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Honor  Roll 

R.  E.  L.  Michie 1893 

G.  H.  Alexander 1899 

J.   H.   Drake 1901 

Robt.   G.  Conrad 1905 

J.  Pigue   1905 

McClintoch    1913 

H.  F.  Gill 1914 

J.  W.  C.  Richards 1914 

R.    W.    Murphy 1915 

E.   T.   Hathaway 1915 

V.    L.    Somers 1915 

T.  D.   Amory 1916 

J.    M.    McClellan 1916 

J.    B.    Tomlinson x-1916 

M.  E.  Sullivan x-1917 

A.    Benners x-1917 

H.  Massie 1918 

E.  S.  Rapkin x-1919 

P.  R.  Dance 1920 

Richard  Howard 

Russell  Kelly   

Kiffen  Rockwell 

D.    F.    Dashiell x-1919 

"Again  Virginia  Mourns  Her  Dead 
Whose  blood  in  freedom's  cause  was 
shed."  R.  T.  K. 


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F  O  RE  WORD 


'•TTIHE  past  is  a  prelude."  What  the  future 
may  contain  is,  however,  even  in  the  light 
of  this  forecast,  a  matter  largely  of  con- 
jecture. The  living  present  alone  is  certain, 
ami  it  is  therein  that  we  must  make  our  mark 
for  good  or  ill. 

Yet  in  idle  moments,  when  we  seek  diversion, 
we  needs  must  turn  back  the  leaves  to  former 
days. 

This  thirty-fifth  number  of  the  Bomb  is  a 
chapter  from  the  Past.  In  it  may  be  found  the 
\  .  M.  I.  cadet  as  he  appeared  during  the  closing 
months  of  the  Great  War  and  the  opening  davs 
of  Reconstruction.  May  he  find  opportunity  to 
call  your  interests  to  attention  and  revive  in 
your  hearts  the  Spirit  of  V.  M.  I. 


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Order  of  Books 


BOOK  I 
BOOK   II 
BOOK  III 
BOOK  IV 
BOOK  V 
BOOK   \  I 
BOOK  VII 
BOOK  VIII 
BOOK  IX 


THE  INSTITUTE 

CLASSES 

ACADEMIC 

MILITARY 

CAMP  LIFE 

ATHLETICS 

ORGANIZATIONS 

SOCIETY 

THE  OUTRAGE 


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BOARD "  VISITORS 


TERMS   EXPIRE  JULY    1.    1920. 

HON.  RORER  A.  JAMES Danville.  \' 

i|))\.  GEORGE  K.  I'.I.'OW  N  INC Orange.  V 

GEORGE  W.  STEVENS,  Esq Greenlee.  V 

CAPT.  I-.  \V.  II.  PEYTON Staunton.   V 


TERMS  EXPIRE  JULY   I.  I  !)■>•> 

.  \Y.  o.  WINSTON Richmond. 

.  FRANCIS  BELL Dublin. 

.  G.  TAYLOE  GWATHMEY Xorfolk. 

•  APT.  M.  C.  JACKSON Petersburg. 

COL.  GRANVILLE  (.A  INKS Warrenton. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE   BOARD   EX-OFFICIO 

COL.  JO  LANK  STERXE 

Adjutant   General  of  Virginia 

Richmond,    Ya 


[-TON.  HARRIS  ll  \I,T 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 

Richmond,    Va. 


GENERAL  EDWARD   WEST   NICHOLS 

Born  Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  27,  185S.  Student  Hume  and  Cook's  school 
from  '66-'69  and  at  McCabe's  school  from  't>!>-'74.  Graduated  from  V.M.I. 
in  '78  the  fourth  distinguished  graduate  in  his  class  and  a  cadet  Lieutenant. 
Studied  law  at  the  University  of  Virginia.  Was  assistant  professor  of  mathe- 
matics at  V.M.I.  '78-'81.  Practised  law  in  Norfolk  from  "S1-'S"2.  Was  professor 
of  Engineering  V.M.I.  '82-590  and  Mathematics  at  V.M.I,  from  "OO-'OT  and  has 
been  superintendent  since  1907.  He  is  author  of  Nichols'  Analytical  Geometry 
and  Nichols'  Differential  and  Integral  Calculus.  Since  1903  he  has  been  associated 
with  The  American  Reporter  International  Railway  Congress  in  scientific  investi- 
gation. Is  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Geological  Society  and  the  Society  for  the 
Promotion  of  Engineering  Education.  Is  one  of  the  Committee  of  College  presi- 
dents on  Summer  Camps  and  Chairman  of  the  Virginia  State  Council  of  Defense. 
Member  of  State  Geological  Commission. 


'Ts,  ts 


in  every  class.  1s.  then'  is  an  element.     You  men  go  bad'  to  your 
barracks  and  attend  to  your  daily  juties." 


COL.  HUNTER   PENDLETON,  M.A..   Ph.   D. 


Born  at  Frederick  Hall,  Louisa  County.  Virginia,  .lanuan  22,  1858.  Was 
a  student  at  Aspen  Hill  Academy,  'T3-'?5.  Entered  the  University  of  Virginia  and 
received  his  M.  A.  in  '81.  Instructor  in  Pantops  Academy.  Student  in  Cheni 
istrj,  I  mversit1.  of  Virginia  S ;  83  Studied  chemistry  and  inineralcgt  ai  the 
University  <<(  < iottiiiLieii.  (ierniany.  "s:;-\Sii.  Ph.  1 K  from  Gottingen,  '86.  [n- 
structor  Tufts  University.  Boston.  Mass.,  '87-'89.  Professor  of  Natural  Science 
at  Bethany  College,  West  Virginia,  'S9-"90.  Sinci  July  30.  L890.  Professor  of 
ehemistrv  at  the  Virginia  Military  Institute. 


Well,  you  might  as  well  go  to  I  In-  board. 


COL.   XATIIAXIKL   11.  TT'CKKi;.   U.S..   C.E. 

Student  at  Shenandoah  Galley  Academy.  Attended  V.M.I.  '85-'88,  grad- 
uating first  in  his  class  with  the  rank  of  cadet  quartermaster,  C.E.  from  V.M.I. 
'88.  Was  assistant  professor  of  Latin  at  V.M.I.,  '88-'89.  B.S.  in  chemistry  V.M.I:, 
'89.  Assistant  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  V.M.I.,  '89-91.  Adjunct  professor  of 
Mineralogy  and  Geology  V.M.I.,  '91-'96.  Since  1896  professor  of  Mineralogy  and 
Geology  at  V.M.I.     Member  of  State  Board  of  Education,  '07-'ll. 


'But,  Mr.  MertZj  I  want  Id  know  why" 


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(  OL.   FRANCIS   MALLORY.  C.K. 

Born  August  1 .5.  IS6S.  Graduated  from  Norfolk  Academy,  issc.  Entered 
V.M.I,  in  'S6  and  graduated  as  second  Jackson  Hope  medalist  July,  l.s.sii.  Re- 
ceived In-  C.K.  from  V.M.I.  Was  commandant  and  professor  of  Mathematics  :n 
Fishburne  Military  Academy.  '8il-'!)l.  Post  adjutant  and  assistant  professor  01 
Mathematics  at  V.M.  I..  '!)l-'i)4.  Post  graduate  studeul  of  Physics.  Mathematics, 
and  Astronomy  at  Johns  Hopkins  Cniversity.  ''.'I-''.1;.  Adjunct  professor  ■  ••' 
Physics  and  Astronomy  at  V.M. I..  '!i;-'!>!>.  Since  '!>!i  professor  of  Physics  ami 
Klectriial  Engineering  at  V.M.I. 


7/'  current  tjoes  this  nay  how  tlm  •   •       ■. 


CLINTON  FOKD,  B.S.,  Ph 

Born  December  12,  1867.,  Charlotte  County.  Virginia.  Attended  private 
school  in  Charlotte  County.  Student  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  Blacks- 
burg,  Virginia.  '84-'85.  Graduated  from  A.M. I.,  '89,  fourth  stand  in  class  and 
cadet  adjutant  B.S.  from  V.M.L.  '89.  Assistant  professor  of  Modern  Languages 
and  Tactics  Y.M.I..  '89-'90.  Commandant  of  Cadets,  Wentworth  Military  Acad- 
emy, Lexington,  Missouri,  '"90-"93.  Student  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  '93-'9o. 
Ph.  D.,  University  of  Virginia,  '99.  Adjunct  professor  of  Latin  and  English, 
V.M.I..  '99-'03.  Commandant  of  Cadets  V.M.I.,  '02-'0I.  Since  '04  professor  of 
Latin  and  History  V.M.I.     Member  State  Board  of  Education. 


Patjc  Sixte 


COL.  .MM IN   MER(  I 

Entered  V.M.I.,  'T6.  Graduated  in  '80.  First  stand  Jackson  Hope  medalist, 
Assistant  professor  of  Mathematics,  French,  and  Tactics  V.M.I..  '80-'82.  Student 
University  of  Berlin.  '82-'83.  Student  at  Pan-.  Madrid,  and  Seville.  '83-'S6.  As- 
sociate professor  of  Modern  Languages  at  the  University  of  Indiana,  .human 
to  June.  '86.  Instructor  Belvue  High  School,  Virginia,  'S6-'87.  Principal  oi  St. 
Paul's  School  for  Boys,  California.  Principal  of  Visalia  Normal  School,  Cali- 
fornia.    Law   Student.   '90-'92.     Assistant   principal   a1    Hoyt's    Scl 1    for    Boys, 

California.  Principal  of  Literature,  Grammar  School,  Principal  of  Union  High 
School  No.  1..  and  instructor  in  Modern  Languages,  Oakland  High  School.  Oak- 
land. California.  ProfessoT  of  Modern  Languages  and  Commandant  of  Cadets  at 
the  University  of  Arizona.  Assistant  professor  of  Modern  Languages  at  V.M.I. 
Since  1905  Professor  of  Modern  Languages  at  V.M.I. 


Xtur  children 


murk!  m  i   flu 


Pagt 


THOMAS  AECHEE  JONES,  B.S.,  C.E. 

Student  Norfolk  Public  Schools  and  Gate-wood's  School  for  Boys.  Entered 
V.M.I,  in  ISli").  graduating  in  June,  1S9S,  with  first  stand  in  his  class  and  a  cadet 
lieutenant.  Willi  the  Southern  Paving  and  Construction  Co..  1898-1900;  with  the 
Asheville  Street  Railways  Co..  1900-1903;  Seaboard  Airline  Railway,  L903-1905. 
Adjunct  professor  of  Engineering  at  V.M.I.  1905-1907.  Member  of  the  State 
Highway  Commission,  1906.  Colonel  and  Professor  of  Civil  Engineering  V.M.l. 
1907-191S.     Retired  in  191S  on  account  of  ill  health. 


Pilar   Eighteen 


COL.  CHAELES  U'YATT  WATTS,  C.E. 

Student  Norfolk  Academy,  'ST-'89.  Graduated  from  V.M.L  fifth  in  his  das 
and  cadet  lieutenant.  '93.  Instructor  at  Danville  Military  Academy,  '93-'9G.  A- 
-isTant  I'n'l'c- ■"!■  id'  Matlieinatio  at  Y.M.I.,  '96-'99.  Adjunct  professor  of  Matin 
matics,  '99-'08.  Lt.  Col.  and  Associate  professor  of  Mathematics,  'us.  Since  '0 
Colonel  and  Professor  of  Mathematics. 

"As  an  illustration  take  this  example." 


/',;.;>■     \ 


COL.  ROBEET  THOMAS  KERLIN.  M.A.,  Ph.  D. 

Bom  Newcastle,  Mo..  March  22,  1866.  M.A.  Central  College.  Mo..  1890.  At- 
tended Johns  Hopkins  University,  '89-'90 ;  University  of  Chicago  and  Harvard 
University.  Ph.  D.  from  Yale,  '06.  Professor  of  English.  Missouri  Valley  Col- 
lege, '90-'94.  In  the  active  ministry  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  '95-'9S.  Chap- 
lain of  the  Third  Missouri  Volunteers,  Spanish  American  War.  Professor  oc 
English,  Missouri  Valley  College,  '01-'02.  Southwestern  University,  '02-'03.  State 
Normal,  Warrensburg.  Missouri.  '03-'06.  Instructor  in  English,  Yale,  '06-'0?. 
Professor  of  Literature,  State  Normal,  Fannville,  Virginia,  '08-'10.  Since  1910 
Professor  of  English  at  V.M.I.  Author  of  ''Mainly  for  Myself,"  "Camp  Life  of  the 
Third  Regiment,"  "The  Church  of  the  Fathers."  "Theocritus  and  English  Liter- 
ature." Editor  of  Milton's  Minor  Poems  in  Johnson's  English  Classics.  Secre- 
tary of  Virginia  Society  for  the  Advancement  of  Education.  European  Lecturer 
for  the  Bureau  of  the  University  of  Travel.  Head  of  the  Administrative  Depart- 
ment of  one  branch  of  the  Khaki  University  in  France.  On  leave  of  absence  until 
September  1,  1919. 


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Received  his  A.B.  from  Johns  Hopkins  University  in  '04.  Graduate  Student 
Johns  Hopkins- University,  '06-'08.  Assistant  editor  and  reporter  the  Philadelphia 
Public-  Ledger.  The  Washington  I'ost.  and  The  Baltimore  Sun.  '0S-10.  Assistant 
professor  of  Political  Science  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  'lO-'l-i.  Since  L91-1 
professor  of  I'olitiral  Scicin-c.  Philosophy,  and  Economics  at  V.M.I.  Secretary 
of  the  University  Commission  on  Southern  Race  Questions,  Advisory  Editor  01 
the  Virginia  Journal  of  Education.  Executive  Secretary  of  the  Virginia  Council 
of  Defense. 

"Well,  gentlemen,  for  the  next  time ." 


Graduated  Erom  the  Virginia  Military  [nstitute  with  the  rank  of  cadet  first 
captain.  Tactical  Officer  V.M.I..  '99-01.  Served  as  a  lieutenant  with  the  Puerto 
Rico  Regiment.  Transferred  to  the  regular  army  and  served  in  Puerto  Rico  and 
the  Philippines.  Retired  I'roni  the  army  in  '<>!.  With  the  Engineering  Depart- 
ment ol'  the  Xew  York  Central  Railway.  '05-'15.  Since  'IS  Post  Adjutant  and 
instructor  in  Mathematics  V.M.I.  Recalled  to  the  active  list  and  assigned  as  Com- 
mandant of  Cadets  and  Professor  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics.  Since  Febru- 
ary. 1919,  Executive  Officer  and  Aide  to  the  Superintendent. 

"Yah  sir,  I  Nee  your  viewpoint,  but 


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COL.  KENNETH  S.  PUKDIE 

Graduated  V.M.I..  as  cadet  captain,  1912.  Assistant  Commandant  and  In- 
structor, Wentwortb  Military  Academy,  Lexington,  Mo.,  1912-1914.  Post  Adju- 
tant and  Instructor  V.M.I. ,  1913-1915.  Commissioned  United  States  Army.  1916. 
Served  at  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia,  ami  Kurt  Amador,  Canal  Zone,  attaining  the 
rank  of  Major.  Coast  Artillery,  in  November.  191S.  Assigned  to  V.M.I,  as  Com- 
mandant of  Cadets  an. I  Professor  of  Military  Science  ami  Tactics  in  February,  1919. 


7s  I Iml  all:  that'll  do?" 


Page    T 


LT.  COL.  EOBEET  BAECLAY  POAGUE,  B.S. 

Bora  Rockbridge  Co.,  Ya..  December  5.  1881.  Graduated  from  Y.M.I..  1900, 
fourth  in  bis  class.  With  the  American  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.,  and  the 
Pennsylvania  Railway.  Commandant  of  cadets  Chamberlin-Hunt  Academy.  Port 
Gibson,  Miss..  '02-'03.  With  Gulf  ami  Ship  Island  Railway.  Gulfport,  Miss.. 
'03-'04.  Assistant  professor  of  Physics  at  Y.M.I. .  '04.  Adjunct  Professor  of 
Drawing,  '08-'13.  In  charge  of  Summer  Coaching  School.  '08-'12.  Since  '13 
Associate  Professor  of  Engineering. 


")'nii  show  absolutely  no  conception  of  the  fundamental  lairs  of  energy: 


Page    Twenty-four 


MA  JOE    BBAXTON    DAYIS   MAYO,   B.S. 

Born  at  Shenandoah,  Page  County.  May  24,  1S84.  Entered  V. 
and  graduated  in  L909,  tlie  third  distinguished  graduate  of  liis  class 
Fishburne  Military  Academy,  '09-'10.  Was  assistant  professor  in  tin 
department  at  V.M.I.  From  'Ki-'i;.  teaching  Higher  Mathematics. 
adjunct  professor  in  the  department  of  Mathematics  at    V.M.I. 

"Well,  if  I  was  tioing  up  town  I  would  not  go  around  hij  Ea*t  Le. 


Paye   Twenty-six 


CAPT.  II.  P.  BOYKIN issislant  professor  of  Mathematics,  Drawing  and  Tactic.-' 

CAPT.  E.  EL  NICHOLS issislant  professor  of  Engineering  and  Tactics 

CAPT.  A'.  R.  GILLESPIE Issislant  professor  of  Mathematics  and  Tact-it  i 

CAPT.  II.  XL  READ issistant  professor  of  Englis 

CAPT.  .!.  B.  DILLARD Issislant  professor  of  Chemist)-;/ 

CAPT.  .1 .  XL  XJ  ETT  E X 1 1  E I XI  E I ,' I  ssistan !  professor  of  <  'h  em istry  and  Tactic* 

CAPT.  E.  R.  LAFFERTY issistant  professor  of  History  and  Tat  tic, 

('APT.  L.  A.  BARRISON Issistant  professor  of  Engineering  and  Tactics 

CAPT.  J.  \V.  McCATTLEY issistant  professor  of  Spanish  and  Tactic* 

CAPT.  C.  C.  CANTRELL issistant  professor  of  Spanish  and  Post  Adjutant 

i  APT.  S.  M.  II  Kl-'U  X" issistant  professor  of  Pin/sir, 

CAPT.  G.  KYLE issistant  professor  of  Mathematics 

CAPT.  II.  B.  GARDNEE issistant  professor  of  Engineering 

CAPT.  C.  B.  COULBUPX' issistant  professor  of  Mathematics 

CAPT.  \V.  \V.  COSBY issistant  professor  of  Phi/sic-: 

CAPT.  B.  F.  WILLHEIGHT issistant  professor  of  Modem  Languages 

I  APT.  B.  F.  EARLOXY issislant  professor  of  Mathematics 

"CIWILIAN"  INSTRUCTORS 

XI  P.  GEO.  L.  BARTON Modern   Languages 

J.  XL  DEARING Modern  Languages 

C.  C.  EIEDGES Biology  and  Lam 


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9?ar  iKru&rt: 

JJtt  going  *\*ortb,  thr  other  fiag  3  happened  to  drop  by  IGrxmgton 
and  found  eurrpthing  about  as  we  left  it.  3  mas  surprised  to  find  a 
large,  unit  Slarkson  Utrmortal  Ball  on  thr  parapet  brlom  tlic  road. 


Page   Twenty-eight 


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Hmttrr'a  Slain  tn  rbattur  hrr  J\  brlirur. 


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Hkitrrlnns.  shuts  nff  thr  smiling  plains  nf  tast  Craingtpn. 


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RICHMOND,  VA. 
Born  189?.  .Matriculated  1915. 

"Duke."  "Mollie" 
■■/It    was   ■>/•<•  foot  of   man.  A-l" — Louell. 


Fourth  Class:  Pvt.  Co.  "A":  Class  Foot- 
ball :  Manager  Class  Baseball. 

Third  Class:  Corp.  Co.  "F" :  Scrub  Foot- 
ball. 

airmail 


First  Class:  First  Lieutenant  Co.  "A": 
Varsity  Football  (2);  Monogram  Club 
(2,  1)  :  President  Richmond  Club:  Mar- 
sball   Final  Herman. 


A  duke  without  a  duc-hy.  Perhaps  some  of  the  indisposition  that  h 
attendant  upon  "Mollie"  may  be  ascribed  to  the  feeling-  of  insecurity  as  to  w 
going  to  happen  to  the  royalty  "Over  There."  In  his  third  class  year  he 
notoriety  by  explaining  that  a  Wheatstone  bridge  was  a  bridge  mounted  on 
stone  rollers  to  take  care  of  the  expansion  and  contraction.  As  a  first  class 
endeared  himself  to  the  "Bomb"  staff  by  his  efforts  to  assist  the  advertising 
ment.  As  a  source  of  dry  wit  this  is  the  original.  He  has  made  himself 
by  such  outbursts  as  the  one  about  the  K.  A.  house  having  no  more  corners 
circle,  conceived  after  running  a  late  on  Hop  Permit 
after  Christmas  hops.  We  can't  imagine  what  he 
wanted  with  a  corner.  He  early  decided  that  the  L 
eral  Art.-  course  and  Football  went  well  together,  s< 
lie  set  out  to  make  a  success  in  both  lines.  As  to  hi 
success  in  after  life,  we  look  for  nothing  else. 


been 

hat  wa 

gained 

Wheat 
man  hi 
depart 
fa  mou; 
than 


' 


It  sometimes  happens  that  you  encounter  a  youth  upon  whose  immature  brow 
appears  to  rest  the  responsibilities  of  a  Roman  magistrate,  but  it  is  not  often  that 
such  a  one  combines  this  quality  with  those  of  a  Prince  of  good  fellow-.  This  dig- 
nity of  bearing  did  not  fail  to  impress  the  "disturbing  element"  when  the  "Squire" 
hove  in  sight.  At  mess  even  the  sergeant,  full  of  the  importance  of  the  second  class- 
man, could  not  resist  the  temptation  of  requesting  a  smile  from  this  exceptional 
youth.  In  his  second  class  year  the  "Judge"'  demonstrated  his  athletic  ability  by 
quelling  the  disorders  created  by  "Rosebud"'  and  the  ••Hank.'"  Frank  is  a  chosen 
disciple  of  "Monk"  and  aspires  in  years  to  come  to 
rival  even  Edison  himself.  Notwithstanding  the 
above  indictment,  the  "Squire"  is  a  jolly,  good  fellow 

a    loyal    friend,  and   a   worthv    representative  of   the       ■&,  ^C^— 

class  of '19.      Not  to  lie  outdone  lev  hi-  e la --1 1 iat e-.  th, ■       ^W'  i 

".In. lee"  entered  the  Coast  Artillery  School  a-  a  can-       WKf^ 
didate,  an  I  succeeded  in  gaining  a  commission.     May      g^ 
tic  girls  keep  shy  of  this  youth. 

'•Upon  mn  tronl." 


I'  :  I 


First  Class  :  Private  Co.  "B"  :  Vice-Pres- 
ident Tennessee  Club:  Minstrel  Show; 
President  O.  G.'s  Association :  President 
Di'amatic  Club:  Hop  Committee:  Mar 
shall  Filial  German. 


On  the  first  of  September  11)15  something  very  similar  to  a  needle,  except  for 
the  two  eyes,  strolled  into  the  arch  ami  reported  to  the  ().  1).  saying.  "Is  this  V.  M. 
I.?"  and  was  promptly  escorted  to  a  room  in  Hat  Heaven  on  the  fourth  stoop.      Since 
then  •■Turkey'7  has  stuck  with  "Old  '19"  thru  the  rough  places  and  the  high  spots, 
striving  hard  to  reach  that  coveted  piece  of  sheep  skin.     "Bobby"  is  a  "Dog,"  he 
claims,  ami  he  has  a  wonderful  knack  for  handling  dry  wit.     He  is  a.  jack  of  all 
trades,  being  able  to  take  anything  to  pieces  from  a  sewing  machine  bobbin  to  an 
automobile,  no  guarantees  given.     Being  technically  inclined  he  cast  his  lot  with  the 
"Electrodes."     He    has    succeeded    in    impersonating 
every  "Sub"  and  professor  at  the  Institute,  as  well  as 
reproducing   their   signatures.     His    popularity    won 
him   the  honored   position   of  the  presidency   of   tin1 
0.  G's.  Association  and  he  has  succeeded  in  conduct- 
ing the  Institute  in  a  military  manner.      Bob  joined 
the  Aviation  Section  of  the  "G-vrines"  and  his  great- 
est ambition  was  to  bomb  the  Kaiser's  Headquarters, 
but,  unfortunate  as  the  res!  of  old  '19,  he  never  got 
a  show.      He  i-  proud  of  the  honorable  discharge  chev- 


rty-two 


-  I    im  111   <>)   rhrt  rfill   next,  ithtiis 
[ml  fin, Hili  ul  lo-morroirn." 

II  ordmrorth. 

Fourth  Class:  Private  Co.  "E" :  Basket- 
ball  Squad. 

Tn  m;i>  i  'i.  \ss  :  Private  •  'o.  "E." 

Third  Class:  Private  Co.  "E" :  Basket- 
ball  Squad  :   Literary  Society. 

Src<  o.nu  Class  :  Private  <  'o.  "E"  :  L91S 
"Bomb"  Staff;  Minstrel  Show  :  Literal"} 
Society:  "Cadet"  Staff:  Marshall  Final 
Ball. 

First  Class:  Private  Co.  "E"  ;  Editor-in- 
I'liief  "The  Cadet":  Vigilance  Commit- 
tee :  ( 'hairman  Banquet  <  "ommil  tee  :  Ed 
itor  ■•The  Spring  Supplement":  Parlia- 
mentarian Literary  Society:  Hop  Com- 
mittee; Athletic  Council:  Marshall 
Final  German. 


In  the  fall  of  1915  Al  strolled  into  the  arch.  An  "Egyptian  Diety"  dropped 
from  liis  mouth  and  his  manner  smacked  of  Broadway.  Since  that  time  he  has  lost 
his  money,  his  head,  and  even  his  heart — but  never  the  "Deity.''  When  asked  from 
whence  he  hailed,  Al's  reply  was  "Wilson,  Xew  York,  Sir.''  This  must  be  true  for 
he  knows  the  big  city  by  heart  and  is  an  unfailing  reader  of  "Town  Topics"  ami  The 
Theatricals.  Old  New  York  town  has  had  a  profound  influence  on  Al's  career  here, 
and  he  is  a  true  Liberal  Artist  by  inclination  and  talent.  His  intimate  knowledge 
of  the  Broadway  Stars  has  enabled  him  to  acquire  "Other  stars"  under  Chappie,  and 
his  hops  and  banquets  have  further  upheld  his  "Big 
Burg7'  record.  In  the  future  we  look  to  see  yon 
"making  Murads  while  the  white  lights  shine," 
and  editing  a  society  journal  on  the  side.  But  what- 
ever \mi  undertake.  Al,  we  know  that   vour  natural 


* 


ability,    excellent    judgment    and    unfailing   energy, 
will  make  a  success. 

"Ollt    at    Klilht.    nut    at 


Among  thai  widely  assailed  "rabble"  of  new  cadets  that  entered  these  grim, 
forbidding  walls  in  that  eventful  week  in  1915,  with  the  sole  purpose  of  attending 
to  their  "daily  iuties"  and  escaping  bodily  harm,  was  one  who  hailed  from  the  de- 
lightful little  city  of  Lexington.  This  promising,  tho  modest,  youngster  recognized 
this  initial  handicap  regarding  his  place  of  birth  and  was  imbued  with  the  firm  re- 
solve to  live  it  down.  Having  struck  the  right  road,  he  has  consistently  followed  it 
and  by  unflagging  energy  and  boundless  enthusiasm,  has  received  the  sincere  good 
will  and  respect  of  all  his  class.  Although  a  disciple  and  respectful  admirer  of  the 
learned  Dr.  Kerlm  and  College  Hill,  that  gay  old  boy 

from  Baltimore,  he  is  not  overly  fond  of  the  hay.  and  _.^_ 

nearly    every    afternoon    he    may    be    found    pursuing     j  li  I J  ' '  -   --^j~jj*6»  « 

some    weighty    treatise    on    Economics    or    developing    I^JWJ^fr-p,  "  :'A  ]    "ijlPl 
his   physical    powers  in   the  gvm.      When   vim   go  out.    PM |j  ""'*  r' 
Percy,  your  class  and   Alma   Mater  will   have  a   loyal     ^*$ji 
and  devoted  son.  one  whom  she  can  ill  spare. 


Page  Forty-fou 


Napoleon  was  called  the  "Little  Corporal"  ami  likewise  the  name  "Cor 
fastened  itself  to  this  small  "increment*'  from  Louisiana  early  in  his  third  clas; 
After  turning  over  the  all  important  position  of  corporal  of  the  last  scpiad 
"Mooks"  tn  his  worthy  successor  "Adelbine"  he  took  his  place  in  the  file-close 
a  better  observation  of  the  banner  squad.  "Buzz"  is  by  nature  a  ground  hog  i 
when  the  call  came  for  candidates  for  the  Doughboys'  Officers'  Training  Sclu 
was  i.ne  ill'  the  first  to  apply.  But  the  signing  of  the  Armistice  made  "Buzz's" 
career  almost  as  short  as  his  statue  atel  consequently  he  came  hack  tn  the  In- 
to resume  the  chase  of  the  elusive  clip.  ""Minnie''  can't 
always  he  relied  upon  to  answer  "Old  Rat's"  questions  ^^ 

in  Chemistry  hut  when  it  comes  to  furnishing  tie  dry 
wit  for  the  occasion  he  is  right  there.  Although  usu- 
ally  quiet  when  he  does  uncork  he  never  stops  with 
describing  the  Pelican  State  until  he  has  given  Pinkie 
the  usual  amount  about  Culver  and  the  Marines. 
Willi  the  same  firm  determination  ami  true  friend- 
ship which  he  has  shown  in  his  days  at  V.M.I.  In-  can 
not   fail  to  make  a  big  success  in  life  ami  he  leaves  the 


army 
titute 


Fur  information  along  any  line  whatever,  consult  this  one.  As  to  the  soundness 
of  his  wisdom  and  his  general  usefulness,  has  he  not  risen  to  be  a  cadet  captain  ? 
Yea.  verily.  He  journeyed  with  the  second  class  to  Plattsburg  and  when  the  rest  of 
us  heard  the  call  of  home  and  hearkened  to  it,  he  stayed  on  and  was  rewarded  with 
a  "bevo"  commission.  From  there  he  was  sent  out  to  carry  the  doctrine  of  Prepared- 
ness among  the  heathen  and  for  three  months  lie  was  at  the  University  of  Georgia. 
The  war  ending,  he  put  his  uniform  away  and  hastened  back  to  don  the  gray  and  we 
find  him  making  maxes  and  foul  smells  in  the  Laboratory.  He  hones  some  day  to  be 
an  electro-chemist  and  know  as  much  about  an  ion  as 
old  Rat.     And  lias  he  ever  hoped  for  anything  with-  H  fe? 

nut  getting  itr     Xtif  seel. 


Page  Forty-six 


tac-o.ND    l'l  ass  :    Private   Co.    "E"  :     Caile! 
Orchestra:    Marshall    Final    Ball. 


First  Class:  Private  Co.  "E" :  Secretary 
Mini  Treasurer  Lynchburg  Club:  Mar 
shall   Final  (iei'lliail. 


The  above  rare  specimen  calmly  strolled  into  the  arch  in  the  fall  of  l!)l<>,  :i 
mandolin  under  one  arm  and  ""Hints  for  Soldiers'5  under  the  other.  Soon  being 
posited  in  menagerie  number  b'3  he  became  an  object  of  interest  due  to  the  fact  that 
In-  hailed  from  the  city  <>f  Lynchburg  where  there  arc  more  Caseys  than  Jones. 
Coming  back  on  the  scene  in  seventeen  he  immediately  swore  allegience  to  Chappie 
and  since  that  time  has  spent  his  valuable  time  between  the  arms  of  Morpheus  and 
assuring  his  room  mates  that  the  charms  of  fair  women  do  not  attract  him.  Ili- 
tirst  class  year  finds  our  hero  with  all  the  things  that  pertain  to  a  full  Hedged  Hrsl 
da— man.  cape,  paletot,  ring,  miniature.  \"  every- 
thing. His  greatest  ambition  is  to  become  a  Lynch- 
burg steel  magnate  and  light  his  Chesterfields  with 
green  backs.  A  loyal  and  true  friend,  and  inspired 
with  il Id  V.M.L  spirit  he  is  assured  of  all  the  suc- 
cess that  fortune  max  offer. 

-.Voir   ih,    philosophical  explanation,  etc" 


!■:  I     ■    : 


"Aeroplane,"  "Hap;'  "H.  0."  "Shine." 

"Chain,"  "Isaac" 
"I've  taken  my  fun  where  I've  found   it 
And  una-  I  must  pay  for  my  fun." 

— Kipling. 

:  Private  Co.  "D"  :  Co.  Rifle 


Third  Class  :  Private  Co.  "D"  :  Co.  Rifle 
Team. 

Secoxd  Class  :  Private  Co.  "D" :  Bullet 
Staff;  .Secretary  Peninsula  Club:  Mar- 
shall Final  Ball. 

First  Class  :  Private  Co.  "C" :  Bomb 
Staff:  Cadet  Staff:  Marshall  Final  Ger- 
man. 


After  having  received  one  "clip"  from  Hampton  Normal  Institute,  Ethelbert  de- 
cided to  continue  his  education  at  V.M.I.  When  it  comes  to  having  a  line  we  give 
"Aeroplane"  the  Dog  on  account  of  his  ability  to  handle  the  Cornell  hard-boys  on 
the  subject  of  playing  andy-over  with  rocks.  He  is  an  artist  in  handling  flowery 
English,  especially  when  he  can't  find  his  trousers  after  last  "Rev"  has  gone.  Hap 
wrote  his  girl  one  day  that  he  had  to  go  down  to  the  "Farmacy"  to  have  his  "Adifi- 
davit"  signed  in  his  "Question-Air.*"  We  always  look  to  this  Ph.D.  when  we  can't 
find  out  how  to  spell  because  we  are  sure  he  doesn't  know.  He  has  an  unusual  mili- 
tary ability,  being  able  to  hold  the  rank  of  private  his 
four  years  but  be  swears  he  ought  to  be  a  Cadet  Cap- 
tain. "Shine''  chose  the  "Dough-boys"  and  went 
with  the  quota  to  Camp  Lee.  There  he  made  a  name 
for  himself  and  Old  V.M.I.  He  swears  that  the 
Kaiser  heard  about  his  bayonet  class  and  quit,  and 
from  all  we  can  gather  be  is  nearly  right.  Hap  was 
a  wonderful  good-natured  disposition  and  because  of 
this  everybody  picks  on  him.     You  always  know  it's 


Page    Forty-eight 


Secoxd  Class  :  Private  Co.  "A"  ;  Marshall 
Filial  Ball. 


First  Class:   Private  Co.  "A":   Marshall 
Final  German ;  Kentucky  Club. 


From  the  Bluefields  of  Kentucky  came  this  red  headed  specimen  of  humanity 
to  enter  the  dear  old  class  of  1919.  He  at  once  became  unusually  popular  with  his 
old  cadet  classmates  on  account  of  his  earnest  desire  to  become  proficient  in  Guard 
Duty?  However  Eustace  returned  to  us  as  an  old  cadet  and  uncovered  his  true 
worth  as  a  friend  and  classmate.  He  shortly  decided  to  become  a  disciple  of  "Monk"' 
and  was  at  once  recognized  as  a  high-brow  and  some  day  expects  to  be  president  of 
the  General  Electric  Company.  Although  gold  lace  chevrons  never  adorned  his 
coatee  he  has  proven  to  be  an  efficient  0.  G.,  to  the  sorrow  of  all  Third  Classmen. 
"UselessV"  sole  ambition  was  to  become  an  aviator  in 
the  United  States  Marines,  but  that  day  never  came. 
However,  it  was  not  his  fault.  He  argues  for  the 
Marines  day  in  and  day  out  and  swears  that  ifs  the 
best  branch  of  Uncle  Sam's  service.  Well,  Eustace, 
if  you  show  the  world  what  you  are  as  you  have  in 
these  gray  walls  we  are  confident  that  you  will  return 
to  Henderson  and  live  in  luxury  and  ease. 

"Listen  boys,  here's  a  good  '»«." 


Paoc  Forty-nine 


Clas 

Second   Class:    Sergeant   Co.   "('":    Clas 
Basketball :  Marshall  Final   Ball. 

First   Class:    Lieutenant   Co 
shall     Final     German:     "Cadet"     Staff 
■•Bomb"   Staff:   Episcopal   Church   Club 


Where  he  came  from  no  one  knows.  Imt  he  put  in  his  appearance  "By  the  dawn'? 
early  light."  arrayed  in  the  attire  of  a  miniature  stripling.     His  short  trousers  dis- 
closed a  highly  developed  parabolic  system  of  the  lower  extremities.     In  one  hand 
lugged  an  antique  carpet  bag,  while  in  the  other  he  held  the  leash  of  a  ferocious 
Houn'  Dog.  which  trotted  between  his  legs  with  the  most  absolute  ease.     An  •"Engi- 
neer" by  education,  he  is  nevertheless  an  "Artist"  by  inclination — his  work  on  the 
Bomb  and  Cadet  meriting  special  mention.    He  discourses  for  hours  on  the  prover- 
bial "small  packages"  and  declares  that  men  of  Xapoleonic  statue  are  destined  to 
jerform  wonderous  deeds.     Those  who  know  "Spider" 
ire  entertaining  the  highest  confidence  in  his  ability 
to  make  "the  world  beat  a  pathway  to  his  door."  for 
he  is  the  possessor  of  those  sterling  qualities  which 
make  success  a  certainty.     "19  is  with  you  heart  and 
soul:  Au  revoir  Imt  not  farewell. 

'■For  the  love  of  Pete.'' 


Page  Filly 


First  Class:  First  Lieutenant  Co.  "E" : 
Business  Manager  "Cadet":  President 
Alabama  Club:  Marshall  Final  German. 


In  all  the  amials  of  V.M.I,  history  never  has  there  been  cue  so  adverse  to  dissi- 
pation. However  iii  his  Third  Class  year  '"I'asha"  became  an  ardent  frequenter  of 
the  P.K.  and  even  as  a  Second  Classman  he  ventured  to  go  Ayre(  LXG)  on  his  motor- 
cycle in  the  foot-hills  of  the  Blue  Ridge  Mts.  And  finally  in  his  Fir-t  Class  year  he 
went  so  far  as  to  be  lured  into  Membership  with  the  Bipath  Brigade.  '"Billy"  never 
wanted  to  become  an  Officer  in  the  Army  but  he  was  an  aspirant  for  a  Second  Lieu- 
tenancy at  Fort  Monroe.  Only  the  signing  of  the  Armistice  kept  his  name  from  be- 
ing added  to  the  list  of  heroes.  But  for  some  reason  he  quit  the  ''Heavies''  and  de- 
cided to  replenish  bis  knowledge  in  I'.K.  Lab.  and 
other  essentials  to  Electrical  Engineering.  When  all 
records  have  been  written  and  the  Class  of  '19  passes 
into  the  dim  and  distant  future,  all  who  have  known 
him  can  say  that  ''Billy"  was  and  is  a  true  friend. 
May  you  have  as  much  success  in  life  as  yon  have  had 
in  making  friends  at  the  Institute. 


n  u 


Page   Fifty-one 


This  scion  of  the  Hilly  City  descended  upon  us  during  the  second  lap  and  ran 
to  molecules  and  crystal  forms.  His  debut  into  the  lime  light  was  made  as  an  ani- 
mated target  upon  Easter  Morn.  Immediately  he  became  a  Futurist  artist's  con- 
ception of  what  a  model  should  look  like.  For  taking  French  leave  of  a  guard  tour 
he  suffered  a  great  slump  in  morale  and  various  penalty  tours.  After  a  brief  show 
up  during  his  first  class  year,  Jack  departed  to  become  a  rough  neck  doughboy  and 
made  things  hum  around  Camp  Lee.  Upon  the  signing  of  the  Armistice  he  removed 
the  dust  from  liis  ears  and  went  into  business  with  his  Dad  in  Lynchburg.  He  ex- 
pects to  enter  the  society  of  the  lofty  brow  at  Boston 
Tech  next  year  and  then  jump  into  the  auto  game  in 
South  America.  Godspeed  and  best  wishes  from  your 
many  friends. 

"Say,  guy,  you're  trifling  with  death." 


Pfije  Vijly-tKo 


Third  Class:  Private  Co.  "C." 

Second   Class  :    Color   Sergeant ;     Varsity 

Basketball :     Monogram     Club ;     Tennis 

Team :  Marshall  Final  Ball. 
First  Class  :    First   Lieutenant  Co.   "B" ; 

Varsity    Basketball ;    Monogram    Club ; 

Tennis  Team  :   Marshall   Final   German. 


He  hailed  from  Newport  News.  Arriving  upon  the  scene  early  in  September 
1916,  "Barroom"  came  to  us  little  suspecting  the  cruel  ways  of  the  hard  third  class- 
men. In  the  course  of  events  he  persisted  in  whistling  ".Reveille."  despite  the  fact 
that  "Retreat"  was  demanded.  From  this  episode  he  had  a  very  narrow  escape,  but 
under  the  tutelage  of  '"Goat  Gray,"  he  successfully  met  his  difficulties  and  soon 
found  himself  adorned  with  chevrons.  These  chevrons  have  been  gaining  in  rank 
at  every  makeover  since.  As  a  member  of  the  basketball  team  Gary  has  done  much  to 
help  V.M.I's.  record  grow  larger  and  better.  His  ability  along  this  line  may  be 
seen  by  his  having  played  on  the  Camp  Lee  Team 
while  in  the  Officers'  School.  Around  the  ladies  he 
simply  has  his  own  way.  However,  Barroom  seems 
to  care  very  little  for  the  hound  stuff.  Who  wouldn't 
make  a  hit  with  his  looks,  ease,  and  utter  indifference  ? 
But  there  are  rumors  that  "Pink  Cheeks"  is  a  regular 
"H.D.,"  so  in  his  "affairs  de  couer,"  he  has  his  own 
way  and  ranks  with  the  best.  Having  the  great  ad- 
vantage of  extreme  ycmthfulness,  both  in  age  ami  ac- 
tions, Gary  promises  a  brilliant  career.  Already  he 
is  beginning  to  assume  a  slightly  more  serious  atti- 
tude.    Come   on   "Barroom,"  we're  betting 


Page   Fifty -three 


It  has  been  the  custom  since  "ye  olden  days"  for  the  natives  of  Petersburg  to 
send  their  innocent  sons  to  absorb,  acquire,  or  otherwise  obtain  possession  of  the 
teaching's  of  Jones,  Mallorv,  Pendleton,  and  Ford.  In  compliance  with  the  custom 
"Gloomy"  dropped  his  suitcase  in  the  arch  in  the  fall  of  1915,  and  said  with  a  voice 
that  still  rings  in  the  ears  of  Col.  Ford.  "I  want  to  take  the  Arts,  Sir."  Fate  had  a 
most  eventful  career  in  store  for  "Gloomy."  Xaturally.  he  caters  to  the  fair  sex. 
But  woe  is  he  who  throws  roses  at  the  feet  of  woman  and  expects  kindness  in  return. 
For  not  many  days  after  he  was  placed  in  the  confidence  of  the  Commandant  by  being 
made  a  cadet  officer,  he  went  to  I).  R.  C.  with  a  calk- 
on  his  arm  ami  now  he  carries  a  fowling  piece.     But 

gentle  reader  don't   think   that  he  was  to  be  down-  tofe  "***" 

trodden  by  this.  He  immediately  became  a  promin- 
ent figure  in  the  business  world  of  Lexington.  He  i- 
the  proprietor  of  the  firm  of  "Gits  Gillus  and  Chas. 

Charras."     "Gloomy'"    you    have    been    numbered    as  If/fil       {    t 

one  of  the  friends  of  everyone  in  "ID.  and  we  all  unite 
ling  you  "Godspeed." 


Fifty-fou 


First  Class:  Lieutenant  Co.  "F";  Base- 
ball Squad:  Cadet  Literary  Society: 
President  Tenuessee  Club;  Marshall 
Final  German:  Associate  Editor,  Spring 
Supplement. 


Behold  the  youngest  man  in  the  class  of  '19!  Hut  you  would  never 
from  the  number  of  times  he  gets  boned  for  "heard  on  face."  Unfortunate! 
a  "first  lute'"  at  Culver  Summer  School  last  summer  and  ever  since  then  it 
"me  and  Mike  on  the  Municipal  Pier"  or  "those  kids  in  my  company."  ( 
himself  is  not  so  important.  Incidentally  he  bought  stock  in  the  Mormo 
Company  while  at  Culver  ami  his  future  is  settled.  "Pinkie"  is  a  Liberal  . 
profession  but  is  very  unique  in  that  lie  lias  been  known  to  study  when  t 
doubt  about  Col  Ford  being  there  the  next  day.  Hut  "cots  ami  covers"  are 
his  line.  With  wild  dreams  of  getting  to  France  in 
a  month.  ""Ilig"  showed  the  had  judgment  (  ? )  of 
joining  the  .Marine  Section  here  and  consequently 
didn't  enjoy  the  furlough  that  the  Army  boys  got  at 
camp.  He  still  insists  that  he  would  have  been  a 
Marine  "Ace"  if  the  Kaiser  hadn't  gotten  yellow. 
But  now  he  intends  to  marry  an  heiress  and  become 
editor  of  the  McKeiixic  Weekly,  (in  to  it  John  I'.. 
"l!i  is  with  you  wherever  von  go — even  in  the  Marines. 
-Then  don't  do  it  that  icay  up  <it  Culver." 


now 
he  Wi 

is  bee 

d  \i. 

Moti 

•fist   I 
■iv    Wi 


Page  Fifty-fi* 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


HARRY  ALDEHOFF  HURT,  Jr. 

DALLAS.   TEX. 

Born  1S98.  Matriculated  1916. 

"Hock,"  "H.  0.."  "Ackwassus" 


'If  she  be  not  fair  to  me,  what  care  I  how 
fair  she   be:'" — Pluto. 


Third   Class  :    Private    Co.    "A" ;    Class 

Football. 

Second  Class  :  Sergeant  Co.  "A" ;  Mar- 
shall Final  Ball;  Bullet  Staff:  Class 
Football. 

First  Class  :  Private  Co.  "A"  :  Marshall 
Final  German ;  2nd  Lieutenant,  In- 
fantry Reserve,  TJ.  S.  A. 


Many  moons  ago  a  tall  specimen  from  the  Lone  Star  State  ambled  thru  the 
arch  and  proceeded  to  create  quite  a  stir.  Such  as  "Drag  in  that  elbow  Mister''  was 
heard  thruout  barracks  and  with  a  huge  following  of  naughty  Third  Classmen  he 
was  led  to  110  for  further  training  in  the  art  of  Soldiering.  Since  that  momentous 
day  "Hock's"  fame  as  a  "hard  boy"  Sergeant  and  an  expert  Chemist  have  spread 
thruout  barracks.  Despite  his  many  faults  he  succeeded  in  getting  a  place  in  the 
rear  rank  of  A  Co.  and  passed  all  his  Chemistry  tickets.  He  thought  V.M.I.  too 
easy  and  so  he  undertook  the  conquest  of  Camp  Lee  and  incidentally  Walnut  Hill 
and  he  is  now  the  proud  possessor  of  Gold  Bars  and 
paper  puttees  and — well,  we'll  wait  for  the  invita- 
tions to  tell  what,  but  we  all  have  a  hunch  it  has 
something  to  do  with  a  Bag  and  Trunk  Co.  Well, 
"Hock,"  as  a  keydet  you  have  been  the  best  of  fel- 
lows and  when  you  leave,  Old  V.M.I,  can  proudly  sav 
— "He  is  a  son  of  mine,  Old  world  you  had  better 
watch  your  step." 

"Go  get  'em." 


Page   Fijly-six 


Second   Class:    Sergeant   Co.   "F"  :    Liter- 
ary Society:  Marshall  Final  Ball. 

First  Class:   Private  Co.   "F" :   Marshal 
Final  German. 


And  lo.  they  found  him  hitting  the  hay.     It  is  a  great  wonder  that  Nigger  did 
not  appear  in  the  arch  as  a  newly  Cadet  hearing  with  him  his  best  of  friends-a  hay. 
His  rat  year  must  have  extracted  entirely  all  of  bis  energy,  for  ever  since  then  he  has 
not  failed  to  let  any  opportunity  slip  by  in  which  he  could  take  a  nap — after  rev. 
before  classes,  between  drill  and  parade — on  and  on  he  went,  little  caring  for  any 
penalty  so  long  as  he  got  his  hay.     His  reputation  for  laziness  was  early  made,  but 
this  is  in  part  incorrect,  as  Nigger  will  once  in  a  while  consent  to  do  a  few  unneces- 
sary things.     What  a  disposition  he  has — always  smiling  or  laughing,  with  never  a 
cross  word  or  an  angry  look.     No  wonder  that  such  a 
man  is  so  universally  popular  at  V.M.I.     A  heart  as 
big  as  all  out  of  doors  and  a  willingness  to  give  a 
friend  a  helping  hand,  invests  our  •"Coon"'  and  gives 
him  the  admired  personality  which  he  possesses.     Al- 
though proclaiming  no  triumphs  in  the  art  of  "vamp- 
ing" the  Calic  "■Nigger"  has  a  more  or  less  varied 
reputation.     His  desire  for  a  Calic  knitted  sweater 
was  fully  satisfied  bv  the  receipt  of  a  prettv  blue  one, 
just  the  size  for  her  "doll  baby."     His  HART  left 
him  before  one  hop,  but  what  care  he.?     Calic  or  no 
Calic   he's   satisfied   and   carefree.     When    "Nigger" 
has  gone,  the  men  of  "1!»  will  always  remember  him 

v.     May  his 

his  years  at 


Page  Fifty-seven 


"Bolshivec ?"  "jSTose."  "Take  his  name:"  "Sir.  I  have  been  in  Ka-haaki." 
"D-x  it,  TAKE  HIS  NAME."  On  the  other  hand  a  southern  gentleman,  by  name 
R.  Comcobb  Jerrigen.  Some  argue  that  he  was  really  here  in  his  fourth  class  year, 
but  the  majority  of  us  saw  very  little  of  him  until  he  blossomed  forth  with  his  pro- 
verbial "Mai  Gliiek"  in  his  following  year.  Advancing  still  farther,  we  find  the 
"Pony"  enjoying  Piggie's  Mechanics.  On  a  certain  morning  after  the  night  before 
the  Lt.  Col.  informed  him  that  his  utter  misapprehension  of  the  appreciation  of  the 
basic  fundamentals  of  the  natural  sciences  showed  redoubtable  lack  of  study.  "Ab- 
sent ami  reporting  in  January  of  his  first  class  ses- 
sion."" nothing  less  than  with  the  colors  in  the  Arkan- 
sas Expeditionary  Forces.  Eittle  to  our  surprise 
"Horse"  stood  first  in  his  company  for  a  shavie. 
Dame  rumor  would  it  that  be  also  mastered  a  win- 
ning band  with  the  fairer  sex  in  Little  Rock.  Among 
other  numerous  merits,  he  holds,  unapproaehed.  the 
record  for  emptying  a  Coca  Cola  bottle  in  less  than 
the  theoretic  time.  A  student  true — Col.  M.  says  the 
"Horse"  can  handle  an  A.C.  current  in  more  ways 
than  a  farmer  can  beat  a  mule.  Turning  to  the  seri- 
ous  side  and  the  future,  we  expect  to  find  this  young 
man  a  second  ".I.  1>."  in  the  oil  fields  of  his  native 


Page  Fifty-eight 


Fourth  Class:  Private  Co.  "•'." 

Third   Class:   Corporal    Co.    "B"' ;    Track 

Squad  :   Publicity  I  'omuiittee. 
Second  Class  :  Serjieanl   Co.  "B" :  Varsity 

Track:  Monogram  Club:  Marshall  Final 

Rail. 
First   Class:    Private   Co.   "is":     Varsity 

Track:  Monogram  Club;  Marshall  Final 

German. 


This  hard  boy  from  the  suburbs  of  Winchester 
fall  of  1915.  lie  and  the  drill  masters  went  round  an 
the  one  to  go  around  last.  His  1  mil  dog  characteristic-; 
■Son  Read  would  start  him  lapping  the  parade  ground 
poral  of  the  guard  so  that  be  could  be  stopped  in  time 
ether  ••dog"  characteristics  ye  scribe  blushes  at  their 
him  all  over.  After  a  taste  of  army  life  at  Plattsbu 
needed  him  to  help  settle  that  little  argument  in  mil 
claimed  his  allegiance.  After  another  taste,  and  this 
time  a  salty  one.  of  life  at  Paris  Island  he  gladly  gave 
up  a  chance  at  the  bars  ami  was  sent  to  finish  out  the 
engagement  at  Qnantico,  or  so  it  proved,  lie  joined 
us  in  February  to  persuade  our  fratre  in  facilitate 
that  they  should  individually  and  collectively  sign 
his  dip.  He  has  a  job  waiting  him  in  Boyce,  testing 
eggs  ami  determining  the  specific  gravity  of  cider. 
But  wherever  the  trails  of  fortune  lead  your  feet,  we 
know  that  you  are  bound  to  rise  like  the  foam  on  beer. 


nn]  away  his  freedom  in  tin 
1  round  but  "Ox*"  was  alwavs 

•  were  the  marvel  of  barracks. 

and  leave  a  call  with  the  cor- 
to  go  to  supper.  As  for  bis 
mention.     Concrete.     That's 

rg,  he  decided  that    Pershing 

ildv  France.     The  devil  does 


D 


ft 


Third  Class  :  Private  Co.  "C." 

Second  Class  :  Private  Co.  "C"  :  Literary 
Society:  Dramatic  Club:  Marshall  Final 
Ball. 

First  Class:  Private  Co.  "C" ;  Literary 
Society :  Vice-President  Cotillion  Club  : 
Assistant  Leader  Final  German  :  Bomb 
Staff:  Cadet  Staff:  Librarian:  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer  Camp  Lee  Club :  O. 
G.'s  Association. 


On  the  first  of  September  1916,  a  casual  observer  in  the  arch  asked,  "Who  is  that 
mite  of  a  man  over  there?"  Up  spoke  the  "Petite,"'  "My  name  is  T.  Dtickett  Jones 
and  I'm  from  Petersburg,  Va."  So  it  was  that  "Tom  Thumb"  came  into  our  midst,  a 
newly  Cadet  in  the  third  class.  Laziness  and  indifference  have  never  been  associated 
with  Duckett's  name.  He  has  been  interested  in  everything,  not  only  things  taking 
place  in  our  class,  but  in  all  things  for  the  betterment  of  our  school.  He  has  had 
the  reputation  of  being  in  the  "highbrow"  class  and  he  rightly  deserves  it.  His  ap- 
pearance on  the  floor  of  the  gym  at  the  hops  has  brought  many  glad  smiles  to  the 
Calics'  face.  Several  of  them  have  been  heard  to  say, 
"He's  the  sweetest  thing,  oh  really  he  is,  oh  yes  he  is 
the  sweetest  thing,  and  dance,  oh  my !  I  feel  like  I  am 
in  the  seventh  heaven  when  he  glides  over  the  floor 
with  me."  In  fewer  words,  in  the  art  of  dancing  he 
has  attained  perfection.  We  have  learned  to  know 
and  love  you.  Duckett.  and  to  have  such  a  friendship 
as  yours  is  a  treasure  indeed,  and  when  we  are  separ- 
ated we  shall  miss  you  more  than  can  be  told.  Your 
stay  here  has  been  a  successful  one,  and  we  have  every 
confidence  that,  whatever  course  vou  ma 


Page   Sixty 


In  bygone  days  when  rats  had  Eewer  privileges,  a  Lean,  lanky,  spring-kneed  gen- 
tleman from  the  suburbs  of  Iveezelltown  strolled  in  our  unprotected  midst.  Having 
had  a  brother  here  he  had  a  little  more  sense  than  most  of  lis,  altho  there  arc  still 
rumors  of  how  he  and  a  certain  Jen  went  round  and  round.  Arriving  safely  in  his 
second  class  year  thru  the  trials,  he  went  completely  back  on  his  Liberal  Arts  nature 
by  taking  Civil.  Altho  a  highbrow,  Ire  nearly  succumbed  to  the  theories  of  moments 
and  farads  which  obstructed  his  way.  As  Secretary  of  the  I).  <;">.  he  has  had  the 
good  of  the  Association  always  at  heart  and  protests  vigorously  against  anything 
military  or  which  interferes  with  a  liberal  amount  of 
hay  a  day.  When  lie  leaves  these  hallowed  walls  he 
expects  tn  go  tn  Smith  America.  However  far  you  go. 
"Chappie."  be  assured  that  the  hearts  of  all  the  boys, 
their  best  wishes,  and  expectations  will  go  with  you. 

■•Hi  7.  th 


Page  Sixty-ont 


This  man  of  iron,  after  spending  his  early  life  assisting  in  the  building  of  the 
C.  &  0.  B.  E.,  joined  our  ranks  from  Eichmond.  He  must  have  enjoyed  his  railway 
work  for  now  he  is  taking  Civil  Engineering.  Even  here  his  knowledge  seems  to  be 
practical  rather  than  theoretical.  An  outsider  would  think  that  the  "'Walrus"  was  a 
woman  hater  but  those  on  the  inside  assure  us  that  deep  within  him  the  fire  of  love 
burns  furiously.  But  for  some  unknown  reason,  probably  his  flirtatious  eyes,  he 
received  only  three  pink  sheets  during  his  second  class  year.  As  an  athlete  he  has 
caused  many  an  all  star  center  to  bow  before  him.  In  track  he  is  at  home  in  the 
high  jump  and  pole  vault,  causing  universal  admira- 
tion with  the  case  with  which  he  lifts  his  ponderous 
bulk  over  the  bar.  Taken  all  in  all,  lie  is  one  of  the 
best  friends  a  "keydet"  could  have,  and  where  Fred 
treads  success  is  sure  to  follow. 

"Get  out  of  her 


Page  Sixty-l<wo 


"Yawncy"  was  hardly  a  keydet  by  choice,  and  upon  better  acquaintance  longed 

for  his  far  off  Texas  home.  A  strenuous  military  life  did  not  appeal  to  him,  and 
much  less  so  when  he  experienced  that  unpleasant  pastime  of  touring.  Although 
an  object  to  that  boisterous  element,  the  third  class,  be  survived  their  machinations, 
and  has  now  reached  the  mecea  of  cadet  hopes,  the  first  class.  "Y"  has  been  a 
lover  of  the  bright  lights  and  certain  of  Eve's  daughters  have  a  peculiar  fascination 
for  him.  As  a  model  of  military  excellence  he  hardly  reaches  the  "Beams"  ideal, 
but  who  of  us  is  perfect  ? 

There  is  lots  of  sense  stowed  away  in  his 
cranium,  however,  and  success  is  his  if  he  will  only 
apply  himself. 

chat  do  uou  think  about  that." 


Page  Sixty-three 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


BERXABD  WILSON  MARCHAXT 


MATHEWS.  VA. 


Born  1897. 


Matriculated  1915. 


"Minny"  "Hunt."  "Wit iff."  "Loop" 

"Laugh  and  the  world  laughs  with  you." 
'Weep  and  you  weep  alone." — Old  Saying. 

Fourth  Class  :  Private  Co.  "D."' 
Third  Class  :  Corporal  Co.  "D." 
Second  Class  :  Private  Co.  "D"  :  Minstrei 

Club:  Marshall  Final  Ball. 
First  Class:   Private  Co.   "I>":   Marshall 

Filial  German. 


This  increment  blew  in  on  us  from  the  metropolis  of  Mathews.  He  distin- 
guished himself  from  the  start,  gaining  the  love  and  admiration  of  the  corpora! 
in  charge  of  him  when  he  lost  his  way  among  the  trunks  in  the  arch.  "Minnie" 
scum  demonstrated  his  military  ability  when  he  sang  out  "•one"  at  the  Adjutant's 
command  "Sound  Off"  at  his  first  parade  and  the  count  continued  down  the  rear 
rank.  "Whiff"  ligidry  upheld  the  reputation  of  a  mean  third  classman  and  his 
superb  figure,  altho  minute,  won  him  the  rank  of  a  corporal.  At  the  Inauguration 
his  engineering  instinct  was  made  evident  when  he  pointed  out  to  the  corps  that 
the  third  rail  was  to  keep  the  street  car  on  the  track. 
"Loop"  passed  thru  his  eventful  second  class  year 
without  mishap,  gaming  friends  on  every  side  with 
his  ever  present  smile  and  good  nature.  He  reached 
the  height  of  his  military  career  in  Sept.,  1918,  when 
be  became  by  mere  persistence  a  dignified  first  class- 
man and  enrolled  in  the  famous  order  of  "0.  G.'s". 
When  Uncle  Sam  called  many  of  our  number  to  the 
colors,  "Whiff"  chose  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  and 
proceeded  to  Ft.  Monroe.  After  the  brutal  war  was 
over,  not  desiring  to  follow  a  military  career,  "Min- 
nie" at  once  returned  to  Lexington  to  complete  his 
technical  education.  With  all  his  faults,  which  are 
few,  ■•.Minnie"  has  ga^^thejgrffful  admiration 
"I  every  member  ,,f  uld^B  JP^Woiir  years  spent 
amongst  us  have  proved  Jigh  character  and  tru 
worth  as  a  man  and 


Page   Sixty-loin 


Fourth  Clas 
Squad. 

Third  Class:  Corporal  Co.  "A";  Varsity 
Baseball;  Monogram  Club;  Hoi,  Com- 
mittee. 

Second  Class:  First  Sergeant  Co  "A"- 
Varsity  Baseball:  President  Monogram 
Club;  Athletic  Council;  Hop  Commit- 
tee; Assistant  Manager  Basketball- 
Vice-President  Southwest  Virginia  Club-' 
Mai-shall  Final  Ball. 

First  Class:  Captain  Co.  "A";  Athletic 
Council;  Varsity  Baseball:  Monogram 
<  lub;  President  Camp  Lee  Club:  Man- 
ager Basketball:  Marshall  Final  Ger- 
man;  "Bomb"  Staff:  Literary  Society. 

of  'lfSSfMlT  °f  manj  a,tml  aild  tabulation  in  the  youngest  davs 

personality,  ability  to  lead  man/seriousness  of  pur        'mcienc^  work>  steadiness, 

pose,  and  all  that  is  dear  to  the  heart  of  every  V 

M.I.   man.     For   this   office   he   was    chosen.     What 

more  need  be  said  of  such  a  man?     Prominent  not 

only  in  military  affairs,  but  in  every  phase  of  Cadet 


Sixty-fiv, 


THE  BOMB-1919 


OSCAR  LEWIS  MERTZ 

SAX  BENITO.  TEX. 

Bora  1897.  Matriculated  1916. 

"Ton"  "Hindenburg"  "San  Beniie" 
"Gross" 

".-)  nightingale  (lien  for  shame  if  another 
bird    sings    better." — Burton. 

Third  Class:  Private  Co.  "B." 

Second  Class:  Sergeant  Co.  "B" ;  Mar- 
shall Final  Ball. 

First  Class  :  Lieutenant  Co.  ""F"  :  "Cadet" 
Staff:  Marshall  Final  German. 


With  the  expression,  "Fin  from  the  land  where  a  man  to  live  must  lie  a  man,"' 
one  Oscar  Lewis  Mertz,  entered  upon  the  hazardous  course  of  a  rat  year.  True 
"Yon"  wandered  here  from  the  greasers  of  the  Mexican  Border  but  we  are  alto- 
gether unable  to  find  out  from  him  the  reason  of  his  continued  presence  in  'God's 
country."  This  product  managed  to  weather  the  storm  of  his  first  year  and  the 
following  September  found  him  back  ready  to  again  don  the  '-Cadet  Gray."'  "San 
Benite"  became  the  follower  of  Tommy  and  his  abilities  in  studies  is  readily  shown 
by  his  presence  at  "B.  D.'s  Summer  Resort  for  the  Dumb."  As  a  sergeant  he 
sent  fear  to  the  hearts  of  many  a  rat  and  old  cadet 
alike.  "Hindenburg"'  helped  swell  the  third  class  de- 
linquency curve  a  great  deal.  How  he  and  Al  Jol- 
son  can  sing  together ! ! !  Just  listen  once  to  'Rock- 
a-bye  My  Baby."  it  will  be  sufficient.  His  face  is 
almost  as  perfect  as  his  divine  figure.  With  all  this 
and  his  present  office,  any  normal  person  would  bo 
no  little  conceited,  but  "Gross"  isn't  one  bit  stuck  up 
over  it.  Mertz's  trip  to  Camp  Lee  proved  very  suc- 
cessful in  many  ways,  and  his  latest  expression  de- 
rived from  his  camp  experience  is.  "I  could  never 
get  a  thrill,  'til  I  went  to  Walnut  Hill."  At  present 
his   miniature  is   safely   stored   in   a   sti 


Sixty-six 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


JAMES  ASHBY  MONCTJR 


.li; 


RICHMOND,    VA. 
Born  Sept.  15,  1899.  Matriculated  L915. 
"Jimmy"  "Lady,"  "Madame  Moncure" 
it.  for  they  have 


Blessed  are 
lots   to   Inn 


-Branch. 


Fourth  Class:  Private  Co.  "E.*' 

Third  Class:  Corporal  Co.  "B";  Pinal 
Ball :   Hop  Committee. 

Second  Class:  Battalion  Sergeant-Major- 
Marshall   Final   Ball. 

First  Class:  Battaliau  Adjutant:  Hop 
Committee;  "Cadet"  Staff;  Vice-Pres- 
ident Richmond  Club;  Marshall  Final 
German. 


"Jimmy"  came  in  blushing — just  before  October  Eve."  and  ever  since  he  has 
had  a  ready  blush  at  hand— to  dispense  for  the  delight  of  the  "Calic"  and  the  amuse- 
ment of  the  "Keydets."  Notwithstanding  this  seeming  modesty,  he  is  a  shining 
light  in  military  affairs  and  enormous  quantities  of  gold  lace  bedeck  his  sleeves.  At 
parade  he  commanded  instant  attention  by  strutting  before  the  battalion,  fla'shino- 
his  sword  and  reading  orders  in  an  ultra-smart  fashion.  He  had  the  very  provoking 
habit  of  displaying  his  unmusical  talents,  only  when  his  room-mates  were  o-ettin" 
some  much  needed  ■•Hay"'  and  in  consequence  has  been  the  target  for  shoes  and 
various  other  bulky  articles  not  allowed  in  the  rules 
laid  down  by  the  late  Marquis  of  Queensberry.  Al- 
though it  is  unanimously  agreed  that  an  '■Artist's" 
life  would  have  better  fitted  him  for  his  vocation, 
he  is  a  good  chemist — as  they  go,  and  all  that  know 
him  are  convinced  that  he  will  discover  the  correct 
formula  for  a  great  success  in  life.  The  best  love 
and  luck  of  '10  are  with  vou. 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


LYNN  MONTJOY 

GREENWOOD.   MISS. 


Burn  1897. 


-Matriculated  1915 


"Wop,"  "Count,"  "Eagle  Beak" 
■■lie  is  divinely  bent  on   meditation." 

— Shakespeare. 

Fotibth  Class  :  Private  Co.  "C." 
Third  Class:  Corporal  Co.  "C." 
Second  Class  :    Sergeant   Co.    "C"  :     Vice- 
President   Mississippi   Club :    Swimming 
Team:  Literary  Society:  Marshall  Final 
Ball. 
First  Class  :  Private  Co.  "0"  :   President. 
Mississippi  Club ;  Vice-President  O.  G.*s 
Association  :    Hop    Committee ;    "Cadet'' 
Staff :      Literary      Society :      Swimming 
Team  :  Marshall  Final  German. 


"Count  Eagle  Beak,  the  Wop,"  hailed  from  the  Italian  section  of  the  Delta  me- 
tropolis, Greenwood,  Mississippi.  As  an  Artist,  Wop  was  Utopian  and  when  not 
embraced  in  the  arms  of  Morpheus,  his  calm,  pensive  visage  could  be  seen  encircled 
by  the  veil  of  smoke  voluptuously  curling  from  his  cigar.  It  was  in  his  second  class 
year  that  he  found  himself  and  began  to  play  the  real  man.  In  the  fall  of  his  first 
class  year  he  answered  the  call  of  his  country,  volunteering  into  the  Central  Officers' 
Training  Camp  at  Camp  Lee.  During  his  two  months  of  service  here,  "Count" 
made  a  record  well  worthy  of  his  Alma  Mater,  resuming  his  duties  at  school  upon 
discharge.  As  a  first  classman,  "Wop"  was  digni- 
fied and  well  balanced,  his  unbiased  discretion  and  flAtf^Hfr  P 
judgment  receiving  due  consideration  in  all  matters  '  ™  ■«■ 
of  importance  to  '19  and  Y.M.T. 

"He's  the  doggondest  buzzard  I've  ever  seen." 


I'age  Sixty-eit/Za 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


WILLIAM  BRYAN  MOORE 

CHESTERFIELD.   S.  ('. 

B LS9r.  Matriculated  L915. 

"Shady,"  "Srjuared-circle"  "Box-car" 
"Square- jaws" 


'The  women  pardoned  nil 


ept  his  face." 
—Byron. 


Fouhtii  Class:  Private  Co.  "A." 
Third  Class:  Corporal  Co.  "F." 
Second  Class:   Sergeant  Co.  "B";    Presi- 
dent S.  C.  Club:  Marshall  Final  Ball. 
First   Class:    Lieutenant   Co.   "B" ;    Presi- 
dent   S.   C.    Club;    Marshall    Final    Ger- 
man :  Class  Historian. 


Deluded  by  an  elder  brother's  honeyed  words,  "Shady*"  was  coaxed  into  the  In- 
stitute in  1915.  and  it  is  not  quite  clear  whether  his  box-jaws  were  born  with  him 
or  tlie  result  of  surprise  at  his  reception.  This  book-worm,  having-  nothing  else  to 
do,  took  to  the  stars  in  his  third  class  year  with  great  ease.  These  "guiding  stars," 
however,  didn't  always  keep  him  from  grief,  as  he  found  when,  as  a  hard  third 
classman  he  tried  to  nip  the  Rosebud  in  the  third  stoop  library.  "Shady V  action 
in  becoming  a  follower  of  Tommy  was  probably  due  to  his  desire  to  be  able  to  solve 
the  puzzle  of  his  face,  but  until  the  fourth  dimension  is  discovered  we  are  afraid 
that  the  problem  of  squaring  a  circle  will  remain  un- 
solved. However  Shady  has  been  successful  in  all  o£ 
his  other  endeavors  here  and  we  feel  sure  that  he 
will  cniitiinie  to  be  successful  in  after  life. 


Page  Si.xty-nim 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


THEODOEE  FlELD  MORTON 

FORT  WORTH,  TEX. 

Born  1899.  Matriculated  1010. 

"Tedo."  "Monk,"  "Jew" 

"A  foot  in  arc  lii/lit.  a  step  more  true 
Xe'er   from    the   heath    flower   dashed   the 
dew."— Scott. 

Third  Class  :  Private  Co.  "C"  :  Cadet  Lit- 
erary Society. 

Second  Class:  Supply  Sergeant  Co.  "C"  : 
Vice-President  Cadet  Literary  Society; 
Director  Dramatic  Club;  Athletic  Pub- 
licity Committee;  "Bullet"  Staff;  Mar- 
shall Final  Ball. 

First  Class:  Lieutenant  Co.  "E"  :  "Cadet" 
Staff :  "Bomb"  Staff :  Chairman  Public- 
ity Committee  :  Minstrel  Club  :  President 
t  'adet  Literary  Society :  President  "Old 
Tavlor"  Club:  Marshall  Final  German. 


Just  come  and  look  at  our  Art  Gallery  in  E-2,  fellows.  Oh  yes,  they  belong 
to  "Monk."  Good  looking!  Well  how  could  they  be  "Monk's"  and  be  otherwise? 
You  see  it's  like  this — while  we  other  Big  Dogs  keep  the  Vic.  busy  with  "Alice  in 
Wonderland"  "Monk"  sits  back,  munches  Whitman's  and  calls  for  "La  Pa  Loma" 
and  "Carry  Me  Back  to  Old  Virginia."  Often  he  wants  to  Win  Free  trips  to  Rich- 
mond to  eat  those  meals  of  Richmond's  noted  Che(l)fs.  Last  fall  he  spent  a 
few  weeks  in  the  Ratskeller  of  the  Seelbach  meanwhile  faking  an  existence  at  the 
F.  A.  C.  0.  T.  S.  at  Camp  Taylor.  Since  the  armistice  he  has  returned  to  the 
Institute  and  contents  himself  with  being  President 
of  The  "Old  Taylor"  Club  and  producing  works  of 
art  to  grace  the  pages  of  the  Bomb.  But  with  all  his 
fickleness  and  bigamistic  ideas  we  are  sure  that  many 
years  from  now  when  we  review  "Who's  Who  in 
America"  we  will  find  the  name  of  Theodore  Morton 
therein  for  "Monk's"  personality  is  irresistible  and  his 
good  qualities  so  numerous  that  he  is  bound  to  win. 

"Play  the  Vic.  Buzz,  you've  got  zero  demerits." 


Page  Seventy 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


JAMES  CLAEENCE  McFALL 

DAKVILLE,    VA. 

Bora  1899.  Matriculated  1916. 

"Jerlge"  "Mar" 


a  limit   fur  u'  Hint." — Bum, 


Third  Class:  Private  Co.  "B." 

Second  Class:  Private  Co.  "B" ;  Marshall 

Final  Ball. 
First  Class  :  Private    Co.    "B"  :  Marshall 

Final  German. 


The  above  nonchalantly  informed  the  hard  third  classman  who  was  acting  as 
his  personal  escort  on  the  clay  of  his  arrival,  that  he  hailed  from  Danville  and  that 
his  knowledge  of  the  military  was  by  no  means  small,  for  his  two  years  at  Boilers 
had  not  been  wasted.  He  was  soon  recognized  as  a  man  of  great  intellect,  due  to 
his  never  failing  ability  to  secure  that  elusive  ""approved"  on  all  furloughs  lis 
submitted.  His  reputation  as  a  '"guard  house  lawyer"  was  only  excelled  by  his 
ability  to  dog.  As  a  second  classman,  he  spent  most  of  his  time  inducing  Katherine 
to  carry  flattering  messages  to  her  father.  At  the  hops  he  is  a  vamp  of  the  bright- 
est order.  Few  there  are  who  can  withstand  his 
honeyed  words.  Make  as  many  friends  in  the  big 
game  as  you  have  at  V.M.I.,  "Mac"  and  the 
cornucopia  of  success  will  be  emptied  at  your  feet. 

"You  don't  know  nothin'." 


Page  Seventy-oni 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


REGINALD  BREWSTER 
PARKHURST 

CHARLESTON.   W.   VA. 
Born  1801.  Matriculated  191C. 

"Reggie"  "Lydia,"  "Ancient" 

"His  hair  is  gray,  tho  not  with  years.'' 

— Byron. 

Third  Class  :  Private  Co.  "F"  :  Basketball 

Squad. 
Second  Class  :  Private  Co.  "F'- :  Football 

Squad:     Class     Basketball:      Marshall 

Final  Ball. 
First  Class:  Private  Co.  "F" :   Marshall 

Final  German. 


Dear  George: — I  am  ritin  you  about  a  guy  named  Lydia.  He  seems  to  be 
after  the  belt  that  Jess  Willard  is  wearing.  And  he  is  some  titer,  ain't  never  been 
licked,  he  sez  and  his  only  trouble  is  suckin  in  enough  guys  to  try  to  put  an  end 
to  his  cosmos.  He  claims  to  be  a  kemist  but  you  know  what  these  here  boys  spread 
the  bull  about  what  they  can  do.  Kemistry  is  a  pretty  good  profession  for  him  too 
cause  he  reminds  you  of  H,S04 — CaCl — his  hare  is  white  as  sno.  Y.  Lewis  says 
it  comes  from  worrying  so  much  about  two  or  three  gals  scattered  all  over  the 
continent.  I  don't  no  nothing  about  that  but  he's  a  mighty  good  fello  and  I  sho 
do  hope  you'll  meet  him  and  your  best  wishes  will 
folio  him  like  all  ours  does. 

Yours, 

Nat. 

"Now,  took  here ." 


Pripe  Seventy-two 


Once  in  the  long  past  when  we  were  rats,  hoarse  and  heavy  breathing  was 
heard  in  the  arch.  Investigation  showed  our  "Baby"  stuck  in  the  entrance  and 
vainly  trying  to  escape.  Fresh  from  the  part  of  Michigan  where  they  serve  pie  for 
breakfast,  dinner  and  supper,  his  appearance  gave  ample  testimony  of  good  feed. 
He,  however,  lost  a  great  deal  during  the  ensuing  six  months,  and  while  still  fat 
enough  to  be  called  "Fats,'"  he  at  least  looks  more  like  a  human  being  than  a  car- 
toon. As  a  roommate  and  a  classmate  he  has  no  equal,  and  his  hearty  smile  and 
big  heart  have  made  him  a  "slue"  of  friends,  who  join  hands  in  wishing  him  as 
slippery  and  as  easy  time  through  life  as  he  has  had 
through  the  Institute. 


Pa,u-  Seventy-thr 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


I 


EDWAEDS  MATTHEWS  QUIGLEY 
ALTOX.  ILL. 

Born  1S98.  Matriculated  1916. 

"String,"  "Legs,"  "Guigley"  "Bevo" 
"A   Woman   is  only  a   woman, 
But  a  fiood  cigar  is  a  smoke." 

Thikd  Class:  Private  Company  "A." 
Second    Class  :    Private    Company    "A" ; 

Marshall  Final  Ball. 
First  Class  :  Private  Company  "A"  :  Mar- 
shall Final  German. 


I 


"Cuigley"  is  one  of  these  happy-go-lucky  fellows  that  somehow  gets  by  but 
how  he  does  it  is  a  mystery.  He  professes  to  be  very  well  informed  and  can  often 
be  heard  telling  "Pash"  about  the  various  branches  of  the  service.  There  is  nothing 
in  life  that  is  new  to  him  and  he  is  fully  satisfied.  "Legs"  spends  his  summers  in 
quiet  as  he  is  entirely  too  lazy  to  do  otherwise.  He  has  always  steered  clear  of  the 
fairer  sex  but  he  goes  to  the  Hops  because  of  the  supper.  "String"  decided  upon 
the  infantry  as  the  branch  of  the  service  and  was  with  the  first  twenty-five  sent  to 
('amp  Lee.  While  at  camp  he  fought  in  the  great  "Battle  of  the  Flu,"  and  man- 
aged  tn  come  through  unscathed.  Epon  the  signing 
of  the  armistice  he  could  not  withstand  the  tempta- 
tion to  return  to  the  Institute  and  grab  a  "dip."  if 

sible.     Here's  wishing  you  the  best  of  luck  an 
may  you  always  come  through  on  top. 

"Well,  what  111 


Page   Seventy -fou 


Strati'ord-on-Avon  was  the  birthplace  of  Shakespeare  and  it  is  remember* 
because  of  that.  Who  does  not  revere  it  and  who  does  not  long  to  go  there  and 
walk  through  its  historic  streets?  Shakespeare  was  of  another  day.  but  now  we 
have  among  us  a  man  who  has  put  Galax  on  the  county  map.  A  man  who  lias 
indeed  honored  his  home  town  by  being  born  there.  He  is  surely  a  charming 
component  of  any  countryside.  As  you  know,  "Jim's"  first  year  at  V.M.I,  was  a 
successful  one  and  he  still  cherishes  many  happy  memories.  A  "Titanic"  felt 
justly  slighted  if  this  lovable  cadet  did  not  take  her  in  tow  for  a  while,  he  was  s" 
gentlemanly  and  graceful.     As  an  old  cadet  and  the  ^^^^  ____^. 

wearer  of  two  and  later  three  stripes,  lie  never  failed  _ 

to  take  advantage  of  all  privileges.  Still  never  let 
it  be  thought  that  he  did  not  work.  Eor  was  not  his 
uniform  adorned  with  those  glittering  symbols  of 
aeademie  profieiency.  the  golden  stars,  and  due  to 
his  knowledge  of  semaphore  was  he  not  made  an  in- 
structor in  signaling  at  Plattshurg?  After  Platts- 
burg  he  went  to  Erie  to  assist  the  G.  E.  people  in  the 
building  of  turbines,  and  only  his  modesty  prevented 
him  from  supplying  the  brains  of  the  company  in- 
stead of  the  manual  labor.  However,  that  may  be. 
bis  cheerfulness  and  generosity  in  helping  his  clas^- 

a   friend  well 
him 


Seventy-five 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


HORACE  LEE  EOBERDEAU 

AUSTIN.   TEX. 

Bora  1898.  Matriculated  1914.. 

"Bobbie:'  "Biddioe" 

"Disguise  our  bondage  as  we  iriJI 
"Tis  woman,  woman  rules  us  still." 


—Moon  . 

Fourth  Class:  Private  Co.  "B"  :  Company 
Rifle  Team. 

Third  Class  :  Corporal  Co.  "B"  :  Company 
Rifle  Team:   Class  Historian. 

Second  Class:  First  Sergeant  Co.  "B" : 
Class  Historian:  Marshall   Final   Ball. 

First  ('lass:  Captain  Co.  "B":  Class  His- 
torian. 


Out  of  the  sands  and  the  sunshine,  out  of  the  land  of  the  sage  brush  upon  a 
September  morning  came  this  newly  cadet  to  make  his  abode  within  these  Halls 
of  Fame.  He  likes  Virginia  so  well  that  he  has  not  returned  to  the  laud  of  his 
Nativity  in  three  long  years.  He  is  a  follower  of  Chappie  and  one  of  no  mean 
ability,  however,  the  Alum  is  not  entirely  unknown  to  him.  He  knows  all  about 
everything  from  a  "battle  royal'  to  a  "hull  fight"  and  claims  to  be  the  only  man 
from  the  "Lone  Star"  state  who  can  rope  a  steer,  throw  and  brand  him  in  the  re- 
markably short  time  of  an  hour  and  a  half.  To  show  his  tenacity  he  has  spent  the 
best  part  of  five  years  in  running  to  ground  the 
elusive  Dip.  the  privilege  of  sitting  on  the  cannons 
and  leaving  on  F.  C.  P.  Here's  a  boy  of  wonderful- 
personality  and  his  cheerful  nature  and  bright  smile 
have  won  him  a  host  of  friends.  Wherever  he  goes 
we  feel  every  confidence  in  his  ability  to  do  himself 
and  the  Institute  proud.  Here's  to  you,  big  boy. 
may  the  Gods  lie  as  good  to  you  in  the  future  as  they 
have  in  the  past. 

'■r7/>  she  (iocs.'' 


Page    Se-icnty-six 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


COUNCIL  COURTLAND 
RUDOLPB 

JACKSONVILLE,   FLA. 

Born  1897.  Matriculated  1916. 

"Count"  "Jack" 


"Alas!  Our  iimi nil  affection 
Or   water   hut   the  desert." 


run  to  wasti 
-Byron. 


Tiiikd  Class:  Private  Co.  "E." 

Second  Class  :  Sergeant  Co.  "E" :  Mar- 
shall Final  Ball. 

First  Class:  Lieut.  Co.  "E":  Marshall 
Final  German;  President  Florida  Club. 


Little  we  knew  of  the  underlying  value  of  this  crude  specimen  from  the  ever- 
glades of  Florida  where  the  Dodo's  do  and  the  red  wings  don't.  When  Jack  first 
joined  us  at  the  beginning  of  our  third  class  year  our  subject  at  first  looked  hopeless 
but  now  we  swell  with  pride  as  we  view  him  beyond  six  inches  of  cigarette  holder, 
his  hair  falling  equally  to  both  sides,  posing  over  "Red."  bound  volumes  of  "Loves 
Labor  Lost" :  and  we  pronounce  him  a  finished  product  of  the  Rah  !  Rah !  Boys. 

He  cast  his  lot  with  the  Chemists  in  the  hopes  of  discovering  something  new  in 
color  schemes — to  obtain  a  beautiful  Red  from  a  mixture  of  pink  sheets  and  hot  air. 
But  much  to  his  sorrow  his  efforts  were  in  vain. 
However  with  this  sad  experience  behind  him  he  has 
attacked  chemistry  from  a  more  practical  angle  and 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  his  achievements.  Although 
you  have  often  wandered  from  the  way.  Count,  we 
are  confident  of  vour  success  in  whatever  you  under- 


Pagi  Seventy-seven 


THE  BOMB-I9I9 


THOMAS  EDMUXDS  RUFFIN 

Born  1S98.  Matriculated  1916, 

"Plowboy,"  "Fairie,"  "Tom" 

DANVILLE.  VA. 

"Thou  art  as  wise  as  thou  art  beautiful." 
— Shakespeare. 

Third  Class  :  Private  Co.  "D.v 

Second  Class:  Private  Co.  "D"  ;  Marshall 

Final  German. 
First  Class:  Private  Co.  "D";  Marshall 

Final  German;  Second  Lieutenant,  C.  A. 

R.  C.  U.  S.  A. 


With  blinking  eyes  and  measured  tread  this  dainty  little  fairy  drifted  into 
our  midst.  Why  his  arrival  was  not  heralded  by  the  blasts  of  trumpets  and  the 
ringing  of  bells  will  always  remain  a  mystery  to  all  who  know  him.  "Plowboy" 
threw  in  his  lot  with  the  Civil  Engineers,  and  this  was  the  principal  cause  of  his 
trip  to  West  Virginia.  It  is  rumored  he  fell  in  love  with  some  mountain  nymph 
for  he  returned  a  changed  man.  Tom  reached  his  first  class  year  with  a  clean 
record.  He  was  one  of  the  lucky  five  who  cast  their  lot  with  the  Heavy  Artillery. 
The  signing  of  the  armistice  seemed  not  to  worry  him  for  he  stayed*  to  see  the 
"Battle  of  Fort  Monroe"  fought  to  a  successful  con- 
clusion. Then  he  returned  to  the  Institute  to  work 
for  his  almighty  "dip":  an  achievement  we  are  sure 
he'll  h'nish  in  grand  style.  Here's  the  best  o'  luck  to 
you,  Tom,  in  this  and  the  greatest  possible  success 
in  all  your  life's  endeavors. 


Page  Seventy-eight 


Forimi  Class:  Private  Co.  "A";  Base- 
ball Squad  :  Class  Basketball. 

Tniun  Class:  Corporal  Co.  "E" :  Scrub 
Baseball;  Captain  Class  Basketball. 

Second  Class:  Quarter-master  Sergeant 
Co.  "P.":  Basketball  Squad;  Marshall 
Final   Ball. 

First  Class:  First  Lieutenant  Co.  "B" : 
Advertising  Manager  "Cadet";  Marshall 
Final  German. 


Some  people  are  born  that  way.  others  have  it  thrust  upon  them.  Speakinsr, 
of  course,  of  having  Lexington  as  a  home  town.  Iss  could  not  help  it  and  for  this 
reason  we  will  hold  it  against  him.  With  such  environments  in  his  earlv  days  he 
was  naturally  doomed  to  be  a  city  slicker.  A  more  typical  keydet  never  existed. 
For  instance  did  you  ever  see  him  when  he  was  not  hungry.  Re-exams  are  nothing 
new  to  him  and  he  loves  hay.  On  summer  furlough  after  our  second  class  year 
P.  I.  went  forth  as  a  senior  lieutenant  to  impart  knowledge  to  Culver  cadet-  •>"-1 
made  for  himself  an  enviable  reputation.  When  Uncle  Sam 
hurrying  to  Cain])  Taylor  and  proceeding  to  bat  it  up 
for  a  commission  in  the  Field.  He  was  stopped  only 
by  the  cessation  of  hostilities.  Mike,  you  have  been 
a  wonderful  cadet,  but  we  love  you  for  a'  that  and 
some  day  we  expect  you  to  make  old  man  Lexington 
stand  at  attention  if  not  fin  out. 


Page  Seventy-nine 


Fourth  Class  :  Private  Co.  "C." 

Third  Class  :  Corporal  Co.  "E" ;  Public- 
ity Committee. 

Second  Class  :  First  Sergeant  Co.  "C" ; 
P.  E.  Committee :  Assistant  Manager 
Baseball :  Social  Editor  "Bullet"  :  Mar- 
shall Final  Ball. 

First  Class  :  First  Lieutenant  Co.  "D" ; 
P.  E.  Committee :  Treasurer  Y.  M.  C.  A. ; 
Manager  Baseball :  Treasurer  Richmond 
Club:  President  S.  V.  A.  Club:  Cadet 
Staff:  Bomb  Staff:  Marshall  Final  Ger- 
man. 


This  was  observed  pushing  his  nose  through  the  arch  on  a  September  morn 
when  Bull  Eat  John  still  sat  at  the  head  of  the  Stoopniggers  mess,  and  our  guiding 
light  was  wearing  yellow  striped  pantaloons.  He  has  been  busy  doing  the  same 
thing  ever  since  and  by  the  process  of  elimination  has  arrived  at  F.  C.  P.  and  the 
coveted  cape.  We  still  have  hopes  of  his  eventually  getting  to  the  B.  H.  Our 
Freddy  does  shocking  things  when  driven  to  it,  and  has  become  an  adept  in  running 
down  elusive  electrons  and  vanishing  volts.  He  has  some  queer  tastes,  but  is  get- 
ting over  some  of  them.  For  instance  he  only  recently  gave  up  olives  as  a  steady 
diet.  He  is  still  fond  of  playing  the  game  of  "Mary 
had  a  little  Lamb"  though,  and  can  be  observed  any 
night,  wildly  pushing  his  pen  in  pursuit  of  Mary. 
Mean  third  classman,  I.  D.  K.  shark,  hard  1st  Sgf.. 
real  doughboy,  what  hasn't  our  little  Freddy  been? 
But  no  matter  his  immediate  fad,  he  has  always  found 
time  to  help  along  when  you  are  in  trouble,  and  is 
never  too  busy  to  be  genial.  Here's  luck  to  you 
Freddy:  may  the  happiest  days  of  your  past  be  the 
saddest  days  of  your  future,  and  may  the  sunshine 
of  comfort  dispel  the  clouds  of  your  despair. 


Page   Eighty 


It  was  a  great  day  for  the  future  0.  G.'s  of  '19  when  this  Taulac  baby  from 
the  Smoky  City  (of  the  South)  presented  himself  to  the  0.  D.  with  the  necessary 
requirements  of  a  "Newly  Cadet."  During  his  rat  year  Shack  was  an  apt  student 
for  the  clean  sleeve  element.  However,  it  was  not  until  he  was  given  a  position  on 
the  mail  carrier's  staff  that  he  really  came  into  his  own.  Moved  by  existing  con- 
ditions instead  of  inward  feelings,  and  a  realization  of  his  great  advantage  in 
Liberal  Arts,  (being  gifted  with  the  Birmingham  dialogue  and  a  great  love  for 
Snappy  Stories)  P.  I.  at  once  became  a  staunch  follower  of  Chappie  after  a  two 
weeks'  sojourn  with  the  C.  E.'s.  As  time  passed 
Shack's  love  for  the  Valley  of  Virginia   became  so  (E5 

great  that  lie  was  moved  to  spend  the  summer  fur-  jj1 

Imigh  of  bis  second  class  year  at  the  Rockbridge  Alum 
Springs.  It  is  unnecessary  to  say  that  through  his 
sunny  disposition  and  marked  sincerity  he  has  won 
tlie  admiration  and  friendship  of  all  his  classmates, 

of  bis  future  we  have  no  fear. 


Page    Eighty-one 


Dud  had  previously  had  a  rear  at  college  but  received  quite  a  shock  upon 
signing  up  for  his  sentence  here.  He  became  somewhat  lost  in  the  multitude  of 
Eats  and  his  fame  was  not  spread  abroad  until  be  hecame  a  "Hard-Boy"  and  an 
invitation  to  18  was  sufficient  cause. for  a  trip  to  the  Grim.  At  one  time  "B.  V.  D." 
had  aspirations  to  become  a  follower  of  the  amps  and  volts,  but  now  he  doubts  the 
wisdom  of  his  choice.     He  wonders  how  he  can  make  the  $200  per  necessary  to 

supjrort  himself  and .     On  the  track.  Dud  is  an  all-round  man.     He  will  run 

any  race  and  hurdles  are  his  specialty.  Broad  jumping  is  one  of  his  side  lines 
that  never  fail.  He  did  good  work  with  the  relay 
team  at  Philadelphia,  and  in  the  other  meets  put 
them  all  in  the  shade.  As  soon  as  the  bars  were 
lifted  and  the  men  were  allowed  to  go  to  camp  Dud- 
ley went  in  the  Heavy  Artillery.  But  as  most  of 
the  world  desired  peace,  he  obtained  his  discharge 
along  with  his  commission.  Old  man,  our  paths  will 
soon  diverge  but  old  friends  must  meet  again.  'l!i 
wishes  vou  the  best  of  success  in  all  vour  endeavors. 


"//  I  ever  get  out  of  this  place 


Page   Eig/rty-li^o 


Fourth  Class:  Private  Co,  "D" ;  Captain 
Class  liaseball:  Sernli  Football  ami  bas- 
ketball. 

Tiiiiai  Class:  Corporal  Co.  "I*.":  Vice- 
President  Class. 

Second  Class:  First  Sergeant  Co.  "E'- ; 
Vice-President  Class;  Secretary  Mono- 
gram Club;  Assistant  Leader  Final 
Ball;  Eing  Committee;  Vice-President 
Athletic  Association. 

First  Class:  Captain  Co.  "B" ;  Vice-Pres- 
ident Class:  President  Athletic  Associa- 
tion; President  Monogram  Club;  Cap- 
tain Baseball:  Varsity  Football  (3»: 
Basketball  (3);  Baseball  (3.  2.  1)  ; 
Monogram  Club  (3,  2,  1):  Marshall 
Final  German. 


We  have  often  heard  of  the  luck  of  the  Irish,  but  here  is  the  personification  o± 
it  all  His  presence  serves  better  security  than  all  the  safety  first  appliances  of  the 
twentieth  century.  Every  St.  Patrick's  day  he  and  Du  can  be  seen  comparing 
greens  But  he  'is  more  than  a  snake  charmer,  using  his  wiles  to  great  advantage 
on  the  Ball  room  floor.  "Sully"  says  that  variety  is  the  spice  of  life  and  noble 
structures  lose  their  fascination  with  age.  His  inconsistency  is  confirmed  and  por- 
trayed by  his  recent  transfer  from  the  Curtis  Flying  School  to  the  doughboys,  as 
he  'said  he  would  rather  get  shot  than  freeze  to  death.  Joe's  success  does  not  come 
wholly  from  the  possession  of  the  proverbial  horse 
shoe  for  in  him  are  personified  those  qualities  which 
identify  him  as  a  man  among  men.  Your  future 
triumphs  are  assured  us,  for  you  have  been  success- 
ful in  all  vour  undertakings  and  there  is  nothing  too 
hard  for  you  to  undertake.  Though  we  are  on  the 
fields  of  warfare  and  suffer  many  hardships  you  will 
always  be  the  same  old  Irish,  a  true  friend  and  com- 
rade. 


Page    Eighty-three 


"Freddie,"  "Fritz,"  "Captain" 
"Let  us  consider  the  reason  of  the  case, 
For  nothing  is  law  that  is  not  reason." 

— Sir  John  Poirell. 

Fourth    Class  :    Private   Co.    "C  ' ;     Class 

Football. 
Third  Class  :  Corporal  Co.  "D"  :  Captain 

Class  Football. 
Second   Class:    Sergeant   Co.   "D" ;    Mai- 

shall  Filial  Ball. 
First  Class  :  Lieutenant  Co.  "D"  ;  Cadet 

Staff ;    Secretary   and   Treasurer    N.    C. 

Club ;  Marshall  Final  German. 


'"Quoth  the  raven  nevermore."  This  pigeon-toed  amateur  barber  quoth  like- 
wise a  few  minutes  after  his  arrival  in  barracks,  but  "Wishes  never  dug  ditches," 
so  we  have  been  blessed  with  his  presence  ever  since.  Most  of  his  time  during  his 
rat  year  was  spent  in  dilating  on  Kinston.  It  seems  that  this  city  paved  Main 
Street  and  sent  Fred  to  V.M.I,  the  same  year,  these  actions  being  the  result  of  a 
mighty  civic  improvement  move.  For  some  unknown  reason,  (some  say  because 
of  his  manly  beard)  at  the  end  of  his  rat  year  he  had  the  large  duties  and  respon- 
sibilities of  a  corporal  thrust  upon  him.  He  was  able  to  hold  on  to  this  office  by 
wisely  selecting  Withers  for  a  roommate  and  fol- 
lowing his  advice  upon  all  occasions.  As  a  result  of 
this  co-operation  Fred  pulled  down  a  sergeant  next 
year.  After  this  honor  he  became  over-confident, 
and  trusting  in  his  own  ability  deserted  his  kind 
mentor  of  the  previous  year  and  acquired  new  room- 
mates. Following  this  treachery  he  came  to  grief 
with  the  flags  at  "rev.,"  and  has  ever  since  been  pos- 
sessed of  a  properly  chastened  spirit.  Being  an  in- 
habitant of  the  first  stoop  library  during  his  third 
class  year  he  was  a  victim  of  circumstances  and  was 
duly  received  among  the  followers  of  Dr.  Kerlin  the 
next  vear,  but  only  after  heated  discussion   of  two 


Page    Eiqlity-four 


Behold  fair  sex.  this  heart  crushing  farmer,  who  hails  from  Guinea  Mills 
statue  renown.  He  grew  so  tall  that  the  fence  no  longer  obstructed  his  view  a 
as  a  result  safely  landed  in  the  fourth  stoop  library  to  pass  his  rathood,  much  to  1 
sorrow  "of  those"  who  grew  to  know  his  "mighty  right."  As  an  athlete  we  need  ] 
comment.  Far  and  near  the  "terrible  tackle'-'  was  known  to  others  besides  th 
who  wore  his  battles  scars  of  gridiron  days.  In  the  field  he  won  fame,  and  on  1 
gym  floor  few  went  over  his  head.  To  the  achievements  of  Shorty,  arise  the  thoug 
of  Achilles  and  Hector,  and  we  are  justly  proud.  For  the  receiver  of  pink-shei 
Tommy  claims  second  to  none.  The  mail  thrown  in 
<;--.2  for  seven  occupants  generally  begins — "'Dear 
Ralph: — Farmville  is  so  lonesome  now,"  etc.  How 
lie  manages  it  is  something  marvelous.  He  is  an 
ardent  follower  of  "Chappie."  and  Morpheus,  whose 
praises  you  can  hear  him  sing  any  time,  including. 
"I  hate  to  lose  you."  and  "When  she  sends  me  that 
picture  from  Winston-Salem."  To  predict  your 
future.  Tommy,  is  unnecessary.  Your  personality 
and   untiring  efforts  have  won  a  place  in  the  hearts 


Page    Eiff/ily-fii' 


Second  Class:  Supply  Sergeant  Co.  "D" : 
Rins  Committee :  Assistant  Cheer  Lead- 
er :  Assistant  Business  Manager  Christ- 
mas Supplement;  Bullet  Staff:  Stage 
Director  Minstrel  Show :  Marshall  Final 
Ball. 

First  Class  :  Lieutenant  Co.  "C" ;  Cheer 
Leader ;  Bomb  Staff :  Post  Exchange 
Council  :   Marshall   Final   German. 


Plere  is  a  man  of  varied  career  and  gifted  with  many  talents.  Nobody  knows 
what  he  will  do  next.  From  the  very  meekest  of  rats  he  changed  to  one  of  the 
most  daring  bomb  shooters  in  the  third  class;  changing  again  to  a  dignified  officer 
after  having  corporal's  chevrons  thrust  upon  him.  However  he  did  not  forget  his 
third  class  manners  during  his  days  as  a  dignified  lieutenant — he  only  ran  fiftv- 
three  demerits  in  one  month.  Jim  has  untiring  energy  and  marked  ability  but 
these  gifts  often  make  his  studies  suffer.  The  number  of  undertakings  he  attempts 
would  appall  McAdoo — but  not  Jim.  He  is  just  the  man  we  can  depend  upon  to 
do  anything.  He  used  to  be  a  heart-breaker  but  met 
his  Waterloo  this  past  summer  when  he  came  back 
to  patch  up  his  deficiencies.  A  fair  lady  from  Balti- 
more is  the  cause  of  his  sudden  desire  to  attend 
Johns  Hopkins  after  graduation.  Jimmy  was  riding 
the  "gravy"  through  the  C.  0.  T.  S.  at  Camp  Lee- 
when  the  armistice  sent  him  back  to  school.  Look 
out  old  world,  '19  wants  to  say  "he's  got  'em;" 

"Boys  I  wish   goii  irerc  Big  Dogs  like  me — any  mail.'" 


Page  Eighty-six 


Iii  September,  1915,  the  city  on  the  banks  of  the  Eiver  Dan  yielded  up  to  the 
class  of  '19  this  phantom.  After  many  attempts  at  location  and  many  efforts  in 
the  field  of  research,  he  was  found  in  100- A.  Up  to  this  time  it  was  a  case  of  taking 
him  for  granted  as  one  could  not  see  him  in  the  sunlight.  He  had  to  stand  up 
two  or  three  times  in  the  same  place  to  make  a  shadow.  But  one  way  of  being  sure 
of  him  was  to  see  a  duck  coming  clown  the  stoop,  apparently  unsupported.  But 
soon  we  became  accustomed  to  such  phenomena.  One  might  be  sure  who  it  was  fol- 
lowing it.  He  is  no  Aurora  Borealis  in  a  military  way,  but  Brother  he  can  alter- 
nate more  of  Monk's  currents  than  that  personage 
himself  and  his  questions  are  the  bane  of  Bull  Bat's  'H 

existance.     After  all,  fellows,  here  is  one  who  will  car 

always  be  found  among  the  foremost  and  our  class  is 
a  better  one  for  having  had  him.  Our  hearts  go  with 
yiiu.  App,  wherever  duty  calls. 


Page    Eighty-seven 


This  protege  of  the  Elk's  Home  roamed  through  the  arch  accompanied  by  sev- 
eral of  his  brothers  in  misery  and  was  assigned  to  Eoom  93.  In  a  few  weeks  after 
his  arrival  his  intense  popularity  became  very  evident  and  at  any  hour  of  the  day 
one  could  see  as  many  as  ten  third  classmen  enter  his  sanctuary.  "Willie"  cele- 
brated his  ascension  to  the  third  class  by  joining  the  "Dark  Time  Poker  Club"  of 
the  First  Stoop  Library  and  as  a  result  was  the  recipient  of  many  unofficial  visits 
from  the  "Beam."  During  the  hops  he  discarded  his  chevrons  to  keep  an  after- 
taps  date  and  was  hostess  of  quilting  parties  the  remainder  of  the  year  on  that  ac- 
count. "Wullie's"  second  class  year  produced  an 
auburned-haired  Sergeant  who  burst  forth  from  his 
cocoon  into  the  realms  of  the  first  class  as  a  "Buck," 
which  exalted  position  he  also  held  in  the  "Gravel- 
crushers'"  at  Camp  Lee.  The  last  year  saw  him 
reaching  into  new  fields  and  so  successful  was  he 
that  Barracks  dubbed  him  "Joclo."  Though  his  hair 
is  against  him  and  he  took  Arts  we  readily  forget  his 
faults  and  are  confident  that  in  a  short  time  "Willie" 
will  bring  credit  and  renown  to  his  Alma  Mater  bv 


Page   Eighty-eight 


Sergeant  Co.   "F" ; 
Business     Manager 

Football :  Assistant 
Marshall  Final  Ball. 
t  Class:  Captain  Co.  "B" ;  Manager 
lotball;  Editor-in-Chief  "The  Bomb"; 
••Cadet"  Staff:  Vigilance  Committee; 
Hop  Committee;  Athletic  Council:  Sec- 
ond Lieutenant  Coast  Artillery:  Mar- 
shall  Final  German. 


In  the  early  fall  of  '15  the  above  specimen  left  his  habitat  in  the  coal  fields  to 
assume  the  duties  of  a  "Keydet."  Great  were  his  intentions  and  as  the  long  days 
passed  we  find  him  one  of  "the  chief  sources  of  barracks  talk.  Ih.s  sudden  fame 
was  the  outcome  of  his  aid  to  the  Beam  in  an  endeavor  to  increase  the  military 
eifieiency  of  the  special  guard.  Here  we  find  him  occupying  one  of  the  tew  chairs 
in  the  Guard  Room  over  week-ends.  However  this  was  not  to  be  his  permanent 
status,  for  he  was  soon  to  win  a  foremost  place  in  his  class  m  all  lines.  He  is  one 
of  the  few  who  always  wore  the  Stars,  to  say  nothing  of  Chevrons.  Nor  are  his 
abilities  limited  to  only  those  things  which  every 
Cadet  must  undergo,  for  he  has  always  been  active 
in  all  social  affairs.  This  can  be  readily  proven  by 
his  admiration  for  the  Guard  Tree  as  well  as  other 
cozy  nooks.  He  enlisted  in  the  Coast  Artillery  and 
was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant  within  a  few- 
weeks;  however,  as  soon  as  the  armistice  was  signed 
he  sought  his  discharge,  so  as  to  obtain  that  much 
longed  for  '-'Dip."  So  Bob,  here's  to  you.  Old  Man. 
we  know  you  will  make  your  mark  in  life  in  the  same 
wav  you  have  accomplished  all  your  desires  during 
your  four  years  here. 


Eiglity-tiitu 


"He  seemed  a  cherub  who  had  lost  his  way 
And  wandered  hither." — Loicell. 


Second  Class  :  Private  Co.  "C" ;  Vice- 
President  Danville  Club  :  Marshall  Final 
Ball. 

First  Class  :  Private  Co.  "B" ;  President 
Danville  Club:  Marshall  Final  German. 


This  ambitions  electrician  joined  us  in  our  Third  Class  year  and  since  then  has 
been  a  valuable  asset  to  the  class,  and  more  so  to  aid  in  swelling  the  ranks  of  Co. 
"C."  "Shrimp"'  is  the  only  original  Hard  Boy  that  we  have  in  the  class  and  he  is 
often  heard  to  mutter  "Oh,  how  hard  I  am."  He  took  special  courses  of  instruction 
in  different- subjects  last  summer,  being  of  such  a  studious  nature,  and  in  a  certain 
class  can  be  heard  answering  the  cptestions  of  the  ''Crafty  Monk."  "Babe"  was 
amongst  the  first  twenty-five  to  join  the  doughboys  at  Camp  Lee  and  while  there  was 
among  the  hardest  of  the  hard  boys,  and  could  easily  pass  as  a  member  of  the  regular 
army.     When  the  war  ended  the  "Infant's"  thoughts  ^w 

again  flew  to  the  pursuit  of  learning  and  he  returned 
to  battle  with  "Monk"  for  the  elusive  dip.  §jjS  gj>| 

Wake  up.  Ploughboy."  |g]    ^      ^"Fi 


Page  Ninety 


The  bare  statement  of  facts  above  would  be  a  fit  and  cherished  epitaph  to  go  on 
any  "keydet's"  service  record.  "Cotton''  is  said  by  his  room-mates  to  be  the  original 
possessor  of  the  fabulous  horse  shoe.  Horse  shoe.  Swastika,  rabbits  foot,  or  what- 
ever he  carries  with  him.  the  above  achievements  speak  for  themselves.  As  a  rat  he 
furnished  shoe  polish  and.  amusement  for  room  i)3.  As  a  third  classman  he  began 
wearing  the  gold  and  the  habit  has  persisted.  Squads  right  and  squads  left  were, 
easy  for  him.  but  Monk's  physics  and  Eat's  chemistry  were  obstacles  that  kept  him 
up  many  weary  hours.  When  the  first  class  left  to  make  the  world  safe  for  democ- 
racy, he  journeyed  to  Camp  Lee  and  endured  the  sand 
and    social    life    to   which    the   cadets   were   exposed.  TIT1J  S«? 

When  the  armistice  was  signed,  the  attraction  of  the  "' 

gray  was  too  strong  and  he  was  among  the  first  to 
hasten  back.  Loved  by  many,  admired  by  all.  we  can 
not  but  feel  that  his  success  in  after  life  will  parallel 
his  accomplishments  here. 

"How  about  going  in   tin    /'.   E.,  Molly." 


Pa//?  Ninety-one 


Third  Class  :  Corporal  Co.  "D" ;  Gym 
Team:  President  Third  Class  Bible 
Study ;  Hop  Committee. 

Second  Class  :  Sergeant  Co.  "D"' ;  Captain 
and  Manager  Gym  Team  :  Athletic  Coun- 
cil :  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Cabinet ;  Monogram 
Club:  Marshall  Final  Ball. 

Fibst  Class:  Private  Co.  "D" ;  Captain 
and  Manager  Gym  Team  :  Treasurer  the 
"Cadet":  Hop  Committee:  "Bomb" 
Staff :  President  Y.  M.  C.  A. :  Monogram 
ul' :  President  North  Carolina  Club; 
Marshall   Final   German. 


Since  1839  the  rural  state  of  North  Carolina  has  contributed  her  quota  of  doubt- 
ful specimens  to  this  institution  of  learning.  The  physiognomy  of  the  above  was 
placed  in  this  book  in  order  that  you  will  be  enabled  to  determine  whether  or  not  he 
is  a  reflection  on  his  state.  At  any  rate  he  has  the  envied  ability  of  concealing  his 
faults  with  the  exception  of  his  lower  extremities,  hence  the  name  of  "Needle 
Shanks."  He  is  regarded  with  equal  admiration  in  his  town  and  school.  Stars, 
stripes,  and  chevrons  substantiate  his  intellectual  ability,  his  four  years  of  servitude, 
and  his  military  aspirations.  His  ambitions  along  the  latter  line  were  not  confined 
to  the  Institute,  and  answering  the  nation's  call  to 
arms,  he  left  with  the  majority  of  his  class  for  Camp 
Lee,- where  he  distinguished  himself  by  his  pugnacious 
handling  of  the  bayonet.  His  first  two  years  were 
marked  successively  as  those  of  extreme  docility  to 
undue  hardness,  until  finally  reaching  his  first  class 
year  he  began  distributing  his  ideas,  reactionary  and 
conservative,  for  the  benefit  and  welfare  of  V.M.I. 
His  implements  with  which  to  fight  the  battle  of  life 
are  good  intentions  and  the  ability  to  materialize 
them,  a  combination  that  will  inevitably  assure  sue' 


Page  Ninety-tivo 


Two  arms,  two  legs,  two  eves,  a  nose — all  the  accessories  that  go  with  a  real  man. 
look  him  over.  When  he  was  a  rat  he  had  Percy  Christian  as  a  front  rank-man  and 
an  example  and— well  has  he  emulated  his  career  with  Marchant  as  a  running  mate. 
As  a  member  of  the  first  stoop  library  club  we  find  him  living  up  to  all  the  traditions 
of  the  association  and,  as  a  second  classman,  a  disciple  of  the  Doctor.  Katherme's 
pony  has  not  been  neglected  since  he  began  the  devious  life  of  an  Artist.  His  mili- 
tary genius  was  exemplified  in  his  first  class  year  as  a  "bevo"  captain.  Well  and 
ably  did  he  lead  his  brave  company  in  the  sight  of  the  enemy  in  Roanoke.  Xat. 
when  that  energy  of  yours  is  turned*  into  the  coal  and  ,   tm  ^,, 

ice  business  we  know  that  tidewater  Virginia  will  be 
amazed.  And  the  hopes  and  faith  of  '19  will  lie  with 
climb  the  ladder  of  success. 

'Xoir  you  know  Hint  ain't  right." 


Ninety-three 


Second  Class  :  Private  Co.  "E"  :  Marshall 
Final   Ball. 


First  Class  :   Private  Co.  "E"  :   Marshall 
Final  Ball. 


Hoge  came  here  asking  questions  and  he   still  sticks  to  his  old  habit.     His 
motto  seems  to  be  "Get  as  much  advice  as  possible  then  don't  follow  it."     He  is  an 

eternal  b acher  and  always  has  new  subjects  that  give  possibilities  for  argument. 

A  man  with  an  imagination  such  as  his,  is  bound  to  discover  new  pleasures  in  life. 
Pash  decided  that  Electricity  offered  the  closest  approximation  to  his  fluctuating 
nature  and  the  entire  section  will  agree  to  it.  Although  he  never  "bulled"  anything 
he  lives  in  a  state  of  great  suspense  around  exam  times.  He  went  to  the  Alum  to 
spend  a  quiet  summer,  and,  oh  well,  ask  any  of  the  dumbos  in  the  class  and  they 
will  tell  you  nt'  his  experiences.  •"Brigum"  had  many 
weighty  matters  resting  on  him  during  the  treatment 
Imt  as  always  came  out  safely.  Pash  chose  the  In- 
fantry, largely  because  Camp  Lee  was  close  to  Eich- 
mond  and  when  the  passes  were  issued  on  Saturday 
von  could  always  find  him  on  a  Kichmond  car.  When 
the  need  for  officers  passed  with  the  signing  of  the 
armistice.  Hoge,  after  a  brief  rest  (?)  returned  to 
V.M.I,  with  the  same  old  eternal  "B.  A."  and  now 
is  again  a  promising  electrician. 


Page   Ninety-jour 


Page  Ninety-pn 


Adelstein,  K.  M Virginia 

Anderson,   B.   N Virginia 

Badham,  J.  T Alabama 

Bancroft,  T.   0 Texas 

Battle.  H North  Carolina 

Bauer,   A.   E Virginia 

Bauserman,  E.  VanH Virginia 

Benners,  A Pennsylvania 

Boynton,  P.  AY New  York 

Bratton,  P.  B.,  Jr South  Carolina 

Buck,  H.  M New  York 

Burger,  H.  I Virginia 

Carr,  D.  C Virginia 

Carroll,  A.  M North  Carolina 

Case}',  TV.  M Virginia 

Castleman,   L Pennsylvania 

Clapp,   E.   V Ohio 

Clay,  H Virginia 

Cohoon,  T.  J Alabama 

Cole,  S.  H Virginia 

Cox,  E.  0.,  Jr Georgia 

Crockett,  G.  S.,  Jr Virginia 

Cullom,   C.   B Alabama 

Curtis,  C.  C A'irginia 

Dabney,  TV.  J..  Jr Georgia 

Dance,  P.  E Virginia 

Dashiell,  D.  F Virginia 

Del  Fan,  L Philippine  Islands 

Dew,  T.  E Virginia 

Doom,  TV.  H Texas 

Dougherty.  L.  B„  Jr Missouri 

Downing,  L.  B Virginia 

Eastwood,  F.  T Virginia 

Echols,  M.  P Virginia 


Engleby,  G.  B Virginia 

Eustis.  G.  F Alabama 

Ewing,  E.,  Jr Louisiana 

Fairlamb.  TV.   F Virginia 

Gibson.  H.   D Virginia 

Gill.  E.  S Virginia 

Grnndy,  A.  C Tennessee 

Hammond,  G Virginia 

Harrison,  TV.  G.,  Jr Minnesota 

Hearne,   J.   G Missouri 

Heaton,  J.  L Virginia 

Henderson,  S.  T North  Carolina 

Holleman.  J.  H Virginia 

Hughes,  C.  E Virginia 

Hunter,   C.  K Virginia 

Imboden,   W.   D Texas 

Jackson,  C.  D.  E Virginia 

Jackson,  T.  C.  Jr.  .  . Kentucky 

James,  E.  A..  Jr Virginia 

Jenkins.  E.  M Virginia 

Jones,  TV.  G Virginia 

Kellogg,  K.  L Virginia 

Kerlin.  E.  G Virginia 

Kester,  TV.  TV Virginia 

King,  S.  TV Virginia 

Lake,  C.  H Tennessee 

Land.  L.   P Virginia 

Lange,  L.  G Louisiana 

Lovell,  S.  G Maryland 

Lowry,  L.  B Florida 

Luck.  C.  S.,  Jr Virginia 

Marshall.  A.  J TVest  Virginia 

Marshall,  J.   P Virginia 

Massie,  V.  V Virginia 

Melton.   W,   F A'irginia 

Morrison,   H.    T Virginia 


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Munson,    II.   II Virginia 

McCabe,  J.  B Virginia 

McCelvey,  G.  E Texas 

McEachin,  T.  C.  Jr Florida 

McGill,  W.  M Virginia 

X.H.IK  P.  A Illinois 

Nottingham,  S.  A Virginia 

Owens,  S.  W Virginia 

Owens,  W.   I Virginia 

Parkerson,  J.  D Louisiana 

Parsons,  A.  M Texas 

Parsons,  J.  W Virginia 

Payne,  H.  P.  II Kentucky 

Phillips,  E.  L Virginia 

Phillips,  R.  B Virginia 

Potts,  J.  D„  Jr Virginia 

Radford,  L.,  Jr Virginia 

Radford,  R,  C.  W Virginia 

Ramsey.  D.  F Kentucky 

Ransom,  C.   S Virginia 

Rapkin,  E.  S New  Jersey 

Rawlings,   W.   P Virginia 

Roane.  T.  W Virginia 

Robertson,  B.  A Virginia 

Rogers,  W.  W Michigan 

Rothert,  J.  M Virginia 

Rountree,  L.   C Texas 

Russell,  R.   IT Pennsylvania 

Sanders,  I.  M Virginia 

Scott.  J.  H Virginia. 


Sitwell,  II.  ('.  F Virginia 

Smith,   C.   G Missouri 

Smith,   .1.    A Louisiana 

Smith.  R.  M Illinois 

Somers,  IT.   C Virginia 

Stuart.  A.   R Virginia 

Stubblefleld,   J.    S Arkansas 

Swann.  T.  B Tennessee 

Sweet,   T Illinois 

Swift,  C.  G Virginia 

Taylor,  J.  H Virginia 

Taylor,  J.  M Virginia 

Terrell.  K Virginia 

Thomson.   E.   W Pennsylvania 

Tucker,   C.   M Virginia 

Tucker,  I.  D Virginia 

Wallis,  S.  T District  of  Columbia 

Watkins,  M.  B Virginia 

Webb,  H.  H New  York 

Wierum,  R.  F New  Jersey 

Williams.   G Virginia 

Williams.  J.  W Virginia 

Wilkins,   I.    C Tennessee 

Woodson,  J.  S Alabama 

Woodward,   C.   D Georgia 

Wormely,   W.  A Virginia 

Yancey,  H.  A Virginia 

Yeomans.    R.    W Connecticut 

Young,  R.  B..  Jr Texas 


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FIRST  CLASS 


TFMof&w  '/$. 


A  History 


|^^a|N  September  8th  1915,  one  hundred  and  eighteen  rats  en- 

I     I     tered  the  grav  walls  of  this  time  honored  Institute,  destined 

|fsu|f   to  become  the  class  of  1919.     The  words  "destined  to  be- 

'' '  ;:  ".     ci  mi'.'."  are    used  advisely,  for  it  has  taken  the  hardships  and 

^  pleasures,  the  failures  and  successes,  the  tears  and  smiles  of 

many  days   spent   together  as   cadets   to  knit   us  into   the   living, 

breathing  thing  that  we  now  know  as  the  class  of  double  nineteen. 

When  we  entered  the  arch  to  get  our  first  taste  of  life  as  "Key- 

dets,"  we  undoubtedly  did  so  with 
some  fear  and  trembling,  yet  eager- 
ly, for  not  one  of  us  but  thrilled  at 
the  thought  of  being  a  son  of  \  . 
M.  I. 

Our  rat  year  was  distinguished 
by  no  especial  display  of  brilliance 
on  our  part,  for  we  soon  learned  the 
Rat's  role,  and  did  our  thinking  af- 
ter taps.  We  started  our  year-long 
entertainment  of  the  third  class 
with  a  rush  on  the  first  night  of  our 
-rival  bv  a  nisrht-shirt  parade,  and 


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1  [aving  passed  through  the  rodent  state  ol  cadet,  the  next  ses- 
sion opened  for  us  a  broad  field  of  activity.  We  kept  the  sentinels 
uneasy  and  the  faculty  had  no  peace,  for  the  usual  third  class  spirit 
of  unrest  led  us  to  make  the  night  hideous,  the  day  sombre,  and  to 
split  the  heavens  with  the  ear-rending  sounds  of  bombs.  Though 
participation  in  these  disturbances  often  led  to  the  loss  of  chevrons 
and  freedom,  it  was  all  consistent  with  the  characteristic  functions 

of  a  Thrid  Classman,  for  verily  he  is  a 
prominent  character,  a  creature  of  un- 
rest and  ever  possessed  of  evil  spirits. 

Hut  turning  aside  from  these  in- 
dulgences of  youthful  passion  we  have 
since  been  capable  of  promoting  plans 
upon  a  higher  plane.  As  Second 
Classmen  the  energy  hitherto  expend- 
ed on  delivery  transformed  itself  into 
steady  effort  towards  a  definite  object 
— the  betterment  of  ourselves  and  the 
Institute,  for  in  this  year  we  assumed  part  responsibility  for  the 
governing  of  the  corps.  It  was  also  during  this  session  that  we  pas- 
sed another  great  epoch  of  a  cadet's  life  with  the  advent  of  our 
class  rings — those  visible  symbols  of  the  love  and  brotherhood  that 
bind  us  one  to  another. 


Nineteen  has  more  than  contributed  her  share  of  the  men  who 
have  made  V.  M.  I.'s  record  in  athletics  the  glorious  one  it  is.  On 
the    gridiron    Addison.    Anderson,    Engleby.    ECnapp,    Roberdeau, 


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Sullivan,  Thomas,  and 
Woodward  have  won 
monograms,  while  i  n 
basket-ball  E  n  g  1  e  b  y  , 
Gary,  Sullivan,  Thomas, 
and  Wills  have  gained 
their  coveted  letters.  In 
baseball  Jernigin,  Alar- 
tin  and  Sullivan ;  in  track 

C.  A.  Jones,  Knapp,  and  D.  V.  Smith,  and  in  gym  Wimberley  have 

also  upheld  Xineteen's  record. 

Throughout  her  struggle  Nineteen  has  been  ably  pilotted  by 
W.  G.  Wills  Jr.,  as  president  and  J.  J.  Sullivan  as  vice-president. 

We  were  particularly  unfortunate  in  the  disorganization  of  our 
class  earlv  in  our  hrst  class  vear  by  our  country's  call  for  men. 
The  call  was  gladly  answered  and  eighty  per  cent  of  the  class  went 
into  the  service,  while  those  who  remained  were  expecting  soon  to 
follow.  However  the  signing  of  the  armistice  released  these  men 
for  their  former  duties  and  bv  January  first  Nineteen  was  again 
intact. 

The  four  years  we  have  passed  together  within  these  histor- 
ical old  walls,  sharing  our  jovs  and  sorrows,  our  work  and  play,  our 
every  minute  of  existence,  have  welded  us  into  a  brotherhood  so 
close,  have  so  interwoven  our  lives  and  interests,  that  the  thought 
of  parting  brings  a  pang  to  every  heart  and  a  tear  to  every  eye. 


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Si 


we  came  here  to  acquire. 
We  leave  with  best 
wishes  for  tlmse  men  of 
nineteen  who  have  drop- 
ped by  the  wayside, 
(  some  through  no  fault 
of  their  own), with  pride 
and  confidence  in  the 
future     of     our     A  1  m  a 


Mater,  and  with  deep  love  and  hope  for  each  fellow  member  of  our 
class.  As  we  separate  and  go  forth  alone  to  face  the  turmoil,  trials, 
and  adversities  of  a  busy  world,  the  tides  of  fortune  will  drift  us  far 
apart,  yet  not  so  far  we  will  not  he  bound  by  the  insoluble  ties  of 


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fraternal  comradeship  to  one  another  and  our  school.  What  lies  be- 
fore us  we  know  not,  but  with  bright  prospects  and  under  an  auspi- 
cious star  let  us  begin  our  voyage  on  life's  perilous  sea  with  that  in- 
describable state  of  mind  known  as  "V.  M.  I.  Spirit"  and  with 
Stonewall  Jackson's  undying  words  ever  before  us: — 

"The  destinies  of  men  and  nations  are  in  their  own  hands." 

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Adams,  J.  B Lynch  Station,  Va. 

Allen,  A.  T Ulendale,  S.  C. 

Allen,  L.  E.,  Jr Marlin,  Tex. 

Alvis,  E Fishersville,  Va. 

Arrington,  W.  A Arrington,  Va. 

IVackus.  .1.  II Xorl'olk.  Va. 

Bacharach,  B Atlantic  City,  X.  J. 

Bancroft,  T.  0 Orange,  Tex. 

Barker,  C.  C Axton,  Va. 

Bauserman,  E.  V Woodstock,  Va. 

Benners,  T.  H..  Jr.  .Birmingham,  Ala. 

Berry.  F.  W Luray,  Va. 

Bletcher,  F.  0 Winnipeg,  Can. 

Broaddus,  F.  C El  Paso,  Tex. 

Bryan,  B.  M..  Jr Alexandria.  Va. 

Bu'ndy,  K.  J Cleveland.  Ohio 

Calvert,  W.  J.,  Jr.  . .  .Portsmouth,  Va. 

Casey,  W.  M Lynchburg,  Va. 

Cluing-.  D.  S Oakland,  Cal. 

Comegys,  E.  F. . Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

Cox,  E Eichmond,  Va. 

Crai'ghill,  D.  II Lynchburg,  Va. 

Crist,  G.  W..  Jr.  .  .  .Montgomery,  Ala. 

Davis.  N.  B. Palatka,  Fla. 

Davis.  T.  C Pamplin,  Va. 

Derryberry,  M.  E Nashville,  Term. 

De  Shazo,  J.  S Houston.  Va. 

Fairlamb,  W.  S Eichmond,  Va. 

Gaillard,  C.  C Greenville.  Tex. 

Gallman,  0.  T Spartanburg.  S.  C. 

Goodall,  V.  H Birmingham,  Ala. 

Graham,  A.  H Harrisonburg,  Va. 

Greene,  F.  K Middleburg,  Va. 

Groover,  P Quitman,  Ga. 

Hairston,  B Reidsville,  X.  ('. 

Hardy.  F.  B Blackstone,  Va. 

Hardy,  G.  W..  Jr Shreveport,  La. 

Hardy,  W.  II..  Jr Fort  Worth,  Tex. 

Haskell.  J.  C Mineral,  Va. 

Hawkins,  H.  P...  Jr.  .  .Eichmond.  Va. 

Eeisig,  G.  W Beaumont,  Tex. 

Herring,  F.  L Mosspoint,  Miss. 

Hoge,  C.  E..  Jr Frankfort,  Ky. 

Bood,  C.  E Hoods  P.  0.,  Miss. 

1  lushes,  C.  E..  Jr. 


M.  ('..  .1,- Petersburg,  V\ 

I.  S New  York,  X.  V 

\V.  I) racksonvil 

Jordan.  .1.  C,  Jr Danville,  Va. 

Josey,  .1.  !•'..  Jr Beaumont,  Tex. 

Kerl'in.  W.  C Roanoke,  Va. 

javender,  W.  D Centerville,  Ala. 

Litzenberger,  L.  M. .  .  .Middleton,  Ind. 

Lnck,  C.  S.,  Jr Vshlan.l.   Va. 

Mallory,  F.  B.,  Jr Paris.  Tex. 

Marshall.   R.  C Portsmouth.   Va. 

Milton,  W.  II..  Jr.. Wilmington.  X.  C. 

Monroe,  E.  E.,  Jr Brookneal,  Va. 

Montague,  F.  L Richmond,  Va. 

Montgomery.  W.  S.,  Jr 

Spartanburg.  S.  C. 

Munson,  H.  H..  Jr Macon.  Ga. 

McEachin,  T.  C Wilmington.  X".  C. 

XTeal,  W.  McD Berryville,  Va. 

Norvell,  L Beanmont,  Tex. 

Xourse.  W.  E New   Orleans.  La. 

Nurney,  J.  W Suffolk,  Va. 

Parker,  W.  XT Eichmond,  Va. 

Parkinson,  E.  B Warrenton,  Va. 

Parrot.  J.  C Eoanoke.   Va. 

Paxton,  W.  C Danville.  Va. 

Payne,  II.  P.  M Nashville,  Tenn. 

Potts,  .1.  D..  Jr Eichmond.  Va. 

Potts,  M.  W.,  Jr Fort  Worth.  Tex. 

Eoberts,  A.  E Lake  Charles,  La. 

Eoberts,  L.  S Norfolk,  Aa. 

Roberts.  W.  T.  S Lexington.  Va. 

Satterfield.  F.  M.  .  .Washington.  D.  C. 

Scott,  E.  ('..  Jr Richmond,  Va. 

Slack.  T.  A Fort  Worth.  Tex. 

Svdnor.  IT Norfolk,   Va. 

Terry.  C.  M Richmond,  Va. 

Turner.  H.  M.  C Zononi,  Va. 

Wallace.  0 Fredericksburg.  Va. 

Wallis,  W.  T Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 

Wang,  II.  C Pekin,  China 

Whitfield.  G.  D Franklin.  Va. 

Williams,   E.   J Jackson.   Ga. 

Williams,  W.  T Independence.  Mo. 

Winston.  W.  A Kingston.  X.  Y. 


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SECOND  CLASS 


TF»rofiCbrt     ''9 


History  of  the  Second  Class 

FTER  burning  the  last  gallon  of  Dad's  gas,  after  extracting 
promises  of  daily  letters  from  the  sweetest  girls  in  the 
world,  we  caught  the  last  connection  with  the  Virginia 
Creeper  and  rolled  barrackward  seventy  strong.  In  our 
new  dignity  as  upper  classmen  "we  put  away  childish 
things"  and  tried  to  buckle  down  amidst  the  restless  young  hope- 
fuls of  our  nation  at  war. 

The  close  of  the  first  month  saw  us  enrolled  under  the  new 
regime  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  Then  unprecedented  things  started  our 
way  in  demoralizing  succession.  Chief  of  these  was  the  exodus 
of  the  first  class  to  training  camps,  there  to  take  a  more  active  share 
in  making  "the  world  safe  for  Democrats."  Some  of  our  numbers 
were  made  commissioned  officers  in  the  battalion  and  learned  how 
to  wrap  a  silk  ribbon  around  their  middles  and  appear  nonchalant 
with  sabers. 

Before  they  could  realize  the  uselessness  of  a  "dumbo"  lieut 
enant  these  more  fortunate  ones,  along  with  a  majority  of  their 

classmates,  were  transferred  to 
Camp  Zachary  Taylor  and  Fort- 
ress Monroe.  Here  they  learned 
how  to  wash  leggins  and  meat 
cans  and  were  initiated  into  the 
horrors  of  K.  P.  They  learned 
how  to  fill  a  recoil  cylinder  with 
hydrolene  and  how  to  become  an 
attentive      chambermaid      to      a 


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Holland.  After  enjoying  the  comforts  oi  home  under  a  camou- 
flaged Christmas  Furlough,  the}-  pulled  into  barracks  in  time  for 
the  hops. 

Mean  while  the  remnants  of  our  class  had  striven  nobly  in  the 
face  of  all  difficulties  upholding-  the  standard  of  the  Institute,  and 
they  deserve  all  praise  for  the  work  they  did. 

In  athletics  '20  was  well  represented,  for  although  some  mono- 
gram men  were  lost  by  enlistments  in  the  army,  new  material  was 
developed,  hi  football  Cutchins  and  Haw- 
kins, S.  represented  us.  while  Bacharach 
and  Hawkins,  H.  were  the  mainstays  of 
the  class  in  basketball. 

Jordan,  J.  and  Jeffries- were  chosen  to 
lead  the  class  thru  the  trials  of  the  third 
year,  and  no  better  men  could  have  been 
chosen  for  the  positions.    Jeffries,  and  Par 


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The  coveted  rings  lent  their  lustre  about  Christmas  time  and 
manv  left  to  adorn  fairer  hands  as  soon  as  they  came  within  these 
walls.  All  of  which  goes  to  show  the  matrimonial  possibilities  and 
good  judgement  of  some  of  our  members. 

The  second  term  is  well  under  way  and  visions  of  Finals  and 
next  year  as  first  classmen  flit  thru  our  minds.  All  of  us  hope  to 
make  a  record  which  will  seat  us  firmly  in  the  hearts  of  all  alumini. 
and  of  the  corps  at  Y.  M.  I. 

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Adams.  E.  F Norfolk,  Va. 

Addison,  G.  D Richmond,  Va. 

Adkins.  H.  T Danville,  Va. 

Alt,  G.  T University.  Va. 

Arlington,  R.  T Richmond,  Va. 

Ashley.  J.  R McKinney,  Tex. 

Austin,   F Chicago,  ill. 

Ayres,  J.  C Accomac  C.  H.,  Va. 

Balfour.  C.  II..  Jr Norfolk,  Va. 

Ballon,  .1.  W Oxford,  X.  C. 

Barret,  F.  M New  Port  News.  Va. 

Barrow.  E.  P..  Jr Port  Norfolk,  Va. 

Bemis.  J.  R Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Rennet.  G.   McC Buckhorn,   Va. 

Berry.   D.   \V Houston.   Tex. 

Berry,  M.  K Vernon,  Tex. 

Bhiekwell.  P.  H Henderson.  Ky. 

Blair.  J.  H Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Blake.  O New  York,  N.  Y. 

Boatwright,  .1.  I Portsmouth,  Va. 

Bond.   A.   J Richmond,   Va. 

Booze.  J.  M Lake  Charles.  La. 

Bouldin,  T.  V Washington.  I  >.  ('. 

Bowles.  J.  C Columbia,  Va. 

Bowman.  C.  W Brownsville.  Pa. 

Briggs.  R.  C Taylor.  Tex. 

Broekenhorouj.rh.  A Richmond,   Va. 

Bruner,  F.  D Roanoke.  Va. 

Bryan.  C.  J Goldsboro,  N.  <\ 

Buch,  R Lynchburg,   Va. 

Burlington,  R.  McC,  Jr Richmond,  Va. 

Campbell,  T.  P Morristown,  Tenn. 

Carter.   A.   B Richmond.   Va. 

Casey.  J.  F Lynchburg,  Va. 

Caswell.  W.   D Cleveland.   Ohio 

Cares,  MaeE.  L Spartanburg.   S.   C. 

Christian.  H.  T Lynchburg.  Va. 

Clark.  A Greenville.  Tex. 

Clerk.  N.  K Savannah.  Ga. 

Clarkson,  H.  TV Chicago,  111. 

Cobh.  B.  C Portsmouth.  Va. 

Coleman,  M.  R Ardmore,  Okla. 

Connally,  M.  H Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Cook.  H.  H Charlestown.   W.   V. 

Cosby.  G.  H Lynchburg.  Va. 

Craig,  J.  E Deerfield,   Va. 

Crist.  J.  F Montgomery,  Ala. 

Crocket.  J.   F Dublin,   Va. 

Camming,  H.  S Washington,  D.  C. 

Cutchins.   S Richmond.    Va. 

Davidson.  R.  P Washington,  D.  C. 

Davis.  W.  T Madison.   Fla. 

Hearing.  A.  W Lexington.   Va. 

Debardeleben,  D Chatanooga.  Tenn. 

Dickerson,  H.  W ^BKichmoi 

Dickson.  R.  R ( n  ^^bUg^b^Vj 

Draper,  H.  D S:^H  Hrhara.  Cal 

Drennen.   A.   T £|  ^Kham 

rDndley.   H.   E ^M  ■tvill 

Duff,   R.      .-_  .  .  ^fl  Hi  w^^'h 


Dnnseth.  J.    F Paris.   Tex. 

Echols,  R Dimmock,  W.  Va. 

Elliot.  R.  F Edenton,  N.  C. 

Ellis.   R.  R Havane.  Cuba 

Embrey,  A.   W Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Emerson,   A Portsmouth,  Va. 

Estis.  J.   S Danville.   Va. 

Evans,  T.  B Churcb  View,  Va. 

Everett.   L.    E McKinney.   Tex. 

Fain.  J.   C Oklahoma   City.   okla. 

Fletcher.  E.  I Accomac.  Va. 

Foster.   H.    E Lake   Charles.    La. 

Fowler.   F.    II Philadelphia.   Pa. 

Fuller.  W.   A I  lanville.    Va. 

Fulton,  .1.  McF Birmingham,  Ala. 

Gallagher,  J.  F Leesburg,  Va. 

Gallalee,   K.   M Portsmouth.   Va. 

Garrow,  II.  W Houston.  Tex. 

Gibson,   M.   L Fredericksburg,   Va. 

Gilbert,  C.  V Donner,  La. 

Gleason,  H.  C Clifton   Forge,  Va. 

Gleaves.  C.   B Roanoke.  Va. 

Glover,  J.  M Richmond.   Va. 

Goodwin,  R.  T..  Jr Montgomery,  Ala. 

Greathead.  R.  X..  Jr Norfolk.  Va. 

Greene,  J.  F Washington,  D.  C. 

Gridley,  W.  G Kirkville.  N.  Y. 

Hagan,  J.  ('..  Jr Richmond,  Va. 

Hamilton.   F.  T Anniston.   Ala. 

Harmon.   H.   \V Richmond,   Va. 

Harper.    J.    B Natalie.    Va. 

Harper.  R.   S Pinners  Point.  Va. 

Hartley.  F.  K Fairmont.  W.  Va. 

Harwood.   E.   E Trenton.   Tenn. 

Hawkins.   K.   A Charleston.   \V.   Va. 

Hicks.  W.  II Talladeja.  Ala. 

Hill.   J.   M Fort    Worth.   Tex. 

Hopkins.  A.  I Tasley.  Va. 

Horm,  J.  D Rocky  Mount.  N.  C. 

Howard,  G.  A Washington,  r>.  C. 

Ingram.  D.  T Richmond.  Va. 

Ireys.   H.   T Jett,   Ky. 

Johnston.  E.  M Bluefleld,  W.  Va. 

Johnson.  W.  B I'.luetie'.d.  W.   Va. 

Jones,   C.   W Norfolk,    Va. 

Jones.  H San  Angelo.  Tex. 

Jones.  J.  W Martinsville.  Va. 

Jones.  W.   F..  Jr Washington,   D.   C. 

Jordan.  J.  H Kansas  City.  Mo. 

Kane.  F.  C Voungstown,  Ohio 

Kollam.   II.   S Princess  Anne.   Va. 

Kennedy,   W.   T KnoxvlUe,   Tenn. 

Kennon.  A.  R Mineral.  Va. 

Kimberly.  II.  II. .  Jr Hampton.  Va. 

Kin.'.  W.  M Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Kirwan.  J.  McC Baltimore,  Md. 

Knapp.  J.  W..  Jr Richmond.  Va. 

Lacy.   C.   A..   Jr Memphis.  Tenn. 

Lajne.   E.    R Windsor.    Va. 

1.  H.  C Blackstone,  Va. 

».   L.  J Macon.  Ga. 


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Lauck,  E.  AV Lurav,  Ya. 

Lee,  H.  D.  L Elkins,  W.  Ya. 

Lee.  R.  Y McPherson,  Ga. 

Linthicum,  T.  C Deming.   X.   M. 

Lockey.  W.  H Chipley,   Fla. 

Love.  D.  V Boston,  Mass. 

LoTell,  S.  G Baltimore,  Md. 

Lyons,  M.  H Mobile.  Ala. 

Mann,  J.  H.  C Petersburg.  A'a. 

Mann.  J.  C Greenwood,  Miss. 

Mantor,  L Taylor,  Tex. 

Marbury.  W.  L.,  Jr Baltimore,  Md. 

Marshall.   S.  A Jacksonville,   Fla. 

Mason,  S.  A Hampton,  Ya. 

Masury.  J.  M Yirginia  Beacb,  Ya. 

Maxwell.  R.  O Norfolk,  Va. 

Mears,  C.  B Cbincoteague,  Ya. 

Meech,  R.   W Norfolk,   Ya. 

Meecli.   S.  M Norfolk,  Ya. 

Mercer,  D Portsmouth,  Ya. 

Miller.  AV.  T Lynchburg,  Va. 

Millner.   H.  B Lynchburg,   Ya. 

Monroe.  D.  D Houston,  Tex. 

Monroe.  W.  I).,  Jr Washington.  D.  C. 

Mbore,  B.  T Tazewell.  Va. 

Moore,  L.  A Grand  Forks,  N.  D. 

Moss,  C.  M Lake  Charles.  La. 

Murphy.  P.  B.  B Newman.  Ga. 

Murrill.  R.  S Charlotte,  N.  C. 

McCaddon.  S.  G New  York,  N.  Y. 

McClain.  J Gibsonia,  Pa. 

McCord.  W.  J Kansas  City,  Mo. 

McCuiston,  R.  H.  P Paris,  Tex. 

McCulloch.  R.  R Washington,  D.  C. 

McDavid,  E.  R..  Jr Birmingham,  Ala. 

McKeller.  G Forney,  Tex. 

McMillan.  M.  H Bristow,  Okla. 

Nicholson.   C.   P Norfolk,  Va. 

Orme.  A.  J Atlanta,  Ga. 

Overby,  D.  A.,  Jr Danville.   Va. 

Owsley.  H Denton.  Tex. 

Parker.  M.  M Portsmouth,  Ya. 

Parsons.  S.  O Kansas  City.  Mo. 

Pate.  R.  McC Norfolk.  Ya. 

Patton.  W.  R Darlington,  S.  C. 

Paxton.  P.  L Buena  Yista,  Ya. 

Payne.  F.  N..  Jr Harrisburg.  Pa. 

Payne.  J.  B..  Jr Dallas.  Tex. 

Peebles.  W.  S..  Jr Lawrenceville  Va. 

Pendleton.  J.  H..  Jr Lexington.  Va. 

Pendleton.  N.  W AA'ytheville,  Ya. 

Peimybacker.  J.  E Washington.  D.  C. 

Pennybaeker.  M.  W Broadway.  Ya. 

Phillips  J.   B Perdue.   Kv. 

Polk.  E.  W Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Powell.  <i.  Y Danville,  Ya. 

Preston.   S.  H Tazewell,  Ya. 

Price.  W.  J Center ville.  Md. 

Rathburn.  G.  R Sougi  Bethlehem 

Recker,   M.    R ^^Kiuiiai^tffTTid 


Reese,  C.  B Richmond.  Ya. 

Reid,  J.  K The  Plains,  Ya. 

Reynolds.  W.  F Richmond,  Va. 

Ribble.  J.  M Petersburg,  Va. 

Richardson.  J.  E Muskogee,  Okla. 

Riddle.  C.  M..  Jr Danville.  Ya. 

Ripley.  F.  E.,  Jr Taylor,  Tex. 

Roche,  H.  S..  Jr Middlesborough.  Ky. 

Robertson,  D.  A Lynchburg,  Va. 

Robertson,  J.  J..  Jr Cumberland,  A'a. 

Robinson,  J.  K.  E Lexington.  A'a. 

Russells,  S New  York,  N.  Y. 

Rutledge,  B.  H..  Jr Charleston,  S.  C. 

St.  Clair,  G.  T..  Jr Bluefleld,  AV.  Va. 

Sauer,  C.  F Richmond,  A'a. 

Scott.  W.  AV Muskogee,  Okla. 

Sebring,  E.  E Willoughby,  Ohio 

Sedwick,  J.   H Albany,  Tex. 

Semans.  J.  T Uniontown,  Pa. 

Smith,  B.   H Billings.  Mont. 

Smith,  E.  A..  Jr Kings  Mountain,  N.  C. 

Smith.  J.  A New  Orleans.  La. 

Smith.  J.  T Long  View.  Tex. 

Smith.  T.  W Birmingham,  Ala. 

Smith.  W.  D..  Jr Birmingham.  Ala. 

Starke,  H.  M..  Jr Richmond,  A'a. 

Stokes.  W.  M..  Jr Lynchburg.  A'a. 

Strother.  H.   S Culpeper.  A'a. 

Stroud,  W.  S Greenwood.  Miss. 

Stuart,  W.  D..  Jr Richmond,  A'a. 

Synie.  S Washington,  D.  C. 

Tate,  W.  C Danville,  A'a. 

Taylor,  R.  AY.,  Jr.  .Moorehead  City,  N.  C. 

Thompson.  R.  C Huntington.  W.  Ara. 

Tichenor,  H.  McD Monroe,  Ga. 

Tinsley.  S.  H Richmond,  A'a. 

Turley,  J.  C Bluefield.  W.  A'a. 

Turman.  S.  B Tampa,  Fla. 

Tyler.  H.  G.,  Jr Norfolk,  A'a. 

Yan  Syckle,  R.  E,  Jr Troy.  Pa. 

Vaughan.   F.   F Hampton,   A'a. 

Von  Schilling.  F Hampton,  A'a. 

Wallihan.  L.  E Front  Royal,  A'a. 

Walker.   J.    M Tarrentun.    Pa. 

Washington.  S.  W.  .  .('harlestown.  W.  A'a. 

Waters.  W.  E Louisville.  Ky. 

Watson,  H.  L..  Jr Richmond.  A'a. 

Weaver.  R.  C Port  Norfolk.  A'a. 

Wessells.  S.  A Greenbush.  A'a. 

Weisel.  S.  R Norfolk.  A'a. 

Welton.  R.  H.  B Norfolk,  A'a. 

Wenger.    R.   A Waynesboro,   A'a. 

Wilmer.  .F.  P Richmond,  A'a. 

Wilson,  S.  B.,  Jr Jlemphis,  Tenn. 

Wilson,  W.  Y Alemphis,  Tenn. 

Winfree,   R.   N Lynchburg,   Ara. 

Wormeldorf.  L El  Paso,  Tex. 

Young.  W.  T..  Jr Corinth.  Miss. 


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EETING  of  the  Third  Class  in  the  Y.   M.  C.  A.  room  immediately 

after  Tattoo."  Too  many  men  to  meet  in  any  keydet  room,  and  quite 
a  crowd  for  even  the  spacious  V.  M.  I'.  A.  Having  passed  thru  the 
long  chrysalis  period  of  rathood  and  emerged  into  the  glorious 
state  of  an  old  cadet,  the  Third  Class  returned  after  a  Ions;-  summer 
furlough,  a  full  fledged  class. 

The  Class  which  met  in  September  was  fortunate  in  having  a  large  ma- 
jority of  its  matriculates  back  as  third  classmen  to  carry  on  the  good  work 
begun  the  year  before.  Nearly  two  hundred  were  bound  together  by 
the  closest  of  ties,  to  pass  thru  the  trials  and  tribulations  of  the  second  year 
at  V.  M.  I. 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  class  Pate  was  re-elected  as  president  and 
Dickson,  R.  as  vice-pesident. 

It  was  not  long  before  the  need  of  our  country  for  real  men  called  many 
of  the  class  to  the  colors,  and  for  a  while  it  looked  as  if  '21  would  be  short 
lived,  indeed,  but  with  the  termination  of  the  war  the  men  in  the  service  be- 
gan to  flock  back  to  their  Alma  Mater  and  by  Christmas  the  class  was  back 
to  the  standard  it  had  at  the  beginning  of  the  year. 

At  mid  year  exams  we  struck  a  great  streak  of  luck.  Owing  to  unsettled- 
ness  and  uncertainty  existing  during  the  first  semester,  every  one  was  de- 
clared proficient.  This  was  particularly  fortunate  for  the  third  class  of  all 
classes,  for,  owing  to  the  many  new  activities  which  they  take  part  in,  a  great 
many  men  are  deprived  of  their  ring  for  another  year.  By  omitting  mid-year 
exams  every  man  that  stays  until    Finals  will  receive  the  little  gold  circlet. 

(Board  of  Visitors  and  Superintendent 
note  what  an  improvement  this  would 
make  if  made  a  permanent  feature.) 

In  athletics  '21  has  maintained  a  very 
high,  standard.  In  football  McCuiston 
Stuart,  Ingram,  Mason,  Coleman,  and 
Wilson,  received  the  coveted  monogram, 
while  Dickson,  R.  and  Smith,  T.  were  re- 
cipients of  gold  footballs.      Dickson   was 


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In    Baseball,   Track,   and  Tennis   '21, 
lias    its    share,    and    more,    of    delegates. 
Jordan,  H.,  McDavid,  E.,  Gleaves,  Semans.  and  Kane  have  shown  their  ability 
to  hold  up  their  end  of  the  argument. 

But  athletics  is  not  the  only  endeavor  that  the  class  has  distinguishes 
itself  in.  It  was  blessed  by  the  mildest  winter  that  this  section  has  ever  wit- 
nessed. And  if  no  other  epitaph  goes  on  its  tombstone,  this  one  little  sent- 
ence should:  "they  walked  their  special  guard,  angels  could  do  no  more."  And 
reminiscences  of  a  still,  dark,  night,  a  barracks  quiet  in  study,  a  bedlam  of 
noise  as  twenty  energetic  sentinels  repeat  the  Bolshe- 
vik pass  word,  "Corporal  Guaaaaaard  Number  twenty 
wooon". 

So  class  of  1921  we  are  proud  of  you  and  looking 
forward  to  a  career  of  increasing  usefulness. 

Historian. 


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Aliell,  H.  B Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Agnor,  G.  L Lexington,   Va. 

Airth,  W.  S Live  Oak,  Fla. 

Ames,  W.  C.  Jr Smithfield,  Va. 

Amiss.  F.  T Luray,  Va. 

Anderson,  C.  E Sandy  Level,  Va. 

Archer,  W.  W..   Jr Richmond.   Va. 

Arens,  R.  M Indianapolis.   Ind. 

Armstrong,  F.  M Troy.  N.  ('. 

Adkinson,  W.  H..  Jr Washington,  1>.  C. 

Badgett,  J.  M South   Boston.   Va. 

Bain.  K.  A..  Jr Portsmouth,  Va. 

Barr,   A.   W Winchester.    Va. 

Barry,  N.  G Middlesburg,   Ky. 

Bartenstein,  L.  K Warrenton,  Va. 

Battle.  J.  M Charlottesville.  Va. 

Batley.   H.   R Norfolk.   Va. 

Beaseley,  J.  W Roanoke,  Va. 

Bebell.  W.  F.,  Jr Jamaica.  N.  Y. 

Bell.   S.   IT Dublin,   Va. 

Bendheim.  S Richmond,   Va. 

Berman,  G Lynchburg,   Va. 

Blandford.  I.  I Portsmouth.   Va. 

Blankenship.  J.  M Richmond,  Va. 

Boiling,  R.  W Roanoke.  Va. 

Bonney.   F.   P Norfolk,   Va. 

Buch,   W.   H..   Jr Shreveport,   La. 

Bosworth.  J.  C Brownsburg,  Va. 

Bowden.  R.  E Louisville,  Ky. 

Bowles.   G Winchester.   Va. 

Bowman,  DeW.  0 Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Braswell.  J.  C Rocky  Mount,  N.  C. 

Brehm,  E.   E Fairfax,  Wash. 

Brewer,  J.  B Rocky  Mount.  N.  C. 

Briggs.  C.   W Houston,  Tex. 

Bromley,  C.  V..  Jr Neimours.  W.   Va. 

Brooks,   J.   K.,   Jr Faunev.   Tex. 

Brown.  F.  F Hillsboro,  111. 

Brown,  H.  C Birmingham,  Ala. 

Bryson.  J.  E Savannah.  Ga. 

Buchanan.  J.  D Jackson.  Ga. 

Bunting.  J..   Jr Salem.   Va. 

Burdeau.  J St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Burns,  A.  G Tulsa.  Okla. 

Cabell,  M.  N Mellwood,   Va. 

Campbell.  A.  M..  Jr Lynchburg.  Ya. 

Campodonico.  J.  J Richmond,  Ya. 

Carroll.  E.   L Charlottesville.   Ya. 

Carson,  T.  N Richmond.  Ya. 

Carter,  R.  G Leesburg,  Ya. 

Carter,  T.  N Danville,  Ya. 

Chisholm,  F.  B Kansas  City.  Mo. 

Claphand,  H.  W..  Jr Little  Rock.  Ark. 

Clark.  E.  M Danville.  Ya. 


Dabney,  R.  I Houston.  Tex. 

Dickson,  R.  F Chattanooga,  Tenu. 

Dorsey,  A.  H Hillsboro,   III. 

Douglas,  W.  S Hillsboro,  III. 

Douglas.  T.  P. Pittslield,  111. 

Dreifus.   C.   T Alexandria,    Va. 

I  irewry,  \V.  V Petersburg,  Va. 

Duke.  ('.   C Charlottesville,   Va. 

Edmond.  R.,  Jr Norfolk.  Ya. 

Edmund.  W.  W Lynchburg.  Ya. 

Edwards.  G.  ()..  Jr St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Estell,  II.  F..  Jr Huntsville.  Tex. 

Ferguson.  J.   W.,  Jr.  . .  Waynesville.  N.   C. 

Finch,  A.   R Philadelphia,   Pa. 

Follett,  .1.   D Berwyn.   Pa. 

Fontanna,  A.  W..  Jr New  York,  N.  Y. 

Fitzgerald.   B Rockwood,   Tenn. 

Francis.  ('.  K.  Jr West  Tulsa,  okla. 

Gaines,  J.   R Austin.  Tex. 

Gardner,  S.  C Franklin,  Ya. 

Gatlin,  M.  P..  Jr New  York.  N.  Y. 

Gayle,  K.  H..  Jr Norfolk,  Ya. 

(Jills.  J.  B Appomatox,  Ya. 

Glazier,    S Norfolk,    Ya. 

Gorton,  H.  B University.  Ya. 

Grant,   R.   C Warren.   Ohio 

Grace,  G.  T..  Jr Norfolk.  Ya. 

(Jroce,  J.  H Waxahachie,  Tex. 

Grombach,  J.  B New  Orleans.  La. 

Groner.  J.  Y Norfolk.  Ya. 

Grimes.   W.   R ( )range.   Ya. 

Guthrie,  A.  P. Bastrop.  La. 

Haas.    H Harrisonburg.    Ya. 

Hagner,  T.  W.   S Hagerstown,  Md. 

Hairston.  J.  J Wenouda,  Ya. 

Ilanlwiek.   C.   K.   E Richmond.   Ya. 

Harper,  J.  S Dunton,  Tex. 


Harris.   S..  Jr 

Harrison.  C.  B 

Harrison.  W.  R 

Harris.  S.  G..  Jr... 
Hatton.  E.  A..  Jr... 
Hobson.  E.  M.  T... 
Hobson,  J.  R.  A..  Jr 


.  .Birmingham.  Ala. 
..New   York.   N.   Y. 

Boyce.  Ya. 

. . .  .  Lynchburg,  Ya. 
. .  .Portsmouth.  Ya. 
..Birmingham.  Ala. 
.  Richmond.  Ya. 


Holladay.  J.  C.  Jr Suffolk.  Ya. 

Hollins.  A..  Jr Lake  Charles.  La. 

Holt.    H.    W Globe.   Ariz. 

Honaker.  C.  F Huntington.  W.  Va. 

Hopkins,  L.  R Onanock,  Ya. 

Hopkins.  S.  T El  Paso.  Tex. 

Hopkins.  W.  ( ' Atlanta.  Ga. 

Howard.  H.  C Wheeling.  W.  Ya. 

Hubbard,  H.  T..  Jr Norfolk.  Ya. 

Huff.  C.  W..  Jr Richmond,  Va. 

linger.  S.  S Lexington.  Ya. 

Humphreys.   ('.   K Narherth.  Pa. 

Hunter.  R.  T Trinidad,  Colo. 

Irving.   W.   H Evington,   Ya. 

Jackson.   S.   S Richmond.  Ya. 

Johnson.  D.  V Norfolk.  Ya. 

Johnson.  J.  O Norfolk,   Ya. 

Jones.  J.   H Elbertou.   Ga. 

E.   F.  Jr Abington,   Ya. 

A.  J Alexandria.  Ya. 

y.  P.  R         — .Dallas.  Tex 

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King,  C.  B Port  Worth,  Tex. 

Kinnear,  W.  A Lexington.  Va. 

Kissell,  C.  C West  Unity,  Ohio 

Knight.  B.  M Winchester.  Va. 

Kraft.  R.  W Portsmouth,  Va. 

Larew.  R.  F Staunton.  Va. 

LaRue.   R.   H Columbus.  Kan. 

Lee,  P Honolulu.  H.  I. 

Little,  D.  C Norfolk,  Va. 

Lynch,  G.  P..  Jr Richmond,  Va. 

Macklin,  H..  Jr North  Emporia.  Va. 

McCrae,  E.  B New  York,  N.  T. 

Manning.   L.   H Talladega,   Ala. 

Marshall.  W.  G Richmond,  Va. 

Martin.  R.  P Richmond,  Va. 

Massie,   F.   F Tyro,   Va. 

Massingham,  R.   S Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Massingham,  S.  H Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Matthews.  H.  S Pensacola,  Fla. 

Meade,  J.  R.  R Lexington,  Va. 

Mellon,  J.  C Charlotte.  N.  C. 

Menefee.  J.  R San  Antonio,  Tex. 

Miller.  P.   O Richmond,  Va. 

Moncure.  M.  W.,  Jr Richmond.  Va. 

Moore,   J.   P Birmingham.   Ala. 

Morrison.  G.  E Woodstock,  Va. 

Murphy.  H.  S Alexandria.  Va. 

Murrell.  J.  M Bayou  Goula.  La. 

Myers,  C.  T..  Jr Huntington.  W.  Va. 

McCauley.  R San  Antonio,  Tex. 

McConnell.  B.  F Roanoke,  Va. 

MeCurdy,    F Norfolk,    Va. 

McDavid,  C.  J Birmingham,  Ala. 

Nash,  C.  E Fort  Worth,  Tex. 

Nelson,  N.   H Richmond,   Va. 

Norman,  R.  G Richmond,  Va. 

O'Brien.  W.  V Middleport.  Ohio 

Pace,  H.  L Franklin.  Va. 

Parham.  E.  F Henderson,  N.  C. 

Parrot,  B.  F Roanoke.  Va. 

Patterson.   W.  A Mount   Sterling,  Ky. 

Patton,  W.  T Gainesville.  Fla. 

Peebles.  M.  W Lawrenceville.  Va. 

Peed.  S.  B Norfolk,  A'a. 

Perkinson.  W.  M Petersburg.  Va. 

Phillips.  H Orlando.  Fla. 

Philip,  W.  H Dallas,  Tex. 

Porter.  T.   B Jacksonville.   Fla. 

Porterfield.  J.  B..  Jr.  ..  .Birmingham.  Ala. 

Powell,  H.  A Richmond,  Va. 

Prewitt.  J.  P. Mount  Sterling.  Ky. 

Pugh.  W.  M Madisonville,  Va. 

Pugh.   W.   T Madisonville.   Va. 

Puller,   S.  B West  Point,  Va. 

Purcell,  J.  A Richmond,  Va. 

Rahily.  W.   T Petersburg,   Va. 

Rainey,   T.   C .JCausas   City.   Mo, 

Ramey.  M.  <; ^^-slL 

ii 'Bb^&f^-  Arlz 

Reid,   II.    I> ^^^^TAnnte.   I.a. 

Rhudy.  R.  R .' .  mW  Wk  .  .  Calax.  Va. 

S fl^^H^nnilria 

Rice.  H.  B MM  Moano 

Richardson.    R    J^^v  ^|  ■"raiiktpFh.   Vi 
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Robinson,  W.  G Lynchburg,  Va. 

Robinson.  C.  R Portsmouth,  Va. 

Rogan,   W.   B Roanoke,   Va. 

Rogers.  J.  T Nassawadox,  Va. 

Ross.  W.  B Missoula.  Mont. 

Rufnn.  C.  L Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Scales,  J.  I Richmond,  Va. 

Selden.  J Ranson.  W.  Va. 

Settle.  S.  B Flint  Hill.  Va. 

Seward.  W.  R Petersburg,  Va. 

Sewell.  J.  C .Krum.  Tex. 

Shackleford.   A.    G Birmingham,   Ala. 

Shannon,   W.   V ..Brazil.   Ind. 

Shelton.  J.  E Covington.  Tenn. 

Shields,  R.  W Pine  Ridge,  Miss. 

Skillman,  W.  O Dallas.  Tex. 

Skinner.  C.  W Waynesboro,  Ga. 

Sliger,   R.   E Oakland.   Md. 

Smith.  C.  K Wilson,  N.  C. 

Smythe.  M.   G Uvalde.   Tex. 

Southall.  S.  O Dunwoody  C.  H.,  Va. 

Southgate.  H.  S Norfolk,  Va. 

Spindle.  T.   H Christiausburg.  Va. 

Spratt.  T.  G Richlands,  Va 

Stephans.  A.  L.  L New  Orleans,  Ala 

Sterret,  T.  W Richmond,  Va. 

Strawhand.  T.  L Norfolk.  Va. 

Stubbs.  F.  P Monroe,  La. 

Sver.  C,  Jr Norfolk.  Va, 

Taliferro.   B.   N Madill,    Okla 

Taylor,  J.  R Whist  Hearts,  Va 

Taylor.  J.  M Danville,  Va. 

Teasley,  H.  J Portsmouth.  Va 

Thompson,   E.   A Memphis.   Tex 

Thompson,  H.  D Mint  Springs,  Va 

Thompson.    R Jackson.    Mi 

Tierney.   R.   P Westtield.  Ma 

Tilley.  J.   S Norfolk.   Va 

Tillman.  S.  B Birmingham,  Ala 

Toole,  J.  R Missoula.  Mont 

Trevillian.  J.   W Richmond,   Va 

Tucker,   H.   B Blackstoue,   V 

Venable.   R.   R Farmville,   Va' 

Venable.   W.   T..  Jr Farmville.  Va 

Waldo,   G.   E Barto.   Fla. 

Wales,  T.  S Norfolk,  Va 

Walker.  W.  McC Athens,  Ala 

Wallersteiu,  E.  I Richmond.  Va 

Ward,  C.  R Waxaehachie.  Tex 

Waterfield.  C.  W Union  City.  Tenn 

Weber.  C.  E Salem.  Va 

Wescott.   W.    C Atlantic   City,    N.   J. 

White,  A.  S Leesburg,  Va. 

White,    E.    V Leesburg,    Va. 

Whitted.  T.  B.,  Jr Charlotte.  N.  C. 

Williams.  P.  J Salem,  Va. 

Wilson,  B.  W..  Jr Richmond,  Va. 

Wilson,   H.   W Chatham,   Va. 

Wilson.  R.  B Globe.  Ariz. 

Woodall.  J.  C Charlotte.  N.  C. 

Woods,   W.   H Salem.   Va. 

rth.  C.  M Springdale.  Conn. 

gal,   F.   O brydeu,   Va 

affey.   R.   J Norfolk.   Va. 

wton,  Okla. 
W.  .1 .  .  ^Bk  •  •  •  .''^^rciobe.  Ariz, 


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So  lived  that  when  our  time  came  to  unite  with  that  immemorable  cara- 
van, which  shall  ever  prove  worthy  of  its  Alma  Mater,  we  came  not  as  a  few 
who  left  when  they  saw  a  chance,  hut,  determined  and  soothed  by  that  "Old 
Spirit,"  approached  the  moment  when  we  knew  we  would  "Cease  to  be." 

Hardly  had  we  brushed  the  dust  from  a-top  our  shoes, — we  mean  the 
dust  accumulated  during  "The  School  of  the  Soldier," — than  there  came  an 
influx  of  keen  Calic.  We  enjoyed  "Openings."  but  there  was  one  thing  that 
helped  to  keep  us  on  the  side  lines  and  that  was  the  dreaded  fear  of  stepping 
upon  the  toes  of  some  Third  Classman. 

Close  upon  the  heels  of  "Openings"  came  the  chance  for  a  number  of 
the  members  of  the  "Rat  Class," — which  in  days  to  come  will  be  better  known 
as.  "That  Class  of  '22 — .  to  earn  thirty  dollars  per  (haps).  Thanks  to  the  S. 
A.  T.  C. 

Well,  we  must  admit  things  were  getting  a  little  softer  for  us  when  the 
Institute  began  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  Training.  Really  we  thought  there  were  going 
to  be  "Rat  Sheenies"  instead  of  Third  Class  Meetings.  There  would  come 
a  call  for  officer  material  and  off  would  go  a  number  of  Upper  Classmen. 
This  thing  became  so  frequent  that  the  falling  off  in  number  was  followed  by 
its  natural  sequence,  poor  morale.  It  was  then  that  we  saw  the  real  need  of 
our  Upper  Classmen.  Down  in  our  hearts  we  were  glad  to  welcome  them 
back  for  we  had  realized  that  they  were  our  best  teachers  after  all. 

Through  all  the  above  period  the  old  Gridiron  Sport  was  in  season.  It 
was  there  that  we  were  called  upon  to  do  our  share  to  uphold  "Old  V.  M.  I.'s 
Standard."  We  gave  to  the  squad  a  number  too  numerous  to  lie  quoted  in 
this  allotte  space;  but  lest  we  forget  those  of  Varsity  caliber,  Dabney,  Hona- 
ker.  Bunting,  Drewry  and  Miller,  P.  You  may  count  on  us  for  a  still  better 
showing:  next  fal 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


As  usual  the  rainy  Thanksgiving  Trip  "came  and  went."  We  did  get  a 
peep  at  civilization  but  that  wasn't  what  we  craved.  We  longed  for  X-mas 
Dav.  That  also  "came  and  went."  Let  us  say  that  we  did  not  see  life  ima- 
ginatively, as  previous  to  Xmas,  but  actually  in  reality.  Taking  full  advan- 
tage of  our  privilege  we  planned  a  grand  "After  taps,  at  eleven"  parade.  Yes, 
it  came  off ;  the  noise,  the  fun.  the  penalty  tours  and  in  fact  everything  ex- 
cept our  pajamas.  Xow  this  was  the  last  thing  we  did  through  our  own 
craniums.  The  rest  of  the  thinking  was  done  by  those,  anything  but,  digni- 
fied Third  Classmen.  They  very  forcibly  borrowed  our  alarm  clocks.  To 
our  sorrow  we  saw  them  no  more,  but  to  our  amusement  we  heard  them 
alarm  successively,  just  after  taps  one  night.  That  didn't  seem  to  satisfy 
them  so  they  went  down  on  all  our  shoes. 

We. dare  say  no  previous  Rat  Class  can  boast  of  ever  receiving  such  dis- 
tinguished "Xmas  Presents."  A  few  days  after  Xmas  we  had  added  to  our 
roll  a  "Dough  Boy"  Lieutenant,  one  a  member  of  our  Expeditionary  Forces 
to  Siberia,  another  at  one  tiine  in  the  British  Army  and  still  another  with 
eight  months  service  in  our  Navy  to  his  credit. 

Xot  only  in  football  did  our  brothers  star.  For  instance,  just  take  a  look 
at  the  good  men  we  gave  to  the  Basket  Ball  Squad:  Bunting,  Shannon  and 
Campbell.  At  the  time  of  this  writing  it  is  too  early  to  give  the  account  of 
Our  Class  on  the  cinder  path,  but  you  can  count  on  us.  As  for  Baseball  you 
can  do  the  same. 

When  all  is  said  and  done  (to  us),  we  are  hopping  't  won't  be  much,  for 
everything  we  hear  just  now  is  about  Finals,  and  that  old  custom  which  is 
prevalent  at  the  time.  We  have  cheered  up,  for  we  know  the  worst  is  yet  to 
come. 

'T  was  a  few  nights  after  Xmas  Tide  that  we  gathered  in  that  room  just 
It  was  there  that  we  saw  our  dawn  of  ever  being 
anything.  We  elected 
officers  of  a  class  that  was 
to  be.  We  feel  proud  of 
ourselves  for  having  cho- 
sen two  such  fine  men  to 
lead  us  through  school ; 
Harrison,  W.  R.,  Presi- 
dent, and  Shannon,  W. 
V..  Vice-President.  Here's 
wishing  them  the  greatest 
of  success,  backed  up  by 
our  sincere  faith  ! 


Historian. 


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Colonel  Thomas  A.  Jones 

Professor  of  Engineering,  Head  of  the  Department,  Retired 

Lt.  Col.  B.  B.  Poague 

Associate  Professor  of  Engineering  and  Drawing,  Acting  head  of  the  Depart  men' 

Capt.  E.  H.  Nichols 
Instructor  Theory  of  Structures 

Capt.  L.  A.  Harrison 
Instructor  Highway  Engineering 


FIRST  CLASS 


Dillon.  E.,  Jr. 
Gary.  B.  E. 
Keezell,  N.  H. 
Knapp,  F.  D. 
Marehant.  B.  W 
Mertz.  0.  L. 


Moore,  W.  B. 
Qnigley 
Buffin,  T.  E. 
Sale,  E.  A. 
Williamson.  B.  B. 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


ELECTRICAL 

ENGINEERING 


Vi'<< 


INSTRUCTORS 

Col.  Francis  Mallory 
Professor  of  Electrical  Engineering,  Head  of  the  Department 

Lt.  Col.  R.  B.  Poague 
Instructor  in  Hydraulics  and  Drawing 

Capt.  H.  B.  Gardner 

Assistant  Professor  of  Electrical  Engineering,  Instructor  in  Steam  Engineering 


FIRST  CLASS 

Barret,  F.  S. 

Rhudv,  J.  T. 

Bond,  E.  K 

Scott,  F.  R. 

Cheyne.  W.  E. 

Smith,  D.  V. 

Conway.  E.  R..  Jr. 

Van  Wagenen,  F. 

Drennen,  C.  W. 

Williamson,  T.  S. 

Jernigin,  R.  C. 

SECOND  CLASS 

Young,  II.  1).  W. 

Arlington,  "W. 

Kerlin 

Bundy 

Jackson,  M. 

Davis 

Mallory 

DeShazo 

Milton 

Fairlamb 

Wallace,  C. 

Hardv,  F. 

Williams.  E. 

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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


CHEMICAL 
ENGINEERING 


INSTRUCTORS 

Col.  Hunter  Pendleton 
Professor  of  Chemistry,  Head  of  Department 

Col.  N.  B.  Tucker 
Professor  of  Mineralogy  and  Geology 


Capt.  J.  A.  B.  Dillard 

Instructor  in  Laboratory 

FIRST  CLASS 

Butler,  E.  L. 
Carter,  J.   P. 
Jones,  C.  A. 
Hurt,  H.  A. 
Jloncure,  J.  A. 

SECOXD  CLASS 

Parkhurst,  R.  B. 
1  Rudolph,  C.  C. 
Thompson",  .1.  M 
Winiherly,  B.  B. 

Adams,  J. 
Cluing 

Hawkins,  H. 
Jones,  W.  D. 

Cox 
Gaillard 

Roberts,  T. 
Satterfield 

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LIBERAL  ARTS 


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INSTRUCTORS 

Col.  H.  C.  Ford 

Professor 

of  History,  Head  of  D 

Col.  R.  T.  Kerlin 
Professor  of  English 

Col.  W.  M.  Hunley 

eparhnent 

Professor  of  Economics  and  Politics 

FIRST  CLASS 

Addison,  W.  M. 

Montjov,  L. 

Branch,  A. 

Morton',  T.  F. 

Brown,  P. 

Shaekleford,  W.  S 

Casey,  B.  W. 

Sullivan,  J.  J. 

Gill,  E.  H. 

Taylor,  F.  M. 

Higgins,  J.  D. 

Thomas,  C.  R. 

Jennings,  W.  L. 

Wilkinson,  W.  H. 

Jones,  T.  D. 

Wills.  W.  G. 

Lewis,  Y.  E. 

Withers,  K  R. 

Martin,  F.  K. 

SECOND  CLASS 

Bacharach 

Hughes,  C. 

Backus 

Jeffries,  E. 

Barker 

Jordan,  J.  C 

Bletcher 

Josey 

Calvert 

Lavender 

Casey,  W. 

Nurney 

Comegys 

McEachin 

Craighill 

Monroe,  E. 

Derryberry 

Mimson 

Gallman 

Montgomery 

Groover 

Paxton,  W.' 

Hardv,  G. 

Potts.  M. 

Haskell 

Scott,  R. 

Heisig            .^^ 

Turner 

l^hagS 

Wang 

Hoge               ^K^T 

Winston 

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SUMMER 
SCHOOL 


MAKING       IT       UP 


NCE  upon   a   time,   there   was   a   member  of   the   strong   sex  whose 
Block  was  jammed  with  stupendous  Hunks  of  Gray  Matter. 

His  profession  was  that  of  trying  to  push  up  the  Brows  of  the 
younger  Generation  and  fill  them  with  pro-Solomon  Propoganda. 

Although  this  guy  did  not  have  any  Napoleonic  Ambitions  and  did  not 
blossom  out  in  the  latest  trench  coat  Creation,  he  did  have  enough  Dope  to 
cause  the  Highers  Up  to  pin  a  pair  gold  leaves  on  him. 

Wedding  Bells  or  similar  hard  luck  caused  the  figures  in  his  First  Na- 
tional pocket  edition  to  need  a  heave. 

He  needed  Koosh. 

An  idean  exploded  in  the  old  Dome. 

Twas  a  beautiful  Thought. 


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Making  It  Up 


the  Paternal  element 
g.  It  was  a  bona  fide 
pretext  to  avoid  being  for- 
ced to  crack  their  Noses  to 
the  old  Grindstone  and  earn 
the  world  famous  three  Hots. 
The  major's  Madhouse 
was  a  success  ! ! 

All  the  Buzzards  who 
had  trifled  in  the  old  days 
or  naturally  had  vacancies 
upstairs  were  Roped  in.  , 

The    new    hangout    for 
these  pests  was  a  Stone  Age 
hole     in     the     hills     called 
Rockbridge  Alum  Springs. 
The  Suckers  soon  found  that  the  name  implied  the  quality.     They  un- 
animously agreed  it  to  be  a  Bitter  Dose. 
The  time  had  come  for  the  Kickoff. 
The   Mainspring  was   rearing  to   unwind. 

At  the  first  Roundup  the  King  found  he  had  two  score  of  Easv  Marks 
and  smiled  on  them  with  Gusto. 

He  proceeded  to  hand  out  a  line  of  Bull  about  "Why  we  are  here  and 
and  how  interesting  and  Educational  it  will  be." 

The  Parade  had  started. 

The  Beam  brought  with 
him  quite  a  staff  to  help 
with  the  Brain  Food  injec- 
tion. They,  too,  were  a  mil- 
itary crew. 

The  Handles  signifying 
their  respective  grades  had 
been  left  behind  for  this  was 
their  Lounge  Lizardino-  Sea- 


They  were  all  44  calibre 
and  had  aspirations  of  be- 
ing regular  Fellows. 

"Race    Horse"    Gardner 
was  the  steady  one. 
carries   the   steak   home,   cuts   the    Grass 
Evening  Paper  and  shouts  Hurrah  when 
the  Countrv. 


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"I  Smell"  Coulburn  was  a  different  type. 

This  dashing  young  Dinger  was  a  full  fledged  Band  Leader  in  the  Old 

Order  of  "HOOT  HOOTS."     He  had  seen  service  with  the  After  the  Show 

Crowd  and  was  an  authority  on  Hoyle's 
Regulation. 

Most  of  his  time  out  of  office  hours 
was  spent  with  four  at  the  table. 

And  there  was  one  more  of  the 
Deep  Stuffers. 

Even  though  he  was  a  Professional 
iT  A^^L-A-  he  kept  it  on  his  own  Chest. 

'"Hard  boy"  Barton  never  worried 
the  uninitiated. 

This  was  one  of  the  Minute  men 
who  keeps  the  Kodak  packed  and  is 
ever  ready  for  a  shot,  Regardless. 

The  most  Romantic  of  the  Prof's 
Right  Handers  was  'Child'  McCauley. 
In  the  full  Pack  he  was  a  Deuce. 
The  Moo  erupted  by  this  one  was 
more  Harassing  to  the  Common  Herd 
than  the  Clarion  notes  of  the  Tin  Chan- 
ticleer at  6:15   in   coldest  January. 

The  Personnel  of  the  more  Plebian 
Element     included     all     types     of     the 
Wisdom  Species. 

Worry  was  to  these  Mohunks  what  Fourth  Dimension  is  to  the  Hippo- 
potamus. /-.*,,-■  J!  4.U 

Theirs  was  to  be  six  weeks  of  Life  spent  in  sweet  Oblivion  from  the 
Cruel  World.  ,     , 

There  was  only  one  thing  these  Flip-flops  were  known  to  do  regularly. 

It  was  a  Dead  Cinch  that  eighty  Gunboats  would  be  parked  under  the 
Board  three  times  within  every  twenty  four  hours. 

Whatever  showed  up  on  the  Table  was  sure  to  make  a  Move. 

Whether  it  was  Pigs  Feet,  Spring  Onions,  or  Caviar,  all  of  it  was 
pushed  as  clean  as  a  Whistle. 

A  regular  diversion  of  the  other  inmates  was  to  watch  the  rierd 
cater  to  their  renowned  Vacancies. 

But  like  all  Youth  this  Rabble  had  a  bunch  of  excess  Steam  that  had 
to  be  expanded  in  some  way. 

Some  of  our  Heroes  were  of  the  Ultra  Ultra  Five  Hundred. 

These  Social  Highbrows  would  Flivver  about  in  a  Four  Lunger  while 
the   unpretentious  Element  meandered. 

The  former  enjoyed  frilly  frolying  about  with  the  Seminary  Flappers, 
of  hanging  around  the  Lobby  with  their  Pomps  all  bandolined. 

Tedo    Casev,    Todo    Sullivan,    Daddy   Craighill,    and    Monk  Montgomery 

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All  the  while  thoug 
he  was  dreaming  about  the 
ittle  snuggery  with  Chintz 
Curtains  and  pretty  Dew 
Dads.  He  was  pining.  Pin- 
ing.   1' IX  IXC. 

Brigum  Young,  another 
of  the  White  Flannelers,  to 
be  distinctively  individual, 
manufactured  a  hobby  of 
fishing  for  Sea  Food  in  the 
Mountain  Stream. 


mt   who    stepped   out    with    the 


Robin   Shackelford   were  two  more  of  those  in 

the    front    row    of    the    Highflyers. 

They  were  brothers   in    waiting. 

There  was  still  another  member  of 
the  would-Be's  who  spoofed  about  at 
intervals. 

By  Accident  or  Institution  he  was 
able  to  Saber  the  Lingo.  He  tried  to 
console  her  with  Espanola  but  there 
were  never  an}-  visibles  signs  of  making 
a  hit  hard  enough  to  ring  the  Bell. 

Eventually  Father  Time  poked  on 
and  on  throughout  these  fort}-  days. 

Some  were  disgusted  and  some  re- 
fused to   be   perturbed. 

The   end   had   come. 

Every  body  would  rush  into  civili- 
zation in  a  few  days. 

The  Major  and  his  gang  saw  vi- 
sions. 

They  were   visions  of  some  one  go- 
ing   nutty    if    the    Curtain   did    not    ring 
very   shortly. 
Before   departing  the   Camera   man   was   hailed   and   the    Royal    conclave 
was  to  have  the  usual  Flash  Light  snapped. 

The    Blurred   result   was  caused  by   ever}    one   wanting  a    prominent   por- 

Click  sounded. 


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OFFICERS 


FROM     "FIR6TPLOS"      TO       -D066Y" 


Col.  K.  S.  Purdie 

Commandant  of  Cadets,  Professor  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics 

Major,  Coast  Artillery,  United  Stall's  Army 

Capt.  Eenley  P.  Boykiii 
Assistant  Commandant,  Instructor  in  Military  Topography,  Supervising  Co.  "C 

Capt.  E.  H.  Nichols 
Supervising  Co.  "D" 

Capt.  J.  W.  McCauley 
Instructor  in  Signalling,  Supervising  Co.  "F" 

Capt.  J.  M.  Mettenheimer 

Supervising  Co.  "A" 

Capt,  E.  R.  Lafferty 
Instructor  in  Calisthenics.  Supervising  Co.  "B" 

Capt.  L.  A.  Harrison 

Instructor  in  Artillery,  Supervising  Co.  "E" 

Capt.  C.  C.  Cantrell 
Instructor  in  First  Aid  and  Military  Hygiene 

Capt,  J.  A.  B.  Dillanl 
Instructor  in  Minor  Tactics.  Supervising  Co.  "D"  vice  Capt.  Nichols 

('apt.  K.  Eoiuit,  M.  C.  C.  E.  P. 
Instructor  in  Trench   Warfare  and  the  Bayonet 


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Major  J.  W.  McChmg Treasurer 

Major  E.  A.  Sale Military  Storekeeper  and  Quartermaster 

Major   o.    II.   McChmg Surgeon 

Capt.  L.  E.  Steele Assistant  Military  Storekeeper 

Capt.  C.  C.  Cantrell Adjutant 

OTHEE  OFFICERS 

Lt.  Col.  Joseph  E.  Anderson 
Historiographer 

Miss  Xellie  Tracy  Gibbs 
Librarian 


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COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS. 


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K.  Martin Captain 

B.  Williamson,  Jr Captain 

G.   Wills Captain 

P.    Carter Captain 

J.  Sullivan Captain 

R.  Thomas ( 'aptain 

A.  Moncure,  Jr /•'iV.'-V  Lieutenant  ami  . 

M.  Addison FtV.y/  Lieutenant 

R.  Scott FiVx/  Lieutenant 

W.    i  Irennen First  Lieutenant 

M.   Taylor FtYxf  Lieutenant 

D.  Higgins First  Lieutenant 

A.  Sale First   Lieutenant 

B.   Moore Second  Lieutenant 


R.   Gary 

C.  Jernigin .  . 
F.   Morton.  .. 

L.  Mertz 

M.  Thompson. 


Jecond  Lieutenant 
tecond  Lieutenant 
lecond  Lieutenant 
Second  Lieutenant 
Second  Lieutenant 


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THE   STAFF 

J.  A.  Moneure Battalion  Adjutant 

H.  M.  Turner Battalion  Sergeant  Major 


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Company  "A" 

F.  K.  Martin '■  •  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■■■Captain 

W.  M.  Addison F"'s    ^utemnt 

R.  C.  Jernigin IC0™?  Lu-iilnmnt 

W.  M.  Casey FwJ*  ^ar<^ 

SEEGEANTS 

Fairlamb  Haskell  Slack 

Paxton,  0.  Bacharach 

COEPOEALS 

Pate  Debardeleben  Kennedy 

Pendleton,  N".  Cormally  Ayres 

Everett  Davidson 

PEI  YATES 

Adams,  E.  F.  Draper  McCauley,  E. 

Amiss  Estill  McCurdy 

Arens  Fuller  Mellon 

Armstrong  Gaines  Masury 

Bain  Gilbert  Morrison 

Barr  Graham  Norman 

Barrett,  S.  Harrison,  W.  Payne,  F 

Bebell  Honaker  Peebles,  M. 

Bonney  Huff  Quigley 

Brown,  D.  Hughes,  C.  Barney 

Brown.  P.  Hurt  Ramey 

Buchanan  Jackson,  S.  Rimmer 

Burdeau  Johnson.  W.  Smith,  K. 

Cam-podonico  Jones,  H.  Smith.  T. 

Coffee  ^^^^^(^\iiiilirrlv  Stroud 

Conway  ^^^^    Kimborough  Syme 

DeShazo         Mi  Laine,  L.  Teasley 

Dickerson      4KjE*  U»"is-  jjk.  Wakl° 

Douglas  Mm    _^W^1  Wescott 

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Company  "B" 

R.  B.  Williamson,  Jr Captain 

E.  A.  Sale.  Jr First  Lieutenant 

W.  B.  Moore Second  Lieutenant 

P.  W.  Berry,  Jr First  Sergeant 

SERGEANTS 

Parker,  W.  Comegys  Hoge,  C.  E. 

McEaehin  Potts,  M. 

CORPORALS 

MeCuistion  Robinson,  J.  K.  E.  Greathead 

Clark,  N.  Ingram  McDavid,  E 

Dickson,  R.  Berry,  M.  K. 

PRIVATES 

Anderson  Harmaii  Parker,  M. 

Balfour  Harwood  Parrott,  B. 

Barker,  C.  Huger  Peed 

Barrow  Johnston,  E.  Powell,  G. 

Black  well  Jones,  C.  Price,  W. 

Bartenstein  Jones,  C.  A.  Rahilly 

Blake  Kennon  Rhudy.  R. 

Bowles.  J.  C.  Kerlin  Reynolds 

Bond,  R.  LaRuc,  H.  Smith,  B. 

Brewer  Little  Smith,  D.  V. 

Brockenboroivgh  Lyons  Smith,  R.  M. 

Braswell  Manning  Sliger 

Gates  Mann.  J.  Spindle 

Cutchins,  S.  ^^  Mag^i.  L.  Stokes.  W. 

Cooke  ^^^^^^pFTm  Taylor.   1,'. 

Emmerson       ^H^^^^Lerson  Yaughan 

Koiitaiina       ^  Millar.  YV.  Waters 

Gayle  fl^KL      M.nyne.   ]j^.  Weaver 

Cil'iM.n.M       flV  J^^aJ  Williams.  E. 
Green,  jflWr  M     ^I^tUiII't, 

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Company  "C" 

W.  G.  Wills Captain 

F.  II.  Taylor First  Lieutenant 

J.  M.  Thompson Second  Lieutenant 

Derryberry   First  Sergeant 

SERGEANTS 
Jackson,  M.  Whitfield  Craighill 

Roberts,  W.  Hardy,  G.  . 

CORPORALS 
Jordan,  H.  McCord  Overbey 

Fain  Mann,  H.  Maxwell 

Boatwright  Murrill 

PRIVATES 

Ames  Garrow  Philp 

Ashley  Green,  J.  Puller 

Barry  Gray  Rhudy 

Bowman,  C.  Groce,  J.  Ripley 

Bryan,  C.  Eairston,  J.  Roberts,  M. 

Bryson  Harrison,  C.  Robertson,  D. 

Bu'ch  Hopkins,  C.  Robertson,  J. 

Butler,  E.  Hunter  Rosan 

Cheyne  Jones,  T.  Ruffin,  C. 

Cobb  King,  C.  Rutledge 

Cox,  E.  Kirwan  Scales 

Crochett,  J.  Lee,  R.  Southgate 

Crenshaw  Mallorv  Stubbs 

Dillon  Marshall,  S.  Svdnor 

Echols,  R.     ^  Marshall,  W.  Thompson,  R. 

Edmunds,  t^^^^^^^TeCadden  Tiche 

Edwards,  C.J  H^^^Moin.joy  Tillman 

Evans  ^M  Moore,  L.  Tenable,  R. 

fl^HL  ilwi.-niyA  Whitted 

Fulton  B  B    ^^trkjjj^^  Weisel 


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( 'apt ain 
First  Lieutenant 
Second  Lieutenant 


.  .' First    S 

SERGEANTS 

Milton 

Marshall.  R. 

Wallace 

Jones,  D. 

Herring 
CORPORALS 

McMillan 

Strother 

Hagan 

Adkins 

Enibrev 

Cosbv 

Phillips,  J. 

Knapp,  J. 
PRIVATES 

Archer 

Fowler 

Perkinson 

Arrington 

Glazier 

Porterfiekl 

Austin 

Hairston.  R. 

Pugh.  M. 

Blankenship 

Holladay 

Rice.  H. 

Booze,  J. 

Home 

Richardson 

Bosworth 

Hnbard 

Roberts.  L. 

Bromley 

Johnson,  D. 

Kuftiii.  T. 

Brown,  H. 

Jones.  \V. 

Russell 

Carter,  A. 

Kane 

Scott,  R. 

Casey,  J. 

King,  W. 

Shackelford.  A. 

Christian 

Lauek 

Shackelford.   YV. 

( 'hung 

Loekey 

Shannon 

( 'olonna 

Lynch 

Smith.    D. 

Crist 

McDavid,  C. 

Smith.  W. 

Curdts 

Mcrae 

Stuart 

Davis.  T.  C. 

Marchant 

Thompson,  C. 

Bearing 

Meai's 

Tinseley 

Duff                '^k. 

^^rfTTli.   R. 

Yenable.  W. 

Duke,  C. 

^^^L,-,-li. 

Wang 

jH 

Millner 

Wilson.  B. 

Edmund.  R.  0| 

Pattern.  W.^ 

Winfree 

Ellis 

H^^^  i  n  1 1  >jflK& 

Withers 

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Company  "E 


J.  J.  Sullivan 
W.  Drennen  . . 
T.  P.  Morton  . 
J.  Jordan 


Hardy.  W. 
Parrott,  J. 

Sedwick 

Caswell 

Cummings 

Arrington,  W. 

Atkinson 

Badgett 

Ballou 

Bowden 

Bowman 

Branch 

Briggs,  R. 

Bundy 

Casey,  B. 

Carson,  M. 

Carter,  R. 

Campbell,  A. 

Craig,  E. 

Clarke,  E. 

Core 

Crump 

Davis,  W. 

Brewery 


SERGEANTS 

Bletcher,  J. 

Allen,  L. 
CORPORALS 

Semans 

Kellam 

Pendleton,    H. 

PRIVATES 

Knapp,  F. 

Lavender 

Linthicum 

Marburv 

Martin.'  P. 

Massingham,  P. 

Massingham,  13. 

McCullough 

Mead 

Drennen,  A. 

Foster 

Galleher 

Gill 

Harper,  J. 

1 1  art  lev 

Hobson 

n-evs 

Johnsori,  J. 

Kinnear 

Pattersqs 


Captain 

.First  Lieutenant 

econd  Lieutenant 

First    Sergeant 


Williams,  W. 


Estes 
Bond,  A. 


Xourse 

Porter 

Purehell 

Rathbixm 

Riddle 

Robertson 

Ruddolph 

Scott.  W. 

Skillman 

Spratt 

Turlev 

Tyler' 

Washington 

Wenger 

White,  E. 

White.  A. 

Wilson.  H. 

Wilson.  S. 

Young;,  H. 


W. 


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Company  "F" 

C.  R.  Thomas ( 'attain 

.).  I ).  Higgins First  Lieutenant 

0.  L.  Mertz Second  Lieutenant 

P.  Groover First  Sergeant 

SERGEANTS 
Benners  Josey  Hawkins 

Winston  Satterfield 

COBPORALS 
Clarkson  Lee,  H.  Monroe.  W. 

Welton  Gleaves  Wilson,  W. 

McKellar  Orme 

PRIVATES 

Adams,  J.  Glover  O'Brien 

Agnor  Gordon  Parkhurst 

Alvis  Grant  Paxton,  P. 

Backus  Hamilton  Pennvbacker.  M. 

Battle  Hardy,  F.  Powell.  IT. 

Berber  Harris,  G.  Rawlins 

Bell  Heisig  Ribble 

Hunt  1 1  Hobson,  J.  Ridgely 

Bowles.  G.  Hopkins,  A.  Sebring 

Briggs,  C.  Hopkins,  L.  Settle 

Bullington  Jefferies.  E.  Shields 

Bunting  Jennings  Shipley 

Carroll  Keezel  Southall 

Cuteliiiis.  J.  Lacv .  Strawhand 

Dabney  ^^^^^^/J"*'-   !'••  Syer.  C. 

Ferguson  ^^^Taml  Van  Wagenen 

Fletcher  JB  Larew  Von   Schilling 

Fran-is  ^HE*     M'(1ini     ^^  Wallis.  W. 

Gaillanl  ^|  Hr    lLx^'",„*J.^B  Watson 

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Capt.  Lount  was  born  in  Barrie,  Ontario, 
in  1891,  and  was  reared  and  educated  in 
that  section  of  Canada.  Immediately  upon 
the  outbreak  of  the  European  War  in  1914, 
he  enlisted  and  sailed  for  France  in  the 
Fourth  Battalion  of  the  First  Contingent. 
He  qualified  for  a  commission  in  six  weeks 
and  his  rise  to  the  rank  of  Captain  was  rapid. 
He  saw  service  at  Vimy,  the  .Second  Battle 
of  Ypres,  Passchendale,  and  others.  Capt. 
Lount  was  decorated  for  bravery  twice,  re- 
ceiving the  Military  Cross  at  Vimy  and  the 
Bar  at  Passchendale.  At  Vimy  he  and  his 
runner  killed  three  Germans  and  captured 
forty-two,  the  first  Huns  to  be  taken  by  the 
Canadians.  He  was  severely  wounded  by 
shrapnel  and  machine  gun  bullets  at 
Passchendale  and  was  sent  to  the  United 
States  as  instructor.  The  British  Govern- 
ment next  assigned  him  to  V.  M.  I.  in  the 
spring  of  1918  and  he  instructed  in  bayonet 
fighting,  bombing,  and  trench  warfare. 


LT.  ALONZO  L.  JONES,  U.  S.  A. 

Personnel  Adjutant 
Lt.  Jones  was  born  in  Charlottesville,  Va., 
on  November  o,  1897,  where  he  spent  his 
early  life.  He  entered  V.  P.  I.  in  the  fall  of 
1914  and  graduated  in  June,  1918.  He  went 
to  Plattsburg  on  July  13  of  that  year  and 
was  commissioned  on  September  16.  Upon 
the  institution  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  in  October, 
he  was  assigned  to  V.  M.  I.  as  Personnel 
Adjutant,  and  the  smooth  manner  in  which 
the  inductions  were  made  is  clue  entirely  to 
his  ability  and  efforts.  "Lonzy"  is  a  friend 
of  everybody  and  could  always  untangle  any 
confusion  that  a  man  got  into  over  the  pa- 
per work.  He  has  done  more  to  cause  V.  M. 
I.  to  admire  the  quality  of  the  rival  school's 
graduates  than  anything  else  and  no  greater 
praise  could  be  given  any  man. 


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YEN  before  the  establishment  of  the  .Students  Army  Training  Corps  at 
the  Institute  there  came  floating  to  us  rumors  that  there  would  be  a 
Marine  luit  established  here  in  connection  with  the  S.  A.  T.  ('.  Shortly 
alter  the  arrival  of  the  Superintendent  with  his  commission  in  the  U.  S. 
Engineers,  Captain  B.  Goodman,  '17,  arrived  with  orders  for  the  establish- 
ment of  the  unit  and  the  hopes  of  all  came  to  a  full  realization.  A  Naval 
surgeon  soon  arrived  and  the  physical  examinations  began.  Some  hundred  and 
twenty-five  were  examined  and  several  passed  the  tests  that  only  one  in  ten,  it  is 
said,  can  pass  and  the  Marine  section  became  a  thing  of  the  present  and  not  a 
thing  to  be  hoped  for.  Seventy-nine  Keydets  gladly  gave  up  their  chances  for 
appointments  to  Officers  Training  Camps  and  east  their  lots  with  the  Marines.  The 
training  received  was  practically  the  same  as  that  given  at  Paris  Island  and 
Quantico  for  Capt.  Goodman  was  just  hack  from  a  twelve  months'  stay  in  France 
as  an  officer  in  the  line  and  later  as  an  officer  on  the  staff  of  the  commanding 
Marine  General  in  France  and  knew  the  latest  in  modern  war  conditions.  After 
his  return  to  the  United  States  and  prior  to  his  coming  to  the  Institute,  he  was 
bayonet  instructor  at  the  Officers  Training  Camp  at  Quantico.  The  signing  of  the 
armistice  found  some  fifteen  or  twenty  aviators  almost  ready  to  leave  for  Boston 
Tech  and  the  remainder  working  hard  to  go  to  the  Island  in  December.  It  was 
thought  at  the  time  that  the  unit  would  remain  intact  until  June,  hut  orders  soon 
came  to  muster  out  the  section  and  on  December  10  the  Marine  Section  at  V. 
M.  1.  became  a  thing  of  the  past.  Although  we  were  not  at  such  places  as 
Chateau-Thierry  or  Belleau  Wood  we  were  nevertheless  a  part  of  the  force  that 
has  made  itself  famous  for  its  fighting  qualities  and  we  had  the  old  Marine  Corps 
spirit.  The  guard  that  the  Marines  put  on  at  the  Institute  was  the  same  as  that 
put  on  all  over  the  world,  the  same  that  was  used  in  transporting  the  American 
troops  to  France,  and  when  anyone  wanted  to  visit   in   barracks  he  had   to  make 


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be  three  more  demerits  to  his  credit  on  the  adjutant's  book  at  headquarters.  The 
signing  of  the  armtistice  came  as  a  deep  disappointment  to  all  of  us  who  had  worn 
the  green  for  as  much  as  we  love  the  grey,  the  call  of  the  green  was  greater  and 
to  share  in  the  glory  of  the  Marines,  even  as  a  buck  private,  was  our  ambition. 
The  dreams  of  chevrons  on  our  arms  or  possibly  bars  on  our  shoulders  were  all  shat- 
tered and  once  again  we  turned  our  faces  to  the  old  grey  of  the  keydet.  Back  to 
the  grey  and  to  our  JALY  JUTIES  we  went,  but  to  those  in  the  grand  old  Marine 
Corps  we  say,  "The  best  luck  in  the  world  to  you,  we  wish  we  could  have  been  with 
you  over  there." 

— By  one  of  them. 


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The  Student  Army  Training  Corps 

1HB  S.  A.  T.  C.  organized  under  an  ad  of  Congress  and  under  the 
executive  administration  of  the  Committee  on  Education  and  Special 
Training,  replaced  the  old  I!.  0.  T.  C.  unit  established  at  the  Institute. 
This  organization  was  primarily  a  war  measure  and  was  sanctioned  by  the 
college  presidents  of  this  country. 

Under  this  new  system  the  colleges  of  the  country  were  turned  into 
(raining  camps.  Officers  detailed  from  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marine  Corps  di- 
rected the  instruction  and  training  of  the  recruits.  The  idea  was  to  send  promising 
material  to  the  Officers  Training  Schools,  less  promising  men  to  Non-com.  Schools, 
and  mediocre  students  to  training  camps  as  their  turns  came.  Men  of  ability 
who  were  unable  to  stand  the  expense  of  college  education  were  allowed  the 
privilege  of  an  equal  footing,  upon  registration,  with  more  fortunate  ones.  This 
system  was  immensely  move  democratic  than  that  of  drawing  all  the  technical 
specialists  of  the  army  from  men  able  to  buy  a  college  education.  Moreover  it 
made  available  an  endless  store  of  good  material  otherwise  lost.  In  this  manner 
colleges  were  converted  into  assortment  stations. 

All  this  upset  existing  conditions  at  the  majority  of  colleges.  Only  war  courses 
were  to  be  taught.  To  some  extent  these  measures  were  scarcely  a  new  departure 
at  the  Institute.  Its  perfected  organization  and  its  system  of  work,  similar  to  that 
of  our  national  schools,  caused  the  government  to  make  an  exception  in  its  case. 
What  happened  was  that  its  officers  were  commissioned  in  the  United  States  Army 
and  the  conduction  of  the  school  left  in  their  hands. 


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Until  the  signing  of  the  Armistice,  prescribed  academic  courses  were  taught. 
Marine  officers  were  assigned  to  a  company  organized  from  members  of  the  corps. 
A  personnel  adjutant  assumed  the  task  of  placing  "the  right  man  in  the  right 
place."  Then  the  war  came  to  its  unexpected  end  and,  over  night,  work  flowed  back 
into  normal  channels. 

The  S.  A.  T.  ('.  unit  being  dissolved,  the  former  E.  0.  T.  C.  again  resumed 
precedence,  now  under  the  Committee  on  Education  and  Special  Training. 
Although  the  flurry  caused  by  its  appearance  at  the  Institute  is  now  somewhat 
memory-dim,  the  cadets  will  never  forget  their  experience  under  the  "Safe  At  The 
College"  readme. 


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once  il  seemed  thai   Fate  would  withhold  even  tins  brief  period  of  delight 
Prom  us;  for  the   Flu's  spectral   form  stalked  abroad   in   the  Magic  City, 
niul  mosi  assuredly  "My  Cadets"  must  not  be  exposed  to  its  insidious  at- 
tack.    However,  "Fortune  ne'er  helps  the  man  whose  courage  Tails."  and 
probably   it   was  because  we  continued   to  hope  so  hard   and   persistently  thai    at 
length  a  way  was  found  to  attend  our  annual  football  classic  with   V.  I'.  1.  in  spite 
of  all  difficulties. 

Entraining  at  Lexington  about  tune  o'clock,  our  special  arrived  in  Roanoke 
at  twelve,  noon.  We  were  immediately  marched  to  the  grounds  of  the  Roanoke 
Hotel  and  dismissed,  although  not  without  first  being  ordered  to  stay  in  the  im- 
mediate vicinity  of  the  aforesaid  hostelry.  Undoubtedly  the  Roanoke  Hotel  is  un- 
excelled and  its  grounds  are  a  delight,  but  the  prospects  of  foregoing  Virginia  Col- 
lege, dates  with  the  calic,  the  theatres  and  many  other  contemplated  pleasures 
caused  us  to  view  our  surrounding's  with  gloomy  eye.  However,  the  fair  denizens 
of  the  city  could  come  to  us  if  we  couldn't  come  to  them,  and  as  they  did  so  in 
large  numbers  we  probably  got  our  enjoyment  from  this  source  in  a  most  con- 
centrated form  than  would  have  been  otherwise  possible.  The  V.  II.  ('.  A.  canteen 
discovered  nearby  also  brightened  our  outlook,  and  the  cakes  and  cookies  dealt  out 
by  the  comely  attendants  helped  to  make  endurable  the  awful  gap  from  an  oarlv 
breakfast  to  a  late  dinner.  When  the  dinner  did  develop,  though,  the  hungry 
crowd  showed  their  opinion  of  the  meal  by  their  concerted  attack  on  the  turkey  and 
cleared  the  tables  with   surprising  rapidity. 

Shortly  afterward  the  V.  P.  1.  corps  of  the  S.  A.  T.  ('.  arrived,  ami  together, 
with  V.  M.  I.  leading,  the  two  battalions  were  reviewed  by  Governor  Davis.  Fol- 
lowing the  review,  the  march  to  the  scene  of  battle  began.  On  arriving  at  the  field. 
the  usual  exhibition  movements  before  the  grandstand  were  omitted,  as  we  were 
a  little  late  because  of  the  review  and  the  game  was  already  in  progress.  The  two 
student  bodies  filed  into  their  seats  in  the  grandstand,  and  as  the  teams  struggled 
back  and  forth  on  the  field,  vied  with  one  another  in  cheering  their  rep- 
resentatives on. 


An  account  of  the  game  would  be  out  of  place  here,  hut  it  is  sufficient  to 
that  it  was  hard   fought  from  beginning  to  end  and  interest  never  once  slackened. 


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First  victory  leaned  one  way  and  then  the  other,  and  the  outcome  was  uncertain 
until  the  final  whistle.  Although  Our  team  played  super-football,  the  muddy  field 
and  our  opponent's  superior  weight  finally  told  and  the  victory  went  to  Y.  P.  I., 
though  by  the  smallest  possible  margin. 

After  the  game  was  over  we  entrained  for  Lexington  without  delay,  and  by 
our  early  start  back,  were  in  barracks  by  nine-thirty.  The  climax  of  tbe  day  came 
when  the  Lexington  Special  consented  to  climb  the  Nile  Hill  without  a  murmer, 
and  though  the  day  had  held  its  disappointments,  everyone  felt  as  he  "hit  the  hay'' 
that  night  that  we  had  enjoyed  a  complete  and  delightful  Thanksgiving. 


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Y.M.I.  IN  THE 
WORLD  WAR 


HE  past  is  but  prelude":  Shakespeare  gives  this  doctrine  as  a  maxim 
of  optimism  :  "The  past  is  but  prelude." 

Three  wars  before  the   World   War  had  our  country   waged  since 
the  birth  of  V.  M.  I.     In  those  wars — the  Mexican,  the  Civil  and  the 
Spanish-American — the  Institute  did  what  was  expected  of  her  and 
added  fame  to  fame.     Those   wars   now,   however,   appear   like   pre- 
liminary skirmishes  when  compared  to  the   World   War,  and   the   Institute's 
prelude  to  the  heroic  part  she  gave  herself  to  clo  with  Western   Run  ipe  for  a 
stage. 

"True  to  tradition" — that  must  be  the  final  word.  And  there  is  none  other 
that  those  who  know  her  and  love  her  can  wish  to  have  added. 

In  the  fall  of  1914,  long  before  main-  people  believed  that  this  country 
would  enter  the  conflict,  sons  of  V.  M.  I.,  restless  under  the  injuction  of  neu- 
trality and  burning  with  zeal  to  help  avenge  a  mighty  wrong,  sought  service 
under  foreign  flags.  The}'  fought  nobly  and  won  renown.  Some  of  them 
have  since  joined  their  own  colors,  a  few  remain  in  the  service  of  Great  Bri- 
tain and  France,  and  others  sleep  "in  Flanders  fields." 

As  the  clouds  grew  blacker  and  it  was  seen  that  we  should  begin  to  mobi- 
lize along  every  line,  the  Governor  of  Virginia,  wishing  to  put  the  State  in  a 
condition  of  preparedness  and  to  lay  the  foundation  for  whatever  of  effort 
might  be  required,  organized  a  Counil  of  Defense,  with  headquarters  at  Rich- 
mond. It  was  composed  of  fourteen  of  the  State's  leading  citizens,  men  of 
finance,  business,  agriculture  and  the  professions.  The  Governor  picked  the 
Superintendent  of  the  institute  to  be  chairman  of  the  Council  and  a  member 
of  our  faculty  as  executive  secretary.  The  work  of  this  body  has  been  highly 
commended  as  helping  to  make  it  possible  for  Virginia  to  play  so  effectively 
the  part  she  did  in  the  war. 

The  next  step  marking  V.  M.  I.'s  war  contributions  consisted  in  an  ar- 

authorities  of  Washington  and  Lee  Uni- 


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versitv,  whereby  forty  members  of  the  corps  spent  four  afternoon  a  week  dur- 
ing the  spring  of  1917  drilling  the  student  body  of  the  University. 

In  the  same  summer,  and  last  summer  as  well,  a  "rookie"  training  camp 
was  conducted  at  the  Institute,  officered  by  members  of  our  tactical  staff.  The 
attendance  at  these  camps  was  large  and  representative.  The  records  show 
that  with  hardly  an  exception  graduates  of  the  camps  won  commissions  soon 
after  entering  the  service. 

Perhaps  the  most  striking  recognition  of  V.  M.  I.  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment came  in  the  fall  of  1918  with  the  organization  of  units  of  the  Student 
Army  Training  Corps.  The  Institute  was  the  only  college  in  the  country, 
military  or  non-military,  a  sufficient  number  of  whose  officers  were  commis- 
sioned in  the  regular  army.  They  were  assigned  to  duty  at  the  Institute  with- 
out interruption  of  their  routine  work.  This  unusual  designation  was  amply 
justified  by  the  admirable  way  in  which  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  units  here  were  con- 
ducted. Large  groups  of  men  were  called  away  to  officers'  camps  at  fre- 
quent intervals  and  demand  for  admission  to  take  their  places  increased  from 
week  to  week  up  to  the  time  of  demobilization  of  the  units. 

Very   soon   after  this  took  place  the  War   Department  announced   that 
cavalry,  artillery,  infantry  and  engineering  units  of  the  Reserve  Officers'  Train- 
ing Corps  would  be  established  at  V.  M.  I. 

And  now  of  the  men  who  fought  in 
France,  of  those  who  did  their  best  to  go, 
of  those  who  worked  with  devotion  in 
camps  here  and  abroad-what  shall  we 
sav  of  them?  One  is  in  fact  embarras- 
sed by  wealth  of  material  in  attempting  to 
write  a  short  piece  about  V.  M.  I.  and  the 
War. 

Where    to    begin    and    what    to    say 

that  needs  be  said  !     Our  records  are  not 

^^       complete,    and    as    these    lines    are   being 

written    (late    in    February)    news   comes 

of   heretofore    unrecorded   casualties   and 


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Fav 
and 


seph  R.  Anderson,  Class  of  1870,  as  showing  the 
sort  of  material  he  is  collecting  for  the  V.  M.  I. 
War  History  Colonel  Anderson  wrote: 

"1   feel  sure  we  have  had  more  than  2000  alum- 
ni, graduates  and  non-graduates,  in  the  service.     A 
great    many   of   our   boys   have   been    decorated    by 
France,    England  and  our  own   country   for  daunt- 
s   courage   and   the   most   conspicuous  gallantry. 
I    could    tell    of   the    heroic    conduct    of    Lieutenant 
Amor}-,  of  Delaware,  'the  bravest  and  most  beloved 
man    in    his   battalion,'   as    his   commanding   officer 
wrote.     While  still  incapacitated  foi   active  dutv  on 
on  account   of   previous   wounds,   and   when   he    was 
believed  to  be  in  hospital,  Amory  led  his  company 
far  in  advance  of  the  battalion  in  the  assault  and 
capture  of  a  stronghold.     He  died  in  the  action.     I 
could  tell  of  Captain  Glazebrook.  who,  when  suffer- 
ing from  serious  wounds,  jumped  out  of  the  window 
of    the    hospital    when    the    nurse    was    absent    and 
joined    in    the    battle    then    in    progress,    for    which 
'military  crime'  he  was  severely  reprimanded — and 
then     promoted!       I     could     tell     of     the     hero,     J. 
re  Balwin,  of  Texas,  calmly  writing  his  last  letter  to  his  'saintly  mother 
reverend  father'  the  night  before  he  was  killed  in  action,  a  letter  which 
stand  as  a  classic,  breathing  as  it  does  the  most   sublime  courage,  pa- 
tism,   filial    affection   and   religious    faith." 


Thus  we  could  even  now  set  forth  a  recital  of  death  of  our  men  that 
would  make  one  of  the  brightest  pages  in  the  history  of  America's  heroic  part 
in  the  war.  But  as  has  been  said,  this  is  not  the  place  and  this  is  not  the 
time  for  that,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact  that  just  now  any  recital  of  the 
sort  would  be  quite  incomplete.  The  real  story  will  lie  eloquentlv  told  at 
the  proper  time  and  in  a  manner  worthy  of  the  theme.  To  indicate  the  nature 
of  that  story  is  our  purpose  here. 


to  quote  trom  a  recent  address  deliver* 

Hemphill,  of  South  Caroline,  one  of  the  South's  most  distinguished  journal- 
ists and  publicists.  Major  Hemphill  emphasized  the  duty  of  us  who  face 
the  new  world  and  the  Greater  V.  M.  I.  in  the  spirit  of  the  poet  who  said, 
"It's  the  torch  the  people  follow,  whoever  the  bearer  be."  In  this  connection 
he  said : 

"There  was  never  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  world  when  the  opportun- 
ity  of  service  was  so  great,  when  the  call  for  educated,  thoroughly-trained 
men  was  so  insistent  and  imperative-men  of  ideas,  forward-looking  men — 
for  the  world  has  to  be  built  over  and  you  must  be  among  the  builders.  Think 
of  what  your  predecessors,  who  should  be  emulated  by  you  in  your  day  and 
generation,  accomplished  for  their  country  in  war  and  peace,  and  under  far 
less  propitious  circumstances  than  confront  you.  Their  work  should  cheer 
you  on  to  high  endeavor  and  noble  achievement.  Almost  without  exception 
these  elder  brothers  of  yours  have  proved  themselves  worthy  of  the  best 
traditions  of  this  school  of  the  soldier;  soldiers  holding  themselves,  according 
to  the  American  ideal,  always  subject  to  the  civil  powers,  but  ready  upon 
ever}'  patriotic  call,  with  bodies  and  souls  both  responsive  to  the  call  of 
duty,  to  say  to  the  State  in  the  words  of  the  ancient  prophet  as  set  clown  in 
his  divine  vision,  'Here  am  I ;  send  me.' 

"In  every  Avar  in  which  this  country  has  been  engaged  since  the  founding 
of  this  institution,  the  men  of  the  V.  M.  I.  have  added  lustre  to  American 
arms.  Valiant  in  war,  they  have  been  effective  in  the  pursuits  of  peace. 
The  full  story  of  your  glory  in  war  and  peace  has  not  been  fully  told  and 
will  not  be  until  your  accomplished  historian,  Joseph  R.  Anderson,  has 
finished  his  monumental  work  ;  but  incomplete  as  it  is,  his  would  be  a  sorry 
soul  indeed  that  did  not  thrill  at  the  thought  of  the  deathless  deeds  of  those 
who  were  taught  here  that  all  that  a  man  hath  will  he  arive  for  his  country." 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


THE    BATTLE     Or 


FORTMOmOE 


1 1 1  LE  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  was  still  in  swaddling  clothes,  the  General  start- 
ed a  rumor  that  detachments  were  to  be  sent  to  Camps  Lee,  Taylor, 
and  Fort  Monroe  for  duty  at  the  Officers  Training  Schools  at  those 
posts.  On  October  the  eleventh  the  rumors  began  to  materialize 
and   five   first  classmen   were  ordered   to    Fort    Monroe. 

While  regretting  to  leave  our  classmates  Safe  At  The  College, 
we  hurled  our  garters  over  in  the  corner  and  departed  via  the  C  &  0  combi- 
nation express  to  help  Pershing  win  the  war.  We  found  Lynchburg  very 
warlike  in  appearance,  the  populace  wearing  gasmasks,  not  fearing  an  at- 
tack from  the  Huns,  but  as  protection  against  the  more  dangerous  Flu. 

Finally  we  reached  our  destination  on  the  shores  of  the  Chesapeake  and 
were  ushered  about  four  miles  up  the  beach  to  the  Reservoir  companv,  con- 
voyed by  a  ''Bevo" — lieutenant,  like  a  bunch  of  rats  in  charge  of  a  corporal. 
We  determined  that  the  less  we  saw  of  the  Reservoir  the  better  for  our 
morale,  so  the  next  day  we  took  and  successfully  passed  the  entrance  exam- 
ination to  the  school. 


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to  our  permanent  barracks  on  the  Fill.     To  the  un-initiatec 
that  the  Fill  is  a  part  of  the  bottom  of  the  Atlantic  ocean  that  has  been  push- 
ed up  above  the  water  by  a  very  enterprising  dredge.      In  consequence  the 
sand  particles  have  not  much  affinity  for  each  other. 

Here  began  our  dreary  existance.  Class  work  kept  us  occupied  about 
ten  hours  a  day,  infantry  drill  another  hour,  and  after  attending  about  'steen 
other  formations  we  were  allowed  to  have  the  rest  of  the  day  to  ourselves. 
Rations  consisted  of  sand,  lima  beans,  sand,  baked  beans,  and  more  sand. 

The  first  detachment  was  joined  later  by  several  increments  in  other 
companies,  which  reminded  us  that  time  was  passing  by.  Then  came  that 
day  which  some  of  us  did  not  hail  so  gladly  as  our  mothers  did,  the  armistice 
was  signed,  and  the  war  was  unofficially  over.  Opportunity  was  given  the 
candidates  to  resign  and  V.  M.  I.'s  representation  in  the  Coast  Artillery 
dwindled  rapidly.  The  first  ones  to  leave  hastened  back  to  the  Institute  to 
keep  the  home  fires  burning.  The  minority,  unable  to  resist  the  attractions 
of  puttees  and  the  bright  gold  bars,  swore  to  stick  by  the  ship,  and  buckled 
down  for  another  whack  at  Materiel,  Orientation,  Administration,  and  the 
daddv  of  them  all.  Field  Gunnery. 


tr-JK    I  i 


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wise  adhered  to  their  resolutions 
and,  demonstrating  the  true  V. 
M.  I.  Spirit,  added  dignity  to  the 
best  corps  in  the  world  and  a  pair 
of  bars  and  officers  braid  to  their 
blouse. 

In  regard  to  the  Coast,  it  is 
jrtainly  the  branch  of  the  army  if  you  like  to  write  symphonies  in  loga- 
rithms and  play  rhapsodies  on  a  slide  rule.  In  France  they  have  handled 
jrdnance  above  six  inches  in  caliber,  varying  to  taste  from  the  safetv 
security  of  the  trench  mortars  to  the  danger  and  excitement  of  a  long 
range  gun  firmly  emplaced  back  with  the  Q.  M.  In  peace  time  the  station 
may  be  Fort  Monroe  and  the  Chamberlain  for  the  drawing  room  dragon,  to 
(  )ahu  and  the  tropics  if  you  have  the  fever. 

Y.  M.  I  .is  well  represented  in  this  elect  branch  of  the  service  and  there 
is  always  and  opening  for  a  V.  M.  1.  man.  And  as  for  promotion,  as  soon  as 
your  insignia  begins  to  get  rusty  up  you  go  and  you  have  to  buy  some  new- 
ones. 


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"Squads  right,  squads  left,  and  left  front   into  line, 

And  then  the  blooming  sergeant,  he  gave  us  double  time." 

ND  so  it  was  from  the  gray  hours  of  dawn  until  the  sun  hovered  near 
its  meridian,  from  noon  until  night's  shadows  brought  a  welcome 
respite. 

Twenty-five  first  classmen  represented  the  Institute  at  the  Cen- 
tral Officers  Training  Camp  at  Camp  Lee.  We  were  sent  there  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C,  and  sad  were  our  hearts  as  we 
bade  what  we  thought  was  our  last  adieu  to  the  gray  walls  of  Barracks  on 
October  the  eleventh.  Randolph-Macon  was  our  first  obstacle  to  overcome 
but  this  mission  was  accomplished  successfully  and  the  next  morning  we 
found  ourselves  in  the  Cockade  City. 

We  reported  to  Camp  headquarters  and,  fortunately,  were  all  assigned 
to  the  same  company.  For  the  next  few  days  a  variation  in  the  face  move- 
ments and  the  school  of  the  soldier  was  furnished  by  a  new  exercise  in  the 
manual  of  the  pick  and  shovel.  We  thought  that  we  were  being  trained 
for  stevedores  or  engineer  troops  instead  of  infantry  officers.  Finally  we 
whacked  the  brush  off  of  about   thirty   training  began. 

And  here  our  V,  M.  I.  schooling,  began  to  assert  itself.     After  knockin 
all  the  screws  out  of  a  new  Enfield  in  coming  to  port  arms,  Oscar  Mertz  was 
made   a   permanent  platoon   chief.      Wills   likewise   headed   another   platoon 
while  Joe  Sullivan  became  the  hard  top  sergeant  of  the  outfit. 

We  were  introduced  to  all  the  new  wrinkles  that  have  been  made  in  the 
game  of  war.  The  new  infantry  formation  of  a  company  similar  to  a  batta- 
lion was  one  of  our  first  and  most  novel  initiations.  New  and  more  blood- 
thirsty means  of  inserting  and  withdrawing  a  bayonet  from  a  Hun  had  been 
invented  since  last  we  fondled  cold  steel.  Hebrid  and  various  other  physica 
exercises  had  also  been  efficacious  in  keeping  the  candidates  time  from 
hanging  on  his  hands. 

Gloomy  Gill  was  run  in  by  a  "Gold  brick''  for  the  foul  murder  of  a  mule 
but  at  last  succeeded  in  establishing  an  alibi. 

Wimberly:  At  bayonet  instruction,  "When  I  clap  my  hands,  I  want  to 
see  every  body  jump." 


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Lieutenant:     "Put  on  a  blouse  and  follow  me: —  Whose  hay  is 

this  in  gross  disorder." 

Cheyne :     "Mine,  sir." 

Lieutenant:     "Whose  non-regulation  trunk  is  that." 

Isaac  :     '  Mine,  sir." 

"Well  write  up  those  delinquencies  and  bring  them  in  to  the  office  imme- 
diately" "Yaaaaah.  sir." 

"Montjoy  Lynn,  Montjoy  Lynn,"  Montjoy  Lynn." 
Montjoy:     "Here,  sir." 

"Speak  up  Lynn,  dont  lie  backward,  dont  be  forward,  but  speak  up." 

Little  incidents  like  these  helped  to  relieve  the  monotony  of  camp  life 
ind  remain  as  purple  passages  in  our  memory. 

But  greater  than  these  were  the  many  enjoyable  courtesies  rendered  by 
the  kind  people  of  Petersburg,  Mrs.  Gill.  Mrs.  Jones,  and  Mrs.  Seward  in 
particular.  The  hop  at  the  home  on  Walnut  Hill,  (do  I  hear  somebody 
say  "Up  at  my  house")  had  all  the  pep  and  characteristics  of  a  true  "Keydet" 
hop.  And  those  meal  tickets,  I  ask_you,  is  there  any  thing  more  pleasant  to 
remember. 


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I 


end  to  all  our  dreams  of  decorating  our  uniform  with  Croix  de  Guerre  and 
having  a  trunkful  of  Hun  helmets  to  put  on  the  mantelpiece  back  home. 
Such  was  fortune  and  each  of  us  tried  to  make  the  best 
of  it.  Some  of  us  hurried  back  to  help  our  Alma  Mater 
thru  the  throes  of  Reconstruction.  Others  swore  never 
to  answer  another  reveille,  while  a  few  were  attracted  by 
the  bars  and  paper  putts  of  a  reserve  commission.  These 
latter  stuck  on  and  maxed  it  up  in  true  ''keydet"  style 
and  received  their  rewards  on  January  15th. 

One  and  all  we  swear  that  the  infantry  won  this  war 
and  if  another  one  comes  along  just  watch  us  don  a  blue 
hat  cord  and  get  up  there  the  smoke  is  thickest :  where 
thev  fight  like  men. 


"Discharged!" 


Me  and  My  Two  Thin  Blankets 

I'm  there  with  my  army  blankets. 

As  thin  as  a  slice  of  ham : 
A  German  spy  I  think  is  the  guy 

Who  made  'em  for  Uncle  Sam. 
How  do  I  sleep?  don't  kid  me: 

My  bed  tick  is  filled  with  straw : 
And  lumps  and  humps  and  big  fat  bumps 

That  punch  me  until   I'm  raw. 

Me  and  my  two  thin  blankets, 

As  thin  as  the  last  thin  dime. 
As  thin,  I  guess,  as  a  chorus  girl's  dress ; 

Well,  I  have  one  hell  of  a  time. 
I  pull  'em  up  from  the  bottom 

( My  nighties  are  B.   V.   D.'s )  : 
A  couple  of  yanks  to  cover  my  shanks. 

And  then  my  tootsies  freeze. 

You  could  use  'em  for  porous  plasters. 

Or  maybe  to  strain  the  soup. 
My  pillow's  my  shoes  when  I  try  to  snooze. 

And  I've  chilblains  and  cough  and  croup. 
Me  and  my  two  thin  blankets, 

Bundled  up  under  my  chin. 
Yes,  a  German  spy  I  think  was  the  guy, 
it  he  made  them  thin. 


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FTER   waiting   many   weary   and   lowminded   days,   with   hopes   and 

dreams  of  the   shining  blue   service   star   in   the   home   window   and 

visions  of  "Croix   De   Guerres,"  but   slowly   realizing  that   the  only 

stars  they   would  get   would   be   those   on   the   labels   of   "Haig  and 

Haig"   (if  any  were  so  fortunate),  the  cadets  restlessly  awaited  the 

call  to  the  colors.       But    suddenly,    like  an  unexpected  rain  before 

parade,  came  the  order  from  Headquarters  calling  forty  lucky  ones  to  leave 

in    twenty-four    hours    for    Camp    Taylor,    Kentucky,    to    train    for    Artillery 

officers. 


Those  hours  were  spent  as  one — begging,  borrowing,  and  selling  equip- 
ment, making  ready  for  the  Boots  and  Spurs.  It  was  hard  for  us  to  leave 
but  we  realized  that  Uncle  Sam's  call  was  greater  than  education,  so  away 
we  went. 

The  trip  to  Kentucky  was  very  interesting,  especially  in  the  attractive 
ways  we  were  received  in  Clifton  Forge  on  Hallowe'en  night.  "Pud"  Ar- 
rington,  the  Lexington  Beau  Brummel,  made  quite  an  inpression  on  the 
crowd  when  he  was  received  with  opened  arms  by  his  fair  affinity  on  the 
platform.  From  then  on  he  maintained  the  position  of  leader  and  toastmaster 
in  all  social  affairs. 

We  pulled  into  Louisville  about  noon  on  the  first  of  November  with  the 
determination  to  make  good  despite  our  shaky 
knees.  Many  were  innoculated  with  a  new  look- 
ed up  clothing  stores  to  get  a  "deck"  on  officer's 
equipment.  We  were  then  transferred  to  the 
Camp  in  Packards  (which  happened  to  be  trucks. 


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enty-s 


who  had  spent  their  summers  in  white  suits  on  the 
Danville  race  track,  were  perfectly  at  home,  but  others 
found  it  quite  a  harrowing  duty. 

Infantry  drill   was  rehearsed  for  one  week,  with 
a  flavoring  of  mathematics  twice  a  day,  and  most  of  us 
were  sent  ''over  the  valley"  to  the  forty-seventh  Train- 
"a#ss£s/ "  ing   Battery   which    was   to   be   our   permanent   home. 

The  Training  Area  was  one  continual  class  after  an- 
other,— horses,  material,  and  fire  discipline  being  the  principal  features.  Our 
old  muleteer,  Groover,  proved  especially  capable  in  equitation,  having  pushed 
a  plow  since  his  boyhood.  The  wooden  horses  were  quite  humorous  at  first 
but  proved  a  detriment  about  meal  time  as  there  were  no  mantle  pieces  in 
our  mess  hall. 

Louisville,  the  wonder  city,  will  always  stay  with  the  keydets  as  long 
as  they  can  remember  and  will  no  doubt  be  the  Mecca  of  many  hopes  in  the 
future.     We  went  right  for  the  social   functions  and  toward  the  last  manv 


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Qio  Try  lor." 


Our  haven  of  rest  was  the  Seelbach  Hotel  to  which  we  hastened  every 
Saturday  night  and  held  open  house.  "(  >ld  Taylor"  flowed 
like  water  but  no  candidates  were  eligible  for  a  footrest 
on  the  bar  and  it  is  doubted  if  any  desired  the  privilege. 
The  Hawaiian  Hardens,  the  shrine  of  the  terpsichorean 
artists  was  always  the  attraction  in  the  afternoons  while 
the  theatres,  Rathskellers,  and  Country  Clubs  never  found 
us  absent  after  taps.  We  were  royally  entertained  by  the 
alumni,  much  to  the  amazement  of  our  less  fortunate  com- 
rades who  considered  officers  demi-gods.  We  take  this  opportunity  to  thank 
Munce.  Lewis.  Marshall,  Chittum,  Black,  Eva,  and  a  host  of  others  for  their 
keen  treatment  of  the  bunch. 

Our  "Vacation"  lasted  one  month.  After  news  of  the  armistice  came, 
our  only  thoughts  were  V.  M.  I.,  discharges,  and  a  camouflaged  Xmas  fur- 
lough, and  all  were  ready  to  depart  after  having  fought  the  war  over  about 
six  times  with  a  blacking  brush  and  a  lead  pencil. 

Our  discharges  came  on  the  third  of  December  just  in  time  for  Xmas 
and  with  light  hearts  and  heavy  suit  cases  we  departed  for  home,  bidding 
good  bye  to  the  good  old  "blue  grass,"  our  hardships,  and  pleasures.  \\  e 
"We  were  sorry  never  to  have  seen  active  service  but  glad  after  so  long  a  time 
to  enjoy  once  more  the  keydet  life  at  the  Old  School. 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


IYi    thS   last    Lsnt.    miLf 


pun»e 

CAMP 


Headquarters,  C  (Oatees).    C  (Rossbelts). 
On  the  Nile,  May  25  .  1918. 

1.  Hostile  Infantry,  strength  unknown,  is  reported  to  be  moving  on  Platts- 
burg.     It  is  expected  that  they  will  encamp  there  for  an  unknown  period. 

2.  All  men  who  have  been  drawing  liquid  coffee  money,  commutation  for 
subsistence,  the  gravy  allowance  from  our  beneticient  uncle,  will  form  a  re- 
connoitering  patrol  and  will  obtain  as  much  information  of  the  enemy  and 
his  movements  as  possible. 

3.  The  advance  guard  of  the  patrol  will  leave  Buena  Yista  by  way  of  the 
Virginia  Creeper,  will  proceed  to  Xew  York  and  establish  headquarters  at 
the  Plaza,  Martinique,  or  McAlpine  Hotels.  The}'  will  remain  here  in  ob- 
servation until  re-enforced  by  the  main  body.  Every  precaution  will  be  taken 
that  an  ample  supply  of  provisions,  food  and  drink,  will  lie  laid  in  by  this 
advance  guard. 

4.  Line  of  march  will  be  taken  so  that  the  main  body  will  arrive  in  the 
vicinity  of  Plattsburg  not   later  than  June  3rd. 

By  order  of  GENERAL  PICKLES, 
per  Venus,  hi?  adjuntant. 


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part   of  the   alpha 
honored  were  "H' 


>ther    unaci 


ami  "F 


<  >n  the  third  of  June  the  convoy 
disembarked  on  the  shores  of  Lake 
Champlain.  The}"  were  elated,  sur- 
prised, and  gratified  to  find  that  the 
majority  of  the  delegation  had  been 
assigned  to  one  company.  "G" 
Company,      G     stands     for     Great, 

Grand,   Glorious,  —      Gross." 

A    few    found    themselves    in    other 
organizations    being    afflicted    with 
names  that  did  not  start  in  the  right 
mutable    reasons.      The    companies    so 


"G"  company,  as  it  has  been  said  was  almost  entirely  a  V.  M.  I.  company. 
All  but  three  men  in  the  outfit  were  Institute  men.  In  thus  having  to  com- 
pete among  themselves,  these  men  were  at  a  disadvantage.  "H"  Company  on 
the  other  hand  was  a  cosmopolitan  aggregation,  being  composed  of  men  from 
Georgetown,  Delaware  College,  Xorth  Georgia  Agricultural  College,  Boston 
Tech,  and  dear  old  Harvard.  These  men  thus  enjoyed  an  association  with 
view  points  that  differed  with  any  thing  the}'  had  seen  before  and  were  im- 
mensely benefitted  by  it. 

For  thirteen  to  fourteen  hours  drill  a  day  kept  the  time  from  hanging 
on  their  hands,  and  they  always  had  the  pleasure  of  being  innoculated  to  look 
forward  to  at  the  end  of  the  week.  (Honestly  the  typhoid  bacillus  militarius 
is  the  most  virulent,  active,  and  painful  insect  that  has  ever  made  my  arm  his 
abiding  place. ) 

Other  diversions  were  furnished 
by  excursions  to  Burlington  and 
Hotel  Champlain,  while  man}-  found 
the  town  of  Plattsburg  amusement 
enough  in  itself.  There  were  dances 
every  Saturday  "for  Student  Officers 
Only."  As  dances  go,  they  would 
hardly  compare  with  our  hops,  but 
the}-   did    supply   an    opportunity   to 


painful, 

The  effect  was  the  same  if  they 
had  been  given  the  command  as 
skirmishers  with  extended  interval, 
for  in  less  than  no  time  they  had 
scattered  to  the  four  winds.  A  few 
took  advantage  of  the  location  of 
the  camp  and  paid  a  visit  to  our 
neighboring  Dominion.  In  Montreal 
they  were  received  as  heroes,  the 
supposition  being  that  they  were 
bound  across.  The  majority  beat  it  straight  for  Xew  York,  where,  one  and 
all,  they  stayed  until  they  had  tearfully  parted  with  the  last  nickel. 

A  few  of  the  crowd  did  not  feel  the  call  home  so  strongly.  So.  prompted 
by  feelings  of  patriotism  alone,  stayed  for  the  continuation  of  the  camp  thru 
July  and  August.  These  standpatters  were  justly  rewarded  in  September 
with  commissions  as  ''jazz"  lieutenants.  Unfortunately  their  dreams  of 
wound  stripes  and  decorations  were  shattered  by  their  assignment  to  some 
S.  A.  T.  C.  as  instructors,  or  to  Camp  Grant  to  do  Squads  East  and  Squads 
West. 

The  passing  of  time  has  erased 
the  last  sand  mark  from  their  collec- 
tive necks,  the  grease  of  K.  P.  has 
long  since  passed  from  beneath  their 
finger  nails,  the  throbbing  blister 
has  become  a  peaceful  callous,  and 
Plattsburg  remains  but  as  a  memory, 
a  purple  passage  in  their  lives.  But 
even  as  our  guiding-  light  predicted, 
it  was  a  pleasant  and  profitable 
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SUMMER  CAMP 


Capt.  S.  K.  Lount,  M.  C,  C.  E.  F. 
Instructor  in  Bombing,  Bayonet  Fighting,  and  Trench   Warfare 

Capt.  H.  P.  Boykin 
Virginia  National  Guard,  Commandant 

Capt,  H.  M.  Read 
Virginia  National  Guard,  Tactical  Officer 


Berry,  F.  W. 
Derrvberry,  M.  E. 
Winston.  W.  A. 


CADET  INSTRUCTORS 

Roberts,  W.  T.  S. 
Bacbarach,  M.  B. 
Robinson,  J.  K.  E. 


Hosje,  C.  E. 
Jones,  T.  D. 


When  June  15,  1918,  had  arrived  it  found  part  of  the  space  below  the  parapet 
in  very  evident  use.  The  Rookies  of  the  Summer  Camp,  better  known  as  the 
Virginia  Military  Institute  Training  Camp,  had  reported  seventy-two  strong.  For 
the  training  of  these  men  in  a  two-months  intensive  military  course,  the  Institute 
had  detailed  a  certain  number  of  officers  and  cadets.  Capt.  S.  K.  Lount,  M.  C,  of 
the  Canadian  Expeditionary  Forces,  was  instructor  in  bayonet  fighting,  bombing 
and  trench  warfare ;  Captain  H.  P.  Boykin  served  in  the  capacity  of  Commandant, 
supervising  the  entire  instruction  of  the  Camp,  and  Captain  H.  M.  Read  as 
tactical  officer  and  instructor  in  bayonet  fighting.  Cadets  Berry,  Derrvberry,  Win 
ston,  Roberts,  Bacharach,  Robinson,  Hoge,  and  Jones,  T.  D.,  were  ordered  back  at 
their  own  request  to  aid  the  above  named  officers  in  the  pursuance  of  their  duties. 

The  camp  proved  a  very  profitable  one  and  the  Institute  rendered  an  invaluable 
service  to  the  country  and  state.  The  courses  of  instruction  were  thorough  and 
the  discipline  especially  strict.  All  men  who  successfully  completed  the  course 
and  entered  the  U.  S.  Army,  have  made  enviable  records,  and  proven  undoubtedly 
the  benefits  derived  from  their  training  received  during  the  two  months.  The  Vir- 
ginia Military  Institute  once  more  has  rendered  an  honorable  and  praiseworthy 
service  to  the  nation  in  the  time  of  great  emergency. 


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COACH  E.  C.  ABELL 

This  pigmy  came  to  us  in  'IT  direct  from  Colgate  University,  where  he  had 
been  holding  down  the  position  of  tackle  and  spreading  terror  in  the  hearts  of  all 
aspirants  for  Walter  Camps  mythical  All-American.  That  he  succeeded  in  walk- 
ing away  with  the  berth  is  evidence  enough  of  his  ability. 

He  soon  acquired  the  V.  M.  I.  spirit  and  all  of  us  were  proud  to  think  that 
'"Abe"  was  heart  and  soul  a  true  "keydet." 

In  November,  of  the  present-  year,  he  answered  the  call  of  a  higher  duty  and 
entered  active  service.  (A  narrow  minded  gim  had  three  times  before  turned  him 
down  with  pedus  planus  the  only  charge  against  him.)  His  sterling  qualities  have 
endeared  him  to  the  heart  of  all  wearers  of  the  gray  and  we  send  after  him  our 


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"Mose"  was  detailed  here  in  charge  of  the  Marine 
Section  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  early  in  October.  His  two 
gold  service  chevrons  and  star  for  being  among  the  first 
fifty  thousand  in  France  were  the  envy  and  admiration 
of  the  entire  corps.  When  "Abe"  left  us  to  join  the 
Big  Gun  Corps,  he  offered  to  take  over  the  duties  as 
coach  of  the  football  squad. 

Four  years  as  star  end  on  our  varsity  eleven  had 
well  fitted  to  assume  these  responsibilities.  Having 
been  a  cadet,  he  realized  the  difficulties  that  confronted 
them  and  soon  had  the  whole  squad  working  with 
amazing  pep  and  determination. 

In  spite  of  heart  breaking  losses  through  men  en- 
tering the  service,  he  turned  out  a  team  of  which  we 
are  all  proud.  The  results  of  the  games  speak  for 
themselves  and  remain  as  monuments  to  his  unselfish 
efforts.  Needless  to  say,  when  "Mose"  left  us  the 
chevrons  were  not  only  the  objects  of  admiration  about 
him. 


H.  M.  SPEUHAN 

For  the  last  four  years  we  have  watched  the  athletic 
star  of  Boanoke  College  ascend  into  the  upper  regions 
and  we  have  wondered  at  the  cause  of  it  all. 

Those  of  us  who  returned  after  Christmas  were  sur- 
prised to  find  that  the  Basketball  team  was  under  di- 
rection of  a  man  whose  name  we  had  to  whistle,  for  the 
Lord  only  knew  how  to  spell  it.  It  transpired  that  he 
had  previously  been  over  with  the  Salem  institution. 
So  this  was  the  reason  for  it  all. 

We  had  firm  confidence  in  him  from  the  start  and 
it  developed  that  this  confidence  was  not  misplaced. 
The  quint  that  he  turned  out  bid  strong  for  the  South 
Atlantic  Championship.  Only  that  unfortunate  defeat 
in  Lynchburg  stands  between  our  hopes  and  the  awful 
reality. 

He  has  also  taken  charge  of  the  Baseball  squad  and 
we  look  for  him  to  have  a  success  in  the  national  pastime 
as  great  if  not  greater  than  he  had  in  the  cage  game. 


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CAPT.  H.  M.  READ 

A  few  years  ago.  Track,  at  the  Institute,  could  be  ex- 
pressed by.  the  elusive  quantity  x.  From  its  unrec- 
ognized and  unsupported  position  it  had  come  to  be  a 
Major  Sport.  And  the  credit  for  this  lies  largely  at  the 
door  of  "Son"  Read,  the  man  with  the  smile. 


His  ability  on  the  cinder  path  first  came  into  prom- 
inence when  as  a  first  classmen,  he  captained  the  team 
that,  brought  Y.  M.  I.  to  the  fore  at  the  Pennsylvania 
Relay  Carnival. 

Returning  as  a  sub.  he  has  generously  given  his  ef- 
forts for  the  betterment  of  the  sport.  The  team  that  he 
coached  last  year  ran  away  with  the  honors  in  meets 
witb  Trinity  ami  Y.  P.  I.  After  lifting  Track  from 
obscurity,  we  have  every  confidence  that  he  will  enhance 
its  prestige  during  the  present  season. 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 

THE  TEAM 

Mason,  S.   ) 

Cutehins     J     Ll"'s 

Thomas,  If. 
Dabney 

Hawkins.  S.       Tackles 

Marshall.  .1. 

Smith,  J.  T.    / 

Saner  S    Gmr,h 

Miller.   P C,,,',;- 

Ingrain   Rig]\  /  Half 

Honaker Left  Half 

Dickson,  R Full  Bach 

McCuiston 

Stuart  ^>       \Q 

Buntins: 


FOOTBALL  SCHEDULE 

Maryland  State  Agricultural   College.  T 

Newport  News  Naval  Operating  Base  41 

Gallaudet  College   6 

Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute 6 


V.  M.  I.  6 

V.  M.  I.  0 

V.M.I.  19 

V.  M.  I.  0 


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HOUGH  the  football  season  of  1918  is  now  a  matter  of  history,  it  is 
not  the  kind  of  history  that  historians  write  with  ink.  but  history 
that  was  made  with  deeds  of  valor,  nerve,  and  just  old  V.  M.  I. 
"Spirit."  that  will  be  handed  down  from  class  to  class  by  word  of 
mouth. 

The  great  war  can  not  be  spoken  of  without  thought  of  the 
great  part  V.  M.  I.  men  played  during  the  raging  moments,  nor  can  we  think 
of  the  war  and  not  recall  its  effect  for  the  season  of  1918  on  the  Gridiron. 

As  the  "Old  veil  for  the  calic"  was  given  for  the  calic  at  the  Final  Ball 
in  June  1918  our  thoughts  were  of  our  prospects  for  the  following  Septem- 
ber's football  candidates. 

What   wonderful    material   was    sure   of   returning  to   the   old    Institute! 
What    high    hopes    were    ours    at    the 
thought  of  the  number  of  monogram- 
jggL  med  men  that  were  certain  to  do  wou- 

;',„1..  clers  with  the  Pigskin  ! 

a^L  "Our     country     called,     our     men 

^K^^k  saluted." 

^M  |b  The    various    training    camps    re- 

JB  Wk         sounded   with  the  commands  of  Insti- 

JEO      W^fi  win!'     loach    Abell.    in    his 

jKmt       tmum        untiring  was   breaking  in   new 

W^^^^iW  "Ready!     Go!     Readv,   Go!     Up! 

>/.  Back!      Right!      Left!      All    into    the 

Gym."  Day  in  and  day  out.  until  our 
scattered  hopes,  caused  by  the  call  of 
our  country,  (which  had  taken  ail  but 
four  of  our  monogram  men,  Thomas, 
Hawkins.  Dickson  and  Smith),  once 
again  began  to  reassemble  and  a  fight- 
ing machine  became  evident.     Though 


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Smith.  T. 
was  in  every  face 
of  the  Fifth  Navai 


During  the  Making  of  the  new  Team  we  played 
Staunton  Military  Academy  and  the  Maryland  A.  and 
M.  College.  These  games,  in  which  we  were  downed, 
were  hard  fought  and  showed  improvement  in  our  of- 
fense and  defense. 

To  lose  material  is  a  hard  blow.  But  to  lose  one's 
coach  in  the  middle  season,  just  as  our  prospect  were 
brightening,  was  beyond  expression.  To  decide  be- 
tween duties  is  a  proposition  hard  to  solve.  Once  again 
the  government  called,  and  coach  Abel  I  went  to  fight 
for  Democracy.    We  congratulate  him  upon  his  decision. 

Football  was  then  taken  over  by  "Mose"  Goodman, 
who  was  stationed  at  the  Institute  and  who  had  been 
acting  in  the  capacity  of  assistant  coach. 

The  call  for  more  football  candidates  was  answered 
in  a  encouraging  manner.  The  "rat"  class  did  its  share 
and  we  owe  much  to  them. 

"Spirit"  showed  in  every  practice.  Determination 
And  we  accepted  the  game  with  the  mighty  all-star  team 
Base.    The  wonderful  work  of  the  Individuals  blended  into 


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machine-like  movements  and  the  fight  that  our  team  put 
up  caused  the  Naval  Base  coach,  to  remark  "Goodman, 
vou've  got  the  snappiest  team  we've  played."  In  the 
games  that  followed  Abell's  foundation  began  to  show  in 
a  marvellous  way.  The  Hill  looked  as  of  old.  The  new 
material  played  like  veterans.     "Rep"  ran  high. 

Gallaudet  was  downed  in  a  splendid  game.  The 
style  of  play  and  the  manner  in  which  the  team  was  run 
by  its  captain,  Thomas  gave  every  one  high  hopes  for 
Thanksgiving. 

A  dreary  day.  in  fact  a  duplicate  of  the  past  years, 
was  Thanksgiving.  The  talk  of  a  walk-away  was  chang- 
ed to  cheers  as  the  game  developed.  Our  rivals  literally 
struck  a  stone  wall.  Their  score,  defeating  us  6 — 0,  was 
made  by  blocking  a  kick  which  rolled  over  the  goal  line. 
To  describe  the  game  as  played  by  individuals  is 
beyond  the  writer's  power.  The  heroes  of  the  season 
may  be  seen  if  the  reader  will  kindly  gaze  at  the  picture 
of  the  "Team." 

In  closing  may  the  writer  call  to  the  attention  of  all 
that  the  season  was  a  success.  Take  our  losses,  our  ma- 
in closing  may  the  writer  call  to  the  attention  of  all 
that  the  season  was  a  success.  Take  our  losses,  our 
material,  and  our  limited  time  into  consideration.  And 
realize,  dear  readers,  who  it  was  that  made  this 
possible,   the   "SCRUBS." 


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BASKET 
BALL 


%  f 


HE  tact  that  the  team  was  runner-up   for  the   championship  of  the 
South   Atlantic,  doesn't  give  an  idea  of  the  ability  of  the   five  men 
who  represented  the   Institute  upon   the  basketball   court.     Playing 
phenomenal  ball  during  the  entire  season,  and  notwithstanding  the 
very  few  defeats  received,  the  team  downed  all  comers  with  merci- 
less regularity.     The  first  game  of  the   season   ended   unfortunately 
for  the  Cadet  team  which  lost  by  one  point.     Shortly  after  this,  the  return  of 
Bacharach  gave  added  strength  to  the  team  and  the  defeats  registered  against 
it  thereafter  were  few  and  far  between.    The  strong  Annapolis  team  was  held 
to  an  unusually  close  score  ;  two  games  with  the  University  of  Virginia  re- 
sulted in  a  division  of  honors ;  North  Carolina  took  our  measure  once,  and 
V.  P.  I.  managed  to  win  two  hard-fought  games,  though  bad'}'  beaten  in  the 
first    game    of   the    series.      The    last    game    with    \  .    P.    I. 
^^k  played   at    Lynchburg   for   the    South    Atlantic    title    is   de- 

serving of  an  epic  poem.  The  recovery  of  the  Cadet  team 
and  the  fight  the}-  made  after  the  game  seemed  hopelessly 
lost  will  ever  remain  one  of  the  most  brilliant  chapters  in 
the  history  of  V.  M.  I.  athletics.  Most  of  the  team's  vic- 
tories were  won  by  overwhelming  scores,  and  during  the 
season  a  total  of  five  hundred  and  fifteen  points  was  scored 
against  a  total  of  three  hundred  and  fifteen  for  all  oppon- 
ents. This  comparison  bears  its  own  testimony  as  to  the 
superiority  of  the  wearers  of  the  red  and  white  jerseys. 

Wills.  Captain  and  star  forward,  was  assisted  by 
Bunting,  who,  although  a  new  man.  showed  great  ability. 
These  two  proved  to  be  thorns  in  the  sides  of  their  un- 
lucky guards,  and  were  always  to  be  relied  upon  for  nec- 
essary scores.  Lee,  at  center,  was  all  that  could  be  desir- 
shooting  was  a  great  factor  in  the  suc- 
Sullivan  and   Bacharach  are  reputed   to 


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due  entirely  to  merit.  Much  is  to  be  expected  of  next  years'  team  as  all 
these  men  with  the  exception  of  Wills  and  Sullivan  will  return.  Thomas, 
Stuart,  Shannon  and  Campbell  all  showed  up  well  when  they  were  able  to 
get  into  the  game  and  deserve  to  share  in  the  praise  which  should  be  bestowed 
upon  the  team  of  1919. 


What  We  Did  in  Basketball 


Eoanoke  College   23  V.  M.  I . 

Randolph  Macon  College 13  V.  M.  I . 

Virginia  Christian  College   6  V.  M.  I. 

St.  Johns  College   (Annapolis) 19  V.M.I. 

William  and  Mary  College 6  V.  M.  I . 

Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute 19  V.  M.  I. 

United   State  Naval  Academy 39  V.  M.  I. 

Davidson  College    10  V.  M.  I . 

University  of  North  Carolina 42  V.  M.  I. 

University  of  Virginia 25  V.  M.  I . 

Virginia   Polytechnic    Institute 32  V.  M.  I . 

Trinity  College 19  V.  M.  I . 

University  of  Virginia    33  \  .  M.  I . 

Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute 30  V.  M.  I. 


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\  EN  before  Dulaney  stops  adding  "wear  overcoats"  to  first  call   for 
Parade,  we  see  them  chasing  the  leather  all  around  the  Hill.     Before 
the   wash   stands  get  their   second   coating  the  young  aspirants  are 
clonghting  the  cover  and  wearing  out  the  willow.     And  when  coats 
come  into  their  own  they  have  settled  down  to  the  real  thing  and  are 
playing  in  Big  Time  style. 
Under  the  able  leadership  of  Sullivan,  as   Captain,  and   the  direction  o 
Coach  Spruhan,  the  squad  is  developing  in  great  shape  and  we  are  confident 
of  having  a  successful  season.     Several  of  last  year's  monogram  men  are  out 
among  them  Jernigin,  Sullivan.   E.   McDavid,  .Martin   and  Cutchins.       With 
these  men  to  build  on  and  such  material  as  Everett.  Stuart.  Higgins.  and  Gil 
to  choose  from  we  will  have  little  trouble  in  filling  out  a  well  balanced  team 
At  the  present  writing  it  is  rather  early  to  be  making  predictions.  But  the 
Coach  is  already  raising  "strawberries"  around  the  second 
sack  and   Sullivan    is   swearing  the   signal    was   to   "pinch" 
when  he  balls  up  the  steals.     And  the  pitching  staff  is  mak- 
^^  .  mS    em  look  like  dummies  swinging  in  the  breeze. 

f     i  /to.  ^'e   are   taking   on    quite   an   increase   over   last   year's 

schedule,  including,  among  others,  our  time  honored  rivals 
from  Blacksburg.  Go  to  it.  Big  Team,  and  cop  those 
farmer's  horse  shoe. 


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March 

29- 

April 

5- 

April 

9- 

April 

.12- 

April 

15- 

April 

17- 

April 

19- 

April 

23- 

April 

26- 

April 

29- 

April 

20- 

May 

1- 

May 

2- 

May 

3- 

May 

7- 

May 

10- 

May 

14 

Schedule  -  1919 

-Virginia  Christian  College Lexington 

-Lincoln  Memorial  University Lexington 

-William  &  Mary  College Lexington 

-Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute   Lexington 

-Open   Lexington 

-Hampden-Sidney  College  Lexington 

-Georgetown    University    Lexington 

-Pennsylvania  State  College   Lexington 

-Maryland  .State  College  of  Agriculture Lexington 

-Elon   College    Lexington 

-Jioanoke  College Salem 

-Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute    Blacksburg 

-University  of  Virginia   Charlotsville 

-Navy   Annapolis 

-Roanoke  College  Lexington 

-Johns  Hopkins  University Lexington 

-Open   Lexington 


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TRACKTEAM 


AW'1 


F.  D.  Knapp Captain 

F.  M.  Taylor Manager 

HE  elevation  of  track  to  a  major  sport  in  1917  gave  it  a  much 
needed  impetus,  and  since  then  its  development  has  been  by  leaps 
and  bounds.  Tins  added  incentive  has  lent  zest  to  the  efforts  of 
the  squad  and  ever-increasing  popularity  with  the  corps. 

Under  the  direction  of  Captain  Read,  the  sport  came 
into  its  own  with  a  vengeance  last  year,  when  a  really 
representative  team  was  produced.  The  team  participated 
in  three  meets  and  if  the  results  can  be  used  as  a 
criterion    their    record    was    most    enviable. 

Gamble,  A.  Jones.  D.  Smith  and  St.  Clair  represented 
the  Institute  at  the  Pennsylvania  Relay  Carnival  held  in 
Philadelphia  during  April,  and  captured  third  place  among 
such  formidable  opponents  as  John  Hopkins  and  George- 
town. V.  P.  1.  was  defeated  by  a  66-62  score  in  a  hotly 
contested,  intensely  interesting  meet,  which  abounded  in 
thrills.  The  winner  was  undecided  until  the  last  event, 
when  A. 


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Jones  tied  Wharton  for  first  place  in  the  two  mile,  gaining  the  points  necessary 
for  a  V.  M.  I.  victory.  Trinity  was  humbled  by  the  overwhelming  score  of  81-36, 
in  the  concluding  meet  of  the  season,  a  second  meet  with  V.  P.  I.  being  abandoned 
on  account  of  rain. 

The  part  taken  by  V.  M.  I.  in  the  E.  0.  T.  C.  field  meet  at  Plattsburg  should 
not  be  overlooked.  Here  there  were  from  twenty  to  thirty  entries  in  each  event, 
such  colleges  as  Yale,  Harvard,  Boston  Tech,  Cornell,  Princeton,  Georgetown, 
Georgia  Tech  were  represented.  D.  V.  Smith  took  first  place  in  the  broad  jump, 
Knapp,  second  in  the  high  jump,  and  C.  A.  Jones  third  place  in  the  mile  anil  half 
mile. 

Prospects  this  season  are  unusually  good.  Seven  out  of  last  year's  monogram 
men  are  back.  Knapp,  captain  and  manager,  a  natural  leader,  may  be  relied  on 
for  shot  put  and  high  jump.  He  also  enters  the  pole  vault.  C.  A.  Jones,  one  of 
the  steadiest  men  on  the  team,  has  plenty  of  endurance  for  the  mile  and  two 
mile  with  a  long  sprint  at  the  finish.  D.  V.  Smith  is  far  above  the  average  in  the 
broad  jump  and  high  hurdles,  also  a  good  hundred  yard  man  with  exceptional 
sprinting  ability.  Kane,  a  wonderful  hundred  yard  and  two-twenty  man,  is  quick 
on  the  start  and  has  a  stride  of  his  own.  J.  C.  Jordan's  fast  start  and  beautiful 
form  has  given  him  unusual  success  in  low  hurdles.  Gleaves,  with  state  reputa- 
tion in  prep  athletics,  is  most  valuable  as  javelin  and  discus  thrower.  Semans  is 
good  in  high  jump  and  an  exceptional  pole  vaulter. 

Last  year's  non-letter  men  showing  promising  future  are  Sebring,  one-quarter 
mile  man;  Dickson,  low  hurdles;  B.  Smith,  good  natural  sprinter  and  exceptional 
form.  With  our  veterans,  braced  by  a  wealth  of  new  material,  which  from  present 
indications  is  excellent  in  both  quantity  and  quality,  we  anticipate  the  most  suc- 
cessful season  in  the  annals  of  our  track. 

Xo  meets  have  as  yet  been  closed.  Preparations  are  being  made  for  the  whole 
squad  to  attend  the  South  Atlantic  Athletic  Association  field  meet  in  Baltimore 
March  10  and  1  lth.  A  dual  meet  is  pending  with  V.  P.  I.  at  Lexington  March  3. 
A  meet  with  the  University  of  N".  C.  is  highly  probable. 

Too  much  praise  cannot  be  bestowed  upon  Capt.  Bead  for  his  untiring  efforts 
as  coach  and  last  year's  record  and  our  present  squad  stand  as  a  monument  to  his 
labors.  His  services  are  voluntary  rendered  from  love  of  his  alma  mater, 
squad,  and  the  sport,  being  himself  a  wearer  of  the  coveted  Track  monogram. 


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J|YM.  with  the  other  sports,  received  its  share  of  handicaps  from  the 

call  to  the  service,  losing  a  number  of  its  best  men.     Among    these 

were  its  only  two  monogram  men.  Wimberley,  captain  and  manager, 

leaving  in  the  early  fall,  followed  shortly  afterward  by   Bruner.     But 

J    the  team  continued  its  practice  in  good   form  due  to  the  consistent 

efforts  of   1  Ionic,   who  took   charge   upon    Bruner's  departure.      1  he 

labors  of  Home  and  Wimberley,  who  returned  after  Christmas,  are  deserving 

of  much  credit  for  building  up  the  team,  as  it  was   without  a  coach  during 

the  entire  year. 

Most  promising  among  the  candidates  are  Wimberley,  Home,  Semans, 
Briggs,  and  Ashley,  other  men  showing  up  well  and  improv- 
ing rapidly,  are  Scott,  C.  Bryan,  l'eed.  Scales,  and  Shackle- 
ford.  Practice  is  held  regularly  four  times  a  week  and 
the  squad  is  steadily  being  whipped  into  shape.  From  the 
present  outlook  we  predict  with  confidence  a  team  which 
will  measure  up  in  every  respect  to  the  usual  standard.  The 
customary  exhibitions  will  be  held  this  spring,  one  during 
the  visit  of  the  ^government  inspector  in  April,  and  an- 
other, the  opening  night  of  finals. 

Monograms  are  awarded  to  those  men  making  a  total 
of  150  points  in  both  meets. 


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H.  Lee   Manager-Captain 

ENNIS,  always  a  popular  sport  at  the  Institute,  has  increased  is  pop- 
ularity steadily  for  the  past  several  years  as  a  result  of  better  courts 
and  the  possibility  of  winning  monograms.  The  very  activity  and 
ability  incident  to  a  cadet's  every-day  life  tend  to  make  good  tennis 
players  and  as  a  rule  the  teams  turned  out  are  a  credit  to  V.  M.  I.  in 
every  way- 
Last  year,  a  time  of  irregularity  and  confusion,  only  one  meet  was  held, 
which  was  with  Trinity  College.  Trinity  triumphed  2-1,  as  Sullivan  and 
Jordan  lost  in  the  doubles  after  a  hard  fight  and  Guest's  man  eliminated  him, 
although  not  until  three  close  sets  had  been  played.  Lee  downed  his  opponent 
in  straight  sets. 

This  year  an  unusually  large  number  of  last  season's 
Varsity  squad  have  returned  and  the  outlook  is  promising 
indeed.  Lee  (Captain),  Sullivan,  J.  Jordan,  Montague  and 
Davidson  will  again  wield  the  racket,  while  Hobson  and 
Blake,  among  the  new  men,  are  showing  ability. 

The  usual  Barrack's  Tournament  will  be  held,  and 
the  outcome  will,  in  a  large  measure,  determine  the  com- 
position of  the  team.  Several  inter-collegiate  meets  will 
follow,  and  from  all  evidence  at  hand  they  should  result 
very  favorably  for  the  Red,  White  and  Yellow. 


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NOIiOGRAM  CLUB 


r^An 


FIRST  CLASS 


Addison,   W.   M (F) 

Gary,  B.  I! (BB) 

Jemigin,  R.  C (B) 

Jones.  C.  A (T) 

Knapp,  P.  D (F.  T) 


Martin,    F.   K (B) 

Sullivan.  J.  J (F.  BB.  B) 

Smith.   I).   V (T) 

Thomas.  C.  I! (  F.  BB,  B) 

Wills.  W.  G (BB) 


Win 


ly    (Gym) 


SECOND  CLASS 
Bacharach ( BB ) 


Til  JIM)  CLASS 


Coleman    (  F  ) 

Cutchins (F.  B) 

Dickson,  I? (F) 

Ingram    ( F) 

Gleaves    (T) 

Jordan.   IT (T) 

Kane   (T) 


Lee.  H (BB,  Tennis) 

Mason.  S (F) 

MeCuiston   (F) 

McDavid,  E (B) 

Semans    ( T  ) 

Smith.  J.  T (F) 

Stuart    (F) 


FOURTH  CLASS 

Bunting ( F.  BB )  Drewery    ( F ) 

Dabney    ( F )  Honaker    (F) 

Miller.   P (F) 

(F)    Football;    (BB)    Basketball;    (B)    Baseball;    (T)    Track:    (G)    Gymnasium; 
(Tennis)    Tennis. 


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U'AD,  KINDLY  LIGHT' 

J^cksov-M-  '2.(9 


B.  B.  Wimberly President 

J.  C.  Jordan.  Jr Vice-President 

F.   B.   Scott Secretary 

J.  T.  Bhudv    Treasurer 

OFFICEBS 

W.  G.  Wills Chairman  Membership  Committee 

W.  M.  Addison Chairman  Social  Committee 

V.  M.  Taylor Chairman  War  Work  Committee 

T.  H.  Benners Chairman  Bible,  Study  Committee 

B.  X.  Greatliead Chairman  Program  Committee 


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*~  "     MINSTEL 

R.  Bond    President 

Boatwright    Vice-President 

Sale    Business  Manager 

Withers Stage  Manager 

MEMBERS 

Bryson  Kennedy  Reese 

Fowler  McDavid,  E.  Rice 

Moore,  L.  Skillman 

Glazier  Orme  Smith,  W. 

Harrison  Pate 


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Cadet  Orchestra 

Fain    Leader 

MEMBERS 

J.    Casey    Guitar 

Clarkson Mandolin  Banjo 

Fain Violin 

Kennedy Guitar 

C.  King Piano 

Onne Drums 

R.    Smith    Mandolin 

S.  Wilson Tenor  Banjo 


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Texas  Club 

OFFICERS 

Mertz President 

Ripley Vice-President 

Sedwick Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Allen,  L.  King,  C.  Morton 

Ashley  Lewis,  Y.  Nash 

Bancroft  McCanley  Xorvell 

Berry,  D.  Mallory  Owsley 

Berry,  M.  McCuiston  Payne,  J. 

Boyd  MeKeller  Ph'ilp 

Briggs,  C.  Mertz  Potts,  M. 

Briggs,  R.  Monroe,  D.  Roberdeau 

Brooks  Hardy,  W.  IT.  Roberts.  M. 

Broaddns  Harper  Sewell 

Clark,  A.  Heisig  Slack 

Dabney  Hill  Smith.  T. 

Dunseth  Hopkins  Smythe 

Estell  Hurt  Thompson,  E. 

Everett  Jernigin  Thompson,  J. 

Gaillard  -^k        ^^g*P5nes,  IT.  Ward 

Gaines  ^^Mttl^^^  Josey  Wormeldorf 

Garrow  ^^Hif  Kelly 


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Southwest  Virginia  Club 

OFFICERS 

R.  Williamson    President 

J.  Parrott    Vice-President 

Gleaves Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Bell  Rhudy,  J. 

Bunting  Rhudy,  R. 

Kerling  Rice,  H. 

Martin,  F.  Rimmer 

Parrott,  B.  Rogers 

Pendleton,  N.  Spindle 
Spratt 


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Richmond  Club 


OFFICERS 

w 
J. 

i  1  V 

President 

Vice-President 

F. 

Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Addison.  W. 

Ilagan 

Purcell 

Archer 

Hardwick 

Reese 

Arrington.  R. 

Harmon 

Reynolds 

Bendheim 

Hawkins,  H. 

Sauer 

Blankenship 

Hobson 

Scales 

Bond,  A. 

Hnff 

Scott.  R. 

Brockenborough 

Ingram 

Starke 

Bullington 

Jackson.  S. 

Sterret 

Campodonico 

Knapp,  F. 

Stnarl 

Carson,  T. 

Knapp,  J. 

Terry 

Carter,  A. 

Marshall.  W. 

Tins'ley 

Core 

Martin,  R. 

Trevillian 

Cox 

Miller 

Wallerstein 

Cutehins 

Moneure,  M. 

Watson 

Dicker  son 

Nelson 

Wilson,  B. 

Fairlamb 

Norman 

YVilmer 

Glover 

Parker.  W. 

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Tennessee  Club 

OFFICERS 

Higgins President 

Derryberry   Vice-President 

DeBarcleleben Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Bond,  R.  Kennedy 

Campbell  King,  L. 

Denney  Lacy 

Dickson,  R.  Payne,  H. 

Eggelston  Shelton 

Fitzgerald  Waterfield 

Hanvood  Wilson,  S. 
ilson,  Y. 


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Tidewater  Club 

OFFICERS 

Marchant President 

Nurnev Vice-President 

Pate Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Adams  Groner  Pace 

Sackus  Holliilay  Peebles 

Balfour  Hopkins.  L.  Peed 

Barrett  Hubard  Puller 

Barrow  Jennings,  W.  Roberts,  L. 

Boatwright  Johnston.  D.  Southgate 

Bonney  Jones.   C.  Strawhand 

Calvert  Kellam  Sydnor 

Chevne  Kimberlev  Sver 

Cobb  Little  Teasley 

Curdts  Marshall.  R.  Tyler 

Edmond.  R.  Mason  Vaughn 

Emmerson  Masury  Yon  Schilling 

Gavle  ^|^^^^^f!W\vll  Weaver 

Gary  B^^^ k  R-  Weisel 

Greathead         ^  Meech,  S.  Welton 

Gray  J|  MeCurdv   ^  Whitfield 

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OFFICERS 

Milton 

Vice-President 

Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Armstrong 

Hughes,  C. 

Ballon 

McEachin 

Branch 

Mellon 

Braswell 

Parham 

Brewer 

Smith,  C.  K. 

Bryan 

Smith,  E. 

Elliot 

Taylor,  F. 

Ferguson 

Taylor,  R. 

Hairston,  R. 

Whitted 

Hairston,  J. 

Woodall 

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Lynchburg  Club 

OFFICERS 

Wills   President 

Sullivan    Vice-Pi  esident 

Casey,   M Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Buch  Franklin 

Burman  Harris 

Carter,  J.  Millar 

Campbell  Milkier 

Casey,  B.  Robertson,  D. 

Casey,  J.  Robinson,  W. 

Casey,  M.  Stokes,  W. 

Christian  Sullivan 

Cosby  Wills 

Craighill  Winfree 
Edmunds,  W„ 


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Alabama  Club 

OFFICEBS 

W.  Drennen   President 

Beiuiers Y  ice-President 

E.  McDavid   Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Brown,  H.  Lyons 

Crist  McDavid,  C. 

Crist,  J.  Manning 

Drennen,  A.  Moore,  J. 

Fulton,  J.  Porterfield 

Goodall  Shackleford,  A. 

Goodwin  Shackleford,  W. 

Hamilton  Smith,  T. 

Harris,  S.  Smith,  W. 

Hicks  Stephana 

Hobson  Tillman 
Lavender 


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A.  M.  A.  Club 

OFFICERS 

Jennings   Presiden t 

C.  Hnghes   Vice-President 

Estes  Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Carter.  A.  Norman 

Caswell  Shackleford.  A. 

Greene  Spindle 
Nelson 


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Danville  Club 

OFFICERS 

T.   S.   Williamson President 

J.   C.   Jordan Vice-President 

J.  Estes   Secretary-Treasurer 

MEMBERS 

Adkins  Paxton,  W. 

Clark,  E.  Powell 

Fuller  Riddle 

Hughes  Ruffin,  T. 

Overby       ■  ^an  Wagenen 


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BOMB- STAFF 


E.  B.  Williamson,  Jr. 
Editor-in-Chief 


T.  F.  Morton 
Assistan t  Editor-in-Ch  ief 

J.  M.  Thompson 
Business  Manager 

B.  B.  Wimberly 
Athletic  Editor 


J.  P.  Carter 

Assistant   Editor-in-Chief 

J.  A.  Moneure 

Assistant  Business  Manager 

F.  E.  Scott 
Social  Editor 


W.  E.  Chevne 
Photographic  Editor 

Associate  Editors 


J.  J.  Sullivan 
W.  G.  Wills,  Jr. 


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CADET 
STAFF. 


E.  H.  Gill 
Assistant  Editor 


P.  Brown 
W.  E.  Cheyne 
E.  Dillon,  Jr. 
T.  D.  Jones 
Y.  Lewis 


A.  Branch 
Editor-in-Ch  ief 


Associate  Editors 


J.  P.  Carter 
Assistant  Editor 


0.  L.  Mertz 

L.  Montjoy 

F.  P.  Scott 

T.  F.  Morton 

E.  B.  Williamson,  Jr. 


BUSINESS  STAFF 

C.  W.  Drennen 
Business  Manager 

B.  B.  Wimberly  E.  A.  Sale 

Treasurer  Advertising  Manager 


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A  Handbook  of  V'.  M.  I.     Issued  by  the 
1920  Bomb  Staff. 

E.    Hoge Editor-in-chief 

H.  Jordan Assistant  Editor 

S.  Jefferies, Business  Manager 

C.  Davis Asst.   Business  Manager 

W.   Nurhey Advertising   Manager 

H.   Craighill Asst.   Advertising  Manager 

E.  Jose}-.  Jr \thletic  Editor 

E.   Hughes Social   Editor 

C.  Jackson Art   Editor 

C.   Parrot Humor   Editor 


Associate  Editors 


G.  W.  Hardy 
E.    F.   Comeg} 
G.  W.  Heisie 


T.  C.  McEachin,  Jr. 
T.  H.  Benners 
E.  J.  Williams 


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Cotillion  Club  Officers  and  Roll 

OFFICERS 

W.  G.  Wills.  Jr President 

T.   D.  Jones   Vice-President 


HOP  COMMITTEE 

First  Class 

Al   Branch 
.!.  P.  Carter 
L.  Montjoy 

Li.  B.  Williamson,  Jr. 
B.  B.  Wimberly 

Second  Class 

E.  S.  Jefferies 

.).  ('.  Parrott 

Third  Class 

J.  II.  Jordan 
R.  McC.  Pate 

.1.  T.  Semans 

OEEICIAI 

CHAPEROFE  COMMITTEE 

.Mrs.  E.  W.  Nichols 
.Mrs.  M.  B.  Corse 
Mr-.  R.  T.   Kerlin 

Miss  Elizabeth  Graham 
Mrs.  X.  B.  Tucker 

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Leader 

MARSHALS 

Addison,  W.  M. 

Moneure,  J.  A. 

Barret,  F.  S. 

Mji  it  joy,  L. 

Bond,  1!.  N. 

Moor,..  W.  B. 

Branch,  A. 

Morton,  T.  F. 

Brown,  P. 

Parkhni'st,  It.  B. 

Butler.  E.  L. 

Quigley,  E.  M. 

Carter,  J.  P. 

Rhudy,  J.  T.,  Jr. 

Casey,  B.  W. 

Rudolph,  C.  C. 

Cheyne,  W.  E. 

Ruffin,  T.  E. 

Conway,  E.  It.,  Jr. 

Sale,  E.  A. 

Dillon,  E.,  Jr. 

Seott,  F.  R. 

Drennen,  C.  W. 

Shackelford,  W.  C,  Jr. 

Gary,  P..  It. 

Smith,  D.  V. 

Gill,  E.  H. 

Sullivan.  J.  J. 

Iiiggins,  J.  D. 

Taylor,  F.  M. 

Hurt,  11.  A..  Jr. 

Thomas,  C.  R. 

Jennings,  W.  L. 

Thompson,   J.   M. 

Jernigin,  It.  ('. 

Van  Wagenen,  F. 

Jones,  C.  A..  Jr. 

Wilkinson.  W.  II..  Jr. 

Keezell,  X.  11. 

Williamson,  It.  B.,  Jr. 

Knapp,  F.  D. 

Williamson.  T.  S.,  Jr. 

Lewis.  Y.,  Jr. 

Wimberly,   B.  B. 

Merchant,  B.  W. 

Withers,  K  R, 

Martin,  F.  K. 

Young,  II.   I).  W. 

Mcrtz,  0.  L. 

Jr. 


Adams,  J.  B. 
Allen,  L.  E. 
Alvis,  R. 
Arrington,  W.   A 
Backus.  J.  TT. 
Baebaraeh,  B. 
Barker.  C.  C. 
Benners,  T.  H 
Berry,  F.  W. 
Bleteher.  F.  0. 
Bund  v.  R.  J. 
Calvert.  W.  J..  Jr. 
Casey,  W.  M. 
Chung.  D.  S. 
Comegys,  E.  F. 
Cox,  E. 

Craighill,  D.  H. 
Davis.   T.   C. 
Derrvberrv.  M.  E. 
De  Shazo,  J.  S. 
Fairlamb.  W.  S. 
Gaillard.  C.  C. 
Gallman,  0.  T. 
Graham.  A.  H. 
Greene.   F.   K. 
Groover.  P. 
Hairston.  R. 
Hardy,  F.  B. 
Hardv.  G.  W.,  Jr. 
Hardv.W.  IT..  Jr. 
Haskell.  J.   C. 
Hawkins.  H.  B..  Jr 
Heisig,  G.  W. 
Herring,  F.  L. 
Hoge,  C.  E..  Jr. 


Hughes,  C.  E.,  Jr. 
Jackson,  M.  C.  Jr. 
Jones,  W.  D. 
Jordan.  J.  ('..  Jr. 
Josey,  J.  E.,  Jr. 
Kerlin,   W.   C. 
Lavender.  W.   D. 
Mallorv.  F.  B.,  Jr. 
Marshall.  R.  C. 
Milton,  W.  H.,  Jr. 
Montgomery,  W.  S.,  Jr. 
Montague.  F.  L. 
Monroe,  E.  R..  Jr. 
Munson,  H.  H. 
McEachin,  T.  C. 
Nourse,  W.  R. 
Nurney,  J.  W. 
Parker,  W.  N. 
Paxton,  W.  C. 
Potts,  M.  W.,  Jr. 
Roberts,   L.   S. 
Roberts.  YV.  T.  S. 
Satterfield.  F.  M. 
Scott,  R.  C.  Jr. 
Slack.  T.  A. 
Svdnor.  H. 
Terrv.  C.  M. 
Turner.  H.  M. 
Wallace.  C. 
Wallis,  W.  T. 
Whitfield,  G.  D. 
Williams,  E.  J. 
Williams.  W.  T. 
Winston.  W.  A. 


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Sponsor  First  Hop 


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V.  M.  I.  Spirit 


Oh.  clear  the  way,  V.  M.  I.  is  out  today, 

We're  here  to  win  this  game: 

Our  team  will  bring  us  Fame. 

In  Alma  Mater's  name. 

For  thongli  the  odds  be  against  us,  we'll  not  care. 

You'll  see  us  fight  the  same: 

Always  the  same  old  spirit  and  we'll  triumph  once  again. 

And  though  defeat  seems  certain,  it's  the  same  with  V.  M.  I. 

Our  battle  cry  is  "Never,  Never  I  >ie." 

Chorus : 
For  when  our  line  starts  to  weaken,  our  hacks  fail  to  gain. 

Our  ends  are  so  crippled  to  win  seems  in  vain. 

Then  the  corps  roots  the  loudest,  we'll  yet  win  the  day. 

The  team  it  will  rally  ami  "Fight,"  "Fight."  "Fight."  Ray.' 

We'll  gain  through  the  line  and  we'll  circle  the  ends. 

(Mil  Red,  White,  and  Yellow  will  triumph  again: 

The  "Keydets"  will  fight  'em  and  never  say  die. 

That's  the  spirit  of  A".  M.   1. 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 

FIRST  CLASS 
**P!B  BANQUET 

Octobek  6.  1918 

BANQUET  COMMITTEE 
A.  Branch  J.  M.  Thompson  W.  G.  Wills 

TOASTS 
W.  G.  Wills.  Toastmasier 

To  ex-classmates  Sullh  an 

To  '19  from  ex-classmates McEachin 

To  the  ('alio Morton 

To  the  Class Wills 

To  the  Institute Williamson,  B.  B. 

To  the  Faculty Dillon 

To  the  men   in  the   Service Wimberly 

To  the  Tamps Branch 

To  the  Privates Scott 

To  the  Officers Bond 

The  Class  Prophecy Mertz 

To  the  Corps  Gill* 

MEND 

Iced  Cantaloupe 

Oyster  Cocktail  Salted   Almonds 

Celerv  Hearts  Mixed    Pickles 

Stuffed  Olives 

Fried  Oysters 

Broiled   Spring  Chicken,  a   la    Maryland 

Flanked    Steak 

Candied  Sweet  Potatoes  Green  Peas 

An  Fatin  Potatoes  French  Foils 

Waldorf-Astoria  Salad 

Beaten  Biscuits 


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•'ME  was  a  meeting  of  the  local  soviet  of  the  Bolsheviki  in  barracks  last 
week  presided  by  (deleted).  There  were  no  red  flags  brought  to  the 
meeting,  but  there  was  one  very  red  head.  A  number  of  impotent  ques- 
tions were  discussed  and  prominent  persons,  locally,  cussed.  The  com- 
rade from  Bedford,  smarting  under  two  weeks  confinement,  resented  the 
fact  that  one  of  the  bourgeoitis  had  reported  him  for  some  infraction  of 
regulations  and  vowed  to  get  his  enemy  in  the  back.  The  comrade  from 
keezelltown  had  missed  his  usual  amount  of  hay  and  recommended  that  the  council 
take  all  duty  at  least  once  a  week.  The  comrade  from  Suffolk  thought  that  the 
time  was  ripe  to  make  a  break  from  all  authority,  saying  ""they  did  not  do  things 
this  way  when  my  father  was  here."'  A  committee  of  soldiers  brought  in  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions  to  lie  presented  to  the  higher  council: 

That  there   be   no   reveille   before   eight   o'clock:    no    butts   manual    in    the   hot 
weather  of  June:  no  guard  duty  in  January  and   February;  no  parade  in  the  mud: 


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According-  to  the  regulations,  each  cadet  is  allowed  the  stupendous  sum  of 
$5.000000  per  month  as  spending  money.  The  purpose  of  this  article  is  to  show 
that  it  is  possible  to  expend  such  a  volume  of  the  National  Currency  without  caus- 
ing a  flurry  on  the  stock  market  or  a  panic  in  Madagascar. 

The  plebeian  mind  associates  money  in  all  denominations  with  banana  splits 
and  tickets  to  the  Lyric.  With  the  monthly  budget  from  home,  per  the  regula- 
tions, the  young  spendthrift  might  buy  twenty  of  those  toothsome  delicacies  or  re- 
serve twenty  seats  at  Mr.  Weinberg's  Emporium  of  the  Shadows.  But  either  action 
might  cause  a  bull  movement  in  United  Fruit  Company,  preferred,  McCrum  Drug 
Co.,  or  the  Flickergraph  Film  Company. 

A  portion  of  the  appropriation  might  be  diverted  to  the  coffers  of  the  Athletic- 
Association  through  Mr.  Wray,  who  has  a  }:>ermanent  seat  in  the  Exchange. 

In  case  the  young  financier  should  desire  to  enter  more  unselfish  fields,  no  more 
permanent  monument  could  be  found  than  a  canal  similar  to  Panama.  Each 
month  he  could  excavate  nine  one  thousanths  of  a  foot,  so  that  in  his  four  years 
as  a  cadet,  using  the  same  ratio  of  cost,  he  might  have  a  wonderful  ship  canal  three 
hundred  feet  wide,  a  half  a  mile  deep,  and  four  inches  long. 

Other  fields  of  benevolence  could  be  found  in  endowing  public  libraries,  found- 
ing orphan  asylums,  and  building  public  monuments.  The  fields  of  investment 
offers  gilt  edge  bonds,  gold  bricks,  and  fake  mining  stocks. 

The  doors  of  opportunity  are  open  to  you.  Don't  try  to  corner  the  wheat 
market,  or  freeze  out  Swift  and  Armour  in  the  meat  business.  Select  some  safe, 
simple,  and  secure  branch  of  frenzied  finance  and  let  your  conscience  be  your  guide. 

To  prove  that  such  an  amount  of  money  can  be  done  away  with  in  one  genera- 
tion we  refer  you  to 

Chester:  "Get  Eieh  Quick  Wallingford." 

The  Appropriation  Rill  of  the  sixty-fifth  Congress  for  the  Upkeep  of  the  Army. 

Nickolini:  '•Trujrfinance  jm^pHome  Economics, 


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THE  HOPS 


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Ts        ....  January  5,   1919. 

Dere  Kathenne, 

We  had  our  Christmas  Hops  last  Friday  and  Saturday.  They  call  them 
hops  but  they  amt  really  hops.  But  thats  too  tecknickle  for  you  to  under- 
stand. Catherine.  They  took  all  the  beer  out  of  Virginia  three  years  a°x>  the 
subs  dont  know  the  difference. 

The  gym  was  all  dolled  up.  It  looked  like  the 
public  hall  at  home  that  time  the  congressman  spoke. 
They  had  red  tissue  paper  and  Xmas  trees  stuck  every- 
where. The  band  was  hidden  in  behind  a  young  for- 
est at  one  side  of  the  room,  the  chaperones  the  same  at 
the  other.     They  had  balloons  just  like  a  fair. 

They  had  mr.  weedemeyers  orkestra  from  Hunt- 
ington. 1  he  man  on  the  piano  knocked  the  ivory  off 
of  six  keys,  while  the  one  on  the  sacksofone  blew  a'reed 
clear  across  the  room. 

I    reckon   there  must  have  been  a   hundred    (100) 

to  fo™  Un    cf c  have  a  good  time  for  the  rats  see  that  they  do.     They  have 
to  form  lines  to  keep  them  from  pushing  two  much.     Every  body  has  a  good 
time  except  some  of  these  guys  that 


ear  a   ribbon    with   hop  kommitty 


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January  20.  1919. 


Tell  you  pa  that  the  offishul  chaprone  kommitty 
dont  let  them  jazz  dance  an}' 
more.  They  put  a  sign  up 
in  the  room  where  the  girls 
put  on  the  camyflage.  The 
girls  stopped  and  a  boy 
cant  dance  by  hisself.  But 
you  know  me,   katheryn. 

And  they  have  some  of 
the  best  dancers  up  here. 
Especially  the  subs.  Xo. 
Catherine,  the  subs  aint  U- 
boats.  They  were  once  key- 
dets  and  have  come  back  for 
a  little  college  life.  Some  of 
them  are  so  funny.  One  of 
them  has  been  up  here  so 
long"  that  he  can  call  dock 
Hentv  by  his  first  name. 
And  he  tried  to  get  in  the 
army.  But  he  did  not  have 
it.  katherine,  He  drank  about 
eight  (8)  gallons  of  water 
and  then  only  weighed  a 
hundred  and  five  (105) 
pounds.  And  one  of  them 
savs  he  could  beet  Ralph  or 
Barney  in  his  flivver. 

Some  of  the  subs  have 
ben  foolish  an  gotten  mar- 
ried, but  you  dont  care  about 
subs.  1.  wish  you  could  cum 
up  but  if  you  dont  i  wont  be 
mad.  Big.  that's  me  all  over. 
Yours  regardless, 
clarence. 


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You  will  never  know   how  glad  i  am  that  vou  are  coming  up,  i  havent 
got  the  heart  to  tell  you. 

1   will  interduce  you  to  all  the  subs  that  you   want  to 

meet.  But  a  lot  of  them  are  married  ami  nut  interesting 
any  more.  Even  the  one  they  call,  dogey  is  married.  He 
had  a  hard  time  making-  the  dog,  automobile,  and  marriage 
licents  clerk  believe  that  he  was  above  the  lower  draft  age. 
And  Rock  got  his.  But  he  has  been  a  benedict  so  lont;- 
that  he  dont  remember  what  a  straight  flush  looks  like* 
Son  read  fell  too.  The  government  said  he  could  not  see 
well  enough  to  right  over  there  so  he  decided  to  have  a 
little  war  of  his  own,  over  here. 

And   then    the    unmarried    subs    they    live    in    barracks 
like  regular  keydets.      But  when   dulaney  cracks   down  on 

veille  an  hour  later.  One  of  them  is  called  Logarithm  or  Gosine.  or  some'thiiiij 
like  that,  and  he  is  supposed  to  have  something  wrong  with  his  eves  also 
He  has  the  best  taste  for  femail  beauty  of  any  blind  man  I  have  ever  seen 
And  cyclops  is  also  there  with  les  femmes.  Thats  french  for  the  women' 
katherme.  Mook  is  built  along  the  same  lines  as  far  as  inclinations  o-n.  \„,j 
he  is  one  of  the  best  mexican  athletes  that  has  ever  been  turned  out. 

And  there  is  one  that  you  just  cant  meet.  He  is  positively  too  rough 
He  went  up  town  and  cleaned  up  four  men  singlehanded.  Militarv  Thats 
him  all  over. 

The  others  are  nice  rah-rah  boys  that  any  mother  would  for  proud  for 
her  daughter  to  meet.     One  of  them  was  in  the  marines  and  though  he  was 

not  at  Chatow  Theory  and  Bellow  woods  he  did  °'et  to  Paris  1 

Island. 

But  you  just  wait  until  you  see  all  these  bovs.  Dont  think  when  vou 
see  a  boy  with  two  gold  stripes  on  his  arm  that  he  has  been  to  France 
Maybe  he's  a  corporal.  I  have  not  put  a  appication  for  a  office  vet.  Self- 
sacrificing.     Thats  me  all  over. 

It  costs  two  bits  to  get  you  from  the  station  up  here.  But  moiiev  cant 
stand  between  me  and  you.     Big  all  over.     You  know  me. 


Your  until  they  play  "Home  sweet  Home. 


Clarence. 


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a  titanic.  That  is  not  very  much  of  a  titanic.  But  that  don't  bother  me  none. 
Some  people  say  that  dancing  with  you  is  difficult.  I  say  its  next  to  impos- 
sible. 

Yours  in  spite  of  the  hops, 

Clarence. 

P.  S. — To  decide  a  bet,  did  you  dance  with  anybody  else  besides  me  the 
first  night. 

Clarence. 


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Addison,   \\ 
Barret 
Bond,  R. 


Pa. 

E. 

T. 

r. 


Branch 

Brown, 

Butler, 

Carter, 

Carter. 

Casey,  B. 

Cheyne 

Conway 

Dillon  ' 

Drennen.  W. 

Franklin 

Gary 

Higgins 

Hurt 

Jennings 

Jernigen 


FIRST  CLASS  DELINQUENCIES 

Battalion  adjutant  not  giving  present  arms  at  Par- 
ade. 

Inability   to  b ache   after  three   year  at  the    In- 
stitute. 

Trying  to  compete  with  Wilkinson  for  the  smallest 
canine. 

Unmilitary  hair  cur  S.  M.  I. 

Having  Lexington  for  this  home  town. 

On  Sheridan's  hill  without  authority  F.  C.  P. 

Gross  verbosity  in  room,  continually. 

Talking  in  sleep  O.  C.  M.  X.  I. 

Attempting  to  remain  in  barracks  after  finals. 

Impersonating  a  duck. 

Late  sweeping  out  H2,  SAIL 

Encouraging  bad   feeling  between   knees. 

L'surping  subs  parking  place  on  Staunton  Road. 

Absent  final  formation. 

Punning  a  beaut}-  parlor  in  H2. 

Throwing  food  out  of  window  in   disorderly   man- 
ner. 

Sweating  from  new  cadet,  borrowing  picture. 

Out  of  hay,  P.  I. 

Neglecting  spring  plowing  on   strip   of  ground  be- 
neath chin. 

Rooming  with  two  dodoes,  subject  to  evil  influence. 
ss  and  rep.  in  lib. 
traffic  cop.  Keezelltown. 


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Knapp.  F. 
LLewis,  Y. 
Marchant 
Martin.  F. 
Mertz 

Moncure,  J. 

Montjov 
Moore, 'W. 

Morton 

Parkhurst 

Pfeifler 

Quiglev 

Rhudy" 

Roberdeau 

Ruffin 

Sale 

Scott,  F. 


Four  years  captain  of  trench  marines. 

Being  a  liberal  artist. 

Hiding  behind  gun  SEI. 

Attempting  to  perform  addition  in  public. 

Failing  to   come   to   attention   for   "\  on's"   picture. 

Hearts  of  the  World. 
Failing  to  submit  sponsors  picture  for  staff,  thereby 

delaying  publication  of  "Bomb." 
Resembling  antediluvian  buzzard,  repeated  offense. 
Excess  jaw.  DRC. 

Loitering  behind  New  Market  Statue.  Faster  Hops. 
Allowing  himself  to  be  christened  Reginald. 
Overstaying  leave  of  absence. 

Trying  to  look  intelligent  Military  Science  Class. 
Repeatedly   neglecting  academic   duties. 
Having  an  unlucky  number  of  calic  to  hop. 
Imitating  a  bird,  annoying  Cheyne. 
Answering  delinquencies  thur  0.  M.  D. 
Turning  head  in  arch  causing  nose  to  obstruct  traf- 
fic. 


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mm? 

Thompson.  J.  ^-§,g  on  caP-  Easter  Sunday  Morning. 

\  an  Wagenen  Giving"  cap  grounds  for  suit  for  non-support. 

Wilkinson.  W.  Cruelty  to  helpless  females,  being  unresponsive  to 

their  entreaties. 

Williamson.  R.  Late  getting  out  Bomb. 

Williamson,    T.  Imitating  hard  boy  in  arch. 

Wills  Roughing  up  Thomas,  Basketball  practice. 

Wimberley  President  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  not  being  able  to  reform 

roomates. 

Hair  not  brushed  at  breakfast. 

Throwing  roses  under  window  abt.  10:45  p.m. 


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Prom  everlasting  drills  and  paradi 

(J.  Clini.  di'lix er  us. 
From  Penalty  Tours  and  Inspections, 

( ).  ( rim,  deliver  us. 
From  confinements  and  restrictions, 

( ).  ( rim,  deliver  as. 
Prom  Special  Guard  and  Excess. 

0,  (iim.  deli\ er  us. 
From  Cross  Sections  and  Growley, 

( ).  ( Hm,  deliver  us. 
From  Salmon  and  Pineapple, 

( ).  (Jim.  deliver  us. 
From  the  Post  Band,  from  the  shimmie-shewawa  shiverings  of 
Morton  and  Jones,  from  the  wiles  of  the  wicked  Vampie  Turner, 
From  reveille  at  six  fifteen,  from  Squads  Bast  and  Squads  West. 

0,  (Tim.  deliver  us. 


"There's  confusion  in  general,"  said  the  lieutenant,  as  Napoleon  swallowed  the 
Seidlitz  Powder. 


H.  0. :  "Say.  your  nose  is  awfully  red. 
Freddie:  "Yes.  glasses  caused   it." 
II.  0.:  "Glasses 'of  what?" 


Last  night  I  held  a  little  hand. 

So  dainty  and  so  neat. 
Me  thought  my  heart  would  burst  with  joy 

So  wildly  did  it  beat. 
No  other  hand  into  my  soul 

Could  greater  solace  bring, 
Than  that  hand  I  held  last  nighl 
Which  was 

Four  aces  and  a  kino-. 


'In  what  course  does  your  son  expect  to  graduate?" 
"In  the  course  of  time.    I   ffueSS." 


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itesmal 
as  compared  to  that  of  ye  editor  on  reaching  this  self  same  page. 

In  closing  it  is  but  tit  that  credit  should  be  given  where  credit 
is  due.  The  entire  staff  has  co-operated  to  the  fullest  extent  but  the 
work  of  one  or  two  individuals  has  been  worthy  of  special  mention.  Without 
the  artistic  talent  of  Morton,  whose  handiwork  is  evident  on  almost  every 
page,  this  book  would  not  have  been  possible.  The  lucid  line  of  Carter  has 
also  proved  invaluable. 

In  the  financial  end  of  the  game,  Thompson  has  made  two  dollars  bloom 
where  one  grew  before.  And  Van  Wagenen  wanted  to  fill  the  whole  three 
hundred  pages  with  ads. 

To  Col.  Hunley  thanks  are  due  for  the  article  "V.  M.  I's.  Part  in  the 
War." 

.Austin,  no  less  than  Sammy,  has  contributed  several  excellent  drawings. 
"Mister"  Harris.  S.  has  given  freely  of  his  talent  in  the  form  of  many  car- 
toons, and  Mont}-  Jackson  is  responsible  for  the  greater  part  of  the  headings. 

White  Studio,  of  New  York,  which  did  by  far  the  greater  part  of  the 
photographic  work,  has  been  very  helpful  to  us,  always  coming  across  with 
what  we  wanted  and  in  ever}-  way  assisting  us.  The  printers  and  engravers, 
The  Hammersmith-Kortmeyer  Co..  have  certainly  been  a  pleasant  firm  to  do 
business  with. 

It  is  fallacy  of  the  Cadet  to  make  excuses  for  anything  that  dont  go  right, 
so.  in  keeping  with  this,  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  state  that  the  entire  "Bomb" 
Staff  were  with  the  colors,  fighting  the  war  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  and 
returning  in  January  did  not  allow  us  much  time  to  get  the  material  in.  Any 
mistakes  in  material  may  be  laid  at  the  door  of  Merriman  and  Jacoby's  Roofs 
and  Bridges  which  contains  absolutely  no  formulae  for  what  goes  on  page 
251  of  a  college  annual. 

But  please  remain  seated  for  the  last  act.  Some  of  the  best  firms  in  the 
country  have  enabled  us  to  get  this  book  out  by  furnishing  the  next  forty 


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BIDDLE  CO. 


Page   Two  Hundreds eventy-fi<i 


Tiffany  &  Co. 


Jewelry 

of  Proven  Quality 

and  Value 

Blue  Book  sent  upon  request 

Fifth  avenue  & 37 -Street 
New  York 


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Lake  Charles  Rice 
Milling  Co. 


Rice  and  Rice  Products  in 
Car  Lots  Only. 


LAKE  CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA 


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THE  BOMB-1919 


Riverside  and  Dan  River 

COTTON  MILLS 

Incorporated 

DANVILLE,     VIRGINIA 


Manufacturers  of  the  well  known 


Riverside  Plaids 
Danville  Plaids 
Riverside  Cheviots 
Defiance  Chambrays 
Golden  Rule 

Chambrays 
Ideal  Chambrays 


Dan  River 

Dress  Ginghams 
Dan  River  Sheets 

and  Pillow  Cases 
Dan  River  Wide  Sheetings 

Bleached  and 

Brown 


MARY   BALDWIN   SEMINARY 

ESTABLISHED  1.S42 

For  Young  Ladies 

Term  begins  Sept.  11.  1919 

OCATED  in  the  beautiful  and  historic  Shenandoah  Valley  of  Virginia.  Unsurpassed  climate,  hand- 
some buildings,  and  modern  appointments.  Students  past  session  from  27  states.  Courses:  Colleg- 
iate  (3  years);  Preparatory  (4  years).  Music.  Art,  Expression  and  Domestic  Science.  Small  classes 
and  thorough  work. 


SEND  FOR    CATALOGUE. 


STAUNTON,  VIRGINIA 


Marianna  P.  Higgins 

PRINCIPAL 


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FIRST  AIDS  IN  CONSERVATION 

Pure  Flavoring 

SAUER'S 

EXTRACTS 

Make  war-time  foods  and 
substitutes  tempting 

Seventeen  highest  Awards  at 
American  and  European  Expositions 

for 

Purity,  Strength  and  Fine  Flavor 


Largest  selling  brand  in  the 
United  States. 


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2+2=4 

Earnings-|-Savings=Success 


Start  saving  as  soon  after  you  leave  School  as  pos- 
sible in  one  of  the  banks  of  your 

"OLD  HOME  TOWN" 


An  anchor  to  the  windward  among  the  people  you  know, 
may  save  you  from  shipwreck  some  day. 


Compliments 
of  the 


Merchant's  National 
Bank 

HAMPTON,  VIRGINIA 


von  SCHILLING, 

Cashier 


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This  space  in  the  Bomb  is 
Reserved  for  the 


i.  m.  3. 

Post  iExrtjange 


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AN  INSTITUTION  WHICH 
NEEDS  NO  ADVERTISING 


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MADISON  AVENUE  COR.  FORTY-FOURTH  STREET, 
NEW  YORK 

Telephone  Murray  Hill  HUGO 

Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing  for  Every  Occasion 

Ready  made  and  to   Measure 

Garments  of  Special  Design  for  Sporting  Wear 

Imported  Hats,  Shoes  and  Furnishings 

Trunks,  Bags  and  Leather  Goods 

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue 

Uniforms  and  Personal  Equipment  for  Officers 
of  the  Army  and  Navy 


BOSTON     SALES -OFFICES 

Themontcoh.  Boylston  Street 


NEWPORT  SALES-OFFICES 

220     Bellevue     Avenue 


Henry-  V.   (^Allien 
C&>  Company 


tTWILITARY 
EQUIPMENT 


'That  Have  Stood  the  Test  Since 


1815" 


SCHOOLWCRhYONS 


For 

Sketching 
Designing 
and  Poster 
Work,  use 


"CRAYOLA" 

Drawing  Crayon 


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McC 


rums 


<k< 


is  trie 


SOCIAL  GATHERING  PLACE 

up  Town 


E^erybod})  goes 
to 


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The  Shenandoah  Valley 
Academy 


A  military  school  for  boys  situated  in  the 
Valley  of  Virginia. 

One  of  the  oldest  preparatory  schools  in  the  South. 
ALL  SOUTHERN  HONOR  LIST 


Certificates  accepted  at  West  Point,  Virginia  Military 
Institute,  and  all  other  Colleges  and  Universities. 


CATALOGUE 

ON  APPLICATION  TO  THE  PRINCIPAL 


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Corrugated  Shipping 
Cases 

of  every  Description 


GET  OUR  PRICES 


B.  W.  WILSON,  President 
H.  T.  ADAMS,  Sec'y-Treas. 

C.  W.  THROCKMORTON,  Jr.,  Manager 


id  Corrugated  Paper  Co. 

IMOND,  VIRGINIA 


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Wayland's 


"SERVICE  DRUG  STORE" 

Your  patronage  is  appreciated 

Our  Aim  is  to  Serve  YOU 


Superior 

FOUNTAIN  SERVICE 


Norris  and  Nunnally  Candies 


AND'S 


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CADET 


A  Publication  of 

Greater  Virginia  Military  Institute 


$1.50 

PER  YEAR  IN  ADVANCE 


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1548  BROADWAY 

(Executive  Office) 

557  FIFTH  AVENUE 
New  York.  N.Y. 


Photographers  to  this  book  and  many  other 
for  the  season. 


Colleges 


rpHE  School  and  College  Department  makes 
-*-  available  the  best  skilled  artist  and  modern 
methods  and  also  assures  promptness  and  ac- 
curacy in  completion   of  work. 


Paof    r«co    Hundred-eighty-m 


atton  s 


CLOTHIERS  and  MEN'S 
FURNISHERS 


Home  of 

Hart,  Schaffner  &  Marx 

ana 

Kuppenneimer 
Clothes 

Manhattan  Skirts 

and 

Johnston  &  Murprvy  Snoes 


Puge  T-iio  Hundred-ninety 


Craddock  Shoe 


ALL  LEATHERS 


THE  CRADDOCK  SHOE  is  one  which  the  best  dress- 
ed college  man  will  choose,  for  style  and  appearance. 
It  is  a  shoe  that  the  leather  expert   will   wear    for 
quality  of  material.     It  is  a  shoe  the  particular  man  will 
wear  for  comfort  and  fit.     It  is  a  shoe  the  economical  man 
will  choose  for  long  and  satisfactory  wear. 


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Piedmont  Lumber  Co. 

Manufacturers  and  Wholesalers  of 

VIRGINIA  and  CAROLINA 

YELLOW  PINE 

and 
HARDWOOD 


PEOPLES  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING 

Lynchburg,  Virginia 


I.  H.  <&  B.  H.  Weinberg 

JEWELERS 

Exclusive  Designs  for  Class  Rings  and  Pins 


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Virginia 
Military  Institute 

EIGHTIETH  YEAR 


|jNE  of  the  few  institutions,  if  not  the  only  one, 
in  the  United  States,  Combining  the  rigid  mili- 
tary System  of  the  United  States  Military  Acad- 
emy, with  Collegiate  and  Technical  courses  of 


instruction 


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:  1'  1  \$  jj 

ii'  i  >jBg|i  s  it i " 


ESTABLISHED  1892 


T.  S.  Southgate  t& 
Company 

NORFOLK,  VIRGINIA 


Sales  Agents  and  Distributors 
for 

America 's  Leading  Food  Manufacturers 


Factors  in  Sugar,  Imported  Food  Products. 
DIRECT  MOLASSES  IMPORTERS 


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orreii  s 

PRESCRIPTION  DRUGGIST 


"The  Store  with  a  Conscience" 


Everything  for  the 

CADETS 


Whitman's  and  Park  and  Tilford 

Candies 


A  Live  Wire  between  Our  Store  and 

r  M.  I. 


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Norvell-Wilder 
Hardware  Company 

BEAUMONT,  TEXAS 
Oilwell  and  Mill  Supplies 


Shelf  and  Heavy 

HARDWARE 


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Page  Three  Hundred 


The  WHITE  HOUSE  Washington,  June  29,  1916 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  express  my  admiration  tor 
BINGHAM  MILITARY  SCHOOL.  All  that  I  have  known  of  it, 
directly  or  indirectly,  has  made  me  have  the  greatest  confidence  in 
it.  (Signed)  WOODROW  WILSON 

150    BINGHAM     ALUMNI 

Served  in  the  Spanish-American  War,  and  every  one  of  them  was  given 
rank  from  Lieutenant-Colonel  down.  Two  were  made  Lieutenant-Colonels. 
They  had  TRAINING. 

EVERY  ONE  of  our  Alumni  who  went  through  any  one  of  the  Reserve 
Officers'  Training  Camps  got  a  commission  in  the  New  Army.  They  had 
TRAINING. 

We  have  used  the  .MILITARY  ORGANIZATION  since  1.861.  Our 
Military  Professors  have  been  detailed  from  the  U.  S.  Army  ever  since  the 
details  began  in  1S82. 

3^=  "WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Nov..  1917.  By  order  of  the  SECRE- 
TARY OF  WAR  there  is  hereby  established  at  BINGHAM  MILITARY 
SCHOOL  an  INFANTRY  UNIT  of  the  Junior  Division  of  the  Reserve 
Officers'  Training  Corps."  =^21T 

Address  Col.  R.  Bingham,  Sup't.,  Route  4,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

Or  Capt.  John  A.  Perry,  U.  S.  Army.  Retired,  Military  Professor, 
Asheville,  N.  C. 

1 7Q0     The   one   hundred   and   twenty-sixth    (126th)   year  bet 
LIUO  Sept.    1st,    1919.   and   ends   June    1st.    1920. 


1919 


ORGANIZED   1871 


Life  Insurance  Company" 
of  Virginia 

RICHMOND,  VIRGINIA 


Oldest — Largest  and  Strongest 

SOUTHERN    LIFE    INSURANCE    COMPANY— 

Issues  the  most  liberal  forms  of  ordinary  policies  from  SI. 000.00 
to  $:>0,000.00  with  premiums  payable  annually,  semi-annually  or 
quarterly,  and — 

Industrial  policies  from  S12.50  to  $1,000.00  with  premiums  payable 
weekly. 

»\'ER  $1,500,000.00  annually, 
cy-holders    since    organization    OVER 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


LORD  BACON  SAID: 

''It  is  not  what  we  eat  that  makes  us 'health}-,  but  what  we 
digest." 

"It  is  not  what  we  earn  that  makes  us  wealthy,  but  what  we 
save." 

"It   is   not   what   we  learn  that   makes   us   wise,   but  what   we 
remember." 

REMEMBER 

—  that  the  VIRGINIA  TRUST  COMPANY  makes  a  safe 
Executor,  and  Solicits  accounts  of  Thrifty  Young  Men. 

Virginia  Trust  Company 

RICHMOND,  VIRGINIA 


SINGER^, 

Baking  Company 

Wholesale  and  Retail  BAKERS 


WE  SHIP  B 
EVERYW 


Paqe  Three  Hundred-two 


Pai/e  Three  Hundred-thr 


R.LHess&Bro. 

Jewelers  &  Opticians 


Next  Door  to  Lvric 


COBB'S 

Pressing  Shop 

Opposite  Pool  Room 

Cleaning.  Pressing  and 
Repairing 


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'he  nation-wide  appeals  for  the 
:onservation  of  food  products  is  great- 
ly increasing  the  demands  for  Me- 
lanical  Refrigeration.  Ice-Making 
and  Refrigerating  plants  all  over  the 
country  are  over-hauling  and  im- 
proving their  equipment  so  that  the}' 
may  supply  this  demand  and  reap  the 
increased  prolits.  An  interruption  in 
your  business  will  mean  a  definite 
loss. 


YORK 

Service  Stations 

IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL  CITIES 


YORK  Enclosed  Refrigerating  Machines — Actuated  from  any 
available  source  of  power — S^-ton  capacity  and  upwards. 


FACTURING   CO. 

igerating  Machinery  Exclusively) 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


Lyric  Theatre 

Direction  of 

I.  WEINBERG 

SPECIAL  FEATURES 

Saturday 

Matinee 


Weinberg's 
Everything 
Musical 


VICTROLAS 

Edison  Recreation 


MOVIES 

At 
Jackson  Memorial  Hall 
Virginia  Military    Institute 

Every  Saturday  Night. 
Benefit  of 

MONOGRAM  CLUB 


Direction  of  management 
Lyric  Theatre. 


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THE  BOMB-I9I9 


The  Metropolitan  Life 
Insurance  Company 

Has  policies  suited  to  people  at  all  insurable  ages  and  in 
all  circumstances. 

Its  premiums  are  low  and  its  contracts  appeal  to  busi- 
ness men. 

In  1918  it  paid  one  policy  claim  every  26  seconds  of  each 
business  day  of  eight  hours,  averaging  $566.50  a  minute  of  each 
business  day. 


Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Company 
1  Madison  Avenue  -  -  New  York  City 


Quinn-Marshall  Co. 

Importers  and  Distributers  of 

Dry  Goods,  Notions  and  Men's 
Furnishings 


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Lexington  Pool  Company's 

Newest  and  Nicest 

Pool  and  Billiard  Parlors 

Prompt  and  Courteous  Attention 


We    have   a    SODA    FOUNTAIN  in  connection  with  our 
parlors,  and  SOLICIT  THE  CADETS'  TRADE. 


R.  S.  Anderson 
Company 

Incorporated 

Fine  China  Cut  Glass 

Sterling  Silver 

Wedding  Presents  a  Specialty 


Electric  Lamps  and  Royal 
Rochester  Electric  Irons 


FOX'S 
Barber  Shop 

J.  E.  Pullen,  Manager 

A  High  Class  Barber  Shop 


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Hammersmith- 
Kortmeyer  Co. 


Engravers      -     Printers 

Largest  Publishers  of  High  Quality 
Cflrnplete ^J^oliege  Annuals 

Ir^Ljj^^ffn  i  t  e  d    States 

Milwau^B  Wisconsin 


Pa,/,-  Tin-,-,-  Hundred-riini 


Southern 
Seminary 

For  Girls  and  Young  Women 

FIFTY-FIRST  YEAR 

LOCATION:  In  Blue  Ridge 
Mountains,  famous  Valley  of 
Virginia,  near  Natural  Bridge 
and  Lexington.  Wonderful  health 
record. 

COURSES.  College  Preparatory. 
Finishing,  Music,  including  Pipe 
Organ,  Domestic  Science,  Secre- 
tarial, etc. 

HOME  LIFE:  Personal  attention 
to  the  whole  life,  manners,  char- 
acter,  etc. 

OUTDOOR  SPORTS:  Large 
Grounds. 

BUILDING:.  Beautiful  and  com- 
modious. Students  from  every 
section  of  the  United  States  and 
outside. 

Catalog    and    Literature    sent  on   request 

Buena  Vista,  Va. 


Smyth  Bros.  -  McCleary  - 
McClellan  Co. 

COMMISSION  SALESMEN 
HORSES  AND  MULES 


Auction  Sales: 
WEDNESDAYS 


Office  and  Stables: 

Southern  Stock  Yards 
Richmond,  Va. 


OUR  STORE 


— Ts  not  only  beautiful,  but  em- 
braces always  only  what  is  newest 
and  best  in  every  department. 

College,     Fraternity     and     Class 
jewelry  of  ever}-  description. 

Estimates  and  designs  cheerfully 
submitted. 

A  trial  order  solicited. 


19  2  0 
BOMB 

Place  your  order  now. 


C.  E.  HOGE 

Editor-  in-  Chief. 


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V.  M.  I. 

Pressing  Shop 


Page  Three  Hundred-eleven 


Virginia-Western  Power  Co. 

Steam  and  Hydro- Electric  Power 


General  Offices: 

Clifton  Forge,  Virginia 

"Do  It  Electrically" 


Low  power  rates  offered  for  manufacturers  locating  in  the  towns  in 
which  we  operate. 


Clifton  Forge.  Va. 
Natural    Bridge,    Va. 
White    Sulphur.    W.    Va. 
llonceverte,   W.  Va. 


OPERATIONS: 

Lewisburgr,  W.  Va. 
Alderson,  W.  Va. 
Eagle  Hock.  Va. 
Buchanan,  Va. 


Covington,    Va. 
Glasgow,  Va. 
Buena  Vista.  Va. 
Lexington,  Va. 


The  Virginian 

Lynchburg,  Va. 


European 


Fireproof 


Excellent  Cafe 

Coffee  Shop 


W.W.Timberlake&Co. 

Wholesale 

Confections  and  Fruits 


mimmiiiimiiiiii 


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Sigmund  Eisner,  Pres. 

H.  Raymond  Eisnei,  Vice-Pres. 

Monroe  Eisner,  Sec'y- 

Sigmund  Eisner 
Company 

Uniforms,  Clothing,  Khaki  Spec- 
ialties. 

.Alain    Offices— Red    Bank,    N.    J. 

Factories — Red  Bank,  X.  J.,  New- 
ark, X.  J„  South  Amboy,  N.  J., 
Freehold,  X.  J.,  Long  Branch,  X.  J. 

New    York    Salesrooms — 105    Fifth 
Ave. 

"Official  Outfitters  for  Boy 
Scouts  of  America." 

"Official  Outfitters  for  the  United 
States  Boys  Working  Reserves." 

Cable   Address — "E  i  s  n  e  r   Red 

B  a  n  k." 

Lieber  Code,  A.  B.  C,  Sth  edition. 


TipTop  Bread 


Awarded  First  Prize  at 

Southeastern  Bakers'    Conventior 

Mobile,  Ala.,  April,  1918 


Lynchburg  Steam 
Bakery,  Inc. 

Lynchburg,  Virginia 

Wholesale  Bakers  Only 


We  Solicit   Your  Orde 


Established    1865 


The  First  National  Bank 
of  Lynchburg 


Resources 
Seven   Million   Dollars 


"The  Old,  Big,  Strong  Bank" 


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A.H.FettingMfg. 
Jewelry  Co. 

Manufacturers  of 

Greek  Letter  Fraternity 
Jewelry 


Special  Designs  and 

Estimates  on  Class  Pins, 

Rings,  etc. 


213  North  Liberty  St. 
Baltimore,  Md. 


Stop  at  McCOY'S  for  all 
things  good  to  eat. 

CANDIES,  FRUITS,  and   all 

kinds  of  Canned  Goods 

our  Specialty. 

We  have  an   Up-to-date   Stock   and 
would  be  glad  to  serve  you. 

We  deliver  anywhere  at  anytime. 


McCoy's  Stores 

Main  and  Washington  St. 

Phone  147 

Nelson  Street 

Phone  327 

Lexington,  Va. 


Lexington  Steam  Bakery 

The  Home  of 

Pies,  Candies,  all  kinds  of  Cakes, 
Cream  Puffs 


Excellent  Soda  Fountain 


Special  Attention  Given  to  Cadets 
Phone  133     -     Washington  Street     -     Lexington,  Va. 


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V.  M.  I. 
JEWELRY 

L.  D.  Hamric  &  Son 

Watchmakers 

Jewelers 

Engravers 


vvv 
vv 


Lexington,      Virginia 


LeGrand,  Masse 
&  Fore 


Clothiers,  Furnishers 
and  Hatters 


The  Home  of  Quality  and 
Service 


820  Main  Street, 
Lynchburg,  Va. 


CrutchfielcTs 

DRY CLEANERS 
AND  DYERS 


Lynchburg  and  Petersburg 


The  White  House 
Cafe 


Lynchburg 's  Leading 
Restaurant 


815  Main  Street 
Lynchburg,  Va. 


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