Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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COL. F.M. MALLORY COL. H.C . FORD

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THE BOMB Vol. XXIII iFarultti GENERAL SCOTT SHIPP, LL. D. Born in Faquier County, Virginia, August 2, 1S39; Attended Warren Green Academy, Warrenton, Virginia, and Fulton College, Fulton, Missouri; Member of an Engineering Corps in Missouri, 1855-1856; entered Virginia Military Institute in September, 1856, and was graduated in 1859 with fourth stand in a class of twenty-nine, and as Captain of Company 1); Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Virginia Military Institute, 1859-1860; Professor of Latin, 1860-1861; Assistant Adjutant-General, Captain in Provisional Army of Virginia, and Major of Twenty-first Virginia Volunteers, 1861 ; Commandant of Cadets, Virginia Military Institute, September, 1861-1890; in Com- mand of Cadets at Xew Market, May 15, 1S64; while Commandant, graduated in Law at Washington and Lee University; Professor of Latin, 1876-1890; Superintendent Virginia Military Institute, 1890; LL. D., Washington and Lee, 1891; Member of Board of Visitors, Ignited States Military Academy, 1S90; President, of Board of Visitors, United States Naval Academy, 1894. COLONEL EDWARD W. NICHOLS Born in Petersburg, Virginia, June 27, 1858; Student Hume and Cook ' s School, 1866-1869; Student McCabes School, 1869-1874; Entered Virginia Military Institute, 1874, and graduated 1878 with fourth stand in a class of twenty-four, and as Cadet Lieutenant; Studied Law under Tutors and at West Virginia; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Virginia Military Institute, 1878-1S81; Practicing Lawyer, Norfolk, Virginia, 1881, Professor of Mathematics, Virginia Military Institute, 1890; Author of Analytic Geom- etry, 1892, and Differential and Integral Calculus, 1900; Associated with American Reporter International Railway Congress in scientific investigations since 1903. COLONEL HUNTER PENDLETON, M. A., Ph. D. Born in Frederick ' s Hall, Louisa County, Virginia, January 22, 1858; Attended a Private School, Louisa Court-House, Virginia; Student Aspen Hill Academy, Louisa County, 1872-1875; Entered University of Virginia, 1S75; M. A., University of Virginia, 1881; Teacher Pantops Academy, near Charlottesville, Virginia, 1881-1882; Special course in Chemistry and other sciences, University of Virginia, 1S82-1883 ; Entered University of Gottingen, Germany, fall 1883-J886 (Chemistry and Mineralogy), Ph. D. Gottingen, 1886; Teacher of Chemistry, Tuft ' s College, near Boston, Massachusetts, 1887-1889 ; Pro- fessor of Natural Sciences, Bethany College, West Virginia, 18S9-1890; Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute since July 30, 1S90 — .

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i6 THE BOMB Vol. XXIII When I was a Corp ' rl, I was the divi! av