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

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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

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FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY All cadets are required to attend Sunday school and vesper services on Sunday. Daily chapel services are conducted by the president, head- master or a member of the faculty. The president seeks to put his best into the chahael services, not alone for spiritual development but to inculcate the best principles for a successful business or professional life. An excellent Biblical course is offered to all students. Best of all is the example and individual interest taken by the officers and faculty in the life of each cadet. THE CADET1CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION is an organization composed of cadets, with a faculty advisor. This association has a real place in our school. Membership is voluntary. 6. ENTERTAINMENT The Academy offers for the entertainment and instruction of its cadet corps and faculty a series of lectures, entertainments and sound moving pictures. I The school operates its own moving picture machine and care is taleeniin the selection of pictures shown. Educational pic- tures Will featureieach session's program. I 7. PUBLICATIONS The cadet publication consists of The Sabre. The Sabre, a news- paper published by an editorial staff of cadets, serves to gather up passing events which are of interest to the cadets. Its editorial column and open forum offer space Where matters affecting the appearance, morale and attitude of the corps may be frankly commented upon and discussed. A year book, The Skirmisherf' will be published at the close of each session. i8. SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AND BAND This is a musical organization made up of cadets who are proficient in playing some lmusical instrument. The leader of the orchestra is provided by the Academy, and his careful training has resulted in an orchestra of real lexcellence. The Royal Keydets have been invited on several occasidns to broadcast over the leading broadcasting station in Virginia and have received many complimentary letters from radio audiences. Boys lhaving musical talent, have an opportunity through this organization Ifor recreation that is good training for them. New cadets who are musicians are urged to bring their instruments with them and to join this organization. No charge is made for membership in the orchestra or hand. The band is one of the best in the State and has frequent calls for services outside of the Academy. A l25l