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

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FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY 3. ACADEMIC EFFICIENCY The first thing in any institution of learning is the academic work accomplished in the student body. Successful work depends on the teacher and the student. Failure cannot be wholly charged to the student nor to the teacher, they succeed together or they fail together. An efficient teacher is essential to the success of any student and a diligent student is essential to the success of any teacher. Our instructors put forth every effort with each cadet to accomplish the largest possible results. To this end we keep actively informed of the daily standing of every student and at the end of each week the class standing in every subject of every lstudent is posted. The teacher knows the weekly standing of his students, and the student himself knows his own standing. Thus it will be readily seen that if a boy is failing in his work it is known from the very start and every method possible is employed to awaken the qadet to his responsibility and opportunity and to encourage him to apply himself in a successful way to his daily task. The president of the school devotes himself in a general way to the business oversight of the school, but more particularly to inculcating high ideals and lofty aims that lead to moral as well as academic achieve- ments on the part bf every cadet. In this work he finds a rich experience in dealing with the student body. The headmaster, with over twenty years experience, devotes his entire time to thelgeneral oversight of the academic work in the school and deals daily with the work of each cadet. In addition, he too is deeply interested in the moral life and high purposes of each student. The Army stqpplies the necessary officers for military training. All their time is devoqed to classroom work and military manoeuvres. The daily routine of the drill is of great value, likewise the military discipline is a distinct advaritage in the making of men. Fork Union Military Academy is a preparatory school offering the highest standard high school curriculum and fitting boys and young men for college and university or for a business career. The value of placing a boy in a good boarding school during his important adolescent years is recognized by all discriminating parents. l 4. DAILY LIFE Idleness and Ignorance are the Two Most Expensive Luxuriesf' CAD Fork Union Military Academy is a twenty-four hour school. The daily regime is carefully planned and provides for ample instruction, study, outdoor exercise and recreation. The cadet, being relieved of l21l l

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FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY home cares and outside distracting influences, is enabled to devote a maximum amount of time to his education and training. The best and most luxuriously ,appointed home cannot offer an environment adapted to study such as is found in a good preparatory school and this fact is appreciated by parents who rightly value the benefits of sending their boys to a boardihg school. Our cadets are under the constant super- vision of the school authorities. QBJ It is a home school. The Academy nurse lives in Hatcher Hall. Members bf the faculty live in each section of the barracks and board in the school with the cadets. The limited enrollment and the close personal contact of instructors and cadets maintain a real home atmosphere. CCD It is a rural school. The community is made up of people of old Virginia stock, and it is exceptionally free from evils which are harmful to young people. The school is away from the dangerous influences of large cities, and is therefore the center of a cadet's interest and activities. It is the right place for a growing boy. CDD It is a military school. Fork Union Military Academy is one of the few preparatory schools aided and inspected by the War Department and lits work has been frequently praised by United States Army Inspectors. Three military instructors, guns and extensive military equipment are furnished by the United States Government free of charge to our cadets. QED It is a school inspired by Christian motives and guided by Christian principles. QFD The health record of Fork Union is unsurpassed in all the land. Pure arteiian water flows in every room in Snead Hall. The school owns a farm of 300 acres from which come fresh vegetables, meats and milk fbr use in the mess hall. Fork Unionlis located far enough south to escape the bitter cold of the north and far enough north to escape the extreme heat of the south. The climate, free from sudden and dangerous changes in tem- perature, is just right for healthy, happy living during all seasons. l 5. RELIGIOUS LIFE l It must be understood that the Academy is avowedly and positively a Christian school. It aims to give to its cadets the advantages and influences found,in the best Christian homes. All forms of religious beliefs are sincerely respected-jew or Gentile, Catholic or Protestant. There are seventeen different religious denominations in the student body of our schobl. l23l