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Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute,
Lexington, Virginia.
DEDICATION.
Tf^is volume is dedicated with love and
revetence to tlie Sacted iMemozy of
ttiose members of the Class of I go I
whom death has taken
ftom us.
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W. Karl Baskerville
Augustus J. Burgdorf
Paul B. ClarR
Randolph B. Lemoine
Samuel C. Nott
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GREETINGS.
Our hearty greetings do we here extend,
And this, the record of what we have done —
This simple tribute to old 1901 —
We to your tender mercies do commend
And thou ! our Alma Mater most benign,
Would that our work were worthy of thy shrine !
Thou, who in our hearts art first and last —
The honored mother of our honored Class —
All that we have, is thine !
Editor.
FPPRECIATIVE reader, bear with us while we launch this our frail craft
on the waters of unfeeUng criticism, and let the bottle broken on the
bow be filled, not with the sparkling champagne of your clever satire,
but with the milder wine of toleration for any faults in plan or con-
struction. " If you can't boost, don't knock." Perhaps we, lacking
taste, talent, and teaching, have gone out of our line in attempting
to turn out a literary masterpiece in this purely practical Institution ;
so, if we have rushed in where angels feared to tread, or mounted
our Pegasus to heights above, showing but poor horsemanship, just try to forget it.
With which enfilade of metaphors well mixed, we beg to submit The Bomb,
our record of the year past, and a tribute to the institute, hoping it may ricochet
its way into the hearts of true cadets, kindling the bright memories of their erst-
while Home.
The Editors.
BOARD OF EDITORS.
*Otho V. Kean Editor-in Chief
Charles S. Roller, Jr Business Manager and Acting Editor-in-Chief
Robert W. Johnson lUustrator-in-Chief and Associate Editor
Edward Ryland Advertising Editor
H. Peck Fry Associate Editor
Morgan H. Hudgins Associate Editor
John L,. Cabell Assistant Business Manager
E. Scott Martin Assistant Advertising Editor
♦Resigned from the Institute to enter the United States Military Academy.
THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
FOUNDED NOVEMBER IJth, 1839.
IFnstltute Colors.
Red, White and Yellow.
IFnetttutc Well.
Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Virginia !
Military Institute ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah !
Rah ! Hoc ! Ri ! Rah ! Hoc ! Ri !
Ri ! Ri ! V. M. I.
THE QUESTION?
We stopped in our stroll, just she and I,
And though really there was no reason why ;
Then we talked of kisses, as is Love's way,
And her lips said No, though her eyes said Yea,
Now, knowing the lips may moralize,
I may have hearkened unto the eyes,
For a harebell, which had raised its head
To hear what the yellow cowslips said,
Saw only the glow of a crimson streak.
As a blush died way on the maiden's cheek
O V K. 'oi.
ACADEMIC STAFF.
/ General SCOTT SHIPP, LL. D.,
Superintendent.
^ Colonel JOHN M. BROOKE,
Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
5 Colonel THOMAS M. SEMMES,
Professor of Modern Languages and Khetoric.
/^ Colonel E. W. NICHOLS,
Professor of Mathematics and Mechanics.
A- Colonel R. A. MARR,
Professor of Engineering and Drawing.
^ Colonel HUNTER PENDLETON, M. A., Ph D.,
Professor of General and Applied Chemistry.
7 Colonel N. B, TUCKER, C. E., B. S.,
Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, and Associate Professor of Chemistry.
g Colonel FRANCIS MALLORY, C. E.,
Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
^ Major R. C. MARSHALL, Jr., B. S.,
Acting Commandant of Cadets, and Professor of Military Science.
fO Major C, B. SLEMP, B. S.,
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics.
// Major H. C. FORD, B. S., Ph. D.,
Adjunct Professor of Latin and English.
/^ Captain H. E. HYATT, B. S., ■
Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
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/ 3 Captain C. W. WATTS, B. S ,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics.
/»/• Captain G. P. MARROW, B. S.,
Assistant Professor of Drawing and Tactics.
/ t>' Captain T. MILTON, B. S.,
Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Tactics.
/ G Captain H. STOCKDELL,
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Tactics.
fH Captain J. H. WOOD, Jr.,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Tactics.
/ 3 Captain G. A. DERBYSHIRE, B. S ,
Assistant Professor of German, English, and Tactics.
I Cf Captain J. J. MARSHALL,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics.
£ 0 Captain J. W. HYATT, B. S.,
Assistant Professor of Drawing.
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MILITARY STAFF.
Captain H. E. HYATT,
Adjutant.
2/ Major HAMILTON P. HOWARD, M. D.,
Surgeon.
Colonel W. T. POAGUE,
Treasurer and Military Storekeeper.
Major F. W. HOUSTON,
Commissary and Quartermaster.
Captain J. W. GILLOCK,
Assistant Military Storekeeper.
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BATTALION ORGANIZATION.
Staff.
^ T. S. Carter lyieutenant and Adjutant
/ y C. S. Roller Lieutenant and Quartermaster
M. I. Forbes Sergeant-Major
Co. *'H." Co. "S5." Co. "C."
Captains.
// G.C.Marshall' / ^ W. W. Sheppard^ /^ St. J. R. Marshall*
Jfirst Xlcutcnants.
<" L. A. Britton' 7 E. S. Martin^ / W. Goodwin*
Second Xieutenante.
//. E. L. Cannoni ^ P. b. Peyton^ 3 p. C. Elliot*
JFirst Sergeants.
I. B. Johnsoni P. A. Tillery^ H. J. Geiger*
E. D. Jackson'
W. P. Upshups
N. T. Luning9
M. Q. Kelly'='
G. S. Dewey'
S. S. Lees
J. B. Sinclair"
W. L. Carneal'3
H. L. Flowerree"
Sergeants.
A. B. Kawn-'
J. B. Wright'
J. W. Gleason"
B. H. Tucker'*
R. F. Beirne*
H. W. Studes
M. P. M. Werth''
W. V. Smiley'«
Corporals.
R. B. Claggett^
N. D. Emerson'
W. B. Anderson"
C. T. Randle'5
P. Alexander"
D. P. Smith*
J. D. Owen8
J. Hicks'2
W. H. Tate'"
R. E. Swift™
Co. "D."
6 C. C. McCahe^
S M. H. Hudgins'
2 O. V. Kean^
R. A. Risser^
R. M. August^
E. R. deSteiger'"
P. C. McConnell'*
H. P. Rankin'
J. H. EUerson^
S. G. Whittle'"
R. S. Cohen'*
W. Turnhull'8
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D COMPANY
STAFF AND COLORS
CLASS OF 190 J.
Colors : White and Purple.
©fficers.
C. C. McCabe, Maryland President
A. E. Miller, Virginia Vice-President
R. W. Johnson, Arkansas Historian
Class Song of 1901.
(air: "AULD LANG syne.")
Behold the Class of Naughtj'-One,
A fine lot as you see,
We 're not too tall, nor yet too small,
A jolly crowd are we.
Purple and white our colors are ;
A combination fine.
More handsome boj'S, the people saj',
Were never found in line.
From every State each mother's son
A noble work has done.
Now years of toil have passed away.
Our race is nearly run.
To win our class undying fame,
Our aim so true and bold,
Our Alma Mater's honored name
In reverence we shall hold.
Chorus :
A famous class is this of ours,
In number, thirty-five.
We 're bound by ties of friendship strong,
' Dear Class of Nineteen One.
R., ly. and A.
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MEMBERS FIRST CLASS.
2.1 FiTzHUGH Berry Alderdice .... Washington Street, Hagerstown, Md.
Figure Final German.
/7 John Boucher Blunt 303 East Main Street, Richmond, Va.
Figure Final German.
1-7 I/EROY Anderson Britton Pensaukin, N. J.
Fourth Corporal A Compan}' ; Second Sergeant C Company ; First Lieutenant A Com-
pany ; President Glee Club ; Figure Final German.
3V John Lottier Cabell 511 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Va.
Assistant Business ilanager Bomb ; Figure Final German.
5" Edward LeGrand Cannon 136 Bute Street, Norfolk, Va.
Third Corporal B Company ; Second Sergeant C Company ; Second Lieutenant A Com-
pany ; Assistant ilanager Baseball Team.
35 Taylor Scott Carter Mount Jackson, Virginia.
Second Corporal C Company; Sergeant Major; Adjutant; Chief Marshal Final Ball;
Figure Final German.
Howard Byron Castleman Gaylord, Virginia.
First Corporal C Company ; First Sergeant B Company ; Vice-President Dialectic Society ;
Secretary and Vice-President Young Men's Christian Association ; Captain B Company.
^^ Isaac Davenport 716 West Frankliyi Street, Richmojid, Va.
Fifth Sergeant C Company ; Figure Final German.
J Q Frederick Cotten Elliot Tallahassee, Florida
Third Sergeant A Company ; Second Lieutenant C Company ; Figure Final German ; First
Marksmanship Medal.
tji Henry Peck Fry Highland Park, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Associate Editor of Bomb ; President Cadet-Dialectic Society ; Figure Final German.
23 David Ewing Godfrey . Care Colonel E. S. Godfrey, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Figure Final German ; Official Scorer of Baseball.
2-6 Walton Goodwin, Jr. Care Commodore Goodwin, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C.
Fifth Sergeant D. Company ; First Lieutenant C Company ; Figure Final German.
/>" Edmund Bolling Hubard Salem, Va.
Figure Final German ; Sub Football Team.
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fO Morgan Hughes HuDGiNS 2og Middle Street, Portsmouth, Va.
Third Sevgeaiit B Company ; First Lieutenant D Company ; Associate Editor Bomb ; Figure
Final German ; Figure Final Ball ; Shortstop Baseball Team ; Sub Football Team.
3^ James Banks Hudson 216 North Fifty-First Street, Waco, Tex.
Fourth Corporal C Company ; Manager Football Team ; Member Athletic Executive Com-
mittee ; Member German Club.
/^ James Vandegrift Johnson .... 50J East Seventh Street, Little Rock, Ark.
Secretary Young Men's Christian Association ; President Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation.
fi Robert Ward Johnson 601 East Fifth Street, Little Rock, Ark.
Fourth Corporal D Company ; Third Sergeant D Company ; Class Historian ; Figure Final
German ; Figure Final Ball ; Illustrator-in-Chief and Associate Editor of Bomb.
*^ Otho Vaughan Kean Lynchburg, Va. ■
Third Sergeant C Company ; Second Lieutenant D Company ; Figure Final Ball ; Figure
Final German ; Editor-in-Chief of Bomb ; Manager Football Team.
/ 9 George Cornelius Reid Kelly 126 Duke Street, Norfolk, Va.
Figure Final German.
Joseph Mass I,Evy Galveston, Tex.
Committee Final Ball.
/^ Hugh James MacIntyre Thomasvilk, Ga.
^ Fifth Sergeant A Company ; President Cadet-Dialectic Society ; Declaimer Medalist.
5/ George Catlett Marshall .... /jo West Main Street, Uniontowji, Penn.
First Corporal A Company ; First Sergeant A Company ; Captain A Company ; Vice-
President Final Ball ; Tackle Football Team ; Figure Final German.
^yc St. Julien Ravenel Marshall .... /// Middle Street, Portsmouth, Va.
Tliird Sergeant A Company ; Captain C Company ; Figure Final Ball ; Assistant Leader
Pinal German ; Sub Football Team ; Sub Baseball Team.
5 2. Edwin Scott Martin Farmville, Va.
Fourth Sergeant C Company ; First Lieutenant B Company ; Associate Editor Bomb ;
President Final German ; Figure Final Ball ; Manager Glee Club ; Sub Football Team.
2. 8 Calvert Cornelius McCabe . . . 2124. Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, Md.
First Corporal C Company ; First Sergeant D Company ; Captain D Company ; President
of Class ; Figure Final Ball ; Assistant Leader Final German ; Captain and Second
Base Baseball Team ; Half-back Football Team ; Member Athletic Executive Com-
mittee ; Assistant Manager Football Team.
3 O Alexander Erskine Miller Staunton, Va.
First Corporal D Company ; First Color Sergeant; J'irst Lieutenant A Company; Vice-Pres-
ident Class ; President Final Ball ; Figure Final German ; Half-back Football Team ;
Assistant Manager of Football Team ; Secretary Cadet Society.
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^i" Robinson Moncure Falmouth, Va.
Vice-President Cadet Society.
f*f- Leonard Kimball Nicholson . . . ijoi Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, La.
Figure Final German.
^ Philip Bradley Peyton Fourteenth Street, Charlottesville, Va.
Fifth Sergeant B Company ; Second Lieutenant B Company ; Kight Field Baseball Team ;
Member German Club.
// Charles SuMMERViLLE Roller, Jr Fort Defiance, Va.
Second Color Sergeant ; Quartermaster ; Captain and Quarter-back Football Team ; Assistant
Leader Final German ; Vice-President Cadet Society ; Treasurer Young Men's Chris-
tian Association ; Vice-President Athletic Association ; President General Athletic
Association ; Chairman Committee Final Ball ; Catcher Baseball Team ; Assistant Man-
ager Baseball Team ; Member Athletic Executive Committee ; Business Manager and
Acting Editor-in-Chief of Bomb ; Valedictorian of Class.
t^ WoosTER Dudley Rucker Stuart, Va.
Fourth Sergeant B Company ; Figure Final German.
/ . Edward Ryland Richmond, Va.
Manager Baseball Team ; Advertising Editor of Bomb ; Member Athletic Executive Com-
mittee ; Member German Club.
2. William Wallace Sheppard Edgefield, S. C.
First Sergeant C Company ; Captain B Company , Figure Final German.
*7 Charles Edward Stuart Alexajidria, Va.
Figure Final German ; Debater Medalist.
^ o Charles Leforester Todd . . . jop West Fraiiklin Street, Richmond, Va.
Figure Final German.
^ 4~ Laurence Dade Wall Buck Lodge, Md.
Figure Final German.
^^ George William Watson 25 Union Street, Petersburg, Va.
Third Corporal B Company ; Fourth Sergeant B Company ; Figure Final Ball ; Figure
Final German.
3 Merritt Marvin Wilford Bowling Green, Ky.
Figure Final German ; German Club.
3'jr Charles Evans Wingo 902 Park Avenue, Richmond, Va.
Figure Final German ; Second Marksmanship Medal.
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HISTORY OF J 90 1.
S DEFINED by Webster a history is " a methodical record of
important events which concern a community of men, usually
arranged so as to show the connection of causes and effects ;"
therefore this title is confusing, not to say deceptive. For far
from methodical are these " musings without methods ;" a
" record of the important events " which have marked each year
of the four, would fill volumes ; and an arrangement showing " the connection
of causes and effect " would imply the presence of logic, deduction, induction,
et cetera, elements totally foreign to the writer. So look not for rhyme or reason
in this dissertation on a class, — as a class not unlike a score of others^ yet in the
personality of its individual members, each an artist in his line, as original and
peculiar as the best side-show on the road. The Rodentian Period of the life
of the Oughtonians opened with the appearance of a myriad of these anirhals
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amid the limestone of Rockbridge County at Lexington, " Athens of the South,"
its metropolis and county-seat, on the first day of September, 1897. Preceding
this time naught of their life can as yet be ascertained ; and that their presence
in this Eden was due to the condensation of the hydrated atmosphere surrounding
the earth in its nebular form, or that these bright lights were the residue of a
contemporaneous meteoric storm, is yet but a hypothetical solution of the prob-
lem. But aside from all such detonations and explosions of technical terms
and scientific nomenclature, it is true that an ever-thoughtful Fate, Kismet, or
Destiny, through the medium of a juvenile ambition to play soldier, the patriot-
ism of parents, or the Institute's reputation as a reformatory, brought together
'01, as the emerald green, woefully blue and red in places.
Enough for our primitive state : after that we followed with Darwinian
exactness the process of evolution. Owing to one continual Struggle for Existence
we are, as found to-day, a questionable illustration of the Survival of the Fittest.
For the first long, long year, it was a struggle. Never did the chosen people
of Biblical fame chafe under their yoke of bondage as did we. In that time small
character and less mental development appeared on the surface, and we floundered
on to all the vain-glory of the secondary period, not because of but in spite of
external forces continually in opposition. Then came the first few weeks of
wildest delight at the novelty of apparent power, the first taste of official supremacy
and chevrons, and the awakened ambition for the bright scintillation of the sash
and sword. Chevrons, chevrons, under the masquerade of duty, how many
crimes are committed in thy name ! An honor, yes ; and more effectually a
ball and chain, enforcing good behavior.
The tertiary period opened and closed with the class undivided. What
more can be said? This period marked the culmination of militarism. Many
were the chevrons, much the running. The sweetness of power but tasted in
the Third Class was developed into an all-devouring appetite, a passion. That
other restless yearning also was here first felt, — the " Calic hunger ;" that fascinat-
ing hypnotic power, which by some occult agency forces one to vainly wear
tight belts, imagine a thirty-inch chest expansion forty, and walk on air to
the tune of one's heart's beats instead of Krause's mediaeval marches. The year
closed happily. Finals — our finals, — the climax is reached ! We stand alone
on the dizzy heights ; we gasp, choke, nearly suffocate with the glory of it all !
Oh ! Conceit, all powerful worker of wonders, you 're all the goods !
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Three 3'ears gone by, and in those three were we four times visited by that
sable-cloaked angel, Death, and still once again this year. Four of our classmates,
— Augustus Bergdorf, Randolph Lemoine, Samuel Nott, and Paul Clark, — all
within one year, were called from our midst ; and this year came the sad news
of the death of Carl Baskerville, who left us last year owing to his failing health.
That they, to whom this volume is dedicated, may sleep in peace, is the prayer
of their grieved classmates. So amid our wreath of happiness are entwined
flowers of sadness, the ever-enduring remembrances from the Creator of an
unquestionable wisdom that passeth all understanding, before which we can
but bow.
With a matriculation of over a hundred, the fourth and last year finds
Bs in number reduced to thirty-six, and with the strong tie of mutual regard
and trust as individual classmates and as a whole increased tenfold. We are
the whole show from overture to curtain. With our blues and limited number
of plumes captured last June, we have gone into our last year intent upon
ending alumni, notwithstanding Saturday night permits and religious fanati-
cism, made evident every Sunday evening by an unquenchable desire to attend
divine service. With " Irish " McCabe, president since our rat days, as a class
we flatter ourselves we are every inch a success. In football, with " Dutchy "
Roller giving the signals, and both half-backs and a guard from '01, there
has been a team here this year, the like of which was never heard of in the
annals of the Institute. And from present prospects the baseball nine will follow
the example. Then there is the distinction to be gained in the section-room :
and many are the " maxes," and as the sand of the sea innumerable are the
" threes " thrust upon us. In the Sciences, our knowledge is immeasurable
with a balance, voltometer, or theodolite. In " Belle-lettres," take this superb
volume as an example and proof of our cultured esthetic taste. In the word
painting of the immortal Ruskin, " We 're just the cheese."
We 've had our fun. We 've broken most every law of the Decalogue,
and all of the Regulations ; so we feel we can honestly take our dips with clear
consciences and all the inward satisfaction of something attempted, nothing
done. Not that there 's " nothing doing," but that the doctrine of least work
has been universally adopted. We have not made Milwaukee famous, nor are
we advertised by our loving friends, but the key to our success is in our unity
of action. We admit ourselves to be a consolidated trust, for we have killed
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internal competition by cornering the market in good-will and good-fellowship.
And better than silver and gold is this our capital. What though afterwards
life's journey seem a hard and difficult path to travel, and we seem at first
not quite prepared, can we ever look back on our four years spent here with
any feelings of regret? No, no; even when grown hardened with toil and
trouble, cynical in the grovel after shekels, or bowed down with sorrow and
age, may we one and all look back on this bright heyday of our youth with the
same sweet yearning, made stronger by time, as we feel each day we approach
the final roll-call.
" Oh ! happy da3'S, thy memory lingers,
Like some sweet dream we see thee as we part ;
We '11 close thy tomb with holy, tender fingers,
Thou 'It lie embalmed 'mid spices of the heart."
Historian.
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CLASS OF 1902.
Colors : Crimson and Gray.
©fficers.
T. M. RiNEHART, Virginia President
A. B. Rawn, Virginia Vice-President
M. Q. Kelly, Virginia Historian
flDembere.
Adams, Alfred A Lynchburg, Va.
Allen, Joseph C Corsicana, Tex.
August, Robert M Kichmond, Va.
Bailey, Koy M Savannah, Ga.
Barnett, J. Mercer Gainesville, Ga.
Bass, Lucien L Richmond, Va.
Beirne, Richard F Ashland, Va.
Blundou, Montague Baltimore, Md.
Downer, J. Walker Norfolk, Va.
Downing, Frederick B. . Sharp's Wharf, Va.
Eastham, Robert F Flint Hill, Va.
Flowers, Edward Vicksburg, Miss.
Forbes, M. Innes W^arrenton, Va.
Garland, Herbert G Lynchburg, Va.
Geiger, Henry J Staunton, Va.
Gleason, James W Covington, Va.
Howard, Hugh M. . . . Washington, D. C.
Jackson, E. Douglas . . . Front Royal, Va.
Johnson, I. Branch Norfolk, Va.
Johnston, A. Lang<taff . . . Richmond, Va.
Johnston, Charles Salem, Va.
Kelly, Max Q Lynchburg, Va.
Kirk, Todd Kirksville, Mo.
Lewis, Beverly C Richmond, Va.
Lowry, Frank K Bedford City, Va.
Luning, Nicholas T Oakland, Cal.
Marshall, Myron B Portsmouth, Va.
Maury, Richard F Brooklyn, N. Y.
McCance, Henry M Manchester, Va.
McConnell, Fred C Mobile, Ala.
McNeil, Tobias S Bristol, Va.
Meginniss, Regester .... Baltimore, Md.
Mizell, Everett King's Ferry, Fla.
Page, John D Princess Anne, Md.
Parrish, Frederick M. . . . Portsmouth, Va.
Perkins, Andrew C Augusta, Ga.
Rawn, Andrew B Roanoke, Va.
Rinehart, Thomas M Covington, Va.
Kisser, Ralph A Calvert, Tex.
Rogers, James H Maysville, Ky.
Smiley, William V. . . Moffett's Creek, Va.
de Steiger, Eugene R. . . . San Marcos, Tex.
Stude, Henry W Houston, Tex.
Tillery, Paul A Edenton, N. C.
Tucker, Beverley H Richmond, Va.
Tutwiler, Herbert .... Birmingham, Ala.
Upshur, William P. . . . Richmond, Va.
Werth, M. F. Maury .... Richmond, Va.
Wise, Jennings C New York, N. Y.
W^ right, Jessie B Allwood, Va.
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HISTORY OF J 902.
OR two solid hours I have been sitting here fusing the midnight
carbon, and fusing out at every attempt to find an entirely
original way of expressing my thoughts, which thoughts I
have been kindly requested by the editor-in-chief to hand in
to him to-morrow. I had succeeded in collecting and combin-
ing all the scattered ideas that I could scare up, and in treating
them in what I thought to be an original style, when to my disappointment it
suddenly occurred to me that I had unconsciously allowed myself to be
influenced by Carlyle in his " Sartor Resartus," so, of course, I had tO' treat
them over again. I must say that this discouraged me not a little, and I was
beginning to think that I live at too late a date to be original — that all original
styles had been taken, you understand — but I determined to try again. As a
result of diligent application, I think I have now succeeded in expressing myself
in a style all my own. Although the careless reader may think, prima facie,
that I have imitated the style of Jonathan Swift, yet if he reads more carefully
he will see that such is not the case ; one difference being that the Dean revels
in the figure. Irony, while I seldom made use of that dangerous edged tool,
especially in handling such a subject as
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OUR CLASS TREE.
In the fall of the year of 1898 there was planted at the Virginia Military Insti-
tute a fine young tree, which, it was said, would bear fruit in four years. After
a short while, it began to send down its roots into the ground to get the firm
hold which was not to be shaken by the storms of winter. At the first approach
of spring, its buds burst forth, and soon it became a shapely mass of beautiful
green leaves. It continued to grow in strength and beauty until about the
middle of its second year, when, alas ! some fatal worm began gnawing on one
of its branches. The leaves soon began to droop and wither, and it became
apparent that this branch would have to be removed, in order that the whole
tree might not be destroyed ; so it was cut off, and dropped to the ground.
A kind-hearted lady picked up the withered branch, planted and cared for it,
and as a result of her patient, unselfish labor, she saw it take root and lift toward
the sun its drooping leaves (of which, 011 dit, there are now enough to form the
greater part of a large and interesting chapter).
So much for the withered branch. One would think that the beauty of the
tree would be marred by the removal of one of its principal branches, but for-
tunately it was not, for, strange to say, another limb of equal size grew out in
the very place where the old one had been. Such is the history of our class tree
up to the present time, and those who are interested in it are looking forward
with joy and confidence to the summer of 1902, when its fruit shall have ripened.
How many of those who read these lines will be able also to read between them?
Not a great many at most, so perhaps it would be better throughout the rest
of this work, to have nothing at all between the lines.
Our third year of cadet life is now fast nearing its close, and as we look back
over its joys and sorrows, we can not but feel that the latter have been com-
paratively few and small. In fact, we can recall only one real misfortune, and
that was the loss of two of our number ; they were " shipped " simply because
they could not overcome a natural antipathy towards any kind of study, and, as
a result, could not overcome their examinations. We tried very hard to hold
on to them, and they tried very hard to stay, — making all kinds of promises, —
but it was in vain; the cadet proposeth, le General disposeth. With this ex-
ception, nothing has happened to disturb the even tenor of our way. That
part of the year has now come, when there is not a cadet in barracks but can
tell you right away, without stopping to count, how many days there are before
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the longed-for twenty-sixth of June. The Finals are now being thought of
and talked about morning, noon, and night (it may be, a little to the neglect
of our present duties — the examinations, etc.). One of the principal features of
the Final celebrations will be the ball. It will be opened by one whom we
unanimously selected, and who is doing all in his power to make it a success.
He is very much indebted to several friends who have been using every effort to
help him along in his work. One friend, in particular, has aided him greatly
along the advertising line by circulating some of the most flattering reports
imaginable, one of which was that our president was going to open the
ball with a milkmaid ! Now could there possibly be a more original or more
beautiful idea, a pastoral ball, the men attired as peasants and the ladies as
milkmaids ! What a pity that it could not possibly be run in that manner. But
entirely different plans had been made, so this report had to be called in and
extinguished as had a few others. Everything, however, is getting along swim-
mingly, we think. But enough of these vanities.
Let us pause in the midst of our pleasures to twine a wreath of " myrtles
brown with ivy never sere " in memory of her whom God has so recently called
from this community to be His handmaiden, and let us drop a tear of sympathy
for those whose hearts are bowed down in sorrow.
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CLASS OF t903.
Colors : White and Emerald- Green.
©fficcrs.
S. S. Lee, Virginia President
J. H. Ellerson, Virginia Vice-President
Iv. H. McAdow, Montana Historian
fiDembers.
Alexander, Percy Shreveport, La.
Anderson, William B . . . . Richmond, Va.
Aull, Robert P St. Louis, Mo.
Blackwell, William T. . . . Durham, N. C.
Bornefeld, Herman A. . . . Galveston, Tex
Bouldin, Wood, Jr Houston, Va.
Bridges, David Q Richmond, Va.
Brown, Richard H Tyler, Tex.
Camphell, James C St. Louis, Mo.
Carneal, William L Richmond, Va.
Chinn, A. Julian Frankfort, Ky.
Claggetl, Ralph B Lexington, 111.
Cohen, Rodney S Augusta, Ga.
Dewey, George S Goldsboro, N. C.
Dewey, Thomas A Goldsboro, N. C.
Ellerson, John H. . . . . . Richmond, Va.
Emerson, Neil D Wilmington, N. C.
Flowerree, Harry L. . . . Vicksburg, Miss.
Ford, Milton E Washington, D. C.
French, D. Milton . . . . Alexandria, Va.
Gilmore, George K Chase City, Va.
Halsey, Franklin S Rapidan, Va.
Hayes, William P Louisville, Ky.
Heiberger, Franz J. . : . Washington, D. C.
Hertzog, Ernest L . . . Spartanburg, S. C.
Hicks, John Rockdale, Tex.
Johnson, Bradley T. . . . Amelia C. H., Va.
Lee, Sidney Smith . . . Fredericksburg, Va.
Loughridge, Sidnev A. . . . Lexington, Ky.
Lovell, Enos T Crowley, La.
Lynch, Oliver A Richmond, Va.
Macomber, Robert N Richmond, Va.
Mahone, William Petersburg, Va.
McAdow, Lewis H Bozeman, Mont.
Miller, John J Washington, Va.
Milton, Marshall McC. . . . Berryville, Va.
Minor, Philip L Uniontown, Pa.
Mullen, Clarie S Petersburg, Va.
Owen, J. Doniphan .... Lynchburg, Va.
Pace, Steve A Corsicana, Tex.
Paul John Harrisonburg, Va.
Perry, Victor H Sherman, Tex.
Philips, John P Tyler, Tex.
Randle, Cole T Cleburne, Tex.
Rankin, Harry P Luray, Va.
Schoolfield, James E Danville, Va.
Shelton, George M Waco, Tex.
Shields, E. Southard .... Lexington, Va.
Sinclair, Jefferson B Hampton, Va.
Smith, Clarence C. . . . Vicksburg, Miss.
Smith, Dean P Louisiana, Mo.
Swetnam, Ford H . Swetnam, Va.
Swift, Richard E. . . . Fredericksburg, Va.
Tanner, Leroy R Vicksburg, Miss.
Tate, William H Baltimore, Md.
TurnbuU, Walter .... Lawrenceyille, Va.
Utter, J. Samuel Danville, Va.
Vaughan, Ritchie W Ashland, Va.
Waddill, Edmund C Richmond, Va.
White, Thomas W Abingdon, Va.
Whittle, Stafford G . . . . Martinsville, Va.
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HISTORY OF J 903.
AS there ever a happier set of rodents to hear " Auld
Lang Syne," or a more elated twenty who now could
wear the longed-for corporals' chevrons, than the rear-
rankers in the final 1900 formation? Or could there be a
more self-satisfied lot than that which returned near the
middle of September to take up the burden of the Third Class.
Of course there were a few who failed to return from the furlough ; they
evidently thought that one year of military life was enough for them. However,
the rest of the Class commenced with a will. They gloried in the fact that they
were old cadets ; and straightway proceeded to demonstrate that fact. They
made the life of the corporal of the guard a misery ; they made the unfortunate
rats think that Pluto had made barracks his earthly domain. For over four long
months the hapless rodents groaned under '03 clothesbags, swept their floors,
brought their water, afforded amusement when necessary, and did all those
thousand and one things which make life worth living for the old cadet. They
even went without pie at dinner that '03 might be satisfied. One '03 man was
particularly addicted to the pie habit ; an entire pie, no less, was able to fill the
abyss of his appetite. Consequently a number of rats went without their por-
tion. Social stress, however, was brought to bear on the offender, and a Lexing-
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ton calic sent him twelve small pies of her own making. In a moment of
unpardonable recklessness, he ate them ; now his appetite for pie is wholly gone.
The new corporals, especially those in charge of the more awkward squads,
laid up a store of choice expletives. They learned how pleasant and unembar-
rassing it is to find themselves under the eye of the officer, then to give a com-
mand in an ostentatious voice, and to have that really well drilled squad go
to pieces. The corporals, as a rule, have been either a steady-going lot of per-
sonages or a rather lucky lot. So far, there have been only three " busted." A
cadet, who unlike a Jason and his wonderful crew, can not resist the wiles of a
Virginia College siren, does not deserve to be a corporal — in General Shipp's
opinion.
The diversions of '03 this year are numerous. Until after Intermediates
the members busied themselves in finding things for the rats to do. Now that
they no longer haze, they seek new fields for their ingenuity : expert " gim-
fakers " manufactured tales which would make the Prince of Liars blush for
shame ; some have a weakness for the " trodden paths " in the courtyard on
Saturday afternoons ; some delight in penalture drills ; and almost all " run the
block." The " girl outside limits " has cost '03 many a penalture.
A great deal was said last fall about hazing in the Institute ; and, since '03 is
the Third Class, it came in for the largest share of accusations. Although it is
not at all innocent, it certainly has hazed no harder than previous classes. In
fact, it has foregone half a year's pleasure — if pleasure it is — of hazing rodents.
The Cla'ss did its share in adopting resolutions abolishing hazing in February;
so now the happy rats no longer walk '03 tours after taps, nor play the chamber-
maid, nor fear the ever-ready broom.
The Class has been well represented in athletics ; the members have dis-
tinguished themselves on both the gridiron and the diamond. Some interest,
too, has been taken in tennis ; and a club has been organized.
Since September, the Class number has been lessened by the dismissal of seven
and the resignation of two. Five of the seven were " shipped " for hazing ; the
other two for " disobedience to orders." However, there is a goodly number
who wait to hear, for the second time, the strains of that longed-for tune that
fills the heart of the cadet with a strange mixture of joy and sadness, heralds the
furlough, weeps the loss of the old friends, and proclaims the coming of the new.
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CLASS OF J 904.
Colors : Crimson and Yellow.
©fficera.
L. C. Leftwich, Texas President
W. W. DiLLARD, Virginia Vice-President
E. C. Caldwell, Virginia Historian
flDembers.
Allport, Robert B Richmond, Va.
Arnold, Thomas J., Jr. . . Beverly, W. Va.
Barrett, Garrard M. . . . Greenwood, Miss.
Best, William H Goldsboro, N. C.
Biscoe, John K Washington, D. C.
Bootay, Walter N Brooklyn, N. T.
Borden, Paul L Goldsboro, N. C.
Boyd, Richard E Richmond, Va.
Boyd, Thomas M Bryant, Va.
Boykin, N. Young Smithfield, Va.
Byrne, Charles K. H Galveston, Tex.
Caffee, Mahlon W Carthage, Mo.
Calcutt, Harry C Dyersburg, Tenn.
Caldwell, Ellis C Stop, Va.
Carroll, John V Fort Benton, Mont.
Clem, John L., Jr Norfolk, Va.
Colbert, Caro San Marcos, Tex.
Collier, Charles F Petersburg, Va.
Cunningham, T. Brahan . San Antonio, Tex.
Dalton, Melvin A Burnet, Tex.
Dargan, James T., Jr Atlanta, Ga.
Dawley, Claude S Dallas, Tex.
Dennis, Nelson C New York, N. Y.
Di Giorgio, Samuel Baltimore, Md.
Dillard, William White . . Lynchburg, Va.
Doyle, E. Fitzgerald Norfolk, Va.
Elstner, William H Shreveport, La.
Farintosh, Harry E. . . . Hot Springs, Va.
Fletcher, Oscar W. . . . Jenkins Bridge, Va.
Flowers, U. Grey Vicksburg, Miss.
Funkhauser, Samuel K. . Harrisonburg, Va.
Gantt, Charles W. . . . Jefferson City, Mo.
Glenn, Walter New York, N. Y.
Hagan, Carroll D Richmond, Va.
Hancock, C. Nathan . West Appomattox, Va.
Harris, R. Logan Blackstone, Va.
Harris, Weaver Nashville, Tenn.
Headley, George W Lexington, Ky.
Heafer, Roscoe L Bloomington, 111.
Hollingsworth, C. Wise . . . Shreveport, La.
Hudgins, Robert S Hampton, Va.
Humphreys, Ormond L. . . Bedford City, Va.
Hundley, Waller M Farmville, Va.
Hutton, A. Preston Abingdon, Va.
Hyatt, F. Kempton Jonesville, Va.
Jester, Hugh C Corsicana, Tex.
Johnson, E. Hammond .... Norfolk, Va.
Jones, George R Wheeling, W. Va.
Kinney, Albert W Astoria, Oregon.
Langhorne, William H. . . Greenwood, Va.
La Prade, W. Waverley ■ • ■ Otterdale, Va.
Lathrop, C. Barksdale . . . Richmond, Va.
Leftwich, Lewis C Dallas, Tex.
Lum, Elliott Aberdeen, S. Dak.
Lupe, James H Dallas, Tex.
Macfarlane, Graham .... Louisville, Ky.
Mann, Ernest Emporia, Va.
Marshall, Harry Cincinnati, Ohio.
McChord, William C. . . . Springfield, Ky.
McCormick, Walter B Chicago, 111.
Mort, John E Bristol, Va.
Murphey, Arthur F Marietta, Ga.
Noland, C. Powell .... Middleburg, Va.
Norton, Cleveland H Durham, N. C.
Page, Edwin R Ansted, W. Va.
Pearson, D. Cecil Pearisburg, Va.
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Pennington, Cameron E. Pennington Gap, Va.
Potter, J. Russell Lowell, Mass.
Purman, Daniel O Homestead, Pa.
Kagland, Reuben Petersburg, Va.
Richmond, William Frank . . . Wise, Va.
Robertson, Cecil C Jacksonville, Fla.
Ross, George E Lexington, Va.
Rottman, Samuel E Augusta, Ark.
Sample, Arthur N Shreveport, La.
Schwabe, Harry A. . . . Charleston, W. Va.
Scott, Thomas S Lexington, Ky.
Semmes, Thomas M Lexington, Va.
Shel ton. Harper W Richmond, Va.
Shropshire, James K. . . . Lexington, Ky.
Sloan, James Greensburg, Pa.
Smoot, Arthur H Richmond, Va.
Smoot, Francis L. B. . . Washington, D. C.
Taylor, U. Seldon, Jr. . . . Richmond, Va.
Thomas, Pierre Culpeper, Va.
Upshur, Alfred P Richmond, Va
Vaughan, G. Frank Ashland, Va.
Watts, Legh R Portsmouth, Va.
AVeaver, Walter Fort Monroe, Va.
White, Hume S Eagle, Col.
Whiting, Edgar M Marshall, Va.
Whittle, Henry D Martinsville, Va.
Wilbourn, Arthur E Lexington, Va.
Williams, J. Stuart Lexington, Va.
Worden, Horace B Missoula, Mont.
Wright, Crispin Pullens, Va.
Yelverton, Paul Goldsboro, N. C.
Virginia 127
Texas 22
Kentucky 10
North Carolina 9
Maryland 8
District of Columbia 7
Georgia 7
Louisiana 6
Mississippi 6
Missouri i . . 6
New Tork 5
Pennsylvania 4
West Virginia 4
Arkansas 3
Florida 3
IRecapitulatton of all Claeees.
Illinois. . . .
Montana . . .
Tennessee . . .
Alabama . . . .
South Carolina ,
California . . .
Colorado . . . .
Massachusetts . ,
New Jersey . .
Ohio
Oregon . . . .
South Dakota . ,
Utah
Total 248
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HISTORY OF 1904.
'HE history of 1904 began on September 1st, 1900. On that warm
summer day nearly one hundred boys, with scared haunted ex-
pressions, might have been seen making their way through the
hmit gate and across the parade-ground to the Superintendent's
office, there to enroll themselves cadets in the Virginia Military
Institute. Representatives were in that number from all sections
of our great country ; from Massachusetts to Oregon, from Dakota to Texas,
came the fair youths, with little more than a dream of the vicissitudes of the life
they were beginning, of the trials and tribulations of " rathood." With matricu-
lation, this gathering became a new Class, which took up its abode on the fourth
stoop.
We, who compose this new Class, were a lot of green, inexperienced " rats ;"
and to say that we were cheeky would be expressing our audacity in a weak
term. Settling in our new quarters, we began to picture to ourselves the mag-
nificent splendor of our situation. How we would look in uniforms with glit-
tering brass buttons, the military bearing we would assume, the way the girls
would be captivated by our charms when we should go home on furlough,
these were some of the musings that filled our minds on the first day or two
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after our arrival. But soon our thoughts were turned in a different direction.
" Rat " Hfe became more of a reality than a dream. The upper-classmen began
to arrive, and with their arrival, our tale of sorrow and woe began. They,
being aware of our freshness, and noting our many good qualities, considered it
their allotted task to " bring us up in the way we should go." This they strove
nobly to do, always impressing their teaching by plenty of practical lessons.
Duties hitherto unknown to us, such as sweeping, making up beds, cleaning
guns and shakos, looking for tobacco, matches, and stamps, and various other
jobs designed to give us experience, were performed by us with a zeal, especially
when accompanied by a rigorous application of " broom-handle and bayonet-
scabbard liniment," which made us feel warmly at home. We were the center
of attraction on all sides. Most of us could sing a song, dance a jig, make love
to the moon, or tell of our first courting experience to perfection, when per-
suaded by a dose of the above-named liniment. Our friends seemed to enjoy
watching football games very much, and almost every day we were called on
to furnish a game. Lining up with a bucket of water for a ball, a herculean tus-
sle would take place in which some " rat " would get a ducking somewhat
similar to a " Hard-shell " baptism by immersion. Many times we were aroused
from our peaceful slumbers in the middle of the night by a terrible shock,
resembling somewhat the jar of an earthquake. Thinking perhaps the barracks
was tumbling down, or the world coming to an untimely end, we aroused
ourselves, only to find that some old cadet had visited us and " kindly " dumped
us cot and all. Words not to be found in a Sunday-school book were used not
unfrequently by us as we picked ourselves up from the painful situation and
rearranged our beds. Soon however we were asleep again ; but no sooner were
we asleep than we were dumped again. (We know one poor fellow who had the
dose repeated on him six times during one night.) Soon symptoms of that
dire malady homesickness began to be developed on our stoop, and some of
our members, unable to withstand the attack, left. The majority, however, had
the grit to stick, and perhaps, after all, our Class was only relieved of the " baby "
element. The memories of our first drills will not soon be forgotten. How the
perspiration did trickle down our faces as we marched to and fro on the
parade-ground, learning our first lessons in the human art of war 1 That we were
awkward, and to a certain degree " dumb," we do not deny ; but show us the
" rat " class that has not had these characteristics.
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About the fifteenth of September recitations began, and then our busy
hours came. IMathematics, Latin, German, EngHsh and Drawing, gave us plenty
to do, and we had but Httle time for play. The earnestness with which many of
our members began their work, is evidence that when time rolls around, '04 will
not be lacking for names to adorn the honor roll of the Virginia Military
Institute, adding lustre to the already shining reputation of the old Institution.
Time passed on. Christmas with its single holiday came and went, leav-
ing us " blue " with reflections of home. But our dismal thoughts did not
remain with us long. The wings of the Intermediates hovering around us,
directed our attention towards our text-books in such a way, that nearly all
else was forgotten. At last the examinations were over; and judging from the
small number of ipso-factos, our Class had progressed well.
Shortly after the Intermediates, a meeting of the Class was held, and
Mr. L. C. Leftwich, of Texas, was elected president, and Mr. W. W. Dillard,
of Virginia, was chosen as vice-president. Long may they serve ! About this
time hazing was abolished in the Institute by the Corps of Cadets, to the
intense satisfaction of the " rats." No more cleaning guns or making up beds,
no more dancing, singing or dumping, but we could now get cheeky, and strut
about the stoop as much as we pleased without " finning out."
The first few months of the second term passed rapidly. The time did not
seem long until we were out of winter quarters, and had begun spring drills.
A few weeks of bayonet exercise and squad drill brings us to the present. As
we look about us, we see the earth clothed in its beautiful green garments ; the
sun shines brightly, the birds sing merrily in the tree-tops, and everything
reminds us of the fact that the time is not far distant when our tails shall disap-
pear, and we shall no longer be " rats."
Yes, the first year of our course is nearly run. We have a fair record thus
far, gnd let us, as the years glide on improve every opportunity, so that in the
end, we may go forth into the world, well prepared to fight our own battles.
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HER ANSWER.
Close to the shore we drifted
Before a light sea breeze,
Listening to the waves a rippling
And the sighing of the trees.
The moon was shining brightly,
The bay shone as of gold,
As I whispered to my sweetheart
And the old, old story told.
You are so dear to me, my love.
Without thee I would not live.
No riches have I to offer you,
But to thee my heart I give.
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Come, tell me that you love me,
And of me often think,
And that you will be willing
Your lot with mine to link.
How happy life would be for me
If I could call you mine ;
What bliss to kiss those lovely lips,
Oh ! treasure most divine.
I placed her hand within my hand,
Around her waist my arm,
And pressed a kiss upon her lips —
For pure love is no harm.
I felt her breath upon my cheek
As she breathed a long-drawn sigh,
But spoke she no word of love to me.
Love's light lit not her eye.
I felt my heart stop beating
As her lips began to part ;
Man never suffered more than I
From Cupid's cruel dart.
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Her heavenly eyes she turned towards me
And I heard her softly say.
These words, that will ever fill my heart,
Unto my dying day.
" Would that this boat had wings, my love,
Like a wild bird of the sea,
And were large enough, sweetheart,
To hold but you and me.
No sorrow then we 'd have to meet,
No danger of land or gale.
For to our heaven above the clouds
You and I would sail."
J. C W., '02.
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SMITH MEMORIAL HALL
OLD TOMMY'S SECTION ROOM
IN MEMODIAM.
Mrs. N. B. TucKer,
Died April 24th, 1901.
I, that was born 'mid beat of drum,
And heard around my cradle reel
The clashing squadrons and the hum
Of cannon and contending steel —
I, that was nourished 'midst the strife
Of maddened men, and well-nigh slain
With sorrowing for the nascent life
Of brethren by their brethren ta'en —
I, that have seen the North and South
Contend, while bearded men appraise
The value of each boyish mouth
That stains New Market's war-worn ways —
At last am come unto mine own. Out of the East the message comes
And mount amid world-echoing cries Of one that for a moment waits,
Of nations on my dear-bought throne And hears the rolling of her drums
Of tenuous death and victories. Beat on the Old World's outer gates.
Out of the old mysterious East
A clarion-throated word is blown
Amid the scented dreary feast
Of Nations, sick and wearied grown
With tangled coils of creeds and kings ;
And they, with tremulous tired hands
That weave a-wry the course of things
And fates of old green girdled lands,
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Pause in their weaving — they that are Proclaiming that the night has ceased.
Out-worn with ancient periods And see with heavy lidded eyes
Of lust and shame — and hear the far Out of the old mysterious East
Faint utterance of awakened gods The young white-limbed republic rise.
But England, the old mother, smiles —
Imperial England, unafraid
And throned upon her thousand isles
Wherefor the price of blood was paid.
She, too, hath striven with the foe.
And still the keen eyes seaward strain
Where Irish billows foam and flow
Above the galleons of Spain.
Yea, England that remembers well For lo, the doubtful air is stirred
Beholds her ancient rival torn And stricken with a mighty voice ;
Forth from her inmost citadel, Out of the East is come the word
And glories in her eldest born. That bids the mother heart rejoice : —
Hail, Mother ! though the road be steep
Whereon our bleeding feet must tread,
Made firm with tears of men that weep.
And builded but upon our dead.
Yet I am come to bear my part
Among the Nations of my peers ;
Albeit with no eager heart.
Bid 7'ather with rehictant fears.
I, that am now no more a child,
O Mother England, share with thee.
At last thine a7icie7it iindefiled
Gtim weary wardage of the sea.
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And so the 'pact is made ; and I,
Bent 'neath the burden, murmuring not,
Accept the alien misery
And alien glory of our lot.
My daughters weep ; my sons go forth,
lyight-hearted, 'midst the death and drouth
Of Eastern islands, where the North
Strives with the amorous wide-lipped South
In friendship not in enmity,
And find where tropic waters lave
The sand-ribbed beaches of the sea
A common fame, a common grave.
O endless toil ! O weary days !
O brawling lips of men that rage
O heavy burden that One lays
Upon us as our heritage !
O sunlit, evil, treacherous East !
O death ! O barren victories !
Though heavy be thine ills, at least
The wrath of God is more than these.
And His intent made visible
Through desultory ways of death,
Who answereth. Thou dost not well ?
Who answereth? Who answereth
The God of Battles? Who withstands
His wisdom that hath made of these,
His governors in distant lands.
His regents in the further seas?
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THE INSTITUTE AS IT WAS IN J 850.
N THE month of January, 1850, Colonel Francis H. Smith took the
corps of cadets on a trip to Richmond, Norfolk, and other places
in Southeastern Virginia. The Institute at that time was very
little known in that part of the State. The route to Lexington
was either by canal to Lynchburg, or by cars as far as Charlottes-
ville, the rest of the journey being made by stage, and taking the
best part of three days from Norfolk. The corps at the time of
this trip was composed of about one hundred men and made a
magnificent showing, being splendidly drilled and in a perfect
state of discipline. The people in this part of the State were so
much pleased with them that the applications for cadetships the
next summer were more than could be accommodated.
The writer of this was one of those fortunate enough to get
a cadetship, and entered as a cadet in the summer of 1850. At this
time the cadets were encamped in the rear of the houses now
occupied by General Shipp and others, the only house on the hill
being occupied by Colonel Smith, which now, I believe, is the res-
idence of Colonel Marr. The present parade-ground was being
levelled and required a great deal of blasting, and was not finished
until the following spring. The cadets lived in winter in- the old
barracks which had been used by the Old State Guard ; these
buildings enclosed the State arsenal, which contained about forty
thousand stand of arms, old flint-locks, which were afterwards
altered to percussion, and issued to the Virginia troops during the
war. The new barracks were just being built, the foundation
having been completed. The present front of the main building
was finished and occupied by the cadets in the fall of 185 1. We had been using
oil lamps, and for heating we had stoves or fire-places. The cadets supplied
themselves with wood from a large wood-pile in the 'rear of the barracks which
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they had to cut themselves ; and the oil for the lamps was drawn from the store-
room every Saturday. After we moved into the new barracks we had steam
heat and gas.
The uniforms of the cadets was the same style coat worn by them now, and
white pants in summer and gray in winter. No other dress was allowed except
to the first-classmen, who were permitted to wear their furlough coats when
they went up to Lexington, these being made of blue cloth. The style of uniform
hat was quite different from that of the present day, being a tall cylinder-shaped
hat with a pompom and the engineer plate in front.
The flint-lock muskets with burnished barrel were used until 1851, when
they were replaced by bronze-barreled percussion-muskets. I am informed by
Colonel J. R. Waddy, whose class I joined upon entering the Virginia Military
Institute, and who was with the corps on the trip to Richmond, that these per-
cussion muskets were presented to the corps by order of General Zachary Taylor,
then President of the United States, who reviewed the corps at the laying of the
corner-stone of the Washington Monument in Richmond.
The cadets used the same battery that they have at present, consisting of
four six-pound brass guns and two twelve-pound howitzers. These guns were
used in the field during the early part of the Civil War.
The mess-hall was situated just as it is now, and was a two-story wooden
building. The ground floor was the mess-room, and the up-stairs was used as a
section room for the Engineering and French classes. The balls were held in the
mess-room, and the up-stairs rooms were used for the supper. The hospital was
between the mess-hall and barracks.
The life of the cadet was about the same as it is now : reveille at day-break ;
breakfast, winter and summer, at seven o'clock ; guard-mount at eight o'clock.
Recitations commenced at eight-thirty, and lasted until dinner, which was at one.
At two o'clock recitations were resumed, and lasted until about three-thirty.
After this, recreation hours until the afternoon drill and dress-parade.
The tactics used at this time was Scott's Infantry Tactics ; and the battalion
formation was in single rank until 1851, when Hardee's Tactics, I believe, was
substituted and formation was in two ranks.
The academic stafif in 1850 was : Colonel F. H. Smith, superintendent ; Major
J. T. L. Preston, professor of languages; Major T. H. Williamson, professor of
engineering and architecture ; Major Thomas Gilham, professor of chemistry and
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BARRACKS IN 1850
commandant of cadets; Captain R. T. Colston (afterwards General Colston),
professor of French ; Captain J. W. Massie, assistant professor; Captain D. True-
heart, assistant professor. In 1851, Major (afterwards General Stonewall) Jack-
son came, and was professor of philosophy, and instructor of artillery tactics.
At this time hazing did not amount to much. Indeed the word itself was not
known. A few jokes were played on " plebes," such as taking their blankets after
they had gone to bed and using them in the guard-house, dragging them from
their tents when they were asleep and the like ; but nothing was done to hurt them.
One of the principal jokes was " marching on orderly." When the new cadets
were coming in, all who had entered during the week were informed that their
duties as orderlies would commence on Sunday morning. They were instructed
to put on their best clothes and be ready to " march on orderly " at nine o'clock.
The squad usually consisted of five or six men who were marched around camp
and halted in front of a tent. The command was then given to " right dress,"
and as the poor unconscious fellows were doing their best to line up, the tent
opened and they were drenched with water by bucketfuls, thrown by old cadets
from the tent. This of course closed the performance.
There were two literary societies, the Society of Cadets, and the Dialectic
Society, — both of thgm prosperous. The Society of Cadets was the largest and
the oldest.
The fourth day of July was the closing day of the session, and the awarding
of diplomas was held in the Presbyterian church in Lexington. It was a great
day for the cadets. Furloughs were given only to those who had been at the
Institute for two years, as it was necessary for a large number to remain as guard
for the arsenal. In the summer of 1851, the corps was marched over to the
Warm Springs and encamped there about two weeks. It was a delightful trip,
and the proprietor was very kind in allowing us the freedom of that delightful
bath. Those who were with the corps at that time can well recollect what a
delightful trip it was.
The writer in visiting the Institute last summer was surprised at the many
changes that had taken place ; the new addition to the barracks in the wings ; the
magnificent Jackson Memorial; the enlargement of the grounds; and the new
building in rear of barracks as a memorial to General Smith. He was also sur-
prised to see that they had taken in the old Jordan residence, which is now used as
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a hospital for the cadets. But the appearance of the hill in front of the barracks
was more changed than anything else. In our day it was a rocky hill with not a
tree on it ; now it is a beautiful grove with large full-grown trees, and laid off with
walks, etc. It is a great pleasure and gratification to the old cadets to find the
Institute so prosperous.
Captain George Ch.xmberlaine,
Class of '53.
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VIRGINIA MOURNING HER DEAD
(To be erected upon the V. M. I. Pafade Ground)
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE OF TO-DAY.
5v^^^>TyjfQ ONE who has ever in any way been connected with the Virginia
Mihtary Institute can fail to appreciate the place as it stands
to-day in contrast with the school of the past. The changes
which have been wrought in every way afford a deep gratifica-
tion to all who hold their alma mater in esteem. The many
improvements which have been added and are yet to be added,
both to the Institute and its curriculum, are worthy of the highest commendation.
The erection of the handsome Jackson Memorial building freed the cadets
from unpleasant and disagreeable environments. The addition of the splendid
engineering room and drawing academy placed the Virginia Military Institute
on equal footing with institutions heretofore enjoying a higher footing.
And now we have the Francis H. Smith Memorial Building.one of the best
academical structures in the United States. This building is a large, three-
storied brick structure, which completes the quadrangle of barracks. All the
departments except those of engineering and chemistry, which are in separate
buildings, are amply provided for in it. On the first floor are the Departments of
Electricity, Physics and Latin.
The second floor is devoted to the Departments of Mathematics and
Languages. The third floor is given over to the Department of Mineralogy and
Geology, and the Museum. The recitation room here is excellently fitted for
lectures, and a large polariscope has been added for instruction in mineralogy.
The mineralogical laboratory is fitted with all the modern appliances for such
work, and it is more of a pleasure than a severe duty to be in it. The museum
is filled with carefully selected specimens of geological curiosities and minerals,
and affords the student of mineralogy the opportunity he has long been denied
of observing in nature what he learns from a dry text-book.
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In addition to the academic building, a great many improvements have been
effected in the general conditions of the barracks, including sanitation and
general arrangements. Bath-rooms have been placed on each stoop, and an
excellent water supply attained.
Of another sort, but equally important, is the improvement in certain courses
of instruction. Under the excellent guidance of Colonel Mallory, the electrical
course, which in our recollection amounted to but little, has progressed very
rapidly, and at the present rate will afford as many advantages as that of any
other institution in the South. The courses in English and Latin have also under-
gone a marked change. Major Ford should receive the highest commendation
for the course he has succeeded in building up.
Still another step forward, and one which in our opinion overshadows any
in the history of the school, has been accomplished this year in the absolute abol-
ishment of hazing. It has been in its death throes for some time, but this year
all of the brutalities which have hitherto cast a blot upon the fair escutcheon of
the Institute, have been utterly eliminated.
Since the Class of igoi is the first class to graduate under the new regime.
and in the new building, we feel justly proud of the fact; and we trust that in the
years to come the improvements to our alma mater will be as numerous and as
excellent as those we have seen take, place since we have been members of the
First Class.
H. P. F., 'oi.
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JACKSON'S MONUMENT IN THE LEXINGTON CEMETERY
THE HOME OF -MISS MAGGIE FREELAND
(Liberty Hall for Cadetsj
ALUMNI IN CONGRESS.
Senate.
William Mahone, 1847 Virginia
W. A. Harris, 1861 Missouri
C. J. Faulkner, Jr., 1864 '. . . . Virginia
C. A. Culberson, 1874 Texas
T. S. Martin, 1864 Virginia
Congress.
John A. Campbell, 1844 Virginia, '61
R. T. W. Duke, 1845 Virginia
Caleb Boggess, 1845 Virginia, '61
J. I. Marr, 1846 Virginia, '61
N. Berkeley, 1848 Virginia, '61
R. M. Mayo, 1857 Virginia
A. FuLKERSON, 1857 Virginia
Peter J. Otey, i860 Virginia
W. A. Harris, 1861 Missouri
Smith S. Turner, 1861 Virginia
John S. Wise, 1864 Virginia
W. A. Jones, 1864 Virginia
Page Morris, 1872 Virginia
Zach Taylor, 1872 Tennessee
T. Ellett, 1876 Virginia
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^HE BOMB was the first annual ever published in the
|[[, South. It was issued June 1st, 1885, the staff con-
•J. sisting of four editors, one from each Class, half from
r* the Cadet Society and the other half from the
Dialectic Society. The publication * was very successful, and
since that time has been imitated by nearly every college in
the South. The most prominent member of the staff was Albert
Howell, Class of '86, now a prominent lawyer of Atlanta, Georgia.
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EDITORS OF THE *'BOMB" SINCE '95.
Editors of Bomb of 'QS,
L. R. GiGNiLLiAT, '95, Georgia Editor-in Chief
J. D. Twiggs, '95, Georgia Managing Editor
J. S. Wise, Jr., '95, Nevv York Assistant Editor and Circulation and Advertising
H. Bacon, '98, California Illustrating Editor
Editors of Bomb of '96.
F. Wharton Griffin, '96, Virginia Editor-in-Chief
J. K. Shbppakd, '96, North Carolina Business Manager
W. S. Button, '96, Virginia Advertising Editor
Associate Editors,
A. D. Keen, '96, Virginia Peyton B. Locker, '96, Virginia
R S. Spilman, '96, Virginia E. B. Erain, '96, Illinois
Illustrating Staff.
H. D. Bacon, '98 Chief
G. H. Barket, '98 A. C. Crump, '98
Editors of Bomb of '97.
G. P. Marrow, '97, Virginia Editor-in-Chief
W. "W. Ballard, '97, Virginia Business Manager
Howard Bruce, '97, Virginia Advertising Editor
Associate Editors.
J. C. Baird, '97, Mississippi E. L. McGill, '97, Virginia
B. L. Dobie, '97, Virginia Taliaferro Milton, '97, Virginia
Ferdinand Phinizy, '97, Georgia
Illustrating Staff.
A. C. Crump, '98, Virginia A. C. Raleigh, '98, Montana H. S. Estill, '98, Kentucky
E. S. Berry, '00, California G. W. Pohl, '99, New York
Editors of Bomb of '98.
H. S. Estill, '98, Kentucky Editor-in-Chief
W. A. McNeil, '98, Virginia Business Manager
J. D. Taylor, '98, Florida Advertising Editor
Associate Cditors.
P. 0. Harding, '98, Missouri F. S. Hbref.ord, '98, Texas
J. O. Steqer, '98, Virginia R. G. Goolsby, '98, Virginia
0. C. ScHOEN, '98, Virginia
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Illustrating Staff.
A. C. Crump, '08, Virginia A. C. Raleigh, '98, Montana W. B. Lewis, '98, Virginia
G. W. POHL, '99, New York M. E. Locke, '99, Ohio
£,ditors of Bomb of '99.
W. M. GwiN, Jr., '99, California Editor-in-Chief
F. A. Sullivan, '99, Kentuckj- Business Manager
V. E. McBbe, '99, Virginia Advertising Editor
Associate £<ditors.
M. E. Locke, '99, Ohio A. Moreno, '99, South America
G. A. Derbyshire, '99, Virginia H. G. Morrison, '99, Virginia
W. L. ZiMMER, Jr., '99, Virginia L. K. Leake, '99, Virginia
J. K. Payne, '99, Virginia.
Illustrating Staff.
G. F. PoHL, '99, New York E. W. Johnson, '01, Arkansas C. E. Haskell, '02, California
£.ditors of Bomb of '00.
Executive Staff.
A. J. PrzziNi, '00, Virginia Editor-in-Chief
G. P. Craiqhill, '00, Virginia Busiuess Manager
J. M. Luke, '00, Virginia Advertising Editor
J. M. Winston, '00, Virginia Illustrating Editor
W. B. MoNxaoMERY, '00, Virginia Assistant Business Manager
Associate £.ditors.
Earl Biscoe, '00, District of Columbia C. H. Minge, Jr , '00, Louisiana
C. Kick, '00, Virginia C. R. Howard, '00, Virginia
J. Pasco, '00, Florida J. R. N. Boyd, '00, Virginia
G. D. Brooke, '00, Virginia H. L. Jordan, '00, Virginia
R. B. Poague, '00, Virginia.
Illustrating and Advertising Staff.
A. D. P. Janney, '00, Virginia F. Z. Brown, '00, Virginia L. A. Robertson, '00, Texas
J. W. Hyatt, '00, Virginia J. L. Meem, '00, Virginia
D. Ml Bernard, '00, Virginia C. Taylor, '00, Florida R. W. Johnson, '01, Arkansas
Editors of Bomb of 1901.
*0. V. Kean, '01, Virginia Editor-in-Chief
C. S. Roller, Jr., '01, Virginia Business Manager and Acting Editor-in-Chief
E. "W. Johnson, '01, Arkansas lUustrator-in-Chief and Associate Editor
Edward Ryland, '01, Virginia Advertising Editor
H. P. Fry, '01, Tennessee Associate Editor
M. H. Hudgins, '01, Virginia Associate Editor
J. L. Cabell, '01, Virginia Assistant Business ilanager
E. S. Martin, '01, Virginia Assistant Advertising Editor
* Resigned from the lastitute to enter United States Military Academy.
CADET FIRST CAPTAINS.
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1871-
-W. M. Elliott
-N. H. Campbell
-J. A. Campbell
-Jolin B. Sherrard
-John O. Marr
-John C. Moncure
-J. R. Jones
-E. T. Fristoe
-W. R. Terry
-Charles Cooke
-T. R. Thornton
-J. T. Murfee
-C. E. Lightfoot
-Iv. B. Williams
-M. N. Moorman
-P. P. Slaughter
-J. M. Kincheloe
-W. H. Otey
-William H. Morgan
-T. S. Galloway
-(Dec.) R. P. Chew
-Cunningham
-R. A. Crawford
-C. H. Minge
-(May I2)E. M. Ross
-A. Marshall
-T. G. Hayes
-W. F. Wright
-Clay Stacker
-Fred Fisher
-W. S. Mabry
1872— Z. Taylor
1873 — J. Bonham
1874— D. G. Sherrard
1875— W. H. Mabry
1876— W. B. Cash
1877— G. S. Patton
187S— W. E. Faison
1879— N. G. Winn
1880 — R. Iv. Robertson
1881— J. S. Jenkins
1882--J. K. Alston
1883— D. McDonald
1884— G. B. Edmiston
1885 — J. I. Hudson
1886— C. P. Barnett
1887— J. M. Redfield
1888— S. K. Owens
1889— S. D. Rockenbach
1890 — G. Ainslie
1891— J. R. Sterrett
1892— G. B. Elliott
1893 — J- G. McConkey
1894— H. A. Wise
1895— J- D. Twiggs
1896 — R. M. Morgan
1897— M. M. Mills
1898— C. P. Nelson
1899 — G. A. Derb3'shire
1900 — C. Rice
1901 — G. C. Marshall
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ATHLETIC OFFICERS.
C. S. Roller, Jr., 'oi President
T. Kirk, '02 Vice-President
JFootbaH.
Charles S. ROLLKR, Jr., '01 Captain
J. B. Hudson, '01 | Managers
O. V. Kean, '01 I
asaseball,
C. Cornelius McCabe, '01 Captain
Edward Ryland, '01 Manager
atblettc Eiecuttve Committee.
jptom jfacultB.
Colonel N. B. Tucker, President Colonel E. W. Nichols
Major R. C. Marshall, Jr.
Jfrom CaDcta.
C. S. Roller, Jr.
J. B. Hudson
I. B. Johnson
C. C. McCabe
E. Ryland
S. S. Lee
Surgeon.
Major Hamilton P. Howard, M. D.
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ATHLETICS.
,T IS useless to enter into an argument as to the necessity of having
every branch of athletics prominent in the schools of to-day. The
health of the body is the prime consideration, and it is upon the
principle of saiia incus in sano corporc that athletics has become
sudi an important factor in collegiate instructions. The military
training of the Institute is in itself an admirable system of physical culture,
including as it does daily exercises, regularity of habit, absence of dissipation ;
and it gives to every cadet an athletic impulse and spirit, making him a promis-
ing competitor in all physical contests.
During the fall and winter months, the time is occupied with football, gym-
nastic work, boxing, etc., and in the spring, with baseball and tennis. The Insti-
tute has been probably best represented in athletic contests by its football teams;
and this is probably due to having the benefit of good coaching, and to the fact
that more time can be given to this work. Since '91, when we first had a team in
the field to battle with Southern colleges for football supremacy, interest has
been increased year by year, so that now this great game holds undisputed title
to first place in our list of college sports.
The team this year was below the average in weight, but under the careful
training of Mr. Samuel Walker and Dr. Carnett, former players on the University
of Pennsylvania team, it soon became evident that the Virginia Military Institute
would have a team unexcelled by any preceding one. Their success is largely
due to Captain Roller, who handled the team like a veteran.
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As usual, Washington and Lee proved an easy victim in two games, fail-
ing to score in either. The game with St. Albans was played in a drenching rain,
and although neither side scored, the ball was in the visitor's territory most of the
time. At the end of the first half, the cadets had the ball on St. Albans' five-yard
line, and on their fifteen-yard line at the close of the game. On account of the
slippery condition of the field, and of playing with a wet ball there were many
fumbles. The Georgetown game was lost by a close score and but for an unfor-
tunate mishap to Kirk, our full-back, in the earlier part of the game, another
victory would have been added to our list. The greatest game of football ever
played on a Virginia gridiron was with the University of Virginia on October
24th. The Varsity, of course, expected to have a walk-over with " The Little
Mountain Prep. School," as they put it. From the very outset it was seen that
they had met their match, and although neither side scored, Virginia, with sor-
row, had to acknowledge that they were outplayed at every point. Dabney, the
LTniversity star had his Johnson, who looked tenderly after him ; and the mighty
Walker was unable to move Tucker an inch, no matter how hard he played. The
cadets went in the game to do or die, and if there had been two minutes more of
play, we should certainly have scored.
The last game of the season was with our old-time rivals, Virginia Poly-
technic Institute. V. M. L, 5 ; V. P. L, o, was the score flashed from Roanoke
Thanksgiving day at nightfall after the greatest game ever played in Roanoke,
if not in Virginia. The game was characterized by great playing on the part of
both teams, but the V. P. L went down. It must be said, however, that it took
hard work to win, and that every inch of ground was hotly contested. We claim
to be the champion team of Virginia for these reasons : The game with Virginia
was a stand-off, neither side scoring; Blacksburg did not score against V. M. I.,
and did score against Virginia, the record in that game being 17 to 5. Any com-
parison of figures that can be made shows that V. M. I.'s score with Blacksburg
was more favorable to the former team than that of Virginia was with the same
team. The game with Georgetown also indicates which is the stronger team,
V. M. I. or Virginia. The scores were Georgetown, 17; V. M. I., 10; George-
town, 10; Virginia, O. This record establishes the superiority of the V. M. I.
team in the State ; and judging by the record made by Virginia in contesting for
the championship of the South, puts V. M. I. at the top.
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The home coming of the team after defeating Blacksburg was an event nevef
to be forgotten. The corps, led by the band, marched to the station to meet the
victors, and were joined by a great throng of people along the route. The greet-
ing as the train pulled in was one of enthusiastic welcome. The strains of the
band playing " Dixie " were almost drowned in the yells of the
cadets, with which were mingled the cheers of citizens. Hun-
dreds of sky-rockets and Roman candles brightened the heav-
ens, and torches lighted up the surroundings. A procession
was formed with the band leading, followed by the members
of the team in carriages, and by the corps en masse. It was
indeed a triumphal march, ladies cheering along the route, and
the team receiving plaudits as they passed through the crowded
streets. When the Institute grounds were reached, the sharp
report of a cannon sounded forth a welcome. At night the
team was given a banquet at the mess-hall that surpassed any-
thing ever seen within the walls. Of the past session's football
team special mention should be made of Roller ('oi), quarter-
back; McCabe ('oi), left half-back ; Johnson ('02), left guard ;
Marshall, G. S., tackle; Wright ('02), center; Wise (02), right
end ; Biscoe, right tackle ; and Tucker ('02), left end. In John-
son, next year's captain, the Institute has a man who will have a winning team.
He has played guard for three consecutive years with a fine record, and we are
confident he will prove himself an able man for the place.
We are glad to see the great improvement in the gymnasium work this year,
and as the Fourth Class has been thoroughly drilled all through the winter by
Captain Wood, assisted by Luning (02), their exhibition at the Finals promises
to be very good.
The baseball season has opened with splendid prospects, due in a large
measure to the careful training of McCabe, captain. The team is scheduled to
play with many of the Southern colleges on its own grounds, and the last game
of the season will be with Blacksburg, in Roanoke, on May 15th.
The athletic excellence of cadets has not been exhibited in baseball for
several years, and at first sight it would appear strange that an Institution as
large as ours should so rarely have a first-class baseball team. When, however,
we look at the conditions as they really exist, it will become evident that it is
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almost impossible to put a winning team in the field. In the first place we have
no opportunity during the winter months to get that preliminary training which
is had at most colleges. Then, when the season really opens, we have very little
time for practice. Every one knows that constant practice is the prime requisite
for success as an individual ball player; and that for a team to be successful it
must have constant and thorough practice, also. Not more than once during the
week can the team, as a whole, get out for practice, which fact alone is enough
to discourage any ball team. While not so popular a game at the Institute as
either football or baseball, tennis has its many enthusiasts here as elsewhere. At
the noon recreation, especially, there is a rush for the courts, and for half an hour
there is brisk playing; the result is we have developed quite a numl^er of good
players.
The condition of the Athletic Association, financially, at the opening of the
season of 1900, was not very encouraging; but during the past session every old
bill has been paid, and never before has athletics been so flourishing as it is
to-day. Altogether, the year has been a most successful one ; but with a little
more interest shown, more privileges could undoubtedly be obtained, and tennis
could be made to take its proper place as one of the most fascinating of athletic
games.
M. H. H. (01.)
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Captain.
Charles S. Koller, Jr., '01
Bssistant ^anagets.
C. COKNELITJS McCaBE, '01
A. Erskine Miller, '01
/nbanagers. VM ^MJ Coacbcs.
J. Banks Hudson, '01 Mi^^ wV Samuel Walker (Penn.), '99
Otho V. Kean, '01 t«^^2^tJ^*i<3 Dr. Bert Garnett (Penn.), '99
Xine "Glp.
B. H. Tucker, '02 Left End
G. C. Marshall, '01 Left Tackle
I. B. Johnson, '02 Left Guard
J. B. Wright, '02 Center
W. V. Smiley, 02 Right Guard
E. BiscoE, '00 Right Tackle
J. C. Wise, '02 Right End
C. S. Roller, Jr., '01 (Captain) Quarter-back
C. C. McCabe, '01 Left Half-back
A. E. Miller, '01 -. ^.^^ Half-back
A. B. Rawn, '02 r ' ^
T. Kirk, '02 ' Pull-back
Subetltutee.
M. H. HuDOiNS, '01 St. J. R. Marshall, '01 E. S. Martin, '01
E. B. HuBARD, '01 V. H. Perry, '03
S. S. Lee, '03 E. B. Claggett, '03 M. M. Milton, '03
S. A. Pace, '03 E. H. Johnson, 'Oi
L. C. Leftwich, '04 C. F. Collier, '04
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SCHEDULE OF GAMES, J 900.
Saturday, October 6th, Lexington, Virginia.
Institute Reserves o Virginia Military Institute . . . . 26
Saturday, October 13th, l,exington, Virginia.
Washington and Lee University. . o Virginia Military Institute , , . . 1 1
Saturday, October 20th, Lexington, Virginia.
Scrubs o Virginia Military Institute . . . . 48
Wednesday, October 24th, Lexington, Virginia.
University of Virginia o Virginia Military Institute . . . . o
Saturday, October 27th, Lexington, Virginia.
Class Team o Virginia Military Institute . . . . 36
Saturday, November 3d, Lexington, Virginia.
St. Albans o Virginia Military Institute . . . . o
Saturday, November loth, Richmond, Virginia.
Georgetown University 16 Virginia Military Institute . ... 11
Saturday, November 17th, Lexington, Virginia.
Washington and Lee University . . o Virginia Military Institute . . . . 41
Saturda}', November 24th, Lexington, Virginia.
Athletic Club o Virginia Military Institute .... 18
Thanksgiving, November 29th, Roanoke, Virginia.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute . . . o Virginia Military Institute .... 5
jfootball Captains.
Fall.
1 891 W. H. Taylor, Virginia Full-back
1892 S. L. Carter, Virginia Right Half
1893 H. A. Wise, New York Right End
1894 E. A. Hickman, Missouri Right Half
1895 C. C. Dickenson, West Virginia .... Right Half
1896 S. T. Moore, Virginia Full-back
1897 J. O. Steger, Virginia Full-back
1898 H. L. Shaner, Virginia Left Half
1899 W. B. Montgomery, Jr., Virginia . . Quarter-back
1900 C. S. Roller, Jr., Virginia Quarter-back
HISTORY OF FOOTBALL AT V. M. I.
HE date of the first football game at the Institute is
not definitely known but it was doubtless engaged in
as an outdoor exercise before there was any organized
team to represent our Institution.
The autumn of '91 marks the era in which the first
regularly organized team makes its appearance. This
eleven was under the control of Walter H. Taylor, who by
his perseverance and diligent labors led on the gridiron a
team that during the entire year was unscathed by a single
defeat. To Taylor all credit is due, as he with very poor
material started a team that has improved from year to
year until it now compares favorably with that of any college team in the South.
For the next season Spencer L. Carter was elected to the captaincy. He was
good and kind but firm with his men ; these good qualities along with the success
of the previous year infused encouragement into the men and there was no
trouble in procuring applicants to fill the vacancies left by the graduation of
several of the members of the team of '91. During this year the games were
played against stronger opponents than the year before, but the success was none
the less marked.
For the year '93 Henry A. Wise filled the position of captain. The prospects
were far from bright, there being many unfilled positions in the line-up, even
more than there had been the year before. These vacancies were caused by the
loss of some of our best men, including, Spilman, who at that time was considered
the best center in the South, Magoffin, famous for demolishing the flying V, along
with Berkeley, a fast end, and captain Carter, half-back. Such losses were far
from pleasant ; but we were fortunate enough to muster a team that in the first
game of the season defeated Washington and Lee by the round score of 28 to o.
This so disheartened our friends, that after being beaten by the University of
North Carolina by the score 44 to o, they disbanded. On the next day we met
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this same aggregation, who went down before us in a beautifully played game,
by the score of lo to 4. These victories gladdened the hearts of all the corps,
and the team of '93 was deemed the best that had ever represented our Institution.
We easily defeated Richmond College, and had now only the University of
\'irginia between us and the championship of the South.
They very kindly met us on our own grounds and treated
us to an exhibition that we failed to appreciate ; one that
would have looked far better in our eyes had they left it in
Charlottesville on their departure. Thus far we had met and
defeated University of North Carolina, Washington and Lee,
and Richmond College, and had challenged all the other
teams that could lay any claims to the championship, so at
the end of the season we undisputedly held the second place
in the football records of the South.
Among the Class of '94 are to be found the names of
many of our brag men, inc.: Wise, Biscoe, and Dickinson;
Bannon, Holt, and May ; but we were unfortunate in that
several of the substitutes on whom we had placed great
reliance failed to reappear. Thus Hickman had upon his
shoulders the weight of organizing a team with nothing
but a full-back, a guard, and a tackle at his disposal. This
alone made a poor outlook for any improvement ; and to add to our troubles
Blacksburg had secured a trainer who had played against us and was now
swearing that he would forever erase the name of our team from the annals of
football. Washington and Lee as usual was going to spring a surprise on us,
and any one who has ever heard of the V. M. L would know how disheartening
is a defeat received at their hands. We even had a hard time in obtaining any
games at all ; but by dint of great labor and perseverance we managed to schedule
six games. The first of these was with Washington and Lee, whom we defeated
only by the narrow margin of 4 to o. After the game the Minks were so much
elated and created so much disturbance throughout the streets of Lexington,
that the citizens were led to believe that they had for once scored a victory. Here
the interest taken by the corps began to wane, and Hickman was advised to
disband his team ; he would not, however, hear of it, but determined to convince
our Mink friends that they could never cope with us on the gridiron. They only
played us on an off day, as was clearly demonstrated in our next game with them
when we again shut them out with i6 points to our credit. This blow was too
much for them, and they disbanded before our third game. The following game
was with Roanoke, who were a most agreeable lot of men, but who perhaps sang
Blacksburg's praises too highly. They positively asserted that none of our men
would survive the game with Y. P. I. We knew that we should have no walk-
over, but to win we should have to play the game of our lives. On Thanksgiving
we left for Staunton with the determination to do or die written on every counte-
nance. Nevertheless it seemed to everybody that it would be a perfect " cinch "
for Blacksburg against such " small boys." The game was closely contested
throughout, the score standing at the end of the first half 6 to 6. This made
both sides confident of victory, the " hoosiers " having as yet never seen their
team meet its equal, much less its superior. However, their notion was soon
changed, when in the latter part of the second half we crossed their goal line
for the second and last time, while they were never able to get within fighting
distance of ours. This game was fairly and squarely played by both sides ; and
strange to say, despite the rivalry between the two teams, there was not a single
accident tO' mar the occasion.
The team to fight under our colors in '95 was below the average in weight,
but under the care of an experienced coach, Mr. George W. Bryant, of Princeton,
they learned to play good, hard football. The team for this year, which was, by
the way, one of the strongest that ever represented us, was composed of a deter-
mined set, who were not at all afraid of hard practice. Poor old Washington and
Lee again proved " easy things," and it was well-nigh impossible for Richmond
College or Roanoke College to do anything against our formidable rush-line.
In the Atlanta game the N. C. A. M. A. were more fortunate than any opponents
that we had played during that fall, scoring one touchdown on a fumble. Blacks-
burg presented us with our only defeat this season, by the narrow margin of
two points. Accidents will happen, seemingly always against us. They were
aided by a friendly gust of wind, which carried the pigskin clear of the goal-posts,
giving them at least partial revenge for the cruel manner in which we had
blighted their hopes and aspirations the year before.
Thus far our team had had almost an unbroken chain of victories since the
first team went on the field in '91. But in '96 we "took a slump," and were
badly beaten by Blacksburg. Even our Mink friends captured a game from us.
We might excuse ourselves on the plea that we played against age, weight, and
training; yet we were beaten, and can take defeat as men should. Much credit
is due Mills, Marrow, McGill, and Montgomery, who by their untiring efforts
did all in their power to raise the team to the former standard; but they were
severely handicapped by lack of material, without which no football team can
accomplish anything.
We regret to say that the team of '97 was not given a good chance to show
its excellence. The aggregation was a good one, but they played in hard luck ;
had a proper schedule been arranged we have no doubt that it would have shown
up well. There was an abundance of good material, most of whom were experi-
enced men ; and under coach Groner, they made a very decided improvement in
quickness and in the understanding of the game. All the games this year were
clean but hotly contested; and though at times we met defeat, we did not lose
the esteem in which we had been held.
For the following season we engaged Sam Boyle and King Dickson, of
Pennsylvania as coaches. They made a great change in our tactics by instituting
the famous " guards-back " formation, which has since then decided many a game
in our favor. H. L. Shaner was unanimously elected to the captaincy, a position
that he well filled ; he was especially happy in the selection of his managers, who
in contrast to the year before secured an excellent schedule. This schedule con-
tained games with many teams of excellent reputation, yet we were defeated but
twice, — by the Naval Academy and by Georgetown. In the personnel of this
team '99 was well represented by Derbyshire, Otey, Shaner, Meem, Ayers, and
Scott.
The loss by graduation of the men just mentioned was serious, but with the
election of W. B. A'lontgomery, Jr., as captain for '00, we had little fear that a
team would be placed on the field worthy of the best traditions of the Institute.
In the practice games our hopes were verified, and we eagerly looked forward to
a season promising a most brilliant outlook. In our first game we literally
walked over Washington and Lee, our old-time opponents, defeating them by
the score of 39 to o, — the largest score that we had ever rolled up against them.
Of such a beginning we were justly proud, but our exultation came to an early
end when typhoid fever broke out in our midst, and the corps was furloughed
for six weeks. There was effort on the part of the management to keep the
team together, with the idea of making a Southern trip. The proposition was
placed before the men ; some of whom were wilHng to abide by it, but others,
not wilHng to miss so long a sojourn at their homes, would not agree, and the
team was disbanded. Thus came the end to football in a season that looked
prosperous enough for championship honors.
A wise selection was made by the team in the choice of their captain for the
ensuing year, their choice falling upon Charles S. Roller, who had made an
enviable record during the two years that he had played on our team, and who
worthily maintained that record as captain. He acted wisely in retaining the same
coach that we had had the year before, Sam Walker, of Pennsylvania, whose origi-
nal formations were always successful and ever beyond the comprehension of the
teams that we played.
The practice showed up good material, and we were well prepared for our
first game, which was with Washington and Lee. The conditions were most
unfavorable for a large score, as the grounds were covered with mud, making
the use of the feet most difficult ; but we regret to say, on the part of our team,
there seemed to be no hindrance in the use of fists. Delays were frequent, the
game being nothing more than one continual scrap, and ending in a score of
1 1 to o.
As the days rolled by, we anxiously awaited our coming game with the
University of Virginia, who deeming us unworthy foes had refused to play us
the year before. On the twenty-fourth of October, when the two teams lined up
to engage in one of the hardest fought games in football history, a comparison
between the two would have given to the University of Virginia a great advantage
in weight and age ; they were however, by no means so quick and well trained
as their nimble opponents. During the first few moments of play. University bi
Virginia seemed to have an easy victory in sight ; but before the third down we
held them, and the ball was given to us on our twenty-five-yard line, — the nearest
they ever came to our goal, and the only time they had any chance at all of
scoring. Twice did we advance the ball within their five-yard line ; but each
time they made a noble stand in their last ditch, and prevented us from scoring.
Although we outplayed them at every point, yet an excellent game was played
by both sides neither of which was able to score. There was never a sadder crowd
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of students than those who took their departure from Lexington the next day ;
and it is said that all Charlottesville was sour for the ensuing month. Revenge
is sweet, so we have no doubt they will come at us next fall with blood in
their eye. We have, however, nothing to fear at their hands, as our next year's
team promises to be the equal if not the superior of that of this year; in fact,
if they are not careful, we may repeat the performance with still more glory to
ourselves.
We took our two usual trips on the eleventh of November and Thanksgiving
day, playing Georgetown in Richmond on the former date. Here our team
played a most unfortunate game, and lost the championship of the South by
the score of 17 to 10. On the latter date we went to Roanoke to play our dear
friends from Blacksburg, who held the erroneous idea that a walk-over was in
store for them. How sadly were they mistaken ! The game, as it should have
been, was utterly devoid of any wrangling and scrapping. It was exciting to the
finish, and not until the second half was almost complete were we able to cross
their goal-line. Johnson, the giant guard, who will be our next year's captain,
made the necessary touchdown ; the try for goal vvas missed, and the score stood,
5 to o.
This was the final game in a year in which we attained a record that we
hope will be kept up, if not improved on, by the teams yet to come. We have
undoubtedly won the championship of Virginia ; and but for the unlucky game
played in Richmond we might well claim the championship of the South. Of
late we have acquired no little prestige, making it easy for us to obtain good
games. An unprejudiced observer from Lafayette places three of our men on
the All Southern Team, and gives the captaincy to Roller ; one of the " experts "
in Charlottesville, however, makes no mention of our men on his All Southern
Team !
Football has taken a very firm hold at this institution, and we must look to
it that this hold shall not weaken. There is a tendency on the part of many of
our players to play very rough ball. This is liable to make the game obnoxious
to the Faculty and Board of Visitors, who at any time may take a hand and pro-
hibit our indutgence in this direction. Only a few years ago the State Legisla-
tures had the matter of football under discussion, and it looked as if the game
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would be stopped throughout the South ; but since then at most places the players
have become more civilized, and the number of accidents has decreased materially.
On this account the feeling against this game has died out. So it is to be hoped
that in the future our teams will play clean ball and leave alone all rough and
dirty work, thus guaranteeing the continuance at the \'irginia Military Institute
of the king of the college games — Football.
J. L. C, 'oi.
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^cam of 1901.
C. C. McCabe, 'oi Captain
Edward Ryland, 'oi Manager
E. L. Cannon, 'oi
C. S. ROLI^ER, Jr , 'ox
Assistant Managers
W. Iv. Carneal, '03 Pitcher
C. S. Roller, Jr., 'oi Catcher
M. H. Hudgins, 'oi Shortstop
I. B. Johnson, '02 First Base
C. C. McCabe, 'oi, (Captain) Second Base
V. H. Perry, '03 .- Third Base
R. E. Swift, 03 I^eft Field
E. H. Johnson, '04 Center Field
P. B. Peyton, 'oi Right Field
Subs.
H. Marshall W. H. I^anghorne
D. E. Godfrey Official Scorer
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BasebaU Schedule, J 90 J.
March 30th, l,exington.
Fishburne Military School ... 3 Virginia Military Institute .... 16
April 5th, Lexington.
University of Pennsylvania ..11 Virginia Military Institute .... 7
April 13th, Lexington.
Washington and L,ee University . 6 Virginia Military Institute .... 5
April 20th, Lexington.
Consolidated i Virginia Military Institute .... 9
April 27th, Lexington.
Washington and Lee University . 8 Virginia Military Institute .... 4
May 4th, Lexington.
Class Team 3 Virginia Military Institute .... 12
May 7th, Lexington.
Washington and Lee University . . 6 Virginia Military Institute .... 7
May nth, Lexington.
Consolidated 6 Virginia Military Institute .... 9
May 15th, Roanoke, Va.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute . .10 Virginia Military Institute .... 2
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1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1900
1901
Baseball Captains.
. W. H. Taylor, Virginia Shortstop
. S. L. Carter, Virginia . . . . Third Base
. C. B. CoFFEEN, Illinois Left Field
. J. S. Jones, Texas Third Base
. R. M. Morgan, Virginia Second Base
. H. B. Miller, Virginia Catcher
. J. D. Taylor, Florida Left Field
. Dexter Otey, Virginia Third Base
. W. B. Montgomery, Virginia Center Field
. C. C. McCabe, Maryland Second Base
BASEBALL TEAM, 1900-01
W. B. Anderson
W. S. Carneal
N. D. Emerson
O. L. Humphreys
O. A. Lynch
Iv. H. McAdow
P. L. Minor
J. F. Philips
TENNIS CLUB
EPISODE.
T WAS the night of the Final Ball. He had stolen away from
the gymnasium and gone up to his room for a brief time
of retrospection and reflection. Down in the ballroom he
had just answered " here " to the last roll-call, and as he
was still humming the merry refrain of the old class song,
what a host of memories it all brought back to him ! He
thought of that September day, when over all the mountain
tops hung the beautiful purple haze of Indian summer and the glad sunshine.
He had walked through the broad Institute gates with all the buoyancy of
youth, and with no fear in his heart of that " dreadful hazing," for he had an
indomitable will and with it an energy that had never quailed, nor failed to
accomplish any end for which he sought. So through the year he bore the stigma
of " rat " cheerfully, bravely endured all his hardships and " penalties," and at
the end was rewarded with First Stand, both in his class and in the hearts of his
classmates.
His next year passed by imeventfully. Even the " hops " and the " calics " '
who graced them, failed to arouse in him any great enthusiasm. He had never
known many girls, had never cared for any. He regarded them as a sort of
inferior being, enshrouded in mystery, a mystery he had never tried to solve,
until he met — Her !
It was at Finals of his second-class year, and he was on her card for the
opening hop. He remembered how he had gone to meet her that night with
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" fear and trembling," but how it had instantly disappeared with her cordial
greeting and sunny smile. He was charmed with her beauty and grace, as well
as her perfect naturalness, " and then and there, like other men," fell in love
with her.
All too quickly the remainder of that week flew by.
In the dewy freshness of the morning, when barracks was alive and all
aglow with new light and life they would stroll over to see guard-mounting.
Then, in the warm dusk of the evening, as the shadows stole softly across the
bands of sunlight, and all the air was filled with the hum of happy voices, in
dolcc far nicntc they lingered long down in the old graveyard — but " dead men
tell no tales." The night of the Final Ball was the culmination of his happiness,
when plucking a red rose from her bouquet, she gave it to him, with a snatch
of song:
' The sweetest flower that blows, I give you as we part ;
For you, it is a rose, for me, it is my heart."
That was all a year ago. To-day had witnessed the end, the achievement
of his desires, his hopes. For four long years he had been striving for First
Stand and First Jackson-Hope. To-day he had received it and the generous
applause of his friends and classmates, with a sense of pleasure and gratification
partly because of its valuation in her eyes. She had come on to see him grad-
uate, to rejoice with him in his honors. As he came down the aisle of the
Chapel to-day, a hero among hero-worshipers, he heeded not the many bright
glances flashed him from many pairs of bright eyes, for all his trophies he carried
straight to her and was perfectly content.
Then afterwards out on the parade-ground, they stacked arms, and the
strains of " Auld Lang Syne " came steahng over them like a benediction.
Through a mist of tears he saw the distant purple hills, the sunny slopes, and the
old town of Lexington slumbering in the lazy sunshine. He had seen it hundreds
of times before, but it had never thrilled him till now, as he realized he was
seeing it for the last time, that he was bidding farewell, breaking apart from the
Institute and the things there, his classmates and the many friendships he had
formed.
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In spite of this sadness pressing upon him at the thought of all these things,
the remembrance of her, and of how he was now free to win her, flew like wine
to his brain and urged him on.
That was only a few short hours ago, and yet how changed he was and
all things else ! He had been so happy to-night at the beginning of the ball. The
rich radiance of the lights, the decorations, the perfume, the flash of bcanx
yciix, and mad, merry music all seemed a fitting accompaniment to his feelings.
During the dance, in the midst of a " break," he and his partner had strolled
out in the Arch, where they lingered to catch the cool breath of the night. Not
far away from them, another couple was seated. Suddenly, in the lull of con-
versation, the old familiar words and her voice fell upon his ear :
"The sweetest flower that blows, I give you as we part ;
For you, it is a rose, for me, it is my heart. ' '
It was the same old story, but it stabbed him like an assassin's knife ; and
as one dazed he returned to the ballroom, but " the music seemed dreary, the
lights were dim and the dancers weary."
He had believed in her so implicitly his faith had never wavered, never
swerved. Ye gods ! How sweet she was and how dear to him, and now he must
force himself to renounce her, put her away out of his heart and his life !
The night was fast waning, and the first faint streaks of early dawn shot
over the horizon, showing the gray mist hovering over the mountain tops and
the dew-drenched green of the woodlands.
A sense of great weariness and littleness bore down upon him, and even
the sighing of the wind in the trees outside seemed a requiem over his blasted
hopes. Suddenly he is aroused by the hum of voices outside, and some of his
friends come trooping into the room.
" Hello ! old man ! We missed you, and here you are mourning all by your-
self. Composing an ode to the famous class, or planning out your future life-
work, eh? Strike a light, boys, and let's have a good look at him. Why,
qu'aves-vousf Jack, your lids are wet!" But he responds to their affectionate
banter with a smile : " Oh ! It 's only smoke in my eyes." Their timely
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interruption and their solicitude have saved liim, have made him realize that
these friends, staunch and true, and these associates will more than compensate
for the loss of one faithless. So, as with a mighty jerk, he pulls himself
together, and once more in the glad light of a new day, he passes through the
Institute gates to re-adjust himself, single-hearted to the new work of his life
beyond.
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pcceiOent.
J. V. JOHNSON,
W(cc»iPre6l5ent,
M. Q. KELLEY.
OR nineteen years the Young Men's Christian Association has
been the foremost of the Institute's organizations, and no one who
has been a cadet since 1882 has failed in some way to feel its
influence. Years ago when the idea of establishing a Christian
Association in our school was conceived, its orginators were
criticised, and some said that such an organization would be
short-lived in an institution like our own. But nineteen years have passed,
and those who have lived to see the Association successful thus 'far, can but
be thankful that it does exist and wish for its greater success in the future. It
has had its ups and downs, and at times the downs have shown very gloomy
prospects, but somehow difficulty after difficulty has been overcome and put
behind, and the dark prospects replaced by brighter ones than ever before, and
we feel that we are accomplishing our purpose.
The object of the Association is to maintain, as much as possible, a religious
feeling and exert a religious influence among the cadets. This we think has
been to a greater or less extent done. Its plan of work is along two main lines :
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Regular devotional services and Bible classes. Of the former, three services are
held each week in our chapel, and these services are open to all cadets. As a
general rule they are conducted by cadets, active members of the Association,
and each service is made as interesting and attractive, and at the same time
thoroughly religious, as possible. The Bible class meets each Sabbath morning,
and has been in charge of our superintendent, whom the Association takes
occasion to thank for his untiring efforts throughout the year.
Through the various conventions and conferences held during the college
year, the Association is kept in touch with the work as it is carried on in the
State, and South, and at each has had a representative of Association workers.
Towards the close of this session the Rev. Dr. Stringfellow conducted for
two weeks a series of services with us, and we feel that his efforts were most
valuable ; the Association takes pleasure in thanking him for his work and time
spent with us.
J. V. J. 'oi.
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CADET-DIALECTIC SOCIETY HALL
R. L. Harris, Virginia
|OR several years the two literary societies of the Virginia Military
Institute had been gradually sinking, until at the beginning of
the session of 1900-1901, there was practically little interest
taken in either the Cadet or the Dialectic. In September, the
few faithful representatives held a meeting and decided to form
a new society, still retaining the old names, but possessing a
stronger organization. The work was very hard. Improper management had
converted the societies, whose meetings were once a pleasure to attend, into
places where nothing interesting or instructive could be learned.
Ofificers were elected and the new society was soon in running order. From
that time to the present there has been a marked change in the manner in which
the various members have assisted in building up the society.
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In the second term tlie society hall has inidergone a complete transforma-
tion. The place has been thoroughly renovated, a handsome carpet put down,
curtains hung from the windows, and the chairs given a white enamel. The
metamorphosis from the filthy condition in which the hall was found, is some-
thing which will prove of interest to the alumni. As a result of the improve-
ment, society work has received a new stimulus, and now the Virginia Military
Institute can boast of as thoroughly good literary organization as any college
in the South.
The Cadet-Dialectic Society has a membership of about seventy-five. The
meetings are well attended, and it is a rare case when a member upon the detail
fails to comply with his duties. The programmes are always interesting and
instructive, and afford a considerable amount of amusement and pleasure to
the members.
Outsiders often think there is but little culture and refinement to be found
connected with cadet life in barracks, but this view would soon be dispelled by
seeing one of the meetings of the present society. What the Institute has needed
and what it now has in the shape of the Cadet Literary Society, is a place where
the cadet can go at least once a week, leaving the severities of military life
behind, and enjoying a few hours' freedom. The refining influence of literary
association tends to be an important factor in mental development, and should
receive in the future the highest possible encouragement from the faculty and
future cadets. Literary societies are a credit to their colleges and universities,
and the Cadet-Dialectic Society will undoubtedly be one of the Institute's most
valuable features.
The present society is a combination of the Cadet and Dialectic Societies,
which for many years have been in existence at the Institute. The Virginia
Dialectic Society was founded in 1846. Owing to the fact that nearly all of
the Society records were destroyed by fire, it is impossible to enumerate the
founders, but we are able to give the names of Brigadier-General Samuel Gar-
land, and Colonel J. M. Massie, as being instrumental in launching it upon its
career. The Society of Cadets was founded in 1839, but the records are so
obscure that no information can be procured upon the subject. Since its roll
shows the names of a large number of men who have attained distinction in
after life it is needless to say that the Cadet Society in the older days was a good
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one. As a combination of the two, the Cadet-Dialectic is one which will soon
embody all the virtues of its predecessors, and in reality fulfill the legend of the
Phoenix. Some day, perhaps, its members may have secured distinction in
legislative bodies, and can look back upon the Cadet-Dialectic Literary Society
as having been instrumental in assisting them in preparing for their life's work.
FRY, 'oi.
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GLEE AND MANDOLIN CLUB.
L. A. Brixton President
E. S. Martin Manager
/IDembers.
A. B. Rawn
J. M. Barnett H. a. Bonefeld
S. S. Lee J. D. Owen R. E. Swift D. Q. Bridges
C. W. Hollingsworth O. A. Humphreys
M. Q. Kelly
W. H. I/Anghorne J. F. Phillips
R. B. Claggett C. S. Dawley
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GLEE AND MANDOLIN CLUB
fIDemoriea.
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In a tiny dell beyond the wood,
Where mossy banks and ferns abound'd,
Where alder bushes and lindens stood,
And the brook ran on with its murmuring sound-
Was a rustic bridge, where we stood alone,
And I saw in the quiet pool below
A face there just beside my own, —
And need I say that I loved her so?
As the sun sank low like a ball of gold
And bathed the world in its ruddy glow,
Perchance I told the story old.
While the alders whispered soft and low.
Now clearly it all comes back to me,
How her words came slow in a faltering way :
' The best of friends let us always be.
But my heart is already stolen away."
Many long years have passed away with summer's
Sun and winter's gale,
But if you ever find a fairy lair
Among the alder bushes fair.
Perchance the tall ferns still are there,
And the old bridge stands with its
Single rail. O. V. K. 'oi.
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GERMAN
CLUB.
C. S. Roller, Jr.
R. W. Johnson
O. V. Kean
A. E. Miller
J. B. Hudson
E. Ryland
M. H. Hudgins
E. B. Hubard
J. h. Cabell
T. S. Carter
J. B. Blunt
G. C. R. Kelly
D. E. Godfrey
G. C. Marshall, Jr.
M. M. Wilford
F. C. Elliott
L,. A. Britton
G. W. Watson
C. E. Wingo
preei&cnt.
E. S.' Martin
assistant Xeaders.
St. J. R. Marshall
flDembers.
W. Goodwin
H. J. Maclntyre
P. B. Peyton
L. K. Nicholson
W. D. Rucker
W. W. Sheppard
C. E. Stuart
H. P. Fry
F. B. Alderdice
L. D. Wall
C. L. Todd
I. Davenport
I. B. Johnson
A. B. Rawn
E. R. de Steiger
B. H. Tucker
J. C. Wise
J. B. Wright
C. C. McCabe
E. D. Jackson
M. I. Forbes
R. M. Bailey
A. A. Adams
W. P. Upshur
D. Q. Bridges
S. A. I,oughridge
R. E. Swift
W. B. Anderson
G. M. Shelton
W. H. I^onghome
N. D. Emerson
I.. C. Leftwich
V. H. Perry
W. W. Dillard
J. K. Shropshire
W. B. McCormick
C. S. Dawley
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OPENING FIGURE FINAL BALL, JULY 4th, 1900.
A PRIVATE AFFAIR.
BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL.
Eros, who leads me day by day
Through many a seci-et hidden way
Finds to assuage my thirst
No love that shall the old love slay,
None sweeter than the first.
I may not hear men speak of her
Unmoved ; and still nij' pulses stir
To see her passing hj'.
And I, again her worshiper.
Must serve her till I die.
Not she that is — but even she
That time hath stolen away from me
And in the darkness set.
The maid that I may never see
And surelj' not forget.
The Fikst Maid.
ASTLE was drumming idly upon the reporter's desk with the
rubber end of his pencil. Routine court work becomes tiresome
after a while, and to-day, so far, there was only the usual
Monday docket of " drunks and disorderlies." To be sure, there
was a case of two boys, who had rocked a woman on Randolph
Street, that would do for a half-column freak story, if nothing
better turned up. But there were so many boys and so many rocks in Richmond
that it didn't promise well. It would be good enough, but Castle wanted more.
So, he continued his drumming. Negroes from Jackson Ward came up
and paid their fines for assault and battery. Respectable and red-faced citizens
came up to explain why the dog license matter hadn't been attended to. Maudlin
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specimens of humanity crept out of the pen to explain it was " just this once " and
to be allotted stays of varying lengths at the rock pile. Their names and sen-
tences went down duly on the fold of copy paper and the pencil drummed on.
For it was only the usual thing. Name after name was called, until that of
Edward Osborne was shouted by the Sergeant. It was an ordinary name. The
fact that he was charged with wife-beating hardly promised anything of special
interest. The records of the police court prove that not a few wives are beaten
nowadays.
It was the evidence of the negro servant that first attracted Castle's atten-
tion. He hadn't listened before she took the stand. Then he jotted down, " gray
Fedora, 7§ " and " face resembling map of Asia," in an absent-minded fashion.
Just notes to help towards the making of a funny story that the people of Rich-
mond could laugh over in the evening, that is, if nothing better turned up.
Soon he saw there would scarcely be anything better. The negro was an
old woman who referred familiarly to " Mars Robert Lee." Her testimony pos-
sessed the unconscious force that only a Virginia darkey could lend to a narrative.
Her expressions were not reeking with culture. But properly worked up and
interspersed with spicy sub-heads, Castle already saw how they might be made
into an out-of-the-way narrative of the usual troubles between man and wife with
which the police court deals. He was feeling his story.
So he took copious notes of the negro woman's testimony. Smith, of the
" Day," who sat by his side, was doing likewise. Both realized that by the addi-
tion of various artistic details, evolved from their inner consciousness, this would
be good for at least three-quarters of a column and the preceding part of the
docket had been dull.
Then the woman finished. Then the sergeant called " Blanche Osborne,"
and the crowd before the judge's private office parted to make way for a woman.
The judge believes in upholding the ancient chivalry of the South. So, in view
of the somewhat unsavory freedom of speech sometimes indulged in by those
before him, the privacy of his ofifice is always extended to any woman whom a man
who wears a clean collar on Sunday can respect. They wait there till their evi-
dence is needed.
The woman came out. Castle noted she was slender, fair-haired and grace-
ful, though of course that wouldn't matter in the story. It was only when she
looked at him that he recognized her. There was no mistaking her eyes.
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It was a haggard face. A pale, thin face, on which was written the traces of
sorrow and child-bearing. But the eyes were there. The eyes that Castle had
once likened to a summer sea. The eyes that he had rhymed of and gone mad
for so long ago.
It seemed grotesque, that this woman was Blanche. He remembered the
cycle of sonnets lying in his desk that almost every editor of magazines in the
country had rejected as " lacking in the modem spirit." One of them added
that they were " Elizabethan in feeling " and Castle had loved him for that. He
wondered what his initials were as he drummed a trifle faster with the wornout
pencil. He felt he would appreciate the joke.
Then the case went on. Mrs. Osborne gave her testimony. She loved her
husband. But he drank. He abused her. She had sworn out the warrant. She
was sorry now. He had promised to reform. And sO' on.
Altogether, it made a good ston,'. Only the woman was Blanche.
The two pencils went on jotting down the wife's speech, the servant's testi-
mony, the neighbors' quota. It made a good story. Castle felt, as he wrote on
automatically. Only the woman was Blanche.
Still, he had nothing to do with that. Blanche was only a boy's love. She
probably did not recognize him. His face was unfurrowed when he had last told
her how empty his life would be without her. Since then he had lived very com-
fortably and he had really no grudge against her.
She was simply a witness. He was simply a police court reporter, there to
take down the evidence in the best case of the day. Still the woman was Blanche.
But Castle took it down. Her pleadings, the comments of the servant — which
were, he noted, " warm enough to scorch the paint on the passing trolley cars " —
the gossip of the neighbors, the caustic remarks of the judge, all went down in
hurried scrawls. He was getting his story. He was no longer John Barrington
Castle. He was the representative of the " Richmond Star."
He was there to get the news. So he got it.
Then the case was decided. Castle marked down $11.90 by Osborne's name,
drew a neat little line underneath, with a carefully made cross in the middle and
waited for the next name on the docket. Osborne paid his fine and went out with
his wife. She was pleading for forgiveness. Castle observed.
The docket went on. They were only the ordinary cases. Smith and Castle
both decided the Osborne family trouble would form the basis of their court
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story for the day. They were still of that opinion when court adjourned. The
rest of the story is merely to show how even reporters may be mistaken in their
calculations.
Castle went slowly to the " Star " office. He was not quite satisfied with the
newspaper business, the universe, or himself, Meanwhile, he was planning his
story.
On the way he met Jagson. Jagson had helped him out recently with some
political stuff, so he could hardly ignore him. They walked along together.
" Good thing Lent 's over, isn't it? " said Jagson. " They 've been keeping it
in such great shape this year I 've been afraid to look a high ball in the face. All
up and down Franklin Street the gloom of the season has been lying around in
such big chunks that the horses were trying to step over them and the piety of
the upper ten would make an early Christian martyr feel like a fellow sitting
behind a four-card flush in a big jackpot. Then ."
Jagson's nose was certainly of a remarkably ugly hue. Besides, Castle was
trying to remember how Blanche — Heart's Desire, the sonnets called her — had
come into his life. He hardly remembered. It was on a spring morning. He was
lying flat on his back in the woods, staring up at the clouds, wandering like sheep
driven by that erratic shepherd, the west wind. The birds were already astir over
their great business of house-building and the swollen buds of the trees stood out
against the pale sky like grotesque designs on a Japanese plate.
" And the churches," went on Jagson. " The wedded ones and the left-over
remnants from the marriage bargain-counter went to early services every day,
heard about the no-limit game played by charity in the sin-eff'acing line and
then came back telling each other how Mr. Hawkins still gives his wife the loose-
Lothario act without a single encore, and Mrs. Rosenheim's backyard makes the
Augean Stables look like a warranted non-crocking dye after the first washing.
At least, they don't phrase it that way, but it 's the sense of it. Wouldn't ir
wrinkle your linen? "
Jagson was a vulgar brute. Anybody willing to wear a red Ascot tie
sprinkled with black horse-shoes must necessarily be dead to all sense of decency.
But Heart's Desire — well, the wood was a kindly familiar place at first, wherein
Castle whiled away many mornings in tolerable content — there was no need for
bromo-seltzer then, he reflected with a sigh — when of a sudden the call of a distant
bird and the laughter of a girl waked the enchantment of the forest. It was Bro-
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celiande ; it was the Forest of Arden. JNIerlin might appear at any moment, stately
and melancholy, through that avenue of whitened birches. Or, better still, Rosa-
lind's insolent sweet laughter might come rippling out among the hollows with
a tantalizing fleet vision of loosened hair and dainty hose. It was — "
" As for the girls," went on the thick voice Castle was learning to hate,
" — and, I tell you Richmond has a line of goods in that department that has the
\'enus de Milo left at the starting post — why, the giddy things had been buckling
down to the strenuous life act in great shape of late, planning out the Easter
garments. There 's a deal of serious things to think over in Lent, anvhow, with-
out bothering over the compo of a pastel pipe-dream, cut bias and trimmed with
a L ' Aiglon funny trick. Yet the frolicsome gazelles ."
Jagson was nothing if not practical. Still, it was strange to think of how
everything had been altered and all by the passing of a girl of thirteen. A girl who
did not even see him ; or at least pretended not to do so. She went by and he
made no attempt to pursue. Instead, he remained in the leafy hollow, forgetful
of the little Rubaiyat and pondering over this new thing. There had come to
him the consciousness that somehow this girl was different from any one he had
ever known. The difference . " It was the hats that kept the grey matter
working over-time for forty days," went on the voice that now brought up visions
of a private assassination. " Why, the girl's couldn't sleep for wondering what
sort of a rainbow bird would look best in the pink chiffon nest they got for $1.98,
marked down from nine to ten to $2. But they settled it. And Easter — why, I
looked at Franklin Street from a second-story window on that date and thought
an aviary had had a mix-up with a dye-factory and the funeral was going past.
That 's Lent all over. A poor cock-tail with a juicy cherry at the bottom. And
the girls always did have a sweet tooth."
The difference was evanescent, intangible and to a boy of fourteen very
puzzling. He had wondered at it from time to time, without discovering either
its origin or nature. Gradually there awoke in him an uneasy consciousness
of her presence, a mental pricking up of the ears whenever her name was men-
tioned. He lay awake o" nights wondering why her hair curled so curiouslv
around her temples and had such wonderful tints in its depths when the sunlight
fell on its surface. He was uncomfortable and embarrassed in her presence;
and with her absence came the overwhelming desire of seeing her again. To-day
she had come. It was as a witness .
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" But I think Sedgewick will be elected," said Jagson. And Castle, remem-
bering the politics of his paper and the fact that he was a reporter, said he thought
so too. Then he left Jagson and climbed the narrow steps to the " Star " office.
He had his story all planned out. He wrote his headlines first as was his cus-
tom. They read : —
WIFE=BEATER IN
COURT TO=DAY.
EDWARD OSBORNE TERRORIZES
WIFE AND NEIGHBORS
TOWER OBJECTS TO PISTOLS.
Says That No Man Who Discharges
One Shall Be Discharged
By Him.
Then he began the opening paragraph. The story was to be in Castle's usual
style. It would call the judge the Tower of Justice. Not because that meant
anything, but simply because it was a habit of the " Star." Some reporter in the
dark ages had started it and the paper kept it up. It would give the humorous
side. It would give the details. It would make the home-going men forget the
curves on the various trolley lines. Every paragraph would begin with an epi-
gram and end in short sentences that would rivet your attention with a mental
bump. Just so.
Castle was, in fact, starting in on the story when some one touched him on
the elbow. It was the office boy, tousle-haired, and looking, as usual, as if the
chief desire of his life was to occupy his father's trousers without undue cutting
down.
" Please, sir, Mr. Castle," he said, " there 's a lady wants to see you down
stairs."
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There is no reception room in the " Star " office, so Castle went down
resignedly to meet the woman who wanted him for something. It was Blanche.
" Ah, John," she said, as she came towards him in the darkened hall, her
eyelids flickering in a parody of the glance of Heart's Desire, " I recognized you
at once. And you — have you forgotten? "
Blanche was attractive. But rouge isn't becoming to any one at noon. So
Castle answered with composure.
" I had not. I never shall, I think."
The last sentence was added in respect to the sonnets. A poet would do no
less. But it sufficed. Mrs. Osborne went on.
" I 've a great favor to ask of you. I saw you taking notes about Ed and
myself. I want you to leave us out of the paper. It 's so — well, all the niggers
are in, you know. And I thought ."
Castle pondered a moment. The daylight beat cruelly upon the woman's rad-
dled cheeks. Still the woman was Blanche.
" Yes, you thought," he said finally, " you were right. I '11 do it on one con-
dition."
The woman stared.
" What is it? " she asked.
" That," said Castle, smiling a little — he realized that no hero of romance
would have worn glasses with a string at this moment, " I leave entirely to you."
The woman waited.
Then she came to Castle and kissed him.
" I thank you," he said, " you never did before, you know. There is only one
thing I 'd like to ask ; do you care for him?"
The woman pondered for a moment. Then a light came into her eyes that
made her seem almost as if Heart's Desire was not all a phantom.
" Yes," she said, " he beats me on an average of six times a week. But,
strange as it may seem, I care for him more than I do for the universe."
" Thank you," said Castle, " I will look to the little matter you mentioned."
Then he watched her go out into the street and prayed he would never see
her again.
Castle went up-stairs and tore up his copy. Then he wrote the story of the
boys who had rocked the woman on Randolph Street. It was a poor story.
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The man at the desk said so when he handed it in. He said it was a hiatused,
hiatused poor story. He wanted to know what in the hiatused, hiatused, etc..
Castle meant by handing in such stuff.
Castle heard about it later. But just at tliat time he was on his way to the
" Day " office. He asked for Smith, who came down, suspicious and grimed with
the dust that printer's ink always breeds.
" Hello, old man," said Castle, " written your court stuff? "
" Not yet," said Smith, "' what 's up? "
" Nothing much," said Castle, " Just want you to leave out that Osborne
case. That is, fix it up. Make it Auburn or something, you don't mind? "
" Course not, old fellow. I '11 take the Randolph Street boys for the lead, if
you like. Just as good a story. Only, I don't see why you 're interested in the
Osbornes. Come and have a drink."
" Oh, that — that 's a private affair. But on the whole. I don't care if I do."
So they went, and had a quiet Scotch. Then both came back to their work.
It was a good thing to know that Blanche was happy. Still, Castle couldn't
help wondering whether she had noticed how the warm weather made his glasses
slide down his nose.
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a Dream.
(SET TO
Last night I lay a-sleeping,
There came a dream so fair,
Once more afar in Lexington
I saw the Institute there.
I heard old ' ' Taps ' ' resounding
And back as the echo came,
Methought once more a cadet I was,
It all seemed just the same ;
Methought once more a cadet I was,
It all seemed just the same.
" HOLT CITY.")
I heard the sentry calling,
And the tramp of weary feet.
The old familiar "All is well"
Again my senses greet.
I saw the parade-ground sleeping
In the sheen of the silver moon,
And barracks was all hushed, asleep.
Though the hour was still full soon ;
And barracks was all hushed, asleep,
Though the hour was still full soon.
And then again the scene was changed.
New life there seemed to be ;
I heard the notes of reveille,
Guard-mounting could I see.
The light of morning was over all.
The day's work was begun.
And all who would, might enter,
Though there 's the " gim " for some.
So, as of yore, the day goes by,
With evening, dress parade.
It was the same old V. M. I.
That would not pass away,
It was the same old V. M. I.
That would not pass away.
Oh ! V. M. I., dear V. M. I.,
Loud may your praises ring.
Come every State, both small and great,
Let each a tribute bring.
M. B. R.
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SENIOR ELECTRICITY CLASS.
Colonel " M k" Mallory Instructor.
flDembers.
Bird " Blunt
' ' Drowsy ' ' Carter
" Iky " Davenport
' ' Logy ' ' Hudgins
"Sniff " Kelly
" Dinks " Marshall
"Monkey N." Nicholson,
"Buster" Peyton
" Pink Stew " Stuart
" Corp " WiLFORD
" ICH HABE " WiNGO
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SENIOR ENGINEERING CLASS.
Colonel "Bobby" Marr Instructor.
flDembers.
"Jimmy Dice" Allderdice
"Violet P." Cabell
" PuTz " Cannon
" Hugo " Castleman
" Flee " Elliot
" Peck " Fry
" MucHEE Poodle " Godfrey
' ' Nat Day ' ' Goodwin
" Hub " HuBARD
" Widow " Johnson
' ' Rooster ' ' Johnson
"Hungry Prunes" Kean
" Irish " McCabe
' ' Booze ' ' McIntyre
"Pug" Marshall
"Mrs. Murphy" Moncure
" RUCKLINGS " RuCKER
"Sheep" Sheppard
' ' Tommy ' ' Todd
"Woul" Wall
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SENIOR CHEMISTRY CLASS.
Colonel "Boo Boo" Pendlkton Instructor
" Brit " Britton
flDembcr0.
"Josh " Levy
" B. A." Hudson
" Peter " Miller
' ' guttenheimel ' ' martin
" Chief" Roller
' ' Buzz ' ' Ryland . ' ' Bunny ' ' Watson
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Zbc Subs.
H Hocky ! so broad-shouldered and cute !
He thinks he carries the Institute
In his hand, so all can see
How well it 's run by "the General" and /le.
But the place will run with wildest joy,
When "Billy" fires the office boy.
lyittle "Tolly" ranks after "Hock,"
And keeps bull-dozers off of "Stock."
He was as nice to him as he could be
For he often let him act " O. C."
He bums with "Mallory," wears sporty clothes
And has a good opinion of what he knows.
The next on our list is the square top divinity
Called also "cube-root of minus infinity."
As a world-famous actor we now speak of him
For he's been everything from " O. C." to " Gim.
Some idle day 't is our fondest hope
To seek his virtues with a microscope.
Athletic "Goat," so trim and fine
Can always be found in thirty-nine,
Where he recuperates daily ever so fast
From his famous drills of the rodent gym. class.
The reports he makes are always true
Except against the occupants of Seventy-two.
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It 's funny how extremes will meet,
Even in our menagerie the chain is complete.
About the only one, whom we suspect
Of never seeking after a deck,
Is " Derby; " a rattling good fellow, and strictly true blue.
We 're glad to boost him, with a " bum " rhyme or two.
Poor little "Jimmie Jones" sits up late alone,
He 's teaching higher math, so you see he has to bone.
"Old Nick" hit him a trifle hard.
And told him he should be walking guard.
J. J., you once told me to " hit you with a club,"
If you ever came here as a d "bull sub."
But look in the room with "Tolly" and "Stock"
And see our new edition — small-sized "Hock."
We suppose he 's come, and here to stay
Till his face is thin and his hair is gray.
He 's a big man now but the same old " Hock,"
Whose grammar would stop a twelve-day clock.
H. P. F. 'oi.
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" Better the Day, better the deed." — Nat Go-d-w-n.
" A big round fat oily man." — Bob M.
" It would talk, Lord it would talk." — Wall.
" A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing; but oh ! I am so sleepy."
• — Carter.
" He was a man of unbounded stomach." — Rucker.
" My life is one d — horrid grind." — D.wenpgrt.
" The woods are full of them." — Pug Marshall.
" She is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed a disposition, she holds it a vice
in her goodness not to do more than she is requested." — Janie John — .
" Fashioned so slenderly, so young and so fair." — Roe Kelly.
" A burnt child dreads the fire." — Blunt.
" Be silent or say something better than silence." — Ryland.
" Every path hath a poodle." — Dick Godfrey.
" A little authority makes a small man great." — Sheppard.
" If all fools wore white caps we should look like a flock of geese."
— Visitors to a certain box ox April ist.
" Martin, Martin, if dirt were trumps, what hands you would hold."
" Brer Rabbit he lay low and say nothing." — Watson.
" Lord, but he does worship the Fox." — Hub.ard.
" H ■ looks as if butter would melt in his mouth." — Elliot.
" I led like a farmer ; I shall grow fat as a porpoise." — Cannon.
" Up ! Up ! My friend, and quit your books,
Or surely you '11 grow double ;
Up ! Up ! My friend, and clear your looks !
Why all this toil and trouble? " — McIntyre.
" Whose game was empires, whose stakes were thrones,
Whose table earth, whose Dice were human bones." — Alderdice.
" He was the mildest mannered man
That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat." — Todd.
" A Britton in love should be a subject not a slave."
" A green old age unconscious of decays,
That proves the hero born in better days." — Roller.
" Let me have men about me that are fat." — Hudson.
" Put money in thy purse." — Stuart.
" Do you think I was born in the woods to be afraid of an owl? "
— WiLFORD.
" The sight of you is good for sore eyes." — Hudgins.
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"Is this that haughty gallant, gay Leonard?" — Nicholson;
" Thy head is full of fights as an egg is full of meat." — McCabe.
" He is not in the roll of common men." — Dinks Marshall.
" I would the gods had made thee poetical ! " — Fry.
" He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard
is less than a man." — Cabell.
" His beard was as white as snow,
All flaxen was his poll."^ — Wingo.
" He has a lean and ' Hungry ' look." — Kean.
" Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet,
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet." — R. W. Johnson.
" Hail fellow, well met." — Peyton.
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'lf=ni>a."
Among the honors you '11 have to pass
In the latter half of the Second Class,
You '11 see in box-car letters scored
This strange device^on "Old Nick's" board — " F=AIa."
Strange tales he tells of high success
And royal luck in fortune's quest.
If your time in leisure you would spend
Just have these words at your finger's eud — " F=Ma."
When maiden's smile you try to win,
And know not exactly how to begin,
Just wend your way some night alone.
And whisper in the sweetest tone — " F=Ma."
If in your wanderings on pleasure bent
You find you haven't a copper cent.
Just rob a bank and before you're gone
Leave your card with the phrase thereon — " F=Ma."
If you should wish to jump to fame
As master of our national game,
You can hold straight flushes and win the pot,
Unless you 've the magic words forgot — " F=Ma."
But we've learned them well, these words you said
And many 's the " three " as a price we paid,
So when our success you have heard
Just trace them back to that magic word — " F=Ma."
Fry 'oi.
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H flDeso50ic ^raacb^.
Early in the time Cretaceous,
When the Arch-ae-optryx lived and trilled,
Lived a gallant Stegosaurus,
Huge of form as pictured for us
In the Laramie, the Comanche, and the Como beds well filled.
Counted he back from the Triassic
A sworn and registered pedigree.
Descended from the Nothosaurus
Cousin to the Proterosaurus
Paelaezoic, on his fossil family-tree.
Curved back, an ardent lover.
He loved a maid, so bright and fair,
By name Ornithostoma, his affinity
Toothless bill, winged, sweet virginity
Blushing habitue of both earth and air.
Oft he wooed her in the gloaming ;
Brought her gifts of every kind ;
Braved the waters of the Dakota
For Sassafras and remoter
Parts, new and costlier sweets to find.
But love ne'er ran smooth tho' Mesozoic,
Troubles impended in this Epoch ;
For there came to spoil the wooing
As 'neath her parental tree, soft cooing.
Sat our Stegosaur on an igneous Archean rock,
A Megalosaurus, Dinosaur carnivorous,
Walking on his hind legs erect.
With huge teeth grinning spied he Ornithostoma
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Alone, unchaperoned, without her mama
Shook his nasal-bone and stretched his neck.
This rude reptile was a " nobody ";
No name, no ancestors, no family crest, he had
Bought with lucre his position,
An upstart, parvenu, an imposition
(" Spontaneous generation," gossip said).
Saw he our Pterosaur on her Cycad
Murmuring soft love words to Stegosaur
And down he rushed, etiquette forgetting,
The fervid herbivorous swain upsetting ;
They clinch, they mix with one wild prehistoric roar.
"Get thee hence," cried Stegosaurus,
Arching his back neath his loved one's tree,
" By my sires, Paeliozoic, Trias, Jura,
I '11 disintegrate thee, thou Macrura,"
And chivalrously into him charged he.
Clashed carnivorous tusks 'gainst herbivorous molars.
Bone-plate Armor and Nasal-bone
Raging madly, in wild confusion
Analogous to the Appalachian revolution ;
Trembled terra firma from zone to zone.
All Queensbury rules now neglecting.
This frenzied catastrophism held sway
Till beaten was the Megalosaurus
And eaten was the Stegosaurus, »
Their race extinct, both lifeless lay.
Alone and sad wept Ornithostoma
Hot alkaline tears on every side
Till was dissolved her bower Siliceous,
She and both the rivals ferocious
Were slowly imbedded in Stratum Cretaceous
In Mobrara calcite were they petrified.
R. W. J., oi.
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^be 2)cserte& Dillaac lllp to Bate.
Sweet Lexington ! slowest village in the State,
Where bedtime comes at half-past eight ;
Where dryness reigns -no more the note
As sparkling booze goes down the throat.
How often have we walked thy streets,
In some sleepy church to take our seats,
And tried with heroic powers
To keep awake a pair of hours !
Old Town ! there 's one thing you must know,
You are too confounded slow.
The days of '6i are past, to come no more —
Stage coaches are things of yore.
But it 's our age of sport and rush :
So wake up, old fossil, and get in the push !
Put up a place where one can go.
Once in a while, to see a show ;
Give us once more the joint so dear.
Where we can buy a mug of beer ;
Provide some excitement, for we can't begin
To live on what our folks have been.
Let us no more at thy slowness blush :
So wake up, old fossil, and get in the push !
H. P. F., 'oi.
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H ips^cbolOQical pseu&oniorpb.
There was a geologist named Gdeiss
Who on Metamorphism was very gpreceiss,
He could never resist
From the analysing of Schist
And he 'd swear by Le Conte that 't was gneiss.
THE MARSHALL AFFAIR."
R. C. Marshall, Jr., was Commandant.
St. J. R. Marshall was O. D.
M. B. Marshall was Sentinel.
G. C. Marshall was yelling out of H. Marshall's room.
R. C. Marshall gave special orders to St. J. R. Marshall to report men for
yelling from windows, so M. B. Marshall reported Marshall, G. C, for yelling
out of the window.
Marshall, St. J. R., forwarded the report to Marshall, R. C, who stuck
Marshall, H., for five demerits for allowing Marshall, G. C, to yell out of his
window, and J. J. Marshall saw it well done.
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Mbat useb to 36c.
Lady, no cap is on my head,
No visor on my brow,
I 've lost my plume and lost my heart —
I 'm not a soldier now.
"My uniform" I've taken off—
My " cits" I 've just put on,
And silk I 've substituted for
The leather stock I 've worn.
No more the sound of cannon grates
Upon my ear, as when
It waked me up at break of day —
I was a soldier then.
But now without the "reveille"
I 've learned to ope mine eyes,
And also can get up from tea
Without the word to "rise."
I'm not at "rest" when I should talk.
Don't flourish when I bow.
Nor do I march when I should walk —
I'm not a soldier now.
I 've changed to glancing at a dress
My "dressing at a glance,"
And from the prompt maneuvres when,
Advancing up the dance.
Lady, no cap is on my head,
No visor on my brow,
I 've lost my plume and lost my heart —
I 'm not a soldier now.
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I've torn my "differentials" up,
The leaves, ah ! how they flew !
And ' ' integrals ' ' and -' ' algebra ' '
Are out the window too.
The only "curvatures" I find
Are of a neck or brow,
I've made my arms my "asymptotes,"
My lips my "tangents" now.
I've changed my "co-sines" all to "verse
So did the muse require.
To boots my "logarithms" as
They raise me somewhat higher.
My ' ' sextant ' ' and ' ' theodolite ' '
Are on the mountain's brow,
And they may get themselves the "height,
I can not take it now.
For all my ' ' measures ' ' now I tread,
I "sight" through ladjes' eyes,
My ' ' observations ' ' are remarks.
Mid fish my ' ' angling ' ' lies.
And I can move without "command,"
Can sit up after "ten,"
Ah ! how unlike my former self — ;
I was a soldier then.
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1bero=Mor0bip.
In olden times, when knights were bold,
And ladies fair had hearts of gold,
'T was doughty aim and trusty blade
That won the day, and won the maid.
But now, when gallants seek a wife.
They use no weapons in the strife ;
Strong arms avail much in the field.
If it be football that they wield.
For blackened eye and broken nose
Proclaim the hero where he goes ;
And maidens fair smile to behold
A gory champion, bruised but bold.
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'* BUI."
Of all the jobs at the V. M. I.,
The hardest one to fill,
Is that at present occupied
By the man we call "Old Bill."
We run him down when he jumps on us,
But we never stop to think,
That the trouble he has and the care he takes
Would drive a saint to drink.
A professor's job you might call soft,
As for instance — "Bobby" and "Nick;"
And some others too, ne'er seem to do,
Any work — not a single lick.
But "Bill" has troubles, and all his own
To worry him day by day ;
To be acting "papa" to a savage band,
Is by no means childish play.
But he runs things well, does "Uncle Bill,"
With a wonderfully patient art
And under the bearing so stern and gruff,
Ivies a kind and noble heart.
So now just stop and together all
With the heartiest kind of will,
Give three cheers for our honored friend —
Eh ! Eh ! for old "Uncle Bill."
Fry.
i6i
We want to know —
How much " Stocky " pays tlie other " subs " to let him inspect?
Where " Ducky " got that walk?
Why " Tolly " is so cute?
If " Goat " is still waltzing?
If " Dice " can hypnotize?
What became of Kirk and McNeil?
What the U. Va. score was (o — o)?
How much Virginia pays her football team to play?
If " Puck " can ride a horse?
*If a bird is a reptile?
Who is Doctor Jockstroter?
What species are found at Pueblo, Col.?
Plow many languages McC — speaks in a football game?
Where " Boo Boo " got that hat?
Why " Tommy " " can't conceive for the life of me? "
Why " Hungary " can't get enough prunes?
Why " Nat " likes to go on O. D.?
Why " Dutchy " don't use that hair tonic?
Why " Ruck " and John " fin-out " when " Gen. Miles " is O. D.?
♦Inquire of Mr. Cannon of Norfolk, Va.
162
CALENDAR.
Thursday, June 20th . . . Opening Hop
Friday, June 21st Society Hop
Saturday, June 22d, 11 a. m.
Gymnasium Exhibition
Saturday, June 22d, 7 p. m.
Gymnasium Hop
Monday, June 24th .... Final German
Tuesday, June 25th . . . Alumni Banquet
Wednesday, June 26th .... Final Ball
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E. S. Martin President
C. S. Roller, Jr )
St. J. R. Marshall . . . . > Assistant Leaders.
C. C. McCabe )
fIDarsbals.
E. B. HUBARD
C. L. Todd, Jr.
G. C. Marshall, Jr.
M. M. WiLFORD
H. P. Fry
W. Goodwin
L,. A. Britton
T. S. Carter
R. W. Johnson
J. h- Cabell
I. Davenport
W. W. Sheppard
C. E. Stuart
F. C. Elliot
D. E. Godfrey
J. B. Blunt
M. H. Hudgins
C. E. WiNGO
A. E. Miller
G. C. R. Kelly
W. D. RUCKER
G. W. Watson
E. D. Wall
165
E. D. Jackson Virginia President
H. TuTwiLER Alabama Vice-President
R. A. RissER Texas Chief Marshal
R. F. Beirne Virginia Chairman Committee
fIDarsbals.
T. M. RiNEHART Virginia
A. B. Rawn Virginia
W. P. Upshur Virginia
M. F. M. Werth Virginia
J. W. Downer Virginia
H. G. Garland . Virginia
R. M. August Virginia
M. B. Marshall Virginia
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HUMOROUS.
. What kind of a ship is General Shipp? A man-of war.
Cadets K., J., and W. are practicing music at the Y. M. C. A. ;
Cadet W. (at the organ) : " Say J — what shall I play next? "
Cadet J. (absent-mindedly) : " Play the ace."
Elvira (posing at sutler's) : " Homitz don't you think I 'm a Samson? "
HoMiTZ. — " Veil you are slaying tose cream puffs mit der jaw bone of an
ass."
Cadet " Jimmy." — " Colonel S. I couldn't study this lesson to-day. Had a
cold in my head."
Colonel S. — " You should be congratulated, sir, I didn't know you had
anything in it."
D. Beat. — " Dold, you give awfully short zvcight for the money."
DoLD. — ■" Well, don't you give me a long ivait for my money? "
Colonel S. (Professor of English, to Cadet B . . . . e) : " What language
do we get the word potato from, sir? "
Cadet B . . . . e. — " Irish, sir."
Colonel P. (Professor of Chemistry) : " Mr. McN — , what are you doing
with that telescope in the section-room, sir? " Boo boo!
Cadet McN — . — " Only trying to magnify those marks you gave me, sir."
167
Professor of Chemistry (to Cadet McN — , explaining characteristics of
chemical reaction) : Now, sir, if I placed a rock for an instant in my hat, would
there be any reaction? "
Cadet McN — . : " Yes, sir."
Professor of Chemistry : " Then write it."
Cadet McN— (writing): Old Hat+Rock=01d Rat+Hock.
The Professor didn't see the joke.
An elephant sporting a trunk is quite common, but " Mrs. Hippo " with
a dress-suit case was observed only this spring.
Captain M — . (to cadet): "How does water freeze, sir?"
Cadet : " With the slippery side up, sir."
Cadet W — ll (to Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery) : " Major, are
sabres very effective at long range? "
1 68
d
HAPPENINGS THIS YEAR WHICH HAVE NOT
HAPPENED.
January ist. Colonel Nichols entertains the First Class with a tacky party.
January 4th. Colonel Mallory gives a large at home, in his small residence — to
the First Class.
January Sth. " A Former Norfolk Lawyer " gives an exhaustive lecture upon
how to cultivate patience in waiting for clients.
January 19th. Colonel Pendleton gives a tiddle-de-winks party to the First Class.
January 22d. Colonel Semmes entertains the First Class at croquet.
January 27th — February i8th. Captain " Goat " instructs the Fourth Class in
gymnasium work.
February 20th. — Captain " Hughey " reports himself for " imitating inspector."
February 25th. Taylor Scott at last satisfied with his shoulders, sells his mirror.
February 27th. Rioting noticed in " Mez 'all."
February 28th. Captain " Tolly " gets reported for trifling with dynamo.
March 13th. Tommie Todd runs zero demerits two days.
March 20th. " Majah " Howard decides to lay aside the uniform.
March 24th. The religious editor of the Bomb didn't have the impertinence
to ask old Nick for a recommendation to teach math.
March 28th. Captain " Ducky " promoted to Major.
March 30th. Colonel Nick and Major " Freddy " decide to arbitrate all future
golf games.
April 1st. " All subs' day."
April 9th. Major " Puck " stops saying " this a way " and "' that a way."
April i2th. N — t G — d — n becomes so disgusted with the study of Geology
that he refuses to take a fossiliferous Mesozoic Shelenhofen arch-
seopteryx to the Easter german.
April 14th. No one needed umbrellas or mackintoshes at the Easter hop.
169
w^ ^ w^ w^ ^^ w^ w^ w^ w^ w^
w^ w^ ^^ w^ ^^ y^ ^ w^ v^ w^
** CIas9 ^oaet."
When we break the cords that bind us
To our Alma Mater's knee,
And scatter like the chaff before the wind ;
May our future years still find us
By a common sympathy
United yet the same old class of men.
If on the world we stumble
With everything to know,
Never having met the devil in disguise.
If in life's rough and tumble
We fall at the first blow,
Don't think we 've always found it otherwise!
If we fail to walk demurely,
Keeping at a saintly level.
Doing everything the little angels do ;
Do not reckon prematurely
We are going to the devil
Just because of life — we take a liberal view
170
Then may some who are not lenient
With the petty faults of youth,
Who are always ever ready to condemn,
Be so kind as to remember
Future years will show this truth :
Time has ever been the making of a gem.
And as fortune's wheel turns onward.
May we all receive our dues,
Where merit is, may also honor come :
Now one and all together
Each other's sins excuse
And we '11 drink the health of Nineteen One.
Editor.
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The Citizens Bank
OF NORFOLK, VA.
Capital (paid in) ♦ , . $$00,000
Surplus and Profits $200,000
WALTER H. DOYLE. President. ]. W. PERRY, Vice-President.
TENCH F. TILGHMAN, Cashier.
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Interest Paid on Time Deposits by special Bills of Exchange issued on all of the prin-
contract. cipal cities of Europe.
Charter authorizes Trust and Fiduciary accounts. Lock boxes for rent in
the best appointed Safe Deposit Vaults South of Philadelphia.
Jno. P. Branch, Pres. Jno. Kerr Branoh.iV.-Pres. Jno. F. Glenn, Cash.
Capital, $200,000 Surplus, $}00,000
Undivided Profits, $75,«00
United States, City, nud State Depository.
Merchants National Bank
RICHMOND, VA.
No. 1754.
Statement of Condition June 30. 1 900.
Besets :
Time and Demand Loans |1,274,760.R7
Real Estate, Fixtures, etc ?»'I«-53
5 per cent. Redemption Fund 10,000.00
United States Bonds 1,001,600.00
Premium United States Bonds
Miscellaneous Bonds 376,603.33
Due from Banks and Bankers 658,421.51
Cash 398,063.97
$3,785,194.00
liabilitiee :
Capital Stock $ 200,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 375,737.58
Circulation 180,850.00
Deposits 2,993,554.81
Premium Account 35,051.61
$3,785,194.00
Business Paper Discounted for Customers on Favor-
able Terms. A Specialty made of Collections in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. Daily and Direct Communications with over
Three-fourths of the Banking Points in Virginia. Be-
ing the Largest Depository for Banks between Balti-
more and New Orleans, this bank offers superior facili-
ties for direct and quick collections. Correspondence
solicited. Wewofld like to have yopr business.
GORRELL'S DRUG
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Nelson Street,
LE.XINGTON. VA.
Can be found a Large and
Well Assorted Line of Med=
icines, Toilet Articles, Sta=
tionery. Fancy Goods and
Perfumery 0000000
CHOICE SODA WATE.R
COCO-COLA.
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
by Competent Pharmacists, d E,lectric
Night Bell, a a a 0 a a 'Phone 41.
OF ALL THE
DECORATORS
WM. KRAMER
LEXINGTON, VA.
Has No Equal in the Business.
The Ballrooms of the V. M. I. and the
Washington and Lee University
show this conclusively.
* * *
Decorating for Bazaars and Fairs a Specialty.
Always with a Full I^ine of Decorations.
Quick Work and Perfect Satisfac-
tion Guaranteed.
About Your's«««««
"Wash."
You are interested in getting your
linen laundered in the best manner,
satisfactory to you and saving to
the garments.. We have careful
methods and do not use injurious
chemicals, and thus we make your
linen last longer.
Lexington Steam Laundry.
Telephone or send postal.
'PHONE 70.
€. Cuni$(len $ Son
farttiville Bulldittd and
Crust Co*
Ma2ilCD2ldIS
FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA.
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Loans Made on Real Estate
STERLING SILVERWARE.
or other substantial collateral
at low rate of interest.
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Liberal Rate of Interest Allowed
FINE REPAIRING.
on Deposits.
ARTISTIC ENGRAVING.
ADDRESS THE
FARMVILLE BUILDING AND TRUST CO.,
731 Main Street, RICHMOND, VA.
FARMVILLE, VA.
Established 1866. Incorporated 1900.
..medical..
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€olkde of Uirginia
Robinson, Cate$ Co.
established isjs.
\)yiiI(DILIESilILIg
(Bia®(DISIBS
Medical Graded Course, four years, $65.00
per session.
Dental Graded Course, three years, $6;.oo
721-723-725-727 Commerce Street,
per session.
Pharmaceutical Course, two years, $60.00
LYNCHBURG, VA.
per session.
No Extras. For further particulars
and catalogue, address
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CHRISTOPHER TOMPKINS, M. D..
Correspondence Invited.
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA.
Atlantic Coast Line
QUICKEST ROUTE
TO
FLORIDA, CUBA,
AND ALL POINTS SOUTH.
SLEEPING CARS DINING CARS OBSERVATION CARS
Kingan & Co., Limited,
Pork and Beef
Packers
RICHMOND — =VIRGINIA.
"Reliable" Brand Hams, Sugar=Cured Meats, Pure Lard,
Fresh Meats, Salt Meats, Sausage, Oleomargarine, Canned Meats,
Soap, Tallow, Hides, Lard Oil.
COLD STORAGE, FOR APPLE,S AND DRI£,D FRUITS.
Parlor Cafe Car
^EN ROUTE TO TEXAS^
Tt will Cost only Tifty Cents
to ride all day
TN a Cotton Belt Parlor Cafe Car (25 cents for half
a day). Passengers to Texas, via Memphis, can
take advantage of this Car, which is furnished with
easy chairs, has a Gentlemen's Observation Smoking
Room, a Ladies' Lounging Room, and a Cafe where meals
are served on the European plan, at reasonable prices.
tbe nigbt train i$ equipped with Pullman
Sleepers, and botb nigbt and day train with
free Reclining ebair Gars and comfortable
Cbrougb Goacbes. Eitber train on tbe Cotton
Belt from mempbis offers tbe fastest and
Sbortest Route to Cexas. =^
77|RITE and tell us where you are going and when
^V you will leave and we will tell you what your
ticket will cost and what train to take to make the best
time and connections. We will also send you an interest-
ing little booklet, "A TRIP TO TEXAS." ::::::::
W. C, PEELER, D, P. A., Memphis, Tenn. H. H, SUTTON, T. P. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. G. ADAMS, T. P. A., Nashville, Tenn. F. R. WYATT, T. P. A,, Cincinnati, Ohio.
E. W, LaBEAUME, G. P, and T. A,, St. Louis, Mo.
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency Co.
C. B. ORCUTT, President, J. W. HOPKINS, General Agent, W. W. WILLETT, Treasurer,
No. 1 Broadway, New York. Ninth and Main, Richmond, Va. No. 1 Broadway, New Yorl<.
peatjob^ doal Company,
815 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111.
Ikanawba (Toal anb (Tofte Company?,
rourth and Kim Sts,, Cincinnati, O.
Agents for New River Steam Coal, also Agents for Kanawha Gas and Splint Coals.
CHAS, DAVENPORT & CO,
p. O. Box 253.
DAVENPORT'S LANE. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
AN INKLING!
Just to give you an idea of our facilities : We have orders
in hand, for completion within about sixty days, of one class
of work, about fifteen Annuals for Colleges and Univer-
sities. They will average about 250 pages each, or a
total of about 3,750 pages of printed matter. •.' ".• We
handled nearly this many last season without failing to
keep a single promise as to date of delivery, and our
regular day-in-and-day-out work is going on just the same.
The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co.
IIO-II2-I14 N. Jefferson Street.
Edward L. Stone, President. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
We Have Them.
Teams that you would be proud of.
All the style that you can stand. All
the safety you want. Speedy, well-
matched teamsthat you would not be
ashamed of if you had some other
fellow's sweetheart with you and
were to meet him. Our buggies are
not the rattle-trap Iciud, but light,
strong, new, and kept in perfect or-
der. We call at residences for trunks
at any hour, and meet all trains.
Hold your checks for our prompt
delivery of baggage.
Palace Livery Stables,
LEXINQTON, VA.
JOHN SHERIDAN,
Proprietor.
BROOKS BROS.
Broadway, Corner 22d Street,
NEW YORK QTY.
makers of f inc ClotWng
and Uniforms
for nearly a century.
Styles Correct
prices moderate
Our booklets cover all and illustrate
much. Separate editions for Clothing
and Furnishing, Liveries, and Golf.
BETTER FOR THE MONEY
ISN'T POSSIBLE.
Cllley
Uniforms
STANDARD EVERYWHERE
AND IN Style, Fit, and
WORKMANSHIP CAN
NOT BE EXCELLED.
(Zollege Supplies,
€,m, Oxford
6own$.
Write for prices on what you want. Address
THE M. C. ULLEY & CO., Columbus, 0.
RO. E. MACOMBER, :
RO. L. WINSTON, Secretary i
,d General Manager.
. Treasurer.
THE NOWLAN
COMPANY,
921 E, Main Street, RICHMOND, VA.
HIGH-CLASS DIAMONDS
and . . .
OTHER PREaOUS STONES
New designs in engagement and wedding
rings, silver novelties and cases of silver for
bridal presents of the latest patterns. Fine
imported and American watches, opera
glasses and lorgnettes. Goods sent on ap-
proval upon satisfactory city reference.
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