Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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THE BOMB-1917 An Appreciation V HE interest which the alumni of the Institute take in their Alma Mater and the service which they render her differ as one star differeth from another in glory. After graduation the interest of a few is manifested only by attendance on a chance banquet or a football game, or by returning now and then for a class re- union. Others prove their devotion by keeping in closest touch with every phase of Institute life and activity. They subscribe regularly to the publications of the Insti- tute; they give liberally of their means to every worthy cause; they follow jealously the development and the achievements of their Alma Mater in every phase of its life, whether athletic, military or academic, and, by an active and increasing advo- cacy of all progressive measures of reform, seek to uphold and foster the highest stand- ards. To these men, composing, sad to say, a rather small percentage of our alumni, but, fortunately, making up in enthusiasm, loyalty and devotion, what they lack in numbers, the Institute will always point with pride just as that noble Roman matron if long ago pointed to her sons when asked to show her jewels. Among this goodly number of her sons, whose waking thoughts are ever of their mother ' s weal, there stands forth one to whom, by force of circumstances, it seems most fitting that The Bomb should this year be dedicated, a man to whom, on ac- count of his splendid abilities, his unswerving devotion and loyalty to the Institute, his sterling personal character, it is a privilege on the part of the Corps of Cadets to bear this humble tribute. Captain M. B. Corse has always been, heart and soul, a lover of the old gray coat. His father before him. General Montgomery B. Corse, served for many years as a member of the Board of Visitors. Captain Corse himself after graduating in the Class of 1885, and attending the University of Virginia, was several years a