Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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1. HIS edition of the Bomb marks the 7.5th anniversary of tlie pubHcation. It is the oldest college annual in the South, and in a way tlie prestige that it carries is symbolic of the prestige of the school it represents. VMI men have risen to prominent heights in every imaginable field of endeavor, and although VMI was originally an engineering school, the Institute now displays some of the best liberal arts departments in the state. VMI has graduated the best (if civil leaders an l the military accomplishments of her graduates are not to be (iverlcicikrd. Ilundrnls of X ' Sll men have ilicd for their country in all the wars and national conflicts since 1839. During World War II VMI men served in the offices of Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and there were more than sixty men of general and flag rank in the armed services who graduated from the Institute. ' MI is the only school in the country permitted to display a battle streamer on iur flag. The Corps of Cadets participated in the Battle of New Market and ])layed a decisive role in the defeat of the northern forces under command of General Siegel on 1,5 May 1864. Similarly, it is the little traditions and practices that make VMI outstanding. She lists among her graduates such men as General of the Army George C. Marshall, a military leader who received the Nobel Prize for Peace. In a way, he is representative of the type of man V]MI produces, a man capable of succeeding not only in the military but in civilian life as well, a man with a high sense of honor and firm character, well rounded in many things, but above all with a high sense of duty to his country. The alumni of VJNII have good reason to be proud of their school, and good reason to back her loyally as they watch her growth, knowing that she will con- tinue to make notable contributions to a free society.

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JOHN McKENNA Head Football Coach