THE NORWICH GUIDON

Vol XIII, No. 13 Northfield, Vt. December 11, 1931

Vilhjalmur Stefansson to Address Corps in Armory

as Forum Lecture on Jan. 7 Noted Norweigan Explorer Will

Tell of Many Contacts with Arctic

An interesting revelation of the thrilling Arctic experiences of one of the foremost adventurers of the modern era will be given at the armory on the evening of January 7. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer himself, whose experiences in the vast regions surrounding the North Pole have thrilled thousands, personally will deliver the lecture together with stereopti-con views.

Commonly called the 'Dean of all Arctic explorers, Mr Stefansson's career presents a remarkable history of daring exploits in the polar wilds. For five years he remained in the Arctic, struggling through numerous difficulties—mutiny dissension, resistance, and starvation But in the end,e he conquered, and like-wise accomplished his purpose which has enabled the world to see the Arctic as it actually is.

Not only is Mr Stefansson a brilliant lecturer but also he has written several successful books and many magazine articles. He received from the Universi-ty of Iowa the degree of A. B in 1903, after which he went to Harvard for graduate work. There he held a scholar-ship for one year and a fellowship for two years, and during the last of these years he was a member of the teaching staff of the Dept. of Anthropology at Harvard. In 1906 he transferred his nterests from teaching to exploring, and joined the Leffingwell-Mikkelsen expedi-tion to the Arctic ocean where he spent one winter Again, in 1913, Stefansson journeyed northward to study the Eski-mos, this time heading his own expedi-tion.

When Mr Stefansson returned in 1918, the geographical societies of the world recognized his significant contributions to science by conferring on him their highest honors. Among many of the distinguished recognitions for his service, he has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Museum of Natural History of New York and of the Italian Geographical Society

Together with the conduction of scien-tific research in his explorations, Mr Stefansson has injected the glamour and romance that always accompanies such adventures. Stories of starvation on barren wastes, of death in the perilous travel over treacherous glaciers, and of mutiny and disease; these form only a fraction of the amazing tales which he has in store.

Mr Stefannsson has no set lecture,

Twenty-three Men Awarded Football Letters by N. U. A. C.

Gala Banquet Saturday Sees Gold Footballs Presented to

Six Cadets Eight Norwich seniors, nine uniors and

six sophomores were included on a list of 23 Maroons football players awarded let-ters by the Athletic Council. In addition, Manager Arthur L. Twohey of St. Albany and Freshman Manager Howard R. Clem-ent of Newport, both seniors, also received letters. The names of the 23 players awarded insignia follow

Seniors—Edwin B Caswell, New Bed-ford, Mass. Stetson M Brown, St. Johnsbury Anastos Fanos, Fitchburg, Mass. Alden S. Eames, Wilmington Mass.; Richard J. Weiss, Methuen Mass. • Joseph R. O'Brien Lawrence, Mass. George E. Richardson Lancaster Mass. and Harold J Sipsey Lawrence, Mass.

Juniors—Walter L. Mersheimer Jersey City N J Frank B Gamsby Newbury Clark S. Bunting, Kansas City Mo. Pasco E. Del Vecchio, Johnson, R. I Stuart R. Smith, Orange, Mass. Stephen D Martin, New Bedford, Mass. Benjam-in F Consoletti, Milford, Mass.; Freder-ick G. Ward, Taunton, Mass. and Rich-ard L. Williams, Manchester N H.

Sophomores—Richard G. Stalker Fra-mingham, Mass. C. Evans Ralston St. Albans William C. Holmes, Brattleboro Richard C. Boynton, Springfield, Mass. Willard W Lemaire, Worcester Mass. and Alfred B. Darling, Lyndonville.

Henry Orser's justly famous Cabaret was the scene of a festive football banquet tendered to the 1931 team last Saturday night. Gold footballs were presented to Capt. O'Brien Fanos, Del Vecchio, Martin, Weiss, and Manager Twohey the presentation being made by Coach "Dutch Connor Each senior respond-ed to Toastmaster Potter as did 'Fuz-zy" Woodbury Perley' Baker and the inimitable Dutch himself in their turn. Ralph Eaton spoke in behalf of the A. A. Fuzzy also contributed action movies of some of the games, which supplemented Coach Connor's keen review of the season.

NOTICE Do not use Central Street entrance to

Armory dance to-night. Use the Main Street entrance.

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If you want the sweetest roundest mushiest, sloppiest, damndest kiss that any man can give, try a parlor date with a tuba player who has adenoids.—Texas Mines Prospector

Seventy-one Rooks Pledged Sunday by N. U. Fraternities,

Banquets Held by All Houses S. A. E. Leads in Numbers with 19

Phi Kap next with 13, Others Even

Rushing Season ending Sunday with the giving of bids by the six Norwich Fraternities, found a more even division of men than there has been for a number of years. A smaller number of bids were given out this year than in previous seasons, due to the fact that the class of 1935 is one of the smallest Freshman classes to enter Norwich for some time. In all, 71 pledges were made. Of these, Sigma Alpha Epsilon had the greatest number signing 19 Phi Kappa Delta later to become Pi Kappa Alpha, was second with 13 freshmen. Iota Pi Kap-pa followed with 11, Sigma Phi Epsilon tied with Delta Sigma Tau, the latter to become Phi Sigma Kappa, with 10 each and Theta Chi followed with 8 freshmen and one sophomore.

All six of the houses held banquets for their pledges, and from all reports these were greatly enjoyed. The even division of the freshmen between the six Greek-letter groups undoubtedly added cheer to the dinners.

The names of the pledges follow Theta Chi

James B Baird, Fort Monroe, Va. Ripley Buckingham, Washington, D C. Samuel W Carder Rutland Walter C. Everett, Watertown, Mass. Gilman W Haven, Reading, Mass. E. R. Haviland, Brattleboro Rcbert O Munn, Fairlee Eugene F Syms, Taunton, Mass. and Fritz L. Metzger 34, Pittsburg, Pa.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Robert W Clark, Melrose, Mass.

Lawrence A. Franks, Worcester Mass. George C. Habicht, Snyder N. Y F Drury Hays, Niagara Falls, N Y Douglas R. Henderson Bayside, L. I William S. Higgins, Springfield Edward J MacDermott, Worcester, Mass.; Rob-ert B McGuire, Newton, Mass. Frank M Moffitt, Elmhurst Pa ; Stewart J O'Halloran North Adams, Mass. Ed-ward Polidor Springfield Clifford H Pratt, Newton, Mass. Richard Samson, Worcester Mass. Merrill M. Sanford, Brooklyn N Y., Harry O. Smith, Stowe L. H. Terrill, Morrisville Wilbur C. Trafton South Haven, Mass.; William H Weiss, Methuen, Mass. and Robert C. Williams, Jamaica Plains, Mass.

Sigma Phi Epsilon Charles C. Andriopoulous, Lowell,

Mass. W H Barba, Newton Mass. James C. Chambers, Suffield, Conn. Donald A. Hansen Auburndale, Mass. John R. Kelly, Newport, N H. Warren L. Kinney, Melrcse, Mass. Robert Or-cutt, East Burke - Badger Perrin, Medford, Mass. William Quinn, Berlin N. H.

and Earl A. Rinker Barre. Phi Kappa Delta

William W Allaire, Seaconk, Mass. Freeman W Bailey Newbury William F Betts, Washington, D C. Gerald E. Darcy Ludlow James Davey Beverly Mass. Thecdore C. Ekman Worcester Mass. Daniel P Healey White River Jet.; Norman V Kalat, Worcester Mass. Gerald F McCarthy White River Jet. Henry C. Robinson, Worcester Mass. Erwin H Tuthill, and Newton H Tut-hill, Suffern, N Y and John Weyand, Wehesley Hills, Mass.

Delta Sigma Tau Irving S. Betts, North Attleboro, Mass.

D H. Corey Newport Newton H Dickenson, Windsor Conn ; Edwin M Gcod, Barre V\ illiam F Harvey Barre Frederick P Heinel, Manchester Center Warren E. Mudgett, Newport Kenneth Overbury Newport; Max A. Rock, Barre and W J Sullivan Portland, Me.

Iota Pi Kappa Lyman H. Cornell, Framingham, Mass.-

A. W Cunningham, Winchendon Mass. Carl A. Eckel, Buffalo, N Y George R. Green bank, Royaljton E. D Hanson, Wollaston, Mass. Hubert S. Humphreys, West Rutland,Edward M Morse, Gor-ham, N H. Raymond Nicholson, New-port Albert H Raddin Saugus, Mass. James S. Topping, Lynn, Mass. and Merrill L. Welcker Holyoke, Mass.

Norwich Men to Hold Xmas Party

Arrangements have been completed for a Norwich party to be held at the Merrimac Valley Country Club in Law-rence, Mass. on December 28. This will be the first annual affair Due to the large number of Norwich men in this section, it affords an excellent oppor-tunity to advertise the University as well as provide a typical get-together.

The Country Club is only 45 minutes frcm either Boston or Manchester N H over new four-lane roads. Frcm Lawrence, the Country Club may be easily reached on the Jackson Street Exter.sicn

The Boston College, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Villanova and Emmanuel Clubs have conducted parties in this section during the Christmas holidays, and all have been well attended.

Arthur M Sullivan, 28, and John S. O'Brien, 31 who are in charge of ar-rangements, have been fortunate in se-curing the location on the first favorable dancing night after Christmas.

Every Norwich man in the vicinity is urged to attend and bring his friends.

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THE BOARD Editor-in-Chief

R. Alton Weston '32 Business Manager

Thomas H. Sellew '32

EDITORIAL BOARD Managing Editor F E. Steele '33 Associate Editors D. E. Betts '32

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Last Sunday the corps was blessed with the opportunity of viewing a combination of Ernie Harmon and Sam Winram—with variations Cadet Lt. Richard A. Knowl-ton appeared in church in boots and dress breeches Turn out the guard Let the drums roll out Let there be light Let there be daikness! Let there be more dress breeches! Let there be more alibis! Now we know why Northfield girls leave a nice warm fire on a cold winter night.

The Norwich dance at the Merrimac Valley Country Club should be a well-attended affair The committee has picked an ideal place for the get-together and everyone may rest assured that he will have a good time. There are cer-tainly enough Norwich men in and around this spot to make the dance pay adver-tise the University and give all con-cerned an enjoyable evening. Incidental-ly arrangements have been completed for a dance at the Copley-Plaza on De-cember 16, with a cover charge of only seventy-five (75) cents. This also should

prove interesting, and entertaining. All due credit to Barton J. Thompson D S. man of the senior class, who also ar-ranged for a polo game at 2:30 p. m. Dec. 16 at the Commonwealth Armory with Harvard.

The first week of the Christmas va-cation should be an excellent time for many of the cadets to make up work lost during rushing season Most of the other colleges do not start their vacations until the end of this week, and conse-quently "the gang' will not be home right away Thus one should be able to use this first period to his own academic advantage. The Mid-Year Examina-tions will creep upon the corps very sud-denly after the recess, and it gives one a decidedly comfortable feeling to .know that he is 'even with the board at this time.

It seems too bad that with all of the equipment that we have in the Armory still there are no exercisers on the walls of the main floor The wrestling room is equipped with exercisers of a sort, but these aren't available to everyone. What is really needed is a set of machines, appliances, or what have you that will be available to anyone and everyone desiring to use them. Then the men who aren't out for wrestling or basketball, and who do not like handball or track work will have a chance to get some good exercise during the long winter months. Of course such things cost money but it would be money well spent and to the great advantage of the corps.

Two Captains Head N. U. Wrestling Team

The Norwich wrestling team decided to have two captains after an election to fill the vacancy created by failure of Captain-elect Louis Talarico to return to college resulted in a tie between Peter L. Molinari of Williamstown and Lloyd W Brownell of Woodstock. Both Molin-ari and Brownell are seniors who were regular members of last year's team. The Athletic Council has finally approved these men as co-captains.

13 Games for Baseball Team Next Spring

The Norwich baseball team will play 13 games next spring, according to a schedule made public by Major R. D Potter athletic director The card in-cludes two trips into Massachusetts at the start of the season and one into New York besides the cadets' annual visits to the Vermont colleges. The schedule follows.

Apr 20—Williams at Williamstown. Apr 28—Conn. Aggies at Storrs. Apr 29—Worcester Tech at Worcester. Apr 30—Lowell Textile at Lowell. May 5—Vermont at Northfield.

28—Conn. Aggies at Storrs. 29—Worcester Tech at Worcester 30—Lowell Textile at Lowell.

May 5—Vermont at Northfield. 11—St. Michael's at Winooski. 14—Middlebury at Middlebury 18—St. Michael's at Northfield. 21—Ithaca at Northfield. 23—Clarkson at Potsdam. 24—St. Lawrence at Canton. 26—Vermont at Burlington. 30—Middlebury at Northfield.

Rifle Team

The Norwich Rifle team under the tutelage of Capt. Roscoe Parker plans to start its season with Bruce Caron as cap-tain and Kenneth C. Elliott as manager

The other men who were selected as members of the team are John C. Hurley John E. Carter William C. Holmes, Louis L. Pilver Chester W

Cummings, David P Schultz, Perry G. Howe, Paul A. Tolman, Erwin D Han-son, Frank M. Moffitt, William E. Whit-ten, and Robert C. Williams.

Last year the rifle team had a very successful season and it is hoped that this year's team will do equally as well. Captain Parker who has offered his services as coach this year is an excellent rifleman himself and should be able to develop a good team.

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Cavalry Notes

ByR. Hosmer '34 Modern equipment is needed by the

cavalry whether that arm is horse, or motorized,JVTaj Gen. Guy V Henry told the Secretary of War in his annual report recently made public. Most necessary to the cavalry are anti-armored cars armor piercing bullets for small arms suitable-light trucks to replace the mule drawn escort wagons now used and suitable light, aircooled machine guns, about .50 caliber

The report also states that although some progress has been made in the past year in weeding out unserviceable ani-mals, still too many remain for the best interests of economy and efficiency

Ma j.-Gen Henry believes that in gener-al the morale of the Cavalry personnel is high and that they take great pride in their arms. However many cavalry officers and married non-commissioned officers are sorely pressed financially due to the fact that their pay is inadequate to meet necessary expenses. The morale of the cavalry officers has been assisted by the fact that seventy-five per cent of them have been receiving first choices for assignments to duties and stations.

Early last year the cavalry made a start on modernizing the McClellan sad-dle. This modernization consisted of the addition of skirts to the saddle. These are of leather covering the quarter straps, and protect not only the legs of the rider but the horse as well. Another feature is the abolition of the old hair cinch and its replacement with a leather one. Straps and buckles eliminate the old strap and spider ring. The Chief of Cavalry states that his work had to be stopped because of lack of funds and that he regrets it can not continue, because it is a great im-provement over the old style.

The report also gives the results of several tests made with radios. Re-ceiving sets of the Air Corps type were carried by the Cavalry in armored cars and on horseback during maneuvers. In these maneuvers the importance of quick and reliable radio communication between cavalry columns while they were actually macrhing and in combat, was clearly demonstrated. The radius of ac-tion of a cavalry command is being great-ly increased, and its ability to disperse safely into several columns on a wide front is being insured by improved radio communication.

Other things mentioned in the report were the improved horsemanship through-out the service, which has been a source of pride to the Army and which has been a means to better mobility and general efficiency the improved training methods, which have resulted in better mounts and financial saving to the government and the experiments made motor vehicles.

The Chief of Cavalry in his annual report to the Secretary of War states that it is regretable that the moderni-zation work which was being done on the McClellan saddles was discontinued be-cause of lack of funds, since the new saddles are a great improvement. In-asmuch as only five cavalry regiments are equipped with these new saddles, we may consider ourselves fortunate that these improvements were made on the McClellan saddles at Norwich last year

Four Juniors Rate As Pistol Experts

Four Norwich University juniors won ratings as expert pistol shots, three as sharpshooters and 26 as marksmen in work of the past fall on the pistol range, according to a list issued last month by the Military Department. Sgt. Nicholas Lung, U S. Army supervised the shooting, open only to members of the junior class. The list of those who qualified for ratings follows in the order of their standing

Experts Almo J Cerutti, Plainfield Frank B.

Gamsby Newbury; Harry H Sockol Newport- and William D. McKellar Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Sharpshooters George N Stimets, Randolph; Francis

A. Chase, Northfield and John E. Carter Newport.

Marksmen Norman C. Cuff South Braintree,

Mass. Morris E. Galusha, Newark, N V ; Edward H Hemenway Jr., Manchester; Clark S. Bunting, Kansas City Mo. John H. McKeon, Jr. Holyoke, Mass. Albert A. Fraser Northfield Robert L. Snyder West Concord, Mass. Silas C. Carpenter Richford John N Merrick, Fort Ethan Allen Donald J Bond, Me-thuen, Mass. Francis W Billado, Rut-land Philip C. Fox, Portland, Me. Kenneth E. Rice, Springfield, Mass.

James G. Robertson, Lexington, Mass. Charles K. Whitcomb, Jr Keene, N H. Pasco E. Del Vecchio, Johnson, R. I Harlow W Gage, Providence, R. I Thomas S. Neales, Methuen, Mass. Fred E. Steele, 3rd, Northampton, Mass.-Charles L. Clark, Bellows Falls Charles W Bryant, Greenfield, Mass. James T Quirk, Vergennes; Louis L. Pilver Nor-wich Dexter B. Johnson Woburn, Mass. Gordon W Scott, Barre and Willard N Barr Woodstock.

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but varies his address according to his audience. He is never tiresome, and his originality in portrayal is surpassed only by the marvelous subject matter he has in hand. His available subjects are The Friendly Arctic," The Northward

Course of Empire, "Australia From the Explorer's Viewpoint, The Blond Es-kimos, and Iceland.

Joe O'Brien Honorary Captain of 1931 Football Team

Joseph R. O'Brien of Lawrence, Mass., quarterback of the Norwich football team the past two seasons, last week was elected honorary captain of the 1931 eleven. The cadets had no elected leader the past fall. An acting captain was appointed before each game. O'Brien, who is a senior starred for the Horsemen the past two years as a triple threat back. It was announced that this year's cap-taincy policy will be continued, and no leader will be elected for next fall s team. Everett F Bingham of Canaan was elected maager of the 1932 eleven

Employment Agent 'I've got a posi-tion for you. Can you get around to my office at two this afternoon?"

Thoresen 'No, I "m sorry to say I can't I'm to lead the parade of the unemployed."

Eight Games for Norwich Gridmen

in Next Campaign St. Michael's, Worcester Lowell, and

Rensselaer Newcomers on 1932 Program

Norwich will return to an eight-game football schedule next fall after playing only seven contests each of the past two seasons, according to the 1932 card made public by Maj R. D Potter, athletic director

The schedule includes four opponents not met by Norwich the past season—St. Michael's, Worcester Tech, Lowell Tex-tile and Rensselaer They displace Bates, Mass. State and Providence. Colleges retained are Dartmouth Vermont, Mid-dlebury and the Coast Guard Academy. The schedule follows

Sept. 26—Dartmouth at Hanover Oct. 1—Open.

8—St. Michael's at Winooski. 15—Worcester Tech at Wor-

cester 22—Coast Guard Acad, at

Northfield. 29—Vermont at Burlington

Nov 4—Middlebury at Northfield. 12—Lowell Textile at Lowell. 19—Rensselaer at Troy

N. U. Football Team Betters Notre Dame

Norwich 26 Vermont 7 19 points better Vt Vermont 7 Union 0 26 points better Union Union 7 Williams 7 26 points better W'ms. Williams 13 B U 0 39 points better B. U B U 25 Rhode I St. 7 57 points better R. I Rhode I St. 8 Maine 7 58 points better Me. Maine 0 Yale 19 39 points better Yale. Yale 27 Chicago 0 66 points better Chi. Chicago 13 Illinois 6 73 points better 111. Illinois 6 Wisconsin 7 72 points better Wis. Wisconsin 21 Purdue 14 79 points better P'due. Purdue 7 Northwestern 0 86 points better N'rn. Northwestern 0 Notre Dame 0 86 points better N D

The above figures prove it

Class Numerals Go to 22 Freshman Football Players

Names of 22 Norwich University freshman football players awarded class numerals for their work of the past fall were made public today Insignia also went to three freshmen who served as assistant managers, Erwin D Hanson of Wollaston Mass., Donald M. Sullivan of Reading, Mass., and Warren E. Mud-gett of Newport. Names of the players who received numerals follow:

Carl A. Eckel, Buffalo, N Y.; Robert S. McGuire, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Robert Orcutt, East Burke- George C. Habicht Snyder, N Y Earl A. Rinker Barre;

The Cadet Observer

Again I take my pen in hand and at-tempt to pick out the salient faults or misdemeanors in the Corps. Recently it was brought to my attention that cer-tain members of the football team proved themselves to be truly honorable gentle-men to say the least Feeiing that they might not be placed on a pedestal and gloated over these men did not attend the annual football banquet. Perhaps they thought they were being generous and giving some of the lesser stars a chance to shine and be in the limelight. On the other hand they might have thought that their coach for the season had driven a long distance and spent quite a bit of money to make the trip simply so that he might be present at a banquet attended by a group of football players while the other members kept their dates in Montpelier and proved themselves to be pig-headed soreheads.

Even though they may not care much for the athletic director and use this as an excuse for not attending the banquet and even though they are not in favor of some things which have happened in the athletic department still they might have attended the banquet and shown that they were good sports. They are the individuals who are always finding fault with the way things are run but they make things worse by such actions and do not attempt to help rectify matters.

These individuals should hang their heads in shame because they are really showing what type of individuals they are. Staying away from the banquet was the worst thing they could have done in the eyes of the Corps. I don't men-tion any names but these men know who they are. The other members of the football team feel hurt because of their absence and it will not help next year's team any and some of these individuals expect to play next year

It is such things as this that tend to diminish the interest that other men take in things. Men will wonder if there is any use attempting to improve situations here at Norwich. While I am on the subject the Guidon received an unsigned letter from some member of the football team who complained that this same at-titude was prevalent through the football season. Men who were looking only for glory for themselves refused to aid othe-1

men when it was their turn to block or take out a man. Such individualism hurts a team even though the individualis-tic man may be a good player

Editor's note. Unsigned letters will not be printed in the Guidon

Donald A. Hansen, Auburndale, Mass. James Chambers, Suffield, Conn. Wil-liam F Betts, Washington, D C.; Ray-mond E. Nicholson, Newport Lyman H. Cornell, Framigham, Mass. Stewart J O'Halloran, North Adams, Mass.

James S. Topping, Lynn, Mass. Hy-man Sterman, Roxbury Mass. Robert W Clark, Melrose, Mass., Wilbur C. Trafton, South Hanover Mass. William Barba, Newton, Mass. Merrill M. San-ford, Brooklyn, N Y Kenneth G. Over-bury Newport Gerard F McCarthy White River Junction Lawrence A. Franks, Worcester Mass. William G. Weiss, Methuen, Mass. and Warren L. Kinney Melrose, Mass.