https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/7ea44d7baa8250680c2fe02d304fee4d.jpg df97b0dbc311f5fda91679ac96013eac https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/850f80963fe8f123f8f0555f458222ca.jpg 178ce92189a1eb7ec7bc9f31599dccba https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/71498b2ae3818ced5975b25bdde1bcdc.jpg 747aaa67be658da89c89d1430bfa322d https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/fccab6f8cf17001066f885614cd043da.tif ae10ab1899ad7be722979366436fa161 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/74c84f93ac38469b4144425dd69ebf49.tif 80009e680da93da9ea4bd8f18c2602b0 https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/ad5c1bc629e20b154faed18b1028fac6.tif 079870a6cca2d1dd56b5b475eba3f06d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Smithers First and Middle Name Marion Wilkins Hometown Richmond, Virginia County and/or State Virginia Birth Date March, 23, 1900 Birthplace Richmond, Virginia Parents John W. Smithers and Mary Bowels Smithers VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army - in the VPI Students Army Training Corps (SATC) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company C, VPI Student's Army Training Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered Student's Army Training Corps at Christiansburg, Virginia on October 22, 1918 and left when SATC was disbanded on December 7, 1918 Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Smithers remained at VPI after the war ended, graduating in 1922. He said of the SATC that it "could have been more suitably named 'Stuck At The College." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Smithers, Marion Wilkins questionnaire