Significant Dates Flashcards
Virginia first opened as what in 1851?
Olin and Preston Institute
What was the grant in 1862 called?
Morrill Land Grant Act
What chartered with collegiate powers in 1869?
Preston and Olin Institute
What was the name of the land grant institution opened in 1872?
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
The first Corps trip was for the unveiling of what in 1875?
Jackson Monument
What year required all students to live on campus?
1875
The military system was firmly established in what year?
1882
First football game, Cadet Band established, and grey and black colors were all done what year?
1892
First VMI game played in what year?
1894
First Bugle Published in what year?
1895
Motto ‘Ut Prosim’ adopted, University Coat of Arms adopted, curren school colors, and Polytechnic Institute added were all done what year?
1896
What year did the Corp petition the governor for active military service?
1898
The first out-of-state Corps Trip in 1901 was to what city/state for the Pan American Exposition?
Buffalo, New York
What system was established in 1908?
Honor System
What sports game was the first of its type played in the year of 1909?
Basketball
What animal attends its first football game as the mascot in the year of 1913?
Turkey
This book was first published as the YMCA Handbook (Rat Bible) in 1916.
Guidon
What was the first R.O.T.C. unit in 1917?
Army
VTCC enlisted as a unit of regular Army and Navy Reserve in what year?
1918
In 1919, the band was first called ___? This was also the year Virginia Tech was designated as one of the nation’s ‘Distinguished Military Colleges’
Highty Tighties
Females were first admitted as full-time students in what year?
1922
What is the name of the first female to receive a degree in 1923?
Mary Brumfield
The mandatory time in the Corps changed to how many years in 1924?
Two
What organization was found at VPI by Walter S. Newman in 1926?
Future Farmers of Virginia
What union was founded in 1930?
Civilian Student Union
First Ring Dance (for Class of 1935) was what year?
1934
What court was established in 1935?
Honor Court
VTCC organized as brigade of two regiments in 1942. How many battalions?
5
What college becomes VPI Women’s Division until 1964 in 1944?
Radford State Teacher’s College
What ROTC detachment was established in 1946?
Air Force
What arsenal was closed in 1949, known as ‘___’ campus?
Rad-Tech
What year had BOV appointed first full-time Commandant since WWI? This year also had the establishment of the Cooperative Education Program.
1952
What was the name of he first African American student in 1953?
Irving Peddrew
What was the name of the first African American Student to graduate in 1958?
Charles Yates
What was the year of the first costumed Gobbler?
1962
In 1964 what university organization becomes voluntary?
Corps of Cadets
In what year did the Cadets and civilians unite to form on student government?
1966
What was the name in 1967 of the first African American student to receive athletic grant-in-aid?
Jerry Gaines
What students out number cadets for the first time in 1968?
Females
What was added to VPI’s name in 1970?
and State University
Females were admitted to the Corps of Cadets and organized into what squadron in 1973?
L Squadron
What is the name of the first female cadet that joined the Highty Tighties in 1975?
Marilyn Helmeyer
Service academies started to admit females in what year?
1976
In 1977, the Corps was its smallest at what number since 1902?
325
What dorms became the first co-ed dorms on campus in 1981?
Cadet dorms
What ROTC was established in 1983?
Navy
The first African American Regimental Commander in 1985 is?
Derek Jeffries
The first female Regimental Commander in 1987 is?
Denise Shuster
In 1990, what rank were Company Commanders given?
Cadet Major
What organization was established in 1991? (Use abbreviation)
VTCCA
First female Drum Major in 1991 is?
Lori Keck
Cadet field uniform in 1993 was changed to what uniform, replacing the OD green ‘Pickle Bag’ fatigues?
Camouflage Pattern Battle Dress Uniform
In 1995, Cadets were able to earn what minor? This is also the year the Emerging Leader Scholarships were first awarded?
Leadership Studies
What year was the Major General W. Thomas Rice Center fo Leader Development established?
1996
3rd Battalion in 1998 has an addition of what two companies with the inclusion of Band Company?
India and Kilo
After how many years were both War Memorial Chapel and the Memorial Court rededicated, which was three days before 9/11 in 2001?
Two
In 2003 what was the first pylon dedication ceremony honoring the death of?
1st Lt. Jeffrey Kaylor
First femal African-American Regimental Commander was who in 2005?
Christina Royal
First foreign national was who from Kuwait in 2008?
Adnan Barqawi
The largest class of VTCC in 2012 was how large?
1066
What hall was closed that was built in 1897 in 2013?
Rasche Hall
