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M. C. A 181 Improvements 115 Reminiscences of a Rat 117 The Washington Trip ' 109 Cotillion Club 187 Dialectic Literary Society 180 Dramatic Club 179 Mandolin Club 183 Penalty Tourists 185 The Press Club 184 Vestry of the Episcopal Church Club 199 Final Week 189 Final German 191 V. iL I. Biography 197 V. M. I. Alumni Associations 200 Acknowledgments 201 Advertisements 203 DeDicateD to Colonel j . 38e 3erb Cucfeer p tjje Class of 1909 as a mark of tlje respect anD esteem of tlje corps of caDets, anD in recognition of f)is faitfjful lafior for tije aDtiancement of atftletics at I?, m, 3. OBDitorial THIS Bomb marks the twenty-fifth consecutive volume, published by the cadets. Dealing with the same subjects, year after year, there is of necessity a certain amount of plagiarism, at least, in ideas. We have succeeded in making some changes from Kombs of the past, which we trust our readers will consider impi ' ovements. If we have published an annual that will show the dear old place to the public in its true worth, and that will recall fond memories to the ever- swelling body of alumni, we will feel that our labor has not been in vain. Editors. Ci)e ISomb tnft J. G. RICHARDSON Editor-in-Chief T. M. SCOTT Business Manages 0. GATES Assistant Business Manager B. D. MAYO Advertising Editor C. W. JENKINS Assistant Advertising Editor R. M. GRAjVIMER Athletic Editor L. N. BRITTON Art Editor J. MAGRUDER G. W. POLK ' Associate Editors S. L. HAYES j The Bomb Staff CalenDat Seiitember 2 — Xew Cadets reported. September t) — Old Cadets reported for duty. Scliool opened. September 11 and 12 — Opening Hops. October 3 — Football Season ojjened with William and iiary College at Le.xington. October 10 — Hampden-Sidney College game at Lexington. October 17 — St. John ' s College at Lexington. October 24 — V. P. I. game at Roanoke. October 31 — Fateful game with RoanoUe College. November 11 — Founder ' s Day. Holiday. December 4 and 5 — Thanksgi ing Hops. December 25 — Christmas Holidays — Reveille and Parade as usual. December 31 to January 1 — First Class .Annual lianquet at Castle Hill. January 1 and 2 — New Year Hops. January 19 — Lee ' s Birthday — Holiday. February 22 — Washington ' s Birthday — Holiday; Subs ' Hop. March 3-5 — In Washington for the Inaugural Parade. March 27 — Baseliall season opened with Fisjiburne School in Lexington. April 3 — Hampden-Sidney College in Lexington. April 8 — St. John ' s College in Lexington. April 10 — Roanoke College in Lexington. April 12 — Y. P. I. game in Roanoke. April 10 — Easter German. April 17 — Richmond College in Lexington. Easter Hop. April 24 — Open. April 30 — Davidson College in Lexington. May 8 — Open. May 12 — -Milligan College in Lexington. May 15 — New Market Day. Holiday. June 1 — Memorial Day. June 18 — Finals begin. Opening Hop. June 19 — Gymnasium Exhibit. June 20 — Baccalaureate Sermon. June 21 — Final German. June 22 — Society Hop. Alumni Smoker. June 23 — The end of things Military — Auld Lang Syne — Dismissed. June 23— Final Ball. Board of Visitors ' BoarD of l isitors (Terms expire July 1, 111 10.) DR. EAWLEY W. MARTIN Lynchburg, Va. COL. T. J. NOTTINGHAJI Norfolk, Va. COL. FRANCIS L. SMITH. . ; Alexandria, Va. HON. T. L. TATE Draper. ' A. (Terms expire July 1, 1912.) GEORGE L. BRO YNING. ESQ Orange, Va. H ON. R. A. JAMES Danville, Va. HON. EDWARD ECHOLS Staunton, Va. DR. J. F. BRANSFORD Bon Air, Va. MR. CHARLES E. TACKETT Fredericksburg, Va. MEMBERS OF BOAEB, EX OFFICIO GEN. CHARLES J. ANDERSON. Adjutant General Richmond, Va. HON. JOS. D. EGGLESTON, JR., Superintendent PlBLIC Instruction Richmond, Va. jracultp anD post taff GENERAL, SCOTT SHIPP, LL. D. SUPERINTENDENT EMERITUS GENERAL EDWARD W. NICHOLS SUPERINTENDENT f COLONEL HUNTER PENDLETON, A. M,, Pii. U. PROFESSOR OF GENERAL AND APPLIED UHEIIISTRY COLONEL N. BEVERLEY TUCKER, C. E., B. S. PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND SIINERALOGY AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY COLONEL FRANCIS MALLORY, C. E. PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COLONEL HENRY C. FORD, B. S., Ph. D. PKOFESSOR OF LATIN, ENGLISH. AND HISTORY COLONEL J. MERCER PATTON, A. M. PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES COLONEL MORRELL M. MILLS Cfiptain U. S. Coast Artillery Corps PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND COMMANDANT OF CADETS COLONEL THOMAS A. JONES, B. S. PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING COLONEL CHARLES W. WATTS, C. E. PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS ■ ' MAJOR R. BARCLAY POAGUIfi, B. S. PROFESSOR OF DRAWING, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CAPTA1N ST. J. R. MARSHALL ADJUTANT tMAJOR J. H. LAIRD SURGEON COLONEL W. T. POAGUE TREASURER AND MILITARY STOREKEEPER CAPTAIN J. W. GILMORE COMMISSARY AND QUARTERMASTER CAPTAIN J. W. GILLOCK ASSISTANT MILITARY STOREKEEPER Not in cut on opposite page. tResigned January 1, 1909. Succeeded by Dr. Reid White. Sub Faculty ju6-JFacuItp CAPTAIN ST. J. R. JJARSHALL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELECTRICAL AKD STEAM ENGIKEERIKG, AND PHYSICS CAPTAIN MAX Q. KELLEY, B. S. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LATIN AND ENGLISH CAPTAIN R. B. BURROUGHS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS CAPTAIN H. E. MECREDY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JIATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING CAPTAIN C. H. OWEN- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING AND DRAWING CAPTAIN W. T. DA V ANT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND HISTORY CAPTAIN M. F. EDWARDS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND MODERN LANGUAGES CAPTAIN C. H. CARTER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES CAPTAIN J. Q. PIERCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND HISTORY CAPTAIN J. E. DOYLE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND GYMNASIUM INSTRUCTOR KPT.J.VJ-Oii-MORC I ' OST STAFI ' ilitarp taff COLONEL A•. T. P0AC4UE TKEASURER AND MILITARY STOREKEEPER MAJOR J. H. LAIRD, M. D. SURGEON CAPTAIN ST, J. E. JIARSHALL POST ADJUTANT CAPTAIN J. W. C4ILiI0EE COMMISSARY AND QUARTERMASTER CAPTAIN J. A ' , GILLOCK ASSISTANT JlIILITARY STOREKEEPER Kesimied Jaiuiaiv 1. IIIOII. Sueeeedeil by Dr. Reid ' hite. il. D. A History of the Foundation and Development of the Virginia Mihtary Institute THE eleventh day of November, 1839, was a day big with rfate for the educational and material interest of the good old Commonwealth of Vir- ginia, at least, so think the cadets and alnmni of the Virginia Military In- stitute, which was founded on that day. The Institute was a military school from the start, in a sense in which no other school in the country was a military school, not even West Point. Like the Institute, West Point started from a very small beginning, but the cadets of that institution never did duty as garrison of a military post; this duty was performed by soldiers of the army. At the Institute the cadets relieved the enlisted men in the service of the state, who were the guards of the Western Arsenal of Virginia, and thereafter performed all the military duties of the soldiers, at the same time pursuing the prescribed course of scientific and military studies. The first Board of Visitors met in May, 1839. The president of the board was Col. Claude Crozet, a higlily educated and accomplished French soldier who had served in the disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, under the great ISTapoleon. Coming to this country, he was professor of mathematics, and civil and military engineering, at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Having resigned this position, he took service under the State of Virginia as chief engineer. There were other distinguished soldiers on this first board, three of whom had served as officers in the War of 1812 ; one of these three, Captain Wiley, had marched with his company from Petersburg, Virginia, to Quebec, Canada. Then there were jDrominent and able men who had not been soldiers, most prominent amongst whom were Governor James McDowell and John T. L. Preston, Esq., of Lexington, Virginia. The latter, a highly educated and ciiltured gentleman, may, in a marked sense, be re- garded as the founder of the Institute. It was he who most earnestly and ably argued with voice and pen during those three years in which was pending the question of supplanting the garrison of soldiers with a garrison of young Vir- ginians, who should do the duty of the soldiers and at the same time qualify themselves by study to do their part as teachers and workers in the great in- dustrial development about to da vn upon the old State. The primary idea was to get rid of the rather vagabondish old soldiers, and to educate, in their places , twenty young men, to be boarded and educated free of charge, in consideration of their niilitarv service. The jDrogram of study, and the mode of training and life submitted to the public by the board and superintendent, proved so attractive that many sought the jDrivileges of the infant iustitution, upon the condition that they should pay their own way and voluntarily assume, under formal written obligations in the nature of articles of enlistment, to render subordination and do the military duties im- ]30sed by law upon state cadets. The restricted accommodations of the old soldier barracks limited the number which could be admitted ; but twelve of these ' olunteers were accepted, who, with the twenty to be maintained by the State, made a corps consisting of one company of thirty-two young soldiers. The conditions of life surrounding these yovmg pioneers were harsh and uninviting. Quartet ' s were cramped, and rooms were crowded, even for the small number of thirty-two, and the fare, while abundant, was rough. There were no proper classrooms, no library, no apparatus of any kind ; and the old flint-lock muskets, caliber .69, were clumsy, heavy, and hard to keep clean. The band consisted of two old negroes, Eeuben and Alike ; one lieat the kettledrum, the other whistled through the fife. The board made a wise choice in the selection of a su]:)erintendent. Prof. Francis IT. Smith, professor of mathematics in the honored old College of Hampden-Sidney, Va. Professor Smith was born in Norfolk, Ya. ; after re- ceiving the usual education taught in the best classical schools of the times, he was appointed a cadet in the U. S. Military Academy in 1S29, and was graduated in 18.3.3. Fpon graduation he was tendered an appointment as an assistant ])rofessor of mathematics and also of artillery in the Academy, both of which he declined, and joined his regiment, the first V. S. Artillery at Fort Turnbull, Conn. After serving with his regiment at various stations, he was ordered to West Point as assistant ])rofessor of moral and political philosophy and rhetoric in October, 1834. This duty he discharged until 1835, when he resigned with the intention of entering civil life. This intention was some- what deferred and he did duty with the V. S. Corps of Topographical Engin- eers, exploring an inland route through the souikIs of North Carolina, between Norfolk and Charleston. While engaged in this duty, he was elected profes- sor of mathematics in ITami)den-Sidney College, which position he acce]itcd September, 1837; while discharging the duties of his chair, he was called to take charge of the Virginia Military Institute as superintendent and professor of mathematics, in 1839. Although the class to be taught in mathematics was small when Professor Smith entered iqion his duties at the IMilitary Institute., (!i;nkiial Kiia •IS II. Smith he was, as superiiiteiideiit, diavged with the nrjiaiiizatioii and odvcviiincnt of the iufaiit schdnl, and in additinn acted as conmuunhint (if cadets and iiistnictnr of Tactics. If the linai ' d was furtiinate in secnvinc, ' the services of Professdi ' Snnth, Pro- fessor Smith was still nmre fortnnate in the selection by the linard of his sole coadjutor, John T. L. Preston, one of their own inenibers, a citizen of Lt xiiii ton, a more zealous, faithful, conscientious, loyal coadjntor no man in this world evev had. Professor Preston took charge of the class in lanonage. He was i orn in Lexington, Va., and, having been trained in the best classical schools of the State, was graduated from Washington College and received the degree (if A. I. He then entered the I ' niversitv of Virsiinia, reccivinii ' the usual certificates of distinction in tlie several schools taken by him. On leaving the University, he entered Yale College to comjjlete the couree of studies marked ont for himself in the profession of law, which he had chosen. He did not, however, remain long at the bar, his inclinations leading him in an- other direction. When the discussion commenced in 1836, in connection with the organization of the Military Institute, his mind was actively at work on this important scheme; so that, when the Institute entered upon its mission in 1839, he was willing to lend the influence of his talents in one of the most important department of instruction, as more in harmony with his own tastes, and as an earnest of his interest in the success of the school. The French and German languages occupied the attention of Professor Preston for the first two years. Subsequently, at diiferent times, he was relieved from instruction of the languages, above mentioned, and taught Latin logic, rhetoric, intellectual philosophy, and constitutional law, never, of course, having all these subjects at any one time. These two, Colonel Smith and ] Iajor Preston, constituted the whole corps of permanent instructors for the first two years. A three-years ' course had been marked out for cadets, and the thirty-two cadets who first entered were all assigned to the third, or lowest class. The next year, when most of these cadets were advanced to the second class, and a small new class had entered to take the places of those who had been for any cause discharged, an arrange- ment was made with the trustees of Washington College by which Professor Armstrong of that college gave cadets instruction given to those students of the College who might desire such instruction. The conditions of education existing in Virginia, indeed throughout the country, and in England, at the time the Institute was organized were pecTiliar. It is difficult to realize and conceive the state of existence of the most highly civilized people in the world, a short four himdred years ago, when few could read or write, even among those of highest social position, and the cost of such hand-transcribed books as existed was almost prohibitive. Of course, there have always been books of some sort, and masters and scholars. Thales and Pythagoras, Zeno and Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, wrote and taught in ancient Greece, hundreds of years before the Christian Era. Even today in ancient Cairo of Egypt in the mosque of Al Azahr, you will find a library of seven thousand volumes, all on the Koran, and many hundreds of grown men from all parts of the Mohammedan world, men from Cyprus and Crete, from Egypt and Turkey, Zanzibar and Xubia, Bokhara and Samarcand, and other remote parts, sitting on the floor, rocking their bodies and studying half aloud the Koran. This Mohammedan education of today is somewhat typical of the monastic education of mediaeval times. Thus the monks and ]n ' iests alone studied and taught, and preserved such learning as existed, for the most part profitless. In England down to times less than one hundred years ago, little progress had been made in improvement of media3val educational aims and methods. Greek and Latin, with some metaphysics, were almost the sole topics taught, notwitlistanding that the Baconian inductive process for investigating and establishing truth had long been known. The educational system of Eng- land, as it continued into the 19th century was designed to fit men for the church, the bar, for literature, and to refine and polish, as they thought, the idle and unprofitable upper stratum of their social body. The educational system prevailing in this country until well on into the nineteenth cejitury was modeled upon that of England. The true aim and end of education is to develop, train, and bring ijito conscious existence those faculties with which the good God has endowed to a greater or less degree all men in execution of His benevolent will and purpose toward us. Education should be designed not for a class, but for all according to their several capabilities. This his- torian Motley, speaking of education as it existed until times comparatively recent, says : The whole system was, however, pervaded by the monastic spirit, which had originally preserved all learning from annihilation, but which now kept it wrapt in the ancient cerecloths, and stitt ' ening in the strong sarcophagus of a bygone age. As late as i850 the U. S. Commission of education wrote : Although there are millions who know that there is something wrong in the system of education, yet it is extremely difficult to discover the cause, as we are in a measure brought up in the same error, and as that requires unusual effort to remove the vail of error which shrouds the truth. The i3resident of Brown University wrote, about the same time : We have constructed the colleges upon the idea that they are to be schools of preparation for the professions. Our customers, therefore, come from the smallest class of society and the education which we prescribe is not so universally recognized as formerly, even by this class. We have produced an article for which the demand is diminish- ing. We sell it at less than cost and the deficiency is made up by charity. We give it away and still the demand diminishes. There has existed for the last twenty years a demand for civil engineers. Has the demand been supplied by our colleges ? We presume the single academy at West Point, graduating annually a smaller number than many of our colleges, has done more for the The JACKSON Statue eonstriTction of our railroads than all of our one hnndred and twenty colleges united. Such were the conditions of education existing in this state, and through- out the country, when the Virginia Military Institute entered upon its eventful mission, a mission fraught with benefit to the whole land. Want of time, means, or inclination, to acquire the classical training, which was a condition ]irecedent to admission into the colleges then existing, excluded many ambitious young men from the benefits of higher ediTcation. The Institute sought to remedy this by establishing a progressive course of scientific and technical education upon which those of more limited elementary preparation could enter. This general idea by natural process of growth and development has budded forth in the course of the years into a scientific, technical, and military college, characterized by thoroughness of instruction and exact military dicipline, which is known, recognized and honored throughout the length and l)readth of the whole territory of the republic. We have seen that at the start there were, only two permanent instructors, and that during the second year, and for some years thereafter, indeed until 1846, helji was rendered by Professor Armstrong, of Washington College. In 1841 the growth of the school necessitated the appointment of another per- manent instructor, although there were scant means for his support. In the spring of 1841, Thos. II. Williamson, Esq. — Old Toui of blessed memory — was elected professor of military and civil engineering, instructor of drawing, and he relieved the sujDerintendent of the duties of commandant of cadets and instructor of tactics. Thus was provided a course of engineering for the first class to be graduated from the Institute, in 1842. Professor Williamson was born in Norfolk, Va., a scion of an old and honored family. Having been taught in the best schools of his native city, he was appointed a cadet of the U. S. Military Academy in 1829, and pursued the usual course of study there until 1833, when he resigned before graduation, to enter ujaon the profession of civil engineering. His first service was imder Colonel Baldwin, the engineer in charge of the V. S. Naval Dry Dock at Norfolk. Thereafter he was con- tinuously engaged in various works of internal improvement in the state and brought to the school the varied experience which his long service had given him in railroads, canals, and other large constructions. His taste and skill in drawing added to his fitness for this part of his professional duties, while his military education at West Point gave him special qualifications for the de- partment of tactics. In 1846 the board of visitors organized the department of natural and exi3erlniental philosophy, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, and Lient. William Gilham, U. S. Army, then serving with General Taylor ' s army in Mexico, was elected to the chair. He was also made commandant of cadets and instrnctor of tactics, relieving Major Williamson, overbnrdened with work in his own department, of these dnties. Professor Gilham, of Virginia parentage, was born in Indiana, in 1836 ; he was appointed a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy from that state. He was graduated m 1840 and appointed lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment U. S. Artillery. In September, 1841, he was appointed assistant professor of natural and exfierimental philosophy at West Point and discharged the duties of this office until September, 1844. He served as adjutant of the 3rd Regiment of Artillery at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, May, 1846. The experience of three years as assistant pro- fessor of natural philosophy at West Point, and his services with the army in Mexico, gave Major Gilham peculiar advantages in his new duties, and his department was soon placed in full and effective working order. Was there ever a cadet who knew Old Gil., who did not love him ? In 1842 some of the classes of cadets were examined before the legislature. This body was so impressed with the proficiency of the scholars, the system and methods of instruction, that by the Act of March, 1842, the normal feature was impressed iipon the school, and the state cadets were required to teach two years in Virginia after graduation. The state was in some need of competent and efficient teachers for the instruction of the growing youth of the land. The calling of teacher was to some extent contemned and depreciated by educated young men of the South. Even now, although the honorable and beneficial character of this calling is universally recognized, the very inadequate pro- ' ision made for those who adopt it deprives it ' of the services of the best men. In the course of the years the Institute sent into the field of education a notable corps of accomplished teachers. Among the earlier teachers who won for them- selves honor and distinction were : Strange, Forbes, Wills, Bryan, Nelson. Downes, Pitts, Simpson, Wheelwright, Hill, Powell, Duke, Pendleton, Derby, Council], Gamble, Fristoe, Gatewood, Morrisett, Stuart, Harris, Blankenship, Hall, Murfee, Phillips, Lane, Edgar, Lightfoot, Wine, Wyatt, Todd, and a host of others whom it is not necessary to name. This list is continuallv in- creasing with honored names. Comparati -ely few of those who won distinc- tion as teachers remained long in the calling, for it was not remunerative, and these able and accomplished young men gradually drifted into more active life, where a wider field gave play for their ambition. fiRNKRAi, Scott Shipp General Edwarp W. Kichols Tho moral feature added to the school made it advisable to substitute the Latin for the German language. This made the burden of Major Preston ' s chair greater than one man could bear, and in 1846 he was relieved from the French language; this was assigned to R. E. Colston as assistant professor. Professor Colston, son of Dr. Colston, of Fauquier County, Virginia, was born in Paris, France. He entered the Virginia Military Institute in 1843, and was graduated in 1846. While a cadet he had been detailed to assist in in- struction of French language, of which he was an accomplished master. He served as assistant jjrofessor until 1853, when he was made instructor with increased rank and pay; and finally in 1855 he was made full professor, and was also apjjointed in 1860 professor of military history and strategy. He was a very accomplished scholar and soldier, and commanded a division of Jackson ' s corps in the ever memorable flank attack made on Hooker ' s right on May 2d, 1863. In this attack many V. M. I. men took part. Eodes and Colston commanded two of the three divisions ; Crutchfield was chief of artillery of Jackson ' s corps ; Tom Carter, of Hill ' s division ; Moorman commanded a battery; Munford, a regiment of cavalry; Lane, a brigade of infantry; the list of field and compan}- officers is too long to name, and the apprehension in writing merely from memory is that many who should be with those named have been omitted. When one comes to deal with V. M. I men, the names of those who have attained high distinction make a formidable roll. By 1S51 the continued growth of the school made it iiecessary to relieve the overburdened commandant of cadets of a part of his professional duties, and the department of natural and experimental philosophy and astronomy was constituted an independent department, and Lieutenant and Brevet-Major Thomas J. Jackson 1st LT. S. Artillery, was called to the new chair. Major Jackson was a graduate of West Point in the class of 1846. The Mexican War was then in progress. Jackson was at once ordered to join the army that General Scott was organizing for the invasion of ] Iexico and the capture of their capital city. He joined as brevet second lieutenant. In one year ' s time he had attained the actual rank of first lieutenant and the brevet rank of major, having served with his battery in the siege of the fortress of San Juan D-tHloa at Vera Cruz, at Cerro Gordo, and had greatly distinguished himself at Con- truss, Chnrubusco, and Chapidtapec. After peace was definitely concluded by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, he was ordered back to the states, and stationed at Fort Hamilton, jSTew York Harbor. From there he went to Fort Dade near Tampa, on the west coast of Florida. From that place he New JIaktckt Statue came to the Institute in the summer of 1851. He said to a friend that he knew war to be his true vocation ; that while campaigning was congenial to his taste, the routine of garrison duties in time of peace was distasteful to him ; that if a war should occur, he would return to the army. He further said that the fact that the Institiate was a military school, and that he was to he instructor of artillery tactics, also of ordnance and science of gunnery, the more inclined him to accept the position tendered him. On Sunday, the 21st day of April, 1861, in obedience to orders from the governor of the state, he marched from the Institute in command of the battalion of cadets, under orders to report for duty in Richmond; the commandant of cadets, Major Gilham, had been previ- ously ordered to Eichmond, and Jackson was left as senior in command. Thus with his God-given genius for war, his moral and christian ' irtue and heroism, he entered upon a career of glory which in two brief years overshadowed this land, and even went beyond the seas and reached the uttermost parts of the earth. In May, 1863, his mortal remains were brought to Lexington. They lay in state in his old classroom, and thence borne on a caisson of the battery he had so long commanded, escorted by the battalion of cadets, they were laid away in the quiet little village graveyard to await the resurrection of God. His name and fame, of course the most brilliant in the amuils of the Institute, and second only to those of Washington and Lee in the annals of the Com- monwealth, shed imperishable lustre upon this Institute, in which he faithfully served for ten years, from the twenty-seventh to the thirty-seventh years of his age. In the autumn of 1859, Gen. P. St. George Cocke gave the Institute $20,000.00 to endow in part a chair of agriculture. Dr. William Newton Mercer gave $10,000.00 to endow in part a chair of animal and vegetable physiology; and W. B. Claytor, of Lynchburg, gave $5,000.00 toward the erection of a suitable science building, as a memorial of his son, a graduate of the Institute — an accomplished young engineer who had been untimely cut oft ' in the prime of his youthful ])romise in 1800. Major Gilham was apjiointed ])rofessor of agriculture and geology ; Dr. E. K. Madison, professor of physi- ology, and surgeon ; M. B. Hardin, a distinguished graduate of the class of 1858, at the time serving as assistant professor, was made adjunct professor of chemistry, with a view to his succeeding to the professorship ; Captain Stapleton Crutchfield, an assistant professor, was made adjunct professor of mathematics. Crutchfield was a man of genius. He served as chief of artillery of Jackson ' s army corps; he was wounded at Chancelloi-sville, and was hauled off that bloody field in the same ambidance with his mighty chief. He recovered, re- turned to his command, and was killed at Sailoi-s ' Creek, a few days before the surrender on the fateful field of Appomattox. When Major Gilham, the commandant, was made professor of agriculture, it was determined to constitute a separate military department, combining the duties of commandant of cadets, instructor of infantry, artillery and cavalry tactics, instruction in ordnance and gunnery, military history, and strategy. These duties had heretofore been distributed amongst three officers. Major Gilham, Jackson, and Colston. The war came on and the InstitTite was for a time closed, every officer being in the field, before this purpose was finally accomplished. Thus in the couree of twenty years, the Institute, starting as a small academy, with only two instructors, had blossomed forth into a fully organized and equipped military, scientific and technical institution of the first rank. Her graduates had made their mark. Among the number were to be found men prominent in all the professions. The defect of which the ]iresident of Brown University had complained had been supplied. Some of the most eminent engineers in the south — Jordan, Rodes, Mahone, Rives, Winfree, Robinson, Wall, and a long list of others — were Institute men. Throughout the history of the school some of its graduates had won for themselves distinc- tion at the bar, among whom may be named Pendleton, Garnett, Dorman, W. W. Gordon of ante bellum days, and Alexander Hamilton, of Petersburg, Va., Francis L. Smith, of Alexandria, N a., of recent times. The two gentle- men last named were prominent members of the constitutional convention. Mr. Hamilton, moreover, is first vice-president and general counsel of a great trunk line railway, and served for many years as president of the board of visitors of the Institute. Until 1860 the privileges of the Institute were open only to Virginians. The demand for admission from those outside of the state could be met only by the increase of barrack accommodations, and this was not accomplished until 1860. Then came the great War. At its outbreak the Institute had graduated only nineteen classes, four hundred and ele ' en men. A considerably larger number had profited by the instruction of the Institute for a greater or less length of time. All cadets and graduates were instrumental in organiz- ing, drilling, and instructing the raw volunteers. At the camps of instruction at Richmond, Camp Lee, the whole corps of cadets, after April 21, 1861, were engaged in these important duties. In this camp were troops from all the southern states, and many thousand passed through this instruction. One by one the cadets were eoniiiiissioned in the various arms of the service, and the corjDS gradually disintegrated. In ]S(i2, upon the urgent earnest representa- tion of the Confederate War Department, the governor of Virginia ordered the school to be reorganized, as the necessity for trained officers for the armies became more and more urgent. The dejiartnieut detached officers of the In- stitute from their dnties in the field, with the exception of Jackson, whose services with the army conld not be dispensed with. During the war cadets were about twelve uKinths in active service in the field and althongh engaged in only one pitched battle, in which they won fur themselves and their Alma Mater imjierishable renown, they were at other times under fire. At the bloody battle of McDowell, May, 1862, under the command of Stonewall Jackson, the battalion of cadets constituted, with the Stonewall Brigade, part of the reserve. At Lynchbura:, thev were imder fire, but not ena-ased. At niohtfall Bahkacks Ai-tek HrxTHit ' s Raid of the night that Hunter retired, cadets were assigned to a post of honor as support of a battery in a square redoubt, which had been vigoroirsly assailed during the day. Renewal of the assaidt was anticipated in the early morning. When day dawned, with mingled feelings of relief and regret, it was ascertained that Hunter, with an army greatly outnundjering that of Early, had -anished in the night. It was this Hunter who a few days before had burned the In- stitute, destroying the barrack, arsenal, library, a])paratus and officers quarters. This was no doubt justifiable as an act df war, luit it is hoped that the Con- gress of the ITnited States, recognizing the valor of the j ' outhful soldiers and the ])rcs( ' iit worth (if the Institution to the whole country in the interest of military efficiency and defence, may reimburse the loss. This, while magnan- imous, would he at the same time proper and just. Some of the money which is aminally wasted in building naval stations and docks in harbors where there is not water enough to float a ship into the dock, after it has been built, would be more pTOfitablv exjoended in repairing the waste of war at this Institu- tion. VIRGINIA MILITARY I« STITrTE 1861 1908. In the spring of ' 61, when the storm of civil war burst upon our country, the Virginia ] Iilitary Institute was earnestly at work develoj ing along the lines laid out for it by its founders. The impending struggle was to be the sui renie test of how well had been planned and carried out the conception of an institution for the all-round education of the young men connnitted to its care, in physical development, mental culture, and moral uplift, welded into truest manhood. At this hour of supreme need, these young men, because of the training and disciiDline gained here, were a potential factor in training the army of the South to resist invasion and strike a telling blow for liberty. In 1861, on April 21st, under the command of the immortal Jackson, the corjjs of cadets reported at Camp Lee, Richmond, Va., and were at once set to work to drill and discipline the volunteers and recruits being mobilized there, and which were the nucleus of the greatest army the world has ever seen. How efficient was this work, the achievements of the succeeding months would show. But the necessity for properly equipped and trained officers was so urgent that in January, 1862, by order of the Governor of Virginia, the school was re- opened, all of the officers being ordered back, except General Jackson, who could not be spared from the front. Many members of the corps who went to Rich- mond in the spring of ' 61 had been commissioned officers in the army, and from time to time during the succeeding three yeai-s many cadets resigned from the Institute and joined the army in the field. Of the corps at the Institute during the civil war I would especially speak. There was always a feeling of unrest in the corps, and the boys were only re- strained from joining the army by positive parental command. In the veins of these young men was jjulsing the blood of noble sires, many of whom were in the field. On the altar of these youthful hearts brightly burned the fires of patriot- ism, and their deepest conviction was the nobility of sacrifice for country. Yet all duties were conscientiously performed, rigorous drill, exacting guard duty, and studies. The light-heartedness of youth was in evidence, yet it had a sombre lining, as if the bovs ajjpreciated fnlly the great gravity of the death gra])] le in which their conntrv was engaged. These boys were disciplined and made hardy also by learning the sjjirit of self-sacrilice and self-conti ' ol. Of necessity food was scarce and of the plainest kind, yet never a mnrnmr was heard. Located as the Institute was in the Valley of Virginia, the cadet corps formed a reserve force, though small, to be called on in any emergency, and a number of times, in march and bivouac, they manifested the real spirit and endurance of the true soldier. At McDowell, under the eye of Jackson himself, they formed a part of the line of reserves. In December, ' 64, enduring freezing weather, the corps went on the Goshen march, Averill at that time raiding through the western ]iart of the state. But it was in May, ' 64, that the cadet cor])s was ordered to join the forces of Breckenridge at Staunton, and a few days later, on May 15th, took a conspicuous part in the bloody and hotly con- tested battle of New Market, defeating the forces of Gen. Franz Siegel, thereby earning glorious renown for their country and the school, whose teaching and training and discipline were here so grandly illustrated. In this battle the corps of cadets was made Tip of four comjjanies of infantry, numbering 220, and a section of artillery, 30 men and two 3-inch rifled parrot guns, under com- mand of Col. Scott Shipp. The casualties of the corps in this battle were 8 killed and 48 wounded in the infantry ; none in the artillery. Of the con- duct of the corps in this battle. General Echols said in an ofBeial order May 16th, to Colonel Shipp, I shall always be proud to have had you and your corps under my command ; no man ever had a more gallant band ; nobly have you illustrated the history of your state and the great Institution you have represented ; and in an address after the war, Earth has never witnessed a more imjDressi -e scene than presented by those boys as they moved unflinchingly forward under fire. Capt. Franklin E. Town, U. S. Army, who witnessed the conduct of the cadets under fire, said, I don ' t believe the history of war contains the record of a deed more chivalrous, more daring, or, more honorable, than the charge of these boys to a victory that veterans might well boast of. I never witnessed a more gallant advance and final charge than were given by these boys on that field ; they fought like veterans, nor did the dropping of their comrades by the ruthless bullet deter them from their mission, but on they came ; ravines, or fences, or shot, or shell, were all the same to these brave boys, who faltered not, vmtil they waved their battle-flag over the captured battery of Capt. Von Kleiser. Of the martyred boys who fell, Atwell, Cabell. Crockett, Jefferson, Jones, McDowell, Stanard, and Wheelwright, it has been 1i:iii2.]y said, How could they have achieved in a long life a fame more noble au.d more pure than that which now glorifies their names ' . Pond as the laurel or bay around the head of the warrior or the poet, but amarinthine, like that of God ' s martyrs, is the crown that liberty places upon the brows, flushed with immortal youth, of these, her boy defenders, who offered their virgin lives upon her altar. Following the battle of Xew Market, the corps went to Eichmond, where the people and Government, both Conferedate and State, showed the highest appreciation of the way in which the corps had distinguished itself. The corps then returned to Lexington, and was under fire when Hunter in his raid up the valley aj proached the town. Eetreat was imperative because the corps was overwhelmingly outnumbered by the Federals. It fell back to Lynchburg, and was subsequently furloughed. Hunter destroyed the barracks, the library, the professors ' houses, and all apparatus belonging to the institution. By reason of the services rendered the state and the confederacy by this institution, this was deemed by the Federal authorities a justifiable war measure. the autumn of ' 64 we find the corps doing duty on the lines below Rich- mond, and in December of that year, academic duties were resumed, the cade -s being quarterd in the city almshouse. Time and again, when some emergency arose, the cadets would be ordered out. In the spring of ' 65, when Eichmond was evacuated, the cadet corps left the city, going up the James river canal and was disbanded after the surrender of General Lee. The Institute fur- nished to the Confederate Army during the Civil War: jour Major Generals, iiceniy Brigadier-Generals, eighty Colonels, seventy-one Lieutenant-Colonels, ninety-nine Majors, one hundred and seventy Captains, and innumerable Lieutenants; to the Federal Army: one Brigadier-General, one Colonel, two Lieutenant-Colonels, one Major, three Lieutenants, one iSTavy Surgeon. These last were cadets who had come from north of Mason and Dixon ' s line, and went with their own section, but never wavered in loyalty to their Alma Mater, as proven by their statements after the Avar. When the Civil War ended, the future of the Institute indeed looked hopeless, but in the autumu of ' 66 cadets were again matriculated, and the good work stopped at the end of the war was resumed. Temporary cabins were erected imtil the old barracks could be rebuilt, as only the walls were left standing after being burned by Hunter. In the restoration of bar- racks and the professors ' quartei-s, $300,000 were expended, imposing a burthen of debt, which was patiently borne, and which by the wise business raanage- 37 inent of Gen. Francis H. Smith, and his successor, Gen. Scott Shipp, has now been liquidated. Of course there was an annual appropriation by the state, but the state was left by the war almost bankrupt, all of its resources being- crippled, and General Smith had need to exert in the restoration of the Institute all of the ability, financial skill, and sacrificing devotion, which characterized his management in the founding and development of the school prior to the Civil War. The increasing infirmities of age obliged General Smith to resign in July, 1889, to take eft ' ect January 1st, 1S90, and Col. Scott Shipp, who for many years had been the accomplished commandant of cadets, was elected to succeed him. To this responsible work he brought ability for finance, skill in administration and devoted self-sacrifice, for which the Institute owes him a lasting debt of gratitude. Under his wise and judicious management the In- stitute has been started on a career of usefulness scarcely dreamed of before. In the process of development $250,000 has been expended. Up to July 1st, 1909, there will have been a total expenditure of $620,000, of which amount $125,000 have been contributed by the state. It is very apparent, therefore, what rigid economy and administrative ability have been necessary. An ac- cademic building has been put up as a memorial to Gen. Francis H. Smith; laboratories have been built and equipped with apparatus ; barracks enlarged to accommodate the increasing number of cadets ; a new library building has been erected ; the mess hall, which was burned, rebuilt and improved ; and a heating and lighting plant installed. After a service of fifty years as cadet, Com- mandant and Superintendent, General Shipp resigned, in July, 1907. Gen. Edward W. Nichols, who had for many years been the accomi lished and bril- liant Professor of Mathematics, was appointed acting Superintendent, and in June, 1908, he was elected Superintendent. He has brought to the discharge of the important duties of the office a keen appreciation of the needs of the Institute, and under his wise administration the future is big with promise of increased usefulness and success. When the Spanish- American war came on in 1S9S, the old V. M. I. was found well rej resented in the volunteer forces by many officers, one Brigadier-General, five Colonels, two Lieutenant-Colonels, nine Majors, twenty-seven Captains, and a long list of first and second lieutenants. In June, 1903, a memorial monument, commemorative of the Ifew Market Corps, was unveiled ; it stands near the arch of the Jackson Memorial Hall. It is the work of Sir Moses Ezekiel, an alumnus of the Institute, and one of the jSTew Market Corps, and was the gift of the alumni and friends of the Institute, Sir Moses Ezekiel donating his work on the statue ' Virginia Mourning Her Dead. In prominent position, civic and professional, the graduates of the Institute have been conspicuous ; indeed it may be said, go into any commimity, and the men who have been trained in this school will measure up to the standard of any other institution in the efficient discharge of the duties and obligations of life. The education in this School is well rounded, physically, mentally and morally ; it is the internal qualifications of the man that count, not externa] fortune or environment prior to entrance into the ranks of the corjM. He is taught honor from every standpoint, honesty of purpose, fidelity to dtity, and is fitted to deal with the problems of life when he leaves, with the stamp of her commendation well done. The feeling of fraternity between the men who have been cadets, no matter whether in the same class or corps or not, is very remarkable, reminding one of the fraternity of some great order. Love for, and loyalty to, the Institute are a part of the very warp and woof of the make-up of her alumni, and only end with life itself. J. X. Upshur. Class ' 64. Adjusting the Tuaxsit The Class of 1909 Coi-OES : Purple and White T. M, SCOTT President W. M. RHETT Vice-President J. W. HOBSOX Secretary and Treasurer T. JI. SCOTT Valedictorian B. D. MAYO Historian 7 Matriculated 1906; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final Gern an ; Sub Basket-ball Team ( 1 ) ; Private Company A ; Class Football Team ( 1 ) ; Class Baseball Team (1 Geologically speaking. Freddy is a metamorphosed specimen — changed by the heat of love, and changed completely. His whole sentimental nature was aroused in the short space of one hop, and this was followed by his expulsion from the club of women-haters. He is a romantic lover — nothing but bars and chaing can re- strain him from his ladj ' . Thereby hangs a tale. He was happy until he forced the encounter with Cupid, but since then he has suffered all the penalties which fol- low in the wake of such struggle. But still he dreams and dreams, and devours JlcCutcheon ' s every work. George Mukbell Alexander Lynchburg, Va. Hack, Alex, Ttoo-Spot And u-ho shall place a limit to the giant ' s unchained strength? Matriculated 190.5; Private Company D (4); Corporal Company C (3) : Sergeant Company A (2) ; First Lieu- tenant Company D ( 1 ) ; Football Team ( 2 ) , ( 1 ) ; Gymnasium Team ( 3 ) . ( 2 j . ( 1 ) ; Captain Gymnasium Team ( 1 ) ; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final Ger- man ; Editor-in-Chief of the Cadet ; Pres- ident of the Episcopal Club ; President of Press Club; Official Score-keeper Baseball. Hack, named for Hackinschmidt, the gi ant wrestler, is reputed to be the strong- est man at V. M. I. Adored bj ' the Cal- ics, who can ' t resist his many charms — the crowning one his two white spots. Tliey feel so safe when with ilr. Alex- ander. Called Rubber by messmates, for obvious reasons. True exponent cf Dr. Ozone. Has an unlimited capacity for cussing out the Cadet, also the Gym when not prime. and tor biting e;irs. I if -o gt Olin Beall Barkes Snow Hill, Md. Lucy, Harney, Lucky yolllan! Oh, that ne might fall into her arms without falling into her hands! Matriculated 1904; Private Company B (4), (3), (2); Private Company A ( 1 ) ; Member Class Football and Baseball Teams ( 3 ) ; Scrubs ( 1 ) ; Marshal Final Ball ( 2 ) ; Marshal Final German ( 1 ) . This individual came into barracks in September. 1904, and remained in our midst a little over three years; at the end of which time he resigned for the lienefit of his health. Returning in Fall of ' 08 he became a member of Class of ' 09, and is putting forth every effort to capture a dip in the Engineering De- partment, and wrenches every day for a max. ( ?) under Col. Tommy. Is a great Calics man, and is a shining light with the Lexington belles. George H. Brett Cleveland, 0. Old Pu, Jimmy, George The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. Matriculated 1906; Private Company D ; First Sergeant Company C ; Cap- tain Company C ; Marshal Final Ball ; Marshal Final German ; Official Scorer of Basket-ball Team. Sunny .Jim, or the man with the smil- ing countenance and the cackle of a hen, came to V. M. I. to learn the art of War. In his rat year he had a monopoly ' on orderlies at guard mount, and wore out numerous pairs of shoes walking to and from Vanover ' s. Consequently he is one of the big four. According to his testi- mony, has traveled extensivelj ' , and is often heard to say, When I was in England. May be seen almost any time scanning the advertising section of a- magazine for some voice lubricator. Is often troubled J with writers ' cramp on account of the numerous letters he writes to the fair sex. « Louis X. Bbitton Vicksburg, Miss. Jimmie, Crazy Ed, Imboden Hen are hut children of larger growth. Matriculated 1904; Private Company C (4) ; Private Company B (3), (2) ; Private Company D (2) ; Military Sec- retary ( 1 ) ; Marshal Final Ball ; Marshal Final German ; Chairman Finance Com- mittee First Class Banquet; G njinasium Team ( 3 ) . ( 2 ) , ( 1 ) ; Hop Committee ( 1 ) ; Art Editor Bomb; Cadet Staff; Leader Jlandolin Club. Imboden is a typical example of an institute-raised boy. When he came here he was about knee-high to a grasshop- per. He is now a little higher than that. Therefore he has been raised. He landed here fondlj ' clasping a mandolin case in one arm and a little satchel in the other. He is now chiefly concerned over the appearance of his ilajesty ' s shoes and getting the delinquencies on time. He can be heard almost any time at class parade shouting, Ugh! Ugh! Shine ' em up! Shine ' em up! l.i EdWAKD ilANNING BURACKER Baltimore, Md. Eddie Boo Apollo clothed in bear skin. Matriculated 1905; Private Company A ; Corporal Company D ; Sergeant Major; Adjutant; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German; Gymnasium Team (2), (1); Basket-ball Team (1); Class Football Team ( 1 ) ; Track Team ■ (4). From a rat in A Company with an eccentric step to Cadet-Adjutant with the same eccentricity and zero demerits, is the history of this product of Lexington Mar- ket. Nothing has ever disturbed his re- markable equanimity except demerits and Francis Cameron ' s famous waltz. Eddie reached the climax of his fame when he starred in the Gym exhibit. His various falls from the rings and bar did not pre- vent his holding an important position in the pyramid. L ' ndoubtedly the athlete has a kissable mouth, and it has even been L necessary for some unfortunates to call -i papa. ' i 4= Hamilton B. Caskie Bedford City, Va. Casey, Caskitus, Mademoiselle Better alone than in iad company. Matriculated 1904 ( ?) ; Private Com- pany C (4), (3), (2), (1); Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German; Mem- ber Founder ' s Club. This mincing bit of femininity entered the Institute son;e vhere in the Dark Ages when men resembled monkeys and lived on cocoanuts. She was the venerable founder of the Founder ' s Club, and has actually became a fixture; that is to say, a College Widow, to the Institute. Strange to say, this member of the gentler sex has a most weird conception of nature, for although from the country she posi- tively states that she has often seen rabbits in the act of climbing trees, and a certain species of cat winging its odor- ous flight among the clouds. It can ' t talk. mm. Bruce J. Downey Alexandria, Va. Bruce Lo, he is strong! Matriculated 1905; Private Company A (41: Corporal Company D (3); Private Companv D (2). (1); diss Football Team (3): Scrub (4), (2): Gymnasium Team ( 1 ) ; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German. Another production of Alexandria, where grass grows in the street. Briice is as agile as a cat and naturally a star — nay, the whole solar system — in the Gym; and when in the act of turning an air flip he presents an aspect not unlike that of an eel. At parade he can outstrut a peacock, especially when the parade giound is infested by ■Calic. He walks mainly by means of his shoulders, which, by the way, are simply tremendous. The Calic term Bruce eute, but we think that this epithet applies only to Luce. Aw, now, Bruce! HoBEKT Elliott Doyle Richmond, Va. Hohy, Spike, String Lean not on a reed. Matriculated U)05 ; Private Company B (4), (3) ; Private Companv D (2), (1); Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German ; Banquet Committee. Hoby also hails from the fair me- tropolis, and is officially known as Cutie by the girls of Richmond, Although small in diameter he can eat more than any two men in school, and has a great affinity for men with long names. He knows every tie of the C, O, road irom Richmond to Cincinnati, and hopes to be a railroad magnate some day. We all have our weak points, and his is in spelling. Was known to spell right wright and wrong rong in the law section one day. But with all his faults he is one of the good fellows of ' 09. , ' Charles Henry Drayton Charleston, S. C. Bhie Eyes, C ' leo, Euli-Kuh Eyes tcith the same bJiie icifchery as those of Psyche. Matriculated 1904; Private Company C (4), (3), (2), (1); Marshal Final Ball ; Leader of Final German ; Class Football Team (3), (2), (1) ; Class Base- ball Team ( 3 ) , ( 2 ) ; Dramatic Club ( 2 ) , (1); Glee Club (2), (1); Color Guard; Class Ring Committee. Charlie has become one of the old In- stitute landmarks, joining the ' ' Founder ' s Club in his third class year. The highest ambition of his life is to put on the dog, and he is a true sport. No one can stop him from being a regailar old tit. Will probably be found, after this year, on the Battery in the Exclusive City, with a monacie and walking stick, and an ac- cented don ' t-cher-know. True to those he likes and to — with those he don ' t. Charlie ' s cunning ways take with the Calics, and there lies the tale of Blue Eyes. Lewis H. Ellison Norfolk, Va. Elite, Dynamo, Poo-Poo And sleep in spite of thunder. Matriculated 1905; Private Company D (4), (3). (2), (1); Marshal Final German. The above are the only nicknames which the handsome and noble lad. shown in the accompanying picture, possesses. As his picture would seem to indicate, he re- sembles a fly-wheel or a dynamo. He is one of Dink ' s favorite voltameters, and and is never so happy as when he forms a part of an electric circuit. Hails from the City of Norfolk, where he hopes, by his great electrical genius, to turn the town wrong side out and up side down, in an attempt to bring his name into the hall of fame, or notoriety. C ; Corporal Company A ; Sergeant Company D ; Second Lieutenant Com- pany D ; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German; Cadet Staff. Long and hopeless hours of gazing into the mirror have only resulted in embit- tering his heart against the manufacturers of Herpicide, for slowly, but surely, his silken strands are plucked by each pass- ing breeze. His dreams of beauty have fled. As a friend, Roger is as faithful as his head is bald, but ill fares the man who incurs the disfavor of this intense Carolinian. How comforting that words are harmless! To the misfortune of the literary world this genius has chosen for his life-work the manufacture of ging- hams. He aspires to the honor of being the first man in 09 to enter the servile condition of matrimonv. Oscar Ievin Gates Fort Smith, Ark. Old Woman, Oscie That kindest man, the uest conditioned, and xinuearied spirit, in doing cour- ,-V1 Matriculated 1006; Sergeant Company A ( 2 ) : Baseball ( 2 ) ; Marshal Final Ball (2); Football (1); Marshal Final German ( 1 ) ; Class Football ( 2 ) ; Base- ball ( 1 ) ; Hop Committee ; Assistant Business Manager Bomb. Here we have a man who can be recog- nized in the distance by his beaming countenance; for the Old Woman has an inexhaustible supply of smiles. This Queen of Belles came to us as a third- class rat from Arkansas, and hardly had Oscie arrived until nearly every third classman fell in love witli his angelic, smiling features. When asked as to any important question the Old Woman springs out with, I ' ll swear to it. With all this, we are very grateful to the Slow Train that passed through Arkansas and made the Institute the final stop for our •i Oscie. Jil ' J__ ' Sallie oiu-e tried reconstruction of tlie U. S. Drill Refiulations by taking off his hat when the national air was being played, but he never quite succeeded in doing so. We are sori-y, girls, but you haven ' t a chance with this red-headed gentleman. Sallie thinks that the world is not as it should be, so he has about decided to become a missionary. It is not known definitely where he will take up his work, but from the way he talks he has about decided to convert the heathen Chinee first. Hekkkbt Alwyn Jacob Kichmond, Va. ■fuL : llilhi BriKj, Gas Bag Thai I ' .s- irrll spoken irlnch is (fell takoi. ilatriculated lilO.i: Private Company B : First Corporil Company C ; Left (iuidc Company A : First Sergeant Com- pany ■■! : Captain Company B ; As- sistant -Manager Football Team; Manager Football Team; ilarshal Final Ball; Mar- shal Final (Jeruian; Historian Summer School ; Class Ba.seball Team. Jacob was run out of Richmond when he was one of the bad boys of the Monroe Park Gang. On account of his ability as an orator he has finally rose to be corporal of the gang. But since entering this reformatory all of his faults have been corrected, with the exception that he still persists in reading about Maude in the funny papers. Lynchburg is his happy hunting ground. Ever since he acted assistant leader to Miss Chuck in the Summer School ' s final ball, his great- est ambition has been to learn to dance. VA Eugene L. Lindsey Alexandria, Va. Red, Pink-tchisl.crs. Crimson Rambler Xe ' er did Grecidii chisel trace a 2sijmi)h, a Xaiad, or a Grace, of fairer form or lorelier face. ilatvifulated 1905; Private Company ■■B (4). (3), (2); Private Company A ( 1 ) ; Marshal Final Ball ; Marshal Final German ; Class Football ( 1 ) ; Class Base- ball (2). This earrot-headed individual hails from the town where the cows nibble grass in the streets. When yonng he got his cra- nium wet, and it rusted; and in his at- tempts to remove the rust he caused it to take on a pinkish hue. From his face there projects a number of pink splinters, which he positively will not remove more than once a week for fear that the sun will freckle his complexion. He is a star at church receptions, and can get his his money ' s worth of refreshments and at the same time leave a good impression on the sisters. Robert Wallace McClellan Knoxville, Tenn. Shorty, Molecule, Mac A short mail needs no stool to f ipc a long lubber a box on the ear. Matriculated 1905; Private Company C (4); Corporal Company B (3); Sergeant Company B (2) ; Private Com- pany ' ' B (1); Marshal Final C4erman; Marshal Final Ball; Manager of Gym- nasium Team; Dramatic Club (2), (1); Glee Club (3), (2), (1). Although minute in size, the little fellow, has a voice like a bass horn and a laugh like the explosion of a giant gasoline engine. His temper exceeds his stature by several feet, and he keeps his roommates in constant fear that he will bang a chair over their heads. Pea- nut is a lion among the ladies, and never ceases to brag about a sixty-four-page let- ter received from one. Shorty and his laugh are general favorites in barracks. His one ambition is to grow taller, and his favorite expression is Hello, Red! — I Ha. ha! John Magri ' der Woodstock, Va. John, Mac Open the old ciyar-box and let me consider awhile. Matriculated 1905 ; Private Company A ; Corporal Company C ; First Ser- geant Company D ; Captain Company D ; Marshal Final Ball; Assistant Leader Final Gierman ; Associate Editor Bomb; Associate Editor Cadet; Chairman Court of Honor. To say that this creature is wonderful is putting it mildly, for he is positively phenomenal. Mac was analyzed bj ' ex- perts recently, and found to consist of thirty parts brains, sixty-nine parts ap- petite and one part sentiment. Those sixty-nine parts eating ability are indeli- bly written on his rugged face, especially when growley is served. For the first hour after taps each night his one part sentiment manifests itself. The fair be- ings who reign in his air-castles, however, are unhappily deposed at each succeeding hop, for John is very fickle. Braxton Davis JIayo Roanoke, Va. Davis, Old Man, B. D. Young men think old men are fools, and old men knoic young men to be so. Matriculated 1905; Corporal Company B ; Sergeant Company C ; Private Company C ; Librarian; Class His- torian; Bomb Staff; Cadet Staff. This equation X = an unknown quan- tity was one of a number sent to the Institute in the Fall of ' 05 for Old Nick to try his hand in solving. This problem has proved to be indeterminate. Davis is a combination of shark, crabbed old bach, and woman-hater, having been known to go to town via East Lexington to avoid meeting a Calie. There is still some hope for him, however, as lately he spends his time admiring feminine beauty in the magazines. His max-getting pro- clivities are truly proverbial, and he feels ery badly rolled when he gets only a (.95, and speaks disgustedly of the zip tie has made. Alvin Mansfield Owsley Denton, Tex. =- liladam, Fu-Fn, Howsley Excellence is never granted man except as the reward of lahor. Matriculated 1904; Corporal Company A (3) ; Corporal Company D (3) ; Secretary of Y. M. C. A. (3) ; First Ser- geant Company A (2) ; President Final Ball (2); Captain Company A (1); Manager 13asket-ball Team ( 1 ) ; President Y. M. C. A. ( 1 ) ; Literary Society ( 1 ) ; Cadet Staii ' ( 1 ) ; Dramatic Club ( 1 ) ; Marshal Final German (1). And now we come to the man who be- lieves that ' ' no man can be wise on an empty stomach. Is the only man in the class who has eaten a meal at every house in Lexington. He is ambitious; not con- tent with being Captain, he is going to study law at Texas, and we shall hear from him in the Senate, or in Denton, Tex. He is the only superintendent of the Mess Hall who hasn ' t been hit in the head with a plate of growley and a six- dayold biscuit. WlLLIAJI T. POAGUE Lexington, Va. P 3ffyi Bully, Tom Perseverance hiiys success. Matriculated 1904; Corporal Company C ; Sergeant Company A ; First Ser- geant Company B ; Sergeant Company A ; Lieutenant Company ' ' B ; Marshal Final Ball, ' 07- ' 08; Football (4), (3), (2), (2), (1); Captain (1); Marshal Final fterman ; Vice-President Class, ' 08, (3), (2). Poague was so unfortunate as to have been born in Lexington, but swears he ' ll move out when he graduates. When will this be? Is distingiiished as having held every office in the battalion once. Bully claims never to have been in love, yet there is something wrong with a man who will drive to Buena Vista in a snow storm. He took Chemistry, because it afforded lietter opportunities for sleeping in the afternoons. Poagiie is a born football jilayer, and is happiest when he is scrim- maging witli his roommates. .-« His nickname implies no noisy qimlities. for lie lias the most diunitiecl, calmest and quietest demeanor imaginable. Beneath that calm exterior, however, there lie enviable charms, which liave caused his C ' alic acquaintances to speak of him as that ' ' sweet Mr, Ehett. Buzz has made a brilliant record as the Command- ant ' s aide-de-camp, and has been a faith- ful servant. His oflicial name at the staff-mess is Growley-Tub. Good jjra- cious, Rhett. haven ' t you finished yet? Julius Gbay Richardson New Orleans, La. Kichie, Rich, Gotch liy the irork we know the workman. Matriculated 1905: Private Company A ( 4 ) ; Corporal Company C ( .3 ) ; Sergeant Company C (2) ; Committee- man Final Ball (2) ; Lieutenant Com- panv A ( 1 ) ; Gvmnasium Team ( 3 ) , (2) , (1); Class Football Team (2), (1): Marshal Final Ball ; Marshal Final Ger- man ; Hop Committee ( 1 ) ; Editor-in- Chief of the Bomb. Xow, girls, fasten your loving gaze on this creature, and you will see the only man who ever studied all night and flunked class the next day. He is one of Tommy ' s bunch of scouts, and can frequently be heird to say, with a wistful expression on his countenance, Why didn ' t I take Elec- tricity ? But, ladies, he is wicked. What do you think he did ? Once, having care- fully locked his door, and crawled under his bed, he actually smoked a cigarette. Think of it! You wouldn ' t think it. but with all this, even, he is one of the most popular men in good old ' 09. Thomas Morton Scott JIcKinney, Texas Tom, Martie, Hcottie Where he succeeds, the merit ' s all his oion. Matriculated 1905; President of Class (3), (2). (1); Corporal Compiny D (3) ; Sergeant Company C, (2) ; Lieu- tenant Company C (1); Baseball (4). (3), (2), (1) : Football. (4), (1) ; Mar- shal Final Ball; Marshal Final German; Hop Committee; Business Manager Bomb; Business Manager Cadet; President Dia- lectic Society; Valedictorian. Tom hails from the metropolis of Collins County. Taken from a young lady ' s arms, and placed under Madam ' s rigid discipline, has turned out with many and varied accomplishments. Probably knows more Calie than any ten men at the Institute — liis correspondence being carried as second-class mail matter. Takes an unusual amount of interest in the Literary Society, and was once accused of being the Master of the Spnnish Lan- g-uage. Very quiet and nindcsl. except on rsire occasions. .Tes.se L. Sinclair Hampton, Va. Jesse, Flicker-Flick, Flicker A still tongue makes a loise head. Matriculated 1905; Private Company A ; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Fina ' l German; Member Code of Honor; Scrub Football Team; Class Football (2). This young man is the last representa- tive we have had of that well-known family of flickers. When first seen in barracks was immediately hailed and branded as such. Flick has great army ambitions, and often attempts ( ?) to (■x|ihiiii how he will run things in the . niiy. but il is the impression of the writer that for years to come his post of duly will be assistant to Ducky in the inslvui ' tioiis to rats. In recent years he lias niaile great ]]ro,i;ress with the fair sex. and iiften in his sleep lias fallen into th habit (if giving himself away. ' V . ' F - Cat, Smitty, Kitty Wisdom is often hidden beneath the cloak of silence. Matriculated 1004; Private Company D (4) ; Corporal Company B (3) ' ; Private Company A (2), (1); Marshal Final German; President of the V. M. I. Smith Club of twenty-five members. This member of the small tribe of Smiths was smuggled into V. M. I. in tlie Fall of 1904. He claims that the greate st feat of mankind, that of Wheeling, W. Va., on the Ohio, originated in his active brain. In 1905 Smitty was one of the unlucky tliirteen who found V. M. I. grub such that they deemed it best to go back home. However, the love of V. M. I. had formed too strong a hold, and the cat came back. Kitty bids fair to become one of America ' s leading engineers. Here ' s to his success! CJirls, he is a fair mark; try him. KiciiAiiu F. Wagxeh Xewport Xews, Va. lUrr. Fritz, DeviVs Horse Seek and ye shall find. Matriculated Fall 1906; Private Com- pany A (3); Sergeant Company C (2): Qnarterniaster (1); ilarshal ' Final Ball; JJarshal Final German; Mandolin Club (3), (2), (1) ; Cadet Staff. Mein Herr lias elevated ambitions of ' •some day in tbe far future beoominji a gineral in t ' .ie Army, but we fear that he will in the end turn out a busUy crop of wool, Jako up his fiddle, and become second Mozart. His favorite song is That ' s Gratitude. Is very fond of Buzz and the Growiey question. Once tried to ride a hor.se ' across Natural Bridge, but when last seen was crossing a Lexington ehurcliyard fence. Fritz has the peculiar propensity of falling a victim to the bewitcliing smile of a different Calic at everj- hop. Caknall Sallisai WlIEELKR •, Okla. Fir htiiifj Joe, Joshua, iScjiiuw a For his hands refuse to labor. m Matriculated 1006: Private Company A ; Sergeant Company B ; Private Company A. This aboriginal, who seems to be a di- rect descendant from Rip Van Winkle, spent a year or so at a school in ilissouri. and then hit the trail for V. M. I. He i landed here wearing a bandanna around (, his neck, and a hat four feet wide on his l! head, and immediately got busy in the I race for first stand. The thing that gives f him mo.st pleasure is to hear the rats 1 give the war-whoop, and see them do the green-corn dance — it makes him feel so much at liome. He has a standing en- gagement to ride the Gim for Butts ' Manual so as to keep in piactice for broncho busting. Ex-Classmates ADAMS, H. Lynchburg, Va. ALEXANDER, J. P Lexington, Va. ARCHIBALD, J. Q Carrollton. Mo. ARMSTRONG, ANTHONY G Alexandria. Va. ARMSTRONG, ALLEN G ' Norfolk. Va. BARNES, A. E Snow Hill, Md. BORDEN, F. K Goldsboro, N. C. BOYLAN, R. G Raleigh, N. C. BOYLAN. W. J Raleigh, N. C. BROWN, A. G Berney. Montana BRUNS, L Howardsville. Va. CANN, W. G Savannah, Ga. CASON, L. H Carrollton, Mo. CASON, W. E Carrollton, JIo. CHEW. L. C Washington. D. C. CHRISTL N, T. J Atlanta, Ga. CLARK, E. L Marlin. Texas CONVERSE, A.J Cohinibus. Ohio Deceased. 64 COSBY, J. H Melton, N. C CRENSHAW, A. F Richmond, Va. CHRESMOND, J Fredericksburg, Va. CRITTENDEN, J. Kansas City, Mo. DANIELS, G. S. Savannah, Ga. DUNCAN, E. T Grenada, Miss. EBEL, H. V Richmond, Va. EDMUNDS, C. R Baltimore, Md. ELLIOTT, K • ' Gadsden, Ala. EWELL, J. H Goliad, Texas FAISON, W. A Goldsboro, N. C. FALLIGANT, L. A Savannah, Ga. FLOYD, B Spartanburg, S. C. GARBER, D. M Brooklyn, N. Y. GARRARD, W Savannah, Ga. GREER, R. D Peoria, 111. GUTHRIE, W. H Nashville, Tenn. HAGER, R. B Ashland, Ky. HALL, H. L Sherman, Texas HAMLIN, T ■ Danville, Va. HARDWICKE, R. E Sherman, Texas HARMAN, W. J Pulaski, Va. HAWES, L. B Towanda, Penn. HENDERSON, J. W Germantown, Md. HOLT, C.J West Point, Va. HOWARD, T. H Floyd Court House, Va. HUNDLEY, G. L.. Danville, Va. JERMAN, W. B Raleigh, N. C. JONES, B. M Richmond, Va. JONES, W. C. . Norfolk, Va. KANE, H. S Gate City, Va. KING, O. D Albemarle, N. C. LADD, A. K Sherman, Taxas LAUGHON, F. J Pulaski, Va. LLOYD, A. E Durham. N. C. LOGAN, D Bowling Green, Ky. LOWRY, R. A Catlettsburg, Ky. McDERMOTT, H Tellico Plains, Tenn. McCOY, W. S Independence, ilo. McMillan, D. N Chattanooga, Tenn. McCALL, P. A Savannah, Ga. Maclean, G. M Savannah, Ga. MAHONE, M. T Petersburg. Va. ilARTIN, J. G Portsmouth, Va. MAY, H. D Charleston, W. Va. MILLER, 0. N Richmond, Va. MUECHISON, J. R Wilmington, N. C. 65 NEWSOME, T. W McKenney, Texas NOBLE, S. N Tallapoosa. Ga. NOELL, J. C Danville, Va. NORRIS, E. J Louisville, Va. PARRISH, R. E Baltimore, Md. PEEPLES, R. G Savannah, Ga. PENDLETON, A. M New York, N. Y. PENN, W. J Reidsville, N. C. PEYTON, W. M Salem, Va. POLLOCK, J Wheeling, W. Va. PORTNEE, H Manassas, Va. PRESTON, F. B Amsterdam, Va. PRETTYMAX. T. M Marion, S. C. QUINN, 0. B McComb City, Miss. READ, O. M Yemassee, S. C. REILLY, N. H Huntington, W. Va. ROBERTSON, G. T Me.xico. Mo. SAUNDERS, J. W Jackson. Miss. SEARLES. H ' Vicksburg, Miss. SHARPER. W. F Westminster, Md. SHORT, T. DuB Ft. Riley, Kansas SIMS, N. P Bowling Green. Ky. SMITH, H. F Houston, Texas SMITH, H. R Fayetteaville, N. C. SMITH, R. H Aberdeen, Md. STARK, J. C Morelia, Mexico STEVENS, C. W Richmond, Va. SUMMERS, G. C Mooresbury, Tenn. SUTTON, D. B Mt. Sterling, Ky. TATUM. R San Francisco, Cal. THRAVES, 0. R Belona. Va. WALKER, W. H Helton, Texas WATSON, M. R New Orleans, La. WESTMORELAND, Atlanta, Ga. WIEST, P. R York, Penn. WILLIAMS, J. B Fort Smith, Ark. History of the Class of 1909 F(ir fiiuv long years wc have plodded along through our classes and through drills, finding fault with everything and satisfied with nothing; but old Father Time has come around with 1909 at last, and our dips are in sight. It is hard to realize that the rats who landed here in the Fall of 1905 are now first classmen. We are now in our last year at the old Institute, and things that seemed so hard when we were going through with them don ' t look the same. It ' s funny that the very things a man kicks about most while he is doing them are the things he is proudest of afterward. We can look back now on our ]iast cadet life with a lot of satisfaction. In fact, it almost seems as if we have been cadets always. It has become second nature t(.) get u]t and go to bed to the tune of a l)Uglc ; and it has been so long since we could do as we jjleased that it is doubtful if we will be able to navigate our own canoe No doubt we will have an insane desire to be back here — others have claimed they felt that way; but just now it is hard to believe them. Friendships have been formed that will last the remainder of our lives, and in future years the fond reniendirance of these will place the old Institute A FlKST Clas.sman ' s Chuistsias when the Institute turns us out. in a very different light. We will like it because of its associations and the familiar and hajapy faces it brings back to memory. The iinpleasant things will have been forgotten, and we will remember the things that made cadet life enjoyable. When we think of V. M. I., some pleasant memory will be called to mind, snch as being chased do vn an alley up town by a sub, and jn-obably caught; but the penalty for it will be forgotten and only the bright side will be seen. FlEEWOEKS AND THE RESULT The path from rats to first classmen has not been smooth always — it has been up hill and down. It used to be a matter upon which we could congratu- late ourselves if we could leave our rooms and get back again withoiit being flagged when we were rats ; and, certainly, no bunch of rats ever had more attention of a particular kind from a third class than we did. But that is all gone now, and from our present point of view it doesn ' t seem that it was so very bad. What we bad to go through with then was probably the cause of luir downfall as third classmen. We came back here with the idea that we were it. We proceeded to show the uew rats that our tails had dropped and we were no longer subject to hnniiliation of having to fin out. There are many ways of doing this, and we tried them all. The rats came in for their share of the sport ; bombs were fired whenever an opportunity afforded itself, and to make I I Topo(;i!APHV Squad the class long remembered the class numerals were painted in every av place. The whole thing was wound up by a grand display of fireworks of the Academic Building. We can see now, as well as anybody, how it all was — twenty penalty tours and six months ' confinement is calculated to make a cadet see things in the right light — but then it seemed the only thing to do. As second classmen we were as peaceable and quiet a lot as you would want to see. We had been Old Cadets long enough not to have to tear dnwn the barracks to let the rats know it. The year was one of complete rest froin all such mental and physical strains. Our time was spent in studying and ac(|uiriiig the dignity that our coming first class year required. We are now reaping the benefits of three years well s])ent. For being good those three years we are allowed to go up town every Saturday and Sunday night from supi:)er roll call until tattoo. It certainly pays a fellow to stay here until he is The CRihj5o«j IT ineLER ' ' classman, so he can enjoy these privileges. ■ q q ailable on top foolish t-lftCK When We Were Second I ' lassmkn Another first class jjrivilege is to have a banquet. We had i:)urs on the 31st day of December, 1908, and it will be I ' emenibered by every member of the class as long- as he remembers V. M. T. It is about the greatest thing ' 09 has pulled iitf, and is second only to the Iniilding of the Pyramids. In the way of athletics ' 09 has bee n far above the average class. Ever since we have been here members of the class have been couspienoTis in all of its branches, and the football, baseball, and gynmasium teams have drawn from its numbers extensively. We are not ashamed of any part of our record, and it is to be hoped that V. M. I. will never have cause to be ashamed of any of us. We leave her with the intention of being as loyal as alumni as we have been as cadets ; so look out for a reunion of the class in a few years. IIlST01£IA. , 1909. l ' ' WCeROFt;(AMS- Z ' wcmorcXAMS- 3 ' WeCK Of EXATIS- ' 09 CLASS RING RING, ALSO THE 1908 AND 1910 CLASS RINGS WERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED ST J. F. NEWMAN, 1 1 JOHN STREET, New York MANUFACTURING JEWELERS The 1909 Class Banquet Qgenu Lyniiluiven Bays eleiy Salted Ahiionds Olives Radishes Fried Frog T.egs Tartar SaiK-e Saratoga Chips Roast Rliode Island Turkey Cranberry Sauce Candied Sweet Pota.toes Broiled I ' liiladelphia Squnh mi Toast French Peas Chicken Salad Mayonnaise Beaten Biscuits Nesselrode Pudding Assorted Cake Camembert Cheese Crackers Coffee Cigars Coasts TOASTir ASTER SCOTT Now all together. Past and Present of ' 0!) Alexander Past and to come seems good, things present best. Officers Hayes Rank has its bores as well as its pleasures. Privates Owsley The soldier ' s blood exalts the captain. Dips Polk York produces virtue, and virtue honor. Athletics ilAGRUDER A scar nobly got is a good livery of honor. Caocs Richardson A pretty woman is a welcome guest. Ex-Classmates Barnes Work ill done must be done twice. V- il- I .Jenkins Giood things should be praised. Future of ' 09 Crockett It is impossible to tell what is in the f iture. Impromptu Toasts — Good Night, Ladies. 71 Class of 1910 COLORS: Maroon and Silver (iraj B. F. CROWSON President H G POAGUE Vice-President T. S. PATTISON Historian MEMBERS ADAMS, HAYS Lynchburg, Va. AKIN. SPENCER B Greenville, Miss. ANDERSON, .JAMES A., JR Lynchburg, Va. BALDINGER, ORA M Norfolk, Va. BALL, EDWARD C ■ May.sville, Ky. BENTLEY, J. BRUCE Hampton, Va. BLOW, ALLMAN M Ware Neck, Va. BOWE, WILLIAM F Augusta, Ga. BROWN, CHARLES C St. Louis, Mo. CAFFERY, JAMES P La Fayette, La. COULBOURN, CHARLES B Walker ' s Ford, Va. CROWSON, BEN F Parksley, Va. DASHIELL. HARRY G Smithfield, Va. DENHAil. .JAJIES L Washington, D. C. DODSON, H. LEE St. Michaels. Md. EASTHAM, KENNA G. . . Harrisonburg, Va. ELLISON, ALEXANDER H Norfolk, Va. ENGLISH, PAUL X Richmond, Va. GILLIAM, .JAMES R Lynchburg. Va. HAMNER, G. CARROLL Washington, D. C. HODGE. EDWIN. .IR Henderson, Ky. HULL, CARL T w York, N. Y. JOHNSON, FRANCIS L Crescent, W. Va. KANE, HENRY S Gate City, Va. MACKALL, PORTER A Savannah, Ga. MACLEAN. GEORGE M Savannah, Ga. MAHONE. MARION T Petersburg, Va. MURPHY, D. EDWARD Washington, D. C. NICHOLS. .JAMES A., JR ■■ ■ Petersburg, Va. NOWLIN, ROBERT A Lynchburg, Va. ORR, ROBERT S Pennington Gap, Va. PATTISON, THEO. S., .JR Cambridge, Md. PAYNE, J. GORDON, JR Lynchburg, Va. POAGUE, HENRY G Lexington, Va. RANKIN, GEORGE I Goshen, N. Y. 73 RHETT, R. BARNWELL Summerville. S. C. RICHARDS, J. RUSSELL Riverton. Va. ROBERTSON, GEORGE T Mexico, ilo. SAUNDERS, RICHARD B Richmond, Va. SNIDOW, ROBERT C Pembroke, Va. STAPLES, S. HEREFORD ylie. Tex. TALIAFERRO, JOHN C Baltimore, Md. TAYLOR, ALBERT L Pittsburg, Pa. ' I ' HOMPSON. JOHN V Lynch ' .s, Va. TINSLEY. JAJIES W.. JR East Radford, Va. WARD, BERKELEY, JR Pajonian Springs, Va. WESTMORELAND, WILLIS F Atlanta, Ga. WHITE, GILBERT G Abingdon, Va. WILSON. G. SCOTT Belton. Mo. YANCEY, JAMES P. . . Culpeper, Va. History of the Class of 1910 It was on the eleventh of September, l!)0(i, that the usual crowd of young men in and around barracks screamed forth to all beholders by their stiff jwstures and frightened counte- nances, that a new ' ' rat class had laid siege to V. M. I. On that day was gathered together for the first time the Class of J.910, a nondescript crowd composed of representatives from every state in the Tnion, come to the Institute for the single pur];)ose of becoming soldiers. Some wore civilian clothes, some had already been issued uniforms, all wore the blue cap which we already regarded as the badge of servitude ; we must have seemed a motley crew. Un- like every other class, we reported at the same time that the old cadets were ordered back, and something in our ap]iearance seemed to inspire in them a repugnance which manifested itself in treatment which we thought severe, not to say brutal. Those first few months of our cadet life contained untold horrors for us, and few of us will forget some of oTir experiences. Let us draw the curtain of charity over those harrowing times. Suffice it to say that we ever dreaded the sound of the oncoming third class- man, and learned far too much i)f the broom and bayonet along with the knowledge of the soldier ' s life which we absorbed. Drearily as the days of our rat year wore on, time really did move, and finally, after passing through the rigors of a week ' s KlCIlIE OrFICIATI AN Old Cadet eucampment at the Jamestown Exposition, and enduring stoically the enjoy- ments of Final Week, we were released from our rathood by the sweet notes of Auld Lang Syne. The transition from the lowly estate of rats to the proud position of old cadets was accompanied by more enjoyment than most of us will live to again partake of. Pride of corp. ' s chevrons and chagrin at the lack thereof were swept away in a tide of gladness H r ljt,y V 1 1 i - ■ ' l ' oui ' rat year was past. ' f ' - H Wr A 1 1 %K ' conclusion of our first furlough we again assembled at the Institute, a group of young men whose apf)earance differed much from that presented but a short year before. In spite of a number of al)rtentof ' s, among them some of our best men, and in spite of our sadness at so soon leaving the delii hts of home, we were genuinely glad to be together, no more as rats, but as third classmen. Forthwith we turned our attention to our successors in ratdom ; our treat- ment of them was in every way up to the standard set by other classes. Our Third Class spring seemed to drag even more slowly than its predecessor. In a creditable manner we sirrvived the vicissi- tudes inevitable in the Third Class ; our escutcheon unblotted and our record full of incidents ever recalled with a thrill of pride. But we hailed with joy the coming of finals, with its promise of the added dignity and widened inrtuence characteristic of the Second Class. On the Ice 76 The Session of 1908-1909 has been for us a very pleasant one, albeit our number is still further lessened, and some of us have suffered our usual penalties for misdemeanors, in every jahase of college activity our interest, always intense, has been greatly increased. In athletics we have a large repre- sentation on all the teams, and l rospects for good records in every sport are bright for next ' ear, when the Institute ' s prowess will be more completely under ur control. Our participation in other fields has been equally marked. So we stand on the threshold of the time which means so much to every V. M. I. man, our first class year. Of our original one PooE Skat IN The LevjNtToM FoLice roRce. ( Actual 5iic) liimdred and twenty men scarcely a third are left, a compact baud united in their desire to work their hardest for 1910. Such a spirit wo hring to the labors which will be ours as the aj- ' bitei-s, for the time, of the Institute ' s destinies. Our hearts are set on l)ut one thing, — to make such a record for V. : I. I. that the Cla s of 1!)1() will be ever rememliered as the class which launched mir beloved Alma Mater on a course toward a prosperity the like df which she has never kmiwn. HlSTOEIAX, 1010. CRAXY ED Signal Coieps and Drill Class of 1911 Colors: Oran.m ' and ISUie L. T. GEROW Pkesident W. C. JACKSON Vice-President E. T. DAVANT Historian MEMBERS ADAMS, WALKER H Lvnchburg, Va. BARKSDALE, ALFRED D Houston, Va. BEAUCHAMP, JAMES R Princess Anne, Md. BECKER, LELAND Roanoke, Va. BIEDLER. PAUL McA Baltimore, Md. BILLUPS. FORD L Truitt. Tex. BLACKilORE, PHILIP Hampton. Va. BOOTH, C. MURRAY Oak Park. 111. BRISTER, CHARLES M Petersburg, Va. BROWN, MILLS La Grange ' - Tex. BUESCHER, ALFRED G. Smithville, Tex. BURDEAU. GEORGE T St. Louis, Mo. BURLESON. MURRAY F Smithville, Tex. CAJSIP, VAUGHAN Franklin, Va. CANNON, WILLIAM R North Hanover. Mass. CLARK, HARVEY R Schiilenburg, Tex. CLEmiER, RICHARD H Middlebrook, Va. COLE. ENSER W Carnegie, Pa. COLLIER, THOMAS H., JR Altheimer, Kan. COLLINS, GEORGE R Charleston, W. Va. DAVANT. C. RINGGOLD Roanoke, Va. DAVANT, EDWARD T Roanoke. ' Va. DAVISON, YANCEY McA Baltimore, Md. DILLARD, A. WOOD New York, N. Y. DONALDSON. LYTER J Carrollton, Mo. DUFFY, FRANK L Cynthiana, Ky. EARLY, J, FINKS Wilhoit, Va. EASTHAM, ROBERT L Harrisonburg. Va. ELY, PRICE W .Jonesville, Va. EMERY, NATHANIEL W Danville, Va. EWING, JAMES L New Orleans ' . La. FAY, THOMAS H Cleveland, 0. FENNO, SYLVAN A Washington, D. C ERASER. DOUGLAS M San Antonio. Tex. GARDNER, JAMES Augusta, Ga. GENTRY, WALTER R Independence, ' Mo. 81 GEROW, LEONARD T Petersburg, Va. GOSSETT, RALPH Williamston. S. C. GUTHRIE, M. MERRITT NashyjUg jenn, HAGAN, J. MORTON Eiehraond, Va. HAGENBUCH, JOSEPH S Mahanoy City, Pa. HANCOCK, CAMDEN F Lynchburg. Va. HIRST, VIRGINIUS B Purcellville. Va. HOLTON, W. LAYTON Centrevill?. Md. HOPKINS, R. THOMPSON Nashville. Tenn. HOWARD, SAMUEL L Wasliiii; ton. D. C. HUNDLEY, JOSEPH M ; . . Lebanon. Ky. JACKSON, WILLIAM C Richmond, Va. JOHNSON, A. BR0ADDU8 Houston. Va. JOHNSON, T. KIRK Norfolk, Va. JOHNSTON, F. BERTRAND Bessemer, Mich. JOHNSTON, NEWMAN Baltimore, Md. JONES, JOHN W D?catur, Ala. JORDAN, J. JULIAN Hinton. W. Va. KANE, PATRICK L Gate City. Va. KEITH, A. A. MORTON Richmond. Va. KELLEY, HOMER C New Lexington. O KINSOLAaNG, HERBERT B Mt. Sterling. Ky. KRAFT, WILLIAM R Kingston. N. Y. LANIER, RAYMOND S Danville. Ky. LEE, H. FITZHUGH I redericksburg. Va. LONG, MATT R Rnxboro. N. C MoENTEE, JAMES A Kin-;ston. N. Y. McAATlORTER, KINGSLEY Romoko. Va. MECREDY, JAMES R Roanoke, Va. MILLER, RANDOLPH D Roanoke, Va. MILLNER, SAMUEL M., JR Danville. V ' . MISH, ROBERT W. H Middlebrook. Va. MOORE, L. FRANKLIN Gad.sden, Ala. MORRISON, LAWRENCE F Kansas City. Mo. NALLE, ADRIAN Culpeper. Va. NOBLE, STEPHEN N Cedartown. Ga. OWEN, ARCHER A., JR Turbeville. Va. PARKER, WILLIAM Chance. Va. POLLARD, VALENTINE H Newberne. All. PORTER, JOHN S Binnin ' iinni. Al.. POWELL, JOHN H Smitliville. Tex. POWELL, MATHEW J Belmont. Va. REMBERT, GAILLARD Rembert, S. C. RICHARDSON, EDMUND E., JR New Orleans. La. ROBINSON, WARREN S Norfolk. Vi. RUEHRMUND, MAX E , Richmond, Va. SCHULTZ, PERCY J Fort Worth. Tex. SCHWARZENBERG, COLEMAN Cleveland, O. SMITH, HAROLD W Purcellville. Va 82 SMITH, JULIAN Biniiiiigluun, Ala. SMITH, MACLIN F Birminghcam, Ala. STEVENS, GEORGE VV., JR Richmond, Va. STEVENSON, JOHN Corinth, Ky. TAYLOR, JOHN T Rocky Mount, Va. THOMAS, NEWELL E Taylor, Tex. THOMAS. RICE H Roanoke, Va. IRINKLE, LACY L Dublin. Va. VENABLE, HARRY M Charleston, W. Va. VOGEL, CABELL G Leavenworth, Kan. WALKER, H. DAVIS Pemberton, Va. WARNER, ROBERT H St. Louis, Mo. WHALEY. HARRY E .• Cluster Springs, Va. WHITE, ISAAC G Shawsville, Va. ' ' HITE, WILBUR S Bucyrus, 0. WHITFIELD, W. IRVIN Danville, Va. WILSON, J. PENDLETON Wheeling, W. Va. WILSON, ROGER M Savannah, Ga. WRIGHT, CHARLES W Alexandria, Va. YOUNG, W. LESLIE Lexington, Va. ZOLLMAN, CHARLES W ' ' alton. Iiid. History of the Class of 1911 It ' s all very well for the people whose annals are few, but it ' s almighty hard on the historian who has a specified sj ace to fill. There are rich pickings in a fertile field, but one man has to scratch pretty hard for sustenance in a desert. Therefore, when the historian looks back through the past year, he is at a loss for something definite to record. Of course, mention might be made of Goldie ' s lost bugle, or Piano ' s new method of loading the evening gun ; not forget- ting about Snake ' s exploded ideas. But all of these thing ' s are after all mere ticks of the Clock-of-Passing-Events, which will hardly out- live the time taken in telling them. A third classman ' s lot is not an en ' iable one. There are only two days in the whole year out of which he gets enjoyment : the day he becomes an old cadet, and the day he erases to be a third classman. TTere a third classman gets all the blame and all the jienalty for anything out of the ordiuary that happens. Of course, then, he tries to live up to the standard by which he is judged. AlthdUgh this class is the life of the school, e ' ei ' V()ne tries to ])nt us down, not because they don ' t want the school life to be animated, but because — well, I suppose they hate to see those whom they consider little uuu-e than rats get ahead of them. They laugh at the amusements alTorded by the third class, then bone any member of that class they can find. The u]i])er classes deny the third class the right to call itself the backbone of the school; no one can deny that it is the backbone of the fourth class ; for proof see the erect carriage of the rats. Before ano After the Third Deguee ix Stoxy ' s Office 84 In scratcliing the exterior of the vacuum wherein his ideas generate, the historian came across one of those inex2Dlicable memoranda which brought to mind the athletic achievements of his classmates. Two members of his class are wearing football monograms, two others have likewise been rewarded for prowess in baseball, and in basket-ball the class is well represented. This is doing pretty well for a start. Before the sad event which closed the football season, ' 11 had high aspira- tions for the championship among the class foot- ball teams. One fatal day, the eighteenth of jSTovember, we met the First Class team on the gridiron. There wc manifested our wor- thiness for some future success, but all our previous cravings for distinction were crushed under the weight of the score lulled up against us. The runners of the Marathon races are not in it with the corps., every one of whom sees sev- eral pairs of sergeant ' s chevrons floating before bis eyes. There ' s many a corj)., biit few are chcisen to be sergeants. Thus it is that every man is doing his best to get to the goal of his amliitions before all the ( ]usive tro]ihies of a successfully run race have disa])]ieared. As a rule, this class has tried tn let well enough alone; to be good as long as it was al- lowed to go its way in peace. It has afforded am- ple anuisenient for the two up]ier classes ; in fact, it has d(ine uKU-e than was tn be expected from it. As has been said before, the Third Class is tractable, as long as it is allowed tn carry on its affairs without interference ; but when its s])irits arc corked u]), it has proved it- self to be like a bottle of smelling salts : innoc- uous and ornamental on the outside, but full of a concentrated power for mischief should any one have the temerity to remove the stopjjer. I say this with no desire to boast ; it is a fact, and as such has a legitimate place in history. HlSTOEIAX, ' 11. 85 m liiil Class of 1912 Colors: (Not yet selected) J. HASTIE President C. E. MOORE Vice-President E. S. BOYKIX Secretary T. v.. BEAZELTON Historian MEMBERS ADAMS, ARTHUE A., JE Birmingliam, Ala. ADAMS, CAREOLL C Lynchburg, Va. AMERINE, WARREN JI Montgomery, Ala. ANDERSON, MERIWETHER 1 Eichmond, Va. BAEKSDALE, JAMES A Savannah, Ga. BASKEEVILLE, GEOEGE T Boydton, Va. BEETON, FEANCIS E Lexington, ' Va. BELL, GEOEGE A ' C ' ambridgeport, Mass. BENNETT, TRACY D Washington, D. C. BISHOP, H. EOPEE St. Louis, Mo. BLANCHAED, PAUL S Columbus, Ga. BLOMQULST, CAEL W Port Gibson, Miss. BOUGHTON, GEOEGE XA ' Washington, D. C. BOWMAN, EUFUS C Salem, Va. BOYCE, JOSEPH E., JE Pine Bluft ' , Ark. BOYKIN, R. STANLEY Wilson, N. C. BRAZELTON. T. BEERY Waco, Tex. BRANDT, JACKSON, JR Baltimore ' , Md. BROOKS, E. EMEEY, JE Houston, Tex. BEOWN, ALANSON - St. Louis, Mo. EEOWN, FOSTEE V., .JE Chattanooga, Tenn. BEYAN, HENRY T., JE Tarboro, N. C. BUETON, EEUBEN, JE Eichmond, Va. CAMPBELL, GEOEGE B Bedford City. Va. CAREINGTON, TAZEWELL M., JE Eichmond, Va. CARSON, ROBERT T Colgate, Okla. CARTER, FRANK W Warrenton, Va. CARTER, S. FAIN, JR Houston, Tex. CHAPMAN, EEUBEN C HuntsviUe, Ala. CHILDS, J. RIVES Lynchburg, Va. CHEISTIAN, A. HELLAM Lynchburg, Va. COLDWELL, COLBEET El Paso, Tex. CUMMINGS, E. PAUL Eeidsville, N. C. CUNNINGHAM, DON K Beaumont, Tex. DALTON, JOSEPH N Winston-Salem, N. C. DAVENPOET, EALPH M Denver, Col. 87 DEXXY, WALTER E Xewellton, La. DEY, WILLIAM T Norfolk, Va. DILLARD, WILLIAM E Li,Tiehburg, Va. DODD, KAXDELL S St. Louis, Mo. DREXXEX, DOXALD Xew York, N. Y ' . EDWARDS, W. HOWARD Leesburg, Va. ' ERCK, CARL B Plattsbmg Barracks, X. Y. ERSKINE, WALLACE A Baltimore, Md. EWIXU, JOHN D Xew Orleans, La. FARRELL, DANDRIDGE St. Louis, Mo. FEREBEE, G. COOK Norfolk, Va. FICiGINS, BERNARD W Arlington, Va. GANXAWAY, WALTER C Lynchburg, Va. GANT, EDWIN H Burlington, N. C. GELZER, EDWARD DrPONT Richmond, Va. GERSON, GUSTAVE R Houston, Tex. GIBSON, WILLIAM L Washington, D. C. GOEPEL. FRANK L Port Gibson, Miss. GREGORY, WILLIAM K Louisville, Ky. GROVE. ARTHUR A Luray, Va. (JROVE, FRAKK A., JR Max Meadows, Va. HARRILL, WILLIAM K Knoxville, Tenn. HARRIS, HERBERT W New Kent, Va. HARRISON, J. STUART Matanzas, Cuba. HASTIE, JACK, JH Seattle, Wash. HAYS, LEONARD Barnesville, Md. HENDERSON, EUGENE, JR Fort Smith, Ark. HIGGINBOTHAjM, JOHN L Dublin, Tex. HILTON, CORSON L Sylvania, Ga. HOAIES, PETER P Boydton, ' a. HORDERN, HERBERT R Warrenton, Va. HULL, WASHINGTON, JR New York, N. Y. HUTCHINSON, FRANK E Fairmont, W. Va. HUTTER, J. LOGWOOD ■ Lynchburg, Va. INGRAM, NELSON Richmond, Va. JACKSON, H. STANLEY Drakes Branch, Va. JOYNER, CHARLES G Baltimore, Md. JULIAN, LEE S Liike City, Fla. KEITH, LUCIAN J Warrenton, Va. KOLL, WALTER A Los Angeles, Cal. LEE, SIDNEY W., JR Birmingham, Ala. LEW-IS, ROBERT W New Y ' ork, N. Y. LLOYD, EDWARD, JE, Washington, D. C. LLOYD, EGBERT T Washington, D. C. LONG, RAYMOND M Medina, O. McCART, LAWRENCE K Fort Worth, Tex. ilcCALLISTER, C:LINE W Hurricane, W. Va. McCULLOUGH, HILLIS K Houston, Tex. JIcCLELLAN. R. PRIXCE Corsicana, Tex. McCLURE, HUGH • Staunton, Va. yicELROY, G. WHITFIELD Lebanon, Ky. McGEE, CHARLES H Leland, Miss. McGEE, RALPH W Leland, Miss. McRAE, DONALD M Wasliington, D. C. MALSBERGER, A. HUEY, JR Massey, Md. MARTIN, DONALD M Kingston, N. Y. MARTIN, MARLIN C Little Rock, Ark. MAYER, EUGENE N Norfolk, Va. MERIAN, PHILIP A Rye, N. Y. MILLER, ALBERT C Columbus, Ga. MINTON, JOHN T Fort Leaven orth, Kan. MOORE. CHARLES E Berryville, Va. MORRISON, CASSELL S Kansas City, Mo. MORRISSETT, D. GORDON Lynchburg, Va. JIOSBY , T. TALFOURD Lynchburg, Va. MOSELEY, THOMAS S Richmond, Va. NABORS, CLARENCE D Dallas, Tex. NASH, LLOYD N San Antonio. Tex. O ' BRIEN, ROBERT L Dublin, Tex. PEARSON, THOMAS .J.. .IR Pearisburg, Va. PURDIE, KENNETH S Norfolk, Va. RHETT, RICHARD C Summerville, S. C. ROBINSON, CUSTER Richmond, Va. ROCKWELL, KIFFIN Y Asheville, N. C. RODMAN, JOHN W., JR Frankfort, Ky. SAjSIS, R. TROY ' Bristol, Tenn. SAXON, J. LANDRUM Augusta, Ga. SCHILLING, STEPHEN J Port Gibson, Miss. SEIBOLD, MARTIN H New York, N. Y. SETTER, JOSEPH L Cattaraugus, N. Y. SEVIER, LANDERS, JR Portsmouth, Va. SHOTWELL, RANDOLPH K Culpeper, Va. SHUFELDT, FRANK A., JR Napoleonville, La. SIMPSON, JOHN R.. JR Fort Gaines, Ga. SMITH, ALAN M Binningham, Ala. SMITH, BREEDLOVE Colorado City, Tex. SMITH, ESTILL V Fort Leavenworth, Kan. SMITH, GEORGE A Baltimore, Md. SMITH, MYRON A Colorado City, Tex. SMITH, ROY B., JR Roanoke, Va. SMITH, THOMAS Philadelphia. Pa. SMITH, TOM 0., JR Birmingham, Ala. SMITH, W. ALFRED Birminglu m, Ala. SPEER, GEORGE A., JR Atlanta, Ga. STOCKS, G. BENJAMIN Blue Rapids, Kan. STUCKY, HAERY C Lexington, Ky. SYDNOR, WILLIAM 0., JR Staunton, Va. TAYLOR, GEORGE DeB Norfolk, Va. 89 TAYLOR, SWEDEN S Jackson, Miss. TEMPLETON, HAMILTON Malolas Buliean, P. I. THOM, WILLIAM A., JR Norfolk, Va. THOMPSON, ROBERT M Corsieana, Texas THROCKMORTON, ROBERT J Richmond, Va. VOSS, CARL L Pittsburg. Pa. WALTON, JOSEPH S Roanoke. Va. WEAR, WILLIAM D Hillsboro, Texas WELSH, W. CARROLL Purcellville, Va. WESCOTT, NATHANIEL S Mappsburg, Va. WEST, R. ASHTON Bellevue, Va. WILSON, LEROY C Baltimore, Md. WILSON, W. LEE ' Dallas, Texas WITT, THOMAS F Richmond, Va. WOOLARD, SOLOMON Tarboro, N. C. WRIGHT, THOMAS D Durham ' , N. C. YEATMAN, PHILIP W Norfolk Va. History of the Class of 1912 Any one who has ever been to V. M. I. will remember the day on which he first reported and became a fnll-fledged rat. Our class reported on the second day of Se])tember, 1908. All of ns remember marching to the Q. M. ' s to receive, as it were, our badge of servitude and rat- hood, in the shape of a military cap. When we got liack to our rooms we sat around, in fear and trembling ' , on such ar- ticles of furniture as were available ; and, let me add, a blacking stool, wardrobe and table were the only available ones. We had not been in our rooms long before some kind third classman came ujd to in- struct us in our duties and to teach us respect and rev- erence for the upper class- man. Our course of in- struction began with such questions as, What ' s your name, Mister ? Where are you from? Who do you know there I know? and innumerable other questions tending to reduce any swelling ()f the head we might have, and also to teach us our place. When first call for dinner sounded we were ])rctty well tired out, and dis- appointed in V. M. I. and military life in general. Luckily, we did not know the trials before us, or some of us might have been tempted to forego the pleas- ures that were in store for us. Going down to dinner formation we began fining out for the first time. At dinner we first learned, and to our sorrow, the meaning of sounding off on some up jcr classman. Many tasks, such as asking the O. C. for a bucketful of countersigns, asking the Beam to give us deck on a corporal, and others of this nature, were imposed on us. Sxow Fight During the next few days life was one eternal grind and hard- shi]3. It seemed that the time for us to crawl into our hay would never come and that never again should we hear the sound of taps, the sweetest music of all to cadet ears. Here, at least, we were safe from all danger, except that of being dumped. During the next week it was drill, drill, drill, and then some, and at the end of that time our veiw efficient drillmasters, with the aid of a bayonet and other articles of this nature, had taught us the rudiments of the art. From the opening of school until along in December the Third Class de- voted their energy to looking after our welfare, but at that time they had some trouble with the Beam, and we were left to ourselves for a time. The Third Class needed us, how- ever, and we were told to have a night-shirt parade. At fifteen minutes after ten we were to run out on the stoop, yelling, and in all sorts of costumes, and raise a rough house to the best of our ability. Of course we did it, and I think — al- though it is against the rules for rats to think imtil after taps — that even that most exacting of masters, the Third Class, were sat- isfied with our rough house. Soon things calmed down, and once more the Third Class directed their attention to us. During this tiiye we had many pleasures arranged for us ; among them the annual exodus of negroes on Christ- mas Day, in which we were the power behind. We were also the chief actors in the snow fight, in which the rats of A and B companies lined up against those of C and D. Many other jaleasures we have had of lesser importance. The one shadow on our past year was the death of our beloved classmate, George Cook Ferrebee, of J orfolk. He was the most promising man of our class, and everyone who came in contact with him learned to love him. He was the highest type of a soldier and a gentleman, brave, loving and loyal, and everyone who had anything to do with him should feel honored to have known such a friend, for indeed he was the friend of all. He was killed in the football g-ame with Roanoke College, October the thirtv-first. i.L Ni: ' Ki: Fori; Wow that the time is coming for us to leave V. M. I., and though most of us expect to come back, we learn how we have come to love the old Institute, and it is with great regret that we must say good-bye to it, even for a short time. All of the trials and hardships through which we have passed have only served to streng-then our love for the dear old jjlace, and everyone of us feel proud of being a V. M. I. cadet. There can lie no better recommendation for anyone than to say that he is a V. M. I. man, and I, for one, am proud to claim V. M. I. for my alma mater. Our class has had many valuable additions in the men who came in at Christmas. We feel assured that they will join us in teaching the ignorant Rat Class of 1913 respect for their betters. We feel it is oiar duty to care for the rat ' s welfare, and as we never shirk such a duty, no matter how irksome, we will attend to this one to the best of our ability. As for Class of 1912, there has been no better class in the history ol the Institute, and, in fact, none (|uite so good. There was no class that learned to drill as fast; we have had practically no desertions, and ° ' ' there are few classes that have ever been better represented on the athletic teams, as we have had men on both the football and basket-ball teams, and will, without doubt, be well represented in baseball. As for the members of our class, I believe you would search far without finding a more congenial set of felloAvs than the Class of ' 12. Historian, ' 12. The Pie Race An After Dinner Pastime, practiced by the more accommodating members of tlie 4tli Class) 3n Qiemoriam (J eorsE Coofe Jfrrrffaee Jf3orfoIfe, IPa. H illeD in jFootfiall (Same ©ctober 31, 1908 :| fll$|:f:: ij$5::ftfl: -:-:-i« ' M -!-M !-!-4-54 i J; MlLITAKY iNSTIlUCTOr.S Cactical ac fficcrs COLONEL JIOEKEJ.L iL illLJ.S MAJOR E. BARCLAY POAGUE CAPTAIN E. B. BURROUGHS CAPTAIN H. E. ilECREDY CAPTAIN C. H. OWEN CAPTAIN W. T. DAVANT CAPTAIN M. F. EDWARDS CAPTAIN C. S. CARTER CommissioncD ©fftcets OWSLEY, A. M Captain Company A MAGRUDKR, J Captain Company D JACOB, H. A Captain Company B BRETT, G. H Captain Company C BURACKEE, E. M Lieutenant and Adjutant PORTER, H.J Lieutenant Company A ALEXANDER, G. il Lieutenant Company D POLK, G. W Lieutenant Company B SCOTT, T. M Lieutenant Company C WAGNE R, R. F Lieutenant and Quartermaster RICHARDSON, J. G Lieutenant Company A GANT, R Lieutenant Company D JENICINS, C. W Lieutenant Company B ircMILLEN, D. R Lieutenant Company C IBattalion Organisation E. M. BURACKER Lieutenant and Adjutant R. F. WAGNER Lieutenant and Quartermaster E. HODGE, JR Sergeant Major COMPANY A COMPANY B COMPANY C COMPANY D CAPTAINS A. M. OWSLEY H. A. JACOB G. H. BRETT J. MAGRUDER FIRST LIEUTENANTS H. J. PORTER G. W. POLK T. M. SCOTT G. M. ALEXANDER SECOND LIEUTENANTS J. G. RICHARDSON C. W. JENKINS D. R. McMILLAN FIRST SERGEANTS O. M. BALDINGER S. B. AKIN H. P0A6UE G. G. WHITE SERGEANTS SAUNDERS TALIAFERRO F. JOHNSON H. KANE TINSLEY CROWSON YANCEY PAYNE G. M. BLOW J. R. GILLIAM C. C. BROWN C. B. COULBORN CAFFERY BENTLEY PATTESON NICHOLS CORPORALS W. R. KRAFT A. NALLE R. S. LANIER J. R. MECREDY H. W. SMITH E. T. DAVANT W. S. ROBINSON H. B. KINSOLVING L. T. GEROW L. T. MORRISON R. D. MILLER V. B. HIRST J. G. WHITE S. M. MILLNER W. S. JACKSON C. JNI. BOOTH R. M. WILSON M. BROWN J. R. BEAUCHAMP H. D. WALKER P. McA. BIEDLER N. E. THOMAS C. R. DAVANT J. JI. HUNDLEY C. M. BRISTER G. R. COLLINS E. E. RICHARDSON W. PARKER Miss Owsley S PONS UK Companp CAPTAIN OWSLEY (A. J I.) LIEUTENANTS PORTER (H. J., JR.) EICHARDSOX (J. G.) FIRST SERGEANT BALDINGER (0. M.) SERGEANTS SAUNDERS (R. B.) TALIAFERRO (J. C.) GILLIAM (J. R) KANE (H. S.) CORPORALS KRAFT (W. R) JIECREDY (J. E.) NALLE (A.) SMITH (H. W.) LAMAR (R. S.) DAVANT (E.) ROBINSON (W. S.) ADAMS (F.) BARNES BUESCHER BOWMAN BROWN BROOKS CAMP CANNON CALDWELL CUMMINGS DALTON DENNY DODD DOYLE DUFFY EWING FARRELL GATES GOEPEL PRIVATES GROVE HAGENBUCH HARRILL HARRISON HORDERN JAMES KEEN LEE (H.) LINDSEY MACLEAN MALSBERGER MARTIN MINTON McCLURE NOWUN POAGUE (T.) PUTRDIE KANKIN RICHARDS RODMAN SCHOEFELDT SINCLAIR SMITH (C.) SMITH (0.) SMITH (T.) SPEER STAPLES STEVENSON STOCKS TAYLOR (S.) THOM THROCKMORTON TRISLER WALTON WHITE (O.) WHEELER WILSON (W.) WRIGHT YOUNG ZOLLMAN 101 Companp 15 CAPTAIN H. A. .JACOH LIEUTENANTS POLK. G. W. JENKINS, C. W. FIRST SERGEANT AKIN. S. Ji. TIXSLKV. .7. . YANCEY, J. P. SERGEANTS C ' PvOWSON. K. V. PAYNE. J. C4. CORPORALS KlNSOl.YINCi, H. B. MILLER. R. D. GEROW, L. T. HIRST. V. P. ilORRISOX, S. F. WHITE, I. G. JIILLNER. S. . L ADAMS, A. ADAMS, C. AMERINE 15ELL, G. BlIJAPS IM.AXCilAi;]) JiUYGE BROWN. A. BURLISON CARSON CROCKETT CUNXlN(;HAiI DASHIELL DENTIAM EASTHAM, R. EDWARDS ERSKINE ERASER GENTRY HAGAN PRIVATES HARRIS HOLTON HOillCS HCLL HlTTia; INGRAM JONES, L. ' JOHNSON. A. JOHNST-ON, F. JULIAN KEITH, L. LLOYD, E. MAYER .AIcCLELLAN. : MrELUOY .McENTEE : IrWHORTKR .MINTOX. J. JIOORE, L. NOELL PORTER, J. POWELL, J. REMBERT ROBINSON, ( SAMS SCHILUG SIMPSON SMITH, J. SMITH, W. SNIDOW TAYLOR. A. TAYLOR, J. THOMPSON. TRINKLE WARD WELSH WEST WHITFIEL]) WILSON. G. WILSON, C. WITT 102 Miss Thomas SPONSOR Companp C CAPTAIN G. H. BRETT LIEUTENANTS SCOTT, T. jM. McMILLEN, D. E. FIRST SERGEANT POACiVE, II. BLOW, A. M. BROWN, C. C. SERGEANTS COULBOUKN, C. JOHNSON, F. L. CORPORALS JACKSON. W. C. BOOTH. C. E. WILSON, R. N. BEAUCHAIMP. ' ' ALKER, D. H. BROWN, jr. RICHAEDSON, E. E. ADAMS. 0. BALL, E. BARKSDALE BECKER BEETON BLOOMQUIST BRANDT BRAZELTON BRYAN CARTER CASKIE CHILDS CHRISTIAN COLE DAVIDSON DILLARD. A. DILLARD. W. DODSON DRAYTON PRIVATES DRENNEN EASTHAM, K. ELLISON. A. ELY FAY FENNO GANNAWAY GANT, E. GARDNER GERSON GIBSON HAMNER HAYES HENDERSON JACKSON, H. KEITH, M. KELLEY LEE, S. LLOYD. T. LONG MAHONE, M. MAYO MINIS MISH MORRISSETT MURPHY McCLELLAN, I McGEE, C. McGEE, R. NASH REUHRMUND RHETT, R. SHOTWELL SMITH, C. STEVENS STUCKY TEMPLETON WOOLARD, S. YEATMAN 103 Miss Walkeh SPONSOR Companp D CAPTAIN JOHN MAGRUDER LIEUTENANTS G. il. ALEXANDER R. GANT FIRST SERGEANT G. G. WHITE SERGEANTS CAFFERY, J. P. BENTLEY, J. B. PATTISON, T. S. NICHOLS, J. A. CORPORALS BIEDLER, P. il. DAVANT, R. THOMAS, N. E. BRISTER, C. M. HUNDLEY, J. M. COLLINS, G. K. PARKER, W. ADAMS, W. BARKSDALE, A. BOWE BOYKIN BLACKMORE BURTON BOUGHTON CAilPBELL CARTER CHAPMAN CLARK COLLIER DAVENPORT DONALDSON DOWNEY ERCK EAULY ELLISON EWING PRIVATES ENGLISH GELZER GRAMMER GREGORY GUTHRIE HASTIE HOBSON HOWARD HUTCHINSON JONES, J. JOYNER KANE, P. KOLL LONG, R. JIACKALL MERIAN ISIcRAE MILLER, A. MOORE, C. MOSELEY MORRISON, C. NOBLE ORR OWEN POWELL ROBERTSON ROCKWELL SETTER SEVIER SMITH, A. SMITH, E. SMITH, JI. SMITH, R. TAYLOR, G. THOMPSON, J. VENABLE WARNER WEAR WESTMORELAND WILSON, P. 104 Ecport of tl)e ( oDcrnment Unspectot He.vdquakters Virginia JIilitary Institute, General Orders) September 2, 1908. jSIo. 1 j I. The following report is published for the information of all concerned: REPORT OF AN INSPECTION OF THE SIILITARY DEPARTMENT OF THE VIRGINIA SIILITARY INSTITUTE AT LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. 1. Is this institution essentially a militarj ' school, or is the military instruction merely a single feature of the course? Essentially a military school. 2. What degi ' ee of importance is attached to the militarj ' instruction by the faculty? The highest degi ' ee. 3. Is any change in the War Department classification desirable ? No. 4. If not already classified what classification should be made? Already classified. 5. Is the officer on duty at the college cordially supported by the faculty in the matter of military instruction and discipline? Give explicitly your reasons for arriving at this conclusion. Yes. Conversation with acting superintendent, statement of officer, and my own observation. 6. Are the students required to be continuously in uniform, and do they lead, as far as the surrounding conditions can reasonably be expected to permit, a military life? In other words, are the conditions such as to impress thein constantlj ' with a sense of being under militarj ' discipline? Yes. 7. To what extent is a military spirit developed and nurtured? To the greatest extent possible. S. With what degree of zeal is military duty performed? With maximum degree of zeal. 9. What was the general appearance of the cadets at inspection? Excellent in eveiy respect. 10. Have the requirements of Par. 22, G. 0. 155, W. D., 1907, as to time allowed the militar} ' department been fully complied with? Y ' es. 11. Have the requirements of Par. 22, G. 0. 155, W. D., 1907, as to the course of instruction been complied with? Y ' es. 12. Is the efficiency in infantry instruction and training sufficiently advanced to warrant devoting time to instruction in artillery or other branches? Yes. 105 13. Is the milit«r_y instruction of such extent and thoroughness as to quality the average graduate for a commission as a lieutenant of volunteers? Yes. All graduates would make most eflBcient officers of volunteers. 14. Personally interview the students of the graduating class reported as having shown special aptitude for military service, and state your opinion as to tlieir qualifications sc far as you can ascertain the same from suitable questions in the course of conversation with them. Endeavor to form a general idea as to their fondness for military life, the extent of their military and historical reading, and their general intelligence, neatness, and good manners. Do not report tliem individually, but give your impression of these selected cadets as a whole. Tliey are intelligent, neat and well mannered, and evince considerable fondness for military life. They impress me most favorably. 15. Is tlie military professor eligible for this detail? (Pars. U and 7, G. 0. 155, W. D., 1907.) Yes. 10. Is he satisfactory to the college authorities? Entirely so. 17. Is tlie retired non-commissioned oMicer on dutj ' at this institution satisfactory? None at this institution. 18. Do the conditions warrant the continuance of tlie deiail of an ollicer as professor of militarj ' science and tactics at this institution? Y ' es. GENERAL REMARKS. I was courteously received by the acting superintendent and afforded every facility for making the inspection. The cadet corps is organized as a battalion of four companies, numbering at date of inspection 206 cadets. Two liundred and forty-one cadets (including 7 on guard) were present at inspection and 25 absent. Of those reported absent, 2 were on special duty, 11 sick and 12 on leave. There is no cadet band, music being furnished by a band of nine pieces pei-manently employed by the college. The military exercises included review; inspection; escort of the color; parade; guard mounting; company drill; battalion drill; Butt ' s rifle drill; bayonet exercise; field problem in attack and defense of position; standing gun drill with field guns and howitzers; litter drill; and signaling with flag and heliogiaph. The cadet quarters and mess hall were inspected, class parade witnessed, and class room and gj ' mnasium visited. The review and all other ceremonies were almost faultlessly executed. The cadets are well .set-up, march with splendid step and alignment, and are at all times soldierly and in bearing. All brasses were well polished and the equipment, as well as the clothing, was without exception in excellent condition. The rifles generally were very good to excellent, tho igh there were three with dirty bores in Company C, and one in each of the other three companies. The battalion was commanded in turn by Captain Hills, the military instructor, and bj ' each of the cadet captains. Two or tliree n.inor mistakes were made in the battalion 106 extended order drill and in the platoon drill of two of the companies, but on the whole the battalion as well as the company drills in close and extended order were excellent. The bayonet exercise was very good indeed, and Butt ' s rifle drill excellent. The exercises in advance and rear guard and outpost were confined to the parade ground and all distances and intervals were necessarily vei-j- much reduced. The extensions were quickly made and conformed to the service manuals except as above noted. Very little benefit can, however, be derived from exercises in minor tactics under such conditions. In the field problem in attack and defense of position, no assumptions were made which the terrian did not justify. The fire discipline was good, proper use was made of cover, and the work of the cadets generally was quite creditable. The standing g-un drill with four 12-pdr. Ji. L. S. B. howitzers (the property of the college) and two 3.2 B. L. field guns was excellent. Tlie field guns were inspected and found to be in excellent condition. The litter drill was very good. Messages were sent and received correctly with the flag. The heliographs were set up and attempts made to use them, but clouds obscured the sun to sucl an extent as to make it impossible. Tlie cadets apparently understood the operation of the heliograph. The class room was visited during recitation in Beach ' s Militarj ' Field Engineering. The recitations show that the theoretical instruction is comprehensive and thorough. The work in the gymnasivun is of a high order and aids materially in the physical developmen t and set-up of the cadets. Attendance of fourth class is compulsory for one hour daily, Saturday and Sunday excepted. The gymnasium is well equipped in every way. The Virginia Military Institute is modeled after the United States Military Academy and closely follows its methods in all departments. The professors and officers hold com- missions in the Virginia militia and wear unifoi ' ni at all times. Six assistant professors, all of whom are graduates of the Institute, act as tactical officers and live in the barracks. The discipline is superb and the institution is imbued with a thoroughly good mili- tary tone. Captain Mills is well qualified for college duty and lias the respect and confidence of the cadets and the faculty. Great credit is due him for bis excellent work at the Virginia Military Institute. P. C. IlAiiEis, Captain, General Staff, Inspector. II. As a result of the foregoing ve])ort the ar Department lias designated the Vir- ginia Military Institute as Dintinguished Institution, 1908, ' making the fifth consecutive appointment to this honor. III. The superintendent congratulates the corps on its excellent showing as seen from the report of the inspector given above, and expresses his personal gratification that the high prestige of the school has been so suecessfullj ' maintained. By command of Brigadier General Nichols, Superin tendcnt. St. J. R. Marshall, Captain and Adjutant, V . M. I. 15u0teD SERGEANTS MACLEAN GEAMMEE PAYNE ENGLISH MAYO JIcCLELLAN WHEELEE GATES CORPOEALS BECKER McENTEE MISH HALT! - The Washington Trip WITHOUT doubt the greatest event of the year was the trip to Wash- ington, where, on March 4th, for the first time in the history of the Virginia Military Institute, the corps of cadets took part in an inauguration. Although the fact that this was the only trijD the corps had during the year made every cadet look forward to it with pleasure, the last touch to the enthusiasm felt in the corps over it was added when the announce- ment was made that the battalion would be presented by the ISTew York alumni with a dui licate of the battle flag under which the corps fought at New Market. In spite of the continued i rayers of the men, the day of departure dawned cold and wet. Even the elements, however, could not by their opposition dampen the ardor of the corps, and when the battalion entrained at Lexington at seven o ' clock, a merrier throng would have been hard to find. Thanks to the gener- osity of Mr. George W. Stevens, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- road, the journey was made on a special train, the comforts of which stripped the long day of travel of the terrors it would otherwise have held for the men. Scarcely a stop was made until the train drew up at Virginia Avenue and Fifteenth Street, S. W., where the cars discharged their burden of cadets. To those who visited Washington for the first time the end of the journey was a disappointing one. Obscured by the low clouds, from which were already descending the first drojjs of the downpoiir which so much impeded the parade the next day, the golden cupola of the Library failed to shine its wonted greet- ing, and even the nearer Monument was invisible. The battalion was quickly formed, and after marching in file imtil the oj en street was reached, it wheeled into column of squads, in which formation it proceeded to the ISTew Masonic Temple, where quarters had been assigned. The inclement weather prevented the performance of the im])ressive cere- monies attendant on the presentation of the New Market flag. When the cer- emony did take place, however, after the companies had reached their quarters, it could scarcely have been more thrilling. Hon. John S. Wise, of the New York alumni, turned the flag over to General Bell, Chief of Staff of the U. S. A., in a graceful and eloquent speech of introduction. General Bell, who has never missed an opjwrtunity to honor us, paid many tributes to the cadets, both past and ]n ' esent. He spread the folds of the flag, exhibiting its decorations — the Virginia arms on one side, a ])icture of Washington on the other, — and dwelt on the sterling qualities of the heroes who battled beneath its pure white silk on the bloody field of New Market. The deafening bursts of ap])]ause, which at frequent intervals drowned the utterances of the speaker, showed how strongly his words reached the hearts of his hearers. The audience was in great part composed of alumni, among them a number of New Market cadets. At the conchision of his remarks General Bell turned over the flag to General Nichols, who acco]ited it on behalf of the Institute. It was carried in the inaugural parade instead of the blue Virginia flag, which has hitherto ap- peared on the left of the stars and stripes. After the ceremony had been disposed of the cadets were dismissed for several hours of freedom. The weather had changed for the worse since the arrival of the cor]is. The ground was covered with several inches of snow, which was of just the right consistency to hold the water on the streets. All uight long conditions kept getting worse, and the next dawn ushered in a must impropitious day for an inauguration. Reveille and breakfast over, the men were again release l, with urdevs to re]iort in quai ' ters by noon. At twelve o ' clock the battalion marched to diiniev, aud first call for parade sounded immediately on its return. Overcoats, with white waist and cross belts, were W(u-n, a unifi)rni which gav? the corps as good an appearance as it has ever ])resentcd. Promptly at one o ' clock the battalidu was formed, aud uuirched away in connnand of Colonel Mills, who had ordere to be in iiosition by two. Arrived at Third Street, S. E., ready to wheel into the parade at a moment ' s notice, the havoc wrought in the well-made ])lans of the Grand Marshal by the weather and other unforeseen contingencies was at once apparent. Wet to the knees from their long march, the men were forced to wait two hours, while the organi- zations whose place lay ahe ad in the parade got in line and marched away. To the imjjatient cadets, standing half frozen in a position exposed to the full sweep of the northeast gale which was blowing, the order to move seemed slow in coming. At last it did come, however, and the grey and red-clad battal- ion took its place in line. At its head marched the Stonewall Brigade Band, of Staunton, an organization which, with its good music and appearance, was an honor to the corjas. Throughout the parade the bearing of the cadets was matchless ; the platoons held perfect lines, and the general appearance of the corps was ex- tremely good. Its progress up the avenue was marked by continued applause from the thousands of people banked on the sidewalks. That the men did hold good lines and march well in other resjDects was a great achievement, for the streets were in a fearful condition, the guides and other meu on the extreme ends of the platoons being often forced to walk in water up to their knees for blocks at a time. V. M. I. well defended her title of The West Point of the South on March the fourth. In the evening the cadets were in the foremost ranks of the frolickers, who enjoyed the carnival to which the city was turned over. Many at- tended the performances at the various theaters, but by far the greater number sought their pleasure on the avenue. Their grey figures could be seen wherever the fun was thickest, whether threading the mazes of the Snake Dance, in the wake of some wandering band, or among the gay loiterers on the crowd- A Corner of Our Washington Quartkks g(J pavements. Reveille on the fifth awoke a tired and worn-out crowd. After breakfast the men busied themselves in getting in shape for leaving their equipment, bedding, etc., and at ten o ' clock the corps was marched to Union Station, where after a wait of an hour the cadets entrained for Lexington. The journey home was accomplished with no less comfort than had been the one to Washington. On its arrival in Lexington the battalion was again formed and marched to the Institute through the crowds which had assembled to welcome it back. NKW IIc.iSl ' lTAL New Che.mical LAUuiuiTOiii Improvements, 1908-1909 THE present session has been marked by the erection of two new buildings, or rather the erection of one, and extensive alterations and additions to the other. The new Chemical Laboratory was designed by John Kevan Peebles, of K orfolk, the contract being let to C. W. Hancock Sons, of Lynch- burg, for $30,000.00. It is three stories high, with a large and well-lighted basement. The foundations are of limestone ; the trimmings, sand-stone, and the building proper is made of brick, with steel framework. The outside is stuccoed. On the first floor are lecture-rooms, offices and storerooms. On the second floor are lecture-rooms, quantitative laboratory, qualitative laboratory, mineralogical laboratory and storerooms. The third floor will be equipped for a drawing academy ; steam heat and electric light throughout ; slate black- boards in all section rooms. The alterations and additions to the Hospital represent an outlay of $9,000.00, W. B. Snead Co., of Lynchburg, being the contractors. The work, which was begun in September, was comj leted in January. The hospital now has twelve ward rooms, one emergency ward, one ward for contagious cases, rooms for etherizing and operating, kitchen, and convalescents ' dining-room. The two modern steam-heated solariums are a constant source of comfort and delight to the convalescents. Steam heat and electric lights throughout ; electric call bells in every room, and baths on each floor. It is a hospital of which the school may well be proud. Winter Scenks Reminiscences of a Rat NATURALLY, the story of rathood would be in the nature of a tale, and the following wonderfully soporific discoui-se will possess such merits, I am sure, that each of my readers will regard it open-mouthed — in one prodigious yawn. Most narrators grow amazingly sentimental and ornate on occasions like this, and prate of the fragrant weed and dreamy hours with Lady Nicotine, but here I shall substantially differ with them and tell you that I scribbled this after an internally tempestuous half hour with a bad cigar and a stomach pump. Once upon a time, in the days of dragons and fire-eating and rat-beating monsters, a pale and callow youth, whom father had occasionally caressed with a club, left the parental wood- shed for the Institute, with never a thought that he should ever lug an ancient fire-lock in trudging count- less wabbly miles as the com- bined front and rear ranks of the Dumb Squad. There ' s many a fine Italian hand That grinds an organ. —Three yeek. i. So one sultry September morning the train backed la- zily out of those beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains — see catalog, not the mountains — and delivered its bu.rden loose on Lexington, whose main thoroughfares were as quiet as the streets of Pompeii. The suit cases, which tinkled sweetly within — for Staunton is very wet — were affectionately stowed in the station, and we all hastened forth to see the town which was to enfold us within its sleepy jDortals for ten well-nigh endless months. The people looked at us with, I thought, almost an expression of pity. Now I know it was. At the Institute, a gentleman, clad in snowy white, wrinkled a corrugated brow at me; emitted several gutteral sounds — presiimably of welcome; took FATMCR HftP Ott( iol iALLY CftRESSED WITH A ClV D all the money I had, and sent me down to have my Bertillon measurements taken. Several weeks later, as from a standing posture I lovingly viewed a chair, I was overcome with the deiJressiiig logic that first one got the Glad Hand, and then the Black Hand. The month of arrival is, to my mind, almost an absolute blank. In fact, it is a blankety, blank, blank period in my young life. Pardon me, dear reader, if I now obtrude a few personal facts and figures into this, that you may better understand some of the caloric and caustic observations from the gentlemen, called corps, who assayed to explain to me a number of things that they didn ' t know. The Avord corps kej t re- curring, and, after a few days, I understood, for I discovered that, two third- class corps could easily make one fourth-class corpse, which, let it be understood, they tried most commendably to do. Be it remembered that my legs have their own sweet roundabout way of reaching Mother Earth ; again, that my general outline bore a remarkable similarity to that peculiarly dignified and stately insect, known in bug circles as the ' ' inaniis rdigiosa, otherwise Devil ' s Horse. My drill master, for I have mentioned that I, singly and alone, disported in the Dmub Squad, soon began to regard me with an exj ression of hopelessness and utter despair, and would often consult others over my singular inaptitude to grasp the general military scheme or any of its jjhases. For this he ' d frequently grasp a bayonet and administer — well, never mind what, nor where. Quoth he, Mister, you walk like an old horse in a corn- field, addirg, almost pathetically, Say, Kat, can ' t you learn f ' Sundays we went to. church, desjjite loud prayers for rain which ascended to an unheeding Rain Maker. Fre- quently such beseechings became so clamorous, so tumult- uous, and even violent, that the Commandant would pei ' - sonally investigate these solicitations for a downpour. But it seldom rained, and oft ' we went to church, to be edified and ficcasionally awakened by the Sky Pilot as he vainly endeavored to prevail against an ever-increasing and Niagara-like snorefest, by some profoundly entertain- descriptions of Sin, stalking abroad through our land, blowing green smoke from his nostrils, my sisters, fanning himself with his tail, my brethren, arm in arm with the broken hearts and legs of the widows and orphans which line the bleachina ' sands of the Sea WDumb ' .5quao of Wreck, Euin and Rum, my lambs. Such a metaphorical curiosity was enough to murder sleep. After the usual plea to the unsaved, and as the choir sang Shout the Glad Tidings, each old cadet would greatly augment their efforts by a highly perceptible ' nudge in the back of the rat just in front, and in an awe- some whisper, hiss forth, ' ' Sing, damn it, sing. The results were most gratifying; the heav- enly chorus was swelled to alarming proportions; old ladies smiled blandly at the great in- terest of those noble young men, and never knew the real cause for all that religious fer- Twe HbAvCNlY Chorus ,gj. The orchards of East Lexington offered glorious opportunities to those of an appropriative and retentive nature, and many a Sabbath afternoon have the sighing branches of the old ap]de tree held cajoacity congregations of omnivor- ous cadets who, be it said, sighed later in the evening. We were sent down to the apple orchards as the duly accredited representatives of the old cadets, and cordially entitled to everything we received — but the apples. Our perform- ances invariably evoked from the owner a i:)icturesque dissertation, highly sur- charged with old Virginia profanity. Soon after our arrival, the Spectre of Prohibition loomed up and laid its parching finger on everybody ' s family demijohn. The Great Drought was sujDerinduced by one member of thf class trying to corner and hold down the entire output of the little old gin mill. The Faculty passed around a pledge ; every- body signed ; and thirsted from that time hence. Of course, at Christmas, some of us got fruit cakes that were spiced a little with Oh! Where is My Wandering Boy To-night T ' and if ihey were discreetly and judiciously squeezed, it was possible to extract a jigger of joy. An inordinate and chronic appetite accompanies each cadet ; hence every day possessed three redeeming features, — breakfast, dinner and supper. The fare was of that sturdy variety which might best be described as poor, but honest. Mealtime always, afforded convenient occasions for the old cadets to be furnished diversion by rats in varying stages of speechless terror. As said before, I embraced all the embarrassing obesity of a straw, and never shall I forget the observation of a third classman, who, after viewing me for several moments in an absorbed scrutiny, ventured this in- teresting assertion : Hell, Mister, if you ' d eat an olive, it would show. The rats were assigned the duties of serving the old cadets with all the dainties which adorned our groaning board, and many a time have I been confronted with that ap- palling mathematical puzzle of serving one oyster to six upper classmen. This culinary mystery was gener- ally within a recejjtacle not unlike a bathtub, and the disheartening, yet frantic, searches which we have made in its briny depths for that lonesome oyster, whose presence alone lent it the toothsome surname of stew, would have been amusing, had there not been so much tragedy involved. The meat was invari- ably rare ; in fact, one might say, it was jDositively seldom. The old cadets were continually asking the rats leading questions, which always led to the direst and most dreadful consequences. One evening the innocent inquiry of whether I had ever beheld a hi2323opotamus came near causing me to figure as the main subject of an obituary. When I answered in the affirmative, a corpu- lent gentleman at the head of the table exploded with a loud report, as he evi- dently considered it a personal reflection upon his u: ' ar-Adonis-1il-e figure, and I was invited up to his room, later, to be set upon with instruments capable of producing slow but certain death. At our table we had the original dumb waiter, who revelled in the distressing delusion that we were the ones to wait, 120 ' If you ' o eAT ftw ouve it woulp Stt«w ' not he, of Mr. ISTeither can I forget those historic eggs, representing the best efforts and Mrs. Hen some time in the Stone Age. There was at the Institute a small life-saving station, called the Sutler ' s, where the pangs of hnnger conld be ex- changed for other pangs by the con- sumption of such a digestive symphony as hamburgers, pie, ice-cream and pos- tal cards. Sometimes rabbit could be obtained, and this delicacy became much in demand, until one day some rat discovered a few black hairs, and then yellow hairs, on one of these animals, and the re Dort became disseminated that we had been enjoying all that was mor- tal of the Institute felines. Next, some wretch suggested that, perhaps, it was possibly another variety besides house cat. At once the demand for rabbit dwindled, and we returned to our former habit of extracting the maximum amount of nourishment from the old cow Hydrant ' s milk. '  nosE li«s.ToR e t jS TrtE r ' -aftsi Prii-dTE PRtPAfi ' i to ■)« (The nitjht- Kt ) The officers of the Y. M. C. A. used to call upon the rats and extend invi- tations to this Heavenly Annex with a bayonet and much accompanying warmth. The attendance increased most satisfactorily, as this was Christianity literally offered and applied. A very popular pastime with insomnious upper classmen, especially on nights when kegs of Conversation Water would be received from L; Tichburg, was to amuse themselves by holding a sort of Garden-of-Eden Marathon at 3 a. m., in whicli the sprinters were confined exelnsively to rats. Onr apparel usually consisted in being wrapj ed in silence and, in comparison, Salome ' s costume would have been called an overcoat, except on the occasion when she wore — her hair in a braid. Those who rode brooms may justly lay claim that they were the real and only night-riders. Every time it snowed, the Third Class immediately arranged for a snow- ball fight between the rats, and we accordingly engaged in mortal combat for their delectation. At the signal of hostilities the air was full of snowballs, caps, black eyes, tingling ears and cuss words. No one but an upper classman can appreciate the exquisite humor of the situation when you get hit in your eye. In April Lexington was visited by a circus, and we were allowed to attend. Xo untoward incident occurred luitil a blare of trumpets annoimced the entrance of Mile. DeLeon, lithographed — though, fortunately not photographed — as the world ' s most graceful and daintiest equestrienne. A concerted groan from the cadets greeted the little lady who, it must be stated, had seen better days, and lots of them. She resembled Mrs. Father Time, and as she trij ped through the mazes of the Spring Song on the back of her steed, an exj ression of appreciation in the form of a lemon went hurling at her, to be imme- diately followed by a perfectly flattering lemon shower. Her old horse, who evidently received his instructions as the right guide of a hearse, was aroused from his dozing walk to such an extent that the act had to be abruptly terminated lest the decrepit dame should be injured. In the menagerie a sight of much interest was the feed- ing of the animals. A choleric lion gazed sleepily cut at us and his keeper began glibly to recite how a little girl was killed only last week by this man-eater reaching through the bare and biting her head ofi ' . At this juncture the nld lion tot- „„ ,„5TaucT,ON 5 , teringly raised iiimseli, opened his mouth, dis- OF fl  E« iE •■ playing a toothless head, and whined softly for his bread and milk. We swallowed a grin and returned to barracks, content with the knowledge that there was, at least, one liar in the world besides the man who writes catalogs for inilitarv schools. On the 15th of May, the anniversary of the Battle of Xew Market, white- duck trousers were donned, and in order to fittingly enshrine this day in our memories, the old cadets, armed with clubs, ramrods, and possibly a few scatter- ing shot-guns, lined the stoops for a combined attack on the rats fruin tlie rear, bent on the laudable purpose of increasing the number who sleep in the V. M. I. cemetery. A jjair of white trousers are not exactlj transparent, but for all the good they did that May evening, they might as well have not been there. What ' s the use of trying to tell of those glorious days at Finals, when every fellow was suffering with acute happiness, moving sidewalks and revolving streets ? You wouldn ' t remember if I did. Selah. IN DANCrTi A Corner op Reading Room in New Library Replica of the Neto Market Flag Dk. Ekid White 0iiD eat JDops September 11-12 Opening Hops December 4-5 Thanksgiving Hops January 1-2 New Year Hops February 22 Sub-Professors ' Hops April 16-17 Easter German and Hop 127 5UmER SCHOOL Sponsok: Who? SoKG: Hail! Hail! The Gang ' s All Here. Flower: The Wild Irish Rose. Motto : Do not do to-day what you can put off until to-morrow. C ' OLOK : Blue. CAPT. R. RAGLAXD MAJ. E. B. POAGUE CAPT. W. W. LaPEADE CAPT. A. G. CAMPBELL GRANT, ' 08 WICKHAM, ' 08 OWSLEY, ' 09 SCOTT, ' on CROCKETT, ' 09 MINTON, ' 09 POAGUE, T., ' 09 JACOB, ' 09 DOYLE, H., ' 09 WHITE, 0. B., ' 09 BEETT, ' 09 POAGUE, H., ' 10 ANDEESON, J., ' 10 ENGLISH, ' 10 MACLEAN, ' 10 ADAMS, H., ' 10 ADAMS, F., ' 11 ELY, ' 11 I fancy I see a smile oversiDread the face of some gvey-haired alumnus, as his eye falls npon this monument to a forlorn hope ; yet I wonlcl ask that you do not pass us by hastily, as unworthy nf ynur notice. Bear with me but a little while, in order that I may attempt to enumerate to you our trials and tribulations, and j)erhaps mention a few of our virtiies, for otherwise they would pass into oblivion undiscovered. In the end I am sure you will be forced to admit that we have some redeeming characteristic. On August Sth, last, the incoming trains began to deposit in the quiet town of Lexington a niunber of sad, but very determined, yomig men. Sad be- cause they had left home and sweetheart for a life of drudgery, yet determined to regain what they had lost in previous years of neglect. They came from all points of the compass, even from the remotest parts, until their numbers were increased to eighteen. The Summer School was then complete. They slept in barracks, when they slept, and ate at the different boarding houses in Lexington. The latter they did with more regularity than the former. They attended classes from nine until one. They did well, for they were prompt and attentive. The time passed quickly and pleasantly, for there was always something to do ; — riding, driving, swimming and roller-skating being the principal form of recreation. Some of the more wayward students played pool, while several of the most reckless ones made love to the Lexington calic. These were promptly threatened with expulsion by the student body. September came, and with it the examinations. Many of their Lexington friends predicted a complete failure for the entire enrollment, but they were dis- appointed. Eighty-five per cent of the examinations taken were passed, and every member of the Summer School was able to continue with his class. Out of the eighteen cadets who retiirned to Lexington in August, six made places for themselves on the varsity football eleven, and as many others were to be foimd on the various other teams. And now, in saying farewell, I would suggest as a remedy to those cadets suffering from failure and overburdened by deficiencies, return to Lexington next summer, and conscientiously dose yourself with Ragland ' s Remedies for broken-down cadets. It will make a new man of you. Long live the Summer School ! The Lttlc fellow Athletics ATHLETKVS at V. il. I. occniiw a jx ' culiar jiosition. At uo other .scIkhiIs in the eonntry, with the exception of the government schciols at West Point and Annapolis, do the athletic aspirants labor nnder snch diffi- culties and discouraging situations, dvie to the demands of rigid military dis- ciiDline. The system of academic and military duties has been worked up to a fine point. The instructors know just how much time each cadet has if he applies himself diligently. Using this knowledge, they assign duties that are calculated to leave little time for the pursuit of athletics. The maximum time allowed on the athletic field is from 2 to 4 p. m., and the cadet is h cky, indeed, who has his lessons so arranged that he can practice this whole two hours. The more frequent case is that of a cadet granted permis- sion to leave the section room, or his field or laljoratory work, at three o ' clock. He rushes to the dressing room and emerges in a few minutes equipped for prac- tice. This is one time that he appreciates the knack of rapid di ' essing learned at reveille. It is needless to say that the short hour of practice is utilized to the utmost ; at the first call for drill he makes a run for the bath-house, removes his athletic uniform, takes a shower, and is fully dressed and in ranks in the short sj)ace of ten minutes. You observe the knack again. If he is not in ranks at the end of that ten minutes (when the assembly is blown), he is assigned a night i enalty tour, which is quite an encouragement ( T) to the worn and tired athlete. At other schools, when practice is ended, the men undress leisurely, are well rubbed down, and when thoroughly rested return to their quarters. Here a man will be practicing on the athletic field at 4 o ' clock, and in the midst of an hour ' s drill at 4.12. Those who witness our athletic contests do not realize that every V. M. I. athlete has these discouraging conditions to contend with. Athletics at V. M. T. are pure college athletics ; we pride ourselves upon the fact that no one has ever been able to say we have played a Ringer u]ion any team. ISTo form of college athletics is without fault, Imt there is a distinct line between clean, hard-fought games, and games in which rough ]ilay is indulged in when the referee is not looking. Tt is rare, indeed, that one of our men is penalized for rough-play. The iiabits of restraint, self-control, self-confidence and dogged persistence, fostered by the rigorous military system, have shown themselves repeatedly in the arena of college athletics. In every branch our men have won distinction and honor. The names of many, all Southern Stars, have been loudly cheered ujion hard-fought football fields by their loyal fellow-cadets. It is but fitting that such spirit among athletics should be repeated among the other cadets. Our reputation for rooting is wide-spread, and the reputation is that we root, whether winning or losing, and loudest in the latter case. The theory of the cadets is, that if they get dejected over defeat how much more right have the struggling team to do so ? And the best they can do is make a racket, which they i roceed to do. It is indeed discouraging to a man when he makes a faulty play to hear caustic remarks from the side lines ; but to hear the cheery words, That ' s all right, old m an, we are all with you, or nine rahs, with his name on the end, makes him determined to keep everlastingly at it. It is such spirit and such conduct that has won for V. M. I. her place in the world of college athletics. CAI ' T. JI. li. CuKSE Graduate Manager of Athletics CAPT. : L B. CORSE, V. j I. I. ' s graduate manager of athletics, is r.ne of the best type of Institute men. He graduated in 1885, and has always shown the greatest love for his alma mater. Since 1902 he has filled the position of graduate manager with the greatest satisfaction to all connected with the Institute. The position is one without salary or recomiJense, and one that means lots of hard work to the man who undertakes it. Too often he is overlooked amid the excitement of the athletic contests which he has arranged. Captain Corse has not limited his attention solely to the advancement of athletics at Y. jVI. I., but by words and pen he has endeavored to bring the numerous advantages of the school before the pul)lic. A brief biography of his life reads thus : Born Alexandria, Va., May 8, lS6fi. Son of Gen. M. D. Corse, Com- mander Corse ' s Brigade, Pickett ' s Division. Entered V. M. I. Augvist, 1881. Graduated 1885. Taught 1885 to 1888 at Fishburne ' s School. At the University of Virginia 1888 to 1890, inclusive. Practiced as an Analytical Chemist in Roanoke, Va., 1890 to 1893. Sub-professor 189.3 to 1897. Married Miss Elise Senmies, daughter of late Col. T. M. Semmes, Professor Modern Languages V. M. I., in December, 189(3. Living in tf wn of Lexington since June, 1897, when connection with V. M. J. was discontinued. Proprietor of McCrum Drug Company. Director Bank of Rockbridge ; Director Huger- Davidson-Sale Wholesale Grocery Company; Director Rockbridge Lime Stone Company ; Treasurer Rockbridge Alum Springs Company. Any man who has worn the cadet gray cannot fail to admire and respect a man whose attachment to this old school is so strong and sincere. It is one thing for an a lumnus to stand on the parade grotmd at finals and yell, when the battalion passes in review, with martial music, l ut quite another for one to work month after month, quietly, unassumingly, for the general good of the school, and athletics in particular. We cadets who have known Captain Corse personally have an admiration and love for him that will never grow cold. atfiletic IBoarD ATHLETIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FROM FACULTY H. C. FOED President W. T. POAGUE Vice-Presidext M. B. CORSE Secretary axd Treasi ' rer FB.OM CADETS CLASS PRESinEXTS, MANAGERS AND CAPTAINS OF TEAMS SCOTT, ' 09 CROWSON, ' 10 MACLEAN ( Football ) GRAMilER (Baseball) McMILLEN OWSLEY JACOBS GEROW, 11 HASTIE, ' 12 PORTER (Basket-ball) Al.EXANBER (Gyiiiiiasium) Football WHEN football practice began this year, the outlook for a good team was particularly bad. Eight of the ' OS varsity had been lost by graduation, and several of the most promising scrubs had not returned. Our one hope was Coach Roller. In ' 08 Mr. Roller had built up one of the best defensive teams in the South Atlantic States, as well as a snappy and tricky team on the defensive ; so we had every reason to rest our hopes in him, and they proved to be well founded. With practically raw material he developed a team which even eclipsed the one of the preceding year. He was ably helped, however, by Assistant Coach Pat Krebs and by Captain Doyle, ' 08 ; Captain Mecredy, ' 06 ; and Mr. Studye, ' 0(j. Mr. Roller was lucky also in having such a captain to back him as Tom Poague. This is the fourth year that Bully Poague has won his monogram in football. He was elected cap tain, unanimously, on the field at the close of the Davidson game in Lynchburg last year, and his leadership of the team this year has proven the wisdom of that choice. He not only held doAvn the position of end for four years, but played star ball in all of them. OpiDOsing teams soon learned that it was useless to run a play over Poagnie, for, if he didn ' t get his man, he cut down the whole interference time after time. The opening game, with William and Mary, resulted in an easy victory for V. M. I. of 21 to 0. This shows how rapidly the material had been whipped into sha])e; for, in the preceding week, the University of Virginia had only beat William and Mary 11 to 0. Hampden-Sidney ne.xt fell an easy victim by a score of 40 to 0. In the next game, with St. John ' s College of Annapolis, we received quite a sur])rise, the score being 10 to 2 in their favor. Of course most games that a team loses are usually attributed to hard luck by the losing team ; but with McMillen, Scott and MacLean out of the game, we think that the re- sults of that game can well be attributed to a reverse of fortune at least. This game was the first and last time in two years that a team has scored on us on our own field. Staunton Military Academy then went under, the score being oT to 0. Then came the hard-fo ight V. P. I. game. The team landed in Roanoke with the determination to die hard if they did die. V. P. I. had been playing their usual Ringers, but that did nor hinder them from having their usual good team. Nevertheless, we gave them a decided surprise. At the start the game looked bad for us. V. P. I. umde the first touch-down after about five minutes of play. This touch-down was nuide on a fluke, however, the ball being accidently blocked on a punt by one of our own men, and V. P. I. fell on it on our fifteen-yard line. Instead of discourag- ing, this seemed to make V. M. I. take a brace, and for the rest of the gamp V. P. I. was mostly on the defensive. Before the end of the first half Hddg-inn succeeded in making a jjlace kick, making a score of 10 to for V. P. 1., and thei ' e was no further scoring on either side. The only reason that can l)c attributed to V. M. I. failing to score is that her offensive work was not as strong as her defensive work. The latter, however, could hardly be beat. Again and again we held V. P. I. for downs, and four attempts for goals from field were made by V. M. I., but to no purpose; their goals seemed to be hoodooed. Several coaches were present, and most of the pa])ers gave us credit for outplaying V. P. I. throughout the game. Then came what proved to be our last game of the season, with Roanoke College. We were well ahead of Roanoke, when, toward the close of the first half, the saddest accident in the history of the Institute occurred. This was the death of J. Cooke Ferebee, killed accidently while carrying the ball, after a brilliant run, to within ten yards of Roanoke ' s goal. On being tackled the force with which he was running twisted him around and he fell, striking the back of his head and causing concussion of the brain, from which he died a few minutes after. The second half was never ]ilayed and football was aban- doned for the rest of the year. Av cQi 1 1 jS % ' % 1 1 mm 1 ' • ' ' %m - ., . l i ■PTr j 1 i@ 1 ■i ' : TS3 JK ' I : m W ' J i P||B ' M i£;iillKmM . r f ' W r 1 § , .tp Jf jTootfiall Ceam OFFICERS POAGUE, T Captain SAUNDERS Assistant Manager JACOB Manager Jl. C. S. ROLLER, ' 01 Coach LINE UP POAGUE, T Left Eiul POAGUE. H. ) -o- , - 17 1 I. Kight End SCOTT I AJ.EXANDER Left Tackle PATTISON Right Tackle MINTON Left Guard CLEMMER Right Guard McMILLEN Quarterback DASHIELL Quarterback =VANT, R. I Left Halfback FEREBEE j PORTER Right ?lalfback l lAcLEAN Fullback SUBSTITUTES POLK DOWNEY (iATES VENABLE MOSELY ENGLISH Saindkrs, Ass ' t Mia;. LABBY 5 M-l DRUTU 3 And fffe fir f httBr- of h name , Tnc Madame: ' IBA5EBALL Baseball BASEBALL, like the spring itself, each year comes with increased attraction, awaking enthusiasm just a little greater than that of last season. The first warm days bring to light of day dnsty bats, gloves and aiikle bracas jnst as surely as the sap flows ujaward in the trees. Baseball is unique. No- body can remain indifferent to its exciting momenta: ' ' Two strikes and the bases full, followed by a long drive, will cause a grandfather to dance a jig on his cane. Any man or woman (e ' en the dignified clergyman) who is young enough to reach the ball grounds is young enough to root for his favorite team. It is a part of the game, just as essential and invohmtary as sliding to second base. Football will call forth its energetic applause at intervals, but there is an excitement in baseball, with its raj idity and unexpectedness of action, which is irresistible, and which must make itself manifest by continuous noise. Last year we had an interesting and highly successful series of games. As usual, the team began with an important ]iosition unfilled, — the question mark being over the catcher ' s place because of Byrd ' s resignation. Beauchamp loomed up from the Fourth Class, made good, and became one of our strongest men. Devault comj leted his fourth year with flying colors, having the re- markable honor of pitching practically every game during his cadetship. Age only seemed to improve the pitching qualities of the sturdy Charlie Dee, ' ' and there was no little sadness when he made his last delivery on the V. M. I. diamond. The graduation of ' 08 took from us Doyle, Massie, and Donnan; also all of whom were monogram men of two years, leaving vacant second base, first base, and right field. Pollock, ' 0 ' .), made his UKinogram for the fourth year, holding down center in his iuconiparalile way. Although elected cajitain of the team for 1 !)()!• season, he did not rctui ' ii. As for those left, Grammer picked ' cm up at short for the third year, and showed a marked improvement at the bat. Scott always had some sur]u-ises in base running, and was never found wanting in left field. Young made his first monogram at third. The two games of the season to be remciiilx ' rt ' d were the ' . P. L game at Roanoke, and that with the Pniversity nf West Virginia on onr grounds. In the former, with a tie score in the tenth inning, P)canchamp made a long- drive over left field, bringinii ' in the three men mi bases, and liave us a vietorv of 9 to 6. The West Virginians, fresh from a glorious list of thirteen victories, met their first defeat from onr hands with a score of 4 to 2. Out of a season of eleven games, fortune favored us with eight victories. Grannuer was elected captain to succeed Pollock, and the season opens under favorable auspi ces. Krebs, who has successfully coached the team for three years, is still the energetic taskmaster. Walton, ' 12, and Robertson, ' 10, offer likely candidates for pitcher, and ths Fourth Class gives jiromise of excel- lent material to fill the blank positions. Moore, C, and Chapman show up especially well, and from a s(pu;d of sixty or more men, good pickings should be had. The schedule is as follows : ; Iiiroli 27 — Fishburn JI. S. at Lexington April 3 — Hanipden-Sidney at Lexington April 8 — St. John ' s College at Lexington April 10 — Roanoke College at Lexington April 12— V. P. I. at Roanoke April IT — Rieliniond College at Lexington April 24 — Open April 80 — Davidt on at Lexington iL y 8 — Ojien [av 12 — ililliuan College at Lexington IBase all Ceam OFFICERS McMlLLEN Manager HODGE Assistant Manager TEAM BEAUCHA3IP Catcher BENTLEY ) „. , WALTON I ' ' ' Maclean First Base MOOEE Second Base CHAPMAN Third Base GEAMMER Shortstop GATES Left Field SCOTT Center Field JENKINS Right Field STJBS YOUNG BARNES GROVE OWEN JONES ]!RYAX MCJIILLEX. IIG GRAii: IEK. Capt. ' 00 Uou. E. Ass ' T Mgk. Early Baseball Practice TAMPI ' S SCENE! IBasket OBall Ceam OFFICERS PORTER, H. J Captain OWSLEY Manager BROWN, C Assistant Manager KREBS Coach LINE TTP JIcENTEE rt ' Slit Forward PORTER. H. J I- ' ' Forward BURACKER ' S ' Guard VENABLE Left Guard PATTISON I Centers MECREDY I SUBSTITUTES CROCKETT MacRAE KELLY ADAMS, F. W. OWSLEYj MGE. roiiTKi:. Cai ' t.. ' 00 r.iiowN C, Ass ' T Mc:r. [Basket-Ball FOR many years we have felt the need of some sjjort to fill np the vacant time between the football and the baseball seasons. Heretofore this interim of two months and a half, from last of November to the middle of February, has been one of stagnation in athletic lines. But this year a great change, with well-deserved success, has taken place. During the past winter V. M. I. was represented by a basket-ball team for the first time. The basket-ball team was organized the last part of ITo ' ember, through the efforts of Captain Corse. Porter, ' 09, was chosen captain, with Owsley, ' 09, as manager, and Brown, ' 10, as assistant manager. Pat Krebs, our baseball coach for the past three years, was obtained as coach. Our team this year was as snccessfid as we could expect. Some of the men were new at the game, and the others had not played for periods ranging from one to four years. In all the contests our men were in the game from start to finish. A jirettier game was never played than that against Central Y. M. C. A., of Baltimore, on Jan- uary twenty-third. At the end of the first half the score stood 10 to 10, and when time was called at end of second half the score was again a tie, i 3 to 2: ). They agreed to play until one team shoTild score two points, which the Y. M. C. A. Team did on a long throw, after several minutes of extra play. The games with Virginia, George Washington, Staunton Military Academy, and Randolph-Macon were all good games, although it nmst be said that in the Virginia game the team did not show much aggressiveness. Of the individual playing of the men, little need be said, but special men- tion should go to McEntee, whose good throwing, both from field and from fouls, was excellent. Porter, Pattison, Buracker, Venable, and McCredy, also did good work throughout the season. The schedule this year was not so long as it will probably be in the future. The team this year was somewhat in the nature of an experiment, but it has stood the test well. We will lose only two men this year by graduation, and next year ought to see a first-class team. There can be no doubt but that basket-ball has come to stay, and that hereafter it will take its place in V. M. T. athletics along with baseball and football. B arracks and Camp GimASiun. Gym Team ATHLETICS at the Institute, like at other first-class military schools, is gi-eatly handicapi ed for the lack of time ; however, many men turn out for the different branches each year, and by taking advantage of every spare moment, become very efficient. This is especially true of g}anna- sium work, as they have the entire year to work, instead of a few months, like baseball, basket-ball, etc. We are very proud of the showing made last finals, for it was far above the average, and some dift ' erent from the usual exhibition. It consisted of indi- vidual and team work on the dift ' erent apparatus, with a few sparring and wrestling matches to liven things up. Adams, I., captain of the team, was by far the star; however, notwithstanding that, Doyle, Alexander, Richardson, Hobson, Jones, Britton, Buracker, and Adams, O., showed much skill, and deserve much praise. Prospects this year look doubly l)right, as we have Captain Doyle — who was awarded the Williamson-Graham Cup last year, being the best all-round athlete in school — as instructor, and Alexander as caj tain. The old men back are Alexander, Richardson, Jones, Hobson, Britton, McMillen, Buracker, Adams, 0., Johnson, F., and Mahone. These, with a few new aspirants, will no doubt make a name for themselves in the final display. It is hoped that in the near future we will be allowed to have gym contests with other college teams, as we do in other branches of athletics, for it will be more of an inducement, instead of a mere love for the sport, to make the men work for the team, and if trips could be secured, greater interest than ever would no doubt be manifested. With great enthusiasm Ave look forward for the time when Ca]itaiu Hack will hold up the remainder of the team in a pyramid ; Richardson will do the triple back-flip; Jones, the gigantic swing with one hand, and Bu. with his nifty mat work, especially the hand-spring. So with all of this we wish them the best of success. IICC ' LELLAXD, ilUlt. (}. M. Alexander, Capt. r i4iij ji j l jM ; ; i«A j .-. i r —  w Ljp ' ' RC p:=J Vl i mvlitl %| ' i ) %Mf - 9 fc r 0pmnasium Ceam OFFICERS G. M. ALEXANDER Captain R. W. ilcCLELLAN Manager MEMBERS R1CHARD80X, J. T. JONES, L. L. BRIXTON. L. N. DO A ' NEY, B. J. HOBSON, J. W. BURACKER, E. il. ADAMS. H. 0. JOHNSON. F. L. MAHONE, il. T. KINGSOLVING. H. B. JACKSON. W. C. MILLNER. S. il., JR. BOWMAN, R. C. bearers of S onograms ALEXANDER, ' 09 MACLEAN, ' 10 POAGUE, T., ' 09 POAGUE, H., ' 10 PORTER, H. J., 09 SCOTT, ' 09 McMILLEN, ' 09 JUNTON, ' 09 FERREBEE, ' 12 PATTISON, ' 10 DaVANT, E., ' 11 De SHIELDS, ' 11 CLEMMER, ' U JACOB, ' 09 (Manager) BASEBALL SCOTT, ' 09 MASSIE, ' 08 DONNAN, ' 08 DOYLE, J., ' 08 BEAUCHAMP, ' 12 DeVAULT, ' 08 YOUNG, ' 11 GEAMMEE, ' 09 MACLEAN, ' 10 POLLOCK, ' 09 WAED, G. B., ' 08 GYMNASIUM ADAMS, I., ' 08 ong$ (TUKE: Down Wliere the Wurzliei-gcr Flows. ) Take it down by down, now Cadets, till yon in that goal. We are with you men, with all our hearts and soul. We love each who works for the dear Institute, So strive not for fame, but to uphold tlie name. And Glory of old V. M. I. (Tlne: Chorus of Laid Away a Suit of Gray. ) Old V. M. I. is out to die or win where ' er she goes. She ' ll forge her way at every play towards the goal-pose of her foes; She ' ll show her grit and never quit till in the dust she lies, She will show them all how to play football. Now, Hike it, V. M. I. (TuNE: Long-Meter Doxology. ) Red, white and yellow floats on high; The Institute must never die. So, now Cadets, with one voice cry: God Bless our Team and V. M. I. gclls Rah, Rah, Rah! Vir-gin-ia! Military Institute! Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Hoo, Ri! Rah, Hoo, Ri! Ri! Ri! V. M. I.! Oski Wow Wow! Skinny A ' ow ' ow! V. M. I., V. M. L, Wow! Hullabaloo! Rah! Rah! Hullabaloo! Rah! Rail! Who! Rah! Who! Rah! V. M. I. Rah! Rah! Riih! Rah! V. M. 1.! Rah! Rah! V. M. I.! Rah! Rah! V. M. I.! v.! M.! I.! Hoo-oo-oo-oo Rah ! Hoo-oo-oo-oo Rah ! V. M. I.! V. M. I.! V. M. I.! Citiil OBngincering Course INSTRUCTORS COL. JONES CAPT. MARSHALL (APT. ilECEEDY STUDENTS— FIRST CLASS ilcMILLlX. X. RICHARDSON, J. SMITH, W. C. DRAYTON TRISLER JAMES WAGNER MAYO WHITE, 0. MILLEN, R. ADAMS. F. POLK SARNES WHEELER ALEXANDER . GATES BRITTON KEEN CASKIE MAGRUDER STUDENTS— SECOND CLASS AKIN BALDINGER BENTLEY BLO ' CAFFERY COULBOURN CROWSON ELLISON, A. GILLIAM JOHNSON, F. NICHOLS NOWLIN ORR PATTISON RHETT, R. RICHARDS ROBEKTSON SNIDOW TINSLEY WHITE, G. YANCEY MAT TOOLS ThtSC nORTALS DE ! dBIemical dBngineering Course INSTRUCTORS COL. iL4LL0RY MAJ. POAGUE CAPT. MARSHALL STUDENTS— FIRST CLASS BRETT GANT BURACKEE SCOTT CROCKETT MINIS DOWNEY NOELL ELLISON RHETT, W. STUDENTS— SECOND CLASS BALL MURPHY BROWN, C. PAYNE DODSON POAGUE, H. EASTHAM, K. RANKIN HA3 ' INER STAPLES HODGE TAYLOR, A. KANE, H. THOMPSON, J. MACHALL WARD Cfeemisttp Course INSTRUCTORS COL. PENDLETON COL. TUCKER STUDENTS— FIRST CLASS DOYLE GEAMMEE HOBSON HAYES .JENKINS JACOB .JONES LINDSEY POETEB McCLELLAN POAGUE, T. MINTON OWSLEY ' STUDENTS— SECOND CLASS ADAMS, 0. DENHAM MACLEAN JIAHONE WILSON, G. TALIAEEEEO WESTMOEELAND ITIi THE CADET VIRGINIA AnLITAKY INSTITUTE. JUNE 25, 1908 IN spite of the small aiiunmt uf time allowed at the Institute for outside work of any kind, and especially for the quantity aiul ijuality of work required in editing a weekly newspaper, the cadets manage to get out a sheet which compares favorably with anything of the kind in the college world. The issues of ' Tlic Cadet contain all the news of barracks, such as accounts of athletic games, social events, and personal news, and such articles connected with alumni as will interest them. The Cadet was founded in liJ07 for tlie dual purpose of spreading abroad news of the V. M. I., and of keeping the alumni in touch with each other, and thus arousing and sustaining their interest in their alma mater. Both these objects have been accom- plished, and the paper has found favor with all classes. In barracks, ?7ic Catlct aims to discuss all questions of interest, and in every case it has taken the side of the right, a course which appeals to every cadet, past and present. In consequence its influence is already marked, and is on the increase. The value of its credit among the ex-cadets is instanced by the adoption of the plan for alumni support of athletics, which was first mentioned in its columns, and later kept alive by a series of editorials which finally resulted in its success. In other matters, too numerous to mention, it has exercised as conspicuous a sway. The Cadet ' s circulation is large, practically every man in barracks sub.seribing, and it reaches nearly ever} ' alumnus aware of its existence. Miatever funds remain in excess of the expense of publication are turned over to the conunittee on athletics, and in this way it accomplishes nuich for the Institute. That it is beneficial in other ways is admitted by all, and a continuation of its present policy assures a continuation of the benefits it has conferred. THE CADET STAFF G. M. ALEXANDER. ' 09 Editor-in-Chief T. S. PATTISON, ' 10 Assistant Editor-in-Chief T. M. SCOTT Business Manager CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS W. M. RHETT J. M. MAGRUDER R. GANT A. M. OWSLEY B. D. MAYO R. F. WAGNER L. N. BRITTON ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE EDITOKS E. HODGE G. B. COULBOURN J. B. BENTLEY 177 THE Dramatic Club deserves tlie greatest praise and commendation for the high- class entertainment i;iven the cadets, and for their unselfish labor in behalf of the school annual. An entertainment of any kind is a welcome break in the dull routine of military and academic duties, while the proceeds of these enter- tainments have contributed materially to the financial side of the Bomb. The minstrel given on the night of the first Christmas hop was a huge success. The crowd was large, and every person in it was pleased. Messrs. Hull and Rankin were easily the stars, winning applause and encores by their clever singing and dancing, as in their presentation of Capt. John Smith and his lightning-drilled Red Huzzars. The song hits were Down in Jungle Town. and Going Back to the City, by the chorus. The vaudeville stunts and comic scenes were interesting and entertaining. Cadet Scott, as interlocutor, handled his men well. He was a moving spirit in the club from the start, and the success of the entertainments are due in no small part to his un- ceasing labor and attention. The Easter entertainment will also be in the shape of a minstrel and vaudeville, but with an entire change of costume and program. The Dramatic Club consists of the following cadets: CAilP CROWSON DALTON DRAYTON FIGGINS GUTHRIE HULL MARTIN JIcELROY j 1cC:LELLAND McMILLEN MORRISON, C:, OWSLEY RANKIN SCOTT STOCKS STUCKY WHITFIELD Cije CaDet Dialectic JLitetatp ocictp SCOTT President SAUNDERS Vice-President OQR one literary society has suffered more and greater vicissitudes than any similar organization, here or elsewliere, ever successfully survived. The term successfully is wrong; any term implying an object accomplished would be wrong, for the Cadet Dialectic Literary Society, owing to the lack of interest among the cadets, leads an existence precarious to a degree. Indeed, for a number of years it led no existence at all. and the would-be orators in barracks found no audiences for their eloquence. In 1907 several men who were oratorieally inclined reorganized it, and for some months on every Saturday night the society met in the Y. M. C. A. hall to discuss questions of interest, listen to orations in prose and verse, and to partake of the similar treats so liberally offered in everj ' literary society. The fact that such an organization is of general benefit is conceded among the cadets, and its failure is more to be attributed to the lack of time than any other reason. It is to be hoped that next year this valuable adjunct to the course in literary work will be established on a foundation firm enough to assure its benefits to succeeding generations of cadets. A. M. OWSLEY President H. G. POAGUE Vice-President C. R. DAVANT Secretary H. W. SMITH Treasurer THAT branch of tlie Y. M. C. A. which has proved so useful a feature in other colleges is to be found in a flourishing condition at V. M. I. Here, as elsewhere, it extends a helping hand to the young man just embarking on life ' s voyage, and affords one of the most powerful influences for right living to be found in our country. The first branch to be founded in the State was at the University of Virginia, in the early eighties. Not until some years later was the work begun at the Institute, but since its foundation here it has enjoyed almost phenomenal success. Its membei ' - ship and influence among the corps have been greatly increased, and its men carry away with them after graduation the lessons they have learned within its fold. Meetings are held weekly, and often two or more take place in that time. Fre- quent opportunity is thus given its members to hear the Lexington ministers, and arrangements are frequently made with speakers of wider reputation to come here to address the cadets. Usuallj ' , delegates are sent to conventions when these are held in cities near enough to warrant the trip. As none such have been held this year, an interesting feature of the work has perforce been eliminated. Interest in the work of the Associ- ation is widespread in barracks, and speaks well for the religious inclinations of the cadets. Under the efficient officers chosen for next year there is every prospect that this work will be continued. Q anDoIin CIu6 VIOLINS CAMP r.OWMAN BLOW MANDOLINS ROBERTSON DRAYTON DODD McCLELLAN, R. NOVVLIJN BRITTON DAVANT, E. GUITARS MAHONE WHITE, O. FLUTE BOUGHTON CLARIONET CROCKETT Clje press CIul) G. MURKELL ALEXANDER President T. S. PATTISON Secretary THROUGH the efforts of Captain Corse, of Lexington, thei ' e was or- ganized on February 6, 1009, the V. M. L Press Club, the object of which is to keep the Institute continually in the public eye by sending frequent articles to the daily papers in all nearby cities. To Captain Corse, assisted by Captain Edwards, the club is indebted for the system which makes its work possible. The articles are written in barracks by the members, and range in subject from accounts of our baseball and football games, to accounts of our social affairs. A special feature is made of news of the military department, and copy dealing with this has found especial favor with the public. The articles when written, are either mailed or telegraphed, accoi ' ding to their importance. In this part of the routine a certain amount of expense is inevitable; this Is defrayed by the Institute, through the generosity of General Nichols. Practically since the date of its organization the work of the club has been appearing regularly in the press of Lynchburg. Roanoke, Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News, and Baltimore, and articles of general interest are sent farther abroad. It has met with the heartj- cooperation of all, and has come to stay. The members are, honorary: Captain SI, B. Corse, Captain JIurray F. Edwards. Active: ilessrs. Alexander, Owsley, JIagruder, Rhett, Bentley, Pattison, and Mecredy. Pcnaltp Courists MAHONE NOELL ADAMS, O. MACLEAN EASTHAM, R. DAVENPORT ADAilS. F. DILLARD, A. MINTON CROCKETT .AIACKALL ADAMS, W. RANKIN MURPHY MOSELEY HAGENBUCH GANT, E. LTNDSEY HO ARD 185 Cotillion eiut) DRAYTON, C. H President JIAGRUDER, J Vice-President ADAMS JACOB ALEXANDER JAMES BARNES JENKINS BRETT , JONES BRITTON LINDSEY BURACKER McCLELLAN CASKIE MAGRUDER CROCKETT NOELL DOWNEY OWSLEY DOYLE POLK DRAYTON PORTER GANT RHETT GATES RICHARDSON GRAMilER SCOTT HAYES SINCLAIR HOBSON WAGNER Final Week THE time toward which the cadet looks eagerly for ton long weary months, the climax of a _year ' s hard work, is Final Week. It brings gifts for all — for the First Class the end of Institute life and the entrance into a broader existence ; for the Second Class the beginning of a year at the head of the Y. M. I. ; to the Third Class the relinquishing of the questionable privileges it is their right to enjoy ; and to the rats the happy ending of a year the like of which they never have passed and never will pass again. i ature herself makes an extra eifort to make the occasion a glorioiis one ; the month, which always calls to mind smiling skies and gentle breezes, oifers its best for Final Week, as if donning its choicest garb in honor of the graduates. Quiet Lexington assumes an unwonted gayety. Its streets are thronged with visitors, friends and relatives of the cadets, who line the avenues about the parade ground from guard mounting until taps. The pleasant hours of the early evening are filled with merry gossip here and there, for this is the only time of day the men have to themselves. Academic work is a thing of the past, reviews and classes long since over, and all the energies of the cadets are bent toward entertaining their visitors. Military duties occupy every hour of the day, as the work of the entire year is gone over in one week. Company and battalion drills, Butts ' ilannal and bayonet exercise, with the host of exercises and drills with which we become familiar, follow each other in rapid succession, the men being stimulated to their best efforts by the applause from the fair visitors. A very realistic sham battle takes place toward the close of the week ; one company being detailed to defend the plateau on which the parade ground is located, while the others compose the assaulting party. Another feature of the week, one which gives an insight to the under current of sadness beneath the gayety of the season, is the graduation parade, when the first classmen review the cadets of the lower classes at the last parade. In the evening the gymnasium is transformed into a ballroom, and its grim stone walls look down benevolently on the gay throng of dancers whirling on its polished floors. The most notable social events are the Final German and the Final Ball, the former given by the first classmen, the latter to the graduates by the Second Class. The Final Ball is the closing affair, and the gray and gold uniforms and nodding plumes of the marshals in the figiires add a touch charming to all who have ever witnessed the spectacle. The last scene of the week is enacted on the little railroad station in Lexington, and is affecting to those who see beneath the exterior of light heartedness. There the last good-byes are said by the graduates, many of whom will never again clasp the hand of beloved classmates with whom four happy years were spent. But all this sentiment, however deeply felt, is kept under the surface. The Calic wave farewell from the coach windows, the cadets, in all the unaccustomed glory of cits, shake hands again and again. The last of them finally board their train, and another Final Week has passed into history, to be a topic whenever V. M. I. men meet to discuss old times. FINAL CELEBRATIONS .June 18 Opening Hop .June 19 Gymnasium Exhibit June 20 Baccalaureate Sermon June 21 Final German June 22 Society Hop — Alumni ; Smoker June 23 Final Ball Jfinal (German CHAS. H. DRAYTON, JR Leader JOHN MAGRUDER Assistant Leader MARSHALS ADAilS JENKINS ALEXANDER LINDSEY BARNES McCLELLAN BRETT McMILLEN BRITTON MAYO BURACKER NOELL CASKIE OWSLEY CROCKETT POLK DOWNEY PORTER DOYLE RHETT GANT RICHARDSON GRAMMER SCOTT HAYES SINCLAIR HOBSON SMITH JACOB WAGNER JAMES WHITE ' — V LA Csh.,ja£ ' f -J FINAL BALL 1999 9iar0f)als ' JFinal IBall HODGE Leader RAXKIN , . .Assistant Leader BOWE JOHNSON, F. HAMNER WILSON. G. AKIN BALL. E. laiEPHY YANCEY EASTHAM, K. DODSON ENGLISH BROWN, C. PATTISON BENTLEY BALDINGER ADAilS. O. KANE TALIAFERRO MACLEAN MACALL ■ NICHOLS TINSLEY WHITE, G. PAYNE GILLIAJI ilAHONE BLO - ' KINS0LV1N(; CAFFERY CROWSON 104 a Letter K-M. W. C. Mk. E. Z. Maek— My Dear Mr. Mark: It would be impossible for me to say how much we appreciate your many courtesies extended us while in Lexington. All of the girls say V. M. I. is the greatest place they ever saw, and are looking forward to another trip. The man who was Day Officer was exceedingl} ' nice to us. I don ' t remember his name, but some of the cadets called him Mr. 0. D., and others called him Mr. Hack. I suppose the latter is his name. You were so nice to invite Miss Pickle to the next hop, and I hope it is not asking too much of you to invite Miss Onion, also. She is one of the sweetest and dearest girls in school, and a perfect dancer. This is her last year in Virginia, and I feel that she is missing such a treat in staying away from V. JI. I. Hoping I am not inconveniencing you in any way, and again thanking yen for your many kindnesses, I remain, Cordially yours. May Catchem. Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 12. Oh! I forgot: all of us wish to be remembered to Mr. Hack. Ci)e JRepIp V. M. I., Lexington, Va., Feb. 15, 1909. My Deak Miss Catchem : Cadets are always glad to receive letters from R.-M. V. C, so imagine my delight when your epistle was given me just a few minutes ago. So far, all of my efforts have been in vain in trying to get a partner for Miss Onion. 1 now have the entire First Class using all their persuasive efforts to secure her an escort. One of the cadets just told me that Mr. Caret, a Rat, who is in the hospital, wants a calie for the dance, and thinks he will take Miss Onion. The cadet you called Jlr. Hack is a Lynchburg bo} ' , and has asked to have .your com- pany for the second hop. He is very handsome, and the strongest man in school. I have spoken to Mr. Beware about taking Miss Pickle, but he is confined to his room for the rest of the j ' ear. Mr. Gotstung, who is considered the best dancer in school, leaves on an indefinite furlough a few days before the hop. I shall write you more definitely after drill. Please give my regards to all your friends. Very cordially, E. Z. Mark. V. M. I. Biography To ALL Old Cadets — Greeting : CoMEADEs: Under the above title (or its equivalent), the undersigned purposes, with your assistance and that of other kind friends and patriots, to compile and publish an Epitomized History of all who have ever been Cadets at the V. M. I. There have been approximately five thousand and five hundred Matricu- lates, of whom, it is believed, one-fifth at least have lioen summoned to the final Roll-Call, over two hundred haring been killed in battle or died in Military Service. The object in view is two-fold : First, to rescue from oblivion the names and deeds of all the sons of our alma mater, and, secondly, to bring the living sons in closer touch with one another and with the Old Mother. To this end, all living Ex-Cadets are affectionately urged to send their records, without delay, to the undersigned, the same to contain not over fiv? hundred words each, under the general headings given below, and they are earnestly invoked to lend their aid then in securing from the families and descendants of all deceased Old Cadets the data necessai-y to compile thsir records. The undersigned indulges the hope ( it may be only a dream that this proposed historical work will redound to the benefit of our alma mater, and to her sons, in another way. When all the records are in hand they will be edited and published in several volumes, and the xvorh then offered for sale. The income from the sale (if any) will be devoted to forming the nucleus of a fimd to be used in erecting, on the groimd of the V. ] r. I., an ALUiixi Hall (with commodious accommodations for quartering the hundreds of Old Cadets who attend the periodical Reunions ), to be dedicated to the memory of all the Graduates and Eleves of the Virginia Military Institute ivho gave their lives for their country. The following data are specially wanted : 1. Full name (all names ivritten out). 2. Names of parents (and grandparents, on both sides, when practicable), and place of birth of each. 3. Residence of parents at time of matriculation. 4. Place and date of birth of matriculate. 5. Period of cadetship (approximately). 197 6. If a student at any other institution of learning, give degree or other distinction obtained (if any). 7. Occupation, or i rofession, before the war of 1S61. 8. Full maiden name of wife and her father ' s name and his residence, and year of marriage, Avith issue thereof (names). 9. Wae Record: embracing — ' Applicable to Mexican War and Spanish War as well. (a) Command (or successive commands). (b) Rank. (c) If killed or wounded, state in what battle or engagement. (fZ) If a prisoner, state when and where captured, and where and how long in prison. 10. Occupation, or profession, after the war of 1861. 11. Rotable achievements, honors, or distinctions (military, literary, scientific, ecclesiastical, or 2)olitical). 12. Interesting incidents in career not falling under above heads. 13. Present (permanent) post-offic? address, if living; or if deceased, date and place of death. Yours in Auld Lang Syne, Joseph R. Anderson. Lee, Goochland CoTinty, Virginia, January 1, 1909. endorsement Virginia Militabt Institute, Lexington, Va., December 9, 1903. To Whom it may Concern: Joseph R. Anderson, of Virginia, a graduate of the Class of 1870, a most enthusiastic, devoted, efficient and helpful Alumnus, is engaged in the preparation of a History of all the Matriculates of tlie Virginia Military Institute. This is an interesting work, and one of great labor, and it is heartily endorsed and favorabl;;- commended to all to whom Sfr. Anderson may apply fcr information and assistance. Very respectfully. Scott Shipp, Superintendent. Headquarters, Virginia Military iNsriTUTE, December 2, 1908. I not only cordially endorse Captain Anderson, but most heartily commend the work of love in which he is engaged to our Alumni. All Ex-Cadets who have not done so should write to him at once. E. ' . Nichols, Superintendent. X ' KSTKV OK THE EPI.SO.PAI. CHURCH CLUD 13. 9@. 3. alumni associations Petersburg, Va. Carter E. Bishop, President il. C. Jackson, Vice-President W. L. Zimnier, Jr., Secretarj ' -Treasurer Norfolk, Va. Col. George W. Taylor. President Capt. P. E. Yeatnian, Vice-President Capt. J. S. Jenkins, Treasurer Branch Johnson. Secretary Newport-Xews-Hamptok Col. J. H. Ham, President Hon. W. E. Barrett, Vice-President E. I. ilason. Secretary (Hampton, Va.) Lynchburg, Va. E. W. ilassie, President H. L. Slianer, Secretary ElCHMOND, Va. Dr. J. X. Upshur, President Gen. C. J. Anderson, 1st Vice-President Capt. George Ainslie, 2nd Vice-Presidenr Maj. B. B. Morgan. Secretary-Treasurer Baltimore, 1d. Mr. Eandolph Barton. President Dr. W. D. Scott, Vice-President Mr. Montague Blundon, Secretary New York City. Hon. J. S. Wise. President Mr. J. C. ileem. Secretary L ' osTON Tech. W. T. Biedler. President H. C. Schmidt. Vice-President J. T. Jlalone, Jr.. Secretary and Treasurer IRccapitulation Virginia 144 Texas 31 Georgia 17 Maryland 17 Alabama 14 Missouri 14 New York 14 District of Cohurl)ia 11 Kentucky 10 Mississippi 10 North Carolina 10 ' est Virginia 8 Louisiana 7 Ohio 7 Tennessee 7 Arkansas 5 South C ' ariilini 5 l ' ( nnsylyaiiia I-Cansas ilpssacliusetts California Colorado . . . Cuba Florida Illinois Indiana . . . . Jlichigan . . 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I f T X Mary Baldwin Seminary For Young Ladies STAUNTON, VIRGINIA ' erm begins September 9th. 1909 Loca-ed in the Shenandjah Valley of Virginia Unsurpassed climate, beautiful grounds and modern appointments 295 students past session from 32 States. Pupils enter any time. Send for catalogue. MISS E. C. WEIMER, Principal J. C. MEEM M. AM. SOC. C. E. Civil Engineer Brooklyn, New York The MOIer Supply Company Supplies, ' ools and Machinery FOR MINES. MILLS CONTRACTORS RAILROADS Portland Cement Our larpe illustrated catalogue No. 2 sent to responsible parties on request Huntington and Bluefield, W. Va. %5. ;.. , „5 j„;— X— t I X I H X—; X— I X .;„r.• • ►; •X ' •X X- • J X X•♦4•♦ J •5• •• H. M. Thompson Co. LIVERY DIRECTLY IN REAR OF LEXINGTON HOTEL I Phone No. bl Cadets ' Patronage Solicited Friends of V. M. I. will greatly add to their personal appear- ance by patronizing the Lexington Steam Laundry GOOD WORK AND PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED W. R. BEETON, Proprietor PHONE 170 The same yesterday, to-day and to-morrow H. O. DOLD Who needs no advertising The boys come and the boys go, the stores come and S the stores go, but X Dold goes on J n|i.j..j, s j«j..j. ..j-j-j j 5 j .j«f.j«j..}..; j j j..j I STRAIN PATTON €lotbier$ and Gents ' ?urni$bm OPPOSITE LEXINGTON HOTEL LEXINGTON, VA. STAUNTON ROANOKE The CALDWELL-SITES CO. FOUR BIG STORES SoDkapIlrrH, g tattnttprB lEngraurra, Prtntrrs anh ublialjrrs COLLEGE PENNANTS, POSTERS ART GOODS AND CURIOS College jJnnuals a Specially Let Us Estimate on Your Next Mail Orders Solicited BRISTOL SALEM The Chas. H. EHiott Co. The Largest College Engraving House in the World Comm ncemenl Invitations, Class Day Programs and Class Pins Fraternity and Class Stationery Wedding Invitations and Calling Cards WORKS : 17TH STREET AND LEHIGH AVENUE PHILADELPHIA, PENN. Fraternity X .,j,,j.,j«-„r„j ;-, ' ..r_%.; j..;— ; .;—j-j«-;..;«.;«%.;-. ;- ; j .VV A-%- ' ,?,,A4 J..X■•.W •H•♦♦4 -♦ M • H ♦•H X H•-M I M■•♦ W HEADQUARTERS FOR V. M. I. BOYS QUISENBERRY COMPANY CONFECTIONERIES, ICE CREAM, SODA WATER, TOBACCOS, FRUITS, NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS W. T. SH I ELDS attorncp at Hato LEXl N GXO N VI RQ 1 N 1 A Koones Harrison ) C. M. Koones Bri DEALERS IN FURNITURE, BEDDING RUGS, SHADES ETC. Our Undertaking Department is in charge of a regis- tered embalmer NELSON AND JEFFERSON STREETS LEXINGTON, VA. ..j..j.  j s..f.j-j. j-j ;-5 j«.j j..j-5 j..;-j. ; ;-H-H K- •?• J. ED. DEAVER Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Gents ' Furnishings Suits Made to Order Trunks a Specialty Telephone 204 Jefferson St. THE CITY LIVERY John W. Miley, Proprietor Stylish Driving Horses a Specialty Up-to-Date Rigs LEXINGTON E. A. MOORE, Pkesident DANIEL WELSH, V.-Pres. Wm. M. McELWP;E, Cashikr R. C. WALKER, AssT. Cash. ORGANIZED APRIL I, I9O4 The Peoples National Bank Capital Stock, $50,000 We solicit business from the Cadets of the Institute LEXINGTON CHARLES H. HULBURD WILLIAM S. WARREN REUBEN G. CHANDLER OSCAR T, HULBURD CHARLES JAY NORTHUP New York Stock Exchance Chicayo Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Minneapolis Board of Trade St. Louis Merchants Exchance New York Produce Exchange Hulburd, Warren Chandler Stocli Broilers and Commission Merchants TELEPHONES 202 LA SALLE STREET CHICAGO IS the Barber Shop where Cadets find everything just right. Pohteness, Effi- cient workmanship, and elaborate fixtures combine to make the Model Barber Shop the favorite of all who have and appreciate the be . :: :: :: :: :: :: H. A. WILLIAMS Main Street, Lexington, Virginia Next door to Bank of Rockbridge   j A 5 4S(-,S  } «? J J J J J« ' Jm-J J«-J J«-J J -J - V. M. I. Cadets Can get Cards, Programs, Circulars, f Letter Heads and j; Envelopes % r Printed satisfactorily at J- I The County News | Job Office I Opposite Presbyterian Lecture l oom X Lexington, Virginia X 4- l ' Crp TM C ' XCp WITH THE MARCH OF PROGRESS by purchasing the 20lh Century Bulter Product DOES NOT GET RANCID SAVE 50% ON YOUR BUTTER BILLS Made under both Government and State inspedlion. Uhe CAPITAL CITY DAIRY CO., Columbus, Ohio Herbert Mi ley HIGH -CLASS STATIONERY First National Bank Building FIRST FLOOR SAMPLE ROOM FOR TRAVELLING MEN BUS TO AND FROM STATION The Lexington | S. H. BROCKENBROUGH SPECIAL FACILITIES TO CADETS AND THEIR PARENTS Rates: $2.00 and $2.50 per day MAIN STREET, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA iJm Sm.j«j j. ;- j. j«j. «j.+j. j I«-j. I j  - J J j . j«j«j j «J J j«j. The attention of Cadets, Ex-Cadets, and others seeking Life Insurance is respectfully called to the claims of the national Cifc Tnsurance €o. of Ucrmont Commenced business in 1S50 A strong, progressive conservation Company. Satisfied Policy-holders. Get acquainted with its history and you will buy your Insurance in THE NATIONAL Write to Us for Information Fked Pleasakts, General Agent Richmond, Virginia Sajiuel B. Walker, .Jr., District Agent I-.exington, Virginia Vhe ¥ Next Door to Postoffice I T. J. JACKSON SON PROPRIETORS Stop Chewing and Call Phone 45 R. S. BRUCE Meat Market LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA M■ J •5™ • ♦ •I • •H ; M x M •! • • • • • • I • , .«« A. H. F ETTl N G TEMPORARY LOCATION 213 NORTH LIBERTY STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. MANUFACTURER GREEK LETTER FRATERNITY JEWELRY Memorandum package sent to any fraternity member through the Secretary of his chapter. Special Designs and Estimates furnished on Class Pins, Rings, Medals, for Athletic Meets, etc. :: :: :: :: ;: We Have Them! ' TEAMS that you would be proud of. All ihe style that you can stand. All the safety that you want. Speedy, well- matched teams, that you would not be ashamed of if you had some other fellow ' s sweetheart with you and were to meet him. Our buggies are not rat tle-trap kind, but light, strong, new, and kept in perfect order. We call at residences for trunks, at any hour and meet all trains. Hold your checks for our prompt de- livery of baggage. PALACE LIVERY STABLES JOHN ]. SHERIDAN, Proprietor LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia Letters, Engineering, Science, Law For catalogue and further information address President George H. Denny, Lexington, Virginia. £ £ £ £ Jc £ ! l«j,,j | j j,«j«j ;  j«;«j j j, j j«j,.j, j ' •5 «$ «5 «J «J «J 5 J  J «5 J J 5 J $ I J 5 J J No. 3221 THE State National Bank OF FORT WORTH. TEXAS CAPITAL, $200,000 SURPLUS EARNED, $350,000 Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent in Burglar- Fire-Proof Vault Officers and Directors T. A. McDowell Milton Eppstein James Harrison Ed. H Lysaght Guinn Williams M. Sansom W. B. Ward, Jr. J. I. Burgess 1. H. (Buck) Smitl A. J. MuQuatters W. C. STUART UNIVERSITY TEXT BOOKS STATIONERY, SPORTING GOODS, and everythiiig per- taining to our business :: :: :: FRATERNITY PAPER, POST CARDS AND FANCY BOOKS OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA Ridabock Company 110-112 Fourth Ave., New York MANUFACTURERS COLLEGE, U. S. ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD UNIFORMS EQUIPMENTS AUTHORIZED OUTFITTERS or Ihe VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE f. %. I oimg MERCHANT TAILOR Corner Washington and Jefferson Streets LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA HAVE A NICE LINE OF SAMPLES TO SELECT FROM . W. HANCOCK, Pres. . A. HANCOCK. Vice- , N. HANCOCK, Sec ' y and Consulting Engii C. W. Hancock Sons General Contractors Offices; LYNCHBURG, VA. AND ROANOKE, VA. l|. vafl?  5MS «JwJ«-J J j J«J J J jM-J J  «J J J J j J ' A. .% % % % % t, . W. H.Urquhart Spencer L. Carter President Vice-President J. C. Carroll Sec ' y and Treas. Works: Seawall, Md. Offices: Natl. Marine Bank Building Baltimore, Md. Rasin Monumental Company BALTIMORE, MARYLAND ■ YITH our large steel mill buildings and our strictly modern Sulphuric Acid chambers, we find that we can out-distance the old methods of manu- facturing and handling fertilizers Owning our own equipment, such as locomotive, tug-boat, lighters, etc., en- ables us to give prompt dispatch to all of our orders . Correspondence solicited. Rasin Monumental Company BALTIMORE, MARYLAND „r„;„ „ J..{ 2 M ! M •M • •M•4 • •J• }• s Lyons Tailoring Company Lexington, Virginia ColUgf ulatlnra We can fit you in Dress as well as in Business Suits Main and Nelson Streets [lveI [ Summer Cavalry 1 School Bni What could be finer f I for a A MI man ' s summer lea e than a course in horse- manship ' For eight JL Mn mm tg-y ' , jfi weeks duriug July and August he may ■ ' , add the training of the cavalryman to his raili the same tune he will ha ami delightful outing on even form ol athletic an,r attractive j social diver- . K tarv education and at e a most interesting a beautiful lake with and aquatic sports sions. Last year ' s V. M. I. took this course, and was much pleased with it. Catalogue will be sent on re- quest. Address, I EJ B THE T jdFM COHHANDANT. Pirtf Q CULVER SUMMER PPlByyL«MBijBHH CAVALRY SCHOOL Culver, Indiana ■ ' Nnrmal i rtynnl Twenty-sixth session begins Sep- tember 8th. For catalogue and information concerning State Scholarships write to J. L. JARMAN. President Farmville, Va. I L. G. Jahnke Company X Main Street, Lexington, Virginia Watchmakers. Jewelers AND Opticians WatrlirH, Stamnnbs, 3rujplrg (dut-OJlaBa, SiilwFruiarp.gillurr- platpJi Warp, ©ptiral ( aabs :: Special Attention Given to Repairing Fine Watches Spe 5lacles and Eye Glasses Accurately Fitted to the Eyes Headquarters for College and Fraternity Jewelry A. D. Sessions Co. Fresh Fish Soft Crabs N Terrapins ? Office and Warehouse: 28 Market Place i t i Wholesale Fish Market, Stall M I BALTIMORE, MD. T. HERBERT SHRIVER, Presideol B. F. SHRIVER, Vice-Presidenl WILLIAM SHRIVER, Sec. 4 Treas. B. F. SHRIVER CO. ProJucers and Packers of A No. I, NeAarine, Blue Ridge, Frank Herbert Brands, Corn, Peas, String Beans, Lima Beans and Succotash FAnORlES LOCATED AT WESTMINSTER, MD. UNION MILLS. MD. t NEW WINDSOR, MD. LITTLESTOWN, PA. f I t Offices : WeslminsUr, Md. t THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Has since 1894 given Thorough instruction under positively Christian influences at the least possible cost. RESULT : Iti is to-day, with its faculty of 32, its boarding patron- age of 300, and its plant worth $140,000, The Leading Training School for Girls in Virginia $150 pays all charges for the year, including table board, room, lights, steam heat, laundry, medical attention, physical culture, and tuition in all subjects except music and elocution. Early application should be made for catalogue and application blanks to JAMES CANNON, Jr., M. A., Principal, Blackstone, Va. A TEXAS Friend of the BOMB, appreciating its objedt and efficiency, is pleased to extend congratulations and encourage its staff. We refer to N. E. Grammer of Fort Worth, Texas. N. E. Grammer, Druggist 100 and 200 Main Street Fort Worth, Texas OPEN ALL NIGHT « .  J« Jm|mJ .J J«.J«.J«.J«.J ' «.JmJm-J .J  JmJ   J«J  J J«- 4 5 ; -j- - ; j I j-{ j j- -;-j- — ;-.X ' j -! X- 3 X X M H- -W— W- -M MILEY SON Olarbon t«l to J®®©©®®eX3©©©®©®6X3 Lexington, Va. i Irwin Company Main Street, Opposite Presbyterian Church For Decorating Your l ooms : Rugs, Druggets, Curtains, Sofa Pillows, Table Covers, etc. For Jldornmg the Outer an : Col- lars, Cuffs, Handkerchiefs, Suspend- ers, Socks, Ties, etc. For T efreshing the Inner an: Everything good to eat. 5..J-J-5..J-5 -J I-i 5-J . .J t_I. yx- • •H ♦ • • • ♦• • • - (J.,{„J.,{.,{.,J.,}..J.,J. „J„J .; .. X• X■ • • t W W. M. KRAMER artistic Becorator Lexington, Virginia All the latest and most ■ unique st )les of deco- rating for Fancy ' Dress alls, etc Vhe all Rooms of the Oirgima Military Institute and Washington and Lee Uni- versity show his artistic ability, yln ample stock of decorations always on hand. Cut flowers at all times. Quick toork- ' Per- fe£i satisfa ion. Give him a trial. £ £ £ £ The Maryland Agricultural College Seven courses of instruction : Agricultural Horticultural Military- Training Engineering — Mechanical Civil Electrical Scientific Chemical For particulars address R. W. SYLVESTER President COLLEGE PARK, MD. i5.§,.{, «|«J J | J-J X H • MK •W• •♦ H H • •H•• ♦♦ H •.5 «.|«5 •J«J J 5  H ♦♦ i H ♦ ♦H ♦ • ♦ • ' ♦ •H H H•♦♦ ' ♦♦ ♦ Southern Express Company =: Money Orders = T4HIS COMPANY sells money orders at all its offices, payable at all the express offices in the country, and in Havana, Cuba. Rates on gSgS j these money orders are as low as the lowest They can be obtained s=S_!l in the most convenient manner, and if lost will be refunded. No application is required. Affords the most convenient way of remit ting money to cadets, or for incidental expenses. Operating on 30,000 miles of first-class routes in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missis- sippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, and to Havana, Cuba. Southern Express Company R. J. F. ROEHM SCO. Fraternity Spm brs •1- 2 1 Grand River Ave., Ea DETROIT, MICH. PINEHURST, N. C. ' Ube Famous Winter Resort Four Hotels and Fifty Cottages and Apartments No Consumptives Allowed PINEHURST GENERAL OFFICE Pinehurst, North Carolina :] ,.M•,5-H K • • ♦ ♦ • ' •♦ • ♦• •K ' • • - • - ' • • • • • - . V . . . . i - . . .-.-. .•n .-vvv . . i .• -.-. .• - • v• -. . ■.-i•n •.•n .-v The Shop of Quality GENTS ' FURNISHINGS HATS and SHOES I I OUR LINES are ESPECIALLY SUITED I TO THE WANTS OF V. M. I. MEN X GRAHAM CAMPBELL | 4 Main Street LEXINGTON, VA. | i. -| % t CHARLES PRACHT CO. | I — Manufa(5luring Confediioners- Wholesale Dealers in Foreign Fruits Nuts, Confed:ioners ' and Bakers ' Supplies Etc. X 406-408 We Franklin Street DAT rTN FODCr ' X P.O. Box 797 Ur Lj 1 llVlVv ' lVl-, .|. ' B.H.Gorrell Bruggtst Prescriptions Carefully Compounded at All Hours by Registered Pharmacists TELEPHONE 41 17 W. Nelson St. Lexington, Va. SELECT STOCK OF DRUGS. MEDICINES. | CHEMICALS, ETC. J STATIONERY, i PENS, INKS. I FANCY GOODS | FINE SODA WATER COCA-COLA H. L DENOON, Pres. W. L. WALTERS, V.-Pres. and Cashier S. E. WALTERS, Asst. Cashier t i Commonwealth Bank 1 2 North Ninth St., RICHMOND, VA. Capital, $200,000 SAFE AND SOLID 4 YJ INTEREST on Savings Accounts .(. j. DIFilSOTrOFSS : J- i J. F. Walsh, P. C. Christian, H. L. Denoon, Geo. C. Walters, W. L. X Y Wade, Chas. B. Cooke, Hugh Denoon, Isaac B. T •}• Davenport, W. L. Walters. • h5..jnjo | .5«j j .j..;..j..; ; ;— ;«;_j..; .j ;,.j 5 y.j..; j..;..X ; H ; X H Graham ' s Shoe Store : r SHOES, HATS AND r) • SPORTING GOODS • • WE FIT HEADS AND FEET Main Street Lexington, Virginia OPPOSITE LEXINGTON HOTEL •_ - ' «. i j ( Y. M. I. SUTLER ' S store: H. KRAUSE, FisoPKiETOR Nothing but high-class goods in stock, al- ways fresh. Candies, Canned Goods, Cakes and Pies of all varieties. SPECIALS— Hot Sausage and Hambergers Ice Cream IN SEASON New V. M. I Postals and Pictures always in stock. For the accommodation of Cadets, wf, sell stamps and have a special delivery of mail to the Postoffice twice a day, excepting Sunday, immediately after Guard Mounting and Tattoo. Courteous and quick service.