Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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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.

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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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COL. FRANCIS MALLORY t The Department of Ph)4sics w ' ' , ' Vi ■,. Changing the physics 0«;rse frotr| a rat J feiect to a third class one was part of the new curr Junj ' that| affi| in last ear. The transfer left a gap of a } ar- ' Wfe ' lti| Jiiri(ianieotals ' ' weren ' t taii ht, but the department Was enable ' d toTedouble lils effofts- ' pri the second class physics students. Meri feforth ;inen will talfe their, second year of physics directly after their f irsi OTi ' Ste) ' of after a gap of a year of chepiistry,, , Havjhg ithS kqld st professor at ffi Instnute ra Ss it a bond between the Jgadammnus ' llfV: studied i|fiaer Captam Mailory and the rat who studies under Colonet Mallof y. poth slTiejX,-get the best of scientific edu- cation ' u aiisputlook . of ex§ecti ; j|ieriment to reveal any law to him. Ldll cja ses wilLl?e remembered by tie men of ' 40 as the afternoons of ■ kcti|Mjs when ' f,t| ' dry theorieg f,- t text were ..transformed into im- • pffessiv ' l ' ' acticmi . I abits ' ' of- accuracy w £;e ' velbped here and many of ' ' the ' ' ivondeTs.:of,,tja.t,urat ' p |tiominur| ' ' iX ' 8fef is and explained in this •-■■■ class ' And as an inie a.l- ' part ofi ' alljthe engineering courses physics is ' still a mua?ifor the en i er.l Stjndinz; Major Foster, Major Weaver, Lieutenant Ncwn Sitling: Colonel Mailory, Colonel Heflin.