Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-10
Y. N. |. THE WEST
POINT OF THE SOUTH
Military and Scientific Training
Specialties
INSTITUTION OF DEMOCRACY
Every CABOT Stands on Individual
Merit Alone

tute faculty appeared in the educa-
tional section OF the Richmond |
Times Dispatch of recent Sunday
issue, from which the following is
taken:
The Valley OF Virginia is historic
ground; it has been sung in song
and story; the deeds OF it's men. in
war, on the bench, in pulpit and
forum, the devotion and heroism of
its women-these things are part
and parcel of the common heritage
OF the State and Southwest.
Pe0pled by sturdy race, whose
traditions we're firmly grounded in
Christianity and education, it was
but natural that an early interest
should be manifested by the inhabi-
tants Ot this favored section in spir-
itual and mental training for the
youth of both sexes. While this in.
terest was manifest in all parts OF
the Valley, it's elimination may be
said without offense to have been
reached for young men in it's south
western extremity, in the little town
OF Lexington. situated in the county
Of Rockbridge. From Liberty Hall
grew Washington College, later
Washington and Lee University;
out of the western arsenal at Lex
ington was founded in 1889 the Vir.
ginia Military Institute.
The town of Lexington, the Ath-
ems Of America, holds within its
confines two institutions of the high
er learning for young men. Within
its borders also are an excellent
graded school and a high school
which is numbered in the first rank
Of such schools. having a course OF
four years. Here are found from year
to year nearly thousand young men,
no come from all sections OF the
country. and not an unimportant
number from foreign parts, to par
take of the benefits and advantages
here offered. These advantages are
many: A salubrious climate, COM
bining as it does the bracing atmos-
phere OF winter without it's excess
sive rigor, with the pleasant warmth
OF fall and spring without the &C
companying lassitude that comes
from extreme heat; a healthful eli
mate. too, some thousand feet above
sea level, with fair average of
rainfall and sunshine, and with
newl y-installed water works by the
opening OF another session. which
will furnish an abundance OF pure
freestone water; beautiful and in
spring scenery all around in every
direction; refined and cultivated
people to live among; memories and
traditions of such kind as are hard y
to be found elsewhere in the land
sacred. uplifting and precious &c
every Southern heart-for here lie
buried Lee and Jackson, the one
president OF Washington and Lee
University, the other a professor
for ten years at the Virginia Mill
tary Institute; such advantages as
these appealing to both the body
and soul OF young men, are impor
tant factors IN their contributing in
Ruences upon the main purposes o
their coming which is intended To bs
a development along mental. mora
and physical lines by the process o
education, whose higest function i:
in the last analysis to fit human be
ings properly to grapple with anC
successfully 10 solve the problem.
OF life.
Every young man who enters
Y. Nj. 1. is exactly on the same plane
every adventitious circumstance o
birth or fortune is stripped away
self dependence, sipgly and entire
ly. All cadets have the same dutiei
to perform. keep the same hours
the same meals, have rooms the du
plicate of one another-absolut,
equality. regularity.
The graduates and eleves of tn,
Virgininis Military Institute hav,
been the best testimonials of th,
worth of their alma mater.
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