The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-14
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER "A, 1905.
II is only by promoting the happiness
Of others tina. we can secure our ,, 49,
INSTRUMENTATION at V. M. |.

rbore ,s no doubt that from time 10
+ime the fare at the Virginia Military IN
.,,,u.e has been poor The board OF visl-
TORS admit the fact The raw mltelia'
seems TO have been good enough but we
food was poorly cooked and served ana
,hero was lust ground for complaint Oh
,hi9 score II is fair criticism also
mat The board of visitors were not "s
rro,npt as they should have been IN I'M
nroylng the service. The boys are en-
tilted 20 Wholesome food. good bread
hut,er and milk, fresh vegetables in sea-
son and nourlshing meats. They nave
hard work to do, and they must nave
plenty of food that makes rlch oiooui
and gives physical strength
But the members of the poard are az
+ intelligent, high-minded, patriotic NJ
c;n,nns. who have at heart the true IN
terests Of the Institute and the cadels'
p and they will remedy the defects without
the intervention of either the Governor
or the Legislature. The cadets nave 1lot
been starving. They have not even SUI
fered for the lack of food. me 1000
has not always been to their taste, 1or
this is a luxurious age; but that lot
of strapplng fellows, in the bloom OF
youth, with the appetite Of sawyer
and the digestion.of growing poy' nave
hccn starving or even suffering, with an
abundance of bread. butter, milk, beer
g-sa l.I3.. ,Io ,oDos,ion nor TO
nr seriously discussed. Imagine the sol
d,ers of the Confederacy starving on such
re- tions! Mind you. we are not mlklhs
nynusss, we are rldcuire the idea THAI
tbo bows have been suffering for some
sillinr TO eat and that their health has
bcen impaired 1t is an unreasonable
story, and we do not believe it.
If that were all, we Should not deem
II necessary to refer to the subject at
all in this department of the paper. We
feel sure that there will be no just
ground of complaint hereafter. so far as
the fare is concerned, but there has been
a deplorable breach OF discipline. for
which the misguided championship OF
outsiders who love the lads Is In great
part responsible The cadets heard their
grievances proclaimed until they them
selves had an exaggerated conception Of
them. like the plaintiff in court, who
wept when the lawyer was pleading his
cause, and declared that he had had no
idea until then how much he had suf-
sered. AS n result some Of the cadets so
far forgot ther' military training as to
send an "ultimatum" to the super!nten-
dent!
Fare or no fare. that sort of insubordi-
ration must not be condoned or toll
Grated. Discipline must be maintained at
made to feel that obedience Is the foun.
hation Of character; that they are sent
10 the Institute TO learn the lesson of
obedience and to cultivate the spirit OF
obedience. without which there can be no
ruch thing as good citizenship or organ
lied government. Every boy must learn
10 obey bafore he can learn to command.
IT Is most distressing that within the
lwelve-month there should have been In
iolerable characterization at both the mill
.ary schools of Virginia. and what we
satd last winter TO the management OF
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, ant
say now 10 the management OF the vir
ylnia Military lnstltute-enforce orders
maintain discipline, make no compromis,
with defiant cadets and you viii be sup
Ported by the Virginia public.