Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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M r ] Mr. Willard, Dr. Leed, Mr. Thomas, Lt. Lang. Capt, Kelly, Maj. Horn, Lt. Col. Carroll, Ll. Col Ritchey, Lt. Col. German, Col. Steidtmann The Department of Chemistry Long hours of lab and extra time stolen from short days to fulfill the ever increasing requirements of Les , Butch , and Doc ' are forever interruptmg the ordmary routine of the Chemists. It is hard work, long and tedious, which goes to keep VMI ' s chemistry department at the front. Cussed time and time again for the every-day grade the department must have, the profs attempt to convey through thick skulls the fundamentals of general chemistry, qualitative and quantitative, the organic, physical, and industrial. Likewise the pre-meds must learn under Doc why ontogeny recapitulates CoL. German phylogeny as well as the difference between the afferents and effer- ents. Not to be forgotten are the minor incidents, the characters and real personalities that are brought out in the lab. Shug and Lawson are al- ways ready to lend a helping hand, and the profs are always in the back- ground with a word of advice when It is needed or a word of reprimand when someone is at fault. »,Wi H MIiJIW»IS8 !ll «BRWItWJIiWH fmrnmrnmsmmmmmm

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Gen. Anderson, Lt. Col. Jamison, Col. Trinkle Nol in picture: Major Home The Department of ElecthcalEngineehng The boys with the high resistance brains and insulated nerves are known as those Electricals by the rest of barracks. In spite of dire warnings by the class ahead, there are always a few brave, or foolhardy, souls who cast themselves on the not too tender mercies of the E.E. Dept. The course is hard, and of course, fair. For three years they face life in its most virulent form. From elementary cir- cuits to high frequency oscillographs they f ollow blindly be- hind The Foot , Lightning Bill , Otto , and The Sen- ator. Hays become a haven of rest for an average of six hours a night. The would-be Steinmetzes find out what it is to look Brig. Gen. Anderson up from a smoking sliderule and see the O. C. with that Who ' s the lucky man glint in his eye. The terrible shriek of a short-circuited generator burning itself up because of his faulty connection and the slow trek up the stairs to inform General Foot that his new gen- erator is now strictly salvage are all part of that e.xperience, which, along with the sweet, makes a cadet a suc- cess in that most exacting of profes- sions, Electrical Engineering.

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