Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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H THE BOMB. nia. nia. nia. nia. nia. nia. nia. HiGHTOWER, J. B., Virginia. HooE R. A. District of Columbia. Hopkins, W. L., . . . Maryland. Hudson, J. I., Virginia. Lackland, T. W. , West Virginia. Lea, D. M ' Virginia. Levi, M., South Carolina. Maxwell, J. H., . . . West Virginia. Marshall, G. , South Carolina. Meem, J. C Virg Miller, G. B., Virg Morton, C. R., Virg Myers, H. L., Virg NicOLSON, G. L., • • • Virg Nichols, H. S., Virg RowE, p., Virg Sims, G. K. Virginia. Settle, E. B., Virginia. Simpson, L. E., Virginia. Steptoe, W. H., Virginia. Tait, W. M Mississippi. Terrell, V. L., Mississippi. Thompson, F. S. , Texas. Trotter, C. P. J., Virginia. Vaden, L., Virginia. Ward, J. D., Virginia. Winston, J. H., Virginia. Wilson, J. W., Virginia. Withers, R. E., Virginia. Woodward, R. H., Virginia. Young, D. M., Virginia. Total, 56.

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Members of the Class cf ' 35. J. I. HUDSON, President. G. B. MILLER, Vice-President. FRANK BELL, Secretary. J. H. WINSTON, Valedictorian. • Color, Blue, Alexander, O., . . . Missouri. Baker, R. G. Y., Virginia. Baldwin, G., ............... . Texas. Bass, C. S., ............... . Texas. Bass, T. B Texas. Bell, F., Virginia. Blake, E. , South Carolina. BousH, J. L. , Virginia. BuLLMAN, A. D., ........ Virginia. Caldwell, J., . . South Carolina. Corse, M. B., ........ , Virginia, Deitrick, G. W., Virginia. Duker, H., Maryland. Durham, C. A., ........ South CaroHna. Eldridge, Wm., Virginia. FiTCHETT, G. W., Jr., Virginia. Fitzgerald, A. H., . . Virginia. Foster, S., Virginia. Fro t, E. D., South Carolina. FuLCHER, C, Virginia. GooDE, W. O., . Virginia. Hager, J. J., Virginia. Hall, A. B., Virginia. Harman, K. E., Virginia. Hightower, a. S ■ . . . . Virginia.

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History of ' 86. HE REV. JOS. COOK has said that he who bloweth his own trumpet awakeneth the sweetest echoes. If a calm and impar- tial treatise of the merits of the Class of ' 86 might be termed blowing one ' s trumpet, then long and loud will be the reverberations. Further than this, exaggeration of our importance is sr an impossibility. Above all other classes could ' 86 force eloquence concerning its past glories and its future triumphs. During the Summer and Fall of ' 82, the majority of us matriculated and duly entered upon the duties of V. M. I. Cadetship. We enjoyed the few, the very few, privileges attached thereto, and endured the burdens also. How anxious we were to drill, and, before many days, how anxious we were not to drill ! Of all obnoxious duty that of sentinel was dreaded most. ' Tis midnight ' s holy hour — a weary rat is pacing the court- yard with the indispensable musket ; half asleep, and weary of his lonely vigil, he thinks of his room-mates peacefully sleeping, but hark ! what is that noise on the stoop ? Perhaps ' tis a sub ! In an instant the challenge, Who goes there? is given; but ' tis only one of us, (rats then, just matriculated) ; with faltering steps, chattering teeth and frightened looks, he replies: Only S , from the fourth story. But we soon became accustomed to our duties, and bore all our trials and tribulations with patience, suffering the penalties of ratism with manly fortitude. As rats we commanded the respect and admira- tion of the higher classes, and won golden opinions from our professors on our proficiency in the Fourth Class Course. With what joy did we welcome the time when we became Third Class men, and were no longer exposed to the humiliation and suffering that falls to the share of the ' ' rat. We were greatly strengthened in numbers and brains by Third Class rats, men in every sense of the word. One of these has stood first since he entered and will undoubtedly sweep away the highest honors of the Institute. In the Third Class Course there are many rocks that founder even the wary and vigilant. The writer can speak feelingly on this sub- ject, as he has been there himself.