Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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3N- Coi.. Thomas A. K. Mosi.i.i.v A.li., I ' ll. I). I ' nijissor of I-iiin i arul S ' iiiiis i Born, Aiifjust 27, 1886. Received A.li. leKrc-e from JdIiiis Hopkins University, ' 07, anil I ' ll, I), degree from same university, ' 15. Instructor in Modern Languages, Princeton University, ' ii- ' if). Professor of Romance Languages, Washington and Jefferson College, ' i6- ' i9. Since September, 1919, Professor of Romance Languages, V. M. I. Col,. RoRHRT B. P(). Gt E B.S. I ' rofissor of DiS(r ' tplivc Giomtlry and Drawing Horn in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Decem- ber 6, 1881. Graduated from V. M. . with fourth stand, 1900. Employed by the American Telephone Telegraph Company, and then by the Pennsylvania Railroad, ' 01-02. Commandant of Cadets, Chamberlain-Hunt Academy. ' 02-03. Assistant Professor of Physics, V. N!. L. ' o+. Adjunct Professor in the Department of Draw- ing, ' o8- ' i3. With t ulf i- Ship Island Railway, ' o3- ' o4.. In charge of V. M. I. Summer School. ' oS- ' i2. Associate Professor of Engineering. ' 13- ' 20. Since 1920, Colonel and Professor of De- scriptive Geometry, and Drawing, V. M. I. if ' tj '

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The Bomb 1927 Col. Charles Wyatt Watts C.E. Professor of Mathematics Student, Norfolk Academy, ' 86- ' 88. Graduated fr om ' . M. I. with rank of Cadet Lieutenant, ' 93. Instructor, Danville Military Academy, ' 93- ' 96. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, V. M. I., ' 96- ' 99, and promoted to Adjunct Professor of Mathematics in ' 99. Lieutenant-Colonel and As- sociate Professor of Mathematics, ' oS- ' og. Since 1909, Colonel and Professor of Mathematics, V. M. L Col. WiLLiAi r IVI. Hunley A.B. Professor of Economics and Political Science Received A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, ' 04. Post-Graduate student, Johns Hop- kins University, ' o6- ' o8. Assistant Editor and Reporter for the Philadclpliia Public Ledger, the H ' aslnngton Post, and the Baltimore Sun, ' o8- ' io. Assistant Professor of Political Science, I ' niver- sity of Virginia, ' io- ' i4. Advisory Editor of the Virginia Journal of Education, Secretary of the University Commission on Southern Race Ques- tions, and the first Executive Secretary of the Vir- ginia Council of Defense, ' i7- ' i9. Since 1914, Professor of Economics and Political Science, V. M. L

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Col. Harding Polk Major, Cavalry, U. S. A. Commandant of Cadets Entered ' . M. I., ' 03, and resigned two ears later to accept an appointment to the V. S. M. A. from which he graduated, ' 10. Served in the Philippine Campaigns of ' 12 and ' 13. Went into Mexico in ' 16 with the Punitive Expedition, and saw service on the border until the United States entered the ' orld War, at which time he was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison as an in- structor in the citizens ' training camps. His sub- sequent World War service included detail as Assistant Chief of Staff of the Fifth, Seventeenth, and Nin ety-Second Divisions, and he served with the Fifth, and Ninety-Second Divisions in France. Stationed at Fort Leavenworth from termination of the war until ordered to V. M. I.. 1933. Since then he has served as Professor of Military Science and Tactics, and as Command- ant of Cadets, V. M. I. Colonel Georgi: A. DERB ■SHIRE Lieut., r. S. A.. Retired Exnullvc Offic-r Graduated from V. NL . in 1SS9 with rank of Cadet First Captain. Tactical oHicer, ' . M. L, ' 99- ' oi. Served as lieutenant with Porto Rico regiment, ' 98, being transferred later to regu- lar army with which he served in Porto Rico and the Philippines. Retired in ' 04. With engi- neering department of New York Central Rail- road, ' o5- ' i5. Post .Adjutant and instructor in mathematics, ' . M. I., ' 15- ' ! 7. Recalled to active service in 1917 and assigned to duty as Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant of Cadets, V. M. L, for period of the war. He has been Executive Officer since 1919.