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

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J I-K. f , ,M I . 3' .lj ,- . .. . . D Muay. .-fe ff- -E 4 f L-y' A-27 WHY- '- ' - -.7 - 4. wr 'uf COL JAMES CALDWELL WICKER DD PRESIDENT

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It you cm keep your hewd when 1Il 1bout you 1 re losmg thexrs md blimmg nt on you If y u eln trust yourself yy hen zll men doubt you ut mlke llloyy mee fox their doubtlng., too ll y u em yy ut 1nd not be tlred by Wutms, O1 bems, hed lbout, don t de1l III hes, Or belng hlted don t 3,1ye yy my to hsntmg, And yet don t look too good, nor talk too XVIQL It you eln dre1m md not mlke drelms your muster If you cm thunk md not mlke thoughts your um If you em meet wnth Iqrxumph Ind Dlslster And trelt those two lmposters just the slme, It you cm belr to hear the truth you ye spoken Tyvlsted by kniy es to m1ke 1 trip for fools And stoop 1nd bu1ld em up Wlfh worn out tools If you eln mlke one help of 111 your wmnmgs And rnsk lt on one turn of pltch 'md toss, And lose, ind st1rt igfun 1t your begmmngs And never brefathe 1 word fnbout your loss, It you cm force your hurt 'md nerve 1nd smeyy To serye your turn long lfter they 1re gone And so hold on when there IS nothmg m you I xcept the XX lll yy hlch slys to them Hold on It you Cin t1lk wlth Croyy ds ind keep your y nrtue Or wllk Wlth Kll1gb nor lose the Common touch If nelther foes nor lovmg frlends Cm hurt you, If 111 men Count wlrh you, but none too mueh If you eln hll the Lll1f0I'5,lXll'l2,I'DlI'lL1fL XX nth snxty seeonds yyoxth of dnstlnee run 'H ouxs us the Eflffll md ey ery thlng thlt s lI1 lf Ant yyhlch IS more you ll be 1 Nlfzn my son Rudy nd Knphng 1,0 -L y 1, p , , , L 1. a o 'Q 'Q A ' ' 1' 1 j, 1' 1 y y' v 1 rf v ' , . 1 K K K . l V 'A 5. , . 3 1, 1 7 . - y n Y . I , , l - y . . if 'l . ' X ' i f l' ' 9 , .1 7 ' . . . . , Or watch the thmgs you gave your hfe to, broken, , - . ' 'f 1 1 I X' 1 Y . ' -L - 4 V ' Y 1 ' 'I V . e ' ' 7 1 X H I ' . V f V s m 'V y ' . , . H Y 1 . . . 1 , 1 I . ' I U K . A l 7 I N u 1 L K 'V' ' - V ,x .' , . ' , -, 1 , ' ' ., . 7 , , V Y

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FORK UNION NIILITARY ACADENIY A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OME YEARS AGO a poet sa1d And there are those who sfunzbled up to manhood where they saw too late the road they should have taken long ago Thns letter IS wrntten to those boys and to parents of boys who want no stumbllng up to manhood It IS wrntten to those who bel1eve that r1ght trammg IS v1tal to successful l1v1ng It IS wrxtten to the Toms and Jacks the Bxllys and jxms and to thelr mothers and dads who recognnze the prlceless value of soundest preparatlon for the challenge of llfe Thxs school lS a non proflt nnstltutxon and as such has only one reason for ex1stence That one reason IS to answer the need for the rlght k1nd of tra1n1ng we call the rlght k1nd of trammg CHRISTIAN EDUCATION One may well ask What IS Chr1st1an Educatlon not to a generatlon, or a country or a group but to me? What does Chrxstlan Educatlon at Fork Umon M1l1tary Academy mean to the 1nd1v1dual to the one boy? It means a coordxnated twenty four hour a day program to help the mdxvxdual boy grow physlcally mentally and splrntually lnto useful happy c1t1zensh1p accord1ng to the applned concepts of practncal Chr1st1an1ty It should be stated here that whlle the Academy IS owned by the Bapt1sts of V1rg1n1a substantlal representat1ons of many rellgxous de nommatnons are present nn the Cadet Corps Let us look further 1nto our SPCCIHC definltlon of Chrlstxan Edu canon By helplng physxcal growth we mean the furnlshmg of comfortable well llghted warm fireproof lnvmg quarters 1 scnentnfically planned and abundant dnet a regulated dally schedule dally bodv buxldmg exercnse voluntary part1c1pat1on ln all types of competmve sports w1th superb equlpment fac1l1t1es and dxrectlon for those sports By helpmg mental growth we mean an academxc program based on numerlcally small classes a faculty Carefully selected for professlonal ab1l1ty character personallty and purpose weekly checks on mdnvndual scholastnc standlngs and a semx tutorxal system that provldes addltlonal nndxvldual mstructlon to those cadets whose progress may be slower ln some classes ls A A ' C! , T 1 il . ee - as - - ' . . 1 1 . ' a J . . . . U . . . . ,, . 9 . N . . . . . 3 3 9 1 ' . .. . . . ,, , . y - .. - - 9 5 1 9 9 , - . a ' 1 s af s a ,' 9 a , . 1 4 , t 1 9 9 , -