Fork Union Military Academy - Skirmisher Yearbook (Fork Union, VA)

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THE PARENTS' PROBLEM HERE ARE THOUSANDS of perplexed parents wondering where they should send their boys for their education. This problem is caused by a number of circumstances. Even in the best regulated homes. frequently there are conditions that make it wise to send the boy away from home to school. Sometimes the boy is too good a mixer and falls in with the wrong crowd. Occasionally a boy will not mix at all and needs to be led out. Not infrequently he is too fond of athletics and neglects his studies, while a few have to be made to play. There are large city evil influences: sometimes a small town is even worse: occasionally a boy right out in the country needs a change in his environment. There are many boys who have been so unfortunate as to lose one or both parents and it is next to impossible to administer suit- able home discipline and influence. In some of the best homes in the country, where both parents are living, the father has so many busi- ness cares that he finds it difficult to devote the time he should to his boy. Often the most gifted parents feel that they need assistance in the discipline of their children and Hnd it best in a well regulated school. Perhaps there is no task in all the world equal to that of rearing children. We feel that we are in a big business in cooperating with the parents of our boys in making real men of our cadets. A boy needs his life supervised in study, in play and in habits of every kind. A school like ours furnishes the best place for a brilliant boy to forge ahead, while special attention is given to those who have not so good-.a stride. A boy lives and works methodically in a mili- tary school and is taught to puthis mind on the best things. He has a growing BODY. The physical is the foundation for life's structure. Without a strong, healthy, vigorous body life is handicapped in every effort. He has a growing MIND. The body reaches its full develop- ment, but the mind grows as long as life lasts. To lay a proper foundation for never-ending education is absolutely essential. There are thousands of men, some great men, who have been embarrassed all their lives by the lack of early training. But the chief development is the SPIRIT-the man himself. XVe have a body that serves its day and ceases. We have a mind but knowledge vanishes. Spiritual assets belong to time and eternity. Fork Union Military Academy undertakes the best for your boy in body, mind, spirit. and we are united in one cooperative, untiring effort to make the largest possible contribution to those who have the good fortune to be in our school.

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9.91.4 , FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY Board of Trustees M. C. THOMAS ,...,. ,...,. ,,...........,. . , . . . .,.. ,.... P resident D. N. DAVIDSON ,..,..., .. ....,. Vice-President GEORGE M. BASHAW ..,.I , , ,,I. . .,.,.....4.... Secretary Term Expires February, 1936 Hon. F. W. King, Vice-Pres. Virginia Public Service Co ...,..,. Alexandria M. C. Thomas, President Thomas Furniture Co ,,,..4........ Charlottesville, E. J. Perkins, Vice-Pres. Rinehart and Dennis Co i.i...i... Gauley Bridge, W O. R. Lanford, Agriculturist ,......I..,..,........I...,.....,.................. Carysbrook George S. Kemp, Member New York Stock Exchange .,...........,, Richmond Cecil V. Cook, Minister ...,,.,.,,... ........,,,..,,. ,....,,,.,.,... ....,.... F a r mville F. M. Collier, Manufacturer , ..,..... ........,. .... , . . ...... Richmond, W. L. Prince, Dean University of Richmond , ....., .... ..... R i chmond, F. C. Riley, Minister . .......,. .......,...,. ,.,....,..,.. ..,..... S o u th Boston S. S. Hill, Minister ,...,. ..... . .. . ,.... ,,,.. . . ...... ..... .... . R ichmond, Term Expires February, 1937 George M. Bashaw, Retired Business Man . ,,.,., .,..,......,... F ork Union H. P. Charlton, Attorney ,.... . .,,.....,,.,...,.,,... .,.,..,......,......,....., D illwyn, E. H. Titmus, Titmus Optical Company .,.,,..,.,....,, .....,...,.... P etersburg L. Howard Jenkins, L. H. Jenkins, Inc., Book Manufacturers ., Richmond 1 v Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va W. F. Snead, Contractor .. . ...... ..,...,.,.... . ,..... P ompton Lakes, New Jersey H Va . M. McManaway, Supt. of School for Deaf and Blind ..,, , Staunton, G. J. Snead, Agriculturist . ........,,.,.,.,...... .,...,.,,........... .,... F o rk Union, H. W. Connelly, Minister .......,.. ..............,... ,,,.. ....,....... N e W port News E. B. Weaver, Merchant .... ..., . ...., F ork Union, John J. Wicker, Jr., Attorney... ......... . .. Richmond, Term Expires February, 1938 Dr. R. D. Garcin, Physician ,. ..,...,.,..,. ............. ,..,....... R ichmond, H. J. Goodwin, Minister ..... ., .,,.... Suffolk S. T. Matthews, Minister ......., . ....,..., Richmond H. Lee Scott, Minister ..,.......,......, , ,, ,..,...,.. ......, ....,. W a ynesboro Dr. George H. Snead, Physician ..,...,,.,..,..,.. .,...,,... , ....,, R ichmond, M. U. Pitt, Asst. Coach University of Richmond ....., Richmond Morton W. Turner, Banker .. .,.. ....... J ...,....... ..... R o anoke, D. N. Davidson, Superintendent of Schools . .. Orange S. P. Harland, Cashier Bank of Fluvanna .... , .. .,.....,...,....... Palmyra, R. M. Stone, Asst. Treasurer University of Richmond ..... Richmond, N inereen Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va Va