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Vol. 26 Staunton Military Academy, Kables, Virginia, Friday, February 12, 1943 No. 8

Former S.M.A. Man Led American Attack

Lieutenant Colonel George F. Ferry Mentioned for Part in

Action on Guadalcanal

A former S. M. A. cadet, Lieutenant Colonel George F. Ferry, U. S. A., is among a group mentioned in the storming and capture of Mt. Austen, a strategic Japanese stronghold on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands^about the latter part of December.

He is the son of the late Master Sergeant George Ferry who was for man}' years stationed at Fort Adams. He attended S. M. A. and later took an engineering course at Valparaiso Uni- versity, Indiana. He is a former superin- tendent of a Carnegie rolling mill.

Colonel Ferry's troops captured the principal objective in the offensive on Guadalcanal. On the second day, he re- ported, they had a field day and must have killed about 300 Japs. He said too many of his men did deeds of individual heroism to mention them. They were ordered to take the hill, he said, and to hold it at any cost.

"We were sniped all the way and it took two hours to reach the top in force where we dug in immediately," the colonel wrote. "We were under six heavy at- tacks that day made with machine guns and hand grenades. The mortar fire was terrible and caused most of our wound- ed."

When news of Colonel Ferry's safety became known, Mrs. Ferry held a cele- bration at her Chicago home. o

"The Milky Way" To Be Presented Soon

The S. M. A. Players, now hard at

work on their first three-act play of the

year are to present "The Milky Way."

This hilarious farce of the prize ring

will best be remembered as one of the

Harold Lloyd's silent vehicles of some

years ago. The play was originally pre-

sented on Broadway with a cast that in-

cluded Brian Donlevy and Gladys George.

The story deals witli a scrawny little milkman, a veritable Casper Milquetoast, who blessed with less than average in- telligence, through a series of sidesplit- ting incidents becomes runner-up for the middleweight championship of the world and finally dethrones the king of that division.

The cast includes Gordon Milestone. Merwyn Mitchel, Louis Samblanet, Leon Forman, and Morton Kinberg, all of whom will be remembered for their fine performances in the first S. M. A. pro- ductions. Included in the cast are such newcomers as Norman Pisncr, Jimmy Turner, William Lineberger, and Fric Wiltshire.

This same play is being produced this weekend in Richmond by the Special Service Office of Camp Lee, Va. Thii marks the second time that the Camp Lee Players have chosen this play.

Sgt. F. B. Yaryan, who both directs and stars in "The Milky Way" has played the role of the "milkman" no less than thirty-five times from Rhode Island to Florida.

The S. M. A. Players are working to bring this theatre special to the student body at an early date.

Colleges, Students Must Serve, Says McNutt

Until recently it would never have oc- curred to college students to think of themselves in terms of manpower, War Manpower Commission Chairman Mc- Nutt told the mid-winter graduating class of Haverford, January 30—but, he said, they were like the man who was speaking prose and didn't realize his accomplish- ment.

A digest of Mr. McNutt's speech fol- lows :

Until recently it would never have oc- curred to college students to regard themselves in terms of manpower.

The term is more frequently associated with the masses of workers employed by large-scale industry than with the fortun- ate minority of carefully educated indi- viduals whom the colleges induct pro- fessional and managerial life. So when you were registered for the national service you may have experienced some- thing of the surprise of that character in Moliere's play who discovered that he had been talking prose without realizing his accomplishment.

Individual Importance

Your government regards you as im- portant, whether you are leaving college for the military or for other forms of national service, because of the excep- tional training opportunities which you have had.

It is very important that popular faith in the value of our colleges, and in the quality of their students, should be sus- tained. For in the grim days that lie ahead there will be no place in our so- ciety for institutions which fail to render national service, and consequently no place for students who give the lie to that proud designation by wasting the borrowed time provisionally placed at their disposal.

From now on the colleges must, white maintaining standards, increasingly ac- commodate themselves to the pressures of total war.

The larger educational institutions, with facilities for housing, feeding and teach- ing large numbers are naturally and prop- erly being called upon more largely than others, although by no means exclusively, to accommodate the specialized training units which the Army and Navy are setting up.

Smaller Colleges Selected

A number of the smaller colleges, be- cause of special facilities or exceptional standards, have been selected for particu- lar forms of service lying outside the general Army and Navy plan. Haver- ford, 1 know, will in a few days start the training of a unit of pre-meteorological students, destined to become weather of- ficers in the Army Air Force. But what about those colleges, with standards no less admirable than your own, which are outside the general Army and Navy plan and are also overlooked in special training plans? Is their place in the war effort to be confined to yielding their students o the draft and destricting their services to the education of the handful who are under 18, or physically unfit?

In cases where the college is a virile institution, serving its community as well and alertly administered, I feel sure tin answer to that question will be in the negative. Some private colleges, like some private business organizations, may have to close their doors for the duration, re- opening afterwards if there is the effec- tive demand for their services which is

Dr. Eddy

Noted Speaker Addressed Corps This Morning

Sherwood Eddy, noted lecturer and author of many works on social, eco- nomic and religious questions, spoke to the faculty and cadet corps of the Staunton Military Academy this morning in special assembly.

Dr. Eddy lias been present in many international crises -from 1931 when he saw the Chinese-Japanese war inaugu- rated at Muken, Manchuria. He has studied conditions in Germany, Russia, Poland, Great Britain and other Euro- pean countries. He is a personal friend of such world figures as Chang Kai-Shek j and Mahatma Gandhi.

With such a speaker as Dr. Eddy there remained no doubt that the corps heard an intelligent presentation and dis- cussion. The subject of the address was "Three Dictators—Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin," all of whom Dr. Eddy has met and interviewed.

Jackie Schmidt Elected As Boxing Co-Captain

It was learned Thursday afternoon that Jackie Schmidt has been elected as co- captain of the Staunton Varsity boxing team along witli Larry Noble. Since the recent departure of "Bugs" Brackett for the Army Air Corps, this position has been open. Both Larry and Jackie fought for I lie cadets last year as well as this and are both popular with the fans.

Robert Brackett had been enlisted in the Air Corps for some time and was called for active duty towards the latter part of January. He has done some fine leather throwing" for the Academy and will be missed by all that knew him or who ever saw him fight.

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Report On Recent Senior Meeting

In the last senior meeting held on February 1, suggestions for a gift to the school were presented. Several sug- gestions were made, but priorities or existing shortages made many of them nil. Seemingly, the outstanding sugges- tion w;as that the senior class buy a War Bond which would be cashed at its maturity to be used for the purpose of buying a plaque for S. M. A. casualties of World War II.

The class will decide an definitely what should be their gift in the near future.

Seniors were reminded that their dues must be paid in full by the first of March. The amount of these dues is three dollars.

Booklet Published By War Information Office On Polish Occupation

In a twenty-four page pamphlet, Tale of a City, the OWI describes Warsaw as being subject to a deliberate Nazi pat- tern of death, disease, starvation, econo- mic slavery, and wholesale elimination of populations. Material for the pamphlet was gathered from all possible sources, many of them hitherto confidential, in- cluding numercs governmental and priv- ate reports and e. ewitness accounts.

Occupied Warsaw has been the testing ground for Nazi plans of world con- quest, the Office of War Information said, revealing latest details of the pat- tern of occupation in the former Polish capital.

Others May Follow Warsaw

"Warsaw's fate is the ultimate fate of Paris, Oslo, and Rotterdam, of Belgrade and Brussels, of every village, city, and nation that falls to the Nazis," said the OWI.

"From Warsaw have come the most detailed accounts of the 'new Order' in all its planned fury. Warsaw, too, like every city under the lash of the Nazis, resists the tyranny with all its strength."

Tracing the occupation of Warsaw from the siege of the city in September, 1939, until the present, the pamphlet re- veals the current facts of daily life "on the following: Health, cost of living, wages, bread, private enterprise, light and heat, private property, cultural life, gestapo, black markets, housing, religious presecution, Ghetto and executions.

Copies of Talc of a City, available to the public, are now being distributed to business groups, farmers, war workers, patriotic organizations, and schools throughout the country. The pamphlet is illustrated by a former officer of the Polish Army, an eyewitness of the early days of the occupation.

Guerillas Organizing

I )escrihing the never-ceasing resistance of the Poles, the OWI said that "guerilla bands representing all classes of the Pol- ish people have been operating since the occupation. Working singly and in groups, well organized, receiving aid and shelter from their fellow-Poles, they have given the Nazis a bloody taste of their own medicine. They dynamite troop trains, set fire to war plants, blow up ammunition dumps. Nazis dare not travel alone either in the country or in the streets of Warsaw."

The OWI stated that more than 120 underground newspapers are published, receiving their news from short wave broadcasts from overseas. Anti-Nazi pamphlets, calendars, and manifestos pass from hand to hand.

Underground Instructions

"Instructions from the underground spread through Warsaw like w:ildfire," said the OWI. "The flame of Polish culture is being kept alive in darkened rooms all over Warsaw, where group; of children are being secretly taught the language and traditions of their country. Despite the Nazi tyranny or, rather, be- cause of it—Warsaw's churches are filled to bursting at every service."

"As in Warsaw," concluded Talc of a City, "the Nazis have failed in the rest of Europe. Having nothing but contempt for humanity, the}' based their hopes of success upon a fundamental error: the belief that men will cower and surrender when the}' have been tortured and robbed, deprived of their birthright and treated like so many specks of dirt.

"Coldly plotting their conquests, the

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Academic Department Publishes Honor List

Superintendent and Headmaster Name Seventy Cadets

With the end of the mid-year exami-

nations the Academic Department lists

20 cadets making an average of 90 or

above for the first half of 1942-43. The

Headmaster's list shows 50 cadets mak-

ing 85 to 89.9.

The Superintendent's list includes Ar-

guedas, Everest, Kaufman, Logsden,

Lowry, Lyons, Main, Metzel, Milestone,

Miller, S„ Noble, G.

Pence, Pickford, Polachek, Rice, Scott,

S., Seybold, Sibert, Swift, D., Turner,

Vandersluis, H., Vidal, and Wellman.

The Headmaster's list includes, Baker,

H. M., Benis, Carnes, Davis, S., Di

Giacomo, Early, Ehrhardt, Fernandez,

Frank, Forman, Ganz, Hassen, Henney,

F., Henry, Hurd, R.

Jones, C, Jordan, Kahn, Keal Kelly

C, Kinsolving, Lehmann, Leslie, Levy,

Linn, Markley, McVay, Moon, Noble, L.

Pettigrew, Pietrafesa, Potter, Pyle,

Head, M., Reagan, Sadler, Sanderson,

Schwartz, S., Shwartz, J., Smith, Ernest,

Stanley, O., Swift, K., Tinsley, Van Deti-

sen, Wooten, W., and Yocum, P.

Known '40, '41, '42 Alumni In Forces

"Old Boys" known to be in the service: Paul Abernathy, '40; Robert F. An-

derson, '40> Clifford Artis, '42; John Baldridge, '42; Claude Ballentine, '41 ; Alan B. Beloff, '41; Bensinger, '40; Houston Blount, '40; Virgil Bogue, '41 ; John Bowman, '42; Charles Brown, '42; Ed Brown, '40; J. A. Brown, '42; Tom Burkheimer, '41 ; A. P. Cavannah, '40; R. Chambreau, '40; Earl Clark, '40; Harry Cox, '42; Andrew Dewing, '41 ; Richard DiGiacomo, '41 ; Victor Dlyn, '40; Bryan Donaldson, '40; Frank Ekas, '40; Paul Falco, '40; Everett Ferguson, '41 ; Donald Fischer, '40; Eugene Frost, '41 ; Bill Fulmer, '41.

Donald Gallagher, '41 ; Herbert Gam- ier, '40; Richard Gettman, '40; Howard Gilford, '40; R. H. Hamilton '41; Rex Havill, '40; C. B. Hewitt, '41; John M. Hill, '40; C. Hinkson, '42; O. Z. Hoge, '41 ; 1 ack Howard, '42; George Howard, '40; Albert Hutson, '42; Andrew Jones, '41 ; Fred Kac.zyns.ki, '40; Richard Keat- or, '42; J. Knott, '42; Richard Kessler, '40; J. W. Laughlin, '40; James Lindsay, '42; Layne Loeffler, '40.

Carl Martin, '41 ; William Meigs, '40; Mark Mclhado, '42; Howard Miller, '41; Charles Minihan, '42; Paul D. Moore, '40; Russell Mulford, '41; Robert New- ton, '42; Roger Null, '40; B. E. Packard, '41; J. Patrissi, '40; Bryon Paul, '42; Spencer Pierce, '40; Scholey Pitcher, '40; Albert Pyles, '41; E. V. Randall, '42; Louis Reich, '41 ; Gordon Robertson, '40 ; Paul Robey, '40 ; Jack Roderick '40; Paul Rothman, '41; David Russell, '41; Frank Russell, '41 ; Lawrence Ruch, '41.

Robert Sanford, '41 ; Maurice Savage '40; Leroy Schroder, '41; J. Francis Schalie, '41 ; Henry Shifflett, '42; Alan Siegle, '42; Thomas Stilwell, '42; Rich- ard Stockard, '40; Ted Tanner, '42; Paul Thompson, '40; Thad Thomas, '40; Rob- ert Valz, '40; James Wilkins, '41; Robert Watson, '40; Art Weir, '40; Hamilton Wells, '41; Thomas Wilson, '42; Glen Woodbury, '42. Ralph Yoho, '42.

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Lincoln Said It

The occasion of today, Lincoln's Birth- day, seems to be slightly overshadowed by the average American's thoughts of war and peace. Many people say it is old- fashioned to stop and think a bit of a past coritl ibutoi to the American Union. But the fruit of Lincoln's efforts is still to be seen. What he said, in his own sincere philosophical manner, is as true today as it was then.

We remember Lincoln for many things he did and said. What he did is a matter of history, but what he said is a matter for discussion and deliberation.

Let us discuss then, something he said that is familiar to everyone who con- siders himself an American. "You can fool some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

Well, what Lincoln was doing when he said this was making a dig at bluffs. He was justified in doing this, as bluffs arc a most formidable menace to society. True enough, they must be shrewd and crafty to fool many of the people much of the time, but they are the subject of much disgust to persons who arc wise to their game.

You probably know many bluffs who hold positions for which they are in no way suited. Don't waste too much indig- nation on them because time will steer the people to the true course. You cannot "fool all of the people all of the time." o

The Letter "E"

Cadets Who Expect To Graduate May 21, 1943

Major Pence, Headmaster, has an- nounced the names of the cadets expected to graduate. They are:

Agrait, Allen, Alloway, Anderson, L., Arnold, Barcelo, Baumeister,, Beck, Ber- mont (Liberal), Boutillette, Breaux, Brustein, Buscher, Bustillos (Liberal), Carnes, Cartwright, Chambers, Joeddie; Chandler, Carl; Chapin, Child, Cicarello (No transcript), Clarson, Clawson (Lib- eral), Clohecy, Cochran, Colgate (Lib- eral), Corey, W., Cumming, U., Cum- mings, J.

Dean, Delarue, DeMarco (Liberal), DeVos, Dickson, DiGregorio, Dittmar, Dougherty, D., Dougherty, G., Drenning (Liberal), Driesbach (Liberal), Duggan, Dunbar, Edwards, Ehrhardt, Fallon, Fan- ney, Fonde, Forman, Fournier, Fried- man, Garza, Grishman, Guth.

Hassen, Heck, Henry, Hoge (Liberal) Holland, Hough, Hourigan, Howe, Inglis (Liberal), Ingram, James, Jiorle, Jones, Blaine; Jones, Charles; Kennedy, Kinberg, Kriskern, Kuemmerling, Kup- par, Lamb, Leahy, Learoyd (Liberal) Leskawa, Leslie, Levering, Linn, Lowry, Lyle.

Madan, Mathews, McCabe, McKay, Mctzel, Meyer, Milestone, Miller, S., Moon, Neilon, Noble, L., Norris (Jan. Grad.), Offerman, Osborn, Pape (Jan. Grad.), Perkins, Pfeiffer, Pickford, Pis- ner, Pyle.

Rice, Rich, Riker, Riley, T. (Liberal), Robinson, Gregory; Rush, Ryan, T., Sally, Schmidt (Liberal), Scolio, Sher- man, Shively, Simon (Liberal), Simonis, Snalian, Stanley, F., Stanley, O., Stuart, Swift, David; Turnbull, Upchurch, Vivi- ano (Liberal), Wareham (Liberal), Weinstein (Jan. Grad.), Wellman, West, White, E. (Liberal), Whitney, Yount.

Liberty Bell To Be Guarded Against Fire And Air Bombs

Someone has advanced the opinion that the letter "e" is the most important char- acter in the English alphabet because :t is always out of cash, forever in debt, never out of danger, and in hell all the time.

But we call attention to the fact that "e" is never in zvar and is always in peace. It is the beginning and end of ex- istance, the commencement of ease, and the end of trouble. Without it there would be no meat, no life, and no heaven. It is the center of honesty, makes love perfect, and without it there would be no editors, devils, or news.

The beginning of eternity. The end of time and peace. The beginning of every end. And the end of every place. ! o

When you buy a War Savings Bond or Stamp you buy the right to live your own life, free from regimental terror.

Philadelphia, Pa.—The Liberty Bell, this nation's most revered symbol of free- dom and democracy, will soon be safe- guarded against the ravages of fire, bombs, explosion and all other hazards. Plans have been approved for the con- struction of a steel and concrete vault beneath Independence Hall in Philadel- phia into which the Bell may be lowered in time of danger. Construction on the vault will go ahead as soon as priority on the materials is established.

That the school children in assuming their share of the war effort through the Schools At War program, and the generations of school children to follow them, may make the pilgrimage to Inde- pendence Hall and there find the hallowed symbol of our nation's birth, these pre- cautionary measures have been under- taken.

Insurance Company Meets Cost

Today our priceless relic of liberty rests in the place of honor directly be- neath the bell tower of Independence Hall. With the advent of war, the Bell's walnut base was mounted on rollers in order that it might be wheeled to a safer place in time of emergency. When it was found that almost a day would be con- sumed in moving the 2,080-pound Bell, the Insurance Company of North Ameri- ca offered to defray the cost of con- structing a fireproof and bombproof vault into which the Bell might quickly be lowered in the event of fire or air raid. The gift was accepted by Mayor Bernard Samuel of Philadelphia and the con- struction was authorized as soon as ma- terial is made available.

According to plans, the Bell and its walnut frame and standard will rest on a platform elevator, raised to floor level. In the event of an air raid warning, fire or other hazard, the Bell and platform may slowly be lowered into the ground. A concrete floor slides over the opening as the Bell descends. When the Bell reaches the bottom of the pit, it auto- matically slides from the platform along underground tracks into a huge vault. Sixteen inches of concrete and armor- plate steel will protect the top of the vault against bomb hits.

Through this means the most sacrei of all relics of our Nation's early struggle for freedom will be safeguarded against attack by today's ruthless aggressors.

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Nazis took into consideration everything except the limitless strength of the human spirit. And today in Warsaw and throughout Europe the Nazis are at war with the human spirit—the spirit of de- cent men crying out lor release from tyranny and demanding for themselves and their children a world of justice and of hope.

"On the day Warsaw suffered the heaviest bombing of the siege, more people were united in marriage than ever before in the city's history. This is the answer ot Man to the Nazi blue- prints of extermination. And Man will survive in freedom long after the Nazi madness has crumbled in the dust."

Former S..M.A. athletes performed well on their college grids. Among those to excel were: Tom Enck, '41, The Citadel; Harry Harner, '41, Washington and Lee; Doc Holloway, '40, William and Mary; Hal Rosenberg, '40, Rutgers; Barclay Moyer, '42, Perm State; and Ed lones, '40, Duke.

Bob Dillon, '40 has compiled the best army boxing record, undefeated in forty- eight fights. Dillon has met all coiners including ranking pros Johnny Litto and Del 'Orto. Art Weir, '40, won the Iowa Pre-Flight title at 140. Charlie Harvell, '41, is doing equally as well in the Navy.

Donald Rattan who left S.M.A. in 1941 entered West Point July 1, 1942.

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the acid test of whether or not these services are needed. Such war casualties, however, should be few in number if the colleges themselves show the initiative which is one test of the validity of their claim to survival.

Washington Will Not Dictate

Washington is not Berlin and we do not propose to regiment our colleges to any standardized program of State-di- rected service. Washington will not dic- tate a uniform plan of action to the colleges. But I can assure you that both the War Manpower Commission and the United States Office of Education, which also comes under my jurisdiction as Fed- eral Security Administrator, are keenly interested in all efforts which the colleges, individually or collectively, make in their own interest. 1 recall that Dr. John W. Studebaker, the Commissioner of Educa- tion, said: "We must have a special con- cern lest the liberal arts colleges of America be jettisoned." 1 would like to go on record as sharing that concern.

In the provision of manpower we do not expect much quantitative help from the small Liberal Arts colleges. But we do expect important qualitative assist- ance, both for the preservation and im- provement of our own way of life and for the eventual establishment of a better international order.

Russell Coleman, named to the All- State team in 1941 was one of the twelve men killed when an army transport plane crashed near Montgomery, Alabama. He left S.M.A. in 1942. Last August, after leaving S.M.A., he joined the Army Air Corps.

Slogan: "Let's be humor-mongers not

rumor-mongers."

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"You have heard many times that this is a total war. That means simply that no one can escape his own personal res- ponsibility to make his maximum con1

tribution to the total effort."—Secretary of the Treasury Mirgenthau.

George Howard, '39, and lack How- ard, who graduated from S.M.A. in 1942 have both been commissioned in the U. S. Army.

Charles Moore, '41, is entering the Naval Air Corps.

Andrew Dewing, '41, enlisted in the Army Air Corps after having left Dart- mouth College. He has been recommended to O.C.S.

Ed Jones, '41, is now the father of a son named "Biff."

Lt. Ralph Yoho, '42, married Miss Evelyn Garner on Nov. 12, 1942.

Lt. Charles Minihan, '42, married Miss Shirley Adair Smith on Oct. 1, 1942, in Arkansas.

Edward V. Randall, '42, U.S.A., mar- ried Miss Harriet Sommers on June 6, 1942, in Roanoke, Va.

YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL—

That a man is not sure of himself when he talks too loud.

That a man is unhappy when he is finding fault with other people.

That a man is dangerous when he car- ries gossip to you.

That a man is in fear when he boasts too much.

That a man is beaten when he claims too much.

That a man is great when he can treat small men with respect.

By Roy L. Smith.

As you undoubtedly know the S. M. A. Cotillion Club presented their annual Mid-Winter Informal dance last Friday- night, February 4th. Did you attend? If you didn't we're here to say that you missed a very enjoyable evening. Hal Thurston's orchestra was exceptionally fine, in fact he even surpassed our great- est expectations. His arrangements were smooth and steady and very danceable. Thurston revived some tunes from a few years back and played them in a style that was most pleasing to the ears.

Unfortunately the dance was handi- capped from the start by the fact that it was an open weekend at M.B.C. Con- sequently a large number of girls were out of town. Also the other girls' schools were in the midst of exams. However, there was still a goodly number of danc- ers present and the dance was successful, to say the least.

The committee did receive several com- plaints on two scores. First of all it seems the floor was to slippery, which made for very cautious dancing most of the evening. Secondly, and more import- ant, there was a terrific number of stags present. In fact, so many that it was practically impossible for a cadet who had brought a date to finish even one dance with his girl. Of course stags are very necessary to a dance. But not in excess. Too many is far worse than too few. As a direct result of the situation at the last dance the Cotillion Club is considering limiting the number of stags that may attend any one dance. It would be worked out on a percentage of the number of cadets in each barracks. Therefore as soon as the quota was filled for that barracks there would be no more stag tickets sold. This plan seems drastic, but at the same time it is the only logical solution for having the right proportion of stags so as to avoid embarrassment.

Don't forget the Military Ball on Fri day, March 5th. It is the second biggest dance of the year. There will be an im- pressive figure and an exceptionally good orchestra. So get your dates and your tickets early. This will be a card dance. Invitations will also be available soon from the Cotillion Club member selling tickets in your barracks. From now on every cadet must get his ticket in his own barracks. If you live in North don't go to South Barracks for your ticket. You won't get one. This is not intended as a threat or a challenge, but rather as a re- quest. Please try to help us out by c >n- forming to this small request. o

Y. M. C. A. News

On the weekend of February 12-13-14, the Southern Preparatory Schools will hold their annual conference at Natural Bridge, Va. Major Webb is the chair- man of this conference. It has been a past custom of S. M. A. to send five delegates from its own Y. M. C. A. group. The delegates chosen this year are Cadets Lowery, Pyle, Kahn, Lever- ing, and McGravv.

Many prominent speakers will be pre- sent to discuss the theme of the con- ference which is: "My Duty to My Country," "My Duty to My School," "My Duty to God," and "My Duty to Myself."

Some special sidelights of the trip are a victory banquet, a view of Natural Bridge at night, and an afternoon in Lexington, Va.

Schools represented at the conference are Staunton Military Academy, Augusta Military Academy, Hargrave Military Academy, Randolph-Macon Academy, Virginia Episcopal School, and Massa- nutten Military Academy.

An important and interesting feature of the conference is the presence of four college students, each one of which leads a group discussion following each formal address. These deal with the topic of the conference.

This time the association is fortunate enough to have secured the services of two W. and L. University students and two V. M. I. cadets. o

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The S. M. A. basketball team con- tinues to roll right along with no regard at all for their opponents brands of ball. It would be quite a thing if the cadets could go unbeaten through a schedule of 19 games, but they are now only 6 games away from that goal and look hot enough to make it the rest of the way.

That contest with Massanutten was a real thriller. Close most of the w;ay, it was only in the last minute that Mapes and Lewis connected to put it on ice by a fairly respectable score. The fans didn't seem to realize until the time ran low just what kind of a game they were watching. Even when they did, they did not show as much spirit as might be ex- pected from such a gang of boys.

Fishburne Military School put up a better battle than was expected, but the S. M. A. ball bouncers topped a 28-20 score when it was over. After such a fast game the night before, the locals looked dead on their feet and you can't blame them.

The boys have been playing a fine brand of ball this season and have defi- nitely deserved every win. It seems that each player picks one night to be "off," but every time the other four are "on" and make up for it. Lewis has been play- ing a steady brand of ball most of the way. He takes quite a few flashy shots but as a rule they either go in or are close, so he should not be criticized. Not only is he good at offensive but is a fine defensive player. Mapes seems to enjoy missing step shots, but plays a good defensive game, which after all is the primary job for a guard. Phil Turnbull has been doing some mighty pretty shoot- ing at the right time and fills his for- ward position well. Jacob is playing smooth ball at center and can always be counted upon to toss them in at the right time.

HATS OFF—to Joe Linzi, left guard for the team. Joe is proving his ability more with every game, and is one of the principal play makers on the team. He cuts smoothly and his passing is excel- lent. Hats off Joe, and keep it up.

Tomorrow night the boys have a tilt with Hargrave Military Academy for what some think will decide the state championship. The game may be moved up to tomorrow afternoon but at the present time it is indifinite.

The team will play three games next week with Fork Union (Tuesday night), Episcopal High School (Friday), and United States Naval Academy Plebes at Annapolis Saturday. The following week will see the last two games of the season. Massanutten will play here on Thursday and we go to Greenbrier on Satuday. o

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(Staunton Evening Leader) Registering undisputed supremacy in

practically all classes, Staunton Military Academy's boxing team scored a decisive victory over fisticuffers from Hargrave Military Academy in bouts held in the S M. A. gymnasium Saturday night. SMA's boxers won six decisions and two technical knockouts, while the visiting battlers had to be content with a one meager decision.

Although there was some difference of opinion insofar as it respected the judges' verdicts in one of the lighter classes there was no doubt that the Staunton Cadets were definitely superior to the visiting sluggers, despite the fact that the visitors tried to make up for lack of skill with aggressiveness.

The only verdict awarded in favor of Hargrave went to Thomas, in the 165- pound class, against Perkins of S.M.A.

A few knockouts occurred during the bouts, and some of these could be at- tributed to slipping on the canvas, but for the most part the large crowd which thronged the gymnasium felt it had wit- nessed a splendid example of boxing, con- ducted according to the rules, and looked forward to the bouts which will be held next Saturday night.

The lighter-weight fighters furnished most of the real slugging of the evening's program, although during the matches between the heavyweights and the un- limited classes, the roundhouse punches and the sincerely-directed blows of these sluggers gave an added fillip to the card.

Results of Matches

In the first match, R. Tibolt of SMA was matched against Schiaveno of Har- grave in the 112-pound class. Tibolt won the decision.

Tn the 120-pound class, R. Bennett of SMA got the decision over Currin of Hargrave after a bruising battle.

I. Kelley of SMA was awarded the decision over Leonard of Hargrave in the 127-pound class.

Other results were as follows : McLanahan, SMA, decision over Fields,

Hargrave, in 127-pound class. Null, SMA, technical knockout over

Hughes of Hargrave, in the 1335-pound class.

Co-captain L. Noble of SMA, technical knockout over Brown of Hargrave, 145- pound class.

Thomas of Hargrave, decision over Perkins of SMA, in the 165-pound class.

Carnes of SMA, technical knockout over Givens of Hargrave, in 175-pound class.

Dominick of SMA, decision over Par- sons, Hargrave, in the unlimited class.

Referee was John Naulty, former fly- weight champion of the U. S. Army. o

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Coach Onesty, in a statement made recently said that he is extremely pleased with the rookies of the 1943 Varsity swimming team. They are all hard, at- tentive, workers that have sacrificed everything in order to become finer var- sity swimmers. They have developed into a well-balanced team.

In the 100 yard back stroke Cadets Van Deusen and Tinsle}', who are re- placing Scott, R. E., from last year's squad, have proven themselves worthy of varsity berths. Both of these mem- bers have constantly been pushing their veteran teammate, Don Stuart, who is Virginia and Carolina Scholastic 100 meter back stroke champion.

Swimming in the 100 yard breast stroke with Charles Berman, is "Wimpy" Jones, a 15 year old candidate who has several more years of prep school competition yet in store for him. "Wimpy" is des- tined to go places before long, and it \s a certainty that he will be one of the finest swimmers Staunton ever produced.

"Louie" Maas is Coach Onesty's old reliable, "Louie" can swim anything, at any time, and at a speed that very few can match. He is truly a "Jack of all trades," yet a master too.

In replacing Pat Kiernan, Staunton's ace 220 man, now serving with the U.S.M.C, Coach Onesty has had to groom Arguedes, Yocum, Ward, and Holmes. Holmes, a 13 year older, just up from the J.D.'s this year, will be heard from before the seasons close.

With Fusselman and McKinney push- ing the veteran Haley in the dives, and Ernest Everst blossoming forth in his i first attempt at the sport, the Coach's I worries over the divers are few. Also adding to this list qf experts, we have a I little eleven year old diving sensation from the Junior School, namely, Tommy • "Tucker" Creamer. Tommy has been j forced to stay out of the water for sev- eral months because of a head injury, but in a few weeks lie' will be back on the board.

And then naturally we have our sprint stars, Co-Captains Shively and Guth. They have been busy though, keeping awaj' from up-and-coming stars like Mc- Causkey, Meyer, Rotbwell, and Adam- son.

This year the Junior School has a finer collection of all-around athletes than it has ever had before. Probably one of the finest of these is Cadet Peskin.

Mort is on the football team, he swims, plays baseball. He is one of the most out- standing cagers the Junior School has ever had. He is captain of this year's basketball team.

"Will" Parke has probably improved more physically since he entered S.M.A. than any other Junior cadet. He is one of the first-string five and is also on the baseball team.

Jan Vandersluis is very capable at adapting himself to any sport, whether it be football, basketball, or baseball, but he is truly at home in the swimming pool. Jan has been swimming backstroke for several years now, and if he keeps on swimming he is very apt to be the suc- cessor to the former J.D. backstroker, George Tullidge, now of the U. S. Army. George is now rated fifth fastes back- stroker in the U. S. by the National Collegiate Swimming Guide.

Bart Burnie is a surefire candidate for the varsit}' cagers next year. Bart is also on the football and baseball team.

Paul Nurkiewicz is probably the hard- est running fullback the Junior School has ever had. He is a well coordinated baseball and basketball player too.

Bill Christie is trying" his hand at I basketball this year, and is doing a fine job of it, too. But his best sport is swim- ming. Bill is one of the fastest 220 nata- tors for his age in the state.

"Al" Mora, a Spanish-American that loves basketball, is quickly becoming a first stringer. He is constantly pushing his team-mates for a first string position.

Joe Yocum, although only 90 pounds in weight, is equivalent to 150 pounds of T.N.T. He is an up-and-coming athlete in football, basketball, and swimming".

Although Army Air Corps Enlisted Reservists are liable for immediate in- duction, every effort will be made to al- low reservists now at colleges to com- plete the term, quarter, or semester in which they were enrolled on Dec. 31, 1942, the War Department announced.

With the exception of these college men, all other Air Corps reservists will be called to active duty April 1, 1943.

The reservists, when called, will be assigned to Army Air Forces stations and from there to selected colleges and universities, where they will be trained for ground or air crew duty.

The War Department urges reservists to keep the Commanding General of the Service Command in their areas informed of any changes of address, so that of- ficial notices will reach them promptly. o

Additions To Teaching Staff

Lt. Breckenridge C. Goodloe, instructor in the mathematics department, graduated from S. M. A. in 1934. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Vir- ginia in 1939. He is awaiting a call from the Army Air Corps.

Lt. Robert H. Smith, instructor in the English department, comes from Homer, Louisiana. He majored in English at college and received his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University on January 29, 1943. In college Lt. Smith's activities included membership in the Eta Sigma Phi, (Latin Fraternity), L Club, (Var- sity tennis), Pi Kappa Alpha (Social Fraternity), and the Council Wesley Foundation. Lt. Smith comes to Staunton highly recommended.

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Rumor Has It . . That drill will be eliminated due to shoe

shortage.

That Busty doesn't get as many "spec- ials" as he once did.

That Colgate does have some blood.

That a movie company has been trying to persuade one of our faculty to sing a contract for a picture entitled Mr. Five by Five."

That Freeman is in a perilous physical state, even though the draft board does have different ideas.

That Johnny McCabe is wanted by Dela- ware's "Bureau of Missing Persons."

That the boxing gym is gaining popu- larity dance by dance.

That there will be a mass execution of all seniors not having paid their dues by the last of March.

That the choice of honor company hangs on the next parade and that Evans and Early look at each others throats with a sly gleam in their eyes.

That the "Shrapnel" cover will be baby blue with a picture of Corey in bas relief.

That the best tunes of all move to Car- negie Hall.

Favorite Song Titles

Corey—"Somebody Else is Taking My Place."

Baker—"Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me?"

McCabe—"1 Got Those Mad About Her, Sad About Her, How Can I be Glad Without Her, Blues."

Parisi—"Don't Get Around Much Any- more."

Early—"Praise the Lord and Pass Me My Commission."

Captain Onesty—"You're in the Army Now."

Jacob—"1 Want To Go Back To West ,'irginia."

Ganz—"I Got a Touch of Texas in My Heart."

Grishman—"Scatterbrain."

FLASH for the HASH

Ed. Note : The following special mes- sage was intercepted by a squad of American K.P.s from a regiment of ad- vancing Italians in Libya:

VTA AIR MAIL

Rome, Feb. 11, 1943 Dear Adolf,

Thank you very much for the girdle you sent me last week. Ciano tried to put it on me, and it works like a charm. 1 need only ten horses now instead ol twenty-five to pull it tight.

1 bad a letter from Mr. Laval the other day, and he said that the French navy really wasn't sunk. It seems that some artists were hired, and during the night they camouflaged it so well that even the sailors on board couldn't see the ships. That makes me feel very much better, because Mr. Laval promised me one of his glass-bottomed boats so 1 can review my fleet.

Can't you do anything about my hoys in Africa (1 think they're still in Africa). In my English newspaper to- day T read they aren't doing as well as you tell me they are. Don't you think it would be a good idea if we told them to advance toward the Allies instead of toward us?

Lovingly, Benin-.

Uncle Louie's Column \ Library News and Views

Any cadets who saw the "Radio Show" last Saturday night will surely agree with us that the cast is surely Hollywood hound (where there is an acute shortage of janitors at Lockheed) Phew! boys you can do better than that. Highlight of the evening was the impromptu request of Cadet Mitchel for cadets to refrain from throwing things at the actors (?)

VIA R.A.F. Berchesgarten Feb. 13, 1943

Dearest Benny,

Thank you for the letter. T am getting very lonesome here with nothing to do but chew my ersatz-chocolate-covered rugs and read about our victories in Russia. A package came for me the other day, and Herr Reich Field Marsh- al Hermann Goering says be thinks the rug that was in it is covered with arsenic instead of chocolate. T can't figure out who would hate me so much as to want to get rid of me. It's very puzzling!

Why is it people keep telling me that those unfaithful, living British are bomb- ing our cities? We destroyed the R.A.F. two years ago—I thought.

General Mikailovich has been killed again in Yugoslavia. 1 can't figure out how he and his army can be destroyed so many times. I don't think he wants to he protected by my armies.

Joe Stalin has just announced that our Wehrmacht is being decimated. My, he is certainly using a lot of propaganda, isn't he?

Yours sincerely,

Adolf.

Dear Uncle Louie,

I have been going with a girl from M.B.C. for the whole of this year, but lately I have found that there seems to exist between us a little misunderstand- ing. To be exact, a minister is beating my time. What shall T do?

Sincerely, Four-button Bill.

Dear Buttons, For you 1 feel sorry. Yours is one in a

million among my list of cases. T have never before heard of a minister beating the time any S.M.A. cadet ever made— especially with women. Why nowadays even Baker is getting a woman. If I didn't know he couldn't write, I'd say that Corey wrote the above letter. The only thing I can advise you to do is take bible lessons.

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Why You Should Be Glad You're Living Now Instead of Then

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Photographic equipment can be se- cured through the services of the library. Negatives will be developed and returned to cadets with a mini- mum charge and as rapidly as pos- sible. Almost all types can be bought and developed through this service. Cadets desiring more specific infor- mation mav consult Miss Showalter.

Details of the dance will be found elsewhere in the paper, so we avoid needless repetition by merely saying, "Are they rationing skirts, or did everybody join the WAAC. ?"

As for the dance at Fairfax, well, we haven't been able to find out too much about that, because our reporter (Page) is sore and won't talk because they made him check his coonskin cap and track shoes at the door.

We understand that the S.M.A. Slayers are going to present another drama soon for our consumption. It is entitled "The Milky Way." As yet we have no facts about the play as the Dies committee is still in conference.

Those worried warblers, the Glee Club, are really hep to the jive with some really zoot mountain rhythm. They are all excited because they are going to sing at M.B.C. sometime. Well, the girls have to have their morale kept up somehow.

The best show in town, bar none . . . morning orderlies out in North Barracks. It's got Bob Hope beat both ways from Sunday.

Once there was a woman, who was married to a man who imbibed quite fre- quently and too much. After several years of this she decided to break him of the habit. He had to go through a graveyard on his way home, so she got a clean, white sheet, and the next lime he went out to get a "drop" she hid be- hind a tombstone. As he came by she leaped out waving her arms moaned "woooooo."

"Hoose zhere," he said nervously.

"I am the devil," she wailed.

"Well," the drunk said, "I wandt to zbake yer hand, 1 married yer sister."

Kale thinks he should he used in the Air Corps when he is drafted. Getting zeroes is his specialty.

"Shay, pardon me offisher, but where am I?"

"You're on the corner of Broadway and Forty-second street."

"Cut out the details. What town am I in?" o

Although there arc more than 450,000 "live" words in the English language, 10 of them—the, of, that, it, I, is, and to, a, in—comprise 25 percent of all the words used in our spoken and written communications.

Some little time ago just about when this noble institution of learning was being founded, drill was a wee bit more complicated than it is now. For instance the "School of the Soldier" described the manual of arms, a simple series of mo- tions consisting of nearly 150 movements and evolutions for the company of 300— -all presenting a striking appearance on any parade ground, but of doubtful value in jungle fighting. We quote from the book:

"The latest drill book gives the manual of arm 14 movements, while the com- pany evolutions number fewer than 30. To show the great simplicity of move- ment files are six, eight or twelve deep. (The Civil War changed all this and the drill after that conflict resembles that which the Army abandoned only about four years ago.) The musketeers gave fire over the pikemen's heads, and the first ranks of musketeers having | fired wheeled away, and the next ranks moved forward at the commands, "Blow your coal, open your pan, and present, breast high." Full details are given in the book for the various forms of count- er-marching, and wheeling which were necessary for the execution of such orders as Musketeers give fire in flank, and march up between pikes and muskets. (With some of the companies we have here it would be necessary to have an officer for each private or vice-versa.)

The actual title of the MS book of that day is the "Military Discipline, or I the Young Artillery man." The word ' artillery being used to designate anything that was capable of discharging" a pro- jectile. The book was published by Thom- as Harper and was written by Ralph Mali. (One of the Mali boys.) o

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Biographies of more than 1850 writers who have in a literary sense, flourished since 1900, are now available in Tiuen- ticth Century Authors, a 1577 page bio- graphical dictionary of modern world literature just received at the library, Miss Showalter announced today.

In preparation for over four years, Twentieth Century Authors presents nar- rative sketches of more than 1850 world literary figures since the turn of the century. Included with American and British authors are the better known Russians, Germans, Frenchmen, Poles, Swedes, Finns, and others, whose writ- ings have been translated into English. More than 1700 portraits accompany the biographies. Information about hundreds of these authors is now nowhere else available.

Twentieth Century Authors takes the place of two earlier, much-used volumes, Living Authors and Authors Today and Yesterday. This new book does not mere- ly revise the sketches of writers who ap- peared in earlier volumes—every sketch has been completely rewritten. In addi- tion to the biographies and portraits, each sketch contains a list of the author's prin- cipal works, with original dates of publi- cation. A list of biographical and critical sources about each author is also given as a guide to further study.

The editors have dedicated Twentieth Century Authors to Eugene Petrov, the "Russian Mark Twain," the first author, of the 1850 in the volume, to die in active service. To quote from the Editors' Pre- face : "Scores of our authors are now in the service of the United Nations : livel- ing word or gun at the enemy. One gave his gallant life, on July 2, 1942, m the tremendous defense of Sensatopol. To the memory of Eugene Petrov, soldier of freedom, this volume is humbly dedi- cated."

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