The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, February 12, 1996              TAG: 9602090004
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

NO WOMEN

No woman, no matter who she is, can ever become a ``brother rat'' at Virginia Military Institute. Introducing a ``sister rat'' program into VMI would destroy a little-understood educational system that has been uniquely successful for more than 150 years.

WILLIAM H. WHITMORE

Norfolk, Jan. 30, 1996

Editor's note: The writer is a 1948 VMI graduate. by CNB