Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Seated: Captain Frank B. Walter, Colonel Herbert E. Ritchey, Colonel Leslie German, Colonel dene Wise, Colonel (leorge M. Pi ki:il. Standing: Second Lieutenant Albert ll. Za.v, Lieutenant Robert W. Jenkins, Jr., Lieutenant Edwanl (J. Tiilley, Mr. LeKoy Pike, Second Lieutenant George P. Col)b. Not in Picture: Colonel Charles W. Sn.ait, Mr. Philip T. Miller. Third Classmen don ' t spend all their time making life miserable for the Rats, because many of tlieui find tliat it takes a great deal of time in the laboratories of !Maury-Brooke Hall to keep their privileges.

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Colonel German- Head, Department of Chcmistrij The Department sponsors a student affiliate chapter of the American Chemical Society which meets throughout the school year. The programs consist of lectures and demonstrations by speakers from industry and from other schools. Students are aflfordetl thorough training in the funda- mentals of chemistry and in the requisite mathematics and physics. Sufficient work in the humanities is com- bined with correlated slud - in science to give the student a balanced ediicalional experience. : L. L. Jackson DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY THE chemistry curriculum is designed to i)re])arc cadets for positions in industry or for gratluate study. Upon graduation, about 20 7 of the graduates continue their study of chemistry, while 80% take positions in industry. Although chemistrj ' is the primary considera- tion, extensive work is done in mathematics, physics, and social studies to obtain a balanced course of study. The Department of Chemistry has kej)! pace with its growing needs by enlarging its facilities. A large lecture room was added in June 1959, complete with equipment for demonstrations and lectures. A course in Instrumental Analysis was first offered in January 1961 as an adilition to the present chemistry courses. Fii l Cli,»MiK.|i Uilliaui,..,,, ( ' ,,|„-l;u,.l. Siuli-r, an.l M.H,n„in.,-. xvoiil, seem to be reatly dif giny into tlieir worlc, if we didn ' t linow tliat tlu picture was posed.

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r-» •■ mm » ; f ««W 5 B ■ M jC ' Ty Ij! jPN H ' (fi fc - C ; WK- ' . . , f ii 1 l» g Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton testing machine, a B L plioto- grammetric plotter, nnciear counting eciuipment, and a modern concrete mixer. More stuilenis are enrolled in civil engineering thaTi in any other eurrienluni at . M. I., with the enrollment re- maining steady. Within the past five years, eighty-seven V. ] I. I. civil graduales have entered or graduated from forty-two different graduate schools. At the present time, two of the fifteen members of the staff are enrolled in graduate schools, both as candidates for ' the doctorate degree. The V. M. I. stu lent elia])ter of the American Society of Civil Engineers has received the Certificate of Commen- dation of the American Society of Civil Engineers twenty- three times. Colonel Mohg. n Head, Department of Civil Engincerinij DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING THE civil engineering eurriculnm, which is a])i)r(]ved by the Engineer ' s Council for Professional Development, provides a background of basic sciences, api)lied engineer- ing subjects, and a number of well distributed cultural subjects. Efforts are made to develop and stress those ciualities essential for molding the graduate of this curri- culum into a good citizen as well as a successful engineer. Concentration on fundamentals enables the graduate to enter the business world directly or continue his education in graduate school. The recent facility expansion program includes the accjuisition of new concrete and sanitary engineering laboratories, located in the Engineering Annex. The lab- oratories of the Department are well ecjuipped with modern apparatus. Xew additions include a 200,000 lb. ,,i„-l Mcl)..ri(iiii;h. «lio wms IIk ' inir..rtiiimU- victim ..I this ninl.-r ' ; ice, is shown aboNe lecturing in tlie Soils laboratory to some of tin First Class civil engineers with the assistance of Lt. Fisher.