From the Richmond Enquirer, 5/31/1861, p. 3, c. 6
VIRGINIA
MILITARY INSTITUTE.
AS soon as the Cadets now in the
field can be spared from the duties upon which they are now detached, they will
return to the Institute, and regular Academic exercises will be commenced.
In the meantime, young men of good
character, who desire the advantages of the military instruction of the
Institution, theoretic, as well as practical, will be admitted upon presenting
themselves to the acting Superintendent, Major S. Crutchfield.
Persons thus admitted will be
organized into classes for instruction in infantry, artillery, and cavalry
tactics, in field fortification, strategy and pyrotechny, and will be controlled
and governed by the same regulations which apply to Cadets. The first element in
a soldier’s instruction is to learn respect for, and submission to, lawful
authority, and no one will be received under any circumstances who is not
willing to submit to this control. The tendency of a state of war is to
demoralize the soldier. It is the high function of the Virginia Military
Institute to restrain this tendency by imparting, as far as it may, the
qualifying influences of discipline. When the regular Academic exercises are
resumed, the persons thus admitted to the privileges of Cadets, will be allowed
to withdraw, or to continue the regular course of the Institute, at will, and in
the meantime no charge will be made for tuition. Deposit on admission, $120.
ESTIMATED
EXPENSES.
| Board per month, |
$12.00 |
Library fee, |
2.00 |
| Washing, |
1.50 |
Music fee, |
5.00 |
| Fuel and lights, |
1.50 |
Contingencies per m’th, |
6.00 |
| Medical fee, |
5.00 |
Uniform, |
20.00 |
| Room furniture, |
5.00 |
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