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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M Q NOVEMBER, 1945 1 '45 V X Q 'X J' - - - ' .. I -2 5 Smvivmf VX V VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL . THE HONOR CGUNCIL H'V4'LT'Z'l'l', i4l'll1fSILUUd, Pagv VOLUME XXX QOpi1zio11sj NUBIBER 2