Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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HE editor of some Annual ' way back yonder in the dark- ages modestly apologized for thrusting his work of art upon an unsuspecting public; we would really like to follow his example, along with countless other editors, but we are determined to be original at the start, if nowhere else. Accordingly, we present the thirty-second volume of The Bomb with infinite abandon. There are parts of our book that you won ' t like — neither do we, but we had to fill up three hundred-odd pages with something; and, moreover, we know what happened to the man in the fable who tried to please everybody. And, at least, we won ' t burden you with our manifold troubles — the book is not yet printed that is big enough to hold the portrayal of a Keydet ' s sorrows, when he thinks of home and rev on a cold morning and how mam- days it is until Finals. We are showing as much of the brighter side of Insti- tute life as we can without being thrown under arrest, and in doing so we have thought of those who will sympathize and understand — the Home Folks and Calic (God bless ' em). Alumni and Friends. Professors and Subs, Class- mates and Men of the Corps to-day. So, when looking over this, our paper, give us a six for trying — and don ' t forget what Kipling says: An ' if sometimes our conduck isn ' t all your fancy faints. Why, single men in barricks don ' t grow into plaster saints.

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Virginia Moukning Heu Dead l ' luitum-nphi ' il ami Colore! l.y rmil Strand. New York

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His Excellency, Hon. Henry Carter Stu. GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF