Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-01-05

those who were not blessed with much of this
worlds goods, at once suggested to the authorities
OF the institute, that when these should graduate
they must be prepared for the active calls of life;
and hence drawing civil engineering and other prac
teal branches were introduced The measures
adopted by the board to provide for these claims Of
the school, have operated TO give practical direc
tlor not only to the school, but to the mind of each
member OF the school. Hence, the graduate at
once goes to his legitimate work, knowing that what
ne has learned, he has now to apply. The soldier
goes to his post such the teacher 10 his school
the engineer to his rod and level the architect and
draughtsman to his drawing board Ihoroughness
IN instruction, constituting the essential element
for such a school, goes through every Department.
Whatever is taught, must be we'll taught it must
be thoroughly taught, because it has to be applied
Again, the habits Of the soldier, as conducting to
SYSTEM punctualty, prompness responsibility neat
ness energy and decision, tend: in most material
degree, to these same results. Hence, while the
course of instruction in the Virginia military nsti-
tute has not been formed with special reference to
what called the learned professions and partic
ularly not upon the basis usually adopted in schools
TOR these professions of giving importance to the
classical, TO the neglect OF the scientific courses
STILL it Ia not to be wondered at that many designed
| for these professions, find more than equivalent
furnished here for the absence of Gretk, in course
OF studies, by the important principles and habits oil
duty just enumerated. Hence, the graduate, who
goes to his farm, will impress a system and neat
college training, and will al apply to his soils
the anal ytcal knowledge of their chemical proper
ties. which he has here acquired in the laboratory
| Hence in word the graduates of the Virginia
military institute seemed prepared for and called tc
work IN this state, not inferior to that which the
graduates of the U. S. military academy have had
before them with respect to the bounds of this ex
tended country.
This practical bearing of the institute will be still
further developed when the rooms for the ana yss
1T IL, .1a.a
by directing the mind and talents fof the school Il
the important branch of practical agriculture
while It's distinctive character state institution
combined with its practical and scientific course
will enable the state at some future day to prepare
by means of its graduates for great desIderatum
in complete geographical and geological map o
the state
Such is a brief record of the rise, progress, ant
distinctive character of the Virginia military nsti
tute.
1t presents the remarkable fact that, for the frs
10 years of its existence, it almost enirey
seJ-Susta1nlng institution, being obliged, during thl
PERIOD to maintain its faculty, erect its own build
ings, and provide all the APPAREL required TO
such school.
In this short time the Virginia military institute
had developed itself from the little band which con
stiuted the first cadets guard In 1889 10 the prou
position and distinction of being regarded tn
K" West Point Of the South" 1t had in this tim
revolutionzed, in great degree, the systems OF ed
ucation and college government in the south an
west which universal consent acknowledges.
/ When, by its own merits, thus strongly presente
and acknowledged, the stale of Virginia tina
the institute was no longer doubtful experiment
she literally came to its support, and froma 1876
10 the present time, has given the strongest evidenc
of the appreciation with which it is regarded, an
of the determination to perfect that which has bee
SO auspiciously begun
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Ann and Nassau-sreets, New York where his popular Pill
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of years in part of the world sod particular
of of the they have effected hrong the papers
this country and there question but that they
actly the kind of medicine citizens require We wou
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fear but that they would continue them whenev
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