Significant Dates

Question 1

Virginia first opened as what in 1851?

Answer 1

Olin and Preston Institute

Question 2

What was the grant in 1862 called?

Answer 2

Morrill Land Grant Act

Question 3

What chartered with collegiate powers in 1869?

Answer 3

Preston and Olin Institute

Question 4

What was the name of the land grant institution opened in 1872?

Answer 4

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College

Question 5

The first Corps trip was for the unveiling of what in 1875?

Answer 5

Jackson Monument

Question 6

What year required all students to live on campus?

Answer 6

1875

Question 7

The military system was firmly established in what year?

Answer 7

1882

Question 8

First football game, Cadet Band established, and grey and black colors were all done what year?

Answer 8

1892

Question 9

First VMI game played in what year?

Answer 9

1894

Question 10

First Bugle Published in what year?

Answer 10

1895

Question 11

Motto ‘Ut Prosim’ adopted, University Coat of Arms adopted, curren school colors, and Polytechnic Institute added were all done what year?

Answer 11

1896

Question 12

What year did the Corp petition the governor for active military service?

Answer 12

1898

Question 13

The first out-of-state Corps Trip in 1901 was to what city/state for the Pan American Exposition?

Answer 13

Buffalo, New York

Question 14

What system was established in 1908?

Answer 14

Honor System

Question 15

What sports game was the first of its type played in the year of 1909?

Answer 15

Basketball

Question 16

What animal attends its first football game as the mascot in the year of 1913?

Answer 16

Turkey

Question 17

This book was first published as the YMCA Handbook (Rat Bible) in 1916.

Answer 17

Guidon

Question 18

What was the first R.O.T.C. unit in 1917?

Answer 18

Army

Question 19

VTCC enlisted as a unit of regular Army and Navy Reserve in what year?

Answer 19

1918

Question 20

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’

Answer 20

Highty Tighties

Question 21

Females were first admitted as full-time students in what year?

Answer 21

1922

Question 22

What is the name of the first female to receive a degree in 1923?

Answer 22

Mary Brumfield

Question 23

The mandatory time in the Corps changed to how many years in 1924?

Answer 23

Two

Question 24

What organization was found at VPI by Walter S. Newman in 1926?

Answer 24

Future Farmers of Virginia

Question 25

What union was founded in 1930?

Answer 25

Civilian Student Union

Question 26

First Ring Dance (for Class of 1935) was what year?

Answer 26

1934

Question 27

What court was established in 1935?

Answer 27

Honor Court

Question 28

VTCC organized as brigade of two regiments in 1942. How many battalions?

Answer 28

5

Question 29

What college becomes VPI Women's Division until 1964 in 1944?

Answer 29

Radford State Teacher's College

Question 30

What ROTC detachment was established in 1946?

Answer 30

Air Force

Question 31

What arsenal was closed in 1949, known as '___' campus?

Answer 31

Rad-Tech

Question 32

What year had BOV appointed first full-time Commandant since WWI? This year also had the establishment of the Cooperative Education Program.

Answer 32

1952

Question 33

What was the name of he first African American student in 1953?

Answer 33

Irving Peddrew

Question 34

What was the name of the first African American Student to graduate in 1958?

Answer 34

Charles Yates

Question 35

What was the year of the first costumed Gobbler?

Answer 35

1962

Question 36

In 1964 what university organization becomes voluntary?

Answer 36

Corps of Cadets

Question 37

In what year did the Cadets and civilians unite to form on student government?

Answer 37

1966

Question 38

What was the name in 1967 of the first African American student to receive athletic grant-in-aid?

Answer 38

Jerry Gaines

Question 39

What students out number cadets for the first time in 1968?

Answer 39

Females

Question 40

What was added to VPI's name in 1970?

Answer 40

and State University

Question 41

Females were admitted to the Corps of Cadets and organized into what squadron in 1973?

Answer 41

L Squadron

Question 42

What is the name of the first female cadet that joined the Highty Tighties in 1975?

Answer 42

Marilyn Helmeyer

Question 43

Service academies started to admit females in what year?

Answer 43

1976

Question 44

In 1977, the Corps was its smallest at what number since 1902?

Answer 44

325

Question 45

What dorms became the first co-ed dorms on campus in 1981?

Answer 45

Cadet dorms

Question 46

What ROTC was established in 1983?

Answer 46

Navy

Question 47

The first African American Regimental Commander in 1985 is?

Answer 47

Derek Jeffries

Question 48

The first female Regimental Commander in 1987 is?

Answer 48

Denise Shuster

Question 49

In 1990, what rank were Company Commanders given?

Answer 49

Cadet Major

Question 50

What organization was established in 1991? (Use abbreviation)

Answer 50

VTCCA

Question 51

First female Drum Major in 1991 is?

Answer 51

Lori Keck

Question 52

Cadet field uniform in 1993 was changed to what uniform, replacing the OD green 'Pickle Bag' fatigues?

Answer 52

Camouflage Pattern Battle Dress Uniform

Question 53

In 1995, Cadets were able to earn what minor? This is also the year the Emerging Leader Scholarships were first awarded?

Answer 53

Leadership Studies

Question 54

What year was the Major General W. Thomas Rice Center fo Leader Development established?

Answer 54

1996

Question 55

3rd Battalion in 1998 has an addition of what two companies with the inclusion of Band Company?

Answer 55

India and Kilo

Question 56

After how many years were both War Memorial Chapel and the Memorial Court rededicated, which was three days before 9/11 in 2001?

Answer 56

Two

Question 57

In 2003 what was the first pylon dedication ceremony honoring the death of?

Answer 57

1st Lt. Jeffrey Kaylor

Question 58

First femal African-American Regimental Commander was who in 2005?

Answer 58

Christina Royal

Question 59

First foreign national was who from Kuwait in 2008?

Answer 59

Adnan Barqawi

Question 60

The largest class of VTCC in 2012 was how large?

Answer 60

1066

Question 61

What hall was closed that was built in 1897 in 2013?

Answer 61

Rasche Hall