Miller School of Albemarle - Blue Ridge Blast Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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fi RUST' T l H Ohm: RI'-F A ERNEST W. GOODWIN MISS LUCY J. MUNSON MISS LILY H. SMITH MISS OLIVE RICE ASHBY D. ESTES LANDON C. PAINTER MISS LIZZIE W. HARLOW CHARLIE T. JENNINGS MISS MARY E. TAYLOR 'MISS VIRGINIA M. BUSSINGRR Q JOHN M. MONTZ MISS VYRGIE -SMITH 46

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IJATHAN MISS MUNSON GOODWIN MISS K MISS Bl NFURU MISS Q.- VAWTER MONTL JA BEALE- MISS HAR lt0W uesoq ' ' Q. S. , BLUE RIDGETLBLAST STAFF

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gmt' Editorial EARS and years ago the preacher said, Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the Heshf, The wisdom of the preacher has never been doubted by any schoolboy, and older ones will no doubt say that this volume confirms the text. Wfe are perfectly aware of the fact that long editorials are seldom read and, if they are, they are certainly 4' a weariness of the fleshf, But this is our first chance and we must not let it slip, and we trust that the occasion will serve as an apology for the Editorial Staff, if not for the Editor-in-Chief. In September of IQO3 the first literary society was organized at the Miller School. In honor of our beloved Superintendent, it was named the Vavvter Lit- erary Society. For three months and more we were without a local habitation, and our meetings were held in the chapel. But at the very beginning the Captain promised us a hall and every effort was made to get it ready before the Christmas holidays. In this we were successful, and on the 19th of December, we dedicated 'K Union Hallf, and forever set it aside for the joint use of the Vawter Literary Society and the Athletic Association-a place for the contest of mind with mind and for the trophies won on the gridiron. and the diamond. The program rendered on that occasion was one which the Society has every reason to be proud of, and when one considers that it was carried out for the most part by schoolboys with less than four months' training, who had never appeared in public before, the results were simply astonishing. To keep the program from being too heavy, and to portray life at Miller School in a humorous form, a paper known as the Blue Ridge Blast was read. The name is due to Heath Lewis, and to him belong many of its attractive features. According to a statement on the first page, the Blast was Published by the X. Y. Z. Companyf-At the Sign of the Monkey. The editorial staff was as follows: DICK HIGIfIBALL LUDICUS ............. . . . Editor-in-Chief ROUND HII.L OLDHAM ........... . ..... Business Manager , AssocIATE EDI'1'oRs RICHMOND CHARLIE PRETTYMAN, Jn. EMANUEL YVALKING BUZZARD EZEKIEL BAD COLD JAMES MULLIGAN MULLBERRY R. LEE COWPUNCI-IER TVTANNIKIN L 47 I . ..n l .... I ' f M f