The Cadet. VMI Newspaper. December 21, 1936 - New Page 1 ...

Pay-Roll Is
Closed For
First Half
NYA Work To Continue After
Furlough; Cadets Must
Renew Applications
Dec. 21—The NYA payroll for Since she is helpless to answer
the month of December closed tonight,
them, the voice-less Boyce is en-
marking the end of the first during a lot of punishment. But
half of this scholastic year's work. she has the upper hand even now
During this period a total of approximately
$4,000 has been earned
for she still has a voice in the food
choice.
by the various Cadets
employed.
During the past four months,
an average of 100 Cadets a month
have received aid under the National
Youth Administration.
New Application Required
When the Corps returns to Barracks
on January 3, upon the completion
of the Christmas Furlough,
eyery Cadet desiring work will be
required to fill out a new job application
blank. Then each applicant
for a job will be interviewed
by a member of the Faculty NYA
Committee, at present composed of
Colonel Marr, Major Ritchie, Major
Jamison, and Major Carroll. Each
case will be passed upon individually,
and the most deserving cadets
will be assigned jobs. The set
up will be essentially the same as
this Fall, with each NYA worker
assigned to a department under
the supervision of an officer connected
with that department.
Among the hardest workers on
the NYA are those assigned to Major
Ramey's Intramural Depart-
Collegiate World | Campus
Camera
Carleton College students who
dine at Burton Hall turned the
| tables on Miss BOyce, the dietitian,
When Miss Boyce lost her voice
temporarily, disgruntled gourmets
seized the opportunity to berate
her for serving certain dishes
which they dislike.
A little, blond coed at the University
of Utah germinated the
"kissing strike" that paved the way
for similar movements on many
of the college campuses throughout
the country.
During a laboratory class, she
pressed a glass slide to her lips,
placed it under a microscope and
screamed when she saw millions
of bacteria dividing before her
eyes.
Coeds all over the campus took
action and declared a "kissingstrike"
that included most of the
girls. "Scabs" who refused to join
the "anti-osculation" drive rationalized
to appease the anger of
striking females and to retain their
par standard of exchange with
Utah men.
"Kissing may not be so dangerous
if you use the right technique,"
argued one germ-defying
coed.
Another suggested that although
They have kept the Gym ! bacteria may "go to town" under
ment.
in an excellent state of general repair,
made minor repairs to ap-
the microscope they are pretty Junkin Cox of Yale University
helpless in the dark.
show that women drivers are involved
in only 6 per cent of the
paratus and equipment, and helped
in the supervision of all intra-
you kiss hard enough, you can kill highway accidents.
A freshman girl declared, "If
mural sports. This spring, a group the germs."
"But it is not while driving from
Nearly every room had a wisp of
will be assigned to put the tennis Angered at being deprived of either the back seat or the front
colored cellophane, or some gay
courts in shape. This is a job romance, the men organized an seat of the car that women can
which shall be started as soon as
tinsel to bring Yuletide to VMI.
Osculation League to combat the exert the greatest influence on the
weather is favorable. Tennis attracts
a large following at VMI, and step was to call a strike on all accidents are to be reduced, it will way from three-foot cedar trees to
resolute women. The league's first highway," Prof. Cox declared. "If
The decorations ranged all the
a great deal of work will have to dates.
be accomplished through women. bits of paper strung around the
be done, in eradicating weeds, rolling
up clay courts, and repairing head. Science versus romance. years and have done little with the whole thing was against regu
This trend brought matters to a Men have had the problem for 30 light wires. Despite the fact that
back stops. Another group will be There were no two ways about it, it.
lations, for once, the authorities
employed in setting up bleachers Since the men were unyielding "Development of public opinion smiled at the book, and cadets
in the gym itself when winter the girls had to "kiss and make towards an observance of law with were allowed to have their fun.
sports meets are staged.
up."
view to decreasing automobile
Another hard working group of
accidents is definitely a work for
cadets are those assigned to the If the burglar who looted a fraternity
house at the University of
women. We all know that there
Community Cooperation Group.
For the past two years they have Southern California had been an
been surveying the Negro graveyard
on the other end of town some chance of getting away with
Olympic star he would have had
with the view of locating the graves,
many of which are
his pilferings.
unmarked.
It is hoped they will be able to
complete this work this spring.
Then it is planned that the Town
of Lexington will lay a road
through the grave yard, first moving
those graves which will be in
the proposed path.
Have Worked Well
Colonel Marr says that the NYA
has functioned very well this fall,
and that only a few Cadets had
to be dropped because they did
not maintain their work quota.
That is one feature of the NYA
which is compulsory. If a man does
not maintain his quota of hours,
he is automatically dropped to
make room for another deserving
Cadet who will work his maxi-
Cadets of the Episcopal vestry
enjoyed a Christmas dinner at the
Dutch Inn on Saturday night. A
majority of those in the vestry at'
tended, and heard several interesting
talks, although the dinner
was held mainly for enjoyment.
Few business matters were taken
up.
Dr. Thomas Wright, pastor of
the church, was among those present.
He ran down the dark avenue as
fast as he could go, but faster footsteps
gained on him. Before he
got a block away, he Was tackled
from behind—tackled by Harold
Smallwood, national 400 meter
champion.
Presbyterian Club
Meeting
Holds
Dr. Smyth presided at the meeting
of the Presbyterian Club that
was held Tuesday in the Academic
Building. He gave a talk on Christmas,
its origin, its meaning, some
of its customs, and what it should
mean to us.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
RECEIVED ONLY ONE OOULEG
DEGREE—AN LIB. FROM
WASHINGTON COLLEGE, MD.
Women Drivers Are
Claimed Safer
New York, N. Y., ACP—Women
drivers, long thought to be inferior
to men drivers do not cause the
most automobile accidents.
Statistics cited by Prof. William
are about 40,000 deaths annually
from auto accidents, while 1,250,-
000 persons are injured from the
same cause.
"Strict, impartial and certain enforcement
of law is one thing
needed and largely lacking to reduce
highway hazards. Public
opinion for such enforcement can
be women's contribution."
Corps Is Served
Christmas Meal
All of this should have a profound
influence on the lives of the
human race. The people in the
world should realize that Christmas
has a much deeper meaning
than the simple giving of gifts.
The meeting was closed with
prayer. The next meeting of the
club will be held sometime
January.
Tony Acquila, stadium groundkeeper
at Ohio State University,
The power plant at the University
of Chicago produces and delivers
over a 1,000,000 pounds of four to seven days to clean up the
says that it takes ten men from
steam daily to heat the university stadium after a game. After the
buildings, to supply hot water, and Pitt game his men removed 75
to sterilize instruments in Billings tubs of rubbish from the grounds.
hospital.—ACP.
—ACP.
Mr. Ashburne and his valiant
crew in the mess hall may be
wrong, but the best part of Christmas,
according to them, was had
last Wednesday. At least, that
was the night that they served
their famous Christmas supper.
The mess hall was decorated in
true Christmas tradition. Two large
Christmas originated as a celebration
of joy because of the birth trees, brilliantly illuminated, were
mum number of hours. Under the
set up this spring, maximum pay of Christ. Its meaning is of utmost
importance. Through him on every table. Best of all, menus
by the doors, and candles were
roll per hour will be 50c, and the
maximum monthly pay $20. However,
no man will be allowed to world to become a universal reli-
Christianity was brought into the
—printed menus—were displayed
at nearly every table. In eluded
make over $15, unless he has been gion instead of a religion of one
on the list were: raw oysters
working for at least a year or has nation, the Jews.
grape fruit, celery, sweet pickle
the special permission of Colonel Some of the customs that have pears, cranberry jelly, turkey
Marr.
grown up since that time are giv green peas, creamed potatoes,
Episcopal Vestry Meets
ing of gifts, special services in pineapple fritters, hot rolls,
churches, and many other forms
Wal-
of celebration.
dorf, salad, apple pie, cheese and
crackers, ice cream, coffe, assorted
fruits and candy.
The corps was allowed to remove
its overcoats, in order to
better accommodate the enormous
meal, and afterwards, not a few
brought out cigars, to complete the
resemblance to New York's Union
Club.
Meanwhile, the indefatigable
Lawson, self-styled "official photographer"
for the corps, took pictures
of the whole scene, and afterward
reaped a rich reward
taking pictures of individual
tables.
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year—from the staff of "The
Cadet."
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Rooms Decorated
By Most Cadets
Plunder from the mess-hall decorations,
aided and abetted by
various purchases in Lexington,
completed a Christmas atmosphere
in barracks last week. Journeying
around the stoops, a "Cadet"
reporter found that very few
room, not including the "rats,",
lacked Christmas decorations.
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Age Of "Hot-cha-cha"
Is Past, Says Prof.
Lafayette, Ind., ACP—The "hotchas"
and "hi-de-hos" of college
students are Just "fronts," according
to Prof. L. M. Sears, head of
Purdue University's history department.
"You would be surprised how
little jollity or genuine gaiety
there is among youth in college,"
he said. "Collegiate jollity is of
the hectic, excitable type. But actually
the student is under the
weight of many things which constitute
real worries.
"College students worry about
their studies and whether they are
pleasing their professors. They worry
about whether they are pleasing
their fellow students and thus
are obtaining popularity. They
worry about their careers—whether
they will have careers at all.
They worry about the right person
to marry."
Prof. Sears declared he is convinced
that the age of college youth
is not a "golden age."
Three of the main rooms of the
new Biology building at the University
of Notre Dame will be airconditioned
td afford an even
temperature the year around. —
ACP.
Today Is Shortest Of
Year
The
The shortest, but one of the longest
and weariest days of the year,
is nearly over, but the hours ahead
seem like days as the hopeful cadet
eagerly awaits release that
means Christmas furlough has started.
Today is the shortest day at the
year, according to the calendar, but
it doesn't seem that way to the
cadets, who were forced to get up
at 8:40 in stygian darkness, fortyone
minutes before the sun rose.
After a weary day in the classroom,
the cadets heard release
from quarters blown in the afternoon
at 4:35. This might well
have been taps for the sun, for it
retreated and set just as the last
note of the bugle was heard. By
the time first call for supper had
gone the twilight had departed and
night had set in.
Tonight some of the long hours
will be spent in feverish packing,
but no one in barracks would be
willing to say that December 21
was half as short as they know
any day of Christmas furlough will
be.
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year—from the staff of "The
Cadet."
HOTEL PATRICK HENRY
"The Meeting Place of Roanoke"
Lunch and Dinner Music by
BILLY BROOKS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
VIRGINIA CAFE
The Meeting Place of Cadets
Special Holiday Dinners
Saturday and Sunday
Phone 728
Belmont Shoe Repair
While U Wait
We Fix Cadet Shoes
We are prepared to serve you at any time
Choice Sea Food Carefully Prepared and Tastily Cooked
Oysters and Clams on the Half Shell
Direct from Cape Charles, Va.
Try Our Special Sea Food Platter
Special Attention Given to Cadets, and Reasonable Prices
SOUTHERN INN RESTAURANT
Phone 727
We Pack And Ship
Whitman's Candies
For Christmas
Let Us Have Your Order Early
Rice's Drug Store
"The Friendly Store"
Phone 41
See
Hamric & Smith
Jewelers
When you want
that
GIFT
Complete Line of VMI Seal Jewelry and Many Other
Attractive Items For A Perfect Gift.
Printed Christmas Cards—91.00 Par Fifty
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