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was one of its most appreciated fea-tures.
T U R K E Y D A Y H I L A R I T Y !
up the hill to barracks.
One of the group started away.
gonna' give an Old Yell."
three straight over the Gobblers.
Hawkins' Gains Exeed Those of Gobbler Eleven.
Many See Game and Elaborate Ceremonies.
previous encounters null and void.
the offensive than on the defensive.
school and the menu printed in it.
stories put the crowd into an uproar.
camp, are renewel on these occasions.
the finish, ending up a successful season in brilliant style.
Southern District Confers In Madison Hall.
who has not seen all of the games.
Tha first paper was given by Mr.
was a member of the Class of 1930.
Life," was presented by Mr. W. F.
Barksdale, Chairman of the Miss. A.
The last speaker was Mr. J. H.
the "River Bend Steam Plant.
chairmen was at the Montieello.
Full Text Search S T A T E CHAMPIONS CADET PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY I H E CORPS OF C A D E T S V I R G I N I A M I L I T A R Y I N S T I T U TE VOL. X X I II L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , MONDAY, DEC. 2, 1929 No. 11 Keydets Are State Champions THANKSGIVING DANCES A SECONp I'OMECOMING '31 K I N G FIGURE I N I T I A T ES B R I L L I A N T R E V E L RY Weede Meyer and Ramblin' Keydets Furnish Music. The Thanksgiving Hops commenc-ed last Friday night within the walls of Ninety-Four Hall, which was orig-inally decorated with a large part of a young pine forest. The Class of '31 formed with their calic prompt- ' ly at ten, and presented the annual j Ring Figure, which set the dance go- j ing with a degilhtful sparkle. Pac-ing beneath an immense model of the ring design, the couples formed the l-tt?rs V. M. I. followed then by a large 31. An unusually large number of girls, together with a great many cadets, officers, alumni, faculty mem-bers and guests made the hops the largest social event of the fall. As usual, everyone says the calic were the loveliest which have honored the gymnasium this season, and with their gorgeous gowns mingling with the bright brass buttons, cadet gray, official khaki and trim dinner coats a rare and extravagent flourish of colors was formed. Billy McMann's Ramblin' Keydets furnished the music Friday night due to the unavoidable failure of the en-gaged orchestra to arirve. The ca-det music-makers brought themselves many laurels in their excellent rendi-tions and proved themselves entirely capable of filling any position requir-ing a set of fine musicians. Weede Meyer and his melody manufacturers arrived in time for the Saturday eve dance and proved themselves very popular entertainers. The solo and combined singing of the orchestra was one of its most appreciated fea-tures. The regular informal dansant in the gym was very Well attended and lasted until first call for supper. The Ramblin' Keydets here again shone as entertainers. Decorations consisted of a huge mass of evergreen trees hung in a Thus it was only natural that the ball was soon lodgsd on the two-yard line. It was at this point of the (Continued On Page Four) WHOLE CORPS FOLLOWS' TEAM TO ANNUAL GAMEi T W O CORPS MINGLE IN j T U R K E Y D A Y H I L A R I T Y ! Magic City Overflows With Football Fans. To the old familiar command, "On to Roanoke! Column of Squads, Leading Platoon, Squads Left" and the haunting melody of the Post Band, the Keydet Corps took off from the bricks slightly after dawn last Thursday to ride the rails to the Magic City and tender the Gobbler cohorts their annual lesson in How j To Win State Championships. Down Mess Hall Canyon, past the Cavalry playground, over the silvery strands of Nilus and on out to the wilds of East Lexington the strapping young soldiers wended their determined path, adapting their steps to the strident crashes of Peter Wray's re-sounding sheephide. At Union Sta-tion, East Lexington, a mammoth train awaited the arrival of the lads in gray, prepared to do or die to bring them safe and sound to the scene of the big to-do. At a snail's pace the boys were whisked through the beautiful scenery of Virginia's mountains, increasing to a rapid tor-toise gait and finally attaining the stupendous speed of a sick turkey headed for the chopping block of his own free will. After hours of the usual stops and starts, gurgles and groans, the monster of smoke and steam pulled its quarry jnto Roa-noke, where the young hopefuls were allowed to disembark and freeze their cramped bones and muscles, i Joy reigned supreme in the second batallion, as led by F Company, the j corps started away from the station, and it looked for a few minutes that the first would be last for a change and that for once the much tail-ended F Company would lead all the rest to the conquest. But tragedy and heartbreaks were in order and as the line of march was suddenly reversed, old F Co.'s hopes sank to the dust as they realized that once again they would furnish meat to the harum scarums and hoodlums who make it their object in life to pester the life (Continued On Pane Four! T H E L A S T PRACTICE A bit of drama was enacted on Alumni Field last Wednesday that was for the most part unseen at the time but gloriously evidenced on Maher Field the next day. We stood on the bridge and watched the last drill of the 1929 Flying Squadron come to an end. At the foot of the steps lingered a small group of about a dozen strangely silent individuals. The rest strag-gled up the hill to barracks. One of the group started away. "Wait a minute, 'Tub,' we're gonna' give an Old Yell." Arm in arm with heads togeth-er they gave an Old Yell for Bill Raftery, Ed Hess, Binnish Patchin, Mr. Chittum, and then the Class of '30. Last with much back-slapping and a real burst of the old spirit they raised that fa-miliar "Rah Virginia Mil" for the "whole damn team," adding a "Heaven help V. P. I." As they moved solemnly up the hill their conversation centered ai'ound that long reached decision to make it three straight over the Gobblers. We came back to the room, sold the "Vic," hocked two Whiz Bangs and a College Humor, and put the proceeds and two shirts up on the game. SQUADRON WINS THIRD CONSECUTIVE CONTEST WITH VIRGINIA TECH, 14-0 Hawkins' Gains Exeed Those of Gobbler Eleven. V. M. I. F I R S T SCORES A F T E R M A R C H OF 59 Y A R DS V.P.I. SENIORS ENTER-TAIN THEF1RST CLASS Annual Banquet BrillianJ Af-f a i r. 0. Ds. FREEZEOUT 0. Gs. 6-0 Many See Game and Elaborate Ceremonies. C H A M P I O N S H I P OF BARRACKS REMAINS UNDECIDED The Intra-mural Football Season at the V. M. I. was brought to a virtual close on Saturday when the strong team representing the Offi-cers of the Day downed the Officers of the Guard, 6-0, in one of the moat grueling football contests of the year, thereby bringing the series to an absolute tie and rendering two previous encounters null and void. The game without a doubt was the moat colorful intra-mural athletic event ever attempted at V. M. I. It was indeed a galla occasion marred only by the extreme cold. Just be-fore the game the Rat Battalion was formed and marched to the lower field where they went thru the regu-lar program procedure like veterans. However, after they were dismissed from ranka they gave the aaaembled populace an example of Washington Arch soon after Rev. In spite of their two bits admission fee these boys of the southland decided to charge it up to profit and loaB and make way for a warmer place. Never the leas we will still maintain that the O. D.-O. G. game was the Mili-tary Classic of Rockbridge County and should be officially recognized as such. The game itself was a masterpiece j in the medium of modern sport. The both teams of the Associations dis-played a brand of football seldom seen in thi8 Bection of the country or any other section for that matter, j Coach Jake Zoll of the losing team makea the following poat game atate-ment: "My boya lost mainly because that boy Jackaon of mine who haa perfected a punt that clears the line of scrimmage was not with ua on the occasion and because he failed to tell his roommate, Ducky Fields, the sec-rot of hia succeaa." With all due re-apect to Knute Rockne and othera, we feel that no game has ever been summed up in so few words and yet so thoroughly aa has Coach Cruel Jake Zoll. The game opened with the ball in poaseaBion of fir8t one team and then another but mostly in the handa of the O. G.'a who lost more ground on the offensive than on the defensive. (Continued On Paga Sight) Thursday, after the game, all hos-tile feelings were buried and the First Class of V. M. I. and the Sen-ior Class of V. P. I. joined in cele-brating at a banquet given by the Tech Seniors in the dining room of the Elk's Home. At each place, there was a pro-gram with the class officers of each school and the menu printed in it. The cover carried a V. M. I. on one side and a V. P. I. on the other. Aft-er a several course dinner (one of which was turkey), Toastmaster Shepherd, of V. P. I., took charge, welcoming V. M. I. and telling of the friendships existing between the schools. Roger Amole, president of the Tech Class, and Al Hawkins were then called on for short talks. Tom-mie Stark and Pattie of V. P. I. re-called certain instances (possibly fic-ticious) that proved embarrassing to some individuals present. These stories put the crowd into an uproar. An amusing and original parady on one of Kipling's poems was given by the Toastmaster. After "Hoki's" for V. M. I. and old yells for V. P. I. had been given, the banquet ended and the individuals sought their feminine friends. This banquet is an annual affair, the two schools taking turns about entertaining the other one. Many friendships, some of which began at camp, are renewel on these occasions. With Capt. Al Hawkins leading the attack, the Flying Squad-ron emerged the winner in the 27th annual meeting of the Cadets and Gobblers by a score of 14 to 0, before a capacity crowd of 22,000 on Maher Field in Roanoke Thursday. V. M. I.'s superior forward wall and Hawkins' football genius were the big factors in the Cadets' victory, the result of which was never in doubt aft-er the first few minutes of play. Besides giving V. M. I. the state championship for the second successive year, it was the third con-secutive win that the Squadron has registered over the Techmen —something that has never happened before in the long series of game between the two teams. Hawkins led a team of ten First Classmen and one Second Classman on the field of battle and they played like the veterans they were from the opening whistle to the finish, ending up a successful season in brilliant style. Hawkins Chief Factor. I made only eight first downs as com- A1 Hawkins, the blonde-haired I p a r e d w i t h e i « h t e e n for the winners, field general of the Cadets, was the T h e w o r k o f V i r g i l G r o w ' diminutive central figure in the superior play of i c e n t e r> a n d Tommie Scott was out-the red-shirted warriors. Through- i s t a n d i n 8 in t h e machine-like preci-cut the entire game, the brilliant j s i o n o f t h e f o r w a r d s - running of the Cadet quarterback, Score In First Period, and his genius of throwing unsus- . . , „ , pected plays at his worthy oppon- • ™ e f l r s t ,c°™ter was chalked up ents, stood out above the rest, in the ^mng quarter aftex^ a sus-thriHing fight put up by both teams, j T \ ^T Statistics only serve to emphasize the ! L l t h e h™ * 0 r „ ^ important part he played in the of- " " 6 - T h e ™r c h , ^^ured by •fensive work of his team. He gain- t W ° n l n e " ^ «P"nts by Hawkms ed 168 yards from scrimmage, more Z * pa8S. fl'°™ ? ' « « • Hawkins than the entire Tech backfield. His f ° r ° Scf ° U a?d e d t h e e x t ra brilliant piece of side-stepping for 37 P ° m t W l t h a p e l f e C t Pl a c e m e n t - yards in the second quarter was the V- R L' s s o l e scoring threat came longest run of the game. Hawkins i n t h e s e c o n d period when the Tech-was easily distinguishable from the m e n ' led by Tomko and Spear, rest of the players by his failure to m a r c h e d from their own 23 yard line wear a headgear on the field. to V- M- 1>s 2 2 ya r d line before they Keydet Line Powerful. w^re halted. Hawkins made his The sterling play of the Keydet spPe,c tacular 37 yard sprint in this pe-forward wall probably accounts for n ° ' the ability of the backs to penetrate The Cadets made a drive in the the Tech line for consistent gains, third period but were halted at the With seven veterans playing like a ten yard marker by the Gobblers, machine, the Cadet forwards opened The Squadron scored again in the great holes in the opposition and final period after a march of 42 yds., presented a stone wall defense when just after Biggs had intercepted a their own goal became endangered, pass. Biggs, Hawkins, and Dunn al- Two fast Tech backfields that were ternated at carrying the ball until it rated better than the Keydet ball- was a few inches from the goal line, toters, were held for short gains and Dunn bucked center for the score and A. 1. EE. MEETING AT L y I Southern District Confers In Madison Hall. NUMEROUS P A P E R S ON E N G I N E E R I N G A R E R E AD P L E A S E CO-OPERATE On page two and five of thia week 'a CADET there appear two boxes. With the first, it ia hoped that for the future interest of readers there will be general par-ticipation and that enougn serious-ness will result to get a fair se-lection to represent an "All Vir-gin; a" Team. The second box pertains par-ticularly to the Varsity Squad. Their co-operation in ehoosing an All-Opponent team will furnish valuable statiatics to the Corps, who has not seen all of the games. The Southern District Conference ! of the A. I. E. E. was held in Madi-son Hall at the University of Vir-j ginia in Charlottesville on November I 29 and 30, with Professor Seeley of I Duke University presiding. Friday | morning was taken up with the reg-istration of the delegates and after luncheon at University Commons, the meeting was called to order. After the roll call, Professor Rodman of the University of Virginia and Vice- Preaident of the A. I. E. E., welcom-ed the delegates for the University and for the A. I. E. E. There were three prizes given to the three best papers presented by students. The winners of the prises had not been announced when the V. M. I. dele-gates left and therefore cannot be given. Tha first paper was given by Mr. J. R. Gilbert, of Georgia Tech. It will be remembered that Mr. Gilbert attended V. M. I. for two years and was a member of the Class of 1930. The seoond paper, "The Electrical Engineering College Graduate and Life," was presented by Mr. W. F. Barksdale, Chairman of the Miss. A. & M. Branch. Mr. G. H. Preacher of the Univer-sity of South Carolina, gave an in-teresting talk on the "Saluda River Project in South Carolina." "The Theory and the Application of the Induction Furnace," was read by Mr. David Lawrie of the Univer-sity of Florida. The next speaker was Mr. McKay on "The Measurement of Heat Trans-fer Through Insulating Materials." Mr. McKay was presenting the paper for Mr. A. W. Payne, both of the University of Florida. The last speaker was Mr. J. H. Nichols of North Carolina State, on the "River Bend Steam Plant. After a few words by Professor Rodman the meeting was adjonrned for the afternoon. The dinner for the counBellore anf chairmen was at the Montieello. The Saturday session was a sight seeing trip to Montieello, the beauti-ful home of Thomas Jefferson and through the University campus.

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