Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Published by the CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TIVENTY-SEyEN H. St. G. T. Carmichael, Jr. Editor-in-Chiff

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- A € fiOREWORD OUR desire in producing this volume has been, in the main, two-fold. Primarily, to present an accurate record of activities at the Institute dur- ing the year; and secondarily, to portray in some meas- ure those traditions which are so undeniably a part of the very life of V. M. I. In basing the art work on the period of the Confed- eracy we feel that we are touching the source of our proudest traditions — the passing years bring new glory, but never will the names Stonewall Jackson or New Market be dimmed or forgotten. Then at the brief command of Lee, Moved out that matchless infantry, H ' ith Pickett leading grandly down, To storm dread heights of Destiny — — and thirteen of the fifteen regiments that participated in this hopelessly courageous and desperate charge were led by V. M. I. men. With the passing of the years traditions such as these have ever been kept in the heart of the Corps; the spirit has remained fundamentally unchanged, but, at the same time, has materially broadened and deep- ened in the never-ending fight for a Greater V. M. I. The Staff realizes that its efforts must, of necessity, fall short of its ideals, but it is our sincere hope that our readers, pardoning our offenses and weighing our merits, may say at the end that lye have kept the faith.