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

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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

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FOlRK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY p HISTORY HE LAND now comprising the Academy campus has the unique distinction lof never having been sold. In early colonial times it was part oil a large tract of land which was deeded by the English King to one of his favorites. The particular part of this tract of which the Academy campus is composed was handed down from father to son until the last heir set it aside by deed for school purposes. It was later given to the trustees of Fork Union Military Academy. The school is now controlled by a Board of Trustees. The village of Fork Union has for many generations been noted for its excellent schools and some of the greatest teachers of the past generation taught in the community-Dr. John A. Broadus, Dr. P. S. Henson, and Dr, George Boardman Taylor being among the number. The inevitable result has been a high intellectual standard among the people and a sincere love of learning. These characteristics will be recognized as being among the most valuable assets which an academy can possess. In 1898, under the inspiring leadership of the late Dr. William E. Hatcher, a group of citizens of the village of Fork Union, with which Dr. Hatcher had been intimately associated for fifty years, joined together to establish the present Academy. A very desirable tract of land was donated, buildings were erected and a corps of instructors provided. A few years later the growth of the Academy necessitated other buildings, fvhich were promptly erected. All buildings are practically new, having been erected in 1923 or later. A l LOCATION IN THE HILLS OF VIRGINIA, THE MOTHER OF STATES HE LOCATION gives Fork Union a great advantage. The Academy is remote from the evil influences of the small town and the dangers of the large city. A boy could not be in a safer place. The property is two miles from Fork Union Station on the Virginia Air Line Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and four miles from Bremo Station on the James River Division of the Chesapeake and lOhio Railway. Any of the six daily trains may be reached in a fewi minutes from the school. Federal Highway Nos. 211 and 15, from Washington, D. C., to Raleigh, N. C., and State Highway I T271