Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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The boTTom was absoluTeIy covered had been visiTing ITaly along wiTh her BIO-X-RAY John Morgan Page Born: December 8, I928. Home: Brandon, VermonT. CusTomary Expression: BuT Mr. MiITon said ThaT . . ., eTc. PeT HaTe: Being called, John, The BapTisT. PeT Love: STuarT Hall School Tor Girls. AmbiTion: To seT a new 440 rec- ord. Long John has reached The Top OT The ladder in his Three ears aT V. E. S. This year he is head! counselor and presidenT oT The Honor CommiT- Tee. He made a name Tor himseIT in Track lasT year by winning The 440 in The STaTe MeeT, as well as Taking poinTs in oTher evenTs elsewhere. He is a member oT The V-Club. and shows promise as a varsiTy end This season. Charles G. Weaver Home: Richmond, Virginia. . BirThday: November 26, l925. AmbiTions: To marry HoIIiTieId and To see his name in ligh+s on Broadway. PeT HaTe: Being called Wee- Wee. CusTomary Expression: You've goT Tive-pal! Usually Seen: Leading The Green Bar Pa+rol. GreaTesT Concern: Rock Lee. Chuck's undying love Tor Dr. BarTon broughT him here lasT year Trom ChrisTchurch School. DespiTe The TacT ThaT he is a naTive oT The Virgin STaTe oT ETernaI Rains, he is a member oT The Honor CommiT- Tee and is presidenT oT The Hop Com- miTTee. He also dares The ieers oT his Tellow-sTudenTs To serve as assis- TanT scouTmasTer oT Mr. FoIIeTT's boy scouT Troop. Richard Gundry Home: CaTonsviIle, Md. Born: Possibly. CusTomary Expression: Hurryup- andgeTinbedI lone wordl. Usually Seen: Wearing his Toofball monogram. GreaTesT Concern: Keeping his sIurp. AmbiTion in LiTe: To own Reho- boTh Beach, Del. ' FavoriTe SporT: PockeT billiards- and The eighT ball. FavoriTe PasTime: Growing more hair on his chesT. PeT HaTe: Being called SIop Head. PeT Love: Being a counselor. Gunder is a second-year boy and despiTe The TacT ThaT he's a Yan- kee 'lword slighfly abridgedl, he has been a crediT To The school, making The varsiTy lasT year in TooTbalI, and being one oT The Tive Ie+Termen on This year's Team, as well as a coun- selor. He has also managed To keep his grades up. LETTERS lConTinued From Page Two.I The way oT enTerTainmenT To be Tound in This quieT Ii++Ie coasTaI village. The beach, or whaT They had nerve enough To call a beach, was composed oT a sandy loam which clung To one's body as .iT iT were Tly-paper. IT was very likely ThaT a person would come oTT This beach dirTier Than beTore. The waTer was noT Too dirTy, buT wiTh Tungi and slime, and This didn'T add To The charm oT The aTmosphere To any greaT exT,enT, I assure you. However. There was one brighT spoT abouT The swim. ThaT was when I meT a very charming young girl while I was splashing abouT The surf. STum- bling around wiTh The liTTle ITaIian ThaT I know, I Tried To , make conversaTion wiTh her. To my surprise she responded in per- TecT English plus an American accenT. She Turned ouT To be an American girl ThaT par- enTs when The-war broke ouT and conse- quenTIy could noT secure passage back To The STaTes. She was a very aTTracTive girl, and The TacT ThaT she was an Ameri- can made her even more inTeresTing. She had To go up shorTIy aTTer I had meT her, buT IaTer ThaT evening while I was walking slowly down one of Those narrow sTreeTs ThaT are so Typical oT The Ii+Tle Towns oT ITaIy, she ran up and kissed me. As I siood in The middle oT The sTreeT moTionless wiTh surprise. she darTed oTT again down one oT The little clark alleys and disap- peared inTo The darkness. ThaT was The lasT Time ThaT I ever saw her, and iT only makes This counTry even more oT a mysTery To me. The nexT morning we were aT The wharf aT The speciTied Time. As we waiTed Tor The boar To be loaded, sun-browned naTives piled iT high wiTh Tish, ice, and all kinds oT vegeTables. The ship was no luxury craTT by any sTandards, buT was merely a vege- Table boaT, and our only seaTs were baskeTs oT TomaToes. Our obiecTive was Capri, and we were willing To suTTer mosT any malaise To reach ThaT obiecTive. As The IiTTIe craTT chugged lazily along cuTTing The blue sea waTer sharply wiTh iTs Trim bow, The Tresh saITy breezes began To blow in our faces and The smell of The Tishy wharves Taded Tar behind us. There now was noT much To see buT waTer and more waTer, buT even This had parTicuIar beauTy abouT iT because oT iTs lovely color, a magniTicenT blue ThaT seems To be so characTerisTic oT' The MediTerranean and iTs adiacenT waTers: I dare say ThaT even The mosT skilled arTisT wiTh all his knowledge oT mixing painTs couIdn'T dupIicaTe such a hue. ATTer several hours The huge ouTIine oT The Isle loomed ahead oT us looking like a huge sea' monsTer, buT soon aTTer ThaT iT-began To Take The Torrn oT The beauTiTuI island ThaT iT really is. AlmosT as soon as The previous TransTormaTion had Taken place, we were docking aT The liTTle harbor. The village oT Capri nesTIes amid The surrounding mounTain peaks oT The easTern parT of The island. IT is a IabyrinTh oT nar- row, picTuresgue alleys, down which The unheeding visilror can quickly lose his way. ITs cenTer of acTiviTy is The Square or Piazza, where The local people congregaTe aT all hours oT The day. This is The cenTer Trom which radiaTe The myriad of paThs and narrow roadways leading To all parTs oT The island. From This Square easy access can be had To many oT The Tamous and enchanTing beauTy spoTs oT Capri along The inviTing paThways ThaT sTem ouTward Trom This axis. Here. we spenT much 'oT The TirsT day looking over These sTrange new people and shopping aT The quainT IiTTle sTores. IT didn'T Take us long To discover Tha'T mosT oT The beauTy in Capri was conTined To The scenery. We Tound The girls oT Capri well-scrubbed, plain, and a IiTTIe on The dumpy side. The people as a whole were indusTrious, religious, and happy-go-lucky. The war has ruined Capri's peaceTime Tour- isT Trade, buT The coming oT The American soldier has provided a TourisT Trade all iTs own. The island Tolk will sell you anyThing Trom a coral necklace To a boaT ride around The island-and will charge Three To Ten Times iTs worTh. One oT The mosT inTeresTing Things ThaT we saw aT Capri was The Blue GroTrTo which is one of The mosT famous caves in The world, The GroTTo was hollowed ouT by waves during prehisToric Times, and now. due To The sinking oT The coasT, is filled wiTh The sea. When The sun is shining ouT- side, The GroTTo is filled wiTh an exTra- ordinary blue IighT, while obiecTs in The waTer assume a silvery appearance. The cave musT be enTered Trom The sea Through an opening- noT more Than Tour TeeT high and six TeeT wide. IT The sea is rough aT all, or if There is an easT wind, iT is impossible To enTer. Even in calm waTer The IiTTIe boaTs musT waiT Tor an incoming wave. and The passengers lie down on The boTTom oT The boaTs in order To geT Through The small opening. When The day arrived ThaT we were supposed To reTurn To CaserTa, we really haTed To leave This gorgeous isle, buT we, oT course, had no choice excepT To reTurn To The same old grind. All in all There was really noT a whale IoT To see aT Capri, buT iT was enjoyable iusT To sTroIl around and absorb iTs romanTic aTmosphere. The True magic oT The Isle lies in iTs exTreme beauTy, cleanness, and simpIiciTy. This is whaT casT The spell on The visiTors To This Tamous Isle. Someday I expecT To reTurn again To Capri, buT I hope iT will be under diTTerenT cir- cumsTances nexT Time. Your young Triend, ANDREAE. PvT. Andreae M. Hodgson, '44, AFHQ I and E SecT. CaseTTa, ITaly. The MeTeor Thanks Mr. Ganna- way and Alumnus .Hodgson Tor an inTeresTing posT-war soldier sTory.- Ed.

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METEORITES Through The Telescope By The AsTroIoger Looking Through The Telescope, we see many new sTars in The ascen- dency. The new boys are already Till- ing The shoes oT Those who leTT IasT year. Among The new cons+eIIa+ians we see such sTars as FreckIes Bul- lard. This Richmond, Va., boy ac- Tually slings more bull Than Windy Bill -and SIop Head puT TogeTher. He is also quiTe a hand wiTh The women. Grimes Thomas comes up Trom Siler CiTy, where he lived in a puddle wiTh The Tamous Duck, DimpIes, we hear, is Taking his broTher's'place on The piano sTooI. Big Boy CorneTT hails Trom Ezra- villej Va. lhome oT lnTernaTional, Dia- mond T, and Mack Trucksl. Bunky Cardwell asTounds ye old asTroIoger in ThaT he is so much like Ole Dawg Townes oT IasT year's Tame, even down To The walk and d-r-a-w-I. We also see a real esTaTe agenT in The Telescope lens. l:rosTy Coile owns The bridge, a Trash barrel, sev- eral radiaTors, proTecTion Trom Lar- son and Rianhard, The laundry chuTe, and several oTher arTicles. He's learn- ing TasT, Though. King is deTiniTeIy The sharpesT Thing we have seen since Old IvloTher-Duck leTT us, anoTher one oT Those Greens- boro boys wiTh The blond hair, zooT suiTs, and aTrocious Ties. OT course we can'T over'ook The old boys. LaTely we have observed Pinoccinose scooTing around Ha- waii fRivermonT AparTmenTsl, looking Tor a cerTain hula girl. There being noThing like love by mail, we have seen The mailman bring- ing in a separaTe bag Trom ST. Mary's To Acka, DuTchman, Cookie, Coach, FooTsie, and Windy Bill. The boys here have also been burning up The Telephone lines To Raleigh laTe aT nighT. The asTroIoger hopes To see The Bishops Take The Tield This season clad in new uniTorms Turnished by none oTher Than DusTy SpraguesTien. Well, day has dawned and we can see no more,Through The Telescope. O People in The Public Eye Alexander lzonderl-Trying hard To live up To The repuTaTion oT a True wonder. 10 Anninos lGusl-Lining up a silenT parTnership in The Guggenheimer Tirm. ArmisTead lCookiel -- Bidding a sad Tarewell To BaTTy BeTTy. Barge lcoachl-Once more Thrill- ing The Lee Jr. Hi girls. Bradsher lCIemI-Trying To locaTe a ieT-propelled mule Tor his covered wagon. BrisTow lWingsl-Trying To per- suade people To sTop calling him BRISK-ow. . Dawson iLil' Phill-Trying To con- vince people he is no relaTion To Uncle Phil. Duffey lArchiel-Keeping his Tav- ern open despiTe war Time shorTages. GriTTiTh lGrunTl-WaiTing paTienT- ly Tor The reTurn oT Li'I Isabelle. Hyre lJohnnyl-Sleeping Through HisTory V again This year. Kemper lBunnyl-Hopping around on his hind legs carrying a shoTgun in one paw and a pisToI-ball in The oTher. Massie lThe Mad ScienTisTl-Keep- ing secreT his knowledge oT The The- ory oT The aTomic bomb. Perry lSToopl-Living up To his repuTaTion as The meanesT counselor in school. Murray, A. lArTl-SporTing whiTe wool socks These days. Rianharcl lDavel-The brains oT The Larson-Rianhard dry cleaners. You wear 'em, we Tear 'eml Richardson llfzral - Helping a member oT The TaculTy compile a new Time Table Tor The ATchison, Topeka 8: SanTa Fe. SmiTh, F. llzishl-A liTTle laTe ar- riving due To circumsTances beyond his conTrol. Sprague lDusTyl - Opening a brand new pawnshop on The oTher end oT Main. Thomas, G. iDimpIesl-Learning how To waddle like a real duck and swearing he'II never be able To ruTT his TeaThers. TrevaThan lGoId-brickl-WaTching TooTball pracTice Trom The cool side- lines as usual. VanNoppen lCap'nl-Endeavoring To seT a good example Tor The resT oT The Team. CarTer lChickl-The TirsT TooTball casualTy oT The year. BeTTy lEgal-Running a mile Tor a Camel. CapT. GarneTT lJu'iusI-Making TrequenT Trips To CarpenTer's bunk Tor help on LaTin IV. For Us The Bell Tollsg By George E. WiThers I dislike The V. E. S. bell immensely, and many Times a day I have a sTrong desire To pull up iTs rope cord or To iniure The bell in some more perma- nenT Tashion. I aIon'+ dislike The Tone oT The bell or iTs shape: I am noT even complain- ing oT The rickeTy old scaTToId iT clings To. WhaT I do abhor is The manner in which iT rings when I leasT expecT iT or when I am hard aT work doing someThing oTher Than The mis- sion Tor which The bell Tolls. For ex- ample There is The way iT rings Tor meals when I have iusT sTep ed inTo The shower. Being waked in Thie morn- ing by iTs rhyThmicaI clang beTore I have sunk well inTo my dreams is also someThing To gripe abouT. IT isn'T enough To wake me up, The bell musT also puT us To bed. ThaT bell which collecTs us To classes aTTer recess is The same old bell which in- variably rings in The middle oT mail delivery To summon us away beTore all The leTTers have been given ouT. Why is The elecTric buzzer ThaT ends classes so welcome, when The bell wiTh The clapper is so deTesTabIe? The 'mosT logical conclusion is ThaT The bell is oTTensive To V. E. S. boys because iT rings, Do, and we are lazy. x TThis is The TirsT oT whaT THE METEOR hopes will be a series of shorT original composiTions by V. E. S. sTudenTs. I I I VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL Non - milifary. Superior preparaTion Tor all col- leges aT moderaTe cosT. AccrecliTecI High sTandard in schol- arship and aThIeTics . . Gymnasium . . . I4O acres heaIThTuIIy and beauTiTuIIy siTuaTed in Virginia mounTains. FOR CATALOGUE WRITE TO George L. Barton. jr., M.A., PILD., Headzuaster V. E. S., Lynchburg, Va. THE METEOR

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