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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
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THE BOMB-19iy sub-professor in the Department of Chemistry. While still a tactical officer he married Miss Elise Semmes, daughter of Colonel Thomas M. Semmes, Professor of Modern Languages, and one of the members of the old War Faculty. In later years, although his official connection with the Institute had been severed. Captain Corse continued to interest himself in many matters connected with Institute affairs. From 1902 to 191 1, as Graduate Manager of the Athletic Asso- ciation, he devoted not only a great deal of time and energy, but much of his own personal means as well, to the development of athletics, and it is to his conscientious, loyal and efficient services in this capacity that the present prosperous condition of the Association is in large measure due. In 1911 Governor Mann, appreciating the executive and business ability of Captain Corse, appointed him a member of the Board of Visitors, to serve out the unexpired term of the Hon. John F. Bransford, and it became in this way his proud privilege to serve on a body in which his father, years before had played such an important role. In 1912, as a mark of the esteem in which he held him, the Governor reappointed Captain Corse for a term of four years. Having been appointed to the highest governing body of the Institute, at a time in the history of the Institute when the old order of things was changing, and when demands for much needed reforms were in the air. Captain Corse set about the many arduous tasks which fell to his lot with that same conscientious regard for duty and self-sacrificing interest which have crowned all h is efforts with success, whether in municipal affairs, in private business or in Institute matters. Fortunately for him as well as for his Alma Mater, he found associated with him on the Board a group of men imbued, as he was, with a love for the Institute and a desire to see her grow and progress academically and materially. With this progressive body Captain Corse has, during the past five years, worked in the most harmonious accord towards the attainment of what, only a short while ago, seemed a fantastic dream — the Greater
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