Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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HIS EXCELLENCY E. LEE TRINKLE (Governor of Virginia) Commandcr-in-Cliicf Board oi Visitors Mr. J. O. Winston Richmond, Va. Mr. Robert W. Massie Lynchburg, Va. Captain L. W. H. Peyton Staunton, Va. Mr. Thomas R. Keith Fairfax, Va. Mr. Benjamin Hucer Lexington, Va. Mr. Harry H. Holt Hampton, Va. Captain Montgomery B. Corse Lexington, Va. Colonel Joseph Button Richmond, Va. ' Mr. Roy Sexton Wytheville, Va. RIciiibcrs of the Board Ex Officio General W. W. Sale, Richmond, Va. Hon. Harris L. Hart, Richmond, Va. Adjutant-General of Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction

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V. 24 Colonel Joseph Reid Anderson Ilistoririz rapliir In gratitude for his untiring efforts in behalf of his Alma Mater, we dedicate this page to Colonel Joseph Reid Anderson, of the Class of 1870. Born in Richmond, ' a., February, 1851. His father was General Joseph R. Anderson, C S. A., an honour graduate of West Point, Class of 1836, and his mother, the second daughter of Surgeon Robert Archer, V. S. Army. He graduated from V. M. I. in 1870. Traveled the next year. Attended University of Virginia, ' 7i- ' 2. Assistant Professor of Latin and Tactical Officer, V. M. I., ' 72- ' 3. Married, in 1873, Anne Watson Barbour Morris, daughter of Richard O. Mor- ris. Until 1883 was member of Tredegar (Iron) Company, Richmond. Since then has resided on his estate, Thorncliff, in Goochland County, ' a. President of V. M. I. Alumni Association, 1896-1919. Resigned in order to give entire time to the compilation of The V. M. I. Biography. Elected Honorary President of V. M. I. Alumni Association for life. Appointed, June, 1911, official Historiographer of V. M. I., with rank of Captain. By successive promotions, reached grade of Colonel of Engineers. In 1919, specially appointed by the Governor to the rank of full Pro- fessor of the Institute. In 1920, he published V. M. I. in the World War, containing service records of graduates. . ' t present engaged in the difficult and arduous task of gathering data for The V. M. I. Biography, a stupendous undertaking.

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I, Major-General Edward West Nichols Si pcrin i n Icnt Born at Petersburg, Va., June 27, 1858. Received his preparatory education at Hume and Cooke ' s School, ' 66- ' 69, and at McCabe ' s School, ' 6g- ' jo. Graduated from V. M. I. in the Class of ' 78 as the fourth distinguished graduate of his class and as a cadet lieutenant. From ' 78- ' 8i, he was an assistant professor of mathematics at the Institute, during which time he pursued a parallel course in law at Washington and Lee rnivcrsity, completing his studies by summer courses at the University of ' irginia. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law at Norfolk, Va., ' 8i- ' 82, but abandoned a legal career to take up the chair of Professor of Engineering at V. M. I., ' 82- ' qo, and of Mathematics, ' go- ' o?. He is the author of Nichols ' Analytical Geom- etry, and Nichols ' Differential and Integral Calculus. Since 1903, he has, at one time or another, been connected with both the New York Central and Hudson River Railroads in the solution of intricate railroad engineering problems, and has been associated with the International Railway Congress in scientific investigation. He is a member of the ' irginia Geological Society, and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. He has been president of the National Association of Military Colleges, and he is a member of the Committee of College Presidents, and of the State Geological Commission. During the World War he was chairman of the Virginia Council of Defense, and at the expiration of the war he was awarded a certificate by the Government in recognition of his valuable services during the period of the S. A. T. C. Since 1907, he has been Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, this year marking the fiftieth year of his actual connection with the Institute. During this time he has ever stood for the hopes and dreams of Greater ' . M. I., and to him is largely due the vast amount of material progress that the Institute has enjoyed in recent years and, in fact, continues to enjoy.