Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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The Department of Civil En Qfineeri nq Is-? .-■ V ; ----■-, -. - ' ■: . - I MilitawJile has often beerhigbnn ted to ensin ' eering education, but ; ,,,aownere do the two supplenifent eAch.ather ' as- Aey do,at V -M. I.-. This ;i ::, jJeparansftfis the-oldest at the Instit ute apd both its number ' ccessful . graduates and its number ' in the pre S graduating class arp l r than y other. No man in ' 4S -gladuated without Im thrqyfih a transit and . f ' e irianyaDMP. ' i looked ' -- w f prthat ' eneraL Anderson returned to VvM. I. S edjn the WPA program for the S tate ■ef— Virginia. It g - ff third class year th he was made a general and Academic t e whftjran perhaps, best appreciate.the great contribution e arid t est- of Idje civi4 faculty make -to the JnsfitSte. v t ne civil »ctiGtt or ' 40Bwe a-gr«af jiebt of ' gratitude to tliese men and to th ycparSnent A little slavery while in these walls means the freedom off ccess outsid as past generations of civil engineers and ' tneir arcom- jshrnents show ' uS. ..:,,.. , . Sl nding: Majo Taylor. Col

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•♦ (OLONEL mm A. mmwm colonel withers a. bu ess First captain of tlie corps of cadets during tlie ses- sion 1898-1899 was George A. Derbyshire. From 1899 until 1901, he was a tactical officer at the Institute. For the next several years, he served in Porto Rico and the Philippines as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He retired from active duty in 1904 to accept a position with the New York Central Railroad. Lieutenant Derbyshire re- turned to the Institute in 1915 and was post adju- tant and instructor in mathematics for two years. At the outbreak of the war, he was recalled to ac- tive service and assigned to duty as commandant of the corps of cadets at V. M. I. Colonel Derby- shire was commandant during the trying years while the United States was in the war. Since 1919, he has been Military Executive at the Insti- tute. Efficient, loyal, and sincere. Colonel D erby- shire is one of those men who make V. M. I. tradition. As commandant of the corps of cadets for the past five years. Colonel Withers A. Burress has de- voted all his energy to the betterment of the mili- tary standing of the Institute. Colonel Burress has stressed the fundamentals of military training, and the effects of his efforts are plainly discernible in a corps which holds itself more erect, salutes properly, and goes about its military duties with a true sense of responsibility. The high esteem with which the services of Colonel Burress are held at V. M. I. was clearly shown by the request of the superintendent that he be allowed to remain here during our centennial year. The task of the com- mandant is not an easy one, but Colonel Burress justly may leave V. M. I. with the feeling that the Institute has profited greatly by his stay.

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The Despafc ment of Matfj§«frati Perhaps the most-feqiiSxit Cfpesftdi}. asked ab ' Sffi M. I. curricu- lum is, You ha. i, tp take a lot math, „ n ' t. yo[U? j nd the answer is always emphatically Yes! Nothing is io tttimn -o tl fourth class- man as ta be introduced to a trig text with an.iihvijat .to know the con- tents bac warSs we-Tl a f6rw §4 e ini of t lft : teph. Put sikreris- j» .. ingly most of us did. Math assumes the disguise of ' a crip course less than i. ' j ' ' ■ any other-wt ut hard work f ;i iiq r as quickly as any Other. , ' ' - ' i! s ;• The foumf ' SaHnVan ' s -tertor iS ' never co pUteiy, losriuodl diff ejitjm s ' .■.i ' equations are past histor ' i h jiersonality or tae faci4ty ta4lces ' ' nietnQij .. ' ' l ; ' ries of calculus memo es of j ewr firtfihtrodilction to tHl real hujrior of «C ' ,- ( ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' the Institute. It k4 safe Sffedictioil that there will n ' eve| ' ' i rbyalrbad fe jL ' ' ' ' ' ' ■ ' ' ■ I , ■•I, , ■ , ' ' ■■■ .y ri, A J-W ' jf A ■ . ' ■ to analytics. guE ' tHfe mefl who guiSed us over the burnpTOOTie.Kfe had t ,(, [A ■- ' take made the trip in.-tftjpyable one.% | ;; ' ' - . ; ' ' ' i ' . ' ' . 7 COL. B. D. MAVO Not as much math is required under the ne -iei rjricjuluip, Biat bfttii.-, ' ' ' ; alumni are astonished at the chc ceoF eve ' i a IcnIs liberal ;4rtfets in takmg . the toughest course V. M. I. of ferSi. r ' •; ' ' ' , ' ■! ' ;• .. ' ' .i.-iS | ' - ' ' ' ■ ' ■ X r. U ■]:,■ ' :■ ' Standing: Captam Grant. Major Clarkson, Major Knox, Lieutenant Taylo 5i ing: Colonel Byrne, Colonel Mayo, Colonel Purdie.