Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Department of Electrical Engineering All you have to do is study until taps. Why, when I was young and working, I didn ' t leave the plant on cold winter mornings until 3:26 — and then had to walk two miles home. Thus The Butt encourages his class on the future of an embryo Electrical Elngineer. But all is not so simple as studying until taps — long into the night, interrupted frequently by, The Man says to get those lights out. The hopefuls generate currents, get efficiencies of 110%, and lead where they should lag, before arriving at feasible conclusions to their many problems. Then, with eyes like two burnt holes in a mattress, the boys must face Lightnin ' Bill at 0800 and go to the board only to hear — Five, five, five, five. (Stop, that ' s enough!) One period later, out come the ear trumpets, as the Electricals tiptoe into the Senator ' s classroom, bound with rugged determination to hear this one lecture, at least. But on the serious side, the E. E. Department has done a fine job in the past in preparing the Electrical Engineers of V. M. I. to take their rightful place with the best the world has to off ' er; and it is assured that those graduating year after year in the future will have been given the same boost toward the top. Stwding: Colonel Hamison, Colonel Trinlde, Lieutenant Colonel Home Sitting: General Anderson [29]

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Standing: Lieutenant Colonel Dillard, Lieutenant Colonel Tutwiler, Major Lipsccmbe, Captain Darisson Sitting: Colonel Carroll, Colonel Bates, Colonel H unlet . Colonel Dixon, Colonel Fuller Department of Liberal Arts The Liberal Arts Department is chiefly concerned with the cultural development of the Cadets who pursue this course. Intellectual advancement and its accompanying refinement of tastes and broadening of vision is the chief goal of the Liberal Artist. The instructors endeavor to guide their pupils in the right direction, not only by giving them classroom aid and instruction, but also by advising them in their plans for the future. The thoughts and ideas of men, the most interesting and powerful of all the forces in life, are brought to the attention of the Cadets in this course. By studying the thoughts and works of the past masters and also of the outstanding figures of our present time, the Liberal Artist is afforded a broad basis for either immediate employment or more advanced study. Under the guidance of their instructors, the Liberal Artists are given numerous opportunities to improve their self-expression, development of ideas, and all of the many qualities that join to produce a man who is a worthy graduate of one of the outstanding institutions of higher learning in our country.

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Standing: Lieutenant Colonel II elle . Major Lancaster Sitting : Colonel Millner, Colonel Moseley, Colonel Edwards Department of Foreign Languages The Department of Foreign Languages, headed by Colonel T. A. E. Moseley, is charged with giving each Cadet a working knowledge of at least one modern foreign language during his stay at the Institute. Some foreign language is required for men of all courses during their fourth and third class years, but the choice of whether to take French, Spanish or German rests with the individual Cadet. Language study is required during the second and first class years only for men taking the Liberal Arts or Pre-Medical courses. The context of the courses varies with the academic year and course of study of the men in the language sections. Some of the courses are purely scientific, and some purely literary, while others take up the conversational aspects of the language. The over-all object of all the courses, however, is ' to provide each man with the type of knowledge of language which will be of most benefit to him in his future life ' s work.