and cherished. As we say good-bj ' e to this year, it is with the greatest expectations and the highest hopes of achievement, knowing that ' 24, now bound by ever ' tie that binds classmate to classmate and class to school, looks forward to the pleasures and privileges of the First Class year. At last we are drawing near to the goal wc set out to obtain — it has been a rocky road and many of our classmates have been lost on the way, but we are all forged and linked together by a chain of friendship that cannot be broken. We have been together for three long years, and each year has doubled our de- termination to put the name of the Class of 1924 in the Hall of Fame. Men, we have only one more year in which to wear the old gray; in this last year we hope to do credit to our college, and win for ' 24 the honor and distinction of being the best class in the history of the Institute. ml ' i S Class of 1924 Adkins, a. H Danville, Va. Alworth, F. C. . . Green Cove Springs, Fla. Archer, R. B Waynesboro, Va. Atwell, K. V Houston, Tex. Bagby, F. H Portsmouth, Va. Bailev, F. W Norfolk, Va. Bairh, J. C Baird, Miss. Baird, J. R Baird, Miss. Baughan, E. S Lynchburg, Va. Cava, J. F Tampa, Fla. BiCKFORD, J. G Hampton, Va. Borland, T. R . Norfolk, Va. Briggs, CD Richmond, Va. Brower, R. C Arlington, Tex. BucHANNAN, R. F Stamps, Ark. Burr, L. G New York, N. Y. Burgess, L. E Scottsville, Va. Carlton, E. T Roanoke, Va. Carstens, C. S Shreveport, La. Camp, P. D., Jr Franklin, Va. Causey, J. C Suffolk, Va. Chapin, a. L Richmond, Va. Chaudoin, E. O Fort Worth, Tex. Coleman, W. L Manassas, Va. Couch, W. W Lynchburg, Va. Denton, O. L Paris, Ky. Doty, M. H Winnsboro, S. C. Drennen, C. N Birmingham, Ala. East, J. F Willoughby Beach, Va. Edmondson, J. p. . . . East Radford, Va. Faulkner, W Monroe, Va. Ferguson, E. C. . . . Waynesville, N. C. Feast, C. F Baltimore, Md. Garrett, T. J Richmond, Va. GoocH, W. P Staunton, Va. Gregory, F. I Tunstall, Va. Hassinger, W. H Birmingham, Ala. Hannah, A. L Portsmouth, Va. Hawkes, R. E Portsmouth, Va. Henry, R. N Guntersville, Ala. Horne, T. C Carlsbad, N. M. Huntt, P Atlanta, Ga. Jordan, W. I Virginia Beach, Va. Keely, R. a Kayford, W. Va. King, M. B Woodville, Va. Knox, R. H . Miami, Fla. Lacy, J. B South Roanoke, Va. Leonard, R. P. . . Colorado Springs, Colo. Letcher, S Lexington, Va. Lewis, C. W Danville, Va. Link, E. W Palestine, Tex. Lucy, W. D. C Houston, Tex. Major, A. J Norristown, Pa. Malon ' e, F. K Greensboro, Md. Marshall, St. J. R. . . Washington, D. C. Mead, R. D Danville, Va. Miller. G. H Lynchburg, Va. McCoLGAN, H. B Norton, Va. McGill, H Petersburg, Va. Moses, D. D Lexington, Va. NicoLCON, H. T. . . . Washington, D. C. Noell, W. C Lynchburg, ' a. Nolan, T. L Marietta, Ga. NoRVELL, J. E Huntington, W. Va. OsNATO, J. M New York, N. Y. Pace, C. M., Jr Hampton, Va. Page, H. H Arvonia, Va. Palmer, R. D Ballston, Va. Redd, C. F Atlee, Va. Rice, T. O Fredericksburg, Va. Ruffner, C Boston, Mass. Ryder, E. B Richmond, Va. imi Ryland, W. B Rlchmnnd, Va. Saunders, T. H Hampton, Va. Scott, A. B Richmond, Va. Semans, C. S Unionto vn, Pa. Shelley, R. B Eufaula, Ala. Sherry, F. M Richmond, a. Siewert, R. J Cliicago, II Simpson, W Norfolk, Va. Sims, J. L Orange, Tex. Smith, A. N East Durham, N. C. Smith, C Chicago, II Stevens, J. R New Orleans, La. Stokes, R. G Lynchliurg, Va. Stovin, p. B Orange, Va. SuLLENBERGER, R. L Monterey, Va. Taylor, J. B Charlottesville, Va. liiiBiii Thompson, F. L Thomas, C. M. . Trundle, M. C. . rpDvKE, S. B. . Wallace, R. L. . Waring, R. K. . Washington, J. A Watts, J. W., Jr. WOODFIN, J. E. . Terry, R. S Lynchburg, Va. Timberlake, L Charlottesville, Va. . . Lynch Station, Va. . . Guinea Mills, Va. . Leefburg, Va. . . Little Rock, Ark. . . . Chase City, Va. . . . Montclair, N. J. Charlestown, W. Va. . . . Lynchburg, Va. . . . Richmond, Va. Yates, F. W Luray, Va. Yates, J. M Alexandria, Va. Yates, R. C Alexandria, Va. Yo:t, E. B Paris, Tex. 1 - K I t i g. § e. w , §1 t-r i § Tkird. Class History Into the Jaivs of Death IFalked the ' 147 ' . JACK to our fate we came, happy, in spite of the kind advice of experienced friends, at the thought of renewing the friend- ships of our rathood days, and instituting a reign of terror according to the precedent set by previous classes. Our joy was short- lived, however, and we paid for our bolshevism in full measure. A few of our number were dismissed and the rest of us were held in the grip of that monster, the delinquency sheet. As we look back now, we can say with sadder but wiser hearts that the first two years are the hardest. With the cards stacked against us we fought a fight that taught us to be men, and developed that thing which is the backbone of V. M. I. — class unity. From ' 25 came many athletes in every sport. In football Farley, Ferguson, Hammond, Watkins, McCracken, Barbour, Kellogg, M., Kellogg, R., Nugent, Wilson, and Gray were on the varsity squad. On the basketball quint Ferguson and J. White were our representatives, and in track Farley, Foster, Seaton, Watkins, and R. Kellogg were from our number. Hatchett, Pack, Pillow, Barbour, and Nugent comprised our contributions to the baseball team. Having passed safely through the hardest year at V. M. I. in tlie best possible manner, we look forward to more sedate and dignified life during our last two years. Our president, Tyree Almond, and our vice-president, Willis Kel- logg, unanimously re-elected at the beginning of the year, proved their ability for these positions by exceptional judgment and leadership through- out every crisis. With such men as these at the helm we cannot but reach port safely, no matter how stormy the sea may be. Almond, T. M Lynchburg. Va. An ' THOW, J. E Richmond, ' a. Barker, J. M Axton, Va. Barbour, C. S Martinsville, Va. BiRGE, G. W Sherman, Tex. Black, J. P Shreveport, La. Blacksher, D. W Mobile, Ala. BoHANNAN, W. W Surry, Va. Bolton, CM Charlottesville, Va. BoxLEY, A Roanoke, Va. Brandon, M Atlanta, Ga. Brandon, R Richmond, Va. Bringhurst, H. B Houston, Tex. Britten, C. V Rutherford, N. J- BuRKHALTER, P. B Mobile, Ala. Bryan, F. G Harrisburg, Pa. Campbell, A. K Richmond, ' a. Carden, R. C West Point, Va. Clarkson, R. a Millboro, Va. Clements, F. K Petersburg, Va. Cleveland, W. G. . . . New Orleans, La. Cobb, N. M Montpelier, Vt. Cooper, B. P Lebanon, Ky. Cooper, H. P Lebanon, Ky. Cromwell, T. M Baltimore, Md. Dadmun, B. N Norfolk, Va. Davidson, J. M Bedford, Va. Dean, W. S Eufaula, Ala. Derby ' , L. B Accomac, Va. Dickinson, R. N Rocky Mount, Va. Douthat, A. W Richmond, Ya. Echols, P Gladstone, Va. Edwards, L. C Beaumont, Tex. Farley, C. F Charleston, W. Va. Field, T. A Petersburg, Va. Field, L. M La Grange, N. C. Ferebee, E. L Norfolk, Va. Ferguson, F. E Roanoke, Va. Fltppo, J. F Roanoke, Va. Foster, C. E Philadelphia, Pa. Freeman, C. R Sherman, Tex. Galt, H. T Herndon, Va. Gammon, T. A Nrrfolk, Va. Gibson, R. H Baltimore, Md. Glazebrook, M. a Richmond, ' a. Goode, M. M Chase City, Va. GooDLOE, T. W. . . . Big Stone Gap, Va. GooDRicir, G. M Richmond, Va. Granger, R. L Chester, Pa. Gray, T. L Glade Spring, Va. Griffith, L. A Columbia, S. C. Hadley, G. F Greenville, N. C. Hammond, C. R Richmond, Va. Hanes, J. C Dillvvyn, Va. Harris, F. H Dallas, Tex. Hartt, S. T Portsmouth, Va. Haslam, J. B Birmingham, Ala. Hatchett, R Petersburg, Va. Henderson, A. D Mobile, Ala. Hill, K. F Beloit, Wis. Hill, R. F Kingston, N. C. Hodgson, A. D Fort Worth, Tex. Holt, IL H Hampton, Va. Holt, J. F Sherman, Tex. HOLTZMAN, PL H Luray, Va. Hope, J. W Hamp ton, Va. Hopkins, J. R Atlanta, Ga. Hopkins, M. L Richmond, ' a. Houston, L. J Fredericksburg, Va. HuDGiNS, R. M Hampton, Va. Hudnall, B. D Covington, Va. Hunter, J. G Pounding Mill, Va. Hurt, W. I Blackstone, Va. Johnson, A. S Franklin, Va. Johnson, L. E. . . . . . Birmingham, Ala. Johnson, R. A Johnson City, Pa. Jones, B. G Morrison, Va. Jones, L. M Goshen, Va. Junkin, J. P Lexington, Va. Keller, W. M Charlottesville, Va. Kellogg, R. W St. Louis, Mo. Kellogg, M. K St. Lo iis, Mo. Kershaw, J. K Birmingham, Ala. Land, A. L Surry, ' a. Lake, F. G Lake Charles, La. Lee, J. D Lynchburg, Va. Link, H. H Palestine, Tex. LiPCCOMB, G. H Columbus, Miss. Long, J. F Statesville, N. C. Lucy, J. L Houston, Tex. McCracken, T. W. . . Mineral Wells, Tex. McDowell, S. N Fincastle, Va. Marsh, G. A Raleigh, N. C. Marshall, S. W Dallas, Tex. m Meisel, a. L Richmond, Va. Miller, R. H Minden, La. MoiR, W Roanoke, Va. Moore, M. S Portsmouth, Va. Moore, T. V Laporte, Tex. MooRES, C. L Fayetteville, Tenn. Morrison, R. C Baltimore, Md. Nason, C Bangor, Me. Neikirk, S. G Graham, Va. Nelson, S New Britain, Conn. Nugent, S Ettredi, Va. Owen, J. C Stony Creek, Va. Pack, W. S Roanoke, Va. Parkinson, J. T Richmond, Va. Partridge, P. H Charlotte, N. C. Peebles, W. M Buffalo, N. Y. Penhallecon, W. K. . . Birmingham, Ala. Perkins, W. R Stokes, N. C. Perrin, D. B Gloucester Co., a. Perry, C. J Birmingham, Ala. Phillips, G. G Montclair, N. J. Pillow, J. E Petersburg, Va. Pitts, CD Norfolk, Va. Ragland, CD Paris, Tex. Reilly, a. J Birmingham, Ala. Redue, J. D Baltimore, Md. Richardson, A Ashland, Va. RocH, C H Hampton, Va. Rodenbekg, W Washington, D. C. Saunders, W. M Graham, Va. Saunders, F. W Roanoke, Va. ScnoEN, C C Atlanta, Ga. Scott, E. VV Albemarle Co., Va. Seaton, E. C Richmond, Va. Shiplett, G. O Mt. Solon, Va. Short, J. H Vicksburg, Va. Smith, C Dallas, Tex. Smith, J. C Blalock, Ala. Spady, T. R Hampton, Va. Spangler, F. T Roanoke, Va. Sronce, J Statesville, N. C Steele, W. C Birmingham, Ala. Stroud, W. E Goldsboro, N. C. Taylor, B Princeton, W. Va. Taylor, S. W Norfolk, Va. Thyson, W. F Washington, D. C Thomas, C. G Portsmouth, Va. Travis, D. A Cape Charles, Va. Walker, E. T. . Orlando, Fla. Walker, W. B Orlando, Fla. Warwick, A Buffalo, N. Y. Watkins, M. P Danville, Va. Watson, H. F Silver Springs, Md. Weaver, J. M Portsmouth, Va. Wells, R. W Birmingham, Ala. White, J. L Abingdon, Va. Williams, R Greenville, N. C. Wilson, H Newport News, Va. Witt, D Richmond, Va. YowELL, R. B Charlottesville, Va. Zendt, J. E Souderton, Pa. m MLT. Wi Fourth Class (Class Officers Not Yet Elected.) f Fourtn Class History Into the iMoiith of Death Marched the Two Hundred. rik T least, that is what we, the Class of 1926, thought at the close of the first day of that first year, which is so fondly ( ?) recalled by the old cadets, and so dreadfully anticipated by Rats. But a few weeks later, after we had shed the conventional khaki pants and gray shirt of Rathood, and had replaced them with the esteemed gray, our vision broadened, thus affording us more of the tricks and trades of barracks life. If this be intended for our history, it may, as we see it sometimes, be put in the four words: One Drill After Another. On the contrary, however, we have had our fun. Frequently we have had the honor of breaking monotony by causing no little excitement in the way of shooting fireworks, throwing buckets, and committing other atrocities, according to the authorities ' viewpoint. All this goes toward affecting a temporary release of that inevitable thought of home that is so well fixed in every Rat ' s mind. Fortunately, during the past year the corps has enjoyed several trips. These, of course, have served as unusual treats, especially to us. The Charlottesville trip was the most productive, as our victory over Virginia yielded us a taste of old-cadetship — some thirty hours. This greatly increased our hunger for Finals. None of us will ever forget the importance we felt while marching in the parade at Richmond. The weari- ness of the march was easily counteracted by our pride. The Roanoke trip was, indeed, a fitting conclusion of our trips away from barracks. In was then that we really got the spirit. Our class legitimately boasts of imusual athletic ability among its members. We have given several large assets to the big team, which have enabled them to win victories on many occasions. In football. White, W., and Caldwell won monograms. Fryberger, McCoy, Harmeling, Cooper and Dunn served on the varsity squad. White, W., was awarded the coveted monogram in basketball, while Willis, Harman, and Caldwell showed to advantage. As the baseball and track teams have not as yet been determined, we can only speak of our confidence of a good representation in these branches. Not many more weeks will pass now before we shall maintain the offensive side of a sheenie. How we long to be on the sending end of the glass-throwing at the mess hall ! Soon, some of us will have our sleeves adorned with corporal ' s chevrons, inci- dentally becoming the biggest things in barracks. But other than the carrying out of these traditions and customs, there are those more serious which we shall dutifully recognize. And when tjie year of nineteen hun- dred and twenty-six finally does arrive, it is our ambition that both we and our Alma Mater, shall be proud of our class. Adams, J. T Broad Run, Va. Adams, T. T Alta Vista, Va. Adkins, J. R Danville, Va. AlLSHiRE, W. K. . . . Coeur d ' Alene, Idaho Anderson, S. W Knoxville, Tenn. Aronson, N. N Orange, Tex. Ballagh, W. K Lynchburg, Va. Baker, V ' . L Norfolk, Va. Barberie, F. M Princeton, W. Va. Barkley, B. N New Orleans, La. Barnett, J Birmingham, Ala. Barnett, S. C Atlanta, Ga. Bell, J. N., Jr Norfolk, Va. Black, G. P. W Lynchburg, Va. Blalock, W. J., jR Norfolk, Va. Blue, C Charlottesville, Va. BoLKEN, W. D Newport News, Va. BouLDiN, R.W Huntington, W. Va. Boyd, S. H Washington, D. C. Brown, H. A. Jr Charlotte, N. C. Bryan, A. M Tarboro, N. C. Caldwell, E Bristol, Va. Calhoun, A. L Atlanta, Ga. Cantrell, W Greenville, Tex. Carr, R. W San Antonio, Tex. Carson, S. A., Jr Abingdon, Va. Carson, S. B Columbus, Miss. Caven, T Texarkana, Ark. Chambers, B. R Saginavi-, Mich. Chapman, J. H Roanoke, Va. Cheatem, a. C Lynchburg, Va. Clarke, W Midlothian, Va. Collins, J. M Birmingham, Ala. Cooley, p. E Paducah, Ky. Cooper, G. S Rocky Mount, Va. Covington, H. H Norfolk, Va. Crowder, T. W Sherman, Tex. Cummincs, H Hampton, Va. CuTHBERTSON, W Chicago, 111. Deitrick, a. W Sayre, Pa. Derryberry, p. L Nashville, Tenn. Dillon, C. L Boone Mill, Va. DOWD, S. M Charlotte, N. C. DuiGUin, J. H Roanoke, Va. Douglas, J. M Roanoke, Va. Duncan, H. T Lexington, Ky. Dunn, G. B Bonham, Tex. English, T. V Martinsville, Va. Fain, J Bristol, Tenn. Fisher, S. R Austin, Tex. Folkes, J. G Richmond, Va. Forsythe, a. R Birmingham, Ala. Fowler, A. M Duluth, Minn. Frothingham, C Hampton, Va. Fryberger, W Duluth, Minn. Fryberger, H Duluth, Minn. Garlington, E. a Atlanta, Ga. Gillespie, J. S Pounding Mills, Va. Goode, D. W Weyers Cave, Va. Greiner, W. W., Jr Orange, Va. Griffith, L. S Bronksville, N. Y. Harmelling, K Bristol, Va. Harmon, J. H Hampton, Va. Hart, G. L Roanoke, Va. Hart, J. P Roanoke, Va. Heflin, H. H . Lynchburg, Va. Hill, R. C Lynchburg, Va. HiNES, R. K Macon, Ga. Hines, W. R Kinston, N. C. Hopkins, L. M Richmond, Va. Hu, Y. H Harbin, China Hudnall, B. O Covington, Va. James, J. B Danville, Va. James, W. K Sharkey, Miss. Jamison, J. S McKeesport, Pa. Jiminez, J. G Port Arthur, Tex. Johns, M. A Baldwin, N. Y. Johnson, C. E Sperryville, Va. Johnson, H. B Corpus Christi. Tex. Johnson, L. H Richmond. Va. Johnson, P. E Washington, D. C. Jones, J. B. ...,,, . Marshall, Tex. Keith, M. A Selma. A ' a. KiRBY. E. M Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Lamb, D. A Richmond Va. Lee, J. T Holland. Va. Lucas, J. L Newbern. N. C. Lucas, J. W Newbern, N C. Mabie, C. P East Orange, N T. Mason, H. P Frankfort, Kv. Massey, W. G Clinton, N. C, Mathewson, J Richmond, Va. ft. M Mathewson, T. P Richmond, Va. McCov, C. H Norfolk, Va. McCrae, cm Kansas City, Mo. McElrath, ]. G Macon, Ga. McMann, W Schoolfield, Va. Mears, cm Asheville, N. C Moss, McD Roanolce, Va. Move, J. H Greenville, N. C Move, J. S Greenville, N. C Neale, W. T Norfolk, Va. Neely, a Fairmont, W. Va. Nevin, J. E Greensburg. Pa. Noble, W. R Richmond, Va. Oettinger, M Kinston, N. C Owens, J. S Montgomery, W. Va. Pace, E Franklin, Va. Pace, C Culpepper, Va. Pendleton, E Wytheville, Va. Perkins, W. R Stokes, N. C. Perry, S. R New Rochelle, N. Y. Powell, L. B Gretna, Va. Pritchett, W. C Lynchburg, Va. Ranier, E. T Union Springs, Ala. Rives, M. D Norfolk, Va. Rogers, A Wilson, Va. Rose, S. R Richmond, Va. Rosanoff, B. P Valencia, Pa. Rowland, C R Richmond, Va. RuFFiN, W. C. . . . Winston-Salem, N. C RUFFIN, W. N Petersburg, Va. Saunders, V. B Champlain, Va. Sessions, S. T Tennille, Ga. Shaffer, G. J Charlottesville, Va. Smith, C Dallas, Tex. Smith, C W New Haven, Conn. Smith, P. W Richmond, Va. Smith, W. W Richmond, Va. Snidow, W. B Petersburg, Va. Spivey, J. L Richmond, Va. Stevens, A. G Manchester, N. H. Stone, R. A Amarilla, Tex. Strong, S. C Duluth, Minn. Sutherland, J. H. . . . Princeton, W. Va. Swindell, F. S Ballston, Va. Taylor, C W San Antonio, Tex. Terry, G Lynchburg, Va. Thomason, E. M Vivian, La. ToMEC, H. C Trenton, N. J. Travis, G. E Newport News, Va. Troxler, p. D Drewry ' s Bluff, Va. VoN Schilling, L. M Hampton, Va. Walker, G. W Duluth, Minn. Weil, A. H Shrcveport, La. White, J. B., Jr Talladega, Ala. White, W. R Bristol, Tenn. Whitney, G. G Denver, Colo. Wiles, G Charleston, W. Va. Williams, R Greenville, N. C Willis, J Clarksburg, W. Va. Wise, J. S . New York, N. Y. Woodland, J. D Gloucester, Va. Woodward, R. R Suffolk, Va. Wcoten, E. R Kinston, N. C WooTEN, M Kinston, N. C. Tactical Officers Maj. a. B. Dockery U. S. Cavalry Professor of Military Science and Tactics — Commandant of Cadets Major H. P. Roykin Assistant Commandant of Cadets Captain L. A. Womeldorf Supervising Company J Captain J. H. C. Mann Supervising Company B Captain R. C. Weaver Supervising Company C Captain W. S. Estes Supervising Company D m h : m m ommissioned Omc« H. P. COSTOLO . J. L. Clarkson . J. A. Mitchell . M. M. Pettvjomn J. W. Cure . . W. R. Harrison ' . B. P. Mays . . F. M. Page . . . C. A. Farwell . T. P. Mo:(gan . H. B. Barrow . M. D. Winchester C. P. Light, Jr. . J. Girand . , . D. L. MacGregor C. L. Parker . . J. H. Kyle . . . T. V. Porter . . J. W. Caldwell R. H. Pretlovv . . CaJct Captain Company D . Cadcl Captain Company A . Cadet Captain Company C . Cadcl Captain Company B . Cadet Captain Company E . Cadet Captain Company F Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant •t First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Cadet First Lieutenant Company A Cadet First Lieutenant Company C Cadet First Lieutenant Company D Cadet First Lieutenant Company F Cadet First Lieutenant Company E Cadet First Lieutenant Company B Cadet Second Lieutenant Company E Cadet Second Lieutenant Company A Cadet Second Lieutenant Company C Cadet Second Lieutenant Company B Cadet Second Lieutenant Company F Cadet Second Lieutenant Company D BATIMON STAFF 1 Battalion Staff B. P. Mays First Lieutenant and .Idjiitant F. M. Page First Lieutenant and Quartermaster F. M. Sherrv Sergeant-Major P. HuNTT Color Sergeant E. B. Ryder Color Sergeant Company A Officers J. L. Clarkson- Captaiji C. A. Farwell First Lieutenant C. L. Parker Second Lieutenant S. B. UpDyke rirst Sergeant Serceaxts o ' Couch Stokes Wilson-, H. Watson McCkacken Corporals Hammond Hopkins, VV. Jones, L. Holt, J. Akers Alexander Alman, M. Barklev Belden Blalock Brame Briggs, a. Bringiiurst Burgess Byrd Carson Chapman Cromwell Davenport Dean Dickinson Dudlev FlSHER FOLKERS Franklin, 2 Gibson Griffith Hadley Henry- Privates Hill, R. F. HiNES Hope Hopkins, J. Johnson, A. Johnson, H. H. Jones, W. F. Keesee Lacy Lake Lipscomb Lucy, W. Nevin RocH, R. Rice rodeneerg rosanoff RUFFIN Schmidt SiMMS, J. A. Smith, A. N Smith, C. Smith, J. C. Smith, P. W, Stevens, J. Stone, B. Strong Sutherland 1 ' erry, G. Terry, S. Travis Troxler I ' kundle Von Schilling, L. Weil Williams, ' . R. Yates, W. COMPANY B jompany ' ' B Officers M. M. Pettyjohn Captain J. GiRAND First Lieutenant T. V. Porter Second Lieutenant J. L. Sims First Sergeant Sergeants s slevvert horne ferguson ' , e. Miller, G. H. Watkins Peebles goodridce Parkinson Corporals Black, J. Kellogg, M. Flippo Grey, T. Barker Penhallegon Adams, T. Archer, R. Ballagh Baxter Bell Birge Black Bolton EOULDIN Brown, E. Brown, H. Buchanan, Calhoun Cantrell Cleveland Cooper, B. Covington Dadmun Dillon Derby East English Foster, S. Friberger, W. Gatewood Good Privates Gwathmev Harman Hart, C. Hartt, S. HiNES, W. R. Hopkins, M. L. Hudgins IVEY, E. C. Keeley Kershaw Lamb Leonard Lowe 199 Major Marsh Mears, C. Miller, G. T. Miller, R. H. MORRISS Moss McMillan Neale Oettinger OSNATO Owen, J. Perkins Ramsay Robertson, G. Rowland Ryland, L. Saunders, G. Scott, A. Snidow Stevens, A. Thompson, F. L. Thornton, B. Travis, G. Von Schilling, H. Woodland W U COMPANY C Company C Officers J. A. Mitchell, Jr Caflain T. P. Morgan ' First Lieuti-nant J. H. KvLi- Second Lieutenant W. I. JORBAN ' First Sergeant WOODFIN Smith Sanders Witt Kellogg, W. Hurt Adkins Anderson, S. Burr Andrews, O. Caven Atwell Chappell Bailey, B. P. Derrvberry, p. Baird, J. C. Dillon Barrow, J. Edwards BOHLKEN Farley Brandon, M. Fkanklin, E. Brandon, R. Fowler Brower Garrett Brown, C. Goodman Bruton Gray, H. Bryan, A. Jamison Buchanan, L. Johnson, C. Sergeaxts Wallace Bickford Scott, A. B. Corporals Pillow Taylor Privates Johnson, L. Jones, B. G. Jones, F. Jones, J. T. Lee, J. Lewis Malone Mason, H. Miller, H. Moore, KL Moore, W. McDowell McElrath DOUTHAT Marshall, S. Neikirk Nolan Pace, E. Page, C. Perry, C. Perry, S. Peterson Pitts Polk Powell Rainer Scoi ' T, E. Shelly Simpson Hanes McGiLL Spangler Sullenberger Swindell Thompson, E. Tukxer, R. Walker, E. Walker, J. Walker, W. White, J. B. Williams, E, Willis Wise Woodward, R. WOOTEN, M. Yates, R. Company ' D Officers H. P. CosTOi.o Capliiin H. B. Barrow Firsl Licutenanl H. L. Miller Second Lieutenant W. Faulkner First Sergeant Sergeants iR Baird, R. Bacbv D Baughn Blacksher Davis, T. AlLSHIE Anderson, F. D Anthonv Baker Bailey, F. Barnett Baya Byrd Blain Brittle BUDD Burns Campbell Canada Cobb Ferrebee Field Coleman, S. Cooke, S. Crowuer Davis, N. Davis, R. Daube Forsyth E Frothingham Fryberger Glazebrook GooDE, M. R. GOODLOE Hart, G. Haslem Corporals Gammon HODSON Privates HiLLHOUGE Holtzman Hu James, J. B. James, W. K. JOYNF.R Keith KiRBY Land Lucas, J. W. Lucas, S. L. Holt, H. Steele McCrae Metcalfe Meisel Morrison Moore Perrin Phillips, Porton Redue Reilly Robertson, T. G. Mathewson, J. V. Rogers, A. Mathewson, T. p. Saunders, G. V ' . Shoenfeldt Taylor, C. Thomas, G. Smith, W. W. Shiplett Sydnor Sronce Taylor, C. W. Taylor, L. Thomas, C. G. Timberlake Weaver Whitney Wiles Williams, R. Withers WOODREE Woodward, J. V5 : v ?in w 5rp;_J, jompany .p„ McCOLGAN Freeman Wells, W. Adams, J. Adams, H. Ac NOR Alworth bohannon Bryan Caldwell, Carr Chambers Chaudoin Clarke, B. Clark, J. Clarkson, R Collins Officers W. R. Harrison Ca lain M. D. Winchester .... First Lieutriiaiil J. W. Caldwell .... Second Lieutenant E. T. Carlton First Sergeant Sergeants KS Letcher Yates, J. Fields Cooper, H. Cooper, G. Cummings cutheertson Dale DiUGUID Deitrich Dowd Duncan Durham Fain Galt Gillespie Gregory Hankins CORPOR.ALS Nugent Clements Priv.ates Harris, S. Hassixger Henderson Houston Hudnall Hunt, R. Hunter Jiminez Johns Johnson, C. Johnson, L. Johnson, P. JUNKIN TOHNSON, R. Granger ■ ' ;k|I Hill, K. Carden n Kellar RUFFIN 1 n King, M. Sessions Knox Shiels Long Short Lucy, J. Shorter McCoy Southall i Meade Spindle j ' MoiR Stovin Nason Taylor, B. Neely Thyson Pace, C. Vaden Page, H. Washington Pendleton White, R. .. -1 Richardson White, J. 8  (j; jv - iiA I2 ' - O C ¥iC2 ' ' «f«i [ § •r rK- S .,i- ' ' ' .- ' y - L. ' txs icfif ' - ? «= : S! ' ' S ! ' f ' Vtessa ' R. O. T. C. The Reserve Officers ' Training Corps, first established at V. M. I. upon the con- clusion of the World War, has almost completely revolutionized the military features of the Institute and caused the virtual abolition of the former system of drills. As constituted at present, it consists of four branches: Infantry, Field Artillery, Cavalry and Engineers, any one of which the cadet is free to join upon the completion of his first year. Upon returning as Second Classmen the final choice of units must be made, every- one being compelled to enroll formally in the R. O. T. C. at this stage, and receiving as members of such a small monetary consideration for commutation and rations. At the end of this year, several weeks are spent by these new members in intensive train- ing at one of the various camps, in return for which they are awarded, upon gradu- ation, commissions as Second Lieutenants in the Officers ' Reserve Corps- There has been much criticism of the system upon the grounds that it has tended to decrease the general efficiency of the Corps as a whole, due to the lessening of in- fantry drills and parades. However, its advantages so far outweigh its disadvantages ' 1 ; r : that its efficacy is at once apparent to the unbiased observer. The new cadet spends an entire year in daily drills, thus acquiring a foundation upon which to build, and his succe eding years are still devoted in large measure to acquiring proficiency in infan- try drill, the fundamental basis of all military discipline and training. At the same time he is given a thorough course of instruction in his chosen branch, thus receivmg the added benefits which specialization in any line confers. Instead, therefore, of being a liability, making for wholesale degeneration of effec- tiveness and morale, the R. O. T. C. has proven of inestimable benefit to the Institute. The essentially military atmosphere here is especially conducive to the fulfillment of its aims and purposes, and lends greatly to the ease with which well-rounded officers, a credit to the Institute and a bulwark of strength to the military forces of the nation in case of an emergency, may be produced. The high esteem in which V. M. I. is held by the military authorities is shown by the fact that the War Department has seen fit to make it, in equipment an d enlisted personnel, as well as in the unusually large number of established branches, one of the foremost R. O. T. C. institutions in the country; and so well have its efforts been rewarded that at the present time we lead, proportionately to the number graduated, all other colleges in the number of men accepting reserve commissions. m ■t ' A % w Army Oflicers Detailed at V. M. I. for Instruction in tke R. 0. T. C. Captain T. T. Handy, U. S. Field Artillery Assistant P. M. S. and T. Captain Samuel White, Jr., U. S. Field Artillery Assistant P. iM. S. and T. Captain W. A. Burress, U. S. Infantry Assistant P. M. S. and T. Captain S. L. Bertschev, U. S. Infantry Assistant P. 71 . S. and T. First Lieutenant M. W. Gilland, U. S. Corps of Engineers Assistant P. M. S. and T. P ' iRST Lieutenant E. L. HogaNj U. S. Cavalry Assistant P. M. S. and T. Second Lieutenant H. D. Heiherg, L ' S. Cavalry Assistant P. M. S. and T. Second Lieutenant F. G. McGill, U. S. Field Artillery Assistant P. M. S. and T. Infantry Camp Shortly after the Evening Gun had sounded the end of the Best Final Ball ever given at V. M. I., the tired, but happy members of the Second Class (now First Class) Infantry Unit, in the best of spirits, considering the depressing prospect of camp, entrained for Edgewood Arsenal, Md., a place which they had been falsely informed was a veritable paradise. Never was there a more disillusioned group of men ! From the moment we first arrived vociferously shouting forth the Old Yell, to the last day of camp, our so- journ there was but a series of disappointments, the merciless climate and flying sword- fish, posing as mosquitoes, contributing their share towards making things miserable. The six Aveeks resolved themselves into an endless round of rifle and pistol firing on the marshy range about two miles from camp, to which we daily went forth at 6:oo a. m., herded on the Toonerville. The week-ends spent in Washington, Baltimore and other nearby cities afforded temporary relief from the arduous task of military life, and proved the only bright spots in an otherwise drab existence, while the Battle of Hill A, fought on the lasf day, by the various units acting in conjunction, and employing all methods and in- struments of modern warfare, furnished an exciting break in the monotonous routine. Needless to say, every man was far more pleased to see this scene in Pathe News at his home town theater a week later than he had been in actual participation ; for ' 23 had now completed one of its most irksome oflficial duties, and the remainder of the summer could be spent in a manner which would make the days as short as, at camp, they had been long. Artillery Camp jLD Yell for V. M. I.! Make it loud! Thus was the spirit of the institute carried into the mosquito-laden swamps of Edgewood Arsenal, Md., by the thirty-eight hard-boiled F. A. R. O. T. C. ' s who represented the V. IVI. I. Artillery Contingent. These men were so fortunate (?) as to have the privilege of becoming the guests of Uncle Sam for six weeks, instead of returning to their homes and indulging in the frivolities of a summer vacation which, when gone, would have left only memories, instead of the increase of brawn and muscle that resulted from the camp life. The morale of the V. M. I. keydets was none too high when, after forming at noon, June 24th, under a broiling sun that would have driven a Zulu to the refuge of some friendly palm tree, we were informed that we were to be split into three parts and assigned to batteries with Harvard, Cornell, Yale, and Princeton. As was ex- plained to us, we would be able to set an example for them. The fact that we were able to spend each week-end at Carlin ' s Park, Baltimore, or on the river, canoeing, soon boosted our spirits up to par, however, and with soaring spirits came a desire to ac- complish something along military and athletic lines that would make us worthy of the appelation Sons of V. M. I. In this we were successful, for V. M. I. received the highest recommendation for military efficiency of any college represented, as well as our quota of honors in the athletic contests. The success of our endeavors at camp, and the realization that never again would we attend an R. O. T. C. Camp as a body of brother-rats, caused every man to experience a pang of regret as he walked out of the Limit Gates of Edgewood Arsenal on July 21, homeward bound, to spend the remaining five weeks of his summer vacation growing a new coat of skin on his nose. ■V I 4 ' ii avalry Ljamp After reveille on June 23, 1922, every one in Camp Meade knew that the V. M. I. troopers were there. Had the keydets come from the South Sea Isles, they would not have been more perfect strangers to the officers of the camp, but that did not hinder the troop from making a perfect score. The enlisted personnel soon found out what kind of soldiers they were, thanks to the kindness and respect shown them during their stay at camp. The course was good, though a bit over-crowded. Athletics and socials were missed during the whole time. Perhaps the greatest event of the summer was the Final Ball, given by the V. M. I. men of all four camps at the Mount Washington Casino. The marksmanship exhibited, both with the rifle and with the pistol-mounted, was excellent. The old Spirit was deadened, however, as the men were told to forget they were from V. M. I., as then more work could be accomplished. Different threats made the work very unpleasant. The fundamentals were taken in from K. P. to being Shipped. The end did not come too soon for anyone. No More Camp was the parting slogan at Meade, as well as at Edgewood and Humphries. |HE morning after the night before is justly applicable to the initial part of our journey to the summer R. O. T. C. Camp. After the wondrous night f S of the Final Ball we were assembled early in the morning to start on our travels to Camp A. A. Humphreys, a place which, if the War Department ' s descrip- tion were accepted as true, would be a worthy rival of Atlantic City or Palm Beach. Camp was reached late that evening, and instead of the expected summer resort, the cadets were led to a desert waste, dotted here and there with an occasional black- berry bush or a deserted barracks. The V. M. I. contingent was assigned to Com- pany B, and despite the fact that they were the last unit to reach camp, they were the mainstays in promoting the spirit of the Fighting Seventeen. The instruction received was of a widely diversified nature, covering pontoon and bridge work along with demolition and kindred engineering subjects, while a certain portion of each day was given to infantry drill. Besides the ordinary prescribed drills special instruction was given in pontoon work to those who desired to attain a high state of proficiency in that particular branch. Week-end passes were given regularly, and by their recollection, we tried to con- sole ourselves with the thought that a soldier ' s life was not so bad after all. On July 26 camp was brought to a close, preceded by a banquet, which served as a diversion from the regular course of beans and growley. Though home ties called strongly, yet everyone was unanimous in acknowledging the beneficial results of the six weeks ' training. We are a body whose significance calls for no explanation. Having aspired to things above rank, we keep severely immune from mere worldly military prominence, valuing an independent mind and the third stripe more than zebraic chevrons sufficient to choke a young and very healthy giraffe. By the set of our well worn caps you may recognize the symbol of our independence, transcending the regulations of the Virginia Military Institute — sometimes to our grief. We are proud of that body which, made possible by our pres- ence in the corps, has existed ever since the Original First-Class Private, wrapping round his shivering frame the remains of a fourth-best overcoat, raced down the stoop — late — to a pre-Civil War reveille among the snows of ' 39. Not in a spirit of high conceit, but in a mood of immortal confidence and knowledge, we realize that in this body the strength of each First Class — and in the closest analysis the strength of the Institute — ultimately lies. For we like to believe that, in pursuit of ultimate work and pleasure, we are more prone than many upstanding young men to look at the world around us with eyes cleansed of many scales, motes, beams, etc. The first passage of life is accomplished ; we rise to the next endeavor — or stoop to the world lying before our oncoming feet, whichever you will. Four years of a barracked existence behind — the whole of a new life in front of us. We are sure of ourselves. Not because of our intrinsic worth, but because of the value of these same four years of life at V. jVI. I. And so each man, as he jumps off into the grey beginning of life in the world, splashed by its red lining of struggle, looks back- ward — and then forward to the days that are coming to pass. Infantry Hike, 1922 On the morning of May 15, the corps fell in under arms, and so carefully had all the plans been laid that it was a matter of but few minutes before the entire column had started on the memorable hike ' round Rockbridge County. Noon found us in camp at Rockbridge Baths, ten miles from Lexington. After enjoying the pleasures of this metropolis for one night, we broke camp early next morn- ing and started for Goshen, the next objective. Due to heavy rains, we were forced to remain encamped here for a day longer than had been contemplated in the plans, and, when once we were again on the way, it was with the utmost difficulty that we arrived, after swimming half the distance, at Rockbridge Alumn, wet and exhausted. The worst was yet to come ! The return to Lexington, eighteen miles distant, had to be accomplished in one day ' s march, an almost impossible task, in view of the poor condition of the roads. Nevertheless, spurred on by the desire to again enter civilized life and regain our old quarters in barracks, which now seemed truly a regal palace, everyone put forth his best efforts, and by nightfall of May ig, we entered the outskirts of Lexington, more dead than alive, and resembling nothing so much as the tail end of the Grand Army in its retreat from Moscow. Back we came, almost glad to see the mess hall growley after our experiences in the bread line before the mess tent, and soon the miseries of the hike were forgotten in the contemplation of the joys that awaited us in the coming June. Forty-seven was the total number of troopers of the first and second class cavalry that disembarked from the Institute on their noble steeds for a five-day jaunt with nature, beginning May 15th. The first stopping place, Rockbridge Baths, was reached after a few hours ' riding. Camp was made and horses immediately manicured before dinner. The rest of the day was spent with the Infantry, in swimming, and various other pleasures. During the night we tried getting hardened to sleeping next to terra firma in pup tents. The next day came a hike to Goshen, where the cadets and their pocketbooks vere made welcome. Here the weather went back on us and the rain fell in torrents. On the third morning the Cavalry left the Infantry, moving through Goshen Pass to Millboro. Millboro Springs, the place where the camp was supposed to be made, was flooded, and the troop was forced to move to Rockbridge Alum after bivouacking for several hours. A picket line was established in a stable and the men proceeded to dry out. Each man cooked his own meals, some of the keydets proving excellent chefs. On Friday the horses were rounded up from the pasture and the troop started on a homeward hike of seventeen miles. Barracks was reached before evening, and every- one enjoyed the luxuries of a bath and real hay. Thus ended the Famous Ride of the Troop, that no hearer will ever forget while a participant lives to tell the wild tale of how he and his brother troopers rode for a week through the Virginia mountains. IIRST call for th? artillery hike sounded midst a steady downpour of rain, which continued long after we had departed, and rendered our first night in camp at Buena Vista most unpleasant. The dog tents were true to theii label of emergency issue, second quality, and served merely as reminders of the comforts, now realized for the first time, of barracks. When we arose — not awaked — for the night had been for most of us a sleepless one, we looked out upon an entirely different world, with the sun shining and a cloud- less sky. Our spirits rose accordingly, and everyone entered with zest into the work! at hand, which consisted of moving the pieces to a point in the mountains about two miles distant. In some places, the combined efforts of all the men and eighty horses were required to move the guns up the steep grades. On londay actual firing began, and we were able to observe the quality of our marksmanship by watching the shells hit on the target — a mountainside several miles distant. Bad weather again set in the next day, and remained with us during the rest of the hike. The heavy rainfall was, by far, the most unpleasant feature of our stay, reducing our sleeping quarters to a limitless sea of mud and water. Then it was that we discovered for the first time that our tents had been pitched in a creek bed. More- over, the always unpleasant tasks of feeding, watering and grooming the horses wer, made doubly so under these conditions. A bad beginning makes a good ending, however, and we were amply compensated for all the hardships encountered by the Final Ball given at Buena Vista. The following day we returned to Lexington, the popular feeling being, this is the first time barracks ever looked good to me. Thus ended the 1922 artillery hike. M M W h Hidden in a secluded spot far back in the Virginia hills nestles a small camp. To the casual observer it appears very much as any other camp, but should he have curios- ity enough to investigate further, he would find there a species which is universally known as those insulated from and devoid of all knowledge, or, in more cultured language, those who were deficient in their topics of instruction at the Virginia Mili- tary Institute. Summer School opened July 28 with a total of forty-two students enrolled in the various branches of study, and every mind with but a single thought — that of clearing up the slate. Although the site chosen for the camp by the authorities is far from the white lights of such gay cities as Lexington and Goshen, the scholars managed to have several social functions which were more thoroughly enjoyed because of the fact that they were few and far between. Dances were given in the ball room at the hotel every Friday night, and in the Institute gymnasium practically every Saturday night. The country was scoured far and wide, and every eligible calic was drawn into the drag- net. The two crowning social events were the fancy dress ball, given when the term was half completed, and the final ball, given just before the examinations. Both the cadets and calic displayed unusual talent and originality in the choosing of costumes for the fancy dress ball, and the dance was a huge success. A number of football men, who reported back for early practice, were present at the final ball to help along with the festivities. A baseball team was organized and a ninnber of games were scheduled with the different teams in the surrounding country. Swimming was also a popular sport. Taken as a whole, every one spent a very profitable summer and one which was thor- oughly enjoyed by both instructors and students, for love ' s labor was not lost. Blandy Clarksox Blandy is the man who put V. M. I. on the foot- ball map, and what ' s more to the purpose, he is the man who is keeping it there. Back in 1920 when his undefeated Fh ' ing Squadron humbled Pcnn, the newspaper writers called him the Aliracle Man. He proved that they were right when he turned out the 1922 team, which was barely nosed out in two heart- breaking games. He proved it unmistakably by turning out last year one of the best, if not the best, baseball teams that has ever represented V. M. I. And watch his ball players this season ! Bill Rafterv Bill came to us from Washington and Lee, where he had earned a reputation for turning out winning teams. He more than lived up to his reputation by de- veloping from green material one of the fastest back- fields in the South. He and Blandy Clarkson made a coaching combination that for brains, strategy, and the ability to inspire the team has never been equaled at V. M. I. Bill, like Blandy, is a three-sport man, and there is no doubt that he will be as successful in baseball as he was in football and basketball. m 1% Jimmy Leech Jimmy returned to his Alma Mater for the sec- ond year as coach on the varsity staff. He instilled into the men the old fighting spirit of an ex-star who had proved so valuable as a player in the three major sports. Though he only stayed until the end of the grid season, he was exceedingly active in all departments of the game. He acted as scout for the varsity, and also showed them a few tricks when he played on the scrubs. Assistant Coaches Major Read, Track Son ' s untiring efforts have caused the track team at the institute to be recognized as one of the best in the state. A track star of considerable note, z is continuing to develop winning teams on the cinder path. Mr. Quinlan Boxing and Wrestling V. M. I. ' s record as South Atlantic Wrestling Champions attests to Quinny ' s ability as a wrestling coach. His boxing stars also showed up well in their first at- tempts against other colleges. Captaix Burress, Football Pinky worked with the scrubs during the entire season, and helped to produce a capable bunch of fighters. The record made by the junior varsity shows that his efforts were not fruitless. Major Heflix, Football The good work of Teddy Bear showed itself in the games played by the scrub team. They not only made a record for themselves, but helped push th; varsity to victory. Captain Ramey, Football M. G. worked on the younger members of the scrub team for the greater par! of the season and helped develop some excellent material. He also bent his energies toward the making of a fast track squad. FOOTBALL Miss Marv Payn-e Sponsor, jq22 Football Team Football Season, 1922 The 1922 season in football has proven to be an eminently successful one as a glance at the results below will show. The team was captained by Riley Harrison, a dependable veteran of many battles. Riley displayed to a remarkable degree those qualities of leadership which caused the Flying Squadron to again rank high in football circles. Mich Pettyjohn proved to be an able and efficient manager, and upon the numerous trips took competent care of his charges. Il ra The Varsity Squ.ad Ends: Carlton, Watkins, Briggs, C, Caldwell, P., Kellogg, M., Cooper. Tackles: Hunt, R., Barbour, Denton, McCracken. Guards: Harrison (Captain), Hammond, Gray, Freeman, McColgan, Nugent, Centers: Ferguson, E., Wilson, H. Quarterbacks: Farley, Faulkner, Atwell, Kellogg, W. Halfbacks: Ryder, MacGregor, Costolo, Harmeling, Frvberger, Dunn. Fullbacks: White, W., Huntt, P. Manager: Pettyjohn, M. M. Assistant Managers: Causey, Miller, G. H., Jordan, Ruffner, Hannah, Hawkes. V. M. I. V. M. I. V. M. I. V. M. I. V. M. I. V. M. I. V.M.I. V. M. I. V. M. I. Results Lynchburg College Roanoke College . Morris-Harvey Universitv of Va. . N. C. State . . . Catholic University University of N. C. Geo. Washington U. . P. I m Review oi tne 1922 Season Starling vith but a handful of experienced players, the football coaches soon discovered a number of worthy huskies who proved capable. The first month was spent in getting the men into shape for a hard season. Perhaps the hardest job was to fill the line, which later proved an unbreakable barrier. The first game against Lynchburg College proved nothing more than a get-together affair for the team, and the visitors were easily defeated. Roanoke College was next in line and met with defeat at the hands of the Flying Squadron. Much competition was expected from the Maroons, but the superior strength of the Cadets was too much for them to buckle. The defeat of Morris- Harvey closed the preliminary season in good style. In this fray the team gained at will and in the second half substituted the second team. The team as a unit played real football, and each man proved himself a star. The following week the squadron ventured into Virginia ' s territorj ' , with the corps right at its heels. The 1920 victory was repeated by the ' 22 team, and approximately ten thousand peo- ple saw the Orange and Blue go down to defeat on its own field. The end runs and overhead attacks were too much for the Virginians, and their goal was in constant danger. V. M. I. out- distanced her opponents in punting, and took the aggressive during most of the game. Virginia got away with a beautiful end run, and it looked as though she might score. However, she was unable to get beyond the cadet backfield. The Carolina Wolf Pack was the next to succumb to the deadly onslaught of the cadets. The team invaded new territory to beat the Carolinians. Norfolk was the scene of action and the people got a real taste of football. Windy White made a stellar play, running seventy-five yards off tackle for a touchdown. Too much Keydet was the reason for the victory, for during the first half the cadet goal was threatened several times. The corps had a chance to see their team in action on the following Saturday, when they made a clean sweep of Catholic I ' niversity. Nothing seemed to be able to stop the big team when once started, and they marched to the goal lines at regular intervals. The second team had another chance to demonstrate its ability during the closing quarters. The University of North Carolina caused the jinx to appear and render the first defeat to the Flying Squadron. Mayo Island Park in Richmond was filled to capacity, including the corps, to watch the two best teams in the South battle for supremacy. The teams were very evenly matched, and it was hard to decide who was to be the winner. North Carolina scored a field goal, but the cadets soon came back, with Ryder intercepting a pa s and running fifty yards for a touchdown. Captain Harrison was forced out of the game on account of injuries at this point. Carolina substituted a few men and started their march which proved to be one of victory. This was one of the two games which the cadets lost by exceedingly narrow margins. George Washington was next, and was overcome by an attack coming wholly from the air. The forward passes shot from backfield to the linemen were frequent, and usually resulted in good gains. Nothing stopped the cadets, and the continuous drizzle only made them play better. On Thanksgiving Day, the big team gave the Virginia Techmen the jolt of their lives. The predicted one-sided score in favor of Tech proved all wrong. The entire V. M. I. team plaved 231 excellent ball, and their average gains were larger than those of their opponents. V. P. I. stood its ground very well and its end runs were hard to stop. One touchdown to the cadets ' field goal ended the last game of the season. The corps is proud of the 1922-1923 team, for it showed the true spirit of its Alma Mater. The young team feared no rival, and fought with every ounce of its strength to the finish. The work of the coaches developed the new material so rapidly that the team was working like an old machine before the season was well under way. We know each man did his share in victory or defeat, and, regardless of the outcome, we know you gave ' em hell. m Schedule, 1923 September 22 — U. S. Marines at Lexington. September 29 — Lynchburg College at Lexington. October 6 — Georgia Tech at Atlanta. October 13 — Roanoke College at Lexington. October 20 — University of Virginia at Charlottesville. October 27 — North Carolina State at Lexington. November 3 — Emory and Henry College at Lexington. November 10 — LTniversity of North Carolina at Richmond. November 17 — University of Tennessee at Knoxville. November 29 — V. P. L at Roanoke. A great coach once said that no team was better than its scrubs. Realizing this, and that in them lay the making of a great varsity, this bunch of men gave all they had willingly and unselfishly. They alwaj ' s presented a stiff opposition to the varsity, without receiving the latter ' s glory. In all the games that they played there never was a time when they did not keep even the best of their opponents busy with that fine brand of football that characterizes a V. M. I. team. They came through with the best they could give, and too much cannot be said of this bunch of true V. M. I. fighters. The Junior Varsity, as the team was officially designated, was ably captained by Squat Saunders, and Gus Mitchell proved himself an earnest and efficient manager. Results,, 1922 Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Roanoke High o Belmont Athletic Club 6 A. M. A 7 S. M. A 3 F. r. M. A 7 U. of Va. Freshmen 3i l ' Hunt, R., Tackle Bob has held down his position for four years and will be sorely missed. He is a dependable linesman who has shown his knowledge of all arts of the game. He delivers the goods at all times. CoSTOLO, Halfback Ike has been one of the speed demons in the line-up of the Flying Squadron for two years. It takes an entire team to find him when once started, and his gains show that he is well worth looking for. Carltox, End The captain-elect of the 1923 Fly- ing Squadron gave such a sensational exhibition of good football playing dur- ing his first year on the team that there is every reason to believe that the team next year will be led by the best man. MacGregor, Halfback Mac held his place as one of the best we had. He hit the line like a ram, was a fast broken-field runner, and could punt well. It was his first, as well as his last, year on the Flying Squadron. Wilson, Center Being the only reserve center on the squad, Toby wasn ' t playing a great deal, but when he was put in he was an infallible pivot for the line and has the promise of doing fine things in the future. Parley, Quarterback Driving his team like a veteran, Skeets has proven one of the best team generals the V. M. I. team has ever had, and there have been good ones. He has always been a dangerous man for his opponents, for he can pass, punt, or run. Hammond, Guard As a stonewall of defense, Hammond has created a sensation in the line of the V. M. I. team. As a first year man on the team, he put up an excellent fight when playing on the offensive, and noth- ing got through the position for which Fats was responsible. Ryder, Halfback Ryder has played a stellar role with the team for two years. His playing in the backfield is unexcelled and he has several exceptionally long runs to his credit. Ed should add more glory to his name when he plays for his last year on the Flying Squadron. White, W., Fullback Playing his first year for the Red, White and Yellow, Windy has proven everything a football pla ' er should be. He is truly a triple threat man for he can run, pass or kick with equal suc- cess. He is the type of aggressive full- back that Walter Camp picks, and we believe he will do wonderful things in his next three years. McCrackex, Tackle A fighter for every ounce of his hundred and eighty pounds, Alac is a dependable man. He is fast and hard to move, and many a tackle has gone to his credit. He has two more years with the team. Caldwell, P., End Another player who made a strong bid for one of the end positions is Cald- well. This grid-man possesses both I ' atural ability and speed, which makes him a man feared by his opponents. This is his first vear with the varsity. Cray. T., G Althousrh one of the lightest nT ' n in rh ' ? lire, Trm is. perhaps, one of the most aggressive. Always alert, he sh-iwr. ?, ability both on the offense and de- fense. Barbour, Tackle With his two hundred twenty-six of bulk, together with speed, Charlie has proven one of the best tacklers seen in the cadet line for some time. This was his first year of steady playing on the eleven, and much is expected of him in the next two years. Watkixs, End Holding one of the hardest positio ' is on the team, Watkins pro ' cd by his con- sistent work to be an outstanding player and fully worthy of the trust placed in his hands. Briggs, C, End This was Crennie ' s first year with the Big Team, but from the way he handled passes, got under punts, and smeared interference he made a fine end. He will make good his last two with the team. Ferguson, E., Center Playing his first year with the regular team, Elsie has made a position for himself at center that will be hard to beat. He is a good passer, and counter- acts his lack of weight by his activity, ability to diagnose a play, and fighting spirit. M TT .ft. BASKETBALL t Miss Erdine Ryder Sponsor, ig2 Basketball Team Basketball At the beginning of the season, the basketball prospects were not very promising. All of the men from last year ' s squad, with the exception of Ryder and Kyle, having been lost through graduation, it was necessary for Coach Raftery to build an entire new machine. The evidence of his success is seen in the fact that eight of the fourteen games played were won, and when we remember that the last five games were victorious, we can see how well the team had progressed during the season. Washington College was our first opponent of the season and the final score stood in their favor. In the next two games, however, the big team came off victorious with wins from Lynchburg and Roanoke Colleges. The second defeat of the season came from our old rival, V. P. I., who regis- tered their first victory on a V. M. I. court since 1918. Randolph-Macon Col- lege proved easy, the score in this game being the highest the team rolled up dur- ing the season. At this point, however, the team met several extraordinarily strong quints, and lost four games in a row, to Virginia, North Carolina, Flori- da, and V. P. I. A substantial change was made in th: lineup, with the result Hthat the team did not taste defeat again during the season, winning the last five games from South Carolina, George Washington University, V. P. I., Tako- la, and Lynchburg Elks. These, with y i the exception of the North Carolina game, were the hardest of the season, and winning them shows how much progress had been made. The varsity this year was captained by Ed Ryder, one of the best guards in the state, while Riley Harrison handled the business end in a very capable manner. Only Kyle and Cure will be lost from the squad in June, and, with Coach Rafter} ' coaching, everything points to a successful season. Results V. M. — 20 Washington College — 26. V. M. —35 Lynchburg College — 2. V. M. — 20 Roanoke College — 19. V. M. —19 V. P. I.— 22. V. M. —47 Randolph-Macon College — 9 V. M. — 20 North Carolina — 26. V. M. — 8 Virginia — 20. V. M. —15 Florida — 19. V. M. —16 V. P. I.— 42. V. M. —24 South Carolina — 9. V. M. — 20 George Washington — 4. V. M. — 21 V. P. I.— 20. V. M. —18 Takola — 16. V. M. —19 Lynchburg Elks — 13. KylEj ForiL ' ard Kitty this year winds up four years of basketball at the Institute, two of them having been on the varsity. He is unusually fast and aggressive, and, in spite of his size, is always in the midst of the fray. il mm Ferguson, Foncard Starting the season at guard, Elsie was finally shifted to the forward position where his shooting and general playing war- ranted him a position. Good at long shots, a fast floor man, he is always cool. He has two more years before him. 4 : Sem. ' XS, ForiL ' ard Although this is Smitty ' s first year on the varsity, he has shown up well. Long shooting and able following up are his specialties and we expect great things of him next year. A fast man on the floor, Giles made the varsity for the first time this year. His forte is shooting fouls and his average at this was very high this season. Faulkner, Guard Wirt is another man who made his basketball debut this season. Playing only in the last five games, his work in guard- ing was remarkable. Cool and always alert, he continually broke up the opposing de- fense and few forwards were able to score White, W., Center Windy distinguished himself on the court as well as on the gridiron, his work at center being of the first quality. Few men could get the jump on him and for his size and weight he moved with remarkable speed. He has three more years ahead of him in which to play. Junior Varsity Basketball Team The junior varsity basketball team, during the first year of its performance under this name, ended a successful season. The competition for the team was exceedingly great, the men showing good form during the entire season. The best work, however, after defeating the V. P. I. freshmen and several other teams, was in getting the big team into shape. Several enjoyable trips were taken, although the scrubs came out on the short end of the score in several contests. A number of real basketeers, who gained their invaluable experience on Blandy Clarkson ' s fast, hard-fighting scrubs, will be seen on the varsity next year. Results V. M. I., 12: Staunton Y. M. C. A., 23, at Staunton. V. M. I., 20; V. P. I. Freshmen, 14, at Lexington. v. M. I., 17; A. M. A., 20, at Fort Defiance. V. M. I., 25; S. M. A., 31, at Staunton. V. M. L, 12; A. M. A., 21, at Lexington. V. M. L, 18; V. P. L Freshmen, 25, at Blacksburg. 1 -1 _ h.A - ' - 11 .; ;- ■ BASEBALL Miss Margaret Hunter Sponsor, IQ2 Baseball Team Baseball The 1922 baseball season was most successful. Major Clarkson turned out the best team that has ever represented V. M. I., and one of the best that has ever rep- resented a Virginia College. The team did not display the erratic form of certain previous years, and it won eleven of its thirteen games. The most gratifying victories of the season were three over V. P. I., one over the University of South Carolina, and one over the University of Virginia. The new athletic field was opened to baseball, and the team showed great improve- ment on a better diamond. The first day of play on the new field was properly opened with an 8-0 victory over South Carolina. The feature of this game was the knocking by Hatchett of the first ball thrown to a V. M. I. batter for a home run. The close of the home schedule was as brilliant as the opening, for the team won from its old rivals, V. P. I., by the score of 9-0. A notable incident was that the first and last games on Alumni Field were no-hit, no-run affairs pitched by Page. The outstanding stars of the season were Page, recognized by sports editors as one of the premier pitchers in college baseball today; Hatchett, Ryder, Captain Perkinson, and Pack. These five men were most ably assisted by the whole team, each member of which was in himself a real star. The practice for 1923 opened with the loss of only one man, Perkinson. His loss will be felt, but it is believed that his place will be well filled by one of the new pros- pects. Coaches Clarkson and Raftery are confident of turning out an even better team than that of the previous year. They will be assisted again this year by Al Orth, who will take charge of the batteries. Orth did great work last year with the pitchers, and it is hoped that he will be as successful this season. The veteran catchers of last year ' s team are Pack, Hart, and Freeman, while Caldwell is the best of the new men. Captain Page, Nugent, and Saunders compose the same pitching staff as that of last year. White, J. and Huntt, P. are likely prospects. Southall, Hatchett, and Pillow are the old infielders, while Perry, Carsons, English, Travis, Deitrich, and Dunn of the new men are showing the best form in the infield. Barbour, Ryder, and Faulkner are back to fill up the outfield, and they will be hard pushed by Caldwell and other new contestants. The schedule is the hardest that the big team has ever undertaken, but it is hoped that it will do as well as it did last year. March 28- March 31- April 4- April II- April 14- April 18- April 21- April 25- April 28- May I- May May May May May 1 2- May 16- SCHEDULE, 1923 -New York University at Lexington. -Amherst College at Lexington. -Johns Hopkins LTniversity at Lexington. -University of Richmond at Lexington. -V. P. L at Lexington. -Hampden-Sidney at Lexington. -University of Virginia at Charlottesville. -North Carolina State at Lexington. -Roanoke College at Lexington. -Guilford College at Lexington. -LTnited States Marines at Quantico. -Catholic University at Washington. -University of Maryland at Washington. -Davidson College at Lexington. -V. P. L at Blacksburg. -University of Virginia at Lexington. v t Miss Celeste Nash Sponsor, ig2 Track Team At the close of the 1922 season we saw some of our best track men leave us. We are not to be dismayed, however, for under the direction of Major Read, and by dint of harder work, we will see V. M. I. turn out another successful track team. We lost practically all of our best men for the field events. Summers and Westcott with the weights, Drewry with the javelin and discus, Brown for the broad and high jump have all graduated, and it will be difficult to find other men who will perform Sft I v,l Si with as much success as these. Buch, Settle and Ramey were the distance men to be lost by graduation. Their absence will be greatly felt, but it seems easier to find a runner than a man who can perform with the weights. With these seven men gone, it leaves a very small nucleus around which to build a team. The old men, headed by Captain Costolo, are hard at work, and the prospects are most promising. There is a wealth of material that will be rounded into shape, and all indications point to the fact that we will be stronger on the track this year than we were last spring. In the South Atlantic meet at Charlottesville last year, V. M. I. won third place due to the excellent work of such men as Drewry, who broke the South Atlantic record for the javelin with a throw of 169 feet, and it is our belief that with the splendid material this year, an even better showing will be made in the meet at Rich- mond. Track Schedule for 1923 April 14 — University of Maryland at Lexington. April 2 1 — Roanoke College at Lexington. April 28 — William and Mary College at Lexington. May 5 — V. P. I. at Blacksburg. May 1 1, 12 — South Atlantic meet at Richmond. m The racquet game has established itself as one of the foremost minor sports at the Institute. This can be seen from the number of candidates that apply at the daily try- outs. The ladder system is used in selecting the team, and each individual has an equal chance to prove his ability. The prospects for the season are very bright. The ' 22 team gave a wonderful demonstration of ability as racquet wielders by defeating George Washington University. The majority of the other matches were won by the cadets. Captain Smitty Semans leads the present team, and is well supported by Moore, W. F., Derryberry, Kellogg, M., and Cunningham. All of these men have shown their court mastership and it is expected that they will soon wear the coveted Red, White, and Yellow. Schedule For 1923 April 7 — Virginia at Lexington. April 14 — V. P. I. at Lexington. May 2 — Randolph-Macon College at Lexington. May 1 1 — V. P. L at Blacksburg. — Triple Meet with University of N. C. and Georgia Tech at Chapel Hill. m Wrestling came to the front in the minor sports this year. The 1923 season has been most gratifying in that we have won four meets and have not been defeated. Coach Quinlan has developed a wonderful team from practically new men. A good share of this year ' s glory in this sport should be given Quinlan, who worked incessantly with his men, and has enabled them to win the South Atlantic Wrestling Championship. Our old rivals, V. P. I., fell victim to the prowess of our grapplers, and the Uni- versity of Virginia proved an easy mark for Coach Quinlan ' s men, as did George Washington and Trinity. The work of every member of the squad is to be commended. Captain Woodward ended his wrestling career here as captain of the best wrestling team that has ever represented V. M. I. He has the phenomenal record of hav- ing been thrown only once during his four years. Carlton, wrestling under weight, proved to be a record breaker this year, having gained decisions on two heretofore undefeated men. Barbour and Baird showed great improvement over last year and have gone through the season without meeting defeat. The team consisted of Captain Woodward, 115-pound class; Franklin and Withers, 125-pound class; Lowe and Steele, 135-pound class; Baird, 145-pound class; Carlton and Ferguson, 158-pound class; Denton and Bickford, 175-pound class; Barbour in the unlimited class. The rat wrestling team sho ved up remarkably well, hav- ing won three meets. They have good material and will be a great help to next year ' s squad. m II nlifi n 7 3 mm ml i i 1 ®lHi i Liym The gymnasts have no regular meets with other colleges, the team being judged by the showing made during the exhibitions at Government Inspection and Finals. The individuals are judged on their proficiency in the different arts of the sport, and are marked accordingly. A certain number of points must be made by a member of the team before he is awarded a monogram. Coach Quinlan has charge of the work, and has put new life into the team. Cap- tain Turner leads the men in their feats and is well backed by a number of candidates who excel on the bars, on the flying rings, and in tumble work. If Xing Boxing came into its own at the Institute during the present year. The squad was made up from a large number of men in every class and the team selected made an extremely good showing. The corps took to this new sport with the greatest en- thusiasm. Under the direction of Coach Quinlan the mittmen rounded into shape very quickly and proved to be exceptional pugilists. The first two meets were lost to Virginia by very narrow margins. The third meet with Penn State came to a draw, but the team was forced to default one bout to the Nittany Lions, thereby giving them the victory. There is a large field for this sport and V. M. I. can be expected to be among the first in another year. The following men showed up well during the season: Goode, Lewis, Knox, Steele, Porter, T., Chaudoin, Winchester, Carlton, Denton, and Hunt, R. m Ckeer Leading Staff C L. Parker Cheer Leader R. S. Terry -Issislanl Cheer Leader J. M. OsN-ATO Lssistanl Cheer Leader On to Virginia! cried the first captain. Column of squads, first company, squads right ! And a very few seconds later the corps was marching out to embark on one of the surprise trips of the season, one which turned out most gloriously. The annual football game with the University of Virginia was played on October 14th, and to the surprise of everyone, the Board had approved the permit allowing the corps the day off to see the game. Hardly eight hours were spent in Charlottesville, but in spite of this minor drawback everyone swore the trip was wholly a success. Shortly after detraining in hostile territory, the corps marched out to place a wreath on the statute of Jackson, in honor of the unveiling of which they had paraded the year before. Immediately after this ceremony, Lambeth Field was the scene of action. Parading with high hopes through Charlottesville, the corps made an excellent showing. Arrived at the field, the cadets took their seats in the stand and welcomed the Flying Squadron with open arms. Although greatly outnumbered, their voices rose above all other cheers. The game was on — twice the pigskin was rushed over the goal line ; the game ended, and once more V. M. I. was victorious. The feats of the original Flying Squadron were repeated, and last year ' s defea t on Alumni Field was fully avenged. Immediately after supper the corps entrained for Lexington, masters of all they surveyed. Ml .; i Armistice Day had to be celebrated, and naturally the Corps was in on the deal. Ordered to entrain for Richmond, the battalion left the old home town at midnight on November lO and proceeded eastward. The trip will go down in history as a genuine endurance test, but what is it a keydet cannot stand when he knows he is going to see the Flying Squadron in action? The city advertised cadets in their parade, and CADETS versus University of North Carolina in their annual classic. Landing at the station, where the James River Division refuses to go any further, we disembarked and marched to the Blues ' Armory. Served with real food, everyone started diking for the march in honor of the victory in the late war on the Other Side. We marched ! Mile after mile was covered, and still we marched. Profound sighs of relief were sent forth when we realized we were marching in a circle, and returned again to the armory. After dinner we moved out to Mayo ' s Island to see the big team in action. Too much praise cannot be given to each and every man for the great effort put forth. The men drifted about the city — we ' re proud to say as real Southern gentlemen — until iO:00 p. m. Some went to dances and others to the theater, though most of them were somewhat depressed. Never before were keydets so willing to board a train back to Lexington as on this night, in spite of the memory of the previous night ' s ride in day coaches. Roanoke Trip Thanksgiving came (as usual) on the last Thursday in November, and we ven- tured forth to the Magic City to have our annual game with V. P. I. The trav- eling accommodations were of the same sort as in previous years: palatial second-class compartments . The loyal alumni were there to meet the Corps, as they have ever been. The usual sight-seeing tour of Roanoke, in the form of a parade, was taken, and everywhere Red, White, and Yellow floated in the breeze. Dismissal finally came, and everyone started making reservations for after the game. At I :30 p. m. the populace watched us troop to the fair-grounds. The sight was so thrilling that even the cars stopped, and we were forced to do a snake dance about these electric boats. This feat was accomplislied, and the fair-grounds reached at the same time. There is no use playing the game over again on paper, but what a spectacle it was! We are more than proud of those men who represented V. M. I. on the gridiron that day. We were allowed to stagger around the town at will from the end of the game until midnight, when we galloped back to historic Lexington. The day of days had passed, and the Roanoke trip once more remained only a memory. Polo During the fall of ' 21 a new sport, polo, was created at the Institute. Captain White, who has played on several army teams, and who is quite a polo enthusiast, was its chief founder. To him is due the greater part of the credit for the success the young sport has met with. To those not familiar with conditions it may seem that its founding was easy. It is quite true that there were a number of horses on hand, but the question arose : how many were suitable for polo purposes? All single-mounts in the Artillery and Cavalry Units were tried and those culled out which were deemed suitable. They were then put through a special system of training by the officers and non-commissioned per- sonnel, some turning out to be fair, while others were found to be just the opposite. Besides these ponies fifteen remounts were obtained from Front Royal, and although these, due to their age, could not be used to any great extent during their first year, some, through hard training, are at this time turning out to be very good polo mounts. Thirty- six sets of flat saddle equipment and a number of pairs of riding boots were also obtained from the government. With the aid of the Athletic Association mallets, helmets, balls, polo shirts, and belts were obtained, and removable side boards and goal posts for use on the parade ground were constructed. With this much obtained the actual work began. The question as to who was eligible for the sport next was considered. Due to the limited number of ponies and the shortage of equipment and time, it was decided to open the sport only to First and Second Classmen of the Mounted Units. Even the large number of these who turned out made it necessary that a process of elimination be instituted. The entire squad was required to go through a certain prescribed course on the wooden horse in order to teach the various strokes and to strengthen the arm muscles. A division was then made of the Cavalry and Artillery, Lieutenant Hogan taking charge of the former and Captain White of the latter. The men were judged on their horsemanship and on their hitting ability. The squad was finally cut down to two teams in the cavalry and two in the artillery. Various games between these teams were held, and in the snring a squad was picked to go to Camp Dix, N. J., to play the team composed of officers of the Sixth lield Artillery. The cadets were victorious over the heavily handicapped officers ' team. An exhibition game was played here last Finals between the Artillery and Cavalry, in honor of the Secretary of War and visiting Alumni. In September of this year it was decided to follow practically the same schedule as last year, except that the Cavalry-Artillery element was dropped as some hard feel- Mi ing was created in the games last year, making them rough and dangerous, which policy, if continued, bade fair to jeopardize the efficient development of the game. When practice began, it was decided to schedule some games during the fall in order to create more interest. As the First Classmen were the only ones who had had any previous experience, it was decided to concentrate upon them and develop as strong a team as possible in a short time. This was done, and in a game played with the University of Pennsylvania on the Saturday after Thanksgiving the cadets won by a large score. A squad of five in charge of Captain White then went north about the middle of December and played three indoor games, one with Yale at New Haven, Conn.; one with the Essex Troop at Newark, N. J., and one with the Brooklyn Rid- ing and Driving Club, in all of which the cadets were defeated by close scores. The fact that these were the first games ever played indoors by the cadets, and the fact that they were riding strange ponies, no doubt handicapped the team to quite an extent, but its playing was extremely creditable. The plan is now being considered of sending a team north in the spring to com- pete in an outdoor tournament with Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Norwich, and West Point, which will be played at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., under the auspices of Headquarters, Second Corps Area, Governor ' s Island, N. Y., and the American Polo Association. Teams will also come here to play us this spring. V. M. I., in instituting polo, acquired the distinction of being the only college in the South at which the game is played. With the support of the corps, officers, alumni, and friends of the Institute, the game should attain great success. THE CHRI5TMA5 H0P6 ftm rooS ir SPCKjd ' ! P ' i CI VANITY FAIR TO MISS EMILY WOODWARD MISS ANNE BROCKEXBOROUGH 1923 Bomb C. p. Light, Jr Editor-in-Chiej J. H. Kyle ' • . Business Manager Editorial Staff J. D. Hankins Associate Editor C. L. Polk . . Associate Editor E. JOYNER, Jr . . Associate Editor P. P. Goodman Outrage Editor S. P. Foster . . . ; Art Editor A. S. Briggs Art Editor J. W. Caldwell . Athletic Editor Business Staff H. L. Miller Assistant Business Manager J. E. Woodward Advertising Manager G. A. Penniman Assistant Advertising Manager A. T. Gwathmey Assistant Advertising Manager R. A. Turner Treasurer . bP i •v,f ' il Tlie Cadet Editorial Staff J. W. Caldwell Editor-in-Chief W. H. Shervin Assistant Editor A. T. GwATHMEY Associate Editor S. 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' s Associa- tion, In the year of 1901 all the populace o f Hampton and vicinity prophe- sied a future for this little genius. But in- stead of being President of the Iter baclc to the W.ALTKR C. SHORTKK. 1 the Dark Ages, before things became lit up, there was born a certain specimen lumanity dubbed Rosebud Shorter. All people around the sticks and Call he ill United States, farm and study life from the purer angles In earlier days he attended school in th( rural district on the old gray mare, preparins the next day ' s lessons while feeding th( cows and chickens. How could this manl; object of humanity help but become smart living in the same country with the Hamptoi Normal Institute? He has the honor of be ing the only man in his drink benzine and enjoy it Modesty, where with Little Fotts after office at the Virgin because he tliought othe and they got ' em letters, an athlete a chemist of pure outstanding featu that have given t intellectual giant power other men. not different, parts ills hair in the middle, drinks coffee, and succumbs to the lure of the flappers. slippei-y through everything, tinguishe, but will remain 3 our dope on this reaction, and as ore begins to effervesce, nothing tted in trailing down the facts of child, and Lieutenant. THE EATING OF STOCKTON TERRY R. W. Service.) (With profuse apolog: EPILOGUE le big When across 1: expressi( Squads Left and we To the mess Did There are strange things done i mess hall. By Keydets who strive for a feed — The big wide tables have their secret tables That are in no man ' s creed; The mess hall ' s walls have seen queer brawls, But the queerest they will unbury Is the eventful completing Of the Eating Of slippery Stockton Terry, Out of the window, which was near the gi-ound, and into the rank and file There rushed our hero, fresh from the sheets, not wearing much more than a smile, He looked like a man, who was half asleep, and of the lazy type. Yet he braced up and appeared as strong as Fanny Dooley ' s pipe. We all knew the face of the Keydet who arrived in such a hurry. So we gave a loud yell, it was a cheer for Stockton Terry, There are men who make you laugh until your sides nigh split. And such was he, for he had a face that radiated wit, With his shaggy hair, and simple stare, a Me funny sight to see, th Yea, there is no man in all this land who I ' d giv could create so much glee; gl I then began watching him, and wondering As h what he would do, aid plain Drew, d, loud ro trailii ith nchalant sway. ever hear a star wl in the night, pack of hungry h tiber olf every dish, at the rate he ate, for the stuff to d g ti: :ies battle over ded us, as he emptied it didn ' t take long He clutched the the knife And though he ( fork in his left hand n his right, ammed. it seemed he that appetite, disappeared, and the bean ' reased. But in spite of all the grub he ate, tha damned hunger increased. The kitchen was exhausted, there was noth ing left in the mess. And over the face of the famished on spread a look of distress. Id ell de he death-like to that NOT A LEADER OF TEARS See him dancing. Note his long hair Acting like a fool, Falling in his face. Hear his deep voice See him trooping Bellow like a bull. The lines in grace. Watch him crouching. But he ' s proficient Springing like a hare. At dispersing fears. Waving his arms For that ' s MONK PARKER, In the cold, crisp air. And he ' s leading cheers. THEIR ONLY GIFT (Dedicated to ; She — yes — She — did a noble gift, (I ' ve often heard it and so have you) No — she could not sew— she could not knit, She could not make a cake or stew. ly right eye (though it ' s made of ) for a dish of hot beef stew. stood there we could see him suffering the tortures of Hell, She uld g— she could not danc Of outdoor sports she knew not one. The seven Lines were strange to her. She could not even make a pun. She could not teach or house i For suffrage cause she beat BuJ, greased lightning could not beat her jaws started chewing GUM. ork do, Whe GROUP OF POPULAR CELEBRI- TIBS AT V. M. I. that mess-hall The Cadet who belii food is delicious. Who doesn ' t mind long drills, and loves to go to parade. Who thinks the hops are unnecessary. O t3 Th? K3 P3 9, The dumb-bell that says he ' ll get married as soon as he graduates, 10. Who refuses a furlough. 13. One who makes a lot of noise and tells jokes when his room-mates are trying .•eille and thinks he can live off pie 16. The Kevdet who sa CORN. 17. The chronic bridge player. 19. The one who says Military Forever. ' 20. Any Rat. Whe Som iffened. learby comrades picked him uf rushed him to the Gim, While we gathered outside, to hear the Fates held for him, A spell of gloom enshrouded us, as we waited, holding our breath To hear the outcome of our hero, either lire or death. The suspense became unbearable began to appear; My Godl we hated to ii vhat and tear that the enc We could not tell if all was over due to the mess hall chow. Boys, he said in a guttural voi ce, It ' s about time vou knew. That I saved the life of our hero with a dish of hot beef stew, EPILOGUE There are strange things done in the big mess hall By Keydets who strive for a feed. The big wide tables have their seer et fables That are in no man ' s creed. The mess hall walls have seen queer brawls. But the queerest they will unbury, Is the eventful completing — Of the Eating of Slipp ' ry Stockton Terry. 330 TflE OUTRAGE t For Art ' s Sake. REVIEWS AT THE THEATRE By Ima Artist Light the cry of the Six Cylini bit shady At the Cooanut Grove, Six Cylinder Love — entertaining, though a bit shady in spots. Penniman returns to the footlights in a de- lightful skit entitled Abie ' s Irish Rose. Centering about Ladies ' Night in a T. M. H. A. — Come boys and leave your wives at home! Old Homestead and Over the Hill are forgotten — Pathos and heart sympathy come to us in the guise of The Lower Road. The soul stifling story of the trials and vicissi- tudes of a young girl seeking her fortune amid fast folks of the great city. Dorothy, the innocent country maid, seeking a liveli- hood beneath the W ' hite lights of Lexington. A revival of the Gamblers. with Israel Hart in the leading role. Novel, exciting and mysterious: centering about the re- markable interest which always kccompanies the sudden appearance of an extra ace. The Village Follies, under the expert tutelage of friend Keesee brings us a new Red Head act entitled Oh, is she drunk. Try it and see for yourself. And always the pseudo-scientific mystery — Windy Winchester, ex-pugilist, bids high for his place on the legitimate stage in a melo-drama centered about the discovery of a sure-flre freckle exterminator. There are some of us who will always — thi-o ' .iazz. joy and gin — retain a w-arm spot in our hearts for the true artist. HANKINS — our own JOHN DeW, H. NK1NS— Words are futile gentleman, HANKINS and HAM- LET: two words as inseparable thro ' the ages as ham and cabbage, gold fish and growley. Shervin and Maj s. There were no cries of Author, Author at that first night. Shakespeare sneaked out of the back way and down the alley; his tail between his legs and his pitch fork trailing behind. Another famous star w ho made his ap- pearance in the circle overnight: PINK- NEY BURRBSS, the English type of the actor, who played all the leads in the dramas written by A. B. Dockery— A matinee idol of the first order; but listen, girls, he is married. Who has missed the child wonder in his new play, Playing With Fire ? Jimmie Girand plays high for the position of Jackie Coogan, but go and see for yourself. Nick still holds down the role of Me- phistopholes in Faust, ha ing an extended run. AN ODE TO REV Phoebu drive s his fiery steeds Out o f the vavcs of blue- Calling Helios far behind In m dst colo ring hue — Wakens Eos, Godd ss of Dawn, To be aboui her work- Drives Ills ch ariot faster yet With horses pront to shirk. Chases Mene, Godd ess of Moon Into t he ori nt se a — Sending Phosphoro Out f the work to be — Halts h s snoi ting. prancing steed With misch ef in his eye — Calls fo r Pan, with pipe of reeds. rth- Bribe to bla high. The faintest rays of dawn grow bold And Pan is through at last — A glow of gold on Eastern sky And then! — a hideous blast — Gods and men awake in fear That shames old Pluto ' s worth- Warns him well if he should fail He ' d suffer the wrath of God — Vanishes over the skyline dim. Away from the land of nod. Peter Pan, with frightened haste. Exerted all his skill Gathers reeds from marshes low And binds them with a will — Mingles all the filth he finds With dirt and slimy weeds — Takes the cry of a panther wild To blend with other needs. In only A MAIDEN ' S PRAYER m: M iss 1923. Dan Cupid. Give r ne silk an d satir gown Charn ling, cute capri cious 1 roW ' US, Hand- made sho es and latest styles Broad way hose and B roadway smile Jewel and hai ■ of p jrest g old Grace and cha ■m as maids •of old Ruby Rouge lips, and powde red no clothes Clear white ski 1, and a babj stare Limou sines and blast air. Health and wea 1th an d roma nee, to And I ' ll be mi ch obi iged t J you! AIN ' T IT THE TKITII ' ? •Tis ShadT In the Su Ol ' U HERO they fresh ones. Mr. Han 11 have to guess that, Eddi. latroducing for yaur approval Mr. Andy Gump rage, h-te of the Q. M. D. THE SENTINEL A Monosoliloquy. Place: Post No. 1. me: 1:59 A. M., Feb. 31. •ill kindly keep their babies quiet.) The Sentinel Speaks rd! Gawsh wot a bloomin ' Wot ho, the night To walk a post, while all t But me. Why there ' s the throuch his hat. Coises! Where could I find ; Let ' s think of finals or that moon Just something pleasant to pass the tii Some dumb-bell just woke up to observe, Sentinel. Vot o ' the night ? Mv wor what nerve! The Officers of the Institute so called. Should stay at home with mother mo There ' s one Struttin ' across the court-yard, H. L Who ' s there ? (I ' d like to give the blessed post the ai Nine minutes gone? Nine months, I ' m he for keeps, I ' ni going to walk forever, seems to me. The light, fantastic seconds pass too slo Great grand-dad Time has stumped 1 sleepy toe. How many fore . nd cussed I ' ll be rtave walked this post be- Thousands. Ships that night, ext year. What! Snow- indest guard I — H. LT: THE OUTRAGE 331 332 THE OUTRAGE THE OUTRAGE Published without the knowledge of the Bum Staff and inserted surreptitiously in this Annual. All suits for libel or slander shall be brought against the Editor-in-Chief, Doc Henty. STAFF Sditorial Doc Henty Editor-in-Chief Ex-Sergeant Swink Assistant Editor Staff Mess Charlie Art Editor Bill ■ Mack Literary Editor Fanny Dooley Associate Editor Business Matt Davis Business Manager Chappy Radford Asst. Business Mgr. Growley Ashburne Treasurer Labby Jim Advertising Manager The Outrageous Staff takes great pains all over them to thank the contributors to this issue of the Outrage. This being the month of vacations, everyone left his work to the office boy, who pinned all the dope together and sent it to the press along with the rest of the Bum. When the president found out how things were being run — you know Mr. W. G. Harden (yes. he ' s president) — he immediately took the matter up with Old Nick about making Ex-Sergeant Swink edi- tor-in-chief of the paper. He will be sup- ported by a staff of graduates of the Staun- ton Insane Sanitarium. So watch for the next issue, which will undoubtedly please all nuts. The art department will be under the direction of the famous French Cubist. Lily Bj ' own and his assistant. Mam ' selle Houston. There will also be a Boys and Girls De- partment run by Bennie Bailey. TO THE STAFF These deep-dyed villians Whose words are false Should not have written But with a club or tv The jolts they ' ve aimed Have killed my rep a- With razoo sharp I ' ll tak At dashing Doctor HenI pie ANY KEYDET— LIKE H— L! Unhand me. girl! 1 want to let you know I ain ' t that kind of boy. You ' re only tryini To hand me just a line — they all talk so. Wanting to ne-e-e-ck me. Now you knov you ' re lying! I ' ll scream and call a chaperone — You ' ll see Too fast for me — you are; I never let -Stop! — Hang offn me— Great Shade of Caesar, bet! lost Jokes an A TRAGEDY (IN THE MESS HALI.) Cast of Characters I. M. Slippery U. R. Dumb. Mates Mini Flat T. M Two other mess mates died of starvation. Time: Any time. Breakfast on a cold, dark morning:. I. M. Slippery: Oh, goddess Ceres, we thank you this meal for the pitcher of water and Jack. Amen. A. Minor: Sir, will you have your glass of water boiled, or toasted. U. H. Dumb: Give it to him — men. my heart is failing me — merely the lack of food — (gasps for breath, and slides under table dead). The first captain rises the Battalion, and marches to barracks. Dinner The corps marches to the meal just be- cause they forgot to fall out. E. T. Most: Food, food (spies growly, beans, and greens and reels over backwarils. dead). B. Flat: (Partakes of the growley and rushes from the mess hall, but dies on his way to the hospital.) The dinner ends by carrying A. Minor out of the beanery on a stretcher. Supper An order is read out relieving I. M. Slip- pery and Menas Ell of all duty, therefore depriving the cooks of the chance of killing the last two Cadets. MORAL: To gain the love of men. the path is through their stomach with pleasant foods. Keydet (introducing room mate to calie at the hops): Miss , I want you to know George Knex. Oh. how perfectly wonderful. Required: What would you do 7 Col. : Pettyjohn, what was Lin- coln ' s Gettysburg address? Pettyjohn: I thought he lived in Wash- ington, Colonel. Keydet ' s Diary: Rev., Breakfast, Classes, Dinner. Classes, Drill, Supper, Look over books. Write letters. Taps. Every day thereafter — Same as yesterday. d Poetry .id the stamp tieaning ' of the ivord ' Neck- the system of collaring a Bess: Why are you limping? Myrtle: Cause father came into the par lor last night and Tom dropped me in hi haste to leave. I ' m so smart, I took first prize at school flay. Well, that ' s interesting. Hubby: Who is that letter from? Wife: What do you want to know for? Hubby : There you are ! ' What do I i ant to know for? ' Honestly, you are the (lost inquisitive person I ever met. Brown: See that feller. That ' s Watson, ur chemistry sub. Poor boy likes girls, lut he ' s so bashful that he acts like litmus Mv good ma r car home. Sh ' no ushe had better take a trol- hic — keep it got othi Foot: • artist ' s model. Did you take a bath thi; Is there one missing. No, Farmer: How about buying some fine frying chickens today? Maj. Sales: I can ' t use any chickens, but I ' m short of steak for the mess hall, how much will you take for your horse? HOW SHE CAME TO THE HOPS I do admire Lexington, it is so quaint. Yes. very, but — And the Cadets, too — so different. Er — well. I don ' t — And I just love the military. Well, yes. er-er They have such wonderful dances — all of — hops — ' I ' d love to go to one — I ' d give nything If you would really-er-care-er-to-go — Oh! I didn ' t expect, of course, I ' ll go! Oh ou ' re the sweetest man. CURTAIN th Room: Say can I b again? Mate: Sure, why the f Room: Oh, I can t find Is that anothe 1943 Bomb. THE OUTRAGE 333 Col. Ford: Daube, name two great wom- en in history. Daube: Don ' t know. Col. F, : Yes. you do. Tlilnl of the pic- tures on the wall at home. Think of the hig posters gotten out during the war. Daube: Joan of Arc. Col. F. : Now, that ' s it. think of some picture on the wall at home. Daube : Oh. yes, Joan of Arc and Sep- tember Morn. The lipstick sighed And the echoes replied. What a terrible life 1 leac No one can know That my toubles all grow Not one to my pleadings . t night, with much car On lips (such a pair) I am rubbed, I am presse Till the fair one admits That she ' ll sure make son (Perhaps in a moustache 1 nd I ' m nixed.) Though strange ' ti: to Ts that the the hop toi No. dear. s •s the use of trying to s find myself wiped off or some Keydet that don ' l good lipstick when he t dress you aie going to ght? far I ' ve decided on noth MY ROOM MATE IN ANY ROOM I wear all his clothes; And watch where he goes. I know all his secrets That no one else knows. Check Formation. I know I know I borro When 1 ks; what he think what he w from him ay pocketbook s I steal all his smokes: And laugh at his jokes But it he betrays me — I hope that he chokes, FOR Davis: Say. Daube, ■ance I guess you saw Daube: Oh. my, yes. He hii tate. great tracts of ful He knows He knows what I kn vhat I owe He nps And reads all my mail ; He cusses me out Each day without fail. There ' s only one thing That makes my heart si I took out his girl — She ' s wearing my ring. Father: I told you time and again not to see that ' Keydet, ' and now for the last time, I tell you not to have anything to do with him, She (sobbing) : Oh, father, I want Jack, I do want Jack. Father: Alright. Here ' s a hundred dol- lars, but remember what I said. Col. Hunley: Can you suggest any means whereby I may improve my lectures? Keydet in rear: Have you tried selling them as lullabys? Ether, I ' ll bet. Spilman: What animals come fi-. lants and what plants produce them. Keydet: Teddy-bears come from und ' ear plants. Delinquences, January 1, 1950: Adams, A. — Playing marbles for keeps. Zeeton, Z. — Wishing he could smoke. She: I suppose you had a pleasant i oyage. He: Oh, yes, everything came out nicel; Capt. Littleton savs he gle girl in his life. Mighty dangerous busii WHEN V. M. I. IS CO-ED. 334 THE OUTRAGE Be a Leader of Society SHERVIN THE LION Secure a job as Social Editor of a large publication. Know the leading people and their scandal. FOR REFERENCE, SEE LADY MAYS Earn From $5 to $10 a Week Be a CARTOONIST— Study drawing in your room during C. Q. I furnish the models — you draw — Pictures and Salary. CRAZY ED BROWN Specializer in the Nude Fm the Jack of All Trades If You Want to Know Anything at all See GUMP Page SPECIALS FOR THE Q. M. D. Follow My Instructions If You Want to be a Leader of Men NAPOLEON MITCHELL The Little Captain ■Toin the Navy— Try the Army— En.loy the Marines. Fnll, mv footsteps and make a million. 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MAYO ' S Autom.atic Self-Sh.aying Razor Patent Applied For ASK PETE FOR IT Post Exchange DONT MISS THIS New I rodiu ' tion Valentino Costolo IN The Shriek Supported by all Star Craste — -Tomorrow THE END The 1923 Bomb staff wish to make the following acknowledgments to those who have helped make this volume a reality: To the Benson Printing Company for the inestimable advice and co-operation which they have given. To the Bureau of Engraving for their helpful assistance. , To E. R. Brown, ' 23, whose cartoons will, we know, cause many a hearty laugh. To L. Houston, ' 25, and R. K. Hines, ' 26, for their drawings. To Col. R. E. Di.xon for his aid in correcting copy. To Headquarters for many privileges. To the Corps of Cadets for encouragement. We wish to take this opportunity, also, to introduce to our readers some of the most loyal supporters of V. M. I. — OUR ADVERTISERS t [ SY0 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Andrews, O. B. Co 340 Allien, Henry V. Co 341 Allport Construction Co. 341 Augusta Military Academy 342 Benson Printing Company 380 Bickford, W. A. Co. 341 Boley ' s Book Store 376 Brooks Brothers 340 Camp Manufacturing Co. 344 Carneal Johnston 341 Charlottesville Woolen Mills. _343 Chattanooga Medicine Co 348 Cobb ' s Pressing Shop 344 Cosby Shoe Company 346 Davenport Co. 349 Deaver, J. Ed. Sons 349 Dutch Inn, The 354 Dutton, E. P. Co 349 Edmonds, Optician 351 Pishburne Military School 356 Fox ' s Soda-Lunch 353 Franklin National Bank 353 Gorrell Drug Company 377 Graham and Father 351 Guvernator 351 Hamric, L. D Son 354 Harlow ' s Print Shop 358 Harris-Woodson Co. 353 Harris Taxi 377 Heiberger, F. J. Son 347 Higginbotham, A. T. 356 Horstmann, Wm. H. Co. 358 Huger-Davidson Sales Co 356 Jackson ' s Barber Shop 358 Jefferson Hotel, The 359 Kingan Co. 359 Larrus Bros. Tobacco Co 360 Lexington Hotel, The 360 Lexington Pool Co., The 362 Lexington Restaurant, The 360 Lexington Steam Bakery, The 377 Life Insurance Co. of Va 350 McCoy ' s Stores 363 McCrum Drug Co. 339 Metropolitan Life Ins. Co 374 Molloy, David J. Co 302 Motor Wheel Corporation 352 Mrs. Cook ' s Cafeteria 347 Murphy ' s Hotel 362 National Mattress Co. 371 New Theater, The 368 New Willard, The 361 Patton s 355 Pickford, P. W. 371 Reed ' s, Jacob Sons 373 Richmond, Hotel 363 Ridabock Company 369 Rockbridge National Bank 371 Rockbridge Steam Laundry 367 Rowland, Wm. C. 371 Sauer, C. P. Co. 357 Shenandoah Valley Academy_.369 Simon, Julius 373 Susman, H. Co. 375 Taylor, A.lex. Co. 375 Thyson, Wm. Prank , 373 Tolley Meeks 375 Vanderbilt, Hotel 376 Virginia Bridge Iron Co 375 Virginia-Carolina Chem. Co.__367 Virginia Western Power Co.__374 Virginian Hotel 376 Virginia Military Institute 372 V. M. I. Post Exchange 366 V. M. I. Pressing Shop 364 Weinberg ' s Music Shop 367 White Studio 378 Whittemore Brothers Corp 376 York Manufacturing Co. 370 Zimmerman, J. W. 373 r J i EVERYBODY GOES TO McCRUM ' S 1 ¥ THE CADET KNOWS GOOD THINGS TO EAT You Can ' t Fool Him on the Quality. He Appreciates Prompt Service Because His Time Is Limited. That Is Why Cadets Go En Masse to McCRUM ' S FOUNTAIN WADISON AVENUE COR. FORTY-FOURTH STREET NEW YORK Telephone Murray Hill 8800 Uniforms for Officers of the United States Army Civilian Clothes Ready Made and to Order English Haberdashery Hats, Shoes, Trunks, Bags, Etc. Polo Helmets, Caps, Breeches and Belts We give particular attention to the outfitting of boys at private schools and colleges Send for Netv Directory of Brooks Brothers ' Building BOSTON Tremontcor. BOYLSTON NEWPORT 220 Bellevue avenue COMPLIMENTS OF 0. B. ANDREWS COMPANY CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE AND ANDREWS CONTAINER COMPANY Greensboro, N. C. m MANUFACTURERS OF Paper, Corrugated, Solid Fibre and Wooden Containers, Folding Cartons, also Soda Water Carriers. We manufacture every conceivable kind of package, carton, and shipping case. We solicit your inquiries. We also purchase scrap paper of all kinds, including magazines, news- papers, and old paper boxes. We reclaim large quantities of this class of ma- terial in our paper mills. S W Henry V. AUien Co. MAKERS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT That have stood the test since 1815 Now at our new building 227 Lexington Ave., near 34th St. NEW YORK CITY W. A. BURFORD CO. TAILORS ' TRIMMINGS 405 W. Baltimore St. BALTIMORE, MD. COMPLIMENTS ALLPORT CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION RICHMOND, VA. Carneal Johnston RICHMOND, VA. Architects for Smith-Shipp Hall Alumni Building AND Addition to Barracks ii ' ' ri iM M m M AUGUSTA MILITARY ACADEMY (ROLLER ' S SCHOOL) A modern school with a country location in the famous Valley of Vir- ginia. Endorsed by the Virginia Military Institute and other universities. Army officer detailed by the War Department, Junior R. O. T. C, $300,000 plant, with absolutely fireproof barracks. Steam heat, electric lights and ample playgrounds. 360 acres. Splendid athletic field and drill campus. Cadet band of 32 pieces. Able faculty of college men, who coach athletic teams. Limited to 300. Boys from 24 States and 3 Foreign coun- tries last year. 58th session begins September 19th. Rates $600.00. Catalogue. COL. THOS. J. ROLLER or MAJOR CHAS. S. ROLLER, Jr. Principals Fort Defiance, Virginia of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the Uniiei States COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND m m CHARLOTTESVILLE WOOLEN MILLS CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA MANUACTURERS OF HIGH-GRADE UNIFORM CLOTHS For Army, Navy and Military Schools a ' hI The Largest Assortment and Best Quality of Cadet Grays INCLUDING THOSE USED AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT AND OTHER LEADING MILITARY SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTRY v Prescribed and Used by the Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute CAMP BRAND AND MANUFACTURE That ' s All You Need to Know When Ordering N. C. PINE CAMP MANUFACTURING COMPANY FRANKLIN. VA. Saw Mills, 500.000 Feet Daily Capacity Planing Mills. 400.000 Feet MILLS AT Franklin, Va.; Wallace, N. C; Marion, S. C; St. Stephens, S. C. Telephone 194 Reasonable Prices COBB ' S PRESSING SHOP Opposite Post Office CLEANING PRESSING AND REPAIRING CALL US When You Want Your Citizen ' s Clothes Put in Shape LEXINGTON. VIRGINIA COSBY SHOE COMPANY INCORPORATED FACTORY SALES AGENTS OF FINE QUALITY SHOES WE HAVE SUPPLIED SHOES TO V. M. I. FOR YEARS i RICHMOND 805-807 E. Grace St. - ROANOKE 9 Church Ave., East CAFETERIA. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE SAID An Army Mooes on Its Stomach Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Public Health and Private Organizations F. J. HEIBERGER SON INCORPORATED Builders of the Best Uniforms FOR Seventy Years Alrvays a Welcome for the V. M. I. Men. HEIBERGER THREE GENERATIONS 1419 F STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. M FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS Thedford ' s BLACK-DRAUGHT Liver Medicine has been used with success in reliev- ing Constipation, Biliousness, Indi- gestion, in cases where a laxative or cathartic was required. Your Druggist Sells Black-Draught Manufactured by THE CHATTANOOGA MEDICINE CO., CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Uf. MILITARY MANPOWER Psychology as Applied to the Training of Men and the Increase of Their Efficiency B ) LINCOLN C. ANDREWS, Lt. Col. Cavalry, Ret ' d. Written expressly foi- use as a text in training cadets in the psychology of coni- mantl, at the United States Military Academy, West Point. Every military student must hereafter study the pi-inciples of modern leadership, and the same principles should be applied wherever a man aspires to lead others, whether it be in a political organiza- tion, an industrial factory or a mercantile or a financial institution. With a foreword by iMa.i. Robert Danford. Commandant of Cadets. United States Military Academy. West Point. 50. GOOD SPEECH An Introduction to English Phonetics, by Walter Ripman. A little book which is being more and more used in the effort to establish a standard of correct pronun- ciation. $1.60. EVERYMAN ' S LIBRARY No matter how cramped your spac one good book, if you select from an Price per volume. ?0.S0. Send if not se books are obtainable through any bookstore; or if not can be had, pos E. P. DUTTON CO., 681 Fifth Ave., New York 4 h ■ i FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE Globe Indemnity Company New York The Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Co. DAVENPORT CO. Richmond, Va. J. ED. 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HIGH-GRADE CANDIES They Furnish a Pal for Your Palate IF YOU WANT GOOD THINGS TO EAT TRY THE DUTCH INN Open at All Hours Mrs. R. L. Owens Expert Watch Repairing Fine Engraving L. D. HAMRIC SON JEWELERS V. M. I. JEWELRY Prompt Service GRLEN WATCH AGENCY M PATTON S CLOTHIER AND MEN ' S FURNISHER HOME OF Hart Schaffner Marx AND Kuppenheimer Clothes m w V . Manhattan Shirts AND Johnson Murphy Shoes Cadets ' Patronage Solicited {J Embodying Military Training. Location and Climate Unexcelled. New $250,000 Fireproof Barracks. Thorough Instruction. Individual Super- vision. Moral and Christian Environment. Spring Encampment. All branches of Athletics. Prepares for V. M. I. Rated Honor School by the War Department Member Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States. Member of Association of Military Schools and Colleges of the United States. Graduates admitted to West Point and Naval Academy without examination. MAJOR M. H. HUDGINS, Principal V. M. I. (Class 1901) The Huger Davidson Sale Co., Inc. Lexington, Virginia BRANCH HOUSES Staunton, Va. BuENA Vista. Va. A. T. Higginbotham WHOLESALE PRODUCE FRUITS CANDIES ETC. w i ii !■ .• -1 NILLA Ar J-D 32 OTHER FL-AVORS QUALITY has been the first consideration in the manufacture of Sauer ' s Vanilla and Sauer ' s 32 other flavors. It is the best because it is made from the finest selected Vanilla Beans, mellowed with age be- fore and after manufacture. That is why Sauer ' s is superior to ordinary Vanilla. 1 1 « Sauer ' s Won 17 Highest Awards for Purity, Strength and Fine Flavor Largest Selling Brand in the United States THE C. F. SAUER COMPANY RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Established 1887 That Good Printing COMES FROM HARLOW ' S PRINT SHOP THE LEXINGTON PRINTING CO. First National Bank Building Telephone I 04 LET JACKSON DO YOUR WORK Jackson ' s Barber Shop Opposite New Theater li - K mm KINGAN CO. PORK AND BEEF PACKERS RICHMOND, VA. PRODUCERS OF THE WELL-KNOWN RELIABLE BRAND HAMS— BACON— LARD Sausage, Canned Meats, Oleomargarine, Etc. TKe Jefferson RICHMOND, VIRGINIA European Plan THE MOST MAGNIFICENT HOTEL IN THE SOUTH Ideally Situated in the Most Desirable Section of Richmond 400 ROOMS— 300 BATHS Rooms Single and en Suite. Turkish Balhs Rates, $2.50 Per Day and Up O. F. WEISIGER, Manager W- ' There are thousands of members, most of whom don ' t realize that they belong. There are no initiation fees, no dues, no assessments. Nearly every man who smokes a pipe is a member or a prospective member. (We say nearly because there are some men who find Edgeworth not just right for them.) Any pipe-smoker becomes a member of the Edgeworth Club as soon as he starts to smoke Edgeworth. It won ' t dawn on him at first, perhaps, but after he has smoked a few cans he will notice other Edgeworth smokers. He will find a comrade- ship that he shares with them — not easy to explain or understand, but real and last- ing. Suddenly he knows he EDGEWORTH CLUB belongs — that he is a life member of the Edgeworth Club. Edgeworth smokers are generally good, likable chaps. It isn ' t smoking Edgeworth of course, that makes them so. They happen to be the kind of men who choose Edgeworth. If you have never tried Edgeworth and think you (night like to join the Club, be glad to introduce you as our guest. A postcard will do. Just send us your name and ad- dress and say I ' d like to try Edgeworth, and we will send you free samples of Plug Slice and Ready- Rubbed. If you ' ll add the name and address of the dealer you usually buy your tobacco from we ' d appre- ciate the courtesy. LARUS BRO. CO. — RICHMO D, VA. EATS We Deliver from Morning ' Till Night — Open Until 2 a.m. The Lexington Restaurant Caters Especially to the Cadet Patronage SOLICITING THE CONTINUED PATRONAGE OF THE CADETS AND THEIR FRIENDS THE HOTEL LEXINGTON Courteous Treatment and Efficient Service ' k m ir€i m m NEW WILLARD WASHINGTON D. C. 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To this end we maintain an AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BUREAU which will furnish upon request any information relating to the use of fertilizer, lime, the maintenance of soil fertility or the growing of crops. This service is free. Address any V-C Office. AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BUSEAU Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. (incorporated) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA V-C SALES OFFICES New York City Winston-Salem, N. G. Savannah. Ga. Shreveport. La. Baltimore, Md. Charleston, S. C. Jacksonville. Fla. Fort Wayne, Ind. Norfolk, Va. Columbia. S. C. BirminKham, Ala. Cincinnati, Ohio Richmond, Va. Albany, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Durham, N. C. Atlanta. Ga. Jackson. Miss. Nashville. Tenn. WEIiNBERG ' S MUSIC SHOP VICTOR AND EDISON AGENTS DISTRIBUTORS OF V. M. I. SPIRIT AND ALMA MATER I. Weinberg President Leo G. Sheridan Secretar ; ROCKBRIDGE STEAM LAUNDRY Special Care Is Given Paletots and White Ducks M NEW and LYRIC THEATERS DIRECTION I. 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ToUey Meeks The Young Man ' s Shop full line of SOCIETY BRAND AND ALCO CLOTHES FLORSHEIM SHOES BERG HATS Complete Line of Furnishings All of the Newest Styles and Patterns COLLEGE BOOK STORE LOCAL AGENCY FOR Correct Equipment for All Athletic Sports Virginia Bridge Iron Co. Steel Designers ) Brldj eS Manufacturers Erectors . Bulldill S Etc. Roanoke Memphis Atlanta Birmingham New Orleans Dallas Mj deb:bilt yioui Interesting people the world over have found the Vanderbilt an ideal Hotel. Overlooking, as it does, the Murray Hill Residential Section, The Vanderbilt Ho- tel, while quiet and restful, is convenient to fashionable shops, theaters, business centers, and railroad terminals. Its ap- pointments are in good taste: its charges are reasonable: it makes its own appeal to the exacting traveler. WALTON H. 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In the finest year books of American Colleges the sincerity and genu- ineness of Bureau Engraving quality instantly impresses one. They are class records that will live forever. More than ninety universities, colleges and schools of the South favored us with their Annual printing contracts for the year 1923. This phenomenal record is the natural result of the high quality of workmanship displayed in all our publications, coupled with the very complete service rendered the Staff. From the beginning to the end we are your counselor and adviser in the financing, collecting, and editing of your book. Surely if Experience is the best teacher, as an old maxim says, then our service must be supreme. Decide right now to know more about our work and service. Simply write for our proposition. 4 ' ■ College Annual Headquarters ' t J