Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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:;S MQ= S ®MB Major-General Edward West Nichols Superinlendenl Born Petersburg, Va., June 27, 1858. Student Hume and Cook ' s School from ' 66- ' 69, and at McCabe ' s School ' 69- ' 74. Graduated from ' V.M.I, in 1878, the fourth dis- tinguished graduate in his class and a cadet lieutenant. Studied law at Washington and Lee University and at the University of Virginia, ' 78- ' 81. Was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at ' V.M.I. ' 78- ' 81. Practiced law in Norfolk ' 81- ' 82. Professor of Engi- neering at ' V. M. I. ■82- ' 90, and of Mathematics ' 90- ' 07. He is the author of Nichols ' Anal )iical Ceomeiry and Nichols ' Differential and Integral Calculus. Since 1903 he has been associated with The American Reporter International Railway Congress in scientific investigation. He is a member of the Virginia Geological Society and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. He is also a member of the Committee of College Presidents. President of the National Association of Military Colleges, and a member of the State Geological Commission. During the war he was Chairman of the X ' irginia Council of Defense, and during the period of the S. A. T. C. he was commissioned a Major in the United States Engineer Corps. At the close of the war the Government presented him with a certificate in recognition of his capable services. Since 1907 he has been Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. Ts! Ts! Ah! Thi: ction is final, Ts! Ts! It ' s the principle of the thing 22 .Ts!—Ah!

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m ' Qlhe i1 HIS EXCELLENCY E. LEE TRINKLE Governor of Virginia CommanJcr-in-Chief Board oi Visitors (Terms expire July 1, 1922) Mr. J. O. Winston .... Richmond, Va. Mr. Francis Bell Dublin, Va. Mr. G. Tayloe Gwathmey . . Norfolk, Va. Capt. M. C. Jackson . . . Petersburg, Va. Col. Grenville Gaines . . Warrenton, Va. (Terms e.xpire July 1, 1924) Mr. Robert W. Massie . . Lynchburg, Va. Capt. L. W. H. Peyton . . Staunton, ' a, Mr. Thomas R. Keith . . . Fairfax. Va Mr. Benjamin Huger . . . Lexingicn, ' a. Members of the Board Ex-Officio General W. W. Sale, Richmond, Va. Adjulant-Ceneral of Virginia Hon. Harris L. Hart, Richmond, Va. SuperinlenJent of Public Instruction

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mug Col. Hunter Pendleton M.A., Ph.D. Professor of Chemislr Born at Fredrick Hall, Louisa County, Virginia, January 22, 1858. A student at Aspen Hill Academy ' 73- ' 75. Entered University of Virginia, receiving de- gree of M.A. in ' 81. Postgraduate student in Chem- istry at the University of Virginia ' 82- ' 83, and in Chemistry and Mineralogy at the University of Got- tingen, Germany, ' 83- ' 86, receiving degree of Ph.D. from the latter. Instructor at Tufts University, Boston, 87- 89, resigning to become Professor of Natural Sci- ence at Bethlehem College, W. Va., ' 89- ' 90. Since 1890 he has been Professor of Chemistry at the V. M. I. Col. Nathaniel Beverley Tucker B.S., C.E. Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, and Associate Professor of Chemistry Student at Shenandoah Valley Academy. Cadet at the V. M. I., graduating in 1888, first in class and Cadet Quartermaster. Assistant Professor at the V. M. I. ' 88- ' 89. Av ' arded his B.S. degree in Chemistrv, V. M. I., ' 89. Assistant Professor of Chemistr ' y V. M. I., ■89- ' 9I. Adjunct Professor of Mineralogy and Geology, V. M. I., -gi- ' ge. since 1896, Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at the V. M. I. Centlemen, in this case the hool is all wrong. Died December 11, 1921. Se Mou tell me this — . '