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High Tribute Paid V. M. I. Coaches.
Memorial Hall resounded with reverberating applause.
that they had complete confidence in them to keep athletics at V. M. I.
on the same high plane they now occupied.
Blandy asserted that the nearest thing to his heart was V. M. I.
he would be coaching for quite a number of years to come.
to personally assure them of their individual confidence and admira-tion.
the stately old Memorial Hall to its full extent.
creating * most entrancing ef-fect.
Hops over for another year.
Mount, N. C., with Cadet Haler.
Va., with Cadet G. S. Marchant.
Md., with Cadet W. T. Neale.
D. C., with Cadet Spivey.
First Class of V. M. I.
V. P. I. The first speaker, R. D.
real success in any line of human en-deavor.
and constitute its special pride.
1. The obligations of duty.
2. The recognize constituted au-thority.
ought to do is basic and controlling.
the discharge of life's daily duties.
a man is, is what counts.
no money or influence, can avail.
takes is the stand he makes.
to in honor of the V. M. I.-V. P. I.
the possibilities of the city.
below the Hotel Roanoke, V. M. I.
between dense throngs of V. M. I.
knit the bonds of eommon under-standing.
"Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here."
no other institution can offer."
be to any man going into the world.
we're all proud of you." "Snail"
threw the Tech backs for losses.
Court given jurisdiction; the U. S.
Full Text Search ON WORLD ' COURT PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE VOL. XIX. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, NOV. 30, 1925 No. 11 BLANDY CLARKSON AND BILL RAFTERY GIVEN GREAT 0 VA TION LAST NIGHT High Tribute Paid V. M. I. Coaches. GEN. NICHOLS COMPARES QUALITIES OF INSTITUTE WITH EUROPEAN SCHOOLS Urges Greater Interest Shown In Literary Society. Be Last night Blandy Clarkson, Head Coach, and Bill Raftery, Back-field Coach of V. M. I., received one of the most e^thusiastfc ovations ever given V. M. I. coaches by thie corps. When Blandy rose to speak at the request of Snail Caldwell, captain of the football team, Jack-son Memorial Hall resounded with reverberating applause. ""Snail, speaking for the football team, pledged its entire support, loyalty, and confidence to Major Clarkson. He said they were squarely behind him and Bill to a man. "J" Hopkins, cheer leader, representing the corps, said that not only were they agreed with the football team, but that the corps judged them to be the two best coaches in the entire so,nth; that not only were they loyal to them, but that they had complete confidence in them to keep athletics at V. M. I. on the same high plane they now occupied. Blandy asserted that the nearest thing to his heart was V. M. I. He said the loved his Alma Mater and wanted to serve her; but only when she wanted him to serve her. He said he appreciated the sup-port of the corps and the football team, and that it was their com-bined support alone that he wanted. As he concluded, a thundering burst of yells and applause assured him that the corps was certainly with him. Bill Raftery declared that, although he was not a V. M. I. man, he had thoroughly absorbed the V. M. I. Spirit to such an extent that when V. M. I. did not want him to coach football any more he would never coach again. The rounds of applause he received insured that he would be coaching for quite a number of years to come. Perhaps the greatest tribute paid the two coaches was when the eorps left the hall, scores came back to shake hands with them and to personally assure them of their individual confidence and admira-tion. So many returned that the line was massed in the corridors of the stately old Memorial Hall to its full extent. THANKSGIVING HOPS UNUSUALLY GOOD - MARK END OF FOOTBALL SEASON Knickerbocker Grill Orchestra Furnishes Excellent Music. The Thanksgiving Hop3, held in the gymnasium on Friday and Satur-day nights of last week, brought the joys of the festive season to a glor-ious climax. Sweet Briar, Hollins, R. M. W. C., Stuart Hall and other nearby schools and cities each sent a plentiful quota of ealie. The Knickerbocker Grill Orchestra of New "York City, making thoir premier appearance, made a very favorable impression. The gymnasium was attractively decorated with red, white and yellow streamers with V. M. I. monograms in colors suspended «round the bal-cony, creating * most entrancing ef-fect. A dansant was held from four to six on Saturday afternoon. The eame orchestra furnished the music. Keydets and CaHc were afforded a wonderful time up to the hour on Saturday night when the 0. D.'s drum proclaimed the Thanksgiving Hops over for another year. The fair calk were: Miss Young Weisiger, of Rocky Mount, N. C., with Cadet Haler. Miss Mary Bocock, of Roanoke, Va., with Cadet Preston. Miss Betty Sexton, of Wytheville, Va., with Cadet G. S. Marchant. MiBs Elsie Snow, of Richmond, Va., with Cadet Travis. Miss Thelma Thomas, of Baltimore, Md., with Cadet W. T. Neale. Miss Elvie Hitchings, of Hollins College, with Cadet Sutherland. M»a Mary Offly, of Washington, D. C., with Cadet Spivey. (Continued >«H **»•> FIRST CLASS GUESTS OF HONOR AT V. P. I. SENIOR BANQUET IN ROANOKE Expressive of Good Feeling Be-tween Two Institutions. Diuguid and Hopkins V. P. I. Speak For The First Class of V. P. I. gave a banquet in the Elks Club, of Roanoke Thanksgiving night, in honor of the First Class of V. M. I. The toastmasters were E. A. Davis, W. D. Williams and E. A. Bird of V. P. I. The first speaker, R. D. Mitchell, president of the Class of '26, An Institute hour was held in the Jackson Memorial Hall last Friday mprning. The corps was addressed by^ General Cocke who presented Gen-eral Nichols. General Nichols spoke of the im-portance of concentration in the prep-aration of work. He quoted, from The History of the Virginia Military Institute now being written by him and showed the corps the contrast between the European and Amreican systems of military training. The following is an extract f^om this work: The barrack life covers all the points enumerated below. It is not too much to say that any young man who has been indoctrinated with these principles has absorbed the fundamentals that go to make for real success in any line of human en-deavor. These teachings are ultra-collegiate and distinguish the Insti-tute— and constitute its special pride. The Cadet learns here: 1. The obligations of duty. 2. The recognize constituted au-thority. 3. That the question of what one wants to do plays little or no part in the life of the truly successful man. 4. That the question of what one ought to do is basic and controlling. 5. To be prompt and regular in the discharge of life's daily duties. 6. That in the last analysis, what a man is, is what counts. 7. That no advantageous circum stances of birth or connection, that no money or influence, can avail. 8. That the stand a young man takes is the stand he makes. 9. That the democracy here is pure; and unadulterated. 10. That under a high honor sys-tem, character developed under praiseworthy traditions and under a system of mental moral discipline, is the end sought in our educational processes. 11. That they undergo, now as then, a wholesome restraint in the formative period of life. 12. That they have regular hours for study, for sleep, for drills, for HYING SQUADRON LOSES THRILLING TURKEY DAY BATTLE TO ANCIENT RIVALS-VA. TECH 7; V. M. I. 0 Line Holds Like Stone WallJIn Shadow of Goal Posts WHITE STARS FOR CADETS IN BACKFIELD In one of the hardest fought gridiron battles in history, be-tween two of the most evenly matched teams in the South, the Flying Squadron of V. M. I. went down in defeat at the hands of their ancient rivals, the Gobbler eleven of V. P. I. Maher Field was packed with a colorful crowd of supporters of both Institu-tions and the two cadet corps which filled the air continually with their cheers. The spectators were brought to their feet every mo-ment by some thrilling run. Both teams played a fine game, but V. P. I. held the upper hand most of tho time by their wonderful interference and the charging ability of their forwards. The Squadron's jinx was with them as it has been all during the year, and consequently they missed several chances to push the ball over the goal line. Three different times it seemed almost cer-tain that the Cadets would score, but fate deigned otherwise and a forward pass would be intercepted or some other bit of hard luck prevented a score. CORPS OF CADETS BACKS f W i "d y W h U e ' playin* his l a st TEAM IN ROANOKE; DANCE AND BANQUET ENJOYED Corps Reviewed By Governor. On to Ronoke! Squads left! was the command as the Corps of Cadets marched away to the East Lexington terminal for the annual pilgrimage to in honor of the V. M. I.-V. P. I. Thanksgiving Day battle. The trip of about three hours' dur-ation was uneventful and the Cadets detrained at Roanoke at eleven o'clock. Our Blacksburg rivals were already on the scene and busy inves-tigating the possibilities of the city. The companies formed on the street below the Hotel Roanoke, V. M. I. headquarters, and from there parad-ed between dense throngs of V. M. I. and V. P. I. alumni bedecked with the tri-color and the orange and maroon of Tech and on into the city. The re-turn march by way of Jefferson street back to headquarters. Here order were published and the batal-welcomed the Keydets in their midst and assured them that the same cord-1 p l a y > doea not hang heavy on ial feeling of comradeship existing their hands, their problems are siro-between the two institutions at Camp Meade would continue to more close-ly knit the bonds of eommon under-standing. John Diuguid, In the absence of Snail Caldwell, gave the V. P. I. Sen-iors the thanks of the V. M. I. First Classmen and let it be plain that though we furiously battled them in all sports, yet we were glad and proud to shake their bands in a clasp of friendship. An orchestra played during the entire banquet, but the spirit of the evening was furnished by "J" Hop-kins who sang "Yes, Sir, She's My Baby," in the best Ted Lewis mode; next he gave the Charleston in all the fury of professional. He led a few yells which V. M. I. and V. P. I. had invented at Camp Meade last sum-mer, and had everybody singing "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here." The meeting was characterized by tha spirit of good fellowship in all quarters. It was a decidedly pleas-ant evening. pie and are easily solved; the exper-iences through which they pass are, in a word, man-making and charac-ter- building. These are the foundation stones on which the Institute was builded, stones which cannot be changed without undermining the edifice which has taken nearly a cnetury to erect. These stones were laid in 1839—these stones represent the basic principles which have distin-guished the Virginia Military Insti-tute from all other institutions; they have, indeed, made the institution, and constitute the plus things which no other institution can offer." Also Urges Attendance To Literary Society. General Nichols spoke on the im-portance of attendance at the meet-ings of the literary society and of the tremendous helps such training would be to any man going into the world. V. P. I. will play Dartmouth next year on October 9. game for his Alma Mater, although suffering from several painful injur-ies, did himself proud. He broke through the Gobblers' line for severai long gains, and as usual his tackling was deadly and sure. "You fought a good fight, Windy, ol' boy, and we're all proud of you." "Snail" Caldwell, also playing his last game, showed superior generalship and his line plunges were always ground gainers. Besides this, he was the receiver of a long pass from White that brought the spectators to their feet and looked like a sure touch-i down. The line as a whole played a very commendable game and several times held the Gobblers for downs when in the shadow of the V. M. I. goal. The only real outstanding star in the line was Carlysle O'Berry, who play-ed the best defensive and offensive game of his career. O'Berry was in every play, and numerous times he threw the Tech backs for losses. Esleeck was the Gobblers' out-standing star. His elusive, shifty, (CMiUDuad au Putt* Fiva) (Continued on Page Ttuaa) WORLD COURT BALLOT (Conducted by The New Student cooperating with the Council of Christian Associations, held under the direction of the CADET.) THE PROPOSALS I. For U. S. participation in the World Court under the "Harding- Hughes, Coolidge Terms." (The U. S. not to be connected with the League of Nations or bound to any obligations under the League Covenant; not to be bound by advis-ory opinions of the Court on ques-tions not voluntarily submitted by the U. S.) 2. For U. S. participation under the "Harmony Plan" of thirty peace leaders. (The U. S. to join the Court under the "Harding - Hughes - Coolidge Terms," but to withdraw after five years unless a code of international law has been adopted outlawing war and the Court given jurisdiction.) 3. the For U. S. participation under 'Borah Terms." (The U. S. not to join the World Court until international law has been codified outlawing war, and the Court given jurisdiction; the U. S. not to be thereby connected with the League of Nations.) 4. Against U. S. participation in the World Court.

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