Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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v Faculty Col. Charles Wyatt Watts C.E. Professor of Mathematics Student Norfolk Academy, ' 86- ' 88. Graduated from V. M. I. fifth in his class, and Cadet Lieu- tenant, in ' 93. Instructor at the Danville Military Academy, ' g - ' g6. Assistant Professor of Mathe- matics at V. M. I., ' 96- ' 99, and promoted to Adjunct Professor of Mathematics in ' 99. Lieutenant-Coionel and Associate Professor of Mathematics, ' o8- ' o9. Since 1909 Colonel and Professor of Mathematics at V. M. I. 4 Col. William M. Hunley A.B. Professor of Economics and Political Science Received A.B. from Johns Hopkins University, ' 04. Postgraduate vork, Johns Hopkins, ' o6- ' o8. Assistant Editor and Reporter for the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Washington Post and Baltimore Sun, ' o8- ' io. Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Virginia, ' io- ' i4. Since 1914 Pro- fessor of Economics and Political Science at the V. M. I. Advisory Editor of the Virginia Journal of Education, Secretary of the University Commis- sion on Southern Race Questions, and the first execu- tive Secretary of the Virginia Council of Defense, ' i7- ' i9.

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Col. Hexry Clinton Ford .S., Ph.D. Professor of History Born December 12, 1867. Student V. P. I., Blacks- burg, Va., ' 84- ' 85. Entered V. M. I., graduating % ith degree of B.S- and the rank of Cadet Adjutant. Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Tac- tics, V. M. I., ' 89- ' 9o. Commandant of Cadets, Wentworth Military Academy, ' 9o- ' 93. Student at the I ' niversity of Virginia, ' 93- ' 95, which conferred on him the degree of Ph.D. in ' 99. Colonel and Chief of Engineers on the Staff of the Governor of Virginia, ' 9S- ' o2. Adjunct Professor of Latin and English at V. M. L, ' 99- ' o2. Commandant of Ca- dets, ' o2- ' o4. Head of the Department of Latin, English, and History until 1910, when with the ex- pansion of the Institute English was made a sepa- rate department, and 191 9, when the Department of Latin was formed. Since 1919 Head of the Depart- ment of History. Member of the State Board of Education, ' ii- ' 23. m Col. John ] Iercer Patton A.M. Professor of German First distinguished graduate V. M. I., 1880. As- sistant Professor of Mathematics, V. M. L, ' 8o- ' 82. Student at the I ' niversity of Brussels and at Paris, Madrid, and Seville, ' 82- ' 86. Associate Professor of Modern Languages at the LTniversity of Indiana, ' 86. Taught at various other schools, ' 87- ' o4. As- sistant Professor of Modern Languages at V. M. I. part of ' 04. Professor of Modern Languages, ' 04- ' 15. Since 1919, when it was made a separate depart- ment. Professor of German.

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Faculty Col. Thomas A. E. Moseley A.B., Ph.D. Professor of French and Spanish Born August 27, 1886. Received A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins University, ' 07, and Ph.D. degree from the same university in ' 15. Instructor in Mod- ern Languages at Princeton, ' ii- ' i6. Professor of Romance Languages at Washington and Jefferson College, ' i6- ' i9. Since September, 1919, Professor of Romance Languages at V. M. I. Col. Robert B. Poague B.s. Professor of Descriptii ' e Geometry and Drauinff Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, December 5, i88i. Graduated from V- M. L in 1900, fourth in class. With the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company and the Pennsylvania Railway. Commandant of Cadets at the Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, ' o2- ' o3. Assistant Professor of Physics at V. M. L, ' o+; transferred to the Department of Drawing as an Adjunct Professor, ' o8- ' i3. With Gulf and Ship Island Railway, ' o3- ' o4. In charge of Summer Coaching School, ' o8- ' i2. Associate Pro- fessor of Engineering, ' i3- ' 20. Since 1920, Colonel and Professor of Drawing and Descriptive Geom- etrv. 1$ m m