The Cadet. VMI Newspaper. October 03, 1955 - New Page 1 [www2 ...

Hedge Hopping
by ,1. C. RAMSEY
Big plans are in the making {or
all cadfts interested in FLYING!
The Civil Air Patrol will be organized
this year offering its members
knowledge and experience In
aircraft control. Also the Pilots'
Club has an active program scheduled
with promises "Flying Fever"
for the Club.
Here is a little more about thes«
organizations. We need members!
It is my belief that everyone is interested
in flying and would like
to know .something about it; however.
they feel it is too expensive.
This is not .so for us, and I urge you
to read on and see wlyit is offered
in the CAP and the Pilot'.? Club.
Several years ago we were in
membership with Washington and
I.ee and Lexington flying enthusiasts
in the CAP. Tho squadron was
inactive and due to our conflicting
schedule, we couldn's adequately
support our membership. We dropped
out of the CAP and organized
the Pilot's Club. This Club was
quite active for two years and
then started to lose ground.
This year we are trying to offer
our members as much flying experience
as possible. .lust how are
we planning this? Read on.
A link trainer was assigned to
the CAP, and, since that time,
the CAP has been completely
dissolved; therefore, VMI has
link trainer which has never been
uncrated. We have never been
able to get the link set up for
one and for only one reason - not
enough interested cadets. You want
to fly? Okay, this is your chanceright
now! ,Ioin the CAP! But first
there is more. If we can get fifteen
members, which con.^tittites a
squadron, we can get a grdtip of
teehnleians from L»ng1tt Air Force
Base to set the link up. Furthermore,
with a squadron, we can get
an airplane assigned to this unit
and hangared at Lexington Airport
for our exclusive use. Think
what this would mean to you and
your flying interest!
The Pilots Club is not restricted
to rated pilots. Any cadet interested
in flying is urged to join. The
more members we have, the more
flying we can do. What do we have
planned that is so big? We've got
actual flying meets scheduled with
the University of Virginia, North
Carolina State, and VPI. This curtails
the control of aircraft in competition
of skill and performance.
The biggest step, and something
new to the Club, is a mass formation
on a cross-country flight.
The.se organizations have the
best in advice from Colonel Dobyns,
associate professor of Civil
Engineering, Major Woodrich, assistant
professor of Air Science,
and Marvin Fitzgerald, Lexington
Airport manager.
What we need is backing from
the cadets interested in flying. I
personally guarantee every cadet
who joins this organization that
he will fly. There will be a meeting
of all men interested in this
organization later this week. Look
and listen for that information!
Question of the week: In flying
out of a small field should you
use high pitch or low pitch in your
propeller blades? Answer next
week.
Institute In Ship-Shape For
Reception Of Cadets This Term
Virginia Military Institute's
plant is in ship shape for receiving
the cadets that wll make up the
corps for the 1955-56 year. A tour
of the grounds reveals many improvements
made this summer
and during the past several years.
The most impressive of the.se additions
is the new academic building,
Scott Shipp Hall.
This fine structure, rebuilt from
the ground up with exception of
the outside walls, and with a new
wing added, has all of the latest
features of an ideal class room
building. Industrial use of dynamic
colors has been adapted to the
rooms, which art finished in various
shades of blue, green, yellow
and grey. The theory behind this
experiment, according to General
William H. Milton, Institute Superintendent,
is that this use of color
has been found to increase industrial
production, and it may also
give an uplift to the academic progre.ss
of the cadets. Anyhow, the
effect is very lively and very pretty.
be equipped with ping-pong tables.
General Milton .said the ultimate
plan was to make the entire
wing into a cadet activities building,
centering organization rooms
there that are now scattered all
over the post. For the present,
however, the second floor of this
wing will be u.sed as cla.ssrooms.
The total cost of the building was
something over $500,000. It is as
nearly fireproof as pos.sible.
An interesting future development
at the Institute is planned iix
the valley along Woods Creek and
on the high ground west of the
railroad tracts. The Institute owns
this land over to the river. Grading
has been finished between the
creek and railroad for eight regulation
champion.ship tennis courts,
on a level 20 feet above the creek
A path comes down the wooded
cliff to this point behind barracks,
and a foot bridge will be built on
the 20 foot level from the path to
the courts. It is anticipated that
four of the courts will be finished
this fall and the three old courts
Armed Jf Forces
by BOB BLACK
As we start a new year, it is
only fitting that we take notice
of a few of the many new developments
by the Armed Forces which
are enabling the United States
Army to remain the be.st equipped
army in the world. Each month
The Army Combat Forces Journal
carries a department called "Irons
in the Fire," from which many of
these new ideas came to my attention.
Those of you who are
sincerely intere.sted in the doings
of your army will find this magazine
both informative and interesting.
To aid the foot-.soldier. Army
Ordinance has under test at Aberdeen
Proving Ground a vehicle
called the Mechanical Mule. It is
designed entirely for off-the-road
operations in forward combat
areas. The steering wheel & steering
column are adjustable, and a
speed as low as one mile an hour is
possible so as to enable the driver
to operate it while walking or
crawling on his stomach at the
rear or side of the vehicle. It is
'built by Willys Motors, and the
gear shift is conventional. The
overall length is 100 inches; it's
width 46 inches, and it's chassis
only over two feet long.
At present the United States
Army has no heavy tank in standard
use. However, at the Fort
Knox, Kentucky testing grounds,
the new T43 heavy tank is being
put through its paces. This tank
weighs approximately 60 tons and
mounts a 120 mm gun. It's bigge.st
fault is the tremendous weight,
which is more than most bridges
can support. The T43, unlike its
kid brother the M41, carries a five
man crew instead of four.
Foj- you future medics, the Army
Medical Research Laboratory has
developed a portable x-ray unit
for use on the battlefield. The entire
unit weighs only 48 pounds
and it can be carried on the back
of one man. The complete process
of .setting up the apparatus, taking
and developing the picture takes
from five to ten minutes. An average
man can learn to operate the
unit in a few hours, and the picture
can be produced with the aid
of electricity, water, or a darkroom.
The device does not produce pictures
with the fine detail of the
standard x-ray machines u.sed in
hospitals and clinics, but it is very
suitable for field and emergency
use.
Let us not forget the engineers.
The Corps of Engineers' Research
and Development Laboratories
have developed an experimental
mine-exploding-device consisting of
parallel steel di.sks. This new mine
destroyer is known as the High
Herman and is pushed along by a
tank. It. weighs approximately 36
tons.
As a final word, there is now
proof that Army aviators can set
ITi'; top floor of the building [adjacent to the football field will world speed records too. Recently
houses the history department, the i then be absorbed and turned into
third floor, mathematics; the sec- practice ground for the football
ond, English, and the first floor, squad.
languages. There are ample offices Institute officials envision a pos-
on each floor, and the department sible future housing development
heads were given a hand in choos- along the top of the cliff overing
the colors on the floor. looking the river when suitable ac-
An interesting feature on the cess can be gained. It is pointed
first floor is the language labora- out that the new tennis courts are
tories, booths built for playing closer to barracks than the old
records to the students.
ones, and not as far below the pa-
The two-story wing was made rade ground level.
possible, General Milton said, from One of the greatest improve-
savings made by using the old exments now in progress from the
terior walls of the building. It is public's standpoint is the construc-
constructed so four additional tion of a four-lane road around the
floors can be added, one floor at parade ground. This improvement
a time if nece.ssary. The first floor will soon be completed, and the
houses recreation rooms, in one divided roads will be made one-
of which will be installed a teleway. General Milton said it was
vision set given by an alumnus, to planned to plant oaks between the
be opened at specified hours and Siberian Elms that are now in the
on week-ends. Another room will well between the dual highways
and that are short-lived and beginning
to break up.
PLEASE PATRONIZE
Another road improvement is
the building of a heavy retaining
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wall along the cliff in the rear uf
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Lt. Cruise resides in Lexington
with his wife and two year old
'daughter. He attended Ohio University
and the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
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Encouragement Of International Good Will
Goal Of Letter By Father Of Puerto Rican Cadet
Not only was Puerto Rico settled
by Europeans earlier than
any other area now under the
United States sovereignty, but it
is also the place where that sovereignty
received its first international
recognition. During the
Revolutionary War, the American
ships Endawock and Henry, pursued
by the British ship, Glasgow,
took refuge in the harbor of
Mayaguez, a city in the western
coast. The British Captain demanded
the local authorities to turn
over the Yankee ships and men to
him. The people of Mayaguez took
matters into their own hands by
hiding the crews, and after duo
deliberation, the local authorities
replied in the most courteous terms
that they were bound to respect
the sovereignty of a friendly na-
Tim tnins Group
Finns Excursions
To Concert Series
an Army Warrant Officer flew the PUERTO RICO tion. When the British were ready States autonomous possession, and The Timmins Music Club met
SC-39 Sikorsky helicopter 156.005
This is the First in a Series
miles an hour, a speed that exceeds
of two articles on Puerto Rico.
the previous record Of 146.136 by J. F. MAURA
miles per hour set by the Air
to .seize the American ships the many of us wish to continue to be last Tuesday evening In the music
people of Mayaguez hoisted the such as a new state of the Union. room of Preston Library. In thi»
Royal Spanish flag over the Henry Others prefer complete independ- first meeting of the year, the citib
and the Endawock and the British ence. After the military occupa- members discussed various pto-
Force in 1953. The Army is cur- Good neighbors should know captain made fof to sea In order to tion of the Island by the United jects which will bo carried out durrently
developing new helicopters each other. We have met some avoid any international incident. States, Puerto Rico had a civil ing the current school ses.iloi1. The
which will exceed those now In of yoti people and have learned In the course of Its history, kind of government under the For-
policies of the club were announc-
use in both speed and efficiency. something about you through Puerto Rico has been a minor meltaker Act. The governor, the memed.
books, magazines, movies, radio, ing pot. Side by side with the typibers of the Supreme Court, the
Outstanding among the events
and even your mail order catacal Spanish family names as Perez members of the Executive Council
in store for the members is a pro-
AFROTC Staff logues. We believe you know very and Rodriguez are the: Portuguese, (which formed the upper house of
jected plan for attending concerts
little or nothing about us and Pereiras; Irish, O'Neills; German, the Legislature) the Executive Sec-
in Richmond and Washington. This
Adds Lt, Cruise therefore we are doing our best Rieckhoffs; Danish, Monefeldts; retary were all appointed by the
is (he first year that anything of
to give a mere picture of this English, Lees, Corsican, Fraticellis, President of the United States
(his .scope has been proposed for
Beginning this semester the De- beautiful i.sland.
Russian, Megwinoffs; French, Bal- with the consent of the Senate.
the Timmins Club. The series of
partment of Air Science has a new The baby of the Greater Anzacs; Scotch, Calders; Dutch, The members of the House of Rep-
concerts offered in these two cities
nistructor assigned in the person tilles, Puerto Rico, is an island Hukes; Libanese, Galibs, and Ausresentative (lower house) and the
is exceptionally fine this year, and
of 1st Lt. Joe N. Cruise, USAF. about one hundred miles long and trian, Axmayers.
town or city authorities were el-
Ihe members of the club who get
In addition to his duties as As- some thirty-five miles wide. Puerto Most of the 30,000 Indians found ected by the people of Puerto Rico.
to hear any of them will find them
sistant Professor of Air Science Rico lies sixteen hundred miles by Columbus were killed during The Governor had the power of
musically rewarding.
teahing 4th and 2nd Class AF- south of New York City guarding ihe early days of the colony. To- veto over our Legi.slature. Need-
ROTC Cadets, Lt. Cruise has the
Of interest to all cadets is the
the Caribbean entrance to the day there are no Indians in Puerto less to .say that .such an Act was
additional duties of Detachment
plan of the club to dispose of the
Panama Canal. It was once a col- Rico. Negro slaves were brought odious. In 1917 Congress changed
Supply Officer and Military Tacti-
remaining old styl;2 record players
ony of Spain and now is an auto- from Africa to do the hard work. our constitution, passing over the
cal Officer for "Fox" Company.
in the Timmins room. A new high
nomous posse.ssion of the United Neither group ever had the nu- Jones Act by which the govern-
fidelity record player will eventu-
As a rated Navigator - Bomba- States. Columbus discovered this merical influence on the makeup ment of Puerto Rico was divided
ally be purcha.sed. This means
dier, Lt. Cruise is the first man island in November 19, 1493, and of the country. We are proud to into three bodies: Legislative, Ex-
that each listening booth will con-
with his qualifications to be as- Don Juan Ponce de Leon was its say that a year after the close of ecutive and Judicial. The Legislatain
up-to-date equipment for all
signed to the VMI Department of first governor. From the shores of the American Civil War, Puerto tive body composed of the Insular
lho.«e cadet.s who use the Timmins
Air Science.
our island Ponce de Leon set sai4 Rico demanded Negro emancipa- Senate and the House of Repre-
room for listening to music. It is
in search of the fountain of youth. tion and finally persuaded the sentatives were elected by the
Prior to coming to VMI, Lt.
possible that this project will be
He did not find said fountain but Spanish Republic of 1873 to libe- people of the island. The Com-
Cruise served for three years as
completed this year.
discovered what is now the state rate all the slaves on the island. mi.s.sioners of Health, Interior, Ag-
instructor to Aviation Cadets as-
of Florida almost a hundred years From that day till this, the so-calriculture, Commerce & Labor, and The Timmins room is a memorial
signed to the 3610th Aircraft Ob-
before the English founded the led "racial problem" has been less the Executive Secretary were ap- by Mrs. John Timmins to her son,
iierver Training Wing, Harlingen
first American settlement in acute in Puerto Rico than in pointed by the Governor of Puerto .Fohn Wood Timmins, Jr., a distin-
AFB, Texas. He is a veteran of the
Jamestown.
most other countries.
Rico with the consent of the Inguished graduate of the Institute.
Korean conflict with 55 combat
missions to his credit and holds
Spanish blood, traditions and
sular Senate. But, the Governor, Timmins was killed in Korea. The
the Distinguished Flying Cross,
manner of living predominate in
the Attorney General, the Com- room and its record collection are
Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clus-
Puerto Rico. Spanish is also our
missioner of Education and the cared for by the members of the
ters, Good Conduct Medal, Korean
home language, though we value
members of the Supreme Court Timmins Music Club. All cadets
Service Medal, United Nations
English as a second language and
were appointed by the President of who are interested in serious mu-
Service Medal, American Theater
teach it in all schools. Since 1898
the United States.' The Governor sic arc invited to take advantage
of Operations Medal, WWII Vic-
when the United States took over
still had the power of veto over of the opportunities offered for
tory Medal and the National De-
our i.sland, we have come into
the Puerto Rican Legi.^lalure. music listening in Timmins' room,
which is open during library hours.
fense Service Medal. While in Ko-
close contact with Americans way.*
rea Lt. Cruise .served with the
of life and government. Our cul-
452nd and 17th Bombardment
ture had been enriched by this
Wings. ,
contact.
Politically we are a United
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