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North Post, June 2016
No full textView of North Post with Barracks in the far background, June 8, 2016
Graduation, May 2016
No full textMore than 300 cadets walked across the stage in Cameron Hall during the Commencement ceremony May 16, 2016
North Post Challenge, 2016
No full textSix cadets from each company compete in the shotgun shoot part of the North Post Challenge, April 23, 2016
Francis H. Smith Statue
No full textBronze statue of VMI's first Superintendent, by sculptor Ferrucio Legnaioli. Smith, who served for fifty years - from the opening of the Institute in 1839 through 1889 - is known as the "builder and rebuilder" of VMI. The statue was originally located near the New Market monument, but today resides in front of Smith Hall, VMI's administration building
Spirit Night, Dec. 2016
No full textCadet musicians perform in Jackson Memorial Hall on Spirit Night, Dec. 9, 2016
Thomas Barksdale notes taken in Stonewall Jackson's class at VMI, ca. 1855
No full textExcerpt from the Thomas Barksdale cadet notebook. These pages are notes taken in the class taught by Major Thomas Jackson (later known as Stonewall). From 1851 until the outbreak of Civil War, Jackson served as Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery Tactics at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Natural Philosophy (in modern terms, roughly equivalent to Physics; it included astronomy, mechanics, acoustics, optics, and other sciences), was a difficult part of the mid-nineteenth century curriculum
Reminiscences of Camp Life in the United States during World War I
No full textTypescript memoirs by Brigadier General William B. Cochran documenting his stateside service during World War I. He was stationed at numerous troop training camps, including Camp Taylor, near Louisville, Kentucky
Cadet love letter, 1860
No full textLetter, December 1860, written by a Cadet named "Willie" to his cousin Mary. It is romantic in nature and largely concerns their relationship
VMI Cadet. September 30, 2016
No full textVolume 110, number 2Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacation
Institute Report. December 2016
No full textA publication of the VMI Office of Communications and Marketing containing news and events information. Volum