Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Jl iea THE beginning of 1946 brings the first hints of the fulfillment of what has been since June, 1943, the cherished hope of the Class of ' 47 . . . that we should be able to present to those former cadets who are returning from the war, and to those future cadets who will live and grow at V. M. I., a nucleus with which to rebuild. Although during wartime the Corps was reduced to approximately two hundred and fifty cadets, the majority of whom were Fourth Classmen, and although the presence of Army cadets for some three years necessitated many changes, we have worked and fought as one to keep the essential, time- proven traditions which are a part of the V. M. I. we love. To former and future cadets, then, we pass on a Corps which is very small and very young, but a Corps which never- theless is of undiminished quality, and, foremost, a Corps which has been infused with that priceless, intangible thing which for want of better words we call the Spirit. So, in building this Sixty-Second Volume of the Bomb, we have attempted to portray a V. M. I. which has survived the war years with her heart untouched. Lack of numbers and talent have made the Bomb smaller and less extensive than those of former years; yet we offer The 1947 Bomb, in all modesty and sincerity, as another link in the chain. Contents . .. Book I . . The Institute Book II . . The Classes Book III . . The Corps Book IV . . Activities Book V . . Athletics Book VI . . Features The Outrage IM I Willi PI PI fl M

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. . . to those brave former cadets who have carried the Spirit of New Market to a hundred foreign fields and beaches, and who have written a new and, if possible, more glorious chapter in the history of the V. M. I. In a more especial sense, this page constitutes a salute to those V. M. I. men whose names were added in the late conflict as ' ' died on the field of honor, from the Class of 1902 through the Class of 1947. Surely the Institute, by the actions of those to whom we pay tribute here, was heard from during the past four years. i0- yl ., . ■ :yyf ivr ' PS-, . ' Shf ' «» ill I SI § 1£ t ! J