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VOLUME LXV<br />
NUMBER 26<br />
Lexington<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>16</strong>, 1975<br />
Cincinnati<br />
Goes To<br />
Crenshaw<br />
John H. Crenshaw, Jr.<br />
Cadet John Crenshaw, from<br />
<strong>New</strong>port <strong>New</strong>s, <strong>Virginia</strong>, is a<br />
First Class biology major. He<br />
was the Regimental Commander<br />
during the 1974-75<br />
session, a Distinguished<br />
<strong>Military</strong> Student, a member of<br />
the Honor Court, and was<br />
selected for membership in<br />
Who's Who Among Student in<br />
American Colleges and<br />
Universities. He was also a<br />
Dean's List Student.<br />
Badgett<br />
Delivers<br />
Address<br />
Lee Douglas Badgett, a 1961<br />
graduate oftVMI and Rhodes<br />
Scholar, will address the<br />
graduating class at ttie <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
<strong>Military</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> at commencement<br />
exercises, Saturday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 17. on page 3)<br />
Coleman<br />
To Lead<br />
Regiment<br />
(see story on page 3)<br />
• 1 i<br />
Cambodian<br />
Incident<br />
(see story on page 2)<br />
Summer<br />
Reading<br />
(see story on page 4)<br />
DanielJ. Darnell<br />
Parents, friends, relatives, and honored<br />
guests, welcome to the graduating exercises<br />
for the Class of 1975.1 am proud to be standing<br />
before you on this eventful day, but I am also<br />
saddened by the realization that this will be a<br />
final farewell. Adversity and obstacles placed<br />
in the path of progress always cause a group<br />
to feel a special type of kinship and<br />
brotherhood; when together they surmount or<br />
overcome them. To have reached this final<br />
stopping place in our cadetship signifies<br />
having weathered a storm totally alien to<br />
those who don't experience it.<br />
The graduates you see before you today<br />
should be recognized and well deserve to be<br />
recognized as a special group. As young high<br />
school graduates four years ago they were<br />
presented with opportunities and alternatives<br />
far more numerous than you as parents and<br />
relatives ever had. Society offered them a<br />
much more selective variety of roads to<br />
follow other than that of entering a military<br />
institution. The United States was saturated<br />
with colleges and universities offering a four<br />
year tenure completely unlike that which they<br />
chose to endure at V.M.L To enter V.M.L<br />
meant the sacrifice of a life which offered<br />
total freedom of movement and an unlimited<br />
exercise of free will. Consequently, the<br />
decision to enter the <strong>Institute</strong> signifies to me a<br />
moral character on the part of every cadet of<br />
the utmost integrity. Those who have<br />
1 remained possess the pride, honesty, and<br />
i strength of character so desperately needed<br />
and sought after by our society today.<br />
It has often been said and it is an<br />
established fact that V.M.I, is not a school<br />
which appeals to everyone. In fact, less than<br />
60 per cent of the original members of the<br />
Class of 1975 remain here today. Some could<br />
not meet academic standards. An unfortunate<br />
few were unable to adhere to the principles of<br />
the school's beloved Honor System. Others,<br />
however, could not tolerate a system which<br />
they found not to be military in the true sense<br />
of the word. In other words, V.M.I, lacks the<br />
air of professionalism it so desperately needs.<br />
Rather than allow a certain degree of selfdiscipline<br />
and self-development on the part of<br />
every cadet V.M.I, stifles and smothers each<br />
with overrestrictive rules and regulations.<br />
The resulting frustration invariably causes<br />
cadets to seriously question and ponder the<br />
actual purpose of the system. This is often the<br />
reason why many graduates leave with a<br />
bitter taste in their mouth. They unfortunately<br />
leave devoid of the exhileration<br />
which results from having completed a<br />
strenuous test simply because they feel this<br />
test has not been worthwhile nor has it been<br />
meaningful. The <strong>Institute</strong>'s desire to instill<br />
within every cadet a sense of honor, integrity,<br />
and perseverence is fundamentally sound,<br />
but the ends do not justify the means. V.M.I.'s<br />
priorities are at present misplaced and as a<br />
result misunderstood. Entirely too much<br />
emphasis is put upon controlling and<br />
manipulating the every move of cadets. On<br />
the average every cadet is checked at least<br />
ten times every day to insure that he is doing<br />
that which the <strong>Institute</strong> feels he should be<br />
doing. This is entirely too much and continued<br />
A Valediction:<br />
Daniel J. Darnell<br />
<strong>May</strong> 17, 1975<br />
parental actions on the part of the <strong>Institute</strong><br />
will only serve to further disillusion concerned<br />
members of the Corps.<br />
What I am trying to say was perhaps best<br />
expressed by General Robert E. Lee:<br />
As a general principle he told a young<br />
professor, "you should not force young<br />
men to do their duty, but let them do it<br />
voluntarily and thereby develop their<br />
characters. The great mistake of my life<br />
was taking a military <strong>edu</strong>cation." The code<br />
of the college, as Lee developed it, was<br />
positive though imprinted. The<br />
regulations, though few, were always<br />
enforced. "Make no needless rules, he<br />
admonished the faculty. And again, we<br />
• must never make a rule that we cannot<br />
enforce."<br />
As you can see. Lee's remarks clearly show<br />
that overly restrictive actions on the part of<br />
any school serve only to pervert the school's<br />
intended purpose. The goal of V.M.I, is to<br />
produce responsible, forthright graduates,<br />
yet the school unwittingly works in every way<br />
{wssible to insure that cadets don't develop<br />
such worthwhile traits of character on their<br />
own.<br />
I sincerely hope you have seen these<br />
remarks in a light which truly reflects that<br />
which I have attempted to say and do. My<br />
intentions are in every way honorable as I<br />
have attempted to offer constructive and<br />
valid criticism. I don't view this occasion as<br />
an opportunity to release pent up frustrations<br />
and emotions. Rather it is an opportune time<br />
to express those feelings and attitudes<br />
developed by the members of the Qass of<br />
1975. It is a leave taking and a final farewell to<br />
the members of my class who chose along<br />
with me to attend V.M.I, in order to expand<br />
their intellectual and <strong>edu</strong>cational horizons.<br />
Looking at them I can recall those initial<br />
days long ago when we entered as a group of<br />
enthusiastic, optimistic high school graduates<br />
only vaguely aware of the obstacles the <strong>Institute</strong><br />
would have to offer. These past four<br />
years have been ones of frustration and<br />
discouragement as we have mutually striven<br />
to overcome our own imperfections as well as<br />
those of the <strong>Institute</strong>.<br />
These experiences, however, will enable us<br />
to graduate secure in the knowledge that our<br />
diplomas are not symbolic documents. They<br />
are statements attesting to the fact that we<br />
have endured a system which demands the<br />
utmost from every man in patience, perseverence,<br />
and empathy.<br />
This is why I say I am a bit apprehensive<br />
and saddened by the realization that I am<br />
addressing my classmates for the last time. I<br />
feel a special kinship with them all as a result<br />
of past involvement in activities of an<br />
academic, military, and athletic nature. I<br />
think of them not as fellow students or as comarticulates.<br />
I think of them as brothers. I<br />
once had 375 classmates back in those early<br />
days four years ago. Today I have 225<br />
brothers, brothers who will be the most<br />
revered and well remembered acquaintances<br />
my life.<br />
Sheffield<br />
Receives<br />
1st Jackson-<br />
Hope<br />
John W. Sheffield, III<br />
The First<br />
Jackson-Hope Medal for highest<br />
attainment in scholarship: John<br />
W. Sheffield, III-<br />
Conte Wins<br />
2nd Jackson-<br />
Hope<br />
Douglas R. Conte<br />
The Second<br />
Jackson-Hope Medal for second<br />
highest attainment in<br />
scholarship: Douglas R. Conte;<br />
Bottom & Co.<br />
Finals '75<br />
Reviewed<br />
The events on Thursday night<br />
begin at 2100 hours with a<br />
concert presented by the VMI<br />
Glee Club. Following the Glee<br />
Club concert there will be a<br />
fireworks display on the VMI<br />
parade ground at 2130 hours.<br />
The dance on Thursday night<br />
will feature the "Gas House<br />
Gang," a well-known dance<br />
band that plays at such places<br />
as the King's Inn in Roanoke,<br />
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<strong>Page</strong> 2, The VMI Cadet, <strong>May</strong> <strong>16</strong>. 1»7$<br />
Opinion <strong>Page</strong><br />
•'Whore nipn have Ihp habit of liberty, the press will continue to be the fourth estate: the<br />
\ iKilant guardian of the rights of the ordinary citiien.".. .Sir Winston Churchill.<br />
TTie Vietnam war is over. The Americans are gone<br />
and the Communists are in charge. Hie war seems to<br />
now be a part of our history even while the consequences<br />
are still with us. It is hard to imagine a<br />
Vietnam without war and I imagine that it will take<br />
some time for the idea to sink in with a people who<br />
seem to take war as a daily fact of life.<br />
It is hard to recall the bitter fights and feelings<br />
Vietnam caused not so many years ago in this nation. I<br />
remember Le<strong>May</strong>'s suggestion that "we bomb them<br />
back into the stone age" being countered by the antiwar<br />
chants of "Hell no, we won't go." Even now these<br />
two views have not be^n reconciled.<br />
America's leaving Vietnam is much different from<br />
France's leaving Vietnam. There is some<br />
disillusionment in this country but I doubt it is equal to<br />
the feelings the French lieutenants from St. Cyr must<br />
have felt when the Viet Minh entered Hanoi. Also, the<br />
United States has none of the feelings aroused that the<br />
French did when, after the fall of Dien Bioi Phu was<br />
announced in the French Senate, the Communists sang<br />
the International in the Halls of the Assembly.<br />
Even as we leave Vietnam we find ourselves involved<br />
in another Asian struggle in Cambodia. This<br />
time, however, our intervention is forced upon us by<br />
the seizure of an American vessel. War is unpleasant to<br />
speak of, in the mildest of terms, and even now I<br />
believe this nation to be a nation of peace. Yet, there<br />
comes a time when we must look at a situation and<br />
realize that force is the only answer. Requests to<br />
release American property has been met with scorn<br />
and it seems that only brute strength will achieve<br />
American safety.<br />
Hopefully, America's gaining the ship's release will<br />
close the issue. No one hopes otherwise, particularly<br />
those who did the fitting. America is, in fact, bemg<br />
tested. We are being asked will we allow Americans to<br />
be manipulated when there is no cause or whether they<br />
will be left alone. The answ r is difficult and at this<br />
time we can only hope this affair will be only that —<br />
one isolated affair.<br />
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WAS HIN GTO N<br />
TO THE 1975 COLLEGE GRADUATES:<br />
President Eisenhower once said that <strong>edu</strong>cation is not only<br />
the means for earning a living, but for enlarging life. His<br />
words are especially appropriate for those who complete<br />
college. Your generation's candor, sensitivity and desire<br />
for creative involvement are heartening signs that you will<br />
be doing more than just earning a living.<br />
You are graduating in a particularly difficult year. You<br />
will be faced with many uncertainities. But the opportunities<br />
that await you are even greater than the challenges. It will<br />
indeed be within your grasp to enlarge and enrich life in our<br />
society. As you make the decisions that will shape your -<br />
course and that of your country, I hope you will keep in mind<br />
that one person can make a difference.<br />
Times have changed greatly since I went to college. But<br />
looking back on those days in the context of today's world, I<br />
know that the same optimism and hope I shared with my<br />
classmates is very much alive in you today. I want you to<br />
know how much I admire your enthusiasm and determination,<br />
and how convinced I am that you will make a difference for<br />
Ame rica.<br />
I wish each of you the satisfaction that comes from doing your<br />
best at something you believe in.<br />
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<strong>New</strong> System<br />
THE TRANSITION<br />
The Class of 1976 has now<br />
become the First Class, and has<br />
been given the responsibility of<br />
running barracks. It seems as if<br />
the time would never arrive.<br />
But now we are faced with a<br />
great challenge, possibly<br />
greater than many other<br />
classes before us have had to<br />
face. Now we must establish a<br />
ratline that will work and be<br />
enforced, not only by the First<br />
aass, but by the Third and<br />
Second classes as well. We also<br />
must work to build a class<br />
system that will last and will be<br />
meaningful to everyone.<br />
I feel that the Class of 1976 is<br />
more united than any other<br />
class has been in the past two<br />
years and we have promising<br />
leaders emerging. We have a<br />
potentially great future, and I<br />
hope that the class will be able<br />
to set some precedents for other<br />
classes in the future to follow.<br />
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Published Friday afternoon. Entered as second class matter September<br />
19,1946 at the Post Office in, Lexington. <strong>Virginia</strong>, under the<br />
Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription,!$6.50 out of barracks. $5.00 In<br />
barracks. Address: Box 7, VMI Lexlngtoh, <strong>Virginia</strong> 24450.<br />
MEMBER<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Intercollegiate Press Association<br />
Associated Collegiate Press<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Edward R. Crews<br />
Junior Editors<br />
Chris Manno<br />
Tim Mishi(ofsi(i<br />
Photographers<br />
Bill Danzelsen<br />
EdItor-ln-Chlef<br />
RobertJ. Kern<br />
Editorial Editor<br />
Tad Dodge<br />
Photography Editor<br />
Bill Danzelsen<br />
Columnists<br />
Keith Dickson<br />
Paul Spencer<br />
Circulation Manager<br />
Clyde Furr<br />
Business Manager<br />
T. Scott Lloyd<br />
Cartoonists<br />
Chris AAanno<br />
AAII(e LInaberry<br />
Simon Radomsi^yi<br />
Copy Editor ^<br />
Mike Dietrick
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Lee Badgett<br />
Commencement<br />
Speaker<br />
Lee Douglas Badgett<br />
Badgett, a major in the U. S.<br />
Air Force who is assigned to the<br />
Office of the Secretary of<br />
Defense, was Regimental<br />
Commander of the VMI Corps<br />
of Cadets in 1961, an<br />
Academically Distinguished<br />
Graduate and winner of the<br />
Cincinnati Medal, vice<br />
president of his class, and cocaptain<br />
and starting center of<br />
the 1960 Southern Conference<br />
champion football team.<br />
THE ALEXANDER<br />
WITHROW HOUSE<br />
3 WEST WASHINGTON<br />
STREET<br />
A restored historic<br />
landmark with five periodfurnished<br />
guest suites. A<br />
different experience in<br />
overnight hospitality for<br />
those who love fine things.<br />
Students may make<br />
reservations for their<br />
parents and tour the house<br />
from 10 to 2 Tuesday<br />
thrbugh Saturday or write:<br />
Mrs. Harriet Thomas.<br />
He will deliver his address at<br />
10 a.m. in front of Preston<br />
Library. Major General<br />
Richard L. Irby, completing his<br />
fourth year as Superintendent<br />
of VMI, will then confer degrees<br />
upon the graduating class.<br />
Three general officers will<br />
officiate at the commissioning<br />
ceremonies. The oath of office<br />
will be administered to<br />
graduating first classmen by<br />
Brig. Gen. Robert D. Stevenson,<br />
deputy director of military<br />
personnel management, Office<br />
of the Deputy Chief of Staff for<br />
Personnel, U. S. Army; Maj.<br />
Gen. James S. Murphy, commander<br />
of the 20th North<br />
American Air Defense Command-Continental<br />
Air Defense<br />
Command, Fort Lee Air Force<br />
Station, Va.; and Brig. Gen.<br />
Maurice C. Ashley, a member<br />
of the VMI Qass of 1946, deputy<br />
for <strong>edu</strong>cation-director.<br />
Education Center, Marine<br />
Corps Development and<br />
Education Command, Quantico,<br />
Va.<br />
IDYL '75<br />
The season changed two hours ago. Will my life change as well?<br />
This is a time for resolutions, revolutions. The animals are going<br />
wild. I must have seen ten rabbits in as many minutes. Baltimore<br />
orioles are here; brown thrashers seem to be nesting down by Tinker<br />
Creek across the road. The coot is still around, big as a llianksgiving<br />
turkey, and as careless; it doesn't even glance at a barking dog.<br />
Annie Dillard, from<br />
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek<br />
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WHOLE SOLES and<br />
LADIES WORK<br />
my specialty<br />
LEXINGTON<br />
SHOE<br />
HOSPITAL<br />
Expert Shoe<br />
Rebuilding<br />
mzco<br />
Richmond Engineering Company, Inc.<br />
Corporate Headquarters<br />
P.O. Box 25189<br />
Richmond, <strong>Virginia</strong> 23260<br />
Phone: 804/644-2611<br />
RECO is also:<br />
RECOConstmctom<br />
RECON^toon<br />
RECO NorthCaroNna<br />
RECO PIpaFabrlcators<br />
RECO SouthCarollna<br />
RECOlHcoto<br />
Products: Process equipment. P^ressure<br />
vewels. columns, towers, tanks, heat exchan^efs.<br />
piping. rubt)er lining, metallizing.<br />
Good Luck Team<br />
Dance - (from page 1)<br />
Uniform for the dance will be<br />
formal. The dance will b^in at<br />
2100 and end at 2400 hours.<br />
The band on Friday night is<br />
"Bottom and Company," a<br />
nationally known dance band<br />
from Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
This band has cut records<br />
on the Motown label. Their<br />
latest hit record is "You're Mv<br />
Life." The uniform for this<br />
dance is also formal. The dance<br />
will begin at 2200 and end at 0100<br />
hours.<br />
Hop privileges are as follows:<br />
First Class—BRC on Thursday<br />
night and traditional<br />
"civilian" privileges on Friday<br />
night.<br />
Second Class—0330 on both<br />
nights.<br />
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Third Class—0300 on both<br />
nights.<br />
Fourth Class—0230 on both<br />
nights.<br />
Dine-with-date will be in<br />
effect for both nights.<br />
Something new added to the<br />
dances will be a refreshment<br />
area located outside in<br />
Memorial Gardens.<br />
J. C. G)leman Heads Makeovers<br />
' J. C. Coleman<br />
Regimental Commander '75-'76<br />
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OROUD MMSTER<br />
And Adioiro Tho<br />
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DOCTOR<br />
OF NATWEPEDICS<br />
Our fast growfing church is activdy<br />
tMking •nvironm«nt-ooncieut<br />
iMw ministcn who bdicv*<br />
whet Mmm: Man should tx<br />
ist in harmony with nature. Wa<br />
ara a non-structurad faith, undanominational,<br />
with no traditional<br />
doctrina or dogma. Banafits for<br />
ministars ara:<br />
1. Car EmMam and Pockat<br />
I.D.<br />
2. Raducad ratas from many<br />
hotals, motats, rastaurants,<br />
car rantal agancias, atc<<br />
Our directory lisia ovar<br />
1,000 prastiga aataMishmants<br />
axtanding on automatic<br />
cash discount.<br />
3. Perform marriages, beptisms,<br />
funerals and all other<br />
ministeriel functions.<br />
4. Start your own church and<br />
apply for exemption from<br />
property and other taxes.<br />
Enclose a free-will donetion for<br />
the minister's credentiels and pocket<br />
license. Your ordination is<br />
racogniied in all 50 states and<br />
most foreign countries. Church<br />
of Conservetion. Box 375, Mary<br />
HEADQUARTERS<br />
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE<br />
Lexington, <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
GENERAL ORDERS) 9 <strong>May</strong> 1975<br />
NUMBER 30) APPOINTMENTS IN REGIMENT OF CADETS<br />
All appointments of officers and non-comnlssloned officers 1n the Regiment<br />
of Cadets now In effect will be revoked after graduation exercises on 17 <strong>May</strong><br />
1975.<br />
TO BE CADET CAPTAINS<br />
1 COLEMAN, J. C. Regimental Commander<br />
2 TATE, M. G. Regimental Executive Officer<br />
3 JOHNSON. J. P. Conmander First Battalion<br />
4 ASHTON, D. F. Connander Second Battalion<br />
5 KENEALLY, R. J. Conmander, Company C<br />
6 LaGRONE, W. R. Commander, Company D<br />
7 TURLIP, T. J. Conmander, Company A<br />
8 WRENN, L. R., Ill Conmander, Band Company<br />
9 DODGE. H. T.. Jr. Conmander, Company B<br />
10 FIELDER, L. 0. Conmander, Company E<br />
n TUDAY, C. E. Commander, Company F<br />
12 SWANK, M. G.<br />
Regimental S-1<br />
13 McATEER, J.J., III Regimental S-3<br />
14 TOTARO, J.A. Regimental S-4<br />
15 WILLIAMS. R. A. Regimental S-5<br />
TONEY, W. H., Jr.<br />
WALSH. R. J.<br />
RADTKE. R. L.<br />
ARDAN, I. N.M.<br />
CREWS, E. R.<br />
CAMDEN. M. L.<br />
BHATTA, W. K.<br />
OPEL, C. G.<br />
TO BE CADET FIRST LIEUTENANTS<br />
Company C<br />
Company 0<br />
Company A<br />
Band Company<br />
Company B<br />
Company E<br />
Company F<br />
1st Bn S-1<br />
TO BE CADET SECOND LIEUTENANTS<br />
9 GABRIEL, PH<br />
10 WILLIAMS, K. D.<br />
11 OORSEY, J. L.<br />
12 VARNEY, G. C.<br />
13 LUCADO, F. G., Jr.<br />
14 COX. R. E.. Jr.<br />
15 WEST, D. F.<br />
2nd Bn S-1<br />
1st Bn S-3<br />
2nd Bn S-3<br />
1st Bn S-4<br />
2nd Bn S-4<br />
1st Bn S-5<br />
2nd Bn S-5<br />
1 RWOS, R. Company C 15 JONES. G. D. Company C<br />
2 BURNEnE,O.L..III Company 0 <strong>16</strong> HELMS, B. D. Company D<br />
3 MINER, L. S. Company A 17 KERN. R. J. Company A<br />
4 ESTIS, F. L. Band Company 18 BRADSHAW. H. L. Band Company<br />
5 RIVERA, D. J. Company B 19 KEEN. C. M., Ill Company B<br />
6 CURLE, H. A., Jr. Company E 20 MOODY, T. C., Jr. Company B<br />
7 MOn, J. R., Jr. Company F 21 aASS, R. W. Company B<br />
B CWMUSE, 0. L. Company C 22 DELrSIO, J. A. Company C<br />
9 ROBERTS, C.C., Jr. Company D 23 JOHNSON, 0. B. Company D<br />
10 BEAZLEY, R. A. Company A 24 MARTINO, M. J. Company A<br />
11 MARTIN, J. K. Band Company 25 CONLEY, M. G. Band Company<br />
12 WILLIAMS, M. L.,Jr.Company B 26 MULLEN, W. G., Jr. Company B<br />
.13 MCCARTHY,J.A.,Jr. Company E 27 GROSS, M. J. Company E<br />
14 HEAL, W.D..III Company F 28 WHITE, T. A. Company F<br />
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Summer<br />
Reading List<br />
The Summer Reading Committee, formed of the faculty from the<br />
various curricula, has published a list of books as suggested reading<br />
for the summer of 1975 (they may also be read during the following<br />
year). The committee stresses the fact that the books are not<br />
mandatory; they are only suggested.<br />
The intention of the committee, chaired by Colonel Arthur C.<br />
Taylor, Jr., is to offer a group of books which most students would<br />
not themselves have discovered without guidance and which will<br />
provide much interest and intellectual stimulation. The committee<br />
itlso invites the entire faculty to sample from the list and encourages<br />
them to mention in class those books which are relevant to their<br />
disciplines.<br />
Various programs such as films, discussions, and lectures will be<br />
sch<strong>edu</strong>le during the academic year 1975-1976 in connection with the<br />
several blocks of topics.<br />
The books are available in the VMI Bookstore; in the Washington<br />
and Lee Bookstore, which extends credit to cadets; and in most good<br />
bookstores elsewhere.<br />
The books are:<br />
BLOCK 1: Energy — U. S. Energy Policies: An Agenda for<br />
Research; Energy, Economic Growth and the Environment, Sam H.<br />
Shurr; Direct Use of the Sun's Energy. Farrington Daniels; Energy:<br />
A Crisis in Power, John Holdren and Phillip Herrera.<br />
BL(X;K2: Famine — The Hungry Planet, George Borgstrom (who<br />
recently lectured at the VMI Symposium); Populatimi, Evolution,<br />
and Birth Control, Garrett Hardin; Population and the American<br />
Future; The Report of the Commission on Population Growth and the<br />
American Future.<br />
BLOCK 3: Press, Politics and Public Opinion — Crisis in Freedom:<br />
The Alien and Sedition Acts. John C. Miller; Public Opinion, Walter<br />
Lippman; All The President's Men, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.<br />
BLOCK 4: Focus on America, m — Only Yesterday: An Informal<br />
History of the 1920's, Frederick L. Allen; Booker T. Washington: The<br />
' Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901, Louis R. Harlan; The End of<br />
American Innocence: A Study of the First Year of Our Own Time,<br />
1912-1917, Henry F. <strong>May</strong>; An American in the Making: The Life Story<br />
of an Immigrant, M. E. Ravage; The Grapes of Wrath, John<br />
Steinbeck.<br />
BLOCK 5: <strong>Military</strong> — The Causes of War, Geoffrey Blainey;<br />
Hiroshima. John Hersey (who is now writing a book about Gerald<br />
Ford based on his recent stay in the White House), The Best and the<br />
Brightest. David "Halberstam.<br />
BLOCK 6: For Freshman Reading — How To Read a Book,<br />
Mortimer Adler; Rethink: Radial Proposals to Save a Disintegrating<br />
World. Gordon R. Taylor; I'm OK - You're OK. Thomas A, Harris.<br />
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non cadre first classmen are.<br />
ur^ to return to Post by 1530<br />
hotirs, 20 August. In order for<br />
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Store them with your other<br />
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