Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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COL. FRANCIS MALLORV THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Not a cadet is graduated from V. M. I. who has not delved into the mysteries of physics and its amazing laws under the able guidance of Colonel Mallory or one of his assistants. Colonel Mallory himself can boast of hav- ing pounded the irrefutable laws of physics into the heads of cadets and of having initiated their sons into the same mysteries years later. Year after year this department ably introduces cadets to the most fundamental course in a scientific or a liberal education and later carries its scientists on to inten- sive work that makes them proud to match their knowledge of physics with anyone. To Colonel Mallory, Colonel Hefiin, and Major Weaver came Captain I. G. Foster, who not only showed himself well qualified to uphold the teach- ing tradition of the department but also proved himself to be a godsend to cadets with calculus behind them. With the traditions of Maury and Brooke behind them, the Physics Department, which is as old as V. M. I., carries on.

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THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS No course is as important to a V. M. I. cadet as mathematics, a fact which he soon finds out when he is confronted with six hours of it a week during his first year. This year, however, calculus was eliminated from the curriculum of the third class liberal arts as a required subject. Many were the heads shaken in doubt, and the prediction was that everyone would be taking liberal arts in order to escape calculus, but calculus drove no one away from the scientific courses, and Colonel Byrne and Colonel Mayo are still demonstrating the properties of differentiation and integration to almost as many as before. Although teaching some of the most difficult courses in V. M. I. ' s curriculum, the staff of the math department has always shown itself to be one of the most patient and understanding in helping the strugglers. From this department have come some of the most cogently phrased ob- servations on academic ability to be found at V. M. I., and the old alumnus may not remember how to integrate, but he can ' t forget that it is comparable to getting money from home. Capt. Vose Col. Bvrne Maj. Clari Col. Ma

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THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING It is only the cadet with limitless fortitude and determination who at- tempts a degree in electrical engineering. The also-rans are convinced dur- ing their third class year that E. E. is somebody else ' s job. A man has to be good to get by E. E., a fact that can be attested by Col. Stewart W. An- derson, the department ' s capable head and moving spirit. F. C. P. ' s are often few and far between, but the fact remains that at graduation the electrical department invariably produces some of our country ' s finest engineers. To the layman, the electrical department resembles a conglomeration of ohms, wires, alternators, ammeters, resistances, and various other peculiar pedimenta. To the second classman, who has short-circuited his way through d. c, the course represents a three-phase chimera which exhibits a marked tendency to bring numerous zips. As a graduate, however, the cadet realizes what fine training and what excellent instruction he has received, and is proud to be a graduate of our noted Electrical Engineering Department. COL. STEWART W. A.NDEKSO.S