Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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PRESTON LIBRARY The library is the heart of an (■(lucatiiiiial iiislitulion and at ySll is appropriately a memorial to Colonel John Thomas Lewis Preston, the original champion of the founding of the Virginia Military Institute. It is Colonel I ' reston who is generally credited with conceiving the idea of ' .MI and who gave the institution its name: Virginia — a state institution, neither sectional nor denominational. [Military — its characteristic feature. Institute — something different from either college or university. The three elements thus indicated are the basis of a triangular pyramid, of which the three sides will preserve their mutual relation to whatever height the structure might rise.

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STAFF a M 3kig. Gen. Llovd -I. Damdson Dean of the Fanilli ( f)L T ( liTEIf HaiXES ( H VliTHl k M Lips omb. .Jh. Business Eunillir Officer Ktgislrar Col. BYouhnoy H. Baiiksdale Capt. Joseph C. Pearce Military Exenitirc Officer Band Director M J. R. M RLO H RPER ( ' PT WiLLIW I. (iK MiE L A ililant Treasurer J ' nnhasm, Dffutr Mil. Robert W. Jeffrey Director of PiMic Relations Col. J. Harhv Kbeling

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ARMY I Standing, Left to Right: M Sgt. Collins, M Sgt. Gould, SFC Mason, SFC Shepherd, Lt. Col. Maiizolil •Capt. Murphy, M Sgt. McClintock, Maj. Nelson, SFC Tolle, Maj. Murphy, SFC Michael ( ' apt. Kelsey, : I Sgt. Smith. Col. .Johns, R. ,.ECOGNIZED by the Department of the Army as a leader among military colleges, the Virginia Military Institute offers a unique and varied military program to its students. All cadets become potential officers, enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, in their fourth class year. Learning basic fundamentals of the military during their fir.st year, cadets elect their particular branch of the Armed Forces at the beginning of their second year, Armor, Artillery, or Infantry being offered. During the second and third years, the cadets ejiter an intensive study of the science and tactics of their particular branch and attend a summer camp of six weeks duration at the end of their second class year. At summer camp, they put to practice the vital information learned in the VMI Military Science Department. The constant high standing of cadets at camp demonstrates the rxccllence of their instruction at the Institute. I{( ciiniiition of over-all excellence in the military is given those (•.■hI( !■- h meet the requirements by designating them Distinguished Milil.iiy Sludents. Cadets owning this honor are offered Regular Army commissions. All cailcls. however, receive Reserve conmiissions upon graduation. In keeping with modern military concepts, the Military Science Department is constantly striving to make realism, in both class- room and field, a steady factor. Proof of this high standard of instruction may be seen in the records that VMI Regidar or Reserve officers ha c mainlaineil Ihrnunh the ye.-ir.s.