Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Colonel Dillard Head, Department of English majors. In view of lliis growth, the Department continues to strengthen its teaching staff and faciHties. All members of this staff haA-c miLsters degrees, a high percentage hold doctor ' s ilcurers, and several are in the process of obtaining the latter. ' J ' lie si .e of the English Department allows each student to have a personal advisor among the faculty members with whom he has frequent consultations con- cerning grades, courses, and future plans after graduation. The Department is in the process of building a strong departmental library and wide facilities, for work in the fine arts. The English Department is the only one which offers a comprehensive examination at the end of the student ' s senior year, and those with good records are urged to take this. The courses otferiMl by tiie English Department are of two basic types: one is the broad, inclusive, survey of a wide field or a long period; the other is an intensive exami- nation of a smaller area, done with a more concentrated DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH THE Department of English aims ]M-imarily at provid- ing a strong basis of humanistic learning in literature, history, foreign languages, and the arts recpiired of civilized society, along with a foundation in the natural and social sciences. A comparatively large number of electi -e courses are offered vith the stipulation that the student take half of them outside of the English Department in orfler to provide him with a wider base of education. An important consideration throughout the student ' s cadetship is given towards a preparation for graduate stud.y in such fields as law, the fine arts, teaching, and literary or i)rofessional writing. The English Department, though it is the youngest of the academic departments, is growing rapidly in enroll- ment and facilities. The number of students graduating with degrees in English increases yearly and many high positions in the Corps of Cadets are held by English thoroughness. They are designed to blend into a wide knowledge of the cultural advance of Western man, with specific stress laid on that of England and America. Extracurricular activities of the Department include sponsorship of visiting lecturers, the R. E. Dixon English Society, cultural tours to special events in the Virginia area, and a summer tour of Europe conducted yearly by some member of the staff of the Department. After four years of study under the guidance of the English Department, the V. ' SI. I. cadet graduates with the assurance that he has been exposed to as thorough an indoctrination in humanistic learning as is available in anj ' other undergraduate institution. The excellence of the instruction received may be seen in the fine record which V. M. I. English major graduates hold in graduate schools all over the United States. : R. R. Evans

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Scaled: Lieutoimiit Coloiiol I.eo L. Xicl.ols. Jr., ' nIoTiel .Tohn S. J;iiiii.,.,,, Jr.. Mr. .Man V. K«ei. Standing: Secoml Linitniaiit William . . Klli.il, CiloiuJ Cary S. Tucker. t.lii.s curriculum. TTiiwcvcr, tlic .studi ' iit wIid (liie.s complete this course of .slmly lia.s llic liackiiicniid ami knowledge which will enable liini hi . teji iiihi aii, licld ciinceniiiig electricity and acconi])iish the job, no mailer Imw ditKcult. :H. D. Burton ■Throw the .switch here, and . I,L the lights go out.

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1 IImIk Nash Dillard, Lieutenant Colonel Scuird: l.iciilciiaiit ( ' ..li.ii.l . i.iii M lii ' lig, Jr., Colonel Carringtou C. Tutwiln- George L. Kotli, Majur Williiuii I ' . Uycrs. Standing: Mr. William H. Williams, Mr. Robert F. Calhoun, Captain Joseph C. Pearce, Major .lames VV. Pence, Major Thomas B. Gentry, Major William W. Kelly, Mr. Robert R. Ratcliffe, Mr. WiUiam Truesdale. Nut in Picture: Major Robert K. Turner. And indeed there will be time For the i ellow smoke that slides aloin the street. Rnhliiiuj its hark upon the irindoir-iiancs; There will he time, there will he time To pre [Hire a fare to meet t he faces that yon meet; Tliere u-ill he time to murder and create. And time for all the works and dai s of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate; Time for you and time for me. And time yet fu- a hundred indecisions. And for (I hiinilred visions and revisions. Before the taking of a toast and tea. In the room instructors come and go Talking of Michelangelo. M .it The cognoscenti liurn willi a liaril gem-like flai