Echoes of V. M. I.
Author : James Eston Johnston
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Page : 146 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 1937
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Author : James Eston Johnston
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Page : 146 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 1937
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Author : Keith E. Gibson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1439641471
In 1839, the Virginia Military Institute became the nation's first state-sponsored military college when the state arsenal in Lexington, Virginia, adopted an additional duty providing a college education to a small group of cadets. This humble experiment became the nation's model for educating the citizen-soldier. Today cadets live a military lifestyle while pursuing an undergraduate degree and may choose to accept a commission in any branch of the armed forces upon graduation. Noted alumni include Pony Express organizer Ben Ficklin (1849), Nobel Peace Prize recipient Gen. George Marshall (1901), Polar explorer Adm. Richard Byrd (1908), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark (1921), and actor Dabney Coleman (1957). Numbered among the alumni are over 260 general officers, 13 Rhodes Scholars, and a saint in the Episcopal Church. The Post, as the campus is called, is a National Historic District with its distinctive Gothic Revival architecture surrounding the central parade ground.
Author : Mark A. Benvenuto
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 13,23 MB
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1460278968
Praise for Twisted Tales from VMI "I laughed till I stopped " Dave Hagemann, '80 "Me, too." John Cooper, '83 "Written proof my roommate was in serious need of some psychiatric help." Matt Waring, '83 "The funniest thing I have read since the last funny thing I read." Tom Hathaway, '72 "That boy is nuttier than pecan pie " Lynn Seldon, '83, author Virginia's Ring "I'm now convinced my Brother Rat was dropped on his head as a youngster - many, many times." Scott Belliveau, '83...
Author : William Couper
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Page : 534 pages
File Size : 23,53 MB
Release : 1939
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Author : Monika S. Fleming
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 38,41 MB
Release : 1996-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738553375
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, has a long and intriguing history stretching back to the 1730s, when the first permanent European residents began settling the banks of the Tar River, and beyond, when Tuscaroras roamed the woodlands of this fertile region. Edgecombe County was recognized as a county in 1741; just over a century later it led the nation in cotton production and was well known as a forward-thinking and prosperous county of exceptional natural beauty. The tremendous changes ushered in by the Civil War and Reconstruction coincided with the development of photography. Photographers like S.R. Alley in Tarboro, who captured life in Edgecombe County on film in the crucial era covered here, were unknowingly recording history in a way that future generations will be forever grateful for.
Author : Barbara Long
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,3 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780766013421
Presents information about the Supreme Court case which questioned the Virginia Military Institute's male-only policy and which refueled the debate regarding private, single-gender schools.
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Page : 780 pages
File Size : 45,3 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Virginia
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Author : Laura Fairchild Brodie
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 32,39 MB
Release : 2010-02-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 0307554880
On July 26, 1996, the United States Supreme Court nullified the single-sex admissions policy of the Virginia Military Institute, the last all-male military college in America. Capturing the voices of female and male cadets, administrators, faculty, and alumni, Laura Brodie tells the story of the Institute's intense planning for the inclusion of women and the problems and triumphs of the first year of coeducation. Brodie takes us into the meetings where every aspect of life at VMI was analyzed from the per-spective of a woman's presence: housing, clothing, haircuts, dating, and the infamous "Ratline"—the months of physical exertion, minimal sleep, and verbal harassment to which entering cadets are subjected. Throughout the process the administration's aim was to integrate women successfully without making adjustments to VMI's physical standards or giving up its tradition of education under extreme stress. No other military college had done so much to prepare. But would it work? With everyone on the Post, we hold our breath as Brodie takes us through Hell Night, the unrelenting months of the Ratline, the fraternization, hazing, and authority issues that arose, the furtive sexual encounters, the resentments and, for the women, the daily difficulties of maintaining a feminine identity in a predominantly male world. Despite the challenges, we see the women ultimately making a place for themselves. Though new problems continue to arise, Brodie's lively and inspiring account makes it clear that VMI's story is an important and timely one of institutional transformation.
Author : Scott Dodson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 38,32 MB
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 1316515567
This anthology chronicles the legal legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Author : Henry A. Wise
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Education
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