Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 176 of the 1947 volume:

.o . c mnn-ii mmm E I 9 47 ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE CORPS OF CADETS Volume LXII Class of 1947 Printed in March, 1946, under the Wartime Accelerated Training Program VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA Jl iea THE beginning of 1946 brings the first hints of the fulfillment of what has been since June, 1943, the cherished hope of the Class of ' 47 . . . that we should be able to present to those former cadets who are returning from the war, and to those future cadets who will live and grow at V. M. I., a nucleus with which to rebuild. Although during wartime the Corps was reduced to approximately two hundred and fifty cadets, the majority of whom were Fourth Classmen, and although the presence of Army cadets for some three years necessitated many changes, we have worked and fought as one to keep the essential, time- proven traditions which are a part of the V. M. I. we love. To former and future cadets, then, we pass on a Corps which is very small and very young, but a Corps which never- theless is of undiminished quality, and, foremost, a Corps which has been infused with that priceless, intangible thing which for want of better words we call the Spirit. So, in building this Sixty-Second Volume of the Bomb, we have attempted to portray a V. M. I. which has survived the war years with her heart untouched. Lack of numbers and talent have made the Bomb smaller and less extensive than those of former years; yet we offer The 1947 Bomb, in all modesty and sincerity, as another link in the chain. Contents . .. Book I . . The Institute Book II . . The Classes Book III . . The Corps Book IV . . Activities Book V . . Athletics Book VI . . Features The Outrage IM I Willi PI PI fl M . . . to those brave former cadets who have carried the Spirit of New Market to a hundred foreign fields and beaches, and who have written a new and, if possible, more glorious chapter in the history of the V. M. I. In a more especial sense, this page constitutes a salute to those V. M. I. men whose names were added in the late conflict as ' ' died on the field of honor, from the Class of 1902 through the Class of 1947. Surely the Institute, by the actions of those to whom we pay tribute here, was heard from during the past four years. i0- yl ., . ■ :yyf ivr ' PS-, . ' Shf ' « ill I SI § 1£ t ! J 2V.. ' ' Virginia Mourning Her Dead BOOK ONE T natiUe 1 f947 The Parapet fuUitutc Nichols Engineering Hall excftftoH, c ifuU z 7 f947 The Jackson Statue OufiHot 7ftci C4zn KMttUc So0td ' V -- jr-A, V- - -T - af- Jackson Memorial Hall exut t U€, cnfCHu 7 4 ' Major-General Francis H. Smith Oifc Uci TftdCtcmtf K ii.uAC{ tc 4m£ I I Cocke ' 94 Hall excH to4t, cn uU z lUW ? Dedication The Sixty-Second Volume of the Bomb is vmreservedly dedicated to the retiring Superintendent who is unique in services rendered the Insti- tute in upholding the traditions, standards, and Code o£ Honor which are V. M. I.; to the officer whose entire life is a constant inspiration; to the gentleman, the friend, the man who has been the living example of the best that is V. M. I. We wish him the fullest enjoyment of the rest which he has so thoroughly earned. Lieutenant General Charles Evans Kilbourne Ou uUd TfUUtcmtf H UtiOe Tribute The Corps here expresses its gratitude to and affection for the officer and man who has served loyally and efficiently as Commandant since 1942. Perhaps his most revealing remark is that he considers the reporting of delinquencies the hardest job in the wrorld. The Corps heartily concurs in this, and more so in thanking our Commandant for his untiring efforts to uphold the V. M. I. standards of precision and efficiency, for his warm personal interest in the welfare of each cadet, and for the constant example ' which he has been, as soldier, gentleman, and friend. Colonel John M. Fray eXCH tOK. CftfCHCa 74e W47 Administrative Staff Brigadier-General Stewart W. Anderson Academic Executive Colonel John M. Fray Commandant of Cadets Colonel George A. Derbyshire Military Executive LIS] Colonel William Couper Business Executive Ouj ima ' TJldtt nn kMCuic otttv BOARD OF VISITORS His Excellency Colgate W. Darden Governor o the Commonwealth Commander in Chief THE BOARD L. W. H. Peyton Staunton, Virginia Goldsborough Serpell. ..Norfolk, Virginia James R. Gilliam, Jr Lynchburg, Virginia James S. Easley Halifax, Virginia Jay W. Johns Charlottesville, Virginia W. I. Whitefield Roanoke, Virginia John M. Camp Franklin, Virginia MEMBERS OF THE BOARD EX-OFFICIO Babney S. Lancaster. . . .Richmond, Virginia S. Gardner Waller Richmond, Virginia A. Willis Robertson Washington, Virginia CM. Hunter Pounding Mill, Virginia Ernest Ashton Sale Martinsville, Virginia [19] exutfC , ifi tiUa 7 f947 Chemistry COLONEL LESLIE A. GERMAN Department Head Mr. Grosly, I will GIVE you a two . . . how many times have the struggling stink-makers heard that immortal line! The combination of Les, Butch, Doc, and Rocks is enough to discourage all but the hardiest, for these ' boys demand a thoroughly trained product before giving their stamp of approval. All cadets are required to study the elements of Chem- istry during their rat year, but only those who do not know when they have had enough, viz., the Chemists and the Pre-Meds, stride on into the gaping maws of Qual, Physical, and Organic. And in addition to the staggering load of zips most Chem boys amass, there is the additional element of personal danger: Butch never knows when some demented third- classman, crazed by the utter futility of it all, will attempt to concoct a dynamite cocktail down in Johnson Memorial Hall, to save others from the living death. We, for one, would nominate all who inhabit that fragrant build- ing for honorable mention, for not only must the novice have personal courage, a numb nose, and a sublime faith in a personal destiny, but he must be eager to train himself in order that he may live up to the standards of our excellent Department of Chemistry. Major Willard, Mr. Drake, Dr. Taylor, Colonel Carroll, Colonel Ritchie, Colonel Steidtman, Colonel German (Department Head) [20] infitUa. TfUUtaniCf H4t£ tte om6 Civil Engineering Any . . . furp . . . questions? . . . and many a First Class Civil crosses himself preliminary to his battle with a handbook, incanting the magic words: Sigma F-sub-Y. However, they know that life is not all rainy days, and that they will soon hear Uncle Buzz ' s cheerful voice singing: All right . . . take ' em out! Easily constituting the most practical course offered here at the Institute, the knowledge of Civil Engineering to be gotten from Uncle Buzz, Bootie, The Wink, and the T-Bear places those who aspire to write C. E. after their John Henries second, technically, to none. And don ' t think, in spite of their labored scorn for the finer things of life, that these pebble-pushers never sweat it out around Tattoo . . . for Purgatory knows no agony keener than that of the poor Civil as he locks horns with a Cooper ' s E-60. Still, these boys have had their lighter moments, for who can deny that fully one-third of their time was spent in instructive and refreshing travel under the guiding wing of the A. S. T. S., flitting hither and yon to gape at the latest culvert or Roanoke ' s new sewers. All in all, our Civils have had a well-rounded existence, and they should be amply prepared to build for humanity and the W. P. A. in a way that will but reflect further on the genuine ability of the Department of Civil Engineering. Colonel Robert A. Man. Jr. Department Head Mr. Potter, Mr. Ewring, Colonel Marr (Department Head), Colonel Boykin, Colonel Mann [21]  deX€H to t, (nfCnia 7 e m. Electrical Engineering NOOO-oooo . . . it ' s not a Noahth paole; it ' s a Noahth-SEEKING paole! ! ! ! That line is common- place to our highbrow Brother Rats, to those ambulatory clumps of thought-ganglia and plus-forty specs, to those embryo Steinmetzes with the insulated nerves and the high-resistance brains who would wrest victory from the grim clutches of the Four Horsemen: The Foot, Lightnin ' Bill, Buruiy, and the Senator. These fearless Four combine to make the EE course the Ultima Thule; and they delight in doling out the zips-over-three to the sleepless wrecks who face them, invariably at 0800, after a night of peering over smoking slipsticks to watch that The Man doesn ' t dole out a few demos. In between bouts with D-operators, these boys amuse themselves in the lab by constructing motors which burn quietly when started, lighting circuits which don ' t light, and the like; when last seen, they were collaborating on an electronic still. Maybe they aren ' t so impractical at that . . . Easily the hardest-working, most-poorly-rewarded group at the Institute, these little Einsteins should find it a snap to whittle out a niche in History ' s Hall, after their most thorough and rigorous preparation vmder the direction of our efficient Electrical Engi- neering Deparbnent. Biigadiei-Gen. Stewart W. Anderson Depaztiaent Head Mr. Eklund, Major Home, Mr. Gladden, Colonel Trinkle, General Anderson (Department Head), Colonel Jamison [22] j TftciitdfUf K4tUc te 04n6 Liberal Arts BY GEORGE, that lad . . . : and College Bill is off again, to the complete delight of another L. A. section. This is the place wherein culture may be had, where artistic souls flower, and where fa First Class Civil suggests cadets with sleeping sickness get well. No grimy labor, no slipstick suppression of higher expression for these boys . . . Oh, no! They are con- tent to contemplate the ramifications of barracks life from the sunny side of a hay at any time between 1300 and 1600 on any afternoon, when they are not doing their nails. But, strange as it seems, many of the hay-hounds who have toiled not, neither spun under the guidance of The Master, College Bill, Whiskey John, The Unclean One and the others do remarkably well in life ' s busy stream. Perhaps these dilettantes of culture learn more from Greek drama than just a speaking acquaint- ance with Morpheus. Certain it is, in spite of a displayed somnambulism so profound as to be pathological, that our Liberal Artists avail themselves of many of the invaluable lessons to be learned from a study of the Humanities with our Department of Liberal Arts. Colonel William A. Hunley DepaTtment Head Colonel Carroll, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Nelson, Major Tuiwiler, Colonel Townes, Colonel Bates, Colonel Hunley (Department Head), Colonel Read, Major Lipscomb [23] . exUt toH ' , In uti 74e i947 Colonel Biaxton D. Mayo DepaTtmeni Head Mathematics Easy? Duck Soup! Just like falling off a log! Or so B. D. tells the boys as they integrate their way to better things. All cadets are required to complete the rudiments of college mathematics, but the Liberal Artists, Pre-Meds and the like get out while the get- ting ' s good, some time B. I. ( ' Before Integral ... as contrasted with the hapless EE ' s, who after their end- less math courses find it hard to express themselves by any other means than a second-order differential equation. Thus it is not hard to see why every cadet considers that B. D., Phee, Blandy, and Bobby have one of the most efficient departments at the Institute. But what matter these things to me, Whose life is full of indices and surds? X- + 2k + 73 = 4 3. — Lewis Carroll. Colonel Knox, Mr. Paxion, Mr. Long, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Lee, Colonel Clarkson, Colonel Byrne, Colonel Mayo (Department Head), Colonel Purdie [24 J ci tCHca TfUlCUifUf KMCute sw Physics Hit ' saWhut? A WHUT?? Hit ' s uh nuhlectron, uh goshawful small nuhlectron ... Enlighten ' em, Sam, because what they (and us) don ' t know about Physics is mighty much. This is the one that every- body gets, through their Second Class Year. We have swallowed so many Physics lectures that we swear by Newton ' s name; and we fully expect to be waking in storms twenty years from now, worrying about that Heat and Light jobbie due next Thursday. Still, too much credit cannot be given our boys Sam, Buck, Iggy, and Pete . . . for their batting average is relatively high. It is some job to lead young cadets from F = ma all the way up to a dim look at Einstein, but they get surprising results; you may be sure that any cadet who has completed the long journey has a comprehension of General Physics which will compare favorably with anybody ' s on the collegiate level. Colonel Samuel L. Hellin Department Head Mt. Peters, Captain Tobey, Mr. Parker, Mr. Miller, Colonel Weaver, Colonel Heflin (Department Head), Major Foster [25] cxiHftoK, inftHia. BOOK TWO PP!Df X6 THE! P. l ' . ' , ? ' , ' lU t94i First Class History For the Class of 1947, our life at V. M. I. started on June 9, 1943; for those twelve of us who are left, with the exception of the five cadets who had to drop back a year, it will end on March 6, 1946, when we will receive those priceless dips. Our class will in all probability have the dubious distinction of being the only class to enter and leave V. M. I. on the wartime accelerated program: those who graduate in March will have had two years and nine months of life at the Institute, in place of the normal four years. This has meant a steady grind straight through, with approximately one month off each summer, and ten days of grace during the Christmas holidays — how we looked forward to those furloughs! Of course, under this accelerated program we missed many of the traditions and customs of the real V. M. I. When we entered, there were about seventy old cadets and 207 of us, in addition to some 500 Army cadets; everyone who knows the Institute can understand how changed things were, and will know why the Class of ' 47 never knew the glory of a full V. M. I. corps. When we started in June of ' 43, we knew that our cadetship would be radically different from those of previous years; we knew that many of the class would leave to enter the service. But we were determined, even as rats, to try to keep the V. M. I. as it had been, and as it should be. Because of the presence of the Army Cadets, it was thought that the rat system would be partially abolished: when we entered, there was no rat-line, but after four days we, the rats, voted to keep the rat-line, and experience the Scime disci- pline as had every other class before us. We experienced relief from this treasured custom but twice — once upon the return of the Corps from a bivouac at Goshen Pass, and once when our football team, composed almost entirely of Brother Rats, beat Davidson. Finally, at Thanksgiving, came the day we will all remember forever: the day we were let out of the rat-line, the day we officially became the Class of ' 47. At the start of our Third Class year in February, 1944, only about 120 of the brothers were back . . . most of the others were in the service. However, we took the newly cadets under our protecting care until June, when with only 50 Brother Rats left we outnum- bered all the other old cadets together, and when several of us were given positions of responsibility in the Corps. This year we really began to know each other — not just a few, but the entire class; of course, the highlight of this session was our Ring Figure Hop, for which 47 of the class were present. By the time we became Second Classmen, we had much to do with barracks life; as there were only five members of the First Class, we had to help in many ways. Nearly everyone had stripes, ranging from the grade of corporal to the rank of lieutenant; we were active on the Honor Court, the General Committee, and, of course, the Second Class Finance Committee. The corps trips, the Second Class Hayride in April, the Final Ball in June — these and many other events made it possible for us to continue through the ever-increasing grind of our academic studies. When we started the year in October, there were 27 of us; when we finished in June there were 14. At last, in July of ' 45, we were First Classmen. Of course, we took advantage of all our privileges . . . but we found that with those privileges went the responsibility of the First Class. We have done our best; we have tried to uphold the customs and traditions of the Corps, and above all the Honor Code. We are publishing a Bomb, the first since our rat year. There have been many golden moments, such as the First Class picnic, V-J Night, the Thanksgiving week-end, when we whitewashed V. P. I. 7-0, and the Ring Figure Hop of the Classes of 1948. And now the grandest day of all is in sight: March 6, 1946, when those who are left of ' 47 will receive their dips and doff tKe gray, hoping that we have done our best both by the Institute and the Corps. [28] Ou iHia Tftdctaxcf K tctute OHtJ FIRST CLASS John Edward Maier Vice President John Fourqurean Burton President John Francis Ewell Historian cxutftoH, in€ UUa. l W , AnA i c la s-f ColoAtl William Bridewell Adams Malvern, Arkansas Electrical Engineering Infantry Wild Bill arrived at Ye Olde Institute fresh from the Ozarks, and immediately began to learn that immortal rant, You Cannot Change the Name of Arkansas, just to please the Thirds. The Crease may be seen feeling his way grop- ingly around the First Stoop at any time well after shake-a-leg, anxiously inquiring if his sash is on straight. He, to most minds, is probably one of V. M. I. ' s most military men witness the scars where those shirt and straights creases cut himj; he claims the magical distinction of being the only man in the history of the VeeMI to max Fee Burns ' Differential Tattoo- time ... all in all, a character. And in addition to the stars and bars on his sleeve, he also wears his heart, for he is one o£ the Fortunate Few to have found his O-and-O and put that question. We will remember the Crease strikingly for his agonized efforts to put out this Bomb, the first in two years, and for his golden voice, which announced the delightful lists of bones every eve about SRC-time. If W. B. tackles life as religiously as he shined those boots, he will probably continue to rack up the maxes. Staff, 7944 War Bomb (4); Supply Sergeant (3); First Sergeant (2); Hop Committee (2); Second Class Finance Committee (2); Academic Stars (3, 2, 1); First Lieutenant, Battalion Adjutant (1); Honor Court (1); General Committee (1); Business Manager, Hop Committee (1); Student Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1); Sergeant, Files-Closer, Troop A (1); Co-Editor, 1947 Bomb (1); Valedictorian (1). Crease ' Rat, I ' ll peel you like an onion! [30 ] VOK}uuci THditantf ttMtute am George Barry Ashby Winston-Salem, North Carolina Civil Engineering Infantry P George is one of the Brother Rats who has ielt Fate ' s rod; he left us in ' 44, along with most of the rest of the promising leaders of the Class of ' 47, to jine up with Uncle Sambo. Ash is a quiet fellow, not given much to roistering, but beneath that reserved countenance thumps a heart of gold. However, he loves to ride . . . which just goes to show that you can ' t trust those quiet birds, there ' s always a screw loose somewhere. We, for one, cannot become en rapport with the pilots of the Stables, with those hard-bitten keydets with the parenthetical legs, but Ash swears he toted a little box around with him on his wanderings, so as not to become homesick. We could easily forgive George, however, on the strength of his very likeable and winning personality . . . and we do . . . but why didn ' t he know when the sun was shin- ing, and stay a sloppy civilian, instead of writing away his young life at the Vamilinst a second time? It reminds us of the bull and the freight train . . . plenty of guts, but d — poor judgment. However, as we leave Ash behind, we know that here is a genuine Brother Rat who will always make us grateful for having known him. Private (4, 3); Polo Team (4, 3); Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (3); U. S. A., 1944-1945. Ash ' ' Trot, HOO-ooo [31] eXut to f in uUci 1 t94. John Fourqurean Burton Richmond, Virginia Electrical Engineering Infantry As Piesident of the Fiist Class, Bubblehead has done a fine job under very adverse conditions; he is to be con- gratulated on the way that he has worked to keep alive the old traditions and customs of the Institute. However, this has by no means interfered vrith his outside activities, for B-H is ever ready for a round at EI Potat or an evening at the Heights. Oh, indeed . . . he has become famous ( or infamous because of his relations with a certain Sub fbad cess and a pox upon themlj there. Le Bubble has fought with the Double-E Departed for some three consecutive annums no r, and has managed to scrape by rather admirably. He has also had the job of running the squats in B-Co., which in itself is enough to make an ordinary man sit right down and bawl; yea, and as One of the Gross he wreathed himself in glory last year, by downing Gibraltar Nugent, thereby setting an all-time high for the tonnage of flesh to smack the canvas simultaneously. We might generalize on this, and assert that any entity which stops Bubble has a-gotta be BAD. The Head expects to employ himself soldering wires in somebody ' s Repair Shop; as he leaves us, we know that he will set as good an example in the future as he has in the past. Sergeant (3); First Lieutenant (Z); Captain, Company B (1); President, First Class (1); President, Honor Court, General Committee (1); Vice Presi- dent, Hop Committee (1); Student Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers fi;; Second Class Finance Committee (2); Staff, 7947 Bomb (1); Football C4, 3;; Richmond Club (4, 3, 2, i;. Bubblehead It ' s a-gonna be BAD ... [32] Ou mca ' VUi4ie in4f H4tit€4te o h6 Robert Gamble Cabell V Savannah, Georgia Civil Engineering Infantry The Roll, our own little lump of £at, our jovial and jolly all-time confrere, came to us from the swamplands of Gaw- giuh . . . but he is nevertheless a ramblin ' wreck. Meatball had one of the stiffest of handicaps, being preceded by a very brainy brother, but has not let that create any neuroses. In fact, he has been fighting the Pebble-pusher course for three winters, and our summary, to chisel from bat-ball, is: No hits, no runs, three errors. Honey chile carries the proud distinction of being the only man ( with the exception of the Perch in the history of the Institute to wear out two hays in one cadetship. Always ready for a tour around HoUins, the Roll is one of our smoothest B, T, 0, ' s with the unfairer sex. The little round man has become a permanent fixture at the hops, and when he can find a calic stacked low enough, he can really move dem feet. Bob will remain, though not willingly, a little longer than the rest of us . . . and we know that when we return to become activated as alumni, ol ' Meatball will have hung out the welcome mat and the pretzels. Sergeant (3, 2); Football (4, 3, 2); Hop Committee (3, 2); Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (3, 2); Floor Committee (4); Staff, 7947 Bomb (2); Swimming Team (4); Deep South Club (4, 3, 2), Vice President (2); Glee Club (2). So here ' s to Meatball Cabell, Who caught it the very first day; He was strapped to the stoop rail and beaten Till they found that he wasn ' t a hay. Hay Roll Men, I propose a toast ... [33 ] excH tcK, (n cHla 7 7T Thomas Eugene Duncan, Jr. Big Rock, Virginia Civil Engineering Infantry On the hottest day of June, ' 43, the Institute was graced and disgraced by the appearance and persistence of the Grundy Giant, Little Blood-and-Thunder, whose handsome countenance leers at you from above. Not troubling, however, to appear selfconscious at being the epitome of diminution, Ted has shown himself to be a remarkable leader, in various ways. Under his short but sweet guidance, the squats in ol ' B-Co. have been able to keep up with the men . . . although word has been received that he has resolved to sue the Vamilinst for building the stoops too close to his knees. Although Shorty fancies himself as quite an operator with the calics in the neighboring establishments for Young Southern Ladies, we will wager that he won ' t trust a certain Brother Rat from Charlottesville to procure him another BLIND date. We will all remember those eerie days which broke the monotony, when we would see a leaderless platoon pirouetting to the shrill but authoritative commands of someone who apparently was calling from the gutter; but we must pay tribute to the little man, for he has been a consistent vrearer of the gold braid, and many honors have come his w ay. As we fare forth to earn wages and found new geneologies of Keydets, we will ever remember, at the kiddies ' bedtime, our dumpy, but determined Brother Rat, his humor, his steadfastness, and his good nature. Corporal (3); Sergeant (3); Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant (2); Second Class Finance Committee (2); Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (3, 2) Rifle Team ( 3, 2) Honor Court (.2) General Com- mittee (2); Hop Committee (2); Staff, 1947 Bomb (2); Assistant Football Manager (2); Southwest Virginia Club (2). Little Blood-and-Thunder ' ' Turn on your radar, Adams ' ' [34] cft uica THcUtcificf H titute om l af- vy ' a wajs John Francis Ewell Charlottesville, Virginia Civil Engineering Infantry Mule hails from the home of the Wahoos, but he seemed to prefer the barracks to frat houses, and drill- ' n ' -parade to a beer bust. We say seemed, because our conscientious, steadfast, hard-workin ' Brother Rat showed us his other side and qualities on our First Class picnic, as well as our game with the farmers in Roanoke. Be that as it may ( and what is a quart or so of Leclerq ' 37 between buzzom buddies? the Mule has had a very distinguished career at the Institute, holding all the various jobs one man could possibly want, and perhaps a few otherwise. He has led the rabble of A-Co. magnificently, and under his able guidance the Hop Committee has flowered in a way comparable with the august organi- zation of fo ' de wah. The Mule obtained his nom de guerre by demonstrating that what was plain d — stubbornness in other folks was commendable determination in Johnny; once his opinion has set, sacrilege couldn ' t budge him. Aca- ics have never troubled the Mule, and, indeed, he is one of Uncle Buzz ' s best boys ... a star man, no less. Per- haps the only accomplishment which has endeared him with his Brother Rats more than his conception and execution of the un-Prohibited First Class picnic, is his daily demonstration that a cadet may be efficient as a company commander without impairing his popularity. We have no doubt that when John goes to make ice cubes with the York Co., he will fare as successfully as he did here at the Institute. Corporal (3); First Sergeant (Z); Captain, Company A (1); Assistant Football Manager (Z) Second Class Finance Committee (Z); Hop Committee (Z); President, Hop Committee ( ); Class Historian fi;; Honor Court (I); General Committee ( ); Staff, 1947 Bomb ( ) Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (3, 2, 1 ; Academic Stars (I). Mule you may be right, but . [35] excH toK, Oi lma nu W47 Martin Joseph Katcher Napanoch, New York Civil Engineering Infantry Marty hails from the Empire State, and for some strar ge reason which completely escapes us rebels, he is proud of it. This has not, however, made M. J. so narrow-minded that he fails to appreciate who REALLY won the wah, and with whose aid this little deed was accomplished. Marty has had some hard knocks at the Institute, but he has taken them in his stride; one of his most amazing periodic feats is his uncanny ability to finagle Derby out of those many furloughs, the majority of which are spent Morally Retrogressing in the Big City, and the rest of which are well spent at the Heights. Under his able guidance, the Hop Committee has kept its head approximately at the water level with re- spect to fiscal fiascos ... in fact, Adams swears that trying to get fifteen cents for a Hop Committee telegram out of Katcher is as difficult as getting a short beer at Headquarters. Marty has pushed the pebbles around with the best for the past three springs, being Buzz ' s star man with the concrete, and we know that when he leaves, he will be fitted to step into a job either as an accomplished bookkeeper or as a public-works construction foreman. Sergeant (3); Color Sergeant (Z); Sergeant-Major (2); First Lieutenant Battalion S-3 (1); Second Class Finance Committee (2); Floor Committee (4, 3, 2); Treasurer, Hop Committee (1); Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (3. 2, 1); Yankee Club (4, 3, 2, 1); Rifle Team (3, 2, 1). Manager (1); Academic Stars (1). W Marty The awfulest thing happened to me . [36] c i cHca TftUctofUf tutitute Mt John Edward Maier, Jr. Rochester, New York Electrical Engineering Infantry El Slurpo, the most brazen damyankee of ' em all, comes to us through the courtesy of the fair City of Rochester Monk is one of ' 47 ' s most athletic Brother Rats, having pounded away with the pigskin for three years, and having earned ( and deliberately fostered; the reputation of being a shark with the gloves, as well as the cyahds, AND the Spiritus Fru- menti, when he wasn ' t on that Football Pledge. The Smonk, however, has not fared as well on the level of the in- telligentsia, having struck out twice, and he is another of the pitied brothers who will struggle with the System for some time to come. Monk was an ardent pursuer of the Unfairer Sex when he arrived at the V. M. I., but he soon attached himself to the only one. It is perhaps unfair to mention that this happy day was soon followed ' by the removal of the object of his affections to the sunny climes of Californ-I-ay, and we are sure that Brother Rat Maier did not figure in this muddled scheme. We will never forget the sparkling hospitality offered the entire First Class in the hamlet of Roanoke immediately after the whitewashal of the farmers; neither will the management of the Hotel Patrick Henry, nor the Roanoke Ice Co. It is safe to say that Monk will win through to the end of his apprenticeship, knowing his qualities of earnest- ness and endeavour, which he displayed so well in the collection of advertising material, the rents wherefrom made the publication of ye Bomb possible. Hasta la vista, Monk, and Auf Wiedersehn, SKOAL! Football (4, 3, 2); Supply Sergeant (3); Sergeant-Major (3); Second Lieutenant (2); Hop Committee (2); Yankee Club (4, 3, 2); Monogram Club (3, 2); Student Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers (2); Vice President, Honor Court (2); General Committee (2); Intramural Mana- ger, Company B (3); Business Manager, 1947 Bomb (2); Vice President First Class (2). Hey Monk . (ssllp) . . . fellers! [37] JiexcH te t, cn uU i 74e i947 Ben Pushmataha McCarley McAlester, Oklahoma Pie-Medical Infantry Push, another one of the Yarmy ' s erstwhile sojurs, is one long wray from the Sparkling-Water reservation back home, home being the ultimate State of Oklahoma Cnot to be confused with the glamorous musical of the same name . With a cognomen smacking of Sitting-Bull fBen can bull standing, as vreW), and loads of common sense to boot, Ben has done well for himself. Though he does not appear to be a horse, Push has won monograms in two major sports during his cadetship; he was also our official griper until he forsook the gray for the Air Corps, in the middle of his Third Class year. Mac is one of the men from Missouri who asks for a rapid certy on any statement advanced in the many sessions which have and are being conducted in First Class barracks, this probably being the manifestation of complexes obtained while sweating out the Junior Doctor ' s course . . . Curse . . . under ol ' Doc. Between making zips in Organic and first dovrns for the Flying Squadron, he has really had his hands full, in addition to vrhich, he will probably make a bid for campus surgeon at the Heights, a job for which he is uniquely qualified. For that matter, Ben will do well at any job that he undertakes, and we will leave Vamilinst remembering Push as one of our most likeable and respected Brother Rats. Corporal (3); Sergeant (3); Hop Committee (3); Football (4:); Basket Ball (3): Monogram Club (3); President, Class of 1947 (3); Honor Court (3); General Committee (3); U. S. A., 1944-1945. Tiish ' ' Certify please, Stanley ' ' [38] ' VcnfuU x TfUUtci  t4titute (Mt James Marcus Morgan, Jr. Richmond, Virginia Civil Engineering Cavalry 1 tell ya a- ' whut I ' m gonta dew, gents, I ' m gonta letcha see Jo-Jo hisself, for only a nickel, thuh twentieth part . . . except in this case, the glamorous persuasion is over Tvhether or no you should send out that blouse early in the morn. This polished product of the Class of ' 45 returned to the Institute from the Army and that place on the Hudson, and one would say that Jim has done rather well during his cadetship here; indeed, he is THE Big Wheel, Mister I-D-R-on-legs, and the faithful conspirer with Jawn at BRC to perpetuate our esprit de corps, which at that ungodly hour is more nearly like unto c?e corpse. His ■weakness is making specials vith and for Peter Wray, and he is one of the few men to claim the distinction of having mastered Houston ' s technique on building burgers. He has a latent store of bull wrhich is immense, plus the dazzling personality to put it across; just a fewr listeners, and he is off again. How will vre ever forget those little fireside chats at Jayem Hall, just after a marvelous dinner at the Club Crozet? Jim will never have to worry about selling apples on street corners; he will do well in any field he chooses. Corporal (3); First Lieutenant (2); First Captain, Battalion Commander (1); Fencing (4); Class Historian, Class of 1945 (4, 3); Secretary, American Society of Civil Engineers (2), President fl ; Second Class Finance Com- mittee (2); General Committee (3, 2, 1 ; Honor Court ( 2, 1); Treasurer, Hop Committee (2); Hop Committee (2, 1); Academic Stars (3); Troop Com- mander, Troop A (1); Staff, 1947 Bomb (1). Jim ' But Sir, the brass rod is expanding from the wrong end ... [39] 1 ( y i George Lynwood Price, Jr. Newport News, Virginia Electrical Engineering Infantry Little Ding has good reason to regret the day that his £ace Cwhich threatens from abovej and fortune crept into the Newport Daily Blai, for he received two rousing good birthdays on the strength of same. Legs claims the un- contested honor of being the only human being with legs as long as a Varga girl, which is to say that his gray straights resemble a First Class cape on him. He seems to be addicted to the Keydet life, for after he leaves us he is going to that place on the Hudson for more of the same. You might hardly expect to learn, after the facts just before, that Little Ding is a true brow in the Electrical Department, but he has whittled off entropy and dynamos with equal ease, and managed to participate in quite a few sports in the bargain. He has many times been nominated as THE Grossest man in the Corps, but the outcome has usually been a draw with some of the other brothers. He is one of the red-hot equestrians of the Insti- tute, being able to hang on to any horse by locking his ankles beneath the paunch of the beast. He is furthermore ever ready for a tour to the nearby places of higher learning for sweet young things, and he usually does himself proud at the hops. Ding will distinguish himself no matter what he attempts, and the Class of ' 47 extends to him their deepest sym- pathies for what is in store for him at the Point. Corporal (3); Private (Z); Second Lieutenant (I); Student Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers ( ) President, Tidewater Club ( ) Varsity Basket Ball ( 2, ); Polo Team (Z) Horse Show Team fi;; General Committee ( ); Honor Court ( ) Hop Committee (I); Troop Commander, Troop A (Ih Staff, 1947 Bomb ( ). Little Ding Sachs, my ducks don ' t fit around the neck [40] ' Pc t atut Tftdctancf utitutc (MtS- Jorge Fernando Sarmiento Lima, Peru, S. A. Civil Engineering Infantry Horhay took the wrong boat, and came to us from the dim distant wilds of the land of the Incas; he has done wonders for the Good Neighbor Policy, even though he has been somewhat hampered by the familiar expression, Translation, Please. He ' s a Don Juan from ' way back, and at present is interested in a shining light at the Briar Patch. Sacramento claims the unique distinction of being the only Brother Rat of ' 47 to receive his commission while a cadet, being named El ' Teniente de la Peruvian Engineers some six weeks before receiving that priceless dip. Jorge is determined to follow the paternal lines, and become a professional soldier, and he has taken his duties as a cadet officer with unusual seriousness and discharged them with admirable efficiency. He has had his struggles, however, with Cooper ' s E-60, and familiar to all First Class Civils is Bootie ' s scream: No-o-o-o, Sarmiento! Jorge will sojourn to Fort Belvoir upon graduation, to absorb a few of the military aspects of rock-busting. He will eventually find his way back to Peru, and we all know that Horhay will carry the V. M. I. Spirit with him. .A Corporal (Zh Sergeant (Z); First Lieutenant ( ) Student Member, S% ( • Tlmerican Society of Civil Engineers ( 3, 2, } Polo Team ( 2,); Hop Committee { h Staff, 1947 Bomb (1) ' ' Mista Sacramento waddy tarn ' ell you tinks guminoff, hah? ' [41 ] exut ft 4t, ( c% j utca 7 i947 Thomas Bahnson Stanley, Jr. Stanleytown, Virginia Civil Engineering Infantry T. B., pride of the Civils and of ' 47, drifted up from the half of. Virginia which Mr. Stanley owns, just to be with us. He has not let the fact that he is directly connected with more shekels than Cyahtuh had Little L. Pills bloat him up — Nature beat him to it. Tremendous-B is ever a man of leisure and of luxury, despite the fact that he has rolled the rivets with the Civils since time immemorial; a comfortable hay, a cigarette usually someone else ' s , a Vic and some sweet swing, and T-Bo is in his owrn medium. Ever ready for some sights at the Heights, or for an evening ' s session, com- plete with El Stuffus Rationalum, there is no jollier good fellow to be found in this h — ,that is, these barracks. Throughout his cadetship, he has run neck and neck with Legs Price, in the contest to see which can be most utterly the grossest; were it not for the war, we are certain that Brer Rat Stanley would carry on the traditions of the First Class Private with his usual smile. But for all his dearth of the IDR-spirit, he has the Spirit of V. M. I., and we are certain that wherever Tom goes, his chuckle, his infectious humor, and his backwoods nonchalance will see him through with flying colors. You just couldn ' t get mad at a man whose ears look like the handles on a soup tureen! Corpo ral (3h Second Lieutenant ( ) Rifle Team (Z, ); Second Class Finance Committee (Z) Hop Committee (1); Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (3, 2, 1); Methodist Club (4), Secretary (3); Co-Editor, 1947 Bomb (1). Tee-Bo Wo, Sylvester, NO! [42] ' WSe Allan Thorndyke Sylvester II South Norwalk, Connecticut Civil Engineering Infantry Sanjak is a browr gone ■wrong . . . he shoulda been a double-E, but instead he chose to learn to bury seivers with the Buzz-boys. However, he has not let this smother his L. A. talents and tendencies; his work on the Artiste Sexion of the Hop Committee Tvill long be remembered, and he has literally resurrected the erst while defunct Glee Club, and started same back to normalcy. The T came back to us from the Yarmy Yair Corps, and Barracks now cringes to the tune of such expressions as ivheel, etc. The T has the questionable distinction of being the limpest keydet in the corps, as ■well as one of the most loosely fit, and it is a rare thing indeed -when he and his blouse execute right face simultaneously. Underneath the exterior of Weltschmerz, one finds a remarkable mind and spirit, for A. T. is a man of many versatilities. The last of ' 47 ■who must thvrart the subs for yet a while, Allan rnay, during the next fe w months, live do wn the infamous tale about Jean Edens and the cake of Ivory, yet he will ever be the willy-nilly Sanjak, Eccentric Genius, to his Brother Rats of ' 47. We expect great things of and about Al, and on kissing same adieu, we are sure that this boy will go there and do them, along with the fleetest. Color Corporal (3); Color Sergeant (3); Hop Committee (3, 2); Glee Club (3, Z); Business Manager, Glee Club (Z) Student Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (3, Z); S winiming Teani (4); Yankee Club C4, 3, 2). Sanjak I ' m too tired to run any longer [43]- 7 f947 To the Memory of GEORGE DAVIS AKERS of Appomattox, Virginia Class of 1947 Matriculated at the V. M. I. . . . 1943 Entered the armed services. . . . 1944 Killed in action, France 1945 [44] Ou uUa THdCtofUf K4t€t€€te amJ First Classmen Now at the Institute Bernard John Sklkdany Plymouth, Pennsjilvania Class of 194 Class of 1945 Hasty Wilson Brown Richmond, Virginia Class of 1946 William Alexander Eliason Middleburg, Virginia Class of 1946 William Claiborne Hayes Norfolk, Virginia Class of 1946 Vernon Williams Patterson Charlotte, North Carolina Class of 1946 [45] excHftoHf cfu uUa 7 i947 The First Class . . . 1. 1730 Bull Session. 2. Those nasty Thirds! ! ! 3. Rack ' em back, Misto! 4. ' 47 Runs the Gauntlet ( First Time;. 5. ' 47 after Running the Gauntlet CFirst Timej. 6. Thar ' s gold on them thar heels! 7. Gallop . . . HOOO-o-o-o! ! 8. Bubble, Troop A, Morgan and other horses. 9. 47 shines at Military Ball CFinals, 1945;. ifu ltUa TfUilUifUf. tMtuU 04h6 •■e At Ease 1. Sambo! Wheah is you at? 2. Banker Beale receives Croix de Guerre. 3. Tsk, tsk, Banker . . . what company you keep! 4. ' 47 Ring Figure. 5. Well, rat . . . you ' ll learn . . . 6. Misto, ride that dash dash hawss.dash dash it to DASH! 7. The very last Sun-Tans, forever and ever. Amen. 8. More of ' 47 Ring Figure . . . fSuckerrrrsi; cxm j to c, Ou Cma 1 W44 Second Class History The Class of 1948-A started out being different at the very beginning. Probably the first class ever to enter the V. M. I. in February, at least in many years, we were fifty strong; since the Third Classmen outnumbered us three to one, we had very little worrying about what to do with our spare time. However, we had a few bright moments while we were in the rat-line, such as cheer rallies, shirt-tail parades, and the final company-room. After one term in the rat-line, we were let out in order to help discipline and instruct the new rats who arrived in June. We found the situation reversed then: there were only about thirty-five of us Third Classmen to help the Firsts and Seconds indoctrinate the new rats, all 180 of them. Every one worked so hard to hold them in line that by the time we finally reached our Second Class year, we didn ' t much care if we ever saw a rat again. Yet, our Third Class year held much in store for us that we had missed as rats: we witnessed our first football season here at the Institute, and the corps trips to L3mchburg and Roanoke. Some of the things remembered most about our Third Class year are the election of Lieutenant (now Captain) Golbus as our honorary Brother Rat, the biggest Cso-claimed by Institute officials stoop-riot, or shirt-tail parade since 1902, our fourth and last bomb in the courtyard on December 7th, our first Christmas vacation, and our participation in the Military Ball at Finals. After a month ' s vacation, five of us returned in July, 1945, as Second Classmen. We had quite a task in shouldering the responsibilities of the Second Class Finance Committee, holding such rank as First Sergeant, and serving as members of the Honor Court, General Committee, and Hop Committee. Al- though we received our class rings, we had too few Brother Rats left at V. M. I. to have our own Ring Figure; however, through the generosity of the class below us, we looked forward to being in their Ring Figure with them. Our class now has five members, as we near the end of our Second Class year these Brother Rats are not even the same five that started the year with us. Although we have been small in number, this has merely brought all of us much closer together, and it is our fond hope that many of our Brother Rats now in the armed services may return, so that we can all be together for at least one year at the V. M. I. before we receive our dips. [48] infcHcci TfUUUinif K tUutc MtJ 7 SECOND CLASS Powell Graham Davis President exatftcK, cn cKca 1 t947 Graham Powell Davis Virginia Beach, Virginia George Donald Florence Robert Thomas Lacy, Jr. Birmingham, Alabama Texarkana, Arkansas John Walter Trumbo Richmond, Virginia William Harvey Whitmore Robert L5mn Williamson Norfolk, Virginia Vinton, Virginia [50] ' VOuj uUd ' TftdCCa puUCutc sw 7 THIRD CLASS exeH to t, Ov uUdi 7 i947 Paul Livingston Applin Fort Worth, Texas William Albie Barksdale Charlottesville, Virginia Woodson Wood Bercaw Wilmington, Virginia James Mitchell Bower Bedford, Virginia J. Royston Brown Fort Worth, Texas Blandy Walton Clarkson Lexington, Virginia Joseph Conway Cosby Richmond, Virginia Clarence Frederick Danforth Dallas, Texas James Furman Dobson Ridgeway, South Carolina Robert Dominic Duke Walden, New York Henry Steiner Dunbar Alexandria, Virginia William Drago Durrett Monroe, Louisiana Charles Richard Eichorn Greensboro, North Carolina Thomas Claybrook Elder Staunton, Virginia John Rolfe Eldridge Augusta, Arkansas Charles Carbett Faulkner Alexandria, Virginia James Harris Fitts III Tuscaloosa, Alabama Robert John Fretz Kenmore, New York [52] cft utla, TfCcJUUiA K4t€tute 0 John Rawles Fulgham Windsor, Virginia Felix Von Gemmingen, Jr. Richmond, Virginia Robert Earl Goad Hillsville, Virginia Thomas Jackson Gore Alexandria, Virginia John Breckenridge Gorman Lynchburg, Virginia Billy James Guin Shreveport, Louisiana Arthur William Harrington Honolulu, Hawaii Charles Edward Hartman II Baltimore, Maryland John William Hodnett Bluefield, Virginia Christian Anthony Hoesser Roanoke, Virginia Lawrence Branch Howard, Jr. Nashville, Tennessee Henry Cecil Johnson, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia Herbert Claiborne Jones, Jr. Petersburg, Virginia Roderick Wager Kallgren Norfolk, Virginia John William Keith, Jr. Richmond, Virginia Howard Fredric Kempsell Glen Cave, New York Elliot Russell Laine, Jr. Windsor, Virginia Frank Jarvis Lawson III Newburgh, New York [53] s dcxi4€ toK, in Mta 74e t 947 ' ' •mjm Charles Hunter Locher III Glasgow, Virginia Douglas Alton Markey Keysville, Virginia Macon Warfield Michaux Goldsboro, North Carolina Malachi Monroe Mills New Orleans, Louisiana Charles Richard Nixon University City, Missouri Clarence Day Oakley, Jr. Monroe, Louisiana Webster Rawls Parker • - Barkingtbn, North Carolina Thomas Henry Pendleton San Antonio, Texas George Peters Ramsey Ljmchburg, Virginia Charles Joseph Schaeffer Richmond, Virginia Arthur Rex Sheppard Wajmesboro, Georgia Ofus Lee Slayton Rocky Mount, Virginia Howard Lee Smith Marlin, Texas Alfred Julian Stupalsky Roanoke, Virginia Thomas Mallory Tucker Sandiges, Virginia Walter Monroe Varuioy Ljmchburg, Virginia Russel Everet Weaver Rock Castle, Virginia Jesse Edward White Norfolk, Virginia James David Wilson Clifton Forge, Virginia Lionel Thomas Wolford Jeanerette, Louisiana [54] Ou cHca. ' Vtilttanff ndtitute (Mt6 Third Class History On June 28, 1944, in a world torn by war and filled with uncertainty, a group of young men 160 strong, representing twenty-one states, matriculated at the V. M. I. After two months, however, those who could not adjust themselves to a rat ' s life were weeded out; those who remained were beginning to feel the bindings of a closer friendship than they had ever experienced before. At the same time these rats were begiruiing to see some of the bright side of the V. M. I., such as hops, football games, and certain nearby schools for young ladies. The Christmas furlough was our only break in the entire rat year, and it was certainly welcome; after the return from this brief respite, we realized it would only be a matter of days until we would no longer be rats, and on January 24, 1945, still nursing the bruises of Bloody Sunday, we ran the gauntlet and became the Class of 1948-B. This January we started our Third Class year. This was what we had dreamed of — a life of luxury! But this was not quite the case: we were divided up into our C. E., E. E., Pre-Med and L. A. sections, demerits began to flow freely, and the new rats were more of a hindrance than a help. We found that responsibility went along with corporal ' s chevrons . . . cuid the whole academic world seemed to be coming down on our heads. We weathered the storm until finals, mainly by anticipating that glorious one-month summer furlough in June. In July, 1945, we returned to the Institute, the kisses of our running girls still fresh on our lips. We returned weaker in numbers, however, because the armed forces were still taking their toll, and those who remained felt more responsibility piling on their shoulders: some were promoted to sergeants, others to the noble grade of corporal. We began making plans for our Class Figure; we had already ordered our rings, but the prospects of a wartime Ring Figure Hop seemed small. However, barracks rocked to the news of Japan ' s surrender on August 14, 1945, and our Brother Rats started drifting back with honorable discharges. The football team began winning games, we were soon to become Second Classmen, and our Ring Figure dreams began to crystallize . . . the occasion we had been dreaming of since we were rats. There were the last minute rushes about monetary difficulties, decorations, and dates . . . and then the most expensive week-end of our enti:e cadetship, although the most enjoyable, was over. Now, on the verge of our Second Class year, we realize the endless chain of expectancy our cadetship is, and how with each advancement cornes more responsi- bility and a new goal. We are now looking forward to that golden day when we become First Classmen, and begin the last grind towards our dips. [5S] exm(}toH, Ok kkz 7 J947 Fourth Class History SECOND TERM The date February 19, 1945, shall always be remembered by the group of hiture Virginia Military Institute Cadets who met in Nichols Engineering Building on that fateful morning. Forty-seven of us matriculated; one-third of the states of the Union were represented by us and one Brother Rat came all the way from South Africa to join our happy little throng. After having signed papers and answered an endless stream of questions we were marched over to the apparently quiet barracks that was to be our home for the next four years. We must have been a comical looking group as we strolled in a leisurely manner through Washington Arch. Some had long hair, some carried golf clubs and tennis rackets, and others wore shiny cowboy boots. This short period might have been called the calm before the storm. But the storm Ccune — and we were in it. It is very difficult to recall exactly what happened during the next two weeks or so. As gross mistoes we learned the definition of such common barracks terms as finn out, rat, strain, company room, and General Committee. We were slowly but surely beginning to learn about Barracks life. Before catching our breaths academic work began and we buckled down to the impossible. The work was harder this year than ever before, for the system had been accelerated to three terms a year instead cf the usual two. We had been at the Institute no longer than two months until we began to feel the draft blowing down our necks. Uncle Sam called, and many of our brothers went to face the enemy so that the rest of us could enjoy the fruits of democracy. The term examinations began to creep upon us. We prayed and counted the days until our rat-line agonies and anxieties would end. Then the day finally came. After the Corps returned from D. R. C, Saturday, June 1st, we ran the gauntlet and the two members of the First Class gave the Old Yell for 49- A. At last we became old cadets. It seemed too good to be true. The war still went on and our Brother Rats continued to join the armed forces. The numbers of our class dwindled, but our spirit grew deeper and deeper. No matter where we may be called to go, or what we may be called upon to do, the sacred words 49- A, shall always remain stamped on each and every heart. [56] C4Z TftcUt ZfUf tdUtccte S( FOURTH CLASS SECOND TERM Howard Elbert Sturgeon Historian William Burkhardt May Thomas Alexander Stamey President Vice President etcfic 7 f947 SECOND TERM Alfred Julius Bielskis Los Angeles, California Thomas Lea Brooks III Virginia Beach, Virginia Lawrence Elbert Butler Suffolk, Virginia John Robert Cummings El Paso, Texas John Cissek, Jr. Gardenville, New York Sherwood Wescott Franklin Chicago, Illinois Thomas Heakirt Glass Lynchburg, Virginia James Scott Hancock Shreveport, Louisiana James Elmer Harrington, Jr. Southern Pines, North Carolina James Herlong Shreveport, Louisiana Herbert Norris Johnston Sebring, Ohio Albert Wallace Lowe Baltimore, Maryland William Burkhardt May V Richmond, Virginia Stanley Millimet North Bergen, Nevr Jersey Irwin Edgar Nachman Newport News, Virginia Willia-n Kartin Noftsinger Richmond, Virginia John Lynch Nugent Savnr.naK, Georgia John Ildgertcn Palmer, Jr. ITe..- Orleans, Louisiana Graham Allen Pennim.an, Jr. E alias, Texas He -r ' - Kneeland Phelps Slirevepcrt, Louisiana Johr Newton Reints, Jr. For. Smith, Arkansas JoseT)ii Frederick Schwartz III Lorg Island, Neiv York Arthur Daniel Shakelford Kinston, North Carolina Paul Ernesl Sipple Shreve-port, Louisiana Thomas Alexander Stamey Rutherford, North Carolina George Ferdinand Stock Hollar.dale, Mississippi Howard Albert Sturgeon Suffolk, Virginia Earl Lester Valentine Lexington, Virginia Edward Effinger West Richmond, Virginia John Anderson White, Jr. Norfolk, Virginia [58] cn c Uii Tflciita PtMtcUe am4 Fourth Class History FIRST TERM And now the last wartime class has entered the Institute. We have been accel- erated, accelerated some more, and finally so accelerated that we find it hard to believe that we have passed through a fall year of college life. First we drew our uniforms — khaki, for it was then July 11th — and in a few hours found civilian life only a memory. Amid the confusion which reigned the weeks following our virgin entrance through Washington Arch little was remembered. Our first bivouac brought many of us hardships that we had never before efx- perienced. It was not long afterwards that the announcement of V-J Day was made. Following this occasion we had our first home-coming. Who could forget that torchlight parade? Not knowing what to do we just yelled until it was impossible to yell more. And then came our first dance at V. M. I. — it seemed that barracks life was only a bad dream. On corps trips we found ourselves in the midst of the V. M. I. spirit for which we are so well known. Football season rolled by, ending with a victory over the farmers from Blacksburg, and we were out of the Rat Line for three days! Then came Ring Figure. This week seemed to be a fantasy compared to the others and left us with many visions of feminine loveliness that were not soon forgotten. Getting back into the saddle we began a long grind of barracks life, re- lieved only by the anticipation of our Christmas furlough. Finally on a cold Decem- ber morning we awoke to find our holidays here. After an all-too-short furlough we dragged ourselves back to our studies and back to a Second Class resurrection. Memories of those days were soon forgotten however, as we again began to buckle down to our studies. Again the same old V. M. I. Spirit went into action on the basket ball court. Rat wrestling was started back and many of us took part. As spring loomed before us, we found ourselves looking forward to the renewal of spring sports — baseball, track, and swimming. Bloody Sunday came and left us with relatively few casualties and soon we recuperated and refreshed our study-cramped minds with visions of becoming old cadets and with the promise of warmer weather. Finals brought us again together with the fair sex, and we interrupted our preparations for exams to enjoy these two wonderful dances. Those few weeks were also filled with shirt- tail parades to the tune of Step Off You Rats. Do It! and we did not forget such terms as Finn Out, Rat, Drive in Here, Misto, and Hit Those Steps. Just before exams we realized that our dreams were fast becoming a reality as we found ourselves half alive, yelling encouragement to our Brother Rats in their journey over the path we had just passed. Now we had reached our goal, and we looked back with fond memories on the days we had dreaded. Let us hope that the spirit among us that we have created during our rat year will remain with us and bond us together in the future. We wish good luck to our dykes and our friends who will graduate soon and review our remaining years at V. M. I., sure that our spirit will carry us and our class forever forward. [59] exui toH, Oi uUa, 74e t947 FIRST TERM John Huit Akers Atlanta, Geoigia John Edwin Allen Chicago, Illinois Thomas William Altizei Tazewell, Virginia David Adel Ameen Hopewell, Virginia Robert Edward Bare Natural Bridge, Virginia William Richard Barlow Wharton, West Virginia William Harbour Barrett Augusta, Georgia John William Barry Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Massey Palmer Bedsole Mobile, Alabama Risque Lingren Benedict Lynchburg, Virginia Theodore Roosevelt Bohn Chicago, Illinois Axel Bolvig, Jr. Birmingham, Alabama John Gus Boogades Norfolk, Virginia Barrett Woodward Boulware Surford, North Carolina Peter Elwood Bowers, Jr. Mission, Kansas Thomas Dix Bovvers Norfolk, Virginia Harvey Hubert Bradley Lynchburg, Virginia Cary Randolph Branch, Jr. Richmond, Virginia Bartow Hughes Bridges, Jr. Norfolk, Virginia Robert Ashby Bristow Lynchburg, Virginia David Cullen Briggs Corpus Christi, Texas Allen Lee Byron Baltimore, Maryland Allan Mark Casey, Jr. Houston, Texas George Thomas Challoner Hilton Village, Virginia Lynn Purcell Chewning Richmond, Virginia Thomas Russell Cooke Lynchburg, Virjjnia Edwin Duff Crane III  Atlanta, Georgia Robert Herndon Crocker Emporia, Virginia [60] OlfUtUl 7HtUt€i Uf KMtUU (Mt6 FIRST TERM Robert Edvrin Crook San Antonio, Texas Edward Parks Davis - Lexington, Virginia Stark Spottswood Dillard II Greensboro, North Carolina Thomas William diZerega Middleburg, Virginia George Wilmer Dooley, Jr. Lynchburg, Virginia John Brown Droste Hillsboro, Illinois Frederick Francis Duggan, Jr. Palo Alto, California James Wilson Enochs, Jr. Hopewell, Virginia Brewster Irvan Evans Columbia, South Carolina Maxwell Carlton Feinman Lynchburg, Virginia Sam Frew- Atlanta, Georgia William Gardner Hillsville, Virginia Oliver Wikerham Gatchell, Jr. Lamarr, Missouri Roland Lanier Gault Lexington, Virginia Webster Norman Gilbert Dallas, Texas Raymond Saunders Gordon Suffolk, Virginia Boyd Morrison Guttery Carbon Hill, Alabama John William Haggerty III Quantico, Virginia Benjamin Franklin Harmon III Hampton, Virginia Dana Humphries Harris Shelby, North Carolina William Ringgold Harrison Little Rock, Arkansas Silas Clinton Hart, Jr. Elizabeth Town, Kentucky William Forrest Hawkins Richmond, Virginia John Grier Hayes Newport News, Virginia Joseph Henry Heiker Richmond, Virginia Robert Ernest Hempel • Littl Falls, New Jei sey Gerald Burnett Henderson Altoona, Pennsylvania James Warwick Henderson Richmond, Virginia ' .- ¥ LV-. ' SL [61] CXtH t4M, CU CHl 7 t947 FIRST TERM Clark Morgan Hening Jefferson, Virginia Richard Edwin Hill Leesburg, Virginia Carel Tracy Humme Herndon, Virginia Joe Boyd Hurley III El Dorado, Arkansas Charles William Hurt Culpeper, Virginia Robert Semple Jeffrief , Jr. Bedford, Virginia Joseph Powell Johann Richmond, Virginia Alfred Fletcher Johnson Franklin, Virginia Douglas Gunter Johnson Sanford, North Carolina John Walter Carlyle Johnson, Jr. Clifton Forge, Virginia Le is Jones Urbanna, Virginia lay Frank Kinsel San Antonio, Texas Robert Reid Kristensen Timpson, Texas Clarence Frederick Krey Stafford, Kansas James Newton Kirk Eagle Lake, Maine Robert Theodore Lardon Middlevillage, New York William Dewey Lauerman, Jr. Ridgewood, New Jersey Louis Parkerson Laville, Jr. Plaquemine, Louisiana Osborne Lawes Niagara Falls, New York Richard Kent Lenci Virginia, Minnesota Luther Morell Lewis, Jr. Alexandria, Louisiana Frank Austin Liddell Houston, Texas Frank Alvin Lowman Richmond, Virginia James Alonzo Madigan Dahlgren, Virginia Andrew McGiffert Maggard Larchmont, New York Waldo Brown Marshall III Front Royal, Virginia Samuel Clinton Marty, Jr. Kansas City, Missouri Robert Wither Massie III Lynchburg, Virginia [62] inc uUa Tftclcta f(4tctutc (Mi FIRST TERM James Carrol Mattern Rockville Centre, New York Vaughn Leon Maxwell, Jr. Augusta, Georgia Cleyburn McCauley Tyler, Texas Robert Leonard McClanahan Grundy, Virginia Norman Rayless McCrary Richmond, Virginia William Alexander McCulloch III Washington, District of Columbia Carl Ernest Brown McHenry, Jr. Lynchburg, Virginia Edward Jarius Mead Cleveland, Ohio George Charles Meadows Elgin, Illinois George Montgomery Denbeigh, Virginia James Francis Morgan Arlington, Virginia William Stuart Morgan Millington, New Jersey Benham Epes Morris Richmond, Virginia Peter Bryant Murray Sw arthmore, Pennsylvania Daniel James Myers North Tazewell, Virginia Neil Gregory Nelson Richmond, Virginia Jack Albert Neunhoffer Caracas, Venezuela Antonio Biliso Niemeyer Portsmouth, Virginia John Pearson O ' Leary Pensacola, Florida Grover Cleveland Outland, Jr. Norfolk, Virginia Dolphin Henry Overton Shelby, North Carolina Nelson Tilgham Overton New port News, Virginia Charles Randall Pack Richmond, Virginia Herman Leigh Page, Jr. Amherst, Virginia Howard Nixon Parks Newberry, South Carolina James Lewis Patton Herndon, Virginia Phillip Dandridge Payne III Lovingston, Virginia Phanor Leonidas Perot, Jr. Monroe, Louisiana tSL. [63] exut to , Ou uUa y¥ V f 1 V FIRST TERM Joseph Lester Perry III Miami, Florida Richard Lee Prillitnan Martinsville, Virginia Tames Copeland Pringle, Jr. Thomasville, Georgia Norman McPherrin Purdy, Jr. Glenshavr, Pennsylvania Charles Edward Rammel Alexandria, Virginia Richard Holland Rawles Suffolk, Virginia George Patterson Ritche, Jr. Concord, North Carolina Walter Cameron Roberts Alexandria, Virginia Charles Brice Robinson Palestine, Texas Roy Petty Rogers, Jr. Leeds, Alabama Grant Campbell Rowland Kingston, New York James Thomas Seay Roswell, Georgia William Myles Shelley Atlanta, Georgia James Wylie Shepherd Birmingham, Alabama Curtiss Lochard Shufflebarger Bluefield, Virginia Harold Marvin Silver Walden, New York Daniel Griffith Smaw New Bern, North Carolina George Bernard Smith, Jr. Norfolk, Virginia Harry Pelham Smith, Jr. Hampton, Virginia Leo Eugene Soucek Disputanta, Virginia John Robert Spencer Salisbury, North Carolina Joseph Vincent Spitler, Jr. Luray, Virginia Frank Nixon Stamps Evergreen, Alabama Barney Stapert Hawrthorne, Newr Jersey Seldon Harbour Stephens Mobile, Alabama Sidney Walter Stevenson, Jr. Washington, District of Columbia Maurice Stockton New Orleans, Louisiana William Clarkson Stribling, Jr. Markham, Virginia [64] Ouj uUa 7HiiCt(yuf H4tUccCc S(Mt6 FIRST TERM Wallace Edwin Sturgis Ocala, Florida William Whitney Sweeney Lynchburg, Virginia Robert Lee Thoznason Leeds, Alabama Thomas Walter Tigertt Wilmer, Texas Jess Ranson Totten Sherman, Texas Royce James Tweedy Lynchburg, Virginia Charles Bell Upshaw, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia James McNeill Van Hook South Hill, Virginia Frank Cochran Vann Camilla, Georgia William Eugene Wagoner Sanford, North Carolina Alonzo Joseph Walter, Jr. Nevr Iberia, Louisiana Charles Perry Walthour Birmingham, Alabama Edward Thurston Watling Mendham, New Jersey Kenneth Waldo Watson, Jr. Lake Charles, Louisiana Peter Johnston White Scottsville, Virginia William Alvin Whitehurst Virginia Beach, Virginia Walter Raleigh Whitehurst Cedar Grove, New? Jersey Perry Clansiel Williamson Terrel, Texas Earl Huber Will, Jr. Dayton, Ohio Donald Earl Wilson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania William Wilbur Winfree, Jr. Lynchburg, Virginia Walter George Wolfe Bradenton, Florida John Henry Young Washington, District of Columbia - ' • 1 1 im A, S [65] exiH ' fCoK, OtfUU€ . BOOK THREE fk€ t947 Headquarters VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE Lexington, Virginia 14 July, 1945 General Orders No. 3 1. On recommendation of the Commandant of Cadets, the following promotions and appointments in the Battalion of Cadets are hereby announced: To be Cadet Captains Morgan, J. M., Jr Commanding Battalion Burton, J. F Commanding Company B Ewell, J. F Commanding Company A To be Cadet First Lieutenants Duncan, T. E. Katcher, M. J. Adams, W. B. Sarmiento, J. F. To be Cadet Second Lieutenants Maier, J. E. Price, G. L. Stanley, T. B. Skladany, B. J. To be Cadet First Sergeants Davis, P. Applin, P. L. To be Cadet Battalion Sergeant Major Eliason, W. A. To be Cadet Battalion Supply Sergeant Beale, J. I. To be Cadet Supply Sergeants Trumbo, J. W. Dunbar, H. S. To be Cadet Color Sergeants Lewis, P. A. Morrison, J. L. To be Cadet Sergeants Keith, J. W. Faulkner, C. C. Gorman, J. B. Guin, B. J. Johnson, H. C. Jones, H. C. Hartman, C. E. Bercaw, W. W. Ramsey, G. P. Barksdale, W. A. Cabell, R. G. Duke, R. D. To be Cadet Corporals Mills, M. M. Tucker, T. M. Brown, H. W. Franklin, S. W. Hoeser, C. A. Oakley, C. D. Hodnett, J. W. Valentine, E. L. Vannoy, W. M. Markey, D. A. McCarley, B. P. Stamey, T. A. Gore, T. J. Gemmingen, F. V. Elder, T. C. Parker, W. R. Clarkson, B. W. Slayton, O. L. Sheppard, A. R. Fitts, J. H. Kallgren, R. W. Stupalsky, A. J. May, W. B. To be Cadet Color Corporals Kempsell, H. F. White, J. E. By Command of Lieutenant General Kilboume Colonel G. A. Derbyshire, Executive Officer [68] Ou iHia TfUUtaw H4tituU 6 ' . ' ■■■■II W W I I ' « ' V 7 COLORS P. A. Lewis Color Sergeant J. L. Morrison Co7or Sergeant H. F. Kempsell Co7or Corporal J. E. White Co7or Corporal W. A. Eliason Battalion Sergeant-Major J. I. Beale Battalion Supply Sergeant [69] cxiH H, infuua §yi r Officers of the United States Army Colonel John M. Fray, U. S. A Field Artillery Major George B. Ax, U. S. A Field Artillery Captain Henry W. Ellerson, A. U. S Cavalry Captain Waldo R. Hills, A. U. S Corps of Engineers Captain John R. Tice, A. U. S Infantry Captain David M. Leach, A. U. S Infantry Captain Bernard C. Golbus, A. U. S Infantry Left to Right: Captain Leach, Captain Hills, Major Ax, Colonel Fray, Captain Ellerson, Captain Tice, Captain Golbus [70] K4tUc(te (MtJ Left to Right: Captain Leach, Captain Ellerson, Captain Tohey, Major Ax, Lieutenant Colonel Weaver, Colonel Fray, Major Foster, Captain Littrell, Captain Hills, Captain Tice, Captain Golbus Tactical Officers Colonel Fray, Commandant Lieutenant-Colonel Weaver Major Foster Major Ax Captain Littrell Captain Tobey Captain Hills Captain Ellerson Captain Tice Captain Leach Captain Golbus [71 ] e - 7 BATTALION STAFF James M. Morgan Captain Battalion Commander William B. Adams First Lieutenant Battalion Adjutant Martin J. Katcher First Lieutenant (•Battalion; S-3, S-4 lU f947 COMPANY A Davis, P First Sergeant Dunbar, H. S. . . Supply Sergeant Ramsey, G. P. Gorman, J. B. Faulkner, C. C. Guin, B. J. Jones, H. C. Bercaw, W. W Mills, M. M. Vannoy, W. M. Gore, T. J. Clarkson, B. W. Kallgren, R. W. Oakley, C. D. Gemmingen, F. V Slayton, O. L. Brown, H. W. McCarley, B. P. Sheppard, A. R. May, W. B. a titcite 0 Privates Second Class Anderson, Eichorn, C Hartman, C Third Class Butler, L. E. Dissek, J. Durrett, W. D. Eldridge, J. R. Harrington, J. I Penniman, G. Reints, J. N. Schwartz, J. F. West, E. E. Fourth Class Akers, J. H. Ashby, G. B. Barrett, W. H. Barry, J. W. Bedsole, M. P. Boulware, B. W. Bowers, T. D. Bradley, H. H. Branch, C. R. Briggs, D. C. Brooks, T. L. Cooke, T. R. Crane, E. D. Crocker, R. H. Crook, R. E. Davis, E. P. Droste, J. B. Duggan, F. F. Frew, S. Gatchell, O. W. Gault, R. L. Gilbert, W. N. Gordo Ha , R. S. , W. R. Hayes, J. G. Hayes, W. C. Heiker, J. H. Hempel, R. E. Hening, C. M. Hill, R. E. Jeffries, R. S. Johnson, A. F. Johnson, D. G. Jones, L. Kirk, J. N. Lauerman, W. D. , L. M. , F. A. Lew LoT« Massie, R. W. Mattern, J. C. Maxwell, V. L. Meadows, G. C. Morgan, W. S. Myers, D. J. Nelson, N. G. Niemeyer, A. B. Noftsinger, W. M. Nugent, J. L. Overton, D. H. Pack, C. R. Palmer, I. E. Parks, H. N. Patterson, V. W. Patton, J. L. Payne, P. D. Perot, P. L. Purdy, N. M. Rammel, C. E. Roberts, W. C. Shelley, W. M. Smith, H. P. Stephens, S. H. Stevenson, S. W. Stockton, M. Sturgis, W. E. Sweeney, W. W, Upshaw, C. B. Van Hook, J. M. Walthour, C. P. Watling, E. T. White, J. A. Whitehurst, W. A. Willi, Will, Wilson, D. E Young, J, H.  W  te W V Sr WW « « W « £ «i ?% V-% Sg% ' v exiHi to t, in uUa i7-Tt COMPANY B Applin, P. L First Sergeant Trumbo, J. W. . Supply Sergeant Sergeants Keith, J. W. Hartman, C. E. Johnson, H. C. Cabell, R. G. Barksdale, W. A. Duke, R. D. Corporals Hoeser, C. A. Tucker, T. M. Markey, D. A. Stupalsky, A. J. Hodnett, J. W. Elder. T. C. Franklin, S. W. Valentine, E. L Stamey, T. A. Parker, W. R. Fitts, J. H. OifuUa TfUUtciA uMCute ' Somji w. L. Privates Second Class Danforth, C. F. Fretz. H. J. Harrington, Lawson, F. J Smith, H. L. Sylvester, A, Whitmore, W. H, Williamsc Wilson, J. WoHord, L. T. Third Class Bielskis, A. J. Bower, J. M. Glass, T, R. Johnston, H. N. Lowe, A. W. Millimet, S. Nachman, I. E. Fourth Class Allen, J. E. Altizer, T. W. Ameen, D, A, Barlow, W. R, Benedict, R. L. Bohn, T. R. Bolvig, A. Boogad( S?ECi.M£ 3 ;■ PROvt) Of -.: Bo J. G, , P. E. Bridges Bristow, R. A. Byron, A, L. Casey, A. M, Challoner. G, T. Chewning, L, P. Dillard, S. S. DiZerega, T. W. Dooley, G. W, Enochs, J, W, Evans, B. I. Feinman, M. C. Haggerty, J. W, Harman, B, F. Hart, S. C. Hawkins, W. F. Henderson, G. B. Henderson, J. W. Humme, C. T. Hurley, J. B. Hurt, C. W. Joharin, J. P. Johnson, J. W. C. Kinsel, J. F. Kristensen, B. R. Krey, C. F. Lardon, R. T. Laville, L, P. Lenci, R. K. Liddell, F. A. Madigan, J, A. Maggard, A, M. Marshall, W. B. Marty, S. C. McCauley, C. L. McClanahan, R. L, McCrary, N. B. MoCuUoch, W. A. MoHerury, C. E, B Mead, E. J. Morgan, J, F. Morriss, B. E. Murray, P. B, Neunhoffer, J. A. Outland, G. C. Overton, N. T. Page, H. L. Perry, J. L. Prillaman, R. L. Pringle, J. C. Rawles, R. H. Ritchie, G. P. Robinson, C. B. Rogers, R. P. Rowland, G. C. Seay, J. T. Shepherd, J. W. Shuffelbarger, C. L. Silver, H. M. Smaw, D, G. Smith, G. B. Soucek, L. E. Spencer, J. R. Spitler, J. V. Stribling, W. C. Thomason, R. L. Tigertt, T. W, Totten, J. R. Tweedy, R. J. Vann, F. C. Wagoner, W. E. Walter, A. J. Watson, K. White, P. J. Whitehurst, W. H. Wirifree, W. W. Wolfe. W. G. THE HEALTH? . ,-v :=-::- ;:;::.- - A GRATIFYING SPEC - :-; - -;::.■-:-: STATE: OBJECTS Of -c -K- -■.:: ' : ' -.:--. -■:.-- SPECIMENSOF CiTIZEN SOLDiE S ATTACHED TC T-: PRjOVD-OF-HERFAME-AND READY i.N EVERY T!.v.£ C TO- VINDICATE HER HONOR. OR DEFEND HEP. exuujit m, Ou iHca. BOOK FOUR 7 t 947 John F. Burton Presiden t John E. Maier, Jr. Vice President John F. Eivell Historian The Honor Court The Honor Code and the Honor Court are the proudest possessions of the V. M. I. Corps. The members of the Honor Court, taken from the class officers of the three upper classes and additional First Classmen, deal with actions pertaining to the personal or official honor of any cadet, or any action which might reflect upon the honor of the Corps. The cadets which comprise this Court are the trustees of 107 years of gentlemanly bearing and honorable deportment, and as such pledge the best of themselves to the upholding of that portion of the V. M. I. Spirit which is directly concerned with those factors named before. The General Committee The General Committee is a disciplinary organization, which is of, by and for the Corps of Cadets. Its purpose is to enforce the proper adherence to the class privileges which are inherent with every service stripe, to uphold the wholesome traditions, the time-honored customs, and the personal appearance and public conduct of the Corps, and to further protective measures for cadets in barracks. Any cadet who fails to uphold the traditions and to conform to the standards which are expected of a cadet at the V. M. I. renders himself liable to the action of the General Committee. [80] ( cz ffta THclUcifUf H4titutc am6 HONOR COURT GENERAL COMMITTEE [81 ] d€XCH t M , OifctUa. I t9 7 John F. Evrell President John F. Burton Vice President Martin J. Katcher Treasurer The Hop Committee Please give us more time! — the eternal plea of the ' 47 Hop Committee. But short of time and decorating materials though they were, the Committee put on four sets of Hops that were really reet. Ring Figure in November was the first chance they had to use a paper canopy, and it was good to see the gym as it used to be and as it should be for a hop. The sets before Ring Figure had to be decorated with flags, sad to say. But there is one good point about the flags, though — they made a fine start on making naval signal officers out of the boys ! Whether they will become such or not remains to be seen, but whether or no, Ee-well ' s crew did a swell job. [82] Ou mCci TftCUtantf. t4tctute (Mt6 Second Class Finance Committee 000 0QE HIHQ It is said that the Finance Committee has a two-fold purpose in life — to provide the inmates of the Barracks with useful merchandise and to help finance the Hops. It has done both admirably well this year. Of course many a member will rue to his dying day the time he broke up the train of thought of a hard-working L. A. by walking into his room selling stationery. Or maybe it was magazines or flowers, or newspapers, or what have you? At any rate, they sold all that they had to sell, and as yet none has died. Chief among the conspirators in hawking the stuff were Walt Vannoy, President of the Committee, and Bob Duke, the Treasurer. [83] Aexut toH, en iHUi lAc t94i 7 Co-Editors Adams Stanley The group of keydets below are Csome of them responsible for this year ' s Bomb. A few have slaved like rats to make this dream crystallize, in the face of what might have seemed rather stiff odds; the others have given moral support to the Cause, and have blessed the nether regions of this page with their profiles. The burden of guilt rests mainly upon the shoulders of William the Crease, John the Mule, and Stanley the Unspeakable, with the others filling in the harmony parts nicely. Top: Patton, Haggeity, Neunhoffer, Trumbo, Schaeffer, Burton, Eliason, Fitis, Morgan, Slayton Bottom: Ewell, Davis, Duncan, Adams, Skladany, Beale, Barksdale [84] cn utca. THMtofUf H4titut€ -B- J. 1947 BOMB Maier Business Manager The cadets below are to be commended for the fine job they have done during these past months. Their splendid research along the lines alchemical has netted them material gain, for in learning how to squeeze not only blood, but the equivalent of red and white wine from all the turnips along the Barbary Coast, these men have accomplished a miracu- lous feat. Especially would we ascribe plaudits to Brer Rat Maier, who has fearlessly bearded every would-be advertiser for miles around. It is very largely due to his untiring efforts that the Bomb could afford the very small trimmin ' and embellishments that you see. Again, the editors wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to these promising usurers, for a hard job and a vital job well done. Clarkson Di Zerega Kempsell Williamson Cabell Maier Price [85] CXUi ft, ' v c- c - f i «ej «, V. M. I. Commanders Little boy in gray, come blow your horn — apologies to Eugene Field. And come they did, and sound off they did, these music-makers of the Institute. Under the capable leadership of Tom Stamey, the Commanders entertained the Corps in the Club Crozet and played for dances in the gym. Their times were sweet and solid to the nth degree, even though once in a while their practices threatened to drive us all mad. Specialties in Commander programs were capably taken care of by Pianist Bobby Kristensen and Drummer-Man Bob Lardon. Sad to say, the band has been inactive since fall, but it is the fond hope of every cadet that it will be reorganized soon. [86] Ouj CHCa TfUiltOfUf 9t4tctc tC MtJ American Society of Civil Engineers The V. M. I. Student Chapter of the A. S. C. E. is an organization com- posed of about half a hundred prospective builders of bridges, skyscrapers, air- ports and other works of engineering art. Heading this august body of budding builders is Colonel R. A. Buzz Marr. When sneered at by chemists and double-E ' s alike as pushers of pebbles and buryers of sewer pipes, they smile and attempt to think on a higher plane. And Buzz says, Look at the record — and with good reason. This year, for the ninth time since 1921, Buzz ' s boys were awarded the letter of commendation of the President of the A. S. C. E. for excellence in student activity as shown by the annual report. This gives the V. M. I. Chapter the largest number of such commendations in the United States. All of the Civils can show a just swell of pride in their achievements, but withal, not too much to prevent their winning the award again next year. lUV 1H5- rKtiiOUNU- vr- :rtf HlLL-Ul--6i it: Ui: ■ Wi l h ■ iNUBit ■ tMyiAi ION A- GR.ATIFYING- SPECTACLE : ANHONOR TO OVR- COVNTRY- AND- OVR STATE : OBJECTS • OF- HONEST- PRIDE TO -THEIR- INSTRYCTORS - AND- FAIR SPECIMENS- OF - CITIZEN - SOLDIERS : ATTACHED -TO THEIR- NATIVE - STATE PROVD- OF- HER FAME AND -READY- IN -EVERY -TIME OF DEEPEST -PERIL -TO- VINDICATE JiER_HON( OR- DEFEND HER RIGHTS- • ■ fl-HONCi CR- DEFE fpWsT [87] s exi t t(m, cn i Ua lU f 47 American Institute of Electrical Engineers The V. M. I. Student Chapter of the A. I. E. E. has been inactive since May, 1943. In normal times, the Chapter, under the able guidance of Colonel Jamison and a cadet President and Secretary, joins with the organizations at neighboring universities and colleges in periodic meetings and discussions. At many times during the year the student members are given the privilege of hearing distinguished men speak on the many phases of electrical engineering and allied topics, as well as being taken to many nearby installations on inspection trips. The cadets shown below have the status of Student Members of the A. I. E. E., although the chapter organization is temporarily suspended. [88] K uU ' TftcilUiftcf H tUutc om Methodist Club A-GR.ATIFYING-5PECTACLE : AN HONORTO ■ OVR- COVNTR.Y- AND- OVR STATE : OBJECTSOF HONESTPRIDETO-THEIR-INSTRVCTORS-AND-FAIR SPECIMENS ■ OF ■ CITIZEN SOLDIERS : ATTACHED TO THEIR- NATIVE - STATE PROVD-OF-HER ' AME- AND - READY- IN • EVERY TIME - OF ■ DEEPEST - PERIL ■ ■ -TOViK iCATEHFJsfcHONOR-OR DEFEND- HER- RIGHTS STATE : OBJECTS -OF HO NEST -PRIDE TC THEIR .NSTx CTCRi AND r ,R SPECIMENS-OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS : ATTACHED TO THEIR- NATIVE ■ STATE PROVD-OF-HER FAME AND -READY- IN -EVERY TIME OF DEEPEST -PERIL • ■ -TO- VlNDICATE H H OE OR- DEFEND -HER- RIGHTS Baptist Student Union [89] exu€ ftoH, cn fuiui «e f947 Deep South Club PR€STOn LIBRflRJ STATE : OBJECTS OF HONEST PRIDE TO- TH El K1 STRVCT0RS AN? FAIR SPECIMENS- OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS ATTACHED TO THEIR NATI E STATE PFIOVD-OFHER FAME AND - READY IN EVERY TIME OF DEEPEST PERIL ■ ■ -TO-ViNDlCATE HER HONOR OR DEFEND HER RIGHTS II COL L f TON e ' i ■ I I I . I ■ Jj lH S fc 111 Southwest Virginia Club [90] Ou uUci ' THdUdfUf. H titute amS Texas Club Yankee Club [91] exc u to t, ifiquua lu f9 . Richmond Club int nE i.inr vl inu ' ' i.tncjAlNl ABUUt- Uf ' A CKUWUUh HO.NCR.ASLE YOVTHS- PRESSING V? THE ' HILLOFSCIENCE : WITH NOBLE EMVLATION A-GRATIFYINGSPECTACLE : AN. HONORTO • OVR COVNTRY- AND OVR 5TATE:OBJECTSOF HONESTPRIDETOTHEIR INSTRVCTORSAND FAIR SPECIMENS- OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS : ATTACHED TO THEIR NATIVE STATE PROVDOF- HER FAME AND ■ READY !N ■ EVERY Tlf E OF ■ DEEPEST PERIL ■TO VINDICA HE ONOROR FEND ER RIGHTS ■■■i Tidewater Club [92] ifu uUa. TftdCC m f d tcCute ' So H Ambassador Club A- UK.A1 If niNO orcv in Li. yvi -i . — .. - .- ._ - STATE: OBJECTSOF HONEST PRIDE TO THEIR INSTRYCTOFIS AND SPECIMENS ' OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS : ATTACHED TO THEIR NATIVE PROVD OF- HER FAME AND READY- IN EVERY TIME OF DEEPEST • • TO VINDICATE HER- HONOR OR DEFEND HER RIGHTS . iBt COL T TON-I FAIR STATE PERIL STATE : OBJECTS- OF HONEST PRIDE TO THEiR !NSTR CTORS AND FAIR SPECIMENS- OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS ATTACHED TO THEiR ATi E STATE PROVD-OF- HER FAME AND READY IN EVERY TIME OF DEEPEST PERIL ■ • TO VINDICATE HER HONOR OR DEFEND HER RIGHTS Lynchburg Club I flKHHHI Mm ] dexut t(M , Ou cHcd BOOK FIVE l W . Gorman Vannoy Johnson Mills Sheppard Applin Maiei Skladany Monogram Club The Monogram Club is composed of men who won their letters in major sports. Since, for the past few years, only football and basketball have been kept going, the members are football and basketball letter-winners. The present officers are President B. J. Skladany, and Vice President Hots Mills. In addition to winning a letter, another obstacle must be overcome in order that a cadet may enter the club — the monogram rat line. The details of this part of an athlete ' s hardships will not be gone into further, sparing any prospective members worry which this might cause. Since the above picture was taken, several new members have been added, among them is HayroU Cabell. Needless to say, this fine young man en- joyed himself tremendously in the rat line since class privileges prevail. Other new members are Billy Noftsinger and Jack Palmer. A number of others will probably be added after basketball season. [96 I ' THctUan f PUtctute o h6- FOOTBALL TEAM Things looked a little bit brighter this year than last when Coach Hubert called his boys down to the old Alumni Field for their first practice session. We had many high school stars including such men as Lynn Chewning, Billy Noftsinger, Bill Hawkins, Jess Totten, Bobby Thomason, Jack Palmer, and Si Hart. All of them had been classed as great high school heroes of the gridiron. In addition seven lettermen of former squads were present — Malachi Mills, John Gorman, Paul Applin, Walter Vannoy, Rex Sheppard, and Jack Maier of last year ' s team and Bernie Skladany of the 1942-Muha regime. Thus the nucleus of the 1945 V. M. I. football squadron was formed. After the first two weeks of practice, the squad was cut down to forty members and a smooth-running football machine began to be oiled for the coming contests. These men realized that they had a rough season ahead of them, so they gave their workouts all they had. This year they were out to win for several reasons. They not only wanted the usual glory that comes with a victory, but they also had to revenge the losses of the small outclassed squads of the past two years. They decided that it was about time From Left to Right, Front Row: Maier, Gorman, Skladany, Sheppard, Mills, Applin and Vannoy. Second Row: Barksdale (Manager), Totten, Noftsinger, Chewning, Barrett, Thomason, Hart, Hawkins, and Trumbo (Manager). Third Row: Duncan (Manager), Outland, Palmer, Cabell, Akers, Myers, Hoeser, Prillaman, McCullough. Fourth Row: Lewis, Purdy, Rogers, May, Clarkson, Challoner, Reints, Stupalsky (Manager). Top Row: Lauerman, Glass, Shelley, Tweedy, Bare, Davis, Henderson, Nelson, and Pack. [97] IHC t9 t Bernie Skladany Captain to put V. M. I. football back into the head- lines of the nation ' s sport sections. The usual excellent coaching staff also showed up to lead the boys to victory. Head Coach Pooley Hubert, starting his seventh season with us at the Institute, had with him Russ Cohen, the old stand-by who doubles as coach and very efficient scout; Ben Ennis, a new addition, who proved to be a capable line coach, and finally Colonel Heflin who also transferred some of his football skill to the line-play of the team. We are also in- debted to the aid given by Coaches Mac- Williams and Crawford who were unable to give full time because of their other various duties in Lexington. Another staff which takes care of the unpublicized problems of any athletic group are the managers. This year we were fortunate in having such fine men as Albie Barksdale fHead Manager , Ted Duncan, Alfred Stupalsky, and Johnny Trumbo to take over these duties. To start the year off, the Keydets met the Emory and Henry Eleven on the Alumni Field and beat them soundly by a score of 37-0. The first and second teams shared playing time to literally run all over the out- classed, inexpe rienced visitors, with Lynn Chewning, Bob Thomason, and Bill Barrett making long gains on every play. The line also demonstrated their great abilities by holding the opposing backfield to almost no gains. This proof of their great power made the Squadron look forward hopefully to the coming contests. The next week the squadron journeyed to Richmond, where they trounced the Spiders in a night game on their own field 40-6. In this second victory Lynn Chewning and Bill Hawkins played superbly before their home folks with Bobby Thomason showing the amazed crowd how a boy from the deep South handles things on the gridiron. Captain Bemie Skladany, Malachi Mills, Jess Totten, and Richmonder Billy Noftsinger came through again by putting up a stone wall for the hosts. After Lynn Chewning [98 J Ca ' TKciltofUf, idtctc(tc O Pt the second defeat handed out by these boys from Lexington, their followers got even more hopeful than before for the season ' s outcome. The third game, played with Virginia at Lynchburg, was a bad let-down, when we were beaten 40-7. The Wahoos had a powerful team aided by a group of Navy V-12 aces who were much older and had much more experience than the Squadron. We gave them a bad scare, though, when a kick was blocked and recovered. In the next two plays the Keydets took the pig- skin across the stripe into paydirt. Then Virginia started rolling, leaving no other hope of scoring for their opponents. V. M. L showed that, once down, their fighting spirit would again take them to the heights of fame, when they rallied and shook the Wahoo defeat off to conquer the powerful North Carolina State Eleven. It was a rough-fought battle the entire sixty minutes of the game with both teams making many attempts at paydirt, but the intestinal Malachi Mills Bobby Thomason fortitude of the Flying Squadron finally won out and brought us a 21-14 victory. Again our backfield heroes had shown their abilities and again our powerful line had held. Incidentally, V. M. I. and North Carolina are well known as the two hardest- fighting squads in the Southern Conference. Probably the hardest defeat for us, the members of the Corps, to take was that handed out by William and Mary on the annual Corps trip. The Squadron out- fought and out-played the Indians during the entire game, leading the scoring all of the way until the last few minutes of play. On a punt we had been backed up close against our own goal line. Our Eleven tried a running play to get the ball to a safe yard marker, but there was a fumble on the play and William and Mary recovered. After several desperate attempts, they made a touchdown and the game ended. This final good break for our enemy gave them a lead in the final scoring by 13-9. This disap- pointment would not have been as bad if [99] jlcXCHft Vt, i yy%0f n T 9 Bill Hawkins our men had not given such a beautiful account of themselves in out-playing favored William and Mary. The Corps heard wonderful sounds com- ing over their radios from Nashville, Tennes- see, one rainy Saturday afternoon. We were listening to a description of our own team giving the mighty Vanderbilt team a beating. The squadron ran circles around their op- ponents and came off the field with a fourth victory — 27-13. Many favorable comments appeared in the sports sections the next day as our fame became known in the South. At Maryland the Keydets were again forced to take a disheartening defeat, when thirty-eight points were chalked up against us without a single score for the men from Lexington. The University had the main outline of the North Carolina pre-flight team which won acclaim as one of the nation ' s best, last year. We took the fourth defeat of the season in a game with Catawba College on Alumni Field. In the contest the squad was greatly handicapped by the injury of Lynn Chewn- ing, Bill Hawkins and Rex Sheppard. These men could possibly have played, but the coaches wanted to be sure that everybody was all right for the annual game with Virginia Polytechnic Institute to be played five days later. The remaining team members fought hard, but they could not hold Catawba enough. We were beaten 14-7, but the corps was not too unhappy about the situation. The main idea of the whole season centered on the Gobblers. After an exciting season, we faced our old rivals, V. P. I., after their absence from the football scene for a period of two years.. This game is classed as the Military Classic of the South and has always been looked forward to by alumni of both schools and people all over the country. This year the Flying Squadron faced the gobblers with a record of four won and four lost. We were slightly favored, but the majority of the football fans expected the outcome to go either way. Billy Noftsinger [100] ii4tUutC The game was pretty much nip and tuck most of the afternoon, but the Keydets cashed in on an opportunity to score in the first play of the fourth quarter. In the last seconds of the third quarter Ralph Beard of V. P. I. fumbled and Jack Maier of the Squadron recovered it on the twenty-yard stripe. Powerful Lynn Chewning bulled his way to the Eleven on the first play followed by a three-yard gain by speedy Bill Barrett. Chewning then took the ball on down to the five-yard line. Bobby Thomason then tossed to Kenry Johnson who went out of bounds on the two-foot line as the quarter ended. In the first play of the fourth quarter Lynn Chewning dove across the line for the only score of the day. With Chewning holding, Thomason booted a perfect place- ment to make the score 7-0. The remainder of the ball game was a hard-fought battle between the two Elevens with Lynn Chewn- ing and Bobby Thomason bearing the brunt of the attack in the backfield and with Malachi Mills, Bernie Skladany, and Jess Totten literally ripping the V. P. L team to pieces. With the defeat over V. P. L the Fighting Squadron ended what might be well- called a very successful seasion. We won five out of nine games and should have won the sixth, when we outplayed the William and Mary Eleven for sixty minutes only to have them get a break in the last remaining seconds to score a touchdown. The general public was amazed at the fighting power and the ability that our young, inexperienced team possessed. In every encounter our gridmen never gave up, no matter what the odds were and the biggest of our opponents had their hands full. Although we were Bill Barrett playing ' way above our heads most of the season in Southern Conference competition, we managed to place two men, Ljmn Chewning and Malachi Mills, on the myth- ical All-Southern Football Team with Bobby Thomason on the second team in addition to Bernie Skladany and Jess Totten in the honorable mention column. On the first team All-State we had Lynn Chewning and Bernie Skladany with Billy Noftsinger, Bobby Thomason, and Jess Totten making the second team. Bill Hawkins, who was on the injured list part of the season, made honor- able mention. Having this year of excellent football be- hind them, the hopes are high for next year ' s grid season. This time the draft is not bothering us so much and we expect to have practically the whole squad back. The main items for worry are grades and eligibility rules. Who knows? Maybe Coach and his staff will be able to find some athletes almost as good as this year ' s to add to [101] sdexi«t)( to t, c 7 i947 V. M. I. ' s present might. Already several members of previous Flying Squadrons, who were called from their scholastic work to serve their country, have put their names on the dotted line for another try at the cadet way of life. If the tactical officers of the gridiron do succeed in the procurement of new material, V. M. I. will be the terror of their opponents in 1946. Colonel Clark- son, Director of Athletics, has already named most of the schedule for the coming season. Things really sound bright for football! After finishing this unpretentious account of the 1945 football season at V. M. I., I shall content myself with one apology, where many might well be made. If, in any case, I failed to give credit where credit was due, may the reader ascribe such failure to lack of expert knowledge rather than to willful omission. SCHEDULE V. M. 1 37— Emory and Henry V. M. 1 40— Richmond V. M. 1 7— Virginia V. M. 1 21— North Carolina State . V. M. 1 9— William and Mary. . . , 6 40 14 13 V. M. 1 27— Vanderbilt 13 V. M. 1 0— Maryland 38 V. M. 1 7— Catawba 14 V. M. 1 7— V. P. 1 Total points scored: V. M. I.-155, Opponents-138 [ 102] OufuUa TftcUtantf fUiUtute (MW Basketball Team After several seasons of unfavorable results on the basketball courts of the Southern Conference, we finally have a squad with material on it that may be de- veloped into a team something like ye olde times. Under the leadership of our able coach, Lieutenant Jay MacWilliams, the 1945-46 squad is expecting a year much better than usual. Many high school stars such as Bill Hawkins, Bobby Thomason, Doug Johnson, Si H art, and Joe Johann in addition to such former courtmen as Walter Vannoy, Johnny Hodnett, Ben McCarley and Albie Barksdale reported for practice this year to form the basis of what might prove a surprise to all competition. Of course these men have never played together before, and they are all comparatively young, but the corps has their faith in them to produce some- thing exceptional after they have had the required experience. Johnny Hodnett, the only returning letterman in basketball, was elected captain right after the return of the corps from Christmas furlough. As this publication goes to press the Keydet five has only played two games. The first of these was with the Quantico Marine Base from Washington, D. C. The Marines took this one by a score of 47 to 28 but our team gave them a rough fight all during the game. They had a wonderful team composed of prewar collegiate stars and V. M. I. probably learned a lot of the finer points of basketball from them. In the second game on January 7th the V. M. I. courtmen defeated the Richmond College team by 30-28. V. M. I. led in scoring against the Holy City beys during the entire forty minutes of playing time and showed much improvement over their defeat at the hands of the Marines before Christmas. The team has about nine more games to play, but the schedule has not been completed because of difficulties caused by the war. Among these nine to be played are Richmond, University of Virginia, George Washington, William and Mary, and Bridgewater College. [ 103 ] exut toH, in cHca § ri V •  f From Left to Right: Bercaw, Morrison, Jones, Dillard, Maggard, Brooks, Lieutenant Emory, Haggerty, Whitehurst, Fitts, Valentine, Ashhy, Wilson Polo Team With a nucleus of four men from last year ' s squad, Captain H. W. Ellerson set out to make a team that would be able to compete with West Point and other Army and inde- pendent teams. As practice proceeded help was received from the armed forces by the discharge of Jim Morrison and Bill Ashby. Morrison and Ashby were team members of the last V. M. I. team which played West Point. At Christmas time Captain Ellerson was transferred and the reins were turned over to Lieutenant Bill Emory who was one of the stars of the 1943 team. Lieutenant Emory, an expert polo player, has made arrange- ments to play several matches during the latter part of the year. With the addition of new foreign-bred horses and under its able coach, the polo team should make a good showing against any opposition. [ 104 ] c ifcma ' Tftiiitaruf t tctutc omS Horse Show Team Coached by Captain Watt Ellerson during the fall season and by Lieutenant Bill Emory during the spring, the horse show team, composed of two upperclassmen and six rats, made a fine record during the 1945-46 seascn. Led by Bohn, Whitehurst and Dillard, the team won a large number of Ribbons in each show it entered. The climax of the fall season was the V. M. L Kunter Trials held on White ' s Farm. Seme five hundred cadets saw the cadets come out on top against outside ccmpetiticn composed of seme of the best horses in the Shenandoah Valley. As a result of the initial success, it has been planned to make the trials an annual affair. Although the famed jumper, Jack Knife, and sorre of the other great horses from the V. M. I. stables have been retired from all competition, the addition of horses ' aken frcm the Germans as reparations and the return of this year ' s entire team gives the corps great hopes for an even stronger team next year. From Left to Right: Lieutenant Emory, Jones, Whitehurst, Dillard, Bohn, Page [ 105] etln ltc H, Ou i Ua BOOK SIX iHt i ( M t utce S MtenoLeU THc tc Sfi€Hcen, Wc 4- aiaCeftt T cioid 7Hc4 itut .deiu ett ' THc Ttataice ' Kenn %« w fcute ofiKC VtC feuUHO, ' TC cuHut THi ' P ' uut €UfC n 7 144 .ductf ScUUtcC U THc Scu i«ttta ( ofUdHcC % i4 ccuute cci c gim ?- ' .. -. THl THevU eattne TOowUm iU ' THiA €Ute OMci ' S ' uuwt 7Hi ccccf ' Dcuf, j W% 7Hi THddned P u THcTi iUc im ■ II 7HiA ' Bett f Mdeni i ll The Corps . . . 1. Touche! 2. Mistoes on the Bivouac. 3. Bubble takes a Sun-Tan review. 4. Don ' t bone me, yew old O. D.! 5. Beat those Farmers! 6. Misto, suck up that bodacious gut . 7. B Co. in Sun-Tans. 8. Old Jack ' s last bivouac. 9. One-stripe tripe at the Outing. w . 1. Half-mast for General Patton. 2. Wild Bill Adams and ' most any rat , 3. More struttin in Sun-Tans. 4. So they say, so they say . . . 5. Growlie fOboylj on the Outing. 6. FORE! r ' Wild Bill, etc., again;. 7. Typical Second Classman. 8. Misto on the second stoop! 9. On the double, it! 10. Our 300 Lacerated Dawgs . . . The Prelude. 7 t947 iZ i ;4 Outn i . . . Editors Bill Eliason and Irv Beale Artists Bill Adams and Billy Guin ct aua 7HiiU vuf K4tctc€tc sw Ringleaders in This Combination Against Constituted Authority William A. Ludlow Eliason James I. Banker Beale James L. Lover Morrison, Jr. We have herein attempted to por- tray the more hu- morous side of cadet life, if there be such. Any resemblance to any persons, here or hereafter, is purely by malice afore- thought. The con- tents are designed to be perused only by those between the vague limits of six and sixty: those under six can ' t un- derstand it, and those over sixty can ' t stand it. We trust that none of the Fair Readers will misinterpret the squibs, for. Sirs and Mesdames, a Keydet ' s Strength is as the Strength of Sin, because his dykes are clean. cxu€ t ut, in uU lAe f947 First Class Delinquencies MAJOR REPORTS S-Adams, W. B. — Blinding inspecting officer with shako shield, M. E. I. S-Anderson, R. £. — Rooming Tvith Whitmore. S-Ashby, G. B. — Neglect of duty to self by return- ing to Institute. S-Beale, I. I. — Hiding coatee behind Croix de Guerre, Silver Star, Purple Heart, and four battle stars, M. E. I. S-Brovrn, H. W. — AnsTvering delinquencies Twith the explanation, I bin th-h-ick. S-Burton, J. F. — Continued gross command of B Company. S-Cabell, R. G. — Continual consumption of El Stuffus Rationalum. S-Duncan, T. E. — Marching in hole, Parade. S-Eliason, W. A. — Gross failure to halt component parts of self simultaneously. Parade. S-Ewell, J. F. — Continued gross command of A Company. S-Hartman, C. C. — Claiming relation to Two-Stripe Tripe. S-Hayes, W. C. — Dumping gravel in courtyard. S-Katcher, M. J. — Continued failure to assume position of soldier at attention by marching like enciente duck. S-Louis, P. A. — Gross neglect of duty by failure to advance self further than Mil. Sci. 3-B after thirteen months of combat service. S-Maier, J. E. — Practicing Body Beautiful course after taps. S-McCarley, B. P. — Disrespect to Officer of Insti- tute by threatening Waldo with tomahawk. S-Morgan, J. M. — Neglect of duty by allowing brass rod to expand from wrong end in Buck ' s lab. S-Morrison, J. L. — Having mole in room, O. C. M. N. I. S-Patterson, V. W. — Volunteering, E. T. O. S-Price, G. L. — Overdoing Make-Yoursel£-Taller course. S-Sarmiento, J. F. — Hazing cadets by having platoon attend M. E. I. at half-knee bend. S-Skladany, B. J. — Insubordination by disputing Color Sergeant for command of Gim. S-Stanley, T. B. — Allowing ears to disarrange bulletin boards while entering Washington Arch. S-Sylvester, A. T. — Attempting to seduce room- mates, O. C. M. N. I. S-Weber, W. W. — Making self inconspicuous, 2d C. P. MINOR REPORTS Adams, W. B. — Peeling rat like onion on trousers ' crease. Anderson, R. E. — Recounting vrar experiences too vividly, 1st C. P. Ashby, G. B. — Bottles in room, M. I. Beale, J. I. — Long hair, B. R. C. Brown, H. W.— Unblitzed chevrons, O. C. M. N. I. Burton, J. F. — No shave, D. R. C. Cabell, R. G. — Improperly stacked, P. I. Duncan, T. E. — Visiting during C. Q. Eliason, W. A. — Unshined adenoids, M. E. I. Ewell, J. F. — Continual refusal to accept slugs. Hartman, C. C. — Wearing unauthorized pants, 1st C. P. Hayes, W. C. — Visiting Post Exchange, C. C. Q. Katcher, M. J. — Failure to turn on neon stripes after Retreat. Louis, P. A. — Shined shoes, B. R. C. Maier, J. E. — Drooling on blouse, S. R. C. McCarley, B. P. — Answering delinquency in sign language. Morgan, J. M. — No hook on blouse, D. R. C. Morrison, J. L. — Improper language, B. R. C. Patterson, V. W. — Wearing medals on pajamas, O. C. M. N. . Price, G. L. — Expecting high water, D. R. C. Sarmiento, J. F. — Failure to translate commands. Parade. Skladany, B. J. — Dereliction of duty as F. C. P. by obtaining stripes. Stanley, T. B. — Rooming with dead soldiers. Sylvester, A. T. — Rooming writh Stanley. Weber, W. W. — Bearing resemblance to Hatche t . [120] infcHca ' THdctofUf  (4tUcUc (Mt Officers ' Delinquencies TJust to prove that even the high and mighty do not escape our caustic pen Andeison, P. F. — Neglect of Duty as Academic Executive by allowing thiee men to continue mth their class. Ax, T. H. — Gross disregard £or personal S. O. P. by cracking smile in M. S. section room. Bates, M. — Rendering self inconspicuous in class- room. Blaine, S. B. — Physically hazing Floor Committee by having same stand in exaggerated position of attention. Boykin, P. W. — Fagging Second Classmen by as- signing two drawing plates in one month. Byrne, P. — Attempting Cand succeeding to confuse all concerned, 2d C. P. Carroll, M. D.— Visiting, O. C. M. N. I. Clarkson, J. B. — Deserting section room. All C. P. ' s. Couper, B. B. — Placing pay-booths in main sinks to increase Institute revenue. Derbyshire, O. B. — Disregard for long-standing policy by approving two permits in one day. Dixon, D. D. — Taking three grades in one week. Edwards, F. F. — Destroying institute property by allowing house roof to fall. EUerson, B. — Attempting to place two pounds in a one-pound sack. Emory, E. B. — Disregard for common sense by hailing from best part of state and not remaining there. Foster, M. I. — Creating disturbance in barracks by placing fifteen men in one room. Fray, C. J. — Creating disturbance at table, B. R. C. Goolrick, C. C. — Neglect of duty to self by failure to remain a civilian. German, T. L. — Passing two cadets in the same semester. Heflin, T. B. — Sending section to board in utter confusion and grading them on same. Hills, T. G. — Combination against authority by declaring First Classman not tin gods. Home, S. — Destroying Institute property by allow- ing 2d CI. £. E. section to burn out prize condenser. Hunley, C. B. — Mentioning less than the prescribed 96V2 subjects during one C. P. Jamison, B. B. — Allowing more than thirty seconds of period to elapse before sending section to board, 4th C. P. Knox, B. S. — Writing upon board and erasing same in one motion, 3d C. P. Leach, C. — Failure to turn in uniform for civilian clothes. Lipscomb, F. B. — Neglect of duty by allowing one man to pass course. Mann, B. — Creating gross disturbance in English Building by screaming at Sackapotatoes. Marr, B. — Gross violation of Academic Board rul- ing by passing all members of one section. Mayo, B. D. — Physically hazing old cadet by beat- ing on same ' s head, 3d C. P. Milner, S. S. — Allowing prediction rating to drop below 75 ' p correct. Moseley, P. — Creating gross disturbance in barracks by fighting bull in courtyard. Read, B. S. — Attempting to confuse A. P. by flowery words and phrases. Ritchie, B. — Failure to read funny papers. Satterfield, P. — Introducing alcoholic beverages into barracks. Steidtman, R. — Disturbing rest and quiet in section room by raising voice. Tice, J. A. — Playing radio in O. C. ' s hole, S. M. I. Townes, N. — Making derogatory remarks about private lives of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine the Great. Trinkle, L. B. — Allowing less than three minutes to elapse between words. Tutwiler, P. P. — Sending section to board at half- knee bend. Weaver, B. — Neglect of duty by repeated failure to hear second bell. Wells, P. P. — Condemning entire section to fires of Purgatory. Willard, D. R. — Smoking on stoop about 1024. [121] dexc u t Mr, Ouj utui DUCK SOUP Son: Pop, what is an optimist? Pop: An optimist, son, is a man who thinks his wife has given up smoking cigarettes when he finds cigar stubs in his bedrdom. There was a young man named Brown While cutting his lawn did drown . . . He fell in a well And forgot to yell — Couldn ' t tell his grass from a hole in the ground. Katcher: Wanta stick of bubble gum? Date: Yes, thank you. Marty: ' Wanta neck? Date: No, thank you. M. J. K.: Damn! Gimme back my bubble gum. What ' s the difference between an elephant and a horse? They both have trunks, except the horse. 74e f947 € ' One: I ' d like to buy a brassiere. Other: What bust? One: Nothin , it just wore out. 3B- She was only a grave- digger ' s daughter but you ought to see her lower the beer. Doctor: Have been X-rayed? Semite: No, but I ' ve been ultra- violated. 3 A Bostonian sub-deb named Brooks Whose hobby was reading sex-books Ensnared her a Cadet Who looked like a rabbit, And deftly lived up to his looks. you ever Compliments of the L3mchburg Art Exhibit V.M.I. Metamorphosis b 2c[C as3 Isf Class 3c C c 055 ' i-fh C as3 t 122 J OK ipua ' TftcUCoA f pt tUutc 04fti Chronology of Our First Class Year 1945-1946 9 July — First Class fahemlj swims in from Summer Furlough. ( A few of us floatedj 11 July — First newly cadet arrives complete with zoot soot, golf clubs and tennis racquet. Time: 0933. At 0934, gives suitcase to sentinel, tips Corporal-of- the-Quarter Guard. At 0935, deposits check. At 0936, receives suitcase with sharp thrust. Corporal retains tip. 17 July — Promotions, appointments, and disap- pointments of cadet officers published. Katcher is crestfallen when told he cannot wear neon stripes. 30 July — Bubblehead looks at Jackson and hopes like hell. 31 July — Adams registers 1000th consecutive max. Bubblehead just looks at Jackson. j August — First atomic bomb hits Japan. Corps dreams of one in courtyard. August — Japan surrenders. First Class burns Pre- Induction notices, walks uptown, floats back. August — First Class visits Post Office with hang- over, receives Induction notices, returns with vrorse hangover. 20 August — Cavalry troop organized; Staff eats supper vrithout benefit of chairs. 28 August — Headquarters slips up; gives three- day furlough by mistake fit must have been . 3 September — First Labor Day in history that V. M. I. does not spend literally. 5 September — Walter Wilson leaves for Purdue and Master ' s Degree; First Class declares rats out of rat line for vreek. 9 September — Waldo Hills arrives at Institute. First Class puts rats back in rat line and starts resur- rection. 17 September — Beale gets Croix-de-Guerre at M. E. I.; Zip gets seat of Beale ' s pants; Beale boned for Disreputable uniform — M. E. I. 22 Sepfemier Homecomings — Lieutenant Hurd Davis returns; run on Post Office as First Class redeems War Bonds en masse. 30 September — Adams peels 47th consecutive rat like an onion. I October — First Class has ' 47 Bomb pictures taken. Andre breaks fourteen cameras. fBills Banker Beale for same.. 6 October — Corps attends University of Virginia game in Lynchburg. Frank Morse loses car; First Class takes short course in Motor Maintainance, staggers back from Lynchburg six hours late on permit carrying Frank Morse and Stanley. 8 October — Adams announces fwith glee.) the disbanding of the A. S. T. P. II October — Outrage editors bat brains out in futile attempt to make dead- line. 18 October — Katcher reported for creating gross disturbance in P. E. well by beating on pay phone and shouting, I want my bubble gum! 20 October — Corps attends William and Mary game in Richmond. Alumni astounded to find that swaying effect of review is them and not the corps. Frank Morse spends night roaming streets. 26 October — Exam week — No Time For Love fjokes either.). 16 November — Waldo delivers famous tin god oration — entire First Class shaves for first time in month. 22 November — We lick the farmers — Monk breaks pledge with bang — never makes it to HoUins ( the latter breathing huge sigh of relief — Maier breathes 100 octane vaporj. 23 November — Ring Figure — Monk cuts self five times shaving with tin-snips fNote: Also broke three pairs of tin-snipsj. 27 November — Dissension at the Institute! — The Vulture defies The Foot as 83 ' of Corps rides gim. The Mole demands five stripes for commanding second battalion. 1 December — Captain Chester returns to the fold fold yell for Fredericksburg given by First Class in futile attempt at smack — 123 men boned.). 12 December — Sarmiento discovers after two years, four months, twenty-one days at the Institute that he has no blade in razor. 13 December — Sarmiento boned for gross shave. 17 December — Ninety-seven men boned for Hay Down, P. I., as Corps rests up for Christmas furlough. 22 December — Christmas furlough begins — C. C.Q. ends as four rats, twelve subs, and bugler are trampled to death in rush — bugler given Christian burial. 23 December — Guzzle. 24 December — Gurgle. 25 December — Glub. 26 December — Flop. 2 January — First Class skates in from Christmas furlough fwould have floated, but it froze over). 14 January — Ding assumes command of First Battalion inasmuch as he is only cadet Tvhose hips are above snow-level. 18 January— The B. H. O. W. W. Club formally reorganized in barracks; many alumni subscriptions received. 13 January — Walter Wilson requests extension of leave to take Ph. D. 2 February — HayroU Cabell emerges from hay long enough to see shadow — goes back in for six more weeks. 19 February — First Class heads down home stretch panting hard as long thumb of the tactical staff threatens to overtake them before graduation. i March — Yippeee! ! ! Finals here at last — too busy to remember vrhat happened . . . 2 March — Duncan orders five stripes from Sol Sachs, scans mail-order catalog for stilts, in antici- pation of Make-Overs. 3 March — First Class breathes sigh of relief as they turn in three stripes for pin stripes . . . lid blows off barracks as Crease slugs Watt, Sackapotatoes grabs dip, cusses in Spanish and is off to the Briar- Patch . . . Bubblehead faints from exhaustion, and Stanley passes out in J. M. Hall. [123] cxU }t M., in i uUci lU f947 Coed: We must be getting home. We girls are out after hours. Keydet: We ' re out after ours, too! •XT Phee: Didn ' t you have a brother in this class last year? Lud: No, sir. It was I. I ' m taking this course over again. Phee: Extraordinary re- semblance, though, extraordi- nary. ■XT Jack and Jill went up the hill Each with a dollar and a quarter. Jill came down with two and a half. They didn ' t go up for water. 3B Ah sho ' wish we ' d find us some mo ' washed-up sailuh boys, mused the king of a South Seas cannibal tribe. Ah needs a good dose of salts. Mark Anthony ( to slavej: Where is Cleopatra? Slave: Sire, she is abed ■with laryngitis. Mark: Damn those Greeks! X- Then there was the repulsive Sub; he was rotten to the Corps. Overheard at Alumni Hall: I feel a hell of a lot more like I do now than I did when I first got here. Sacramento brings this one from the Home-land: The kings of Peru were the Incas. They wrere -widely renowned as big drinkas. They worshiped the sun And had oodles of fun. But the peons all thought they were stinkas. W She: I ' ve been warned about cadets. Monk: Don ' t worry about me, I ' m on the Honor Court. 3r EPISTLE TO THE RAT I. Beware ye the Arch which is called Washington; abandon hope all ye who enter here. II. Beware ye the Corporal who is called 1st Ranking; he would feign advance to the Sergeancy vhich is called First but he is not yet qualified. III. Be ' ware ye the Sergeant which is called First. He weareth a pleased and foolish grin but within his heart he concealeth a serpent. IV. Bevrare ye thine Platoon shavetail, for he prizeth his stripes above all things; yea, even above his good name. V. Beware ye thy Company Commander. Let him not know ye by name for he loveth to masticate upon thy posterior. VI. Beware ye the Com- mittee which is General, for they loveth to rack thee better than all beings. VII. Harken ye unto the Toot which is Small; let it not find ye elsewhere than in that which art called Ranks, or thy freedom wilt suffer; yea, even until the ends of the month. In aching remembrance we solemnly dedicate this space to the Wee One, who is not with us awhiles . . . —The B. H. O. W. W. Club [124] c ifcfua ' 7ftclct z%cf K tUuCe amj id Shai e 4n ot r L ' ENVOI ' With apologies to Kipling and the Editors of the last six OUTRAGES When barracks ' last picture is painted And the tubes are twisted and dried. And atomic autos are finished And even the Two-percents ride . . . Then we shall rest, and faith, we shall need it, Lie down for an eon or tivo; With no Tony the Bugler to call us to drill anew. Then Bogus will be Commandant He will sit in Crew Jawn ' s chair And check the delinqs with vanishing ink . . . But THESE alumni wron ' t care! We ' ll sit in the shade and watch the Sem parade And never turn a hair. And only the Master shall praise us And only the Master shall thank And no one shall bone for maxes Or smack it up for rank . . . But each for the Joy of living. And each in his separate still Shall give a toast to that we love most . . . To swill . . . to Swill . . to SWILL! Yesterday just around three I had tea with the Duchess of C- Her rumblings abdominal Were simply phenomenal And everyone thoughtitwas SB- Sol Sachs, attempting to sell a First Class cape, the material for which had at one time come in too close contact with a skunk, was giving his usual sales talk to a First Classman. Sol: Isn ' t it a fine piece of goods? You couldn ' t get better in Richmond even. Banker: Yeah, Sol, it ' s fine but what ' s that queer odor about it? Sol: Ahh, dot ' s me. Ain ' t I a stinkin ' sonofagun? 3r O. C. M. N. I. — Some day Eveready ' s may save YOUR life! Shhh . . . Stanley ' s Creating [125] exc u}t(M, u uUa 7 f947 Ye Anglo -Veemi Chronicle CHAPTER I Now there did exist on the shores of the Nile, in the Town of Lexington, in the Common- wealth of Virginia, a most peculiar tribe yclept, by those who knew but loved them not, Key- dets. And their moans were mighty and their cries were of woe, for they were surely, yea verily, children of misfortune. 1. And the powers that be, namely John and Charlie, did cause the gates of iron that guarded their stronghold to be opened early in the moon of September. And upon the ap- pointed day a multitude did sally forth from their homes and families for the purpose of dwelling within the Fortress. Yea, and those who were new to the place, and they were many, were met at the gate by those who had dwelled therein before, and these new ones were led by the hand unto Jayem Hall, for it was the custom to show forth the true spirit of brotherhood until such time that the newly ones did sign upon THE LINE. IL But LO, when these babes did issue forth from the Hall, a mighty and terrible change did overtake their Elder Brothers, and these, the elders, did charge forth with a mighty venom upon the lowly infants, and they did make them walk in a line which was the longest way between two points. And they were called all manner of lowly names, chief among which were Misto and Rat, and were forced into involuntary servitude. Their tasks were many; their praises few, and their privileges nil. Indeed, they did feel themselves honored to breathe and to drink water in the mead hall wherein the Keydets did go three times in a day for partaking of the meat and drink. Yea, and even those Nubians who did serve the tables in this great hall did water upon the lowly ones, for they were indeed low men upon the totem pole. III. These, the Rats, did little else in their spare time but dream of home, count the days till their delivery, and learn the Spirit and sundry other documents for the amusement of the older Keydets. And they did hie unto ranks by the sound of Little Toot wherein did they strain mightily to rupture themselves for the amusement of their corporals, for they did dread with all the horror of their souls those fatal names, COMPANY ROOM and GEECEE. IV. And John, The MIGHTY, did decree that there should come to pass on every day a display of the young men of the Corps, and LO, it did happen for in those days and forever more, John ' s word was law. Hence, on every day but one, the youths did gird themselves in armor and did take up their arms and did march forth upon THE HILL but on Mondays did they march twice around the parade-ground, and on this day the unspeakable, the abominable, the sniveling Subs were allowed to sally forth against the Keydets in the hope that they might find bones, for in this manner did they support their families. V. Yet arms alone did not occupy the time of these, the flowers of young manhood. They had also to run the gauntlet of those who fiercely did wield the chalk and who did write num- bers less than the figure five in their little brown books. And from the learned ones did the lads perceive that the best way to shut a door was not to sit upon the knob and swing thereon but to use the hands, for this, the latter method, did constitute what was known as Duck Soup. And they did gain much information from these learned monks yclept, BEEDEE, [ 126 ] OifiHCii TfUlct XfUf K tctutc 04h6 PHEE, THE MASTER, PANCHO, BUZZ, PEE FOOT, THE WINK, BOOTIE, THE SNAPPY ONE, AND FILTHY RICHARD. VI. But all was not toil and suffering for the Keydets for they did have representatives on the gridiron, eleven strong and valiant hearties who were the fair sons of POOLEY. Now there did exist a deep and mortal hatred between the Keydets and vile farmers who did dwell in an old deserted stable over the hill in a village known as Blacksburg. These mis- guided sons of gross bucolity being known as VEEPEEIANS. And they did wear blue and scorn the Keydet grey. It was thus decreed that the deepseated and colossal feud between the rivals should be settled on the field of honor with the hamlet of Roanoke selected as a site. VII. And the day of the contest did dawn clear and cold, and LO, it came to pass that the VEEPEEIANS did assemble their blue clad cohorts and did march first upon the field, and this was a just act, for verily it was the only time during the contest of the day that the azure Hayseeds did come first. VIII. With a cheer from their loved ones did the champions of the Glorious Grey take to the field, and there was a loud singing of the immortal Spirit, and a giving of Old Yells. The contest was long and mighty; even twice had the hourglass emptied itself before the referee did blow upon his horn and declare the contest closed with Sir Bernard Skladania from South Ukrania, and his honorable associates reigning supreme. IX. In celebration of the glorious victory a week-end of festivities was awarded the Keydets. And many were the beautiful damsels who did grace the town of Lexington for the purpose of partaking in the revels. And those who were known as seconds did walk in rapture with their true loves under the arch of roses where they received the RING and an osculation to boot. And the Rats did watch these festivities under the arch with tender yearn- ing in their hearts. And the thirds did look with open envy while the kings of the corps did look on with haughty disdain, and did whisper SUCKER under their breaths, for in the preceding annum had they partaken of the same revels, and they had had time to ponder and to realize the futility of it all. After the bestowal there was a great making of music to which the Keydets did dance with their luscious morsels of femininity And there was also at the same time a place of solitude wherein the lovers might whisper sweet nothings to one another; yea, and it was the ever useful and aforementioned JAYEM HALL. And during the week-end many times was the old line used, Would you like to see the New Market mural? X. And at last did the dance end, and the weary lads took their lovelies and did accom- pany them to the places where the beauties were to rest and temptation did run strong in the hearts of the Keydets to remain until after the curfew hour which was in great inaccord with the Almighty Will, and LeButte did sally forth on his charger and did capture these culprits, for he had that night the watch. Those who did not break the law, but did return to their hays, did dream sweetly and did hope that their loves would remain true throughout the long night. And some were faithful, but some did succumb to the wiles of the howling Minks who did stand outside their windows and serenade them with ye Washington and Lee Swing which was known as their victory march in those dim, dark days in the long forgotten past when they were known to have wrested an occasional game from the Southern Seminary hockey team. XI. LO, a miracle did come to pass, for the authorities did run out of tortures, and the Christmastide did at long last draw nigh, and all was the spirit of joy. [ 127 ] JlexcH t K, in uu€ 7 f947 XII. And on the appointed day the gates of iron did once again open, and another time did the multitude stream forth, but this time their steps led homeward. The season for cele- bration was indeed at heind. XIII. And each unto his domicile did journey, and upon arrival he was greeted by his loved ones, for they rejoiced at having the prodigal Keydet once again clutched close to their breasts. And there was a great wassail, and a great shooting of the line to the Running Girl, and much finning out of the little brother, and there were many nights spent in carousing celebration. XIV. But LO, time, as it ever must, moved on, and the fateful date of January 2d drew nigh. This was the day that was encircled in black on the calendars and on the hearts of the Keydets, for this was the time the trek back to IT was to begin. And each had unto him- self the appointed hour at which he must return, and he determined that he should do so be- fore the last grain in the hour glass should drain, for each knew that the penalty for a five- minute late was to be branded on the forehead with the letter L and for a retardation of ten minutes he was to be tied to the wrack and annointed on the belly with sulfuric acid, and for an absence of longer duration the culprit might be taken to the kitchen, laid upon the table and presented to Bogus who did dwell therein, for it was unknown, the content of the beef stew that the Nubian king did serve, eUid John ' s word was law. XV. Yet even those who returned on time, unscarred and unpunished did wail for the week of the INQUISITION did approach. Yea, the Keydets were to be tested one and all, and there was a loud moaning and screams of BULLING THE COURSE. And the sinks did do a thriving business after Taps, and if pay-slots had been installed therein, the Bish- op would have collected many shekels. XVI. And the fateful day dawned which was to mark the beginning of their trials. And there was a furious inscribing of knowledge, and the lack of it, in ink on the DOOMSDAY BOOKS. And when the trial time was over, there was a frenzied milling in front of the bulletin boards, and when was posted the terrific news, there was rejoicing among those who found a 7.50000 engraved by their names, and there was a loud cursing and a calling of names re- ferring to a canine ancestry among those who discovered that they had been presented with a 7.4999999. XVII. Throughout the long winter did the Gray-clad tribe dwell within the HOLE but at long last a sentinel did spot the first robin flying overhead, and his heart was so glad that he forget to duck. And ere long even the vassals who tended the stoops did cheer as the corps did first change gray trousers to white and march to the great mead hall, for all knew, even the LA ' s, that spring was at hand. For were not there many visits to LES BELLES DAMES SANS MERCI in the neighboring City of Lynchburg. And did not the noses of certain of the monks blossom indeed as did the roses? Yea, as the world shed the blackness of winter so did the Keydets shed the gloom in their hearts. And LO, ' twas barracks day, and there was a beating of turnouts on the tables in the mead hall, and the rats did give forth with the number of days until finals and the occupants of rooms that corresponded to the number of days, and they did tell crude jokes for the benefit of the upper classmen who re- mained as unsmiling as George of Washington Arch, for the prattle of the lowly ones was in- deed below the ken of the Gods of the Corps, yet the Rats and their brothers did become hysterical with laughter over the anecdotes that were told, for their naivite was great. [ 128 ] Ok uUo. TfUliUin tt4tUu(€ sw XVIII. And the day was approaching when the rats should get one stripe, the thirds, two stripes, the seconds, three stripes, and the firsts, pin stripes, for this was the custom in those days. But there remained one more INQUISITION before the gates of iron were to swing open toward the promised land, and once again was there wailing and gnashing of the teeth, for the tortures were long and the questions severe, yet even this, as do all things, passed over the brink of time. XIX. And, LO, the greatest miracle of all did come to pass. There was a gathering of the corps and of their clans in JAYEM HALL, for on that day were the sheepskins presented, and after this there was singing in the courtyard and a giving of old yells, and those who had wished it, were, and those who had been, were no more, for this was GRADUATION. And John ' s word was law. XX. And yet, in the midst of all their joys, there were sad looks and sad hearts, for it was hard to part. Indeed, some were so stricken with grief at the departures of their elder brothers that they did of necessity place their thumbs to their nostrils and wave their fingers at them in order to hold back the tears. XXI. And thus it was written and did come to pass in the days of JOHN, REX INSTI- TUTIA, BY GRACE OF GOD AND THE BOARD OF VISITORS. AMEN. J. L. Morrison, Jr., Ye Court Recorder. ■3S- The Commandant ' s Ball A Chronicle ' Twas the night of the Commandant ' s Final Ball, and all the Subs and Tacs were gathered ' round the punch bowl, throwing Neglects of Duty, for Christianity was unheard of in those days and times. All concerned were determined to make it an orgy worthy of the wettest spot in the annals of Virginia Military Institute, when upon the scene appeared Mistoe Grosly, bearing gifts, plus a Special Report. What HO! cried the Commandant. Sir, Cadet Grosly reports to answer a special delinquency of Juvember Umpteenth retorted the rat. Whereupon the Commandant was sore wroth, and ordered M. Grosly cast into the Work Detail which re- arranges the landscape down at the Cavalry and Field Artillery Stables; whereupon all the subs leered beyond measure. Skoal, cried they, from out the depths of their champagne punch. ZIP screamed the C-dant, above the hellish din. Duck Soup remarked B. D., from the lowermost limb of Ye Olde Guard Tree. Whereupon the C-dant, seeking diversion, ordered M. Grosly brought forth from the Augean Stables. Come forth, Misto! cried he. But M. Grosly, slipping on a steaming can of Shinola, came fifth, whereupon the C-dant was exceeding wroth, and ordered the Misto confined to the limits of barracks for a period of 99 days; and it was done, for in those days, Jawn ' s word was Law. Yea, and the rat did labor Saturdays ' mongst the steeds, even as a prisoner in a penal crew, from which stemmed the C-dant ' s nom de guerre . . . and He was forevermore known as Crew-de Jawn. [ 129] dexlHfCoH, Ou dMia. 1 i ?47 cu uUci TKcUt vuf H4titute S(Mt V, ' , M y.- 0 v l I ' - :: g • ' WaWo, Waldo EVERYWHERE And how the Corps did shrink . . . 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