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Herbert
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Colonrl Dillard
On Saturday morning,
January 31, at approximately
9:30a.m., Colonel Herbert Nash
Dillard Jr., died of an apparent
heart attack while teaching his
class in expository writing in
room 308 Scott Shipp Hall.
A professor of English and
former department head,
Colonel Dillard was a
distinguished graduate of VMI
in the class of 1934 who later
earned his M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from Harvard
University. Returning to his
alma mater, he taught English
courses continually at VMI
except for leaves of absence for
post-doctoral studies and
military service.
Colonel Dillard was particularly
noted for the time he
devoted to counseling new
cadets, his excellence as a
teacher of Shakespeare and
English romantic literature
courses, and his love of the
English language. He also
guided many cadets through
Europe during summer
vacations, directed the VMI
Glee Club for twenty years, and
served as faculty advisor to the
VMI CADET and Hop Committee.
On Sunday evening a
memorial service was held for
Colonel Dillard in Jackson
Memorial Hall. Attended by
many members of the Corps
and VMI faculty and staff, the
service was conducted by
Chaplain R. K. Wilson. A eulogy
was read by Major Thomas W.
Davis (VMI '64), a former
student of Colonel Dillard's and
now a teacher in the history
departr
perform^
of Colonel
Church ser^
Monday afternoon"
Lee Memorial Episcopal
Church in Lexington; friends
and former students from
around the country attended the
services. Cadet pall bearers
included Bill Powell, Charlie
Archer, Wes Naff, Sam
Laprade, Pascal Houcke, Rick
Radtke, Bruce Undercoffer,
and Buzzy Northen.
Colonel Dillard was buried
Monday afternoon in the town of
his birth. Rocky Mount,
Virginia. He is survived by his
wife, Elizabeth Fitch Dillard,
who also has befriended cadets
for many years, and by three
daughters.
(For Additional Comments
See Pages 2 and 4)
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VOLUME LXVI Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia February 6, 1976 NUMBER 17
B. C. Jones Revives Twain In J. M. Hall
by Mike Myers
Tonif»hl, as a spccial cultural
cvcnl, Ihe Cadet Pro^iram
lioard will present B. C. Jones
as Mark Twain in "The Trouble
Begins at Eight." The one man
show, one performance only,
Iwgins at 8:00 p.m. in Jackson
Memorial Hall, admission is
$1.00
Jones, a graduate of Samford
University in Birmingham,
Alabama, has almost six hours
of material committed to
memory. The program presents
an insight into a complex
nineteenth century American.
Twain, who died in 1910, shared
a foreboding at the awful
catastrophic century the world
was in for. He saw America in
loiies takes the stage
its adolescence, flowered late in
life, and later still showed his
dark side, translated from
despair into humor.
The twenty-three year old
Jones, reflecting on the lightdark
imagery of Twain's later
life, echoes T\vain's, "Rumors
of my death have been greatly
exaggerated," with "...death
should not necessitate his being
relegated to a bookshelf."
There were many sides to the
complex literary personality we
know as Mark Twain. Young
Samuel Clemens was reared in
Missouri in the ante-bellum
time of the peculiar institution
of American slavery, received
little formal schooling, and had
his world destroyed by the Civil
War. Born in 1835, he saw the
rise and fall of the great
steamboat commerce of the
Mississippi river. At his birth,
the river was the frontier, by
the time he was twelve and
the job of an apprentice printer,
the world had changed and the
frontier was pushed back
Heading for New Orleans,
supposedly en route to South
America, Clemens was offered
the job of trainee on a
Mississippi steamboat, every
river kid's boyhood dream. In
l.ife on the Mississippi, he
comments on one of the two
boys who had become a big shot
in steamboating, "he even had
hair oil."
The Civil War interrupted
these halcyon years and opened
(continued on page 2»
Bicentennial Symposium, April 12th, 13th
Plans are underway for this
year's Bicentennial Symposium
to be held on April 12 and 13. The
Symposium, "American
Political and Economic Institutions,
1776-2076," is a
present and future oriented
program according to cadet coordinators
M. G. Tate and Pete
Gabriel.
Given the assumptions of
political and economic freedom
and opportunity present at the
founding of this nation in 1776,
the Symposium will evaluate
the political and economic
realities of 1976. Has American
democracy fulfilled its intended
purposes of providing freedom
and justice with order for the
citizens of the society Has the
American economic system
provided the opportunities
envisioned two centuries ago
The Symposium will also
speculate about the
requirement of the American
society in 2076. Will the present
political and economic
arrangements be adequate for
the challenges of the next
century Can these structures
and institutions be adapted or
must they be discarded
In addition to Co-Chairmen
Tate and Gabriel, other Symposium
steering committee
members are: W. H. Atwill, D.
F. Commerford, Henry
(continued on page 2)
I THIS WEEK! i
8: Feb.: Rockbridge Concert-Theater Series: Peabody
Chamber Orchestra.
1« Feb. 7:M> p.m.. Science Hall. Dr. Maurice Whittinghill
"Genetic F^ngineering and Alternatives."
10 Feb.: Opperis& Slurry, cello and piano (W&L) admiss. -$2.
10 Feb. 7&»p.m. (W&L) film: The KicyrleThief. Heid Hall
i:i-ll Feb.: MIDWINTKR HOPS. Kdmonds and Cunley
Comedy Team
- Friday; Music by Andrew Ix^wis
Saturday: Music by Vince Vance and Ihe Valiants

Paqe 2, The VMI Cadet, February
1f76
The VMI CADET
Opinion
"It is a revolutionary world we live in; and this generatlon...ha8
Itad thrust upon it a greater burden of responsibility than any
generation that has ever lived."
•Robert F. Kennedy
"You're All Liars!
Would I were with him, wheresoe're he is, either In
Heaven or in Hell!
Nay. sure he's not in Hell. He's in Arthur's bosom, iff
over m

The VMI CADET
Sports
•REDLINE
•STATS
February 6/ 1976
REDLINE
VMI's wrestling team has been one of the most
consistent of all varsity sports for a great many years,
and this year is proving to be no exception. With five
matches remaining before the Conference meets, the
Keydets now own an outstanding 8-2 overall record,
and have lost only one Conference match to date.
In the recent State meet in Richmond, VMI came
away with two individual champions in the persons of
Ned Stepanovich in the unlimited class and John Vizzi
at 190. Bob Sherrard also deserves praise, since he
finished fourth at 167. Overall, Stepanovich and Vizzi
remain undefeated, while Sherrard has lost but once
going into the state meet, that loss coming during the
quad meet at Davidson.
Col. Oscar Gupton
8-2 And Going
For The Southern
Conference
TTiese wins become more important in light of the
fact that VMI has no scholarship wrestlers, unlike
other schools in the Southern Conference. The young
men who wrestle on the squad do it for the pure
satisfaction they derive from the sport, not because
they are being paid to do so. And in this day and age,
when crass commercialism seems to have invaded a
great deal of society, it is refreshing to be able to single
out such a group of athletes.
The dedication of these young men should be a
growing source of pride for each man in barracks, and
it is our sincere wish that Col. Gupton and his wrestlers
have nothing but the best of luck throughout the
remainder of the regular season and beyond, as the
squad points toward the number one position in the
Southern Conference.
Swimming
Keydets Battle ASU, ECU
In a big Southern Conference
upset, the VMI Swimming
Team beat Appalachian State,
64-49, in a meet held in Boone,
North Carolina.
The Keydets started the meet
off with a big win in the 400-
Medley Relay. The relay squad
of Jim Wenning, Tom Zeugner,
Lang Meem and Joe Cafarella
won the tight race with a time of
3:52.4 against ASU's time of
3:53.1. In a now common occurrence
which continues from
meet to meet, fourth classman
Randy Pekarik won an event. In
the 1000-Freestyle, Randy
placed first well ahead of the
ASU competition. Bart Pasco
finished third for the Keydets.
Again Randy Pekarik placed
for the Keydets. Randy finished
second followed by teammate
Lee Bradhsaw in third. In the
next event, the 50-Freestyle.
Jim Cure, who is continually
improving from meet to meet
placed first and was followed
closely by Joe Cafarella in
second place.
(continued on page 4)
East Carolina, the pre-season
pick and the now favorites to
win the Southern Conference
swimming crown, handily beat
the Keydet swimmers, 68-45.
Even so there were a number of
bright spots in the VMI performances
considering ECU is
fully manned by scholarship
swimmers. For VMI, it was
their hard work, is for their own
personal self-satisfaction.
After ECU opened up with a
win in the 400-Medley Relay and
a first place win in the 1000-
Freestyle, Randy Pekarik
scored the first points for the
Keydets as he finished second in
the 1000-Free.
ECU swept the next event, the
200-Free, but VMI kept plugging
away and finished second and
third in the 50-Free. Joe
Cafarella finished second and
Jim Cure placed third. And in
the event following, the Individual
Medley, Lang Meem
was second in a close race.
(continued on page 4)
Ga. Tech Prevails
In Atlanta 66-56
Georgia Tech turned back a
cold VMI basketball team
Monday night to down the
Southern Conference leading
Keydets, 66-56.
The loss put the Keydets
overall record at 11-8 (5-2) and
pushed their road record to a
dismal, 2-6.
VMI took control as the game
began, jumping out to an early 3
point lead. But mid-way
through the first half they
turned cold and Tech took over.
With 3:18 left in the half the
Yellow Jackets took the lead 24-
23 and never relinguished it.
Ron Carter, whose season
average is 16.8, was held to 6
points in the first half and 9 in
the game. The same happened
for John Krovic and Dave
Montgomery. The only Keydet
with a hot hand was Will Bynum
who scored 21 points to keep the
game close.
Georgia Tech was led by 5'ir'
senior Bottorff with 16 points
and a balanced scoring attack
by Allen, Green, and Smith that
kept the Yellow Jackets out
front.
VMI got into foul trouble
early in the game with both
Carter and Montgomery having
4 personal fouls. Green was the
only Tech scorer in foul trouble,
having 4 also.
Apparently Georgia Tech was
up for the game to revenge their
last encounter with the Keydets.
This game was a complete
turnaround from the first
meeting of these two teams. At
the "Pit" VMI downed the
Yellow Jackets by 15 points.
VMI still holds on to a slim
lead in the Southern Conference
with the University of Richmond
Spiders (7-3) right behind
them.
VMI 97, S. U. 57
The Keydets open at home
Thursday against Southeastern
hoping to improve their record
further.
With hot shooting, VMI
bombed the Hawks 97-57.
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V. M. I. S P O R T S CADET
Keydet Riflemen Place 3rd In Richmond Swimmers Down ASU 64-49
I,ast Saturday the VMI RiOe
team traveled to Richmond for
their match against the
University of Richmond,
William and Mary and East
The VMI CADET
Carolina University. The
Keydets placed third, scoring
2614 points behind William and
Mary's 2623 and the University
of Richmond's 2627.
February 6, 1976
\1PLA Drive Halted IMomentarily
The Marxist backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of
Angola MPLA) is meeting stiff resistance in its drive to conquer the
Western backed FNLA and UNITA forces. This is despite the fact
that South African forces have withdrawn to a forty mile perimeter
around Nambia (Southwest Africa), On the diplomatic front,
however, the MPLA is gaining ground. Cameroon recently became
the twenty-fifth member of the Forty-six nation Organization of
African Unity to recognize the Popular Movement.
Moynihan Quits the UN
Daniel Moynihan, United States Ambassador to the UN, resigned
yesterday to return to Harvard. Confidential sources close to
Moynihan reported that he left because of Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger's hypocritical practice of attacking him in private while
praising him in public. His resignation came a week after the
disclosure that he had sent a cable to Kissinger and all U. S. embassies
complaing about the lack of support given him to break up
the Third World anti-American voting block. In the wake of his
resignation even his critics have praised him for vigorously defending
American policies and responding in kind to verbal abuses
hurled at the U. S. The end result of his controversial actions seems
to be a renewed pride of the public in the U. S. performance at the UN
and a new respect by foreign nations of the United States.
Lebanon Peace Holds
The Syrian-backed peace between Moslems and Christians is still
effective after one week of trial. Christian hostility toward the accord
was largely stifled when the United States officially endorsed
the cease fire. U.S. efforts were also a factor in Israel's acceptance
of PLA and Syrian intervention in Lebanon and the failure of
Interior Minister Chamon's attempts to "internationalize the war."
Under the Syrian imposed cease fire Christians will relinquish
political power to give Moslems equal power in the government.
Syria has promised — the Christian leaders — to curb Palestinian
commando excesses.
Tamil Nadu Seized by (iiandhi
The southern state of Tamil Nadu in India has been taken over by
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government. The central cabinet
approved the takeover after a report that the Tamil Naud government
was encouraging secessionist activities. Tamil Nadu was one of
the two states in India not controlled by Indira Gandhi's Congress
Party. The central government then removed state government
officials and imposed presidential rule because of the failure of the
DMK (the local Tamil Nadu political party) to comply with the
initially imposed emergency rules. Nearly 2,000 political opponents
of Gandhi have been arrested.
Flight Over Budget
Both the House and Senate overrode President Ford's veto of the
$36 billion Labor-HEW approiN*iation bill. The bill is $915 million
above Ford's request. Buoyed by this vote the House has passed a
$6.1 billion public works employment plan, over the threat oi a Ford
veto. These measures point out a serious conflict between Fwd and
Ihe Congress. President Fwd is trying to cut spmding and thereby
prevent double-digit inflation anf fiscal irresponsiMlity. Congress, on
the other hand, is trying to • stimulate the economy by increasing
spending.
* oni|iil«>4l liy Murk U'hilhrrK
Third-classman John Klag
placed first overall with 545 out
of a possible 600 points. Randy
Johnson also placed fourth with
530 points.
ECU Swimming