Guidon - Corps Terms

Authorized absence card.  This card is placed on the cadet's door to indicate his/her whereabouts at all times

To max a test

Afternoon Call to Quarters.  Quiet hours from 1300 - 1600.

A command given to new cadets meaning, "Come to Attention."

Breakfast Roll Call.  Morning formation.

A fellow member of a class who underwent Cadet Basic Training with you.  Usually ends in a lifelong friendship.

The large granite stone on the WWII Memorial located between the eight pylons

To have an excused absence from a Corps activity such as formation

The act in which a freshman bears to the right side of the hall while marching

Dinner Roll Call. Noon formation

White dress pants worn with the uniform

Evening Call to Quarters.  1800-2300 hours Sunday, and 1900-2300 Monday through Thursday, used as study time.  During this time, freshmen do not sound off, and all cadets are expected to maintain quiet in the dorms.

Excessive belt material not properly aligned

A cadet who diligently enforce the regulations and enjoys ragging on freshmen

an activity of both unity and comradery that reaches far beyond the average profession relationship between cadets

Socializing outside of your class; being too friendly with superiors, subordinates; performing undue personal servitude

Lock to a cadet's room which prevents the door from closing

Morning meal; Breakfast Roll Call (BRC) formation

General Tightening Down, increased enforcement of regulations

A unit's flag or standard; the new cadet knowledge publication

Bathroom

The Regimental Band of the Corps of Cadets

Any Virginia Tech student or alumni

Afternoon snooze

To get a fellow classmate into trouble; person who commits the act

VMI mascot, any VMI cadet or alumni

Any test, quiz, or homework saved to be used to study for future exams.  Dates to early 40's.

Morning Call to Quarters, 0800-1100.  More commonly used to refer to Marathon Call to Quarters, where ECQ standards are maintained through the entire day.

Any freshman cadet

Officer of the Day

Senior wrap where both maroon pieces are worn

Officer of the Guard

Senior wraps where one crossbelt with chest brass is worn with bottom maroon sash

A condition harder than present.

Male cadet's roommate.  Used as far back as the 1880's

Female cadet's roommate

Hitting someone in the face with a shaving cream pie

Statues above the War Memorial Chapel

Quality Credit Average

Bed in a cadet's room

A fictional creature living in a cadet's room who induces the cadet to sleep through classes

The act of sleeping in a rack

To "chew out" a freshman guilty of an infraction

A cadet who went through the system in the Old Corps; used as far back as 1888.

A cadet between his/her freshman and sophomore years; any cadet without a new cadet class below them.

Upperclassman who protects freshmen from harassment

Storage area above the closets

Path behind Shultz Dining Hall used by freshmen

Evening formation where the flag is lowered

The WWI Memorial between Brodie and Rasche

A handkerchief or napkin with the unit's logo on it which is worn by freshmen while under the new cadet system until VPI beats VMI in a major sport

Area behind Shanks Hall

Area in front of Shultz Dining Hall

A senior without rank; the VTCC cannon

To give the proper freshmen call; to blow the bugle; to give a loud order

Supper Roll Call, evening formation

A tradition which occurs around Halloween when the freshmen give candy to upperclassmen

To be accepted as a candidate for membership into an organization

Lights out at 2300 hours; to pay tribute on a bugle to someone who has died

A period of time served as a punishment for excessive demerits

Area in front of Lane Hall

Entrance to Brodie Hall near the PAB, use is an upperclassman privilege

A high-ranking cadet officer