Traditions
Several Tech traditions date back to the late 19th century after the appointment of university president John M. McBryde. McBryde became president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1891 and immediately began reorganizing the university's curriculum. He envisioned VAMC as more professional and technical. McBryde's vision and plan laid the foundation for modern-day Virginia Tech.
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Famous quotes containing the word traditions:
“And all the great traditions of the Past
They saw reflected in the coming time.
And thus forever with reverted look
The mystic volume of the world they read,
Spelling it backward, like a Hebrew book,
Till life became a Legend of the Dead.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“But generally speaking philistinism presupposes a certain advanced state of civilization where throughout the ages certain traditions have accumulated in a heap and have started to stink.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)