Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Lancaster, Ll. Col. Blain, Col. Moseley, Col. Mil Nol in picture: Col. Edwards. Lt. Col. Welles Department of Foreign Languages At this time the Department of Foreign Languages takes on an air of importance as never before. With V.M.I. men in the mih- tary service branching out to the four corners of the earth, the knowledge of almost any foreign language is of an untold value. On entering the Institute each Rat has the opportunity of select- ing one of three foreign languages, Spanish, French, or German, as a subject during his first two years. Liberal Artists and Pre- Medical students have the privilege of taking two languages, the second of which is taken during their last two years. Col. Moselev It will most probably turn out that he who took Spanish will find himself stationed in France; he who took French will find himself sta- tioned in Germany ; and he who took German will get shot before he has a chance to apply what Col- onel Edwards taught him. But the ability to read and use a foreign language, any foreign language, gives that person a wider and more workable understanding of what lies beyond his own backyard.

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Dillard, Lt. Goolrick, Lt. McCauley, Maj. Lipscomb, Lt. M Col, Dixon, Col. Hunley. Col. Bates, Col. Fu Not in picture: Col. Read Department of Liberal Arts Hay-hounds is the term usually applied to Liberal Artists, all of which can be traced back to the fact that instead of sitting on a high stool at a drawing table or standing in a laboratory, a Liberal Artist can usually accomplish his work in a more com- fortable position, and the hay , even if it ' s lumpy, overstretched, and well worn — we still love it — is certainly such a place. Firm in their belief that the educated man stands head and shoulders above the trained man (paging Dodo), students of this department leave the Institute tilled with the knowledge and wisdom of the free arts. Many of them continue their training f y at other schools, along the lines of journalism, law, or business courses. Some, like students of other courses at V. M. L, are forced to apply their talents to the business of keep- ing the pantry supplied. History tells the Liberal Artist what has gone before; Statistics and Economics help him to know what IS going on now ; and psychology indicates to him what to expect. It ' s remarkable, isn ' t it? But there it is!

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Li. Col. Knox, Mr. Callahan, Ll. Ax Col. Byrne. Col. Mayo, Lt. Col. Clarkson Department of Mathematics Possibly the greatest load ever to rest on the shoulders of a V.M.I, cadet is the day he hears the outline of his future math courses. However, under the guidance of an outstanding faculty, most of us manage to pull through our Rat year. And then into the hands of the Third Class falls about the most terrifying course required under the V.M.I, curriculum — calculus! The nightmare of calculus is never forgotten, but the vivid personality of such teachers as Colonel Mayo help spread a litlle excitement along the bumpy mathematical road to a dip. Military life is by tradition inex- tricably wrapped up in the principles of mathematics, but nowhere do we find this more true than at ' .M.I. Since we look upon the Institute as primarily an engineering school, we are certainly justified in giving math- ematics the stress that we do. No man leaves here without that certain knowledge of math that B. D. and Phee insist will lake him a long way in whatever line of work he chooses.