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Full Text Search THE CADET P U B L I S H E D W E E K L Y BY I HE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE I N W I T H T H E N EW F I N A L S ISSUE L E X I N G T O N , V I R G I N I A , S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 15, 1929 F I N A L S ISSUE GLORIOUS FINAL BALL BY '30 TO '29 ENDS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Hawkins and Chadwick Lead F i g u r e To Dixie's Most Wonderful Dance. Colonel Dodson Announces French Delivers Stirring Military Changes For Next Year Valedictorv Address j General Cocke, Members of the i B o a r d of Visitors, Members of the | Faculty, Members of the Corps, Lad- Probable changes in the military ie s and Gentlemen, My Fellow Class-activities at V. M. I. for next year,mates: On Friday night the Class of 1930 gave to the Class of 1929 the last ges-ture of a close friendship formed and welded within the walls of Barracks, when the Graduating Class attended the Final Ball. For the f i r s t hour the center of the stage was held by next year's f i r s t class and their girls who shone radiantly beside their white uniformed escorts. The f i g u r e led by A. M. Hawkins and Miss Collison, as-sisted by L. G. Chadwick and Miss Hodgson, was the conspicuous suc-cess of a Hop that was the Climax of Finals gayeties and its grace and beauty were in keeping with import-ance of that moment when the Second Class became the First Class. Ninety Four Hall was decorated with stream-ers of red, white and yellow, colours not only symbolic, but well chosen to contrast with the shining white of the girls' dresses and the vivid red of their corsages. The f i g u r e was, in fact, a slowly moving symphony of red white, f o r the. huge corsages of American Beauty roses matched the red sashes that gleamed f r om the Cadets in their white mess-jackets. Line after line, arm in arm, they swept down the floor to the strains of Hal Kemp's Orchestra with just that slight touch of dignity that the occasion demanded, to end the f i g u re by breaking into the stately measures of a waltz. The Final Ball again lived up to its name of being the finest military Ball in the South and was a worthy f a r e - well to the Class of 1929. The favours were unusually attractive and show-were released to T H E C A D E T last Monday by Colonel R. Stearns Dod-son, commandant. The more impor-tant changes include the reorganiza-tion of the corps into two battalions according to the respective R. O. T. C. units of the cadets, a longer spring hike will be planned, and each new cadet will be trained for one or more sports. Changes that were ef-fected this year and which will be retained next year include the sys-tem of having cadet sergeants re-ceive the rats, the same system of guard duty for first classmen, in vogue in September, will be repeat-ed and there will be daily parades. Reorganization of Corps. Perhaps the most significent inno-vation next year will be the reorgani-zation of the present regiment. The appointments that were read today and published elsewhere in this pa-per call for a battalion formation. The old cadets will compose one bat- CLASS OF'29 GRADUATES IN J.M.HALL PASSES INTO RANKS OF ALUMNI Speeches A r e Made, Diplomas A r e Presented and Awards Are Published B e f o r e L a r g e Crowd. (Continued On Page Eight) Dr. Ashby Jones Delivers Baccalaure- ~ ate Sermon (Continued On Page Two) Class Of '29 Will Give Cup To First Baby Born A t a meeting of the graduating class it was unanimously decided to set aside a fund f o r the purchase of two cups, one of which will be given to the f i r s t son born to a member of the Class of 1929, and the other to the first daughter born to a mem-ber of the class. These cups are the first of their kind to be given at this school and they are expected to arouse quite a bit of interest. Certain regulations must be kept in mind and lived up to before the cups will be given, but these in themselves are not expect-ed to work an undue hardship. In the f i r s t place, the awards will not be made to any member of the class who is married at the present time. In the second place, the child must be brought in person to the Fi-nals following its birth, unless it is absolutely impossible for the parents to get here. Hearsay evidence on the matter will not be admitted, and in this w a y any chance of f r a u d will be overruled. Although the point was not brought up f o r discussion at the class meeting it is thought that in event that twins are born to a mem-ber of the class, both cups will go to the family. In such a case the class will probably be called on for a donation. The sermon to cadets at the Vir-ginia Military Institute finals was preached Sunday morning by Dr. M. A s h b y Jones, pastor of the Second Baptist church, of St. Louis. Dr. Jones said he would not preach the conventional baccalaureate sermon, but would seek to lead "the grad-uates" in thought. His subject of thought was belief, faith. His text was ' N o w I know in p a r t , " a selec-tion f r om Paul in the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians, read b y him as the Scripture lesson, with an ap-pealing effect. To some of its citizens the appear-ance of Dr. Jones in Lexington as a leading divine of the Baptist denom-ination, had a peculiar interest f o r a reason given by General W i l l i am H. Cocke, superintendent, in presenting him. Said he, " D r . Jones was born in Lexington, a son of Dr. J. W i l l i am Jones, a chaplain under General Robert E. Lee in the Civil w a r . * To this may be added Dr. Ashby Jones was one of four preacher sons of Dr. J. W i l l i am Jones who was pastor of the Lexington Baptist church when General Robert E. Lee was president of Washingbton College. His son stated in private conversation while here this week that he was born in Lexington sixty-eight years ago. Old residents will recall that when Dr. J. William Jones was a Lexington pastor his home was in a dwelling standing on Main street on the site now occupied by Trinity Methodist church. This appears to have been the birthplace of the distinguished preacher of Sunday, whom General Cocke introduced affectionately as a former f e l l ow citizen in St. Louis. Dr. A s h b y Jones returned to Lexington and was educated in the arts at Washington and Lee. In opening re-marks Sunday he r e f e r r e d very brief-ly to his past here. Said he, "The air is musical with memories and sen-timent of the past that are sacred to my soul." I t was a very thoughtful discourse which Dr. JoneB in impressive and appealing words and manner deliver ed to the graduating class of the V. M. I. Sunday. Faith he told them was the foundation of all religions and not confined to the Christian re-ligion. "I believe" is the beginning This morning we, the Class of 1929, have come to the end of a long road, and it has not been an easy one. Most colleges name an occasion of this sort "Commencement." With us it is Finals. I believe we feel its sig-nificance more than other do. It marks the final period of a rich and r a r e experience. We, as brothers here, have lived together so closely, have come to know each other so well, have shared no intimately joys and sorrows, and have planned so g r a n d l y f o r the future, the fact that this Cadet life of ours has come to a close is not a joyous one. For us to say good-bye is not easy. W e regret to leave this place. Our thoughts in later years will hover around it, as around no other I am sure. There is no need to tell this audience of the bonds, standards, ideals and spirit of V. M. I. The f a ct that you are here today testifies that you are in some degree f a m i l i a r with them. I shall, therefore, simply at-tempt to give you a short record of our four years of cadetship, a f ew words of appreciation to our friends and the members of the other classes, and then say farewell. In the fall of 1925 the Class of 1929 assembled here. V. M. I. was not a bit f a m i l i a r to any of us. Ev-erybody seemed against us. W e lived at "high tension," but that which made life so difficult during that f i r st year fitted us well to buck against the hard knocks that were to come later. It made us stand on our own C O L O N E L DODSON A N N O U N C E S N E X T Y E A R 'S M I L I T A R Y A P P O I N T M E N TS Final German Thursday Night Is Colorful And Enjoyable Affair Graduating Class Gives I t s Last Dance A t V. M. I. W A L K E R A N D P E T T Y J O HN L E A D F I G U RE (Continued On Page Eight) (Continued On Page Five) Many Club Banquets Held During Finals BOMB B A N Q U ET On Thursday noOn the successful bursting of the 1929 Bomb was echoed at a delightful lunheon held in its honor at the Pi Kappa Sigma House. Calic galore were there to share in the festivities and tell all the boys how really clever they were. Bobby Wright, Editor-in-Chief, act-ed as toastmaster. • Needless to say, under his able guidance a maximum number of toasts was offered and many fair damsels heard toasts to their health. But Calic were not the only guests to reveal in the conden-sations and rareafractions of the burst's revibrations. The Editor-in- Chief and Business Manager of the '30 Bomb were there to learn with jus twhat kick a Bomb bursts. Like-wise, we find the pilots of the other publications, Cadet and Sniper, join-ing their friendly rivals in the last b i g celebration of the Sons of Type and Ink. The presence of Col. Hun-ley, Capt. Adams, and Capt. Morrell not only added dignity to the gather-ing, but was a source of genuine pleasure to all. The Banquet came to an end at 3:00 P. M. in order to give the guests an opportunity to dance a f e w hours before parade. F r i d a y night the gymnasium floor of Ninety-Four Hall was the scene of the Final German given by the members of the Class of 1929. The decoration scheme in the school col-ors— red, white, and yellow—was ar-tistically worked out, so that the ef-fect to the enjoyment of the evening. The musical numbers were capably rendered by Hal Kemp and his " M a s - ter Music Makers of the South." Promptly at ten o'clock, with the softened lights casting a mellow g l o w about them, the figure, led by Gordon Walker and Miss Gretchen Gress, who were assisted by "Zunie" Pettyjohn and Miss Jette Baker, be-gan to appear on the floor. Includ-ed in the group composing the f i g u re there were approximately one hun-dred couples. These couples formed the figures of '29 and '30 while the many spectators looked on; favors were then distributed, and, at the signal, the participants began the dancing of the evening. I t was not long before the floor was crowded with other keydets and their calic who had not taken part in the f i g u r e and soon all were gliding along on the wings of syncopated melody which emanated so clearly and so enticingly f r om the instru-ments of Hal Kemp's melody boys. The keydets and calic made merry until at length they were surprised by the rhythmic beating of the O. S N I P E R B A N Q U ET Tuesday night the Sniper staff of 1929 had its final meeting and ban-quet in the mess hall. Each mem-ber was accompanied by his lady friend. A most interesting program had The exercises in the Jackson Me-morial Hall this morning marked the end of one of the most colorful and successful Finals periods that the Institute has seen. The exercises also marked the end of cadet life f or one hundred and twenty members of the graduating class and marked the passing of these men into the ranks of alumni. Colonel George C. Marshall was the speaker of the morning and the address that he delivered was one which stirred and inspired, not only the members of the Graduating Class to whom it was delivered, but also the hundreds of parents, friends and alumni who had gathered in the Hall. The following program was fol-lowed during the exercises: F I N A L E X E R C I S ES June 15, 1929. 1. Music. 2. Invocation — Rev. Henry J. Geiger, Cleveland, Tenn., class of 1902. 3. Announcement of distinctions. 4. Valendictory address — Cadet French, W. C., Mississippi. 5. Music—V. M. I. Spirit. 6. Commissions, Officers' Reserve Corps—Colonel George C. Marshall, U. S. Army, V. M. I., 1901. 7. Presentation of regular di-plomas, war diplomas and degrees. 8. Music. 9. Award of Jackson-Hope medals. ( a ) Cadet Tucker, N. B., Virginia. ( b ) Cadet Wright, R. A., Pennsyl-vania. 10. Award o f— Cincinnati medal—Mr. A. F. Ry-land, Richmond, Va., class of 1897, Cadet Walker, L. G., Virginia. D e a r i n g medal in English litera- (Continued On Page Eight) (Continued On Page Two) Monogram Club Present Dance Wednesday Night One of the most impressive f i g u r es seen at the Institute in years was put on in '94 Hall by the Monogram C l u b last Wednesday night. The ca-cadets in the f i g u r e wore monogram sweaters and white trousers and shirts, and this dress added just the touch of informality which was nec-essary to differentiate the dance f r om the other formal ones of Fi-nals. The figure was led by Gordon W a l k e r and Miss Gx*etchen Gress, who were assisted by Virgil Grow and Miss Margaret Davis. Coming upon the floor to the strains of Hal Kemp's wonderful music the participants in the figure f i r s t formed a V. M. I. and then formed a monogram. They next passed by a stand erected on one side of the gymnasium where the calic were presented with favors. H a v i n g received the favors the calic were led upon the floor by their es-corts and began the dance of the night proper which was quickly en-g a g e d in by observers on the side line. (Continued On Page Five) Bust of Gen. Nichols Unveiled In Library On Friday the 14th, the Alumni Association, assembled as a body in the library, to attend the unveiling and presentation to the Institute of the bust of General Edward West Nichols. This bust, modeled by B i l l y Simpson of the Class of 1924 and finished only four days before General Nichols had met his fate, had recently been cast in bronze through the e f f o r t s of the N e w York Alumni Association. The bust is not only good sculpture, but is an excel-lent portrait of General Nichols as he was known by the many past and present Cadets who were present. It shows strong realism coupled with a. graceful technique and finish. Sever-, al sculptors who saw the bust in N ew Y o r k were unaimous in declaring it. a true work of art. The presentation address was given by Col. Frederick Stuart Greene, '90, who was a lead-i n g force in the campaign to have the bust cast in bronze. The statue was draped beneath the F l a g of Virginia and was unveiled by Miss Nettie Smith who was not only the private secretary f o r sever-al years, but is a relative of General Nichols. Though the ceremonies of the un-veiling were simple, they were deep-ly appreciated by the many men who knew and remember General Nichols with lov and affection.

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