Fork Union Military Academy - Skirmisher Yearbook (Fork Union, VA)

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SCIENCE HALL 40 ERECTED IN 19

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THE PARENTS' PROBLEM A Student is a Man in the Making. HERE ARE THOUSANDS of perplexed parents wondering where they .should send their boys for their education. Perhaps there is no task in all the world equal to that of rearing children. This is caused by a number of circumstances. In the best regulated homes, occasionally there are conditions that make it wise to send the boy away to school. Sometimes tlie boy is too good a mixer and falls in with the wrong crowd, or a boy lwill not mix at all and needs to be led out. Not infrequently he id too fond of athletics and neglects his studies, while a few have to be made to play. There are large city evil influences: sometimes a small town is even worse, occasionally a boy right out in the country needs a change in his environment. There are many boys who have been so unfortunate as to lose one or both parents and it is next to impossible to administer suitable home discipline and influence. In some of the best homes in the country, where both parents are living, the father has so many business cares that he finds it difficult to devote the time he should to his boy. Often the most gifted parents feel that they need assistance in the discipline of their children yand find it best in a well regulated school. We feel that we are in a ,big business of cooperating with the parents of our boys in making real men of our cadets. A boy needs his life supervised in study, in play and in habits of every kind. A school like ours furnishes the bestl place for a brilliant boy to forge ahead, while special attention is givenl to those who have not so good a stride. A boy lives and works methqdically in a military school and is taught to put his mind on the bestl things. He has a growing BODY. The physical is the foundation for life's structure. Without a strong, healthy, vigorous body life is handicapped in every effort. He has a growing MIND. The body reaches its full development, but the mind grows as long as life lasts. To lay a proper foundation for never-ending education is absolutely essential. There are thousands of men, some great men, who have been embarrassed all their lives by the lack of early ltraining. But the chief development is the SPIRIT-the man himself. We have a body that serves its day and ceases. We have a mind but knowledge vanishes. Spiritual assets belong to time and eternity. Fork Union Military Academy undertakes the best for your boy. l17l

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FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY q ADVANTAGES Give Your Boy What He Cannot Lose-An Education i 1. TYPE OF ScHooL HE SPIRIT of noble self-sacrifice of the founders of yesterday has made Ijossible the Fork Union Military Academy of today, and has begotten that indefinable something, a spiritual atmosphere that enlivens, ennobles, and uplifts all who come under its influence. The Academy, While under control of Virginia Baptists, is in no way sectarian in its teaching and carries on its roll representatives of all the leading religious denominations. It is a Christian school and instils into its students principles of honor, integrity and right living fitting them for high, i telligent citizenship. Above all, it endeavors to in- culcate the prinpiples that lay the foundation of strong Christian manhood. l While it is absolutely essential that a boy be successful in his academic Work, alschool to accomplish the best must give to a boy that which he cannot find in books. The man must be made as well as the mind trained. Both of these are essential to the highest success in life. i 2. TRAINED TEACHERS ORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY offers a thorough college preparatory course and also an excellent commercial course. To do first class Work the faculty must be ample and properly equipped. Every instructor in Fork Union Military Academy is a Christian gentle- man, an experienced teacher, and is following teaching as a life profession. We do not employ anyone on our faculty who is using the position as a stepping stone tp some other profession. We are pleased to announce that our faculty cheerfully gives much overtime to cadets needing special assistance, and noieffort is neglected to secure the best endeavor on the part of every student. We believe that teaching is a high calling and making men one of the most exalted privileges in which any man can engage. l Careful physical training, and military discipline are given, thereby equipping our cadets with healthy bodies and Well-disciplined minds. The school plant must meet the needs of our cadets, but fine build- ings and good equipment alone do not make the best school nor should they be a school's best possessions. The personalities a boy meets in the classroom should be the largest asset in eveny educational institution. l19l