Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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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.

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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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- t ()l.. R.WAIDNI) E. DlXDN M.A. I ' rojissor of linijlhli in,l l.iliinliirf Attended Ripmi College, ' ui- ' o-j, ,iui Inive sity of Wisconsin, ' oy- ' o ). Attended suininer m sions, University of Wisconsin, ' oy, ' 12, ' 20, ' ; University of Illinois, ' 14- ' ! 6. AM. decree fn Wisconsin, ' 09, and M.A. decree, ' 13. I ' n ' ij- ' ifi. Instructor of Rhetoric, University of II nois. Assistant Cashier of State Hank, Haiti Wisconsin, ' i6- ' i9. From Feliniary to June, ' 1 acting Head of English Department, ' . M. Associate Professor of luiRlish and Ilistor , M. 1., ' 2o- ' 2i. Since Septenilier, i ;2i, l ' rol s of English and Literature, V. M. I. Col. Edward STi:iDr. LW M.A., Ph.D. I ' rnfissor nf Miitiraloi y and Cototjy AM., M.A., Ph.D. from I ' niversity of Wiscon- sin. Assistant Professor of Geology, University of Wisconsin, ' i2- ' 22. Assistant Geologist. Wis- consin Geological Survey, 07 and 12. Geolo- gist, U. S. Geological Survey, iS- ' ig. Geologist for various interests in Minnesota, Michigan, Georgia, Idaho, and Alaska. Author of reports and papers on geological subjects. Member of the Geological Society of America; member of the American Society and of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences and Arts. .Appointed Pro- fessor of Mineralogy and Geology. V. M. I., 1923. '