Tennessee Military Institute - Radiogram Yearbook (Sweetwater, TN)

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CALENDAR 1937 1938 September 7, Tuesday 18:00 P.M.J . .. ..... Opening E.1:crcises September 12, Sunday ........................... Convocation Sermon November 25, Thursday ........................... Thanlltsgwing Day CFurloughs for visiting home or elsewhere not granted on Thanksgiving Day, since we have regular schoolwork on Friday and Saturday followingj December 17, Friday fnoonj ................. Christmas Holidays Begin fPermits for absence will not be issued until the full academic and mili- tary schedule to closing date have been completedj January 3, Monday 47:00 P.M.J ............... Christmas Holidays End fRegular school schedule and duties resumed at 7:00 P.M.J January 27, 28, 29 .....,..................... Mid-Year Examilwzatioizs May 28, Saturday ................... .... C ompetitizse Military Drills May 29, Sunday ...................... ....... B accailafareate Sermon May 30, Monday f9:30 A.M.J ........... ....... C ommeozcement Day QNo vacation or furloughs at Easter.D ORDER GF THE DAY 6: 15 . ............ Reveille 6 . 30 . . . Setting-Up Exercises 7 : 00 . . . ...... Breakfast 7: 40 .... . . Inspection of Quarters 8: 00 ..... ...... C hapel 8: 20 to 12: 45 . . ..... Classes 1: 00 .... .... D inner 2: 00 to 3: 00 . . . Military Drill 3: 30 to 5: 30 . . . Athletic Practice 4: 30 to 5: 30 . . Special Help Period 5: 50 .... .... R etreat 6: 00 .... .... S upper 7: 00 to 9: 30 . . Study Period 9: 45 .... . Lights Out SUNDAY SCHEDULE 7: 15 . ......... .... R eveille 8 . 00 . .... Breakfast 9: 00 . Sunday School Call 10: 20 . . . . Church Call 12: 30 . . Room Inspection 1: 00 . . . .... Dinner 4: 45 .... ..... P arade 6: 00 .... ..... S upper 7: 00 to 8: 30 . . Letter-Writing Hour 9: 15 .... . . . Lights Out WEEKLY SCHEDULE Instead of the usual Saturday holidays, half holidays on Monday and Thursday are substituted for all boys Whose scholastic Work is satisfactory. Special supervised study periods are provided on these half-days for those ranking low in their class standing. Page Thirty-Two

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LCCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY WEETWATER, Tennessee, the home of Tennessee Military Institute, is situated midway between Washington, D. C., and New Orleans, on the main line of the Southern Railway, 41 miles south of Knoxville. It is also on the famous Lee Highway, running from Washington through the beautiful scenic section of Virginia and East Tennessee., This link of high- way across East Tennessee is also the main line of motor travel from Ohio and the Great Lakes region to Florida. Twelve commodious motor busses and eight passenger trains daily afford convenient travel for those not traveling in their own automobiles. Sweetwater is a progressive little town of 3,000 population. Its citizens are enterprising and maintain a clean municipal government. It now has six and a half miles of streets paved with concrete. The water supply is pure and the health record of the town remarkably good. The elevation above sea level is more than 1,000 feet. Consequently malaria is practically un- known, except for the occasional case brought here by someone coming from the lowland country. CLIMATE In the selection of a military school, climate is a very important consideration. Much of the physical improvement obtained is due to regular outdoor exercises, athletics, and military drills. Tennessee Mili- tary Institute is very fortunately situated in this respect. Our climate is suf- ficiently mild to permit outdoor drill practically every day through the win- ter season. Boys from the far South find our climate invigorating, while boys from the latitude north of the Ohio River are delighted with the mild winter seasons here. Parents visiting their sons during the school session fre- quently report several inches of snow at their homes and find their boys drill- ing in the open without coats. HEALTH As might be expected from the conditions described above, the health record of cadets in Tennessee Military Institute is not sur- passed by that of any other school in the land. Our drill grounds and ath- letic fields are in good condition for use practically without interruption throughout the year. Pure air and regularity of outdoor exercise ward off sickness. The increase in weight for the entire school averages about 15 pounds per boy during the session, while there are many individual cases of more than 30 pounds increase in weight every year. For further discussion of health and physical improvement, see pages 20, 66, and 67. Page Thirty-One

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was ACADEMIC ' There are more than five times as many high schools in the United States as there were twenty years ago, While the number of colleges has not been in- creased perceptibly. As a result, the colleges have made their freshman re- quirements more exacting as a means of excluding or eliminating those not qualified to do acceptable college Work. This results in dropping from college rolls of many thousands of freshmen each January and February, which means, in most cases, the ending of college training and opportunities for those dropped. This is an incalculable loss to the individual and to the nation. Perceiving this situation in 1920, the officers of Tennessee Military Insti- tute undertook to elevate the standards of instruction and Work in this school so as to hold to a minimum the number of its graduates not qualified to meas- ure up to the standards of the highest class of colleges and technical schools. As a result, the graduates of T. M. I. are admitted Without examination to all colleges, universities, and technical schools which are members of the larger national associations, Northern as Well as Southern. In addition, our grad- uates are accepted on our certificate in such schools as Cornell and University of Pennsylvania, in the Eastg University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, and Ohio State, in the North, and University of Montana and Leland Stan- ford, in the West. No graduate recommended by the school has been refused admission on our certificate in the last fifteen years. CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION OF COURSE OF STUDY Each cadet is classified individually, and every efort is made to select the course best suited to the capabilities of the boy and such as will prepare him for the later Work that he may have in mind. We seek by personal con- ferences to find out as much as possible the cadet's intention as to later courses and to give the wisest advice possible as to work to be done while with us. In the cases of all boys preparing for entrance to standard colleges, We insist on the taking of sufiicient Latin or other foreign languages to meet the require- ments in these subjects. For those preparing for admission to technical schools, a combination of Science and Modern Language, together with the required Work in English and Mathematics, is recommended. Page Thirty-Three