Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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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

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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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■ . .OC.--- - ■ ■»»». -it.i COL. W. O S AN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY The Chemistry Department has had a difficult task this year undergoing the ordeal of pounding elementary chemistry into the unreceptive skulls of both third and fourth classmen. Somehow these young gentlemen can ' t see why H O NaCl doesn ' t give hydrochloric acid, and it is only through the inherent genius of our chemistry professors, ably led by Col. Swann, the department head, that these test tube babies ever emerge. Nor is the Chem- istry Department one to relax in providing studious enjoyment for its stu- dents. Obnoxious odors exude unceasingly from the Chemistry Building, and gallons of midnight oil are expended in the lab. Cadets adorned with flasks, beakers, and crucibles are a mute testimony that something is brewing in Chem. Lab. Suffice it that, carrying on the high, progressive standards established by Col. Pendleton, the Chemistry Department has one of the highest ratings in the South. Closely connected with the Chemistry Depart- ment are the pre-medical students, who labor amid unknown texts and other monstrosities, and with whom Maj. Carroll has done exceptionally fine work. Maj. Ritchie N Capt. Travis ' Col. Young Col. Carroll Kelly Col. Steii