Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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s ne V. Jyi. I. of glorious history is widely known tnrougnout the land. Yet the Institute has another aspect, not so familiar to those luho have not served her. It is the aim of this book to present the V. yV7. . of the cadet. P Pt E FACE L%

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C A T I N The Virginia Military Institute is the product of the ef- forts of many men. Outstanding builders there have been, and brilliant leaders, in her history. .{- More than to the genius of any individual or group of individuals, how- ever, V. M. I. owes her position today to the thousands of her sons who have toiled and fought under her colors m peace and in war. 4 The Corps of Cadets is different in personnel each year, yet the Corps itself is the most con- stant thing at V. M. I. It carries on with the same matchless morale, the very real intangibility we know as the Spirit, as it has always done, k It is to the Corps of Cadets, and to each man that has been part of it in its splendid long career, that this volume is gratefully dedicated. i

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Mi ' :» Z „u ' iiif(W THE WASHINGTON ARCH. BUILT IN 1850, IS THE CENTER OF BARRACKS LIFE. EVERY CADET, PAST AND PRESENT. HAS PASSED THROUGH THIS PORTAL COUNTLESS TIMES IN THE COURSE OF HIS DAYS AT THE INSTITUTE. TO HIM. THERE IS NO MORE FAMILIAR OR MORE SIGNIFICANT SPOT IN THE WHOLE OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. AA