Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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iD ) i (Tlass of 1908 ■■..■. ' ■■ - R. W. Massie . ., . , President Conrad Johnson Vice-President W. T. BiEDLER . Secretary atid Treasurer A. B. DeVault Valedictorian A. P. Lewis Historian Class Colors Li lit Blue and White

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Obe I5owers Far awa} ' two warlike Monsters Loom above a battled wall. Flooding barracks with their glory As the evening shadows fall. Scattered far the golden sunset Seems to crown the warlike Kings, While the Wind from brooding summits, Lash their armor with her wings. From each throne they gaze in silence. As the clouds move on in flight; While the sunset turns to purple, Molding shadows into night. Now their robes are drenched in silver B - the moonbeams from the sky. Soon the Kings are lost in slumber With the world, and V. M. I. A. B. DeVAULT, Class ' oS.

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5 1 1 Isaac F. Adams LynchViurg, Va. The foremost tnjin Ike , Jap , Funst . Ike, otir almond eved Jap, arrived at the Institute, January 1905, and im- mediately upon assignment to quarters was locked in a trunk to prevent exportation, the feeling to- wards his nation being too hostile to allow one in barracks, even inco.gnito. Like all his fellow coun- trymen, is jealous of a Chinaman and upon one oc- casion was caught throwing a small nail brush at sentinel Wen, to ease his maliciousness. Unex- jjectedly, this resulted in Ike becoming a member of the P. P. A. thus reducing his ambition to have only one band of braid on his arm instead of four. Tired of bachelor ' s life had firmly decided to settle down on a farm, but having learnt the art of brid.ge build- ing resolved to demonstrate his knowledge to his townsfolk. He is going to connect ' ' Goblers Knob (Daniels Hill) and Paradise Point (Diamond Hill) by a suspension viaduct so as to eliminate the time lost in the social traffic from one to another, thereby gaining that lost during meals. Don ' t tell me — , When I get married Matriculated, 1905. Marshal Final German; Marshal Final Ball; Slember of ' 08 Football Team; Member of Gym. team ' oS- ' oy- ' oS, Capt. ' oS, Man- ager of Track team; Mernber of P. P, A, Robert Teague Anderson Lexington, Va. ' T was never less alone, than when b.v myself. Rockbridge Bresh Rock of Ages . ' ' Rock is really not as bad as he looks and when liis acquaintance is cultivated, is a little more gentle than the tread of his feet. In spite of his shape, he is military and does not hesitate to bone the whole third class at one sitting, when O. G. Once invested thirty-five cents in a hair cut a la pompadour, and since then resembles a door mat on a rainv dav. He is one of Ma Fray ' s disciples, and has visions of missionary work on the hill-men in this neighbor- hood. When on the Richmond Trip in ' 05, he was so delighted with street cars that he decided to take the electrical course and build a line of his own. Rock is a good fellow and a loyal member of ' 08. Let me read it again!!! Matriculated ' 05: Private - Co. A . ' ofi, ' 07, ' 08: Member Y. M.C.A.; Member of Annex X y Club; Class Hermit. ' - ' 25 c:-;