Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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dm e -e msebe-mel VOLUME XXX NOVEMBER 27, I945 NUMBER 2 THE SCHOOL Lenses and ShuTTers LasT monTh a camera club was Tormed under The sponsorship of Gene Gilman, The phoTographic edi- Tor oT The MeTeor. Wiggins was elecTed presidenT. . The school provided a room in The basemenT oT WesT DormiTory, which The members are TiTTing up as a darlc- room. IT is already equipped Tor de- veloping and prinTing. By ChrisTmas The members expecT To procure an enlarger. Mon+hly prinT compeTiTions are planned, The members enTering only phoTographs which They have Taken. developed, and prinTed Themselves. The TirsT compeTiTion is scheduled Tor December I. The judges Tor This compeTiTion will be seIecTed aT The nexT meeTing. O Opening Dance The V. E. S. opening dance was held in The RecreaTion Room on Oc- Tober 6Th. A iulce-box Turnished The music. Because oT The season of The year corn sTaIlcs were used in The dec- oraTions. The corn was sTaclced around each pillar in The Torm oT a shock, while pine branches were placed in The windows. The room was Tlooded wiTh a reddish IighT. Behind The iulce- box was an aTTracTive posTer, drawn by Bill Thomas and Paul Taylor, car- rying ouT The Theme oT The dance. 0 Honor Roll for SepTember-OcTober CarpenTer ..........,............. MacCaIIum ... . . ,... 97.8 94.6 Fennell ..... .... 9 I.8 Lewis ..... .... 9 0.2 WroTh ..... .... 9 0. Allen, T. .... .... 8 9.6 Smifh, S. .... .... 8 9.2 Alexander . . .... 88.8 ScoTT ....... .... 8 8.8 Schumacher . .... 87.6 Wellforcl ... ... . 87. Field ....... .... 8 6.8 Armisfead . . .... 86.8 Braxfon . . . .... 86.4 Hughes . .... 85.5 Bell ...................... .... 8 4.6 THE METEOR SmiTh, F. .... .... 8 4.6 Perry . . . . . . . . 84.4 Wiggins .... 84.4 Page ..... .... 8 3.4 Maddux 83. Massie ....... .... 8 2.8 Thomas, G. ... .... 82.6 TrevaThan . . . .... 82.6 Harris, B. ... ,... 82.2 Aldrecl . . . .... 8I.8 Sfephenson .... 8l .8 MacLeod ... .... 81.6 Gower . . . .... 8l.2 NUTT, R. . . .... 8I .2 Barge . . .... 8I. Seneff .... .... 8 0.5 Beffy . . . .... 80.5 Moses . . ....,............. .... 8 0. 1 Honor Roll for OcTober-November CarpenTer ........................ 97.6 MacCaIIum ........... .... 9 3.5 Fennell ..... .... 9 2.8 WeIlTord ... .... 92.6 SCOTT .... .... 9 0.8 Alexander .... 90.6 Smifh, S. ... . . . . 89.2 Field ..... .... 8 9.l SmiTh, F. .... .... 8 9. ArmisTead . . .... 88.8 Hughes . . . .... 88.6 Bell .... .... 8 7.6 Hansen . . . .... 87.4 BraxTon ..... .... 8 6.8 Shannonhouse .... 86.4 Cherry ..... .... 8 5.8 WroTh ........ .... 8 5.6 Thomas, G. ... ,... 85.4 Cardwell ... .... 84.6 Moses .... .... 8 4.2 Kemper .... 83.6 Lewis . . .,.. 83.2 CarTer . .... 83.l Homecoming Dance ISee cuTI On November IO, V. E. S. held iTs TirsT homecoming dance since beTore The war. IT was held in The Barlcsdale Memorial Gymnasium. A large num- ber oT ouT-of-Town guesTs were pres- enT, among Them many alumni. The gym was very aTTracTiveIy dec- oraTed wiTh a rusTic Tence backed wiTh evergreens on eiTher side oT The Tloor. A whiTe laTTice-work Tence surrounded The orchesTra sTand. The main TeaTure in The decoraTions was a line oT characTer drawings which compleTely encircled The balcony drawings oT many oT The boys and of some members oT The TaculTy. Bill Thomas, Paul Taylor, and RuTherTord Goodwin were The arTisTs. Jimmy ST. Clair and his orchesTra provided The music. Seneff . . . 82.5 Gormly . . 82.4 STieg'IiTz . 82.4 Bradsher . 8 I .8 Harris, B. 81,8 CraTT . . . 8I.6 GriI:fiTh . . 8 I .6 STephenson 8I.6 Gay .... 8I.4 Barge . . . 8I,I Gower . . 80,8 NUTT, R. . 80.6 Perry .... 80.2 Wayland 80, Wiggins . 80. 3

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g....,..,. . .... . , . .. RIVERMONT Meat Market FINE MEATS - GROCERIES PHONE 5I00 Serving AII Rivermonl COMPLETE OPTICAL DEPARTMENT Experl Walch Repairing BOWEN Jewclsg rg COMPLIMENTS OF BIBEE'S SUPER MARKETS Lynchburg, Va. - Danville, Va. Roanoke, Va. - Allavisla, Va. SKILLFUL CLEANING -is necessary il you wanl your Clolhes lo always look lresh and lidy. '6r1,cr5cllfzf3l!gQ5 Glwlem 11 Qym Gmrlhury hquul See Our Agenl DAVIS RIANHARD TOHN P. HUGHES MOTOR CO. Dependable lor Over 27 Years 800 COMMERCE ST. - PHONE 2304 PEARSON'S D 1' u q S t o 1' e 2476 RIVERMONT AVENUE STOP AT BELL SHOE STORE Fealuring Smarl Young Men's Shoes LETTERS To Japan in a Tub Nov. 4lh, Dear Mr. Gannaway: . . . I was assigned lo an Army lransporl. Thal lub, lhe U. S. S. Benson. pulled oul ol Frisco Sepl. 28+h headed lor Okinawa. We sleamed under lhe Golden Gale and headed norlh. I lhink lhe skipper musl have been a lillle oll his nul because we headed due norlh. For lwo or lhree days while we were up around Alaska I iusl aboul froze, bul lhe lhird day lhe skipper changed course and we slarled sleaming soulhwesl. ll wasn'l loo bad, bul lhe ship did roll and pilch a lol. All ol us passengers including me gol sick as dogs, bul il didn'l Iasl loo long, and aboul lhe liflh day oul lhe wealher and lhe sea calmed clown. On Sepl. 9 we passed Iwo Jima and on lhe Illh we pulled inlo Okinawa. A big slorm had hil lhe place lwo days belore our arrival, and lhe island was cerlainly lorn up. They claim lhal more men were Iosl in lhal slorm lhan were losl in lhe invasion, We Iel oll 800 Seabees, and aller silling in harbor lor len days, we hauled up lhe anchor and headed lor Japan. The Benson made sev- eral slops along lhe soulhern coasl wilh lhe main one Sesabo. There were plenly ol ships lhere, and lhe Benson dropped olll plenly ol men, bul lhey didn'l gel me. Lasl week we made porl in a big Jap harbor. There are several cilies around here, bul lhe main ones are Keere, I-liro, and I-Iiroshima. I'm planning lo make liberly in one ol lhese lhis allernoon. Well. anyway lhe Benson pul me in a drall lisl and I was lranslerred lo lhe U. S. S. Biloxi. She's a Iighl cruiser and really is a swell ship. I was lucky and was given lhe lorward lurrel lo work in .... I like il a lol, bul lhe rale I'm looking lor is civilian lirsl class .... Charlie. S Ifc Charles R. Penick, '43, U. S. S. Biloxi. The Meleor lhanks Mr. Gannaway lor an inleresling leller lrom an al- umnus whom many boys in school re- member well. Ed. ..i..,0i A Rescue al Sea Dear Mom. This morning I was rhe happiesl 'fellow alive because I lhoughl l would be coming home in a law weeks. Now all my dreams are shallered. My commanding olilicer lold us lhis morning lhal we would have lo go lo Germany as Army ol' Occupalion. All men wilh 45 poinls and under will have lo slay over here. There is nolhing I can do aboul il excepl leel bad and lhal does nol do much good. Il lhey slop lhe drall, I'lI never gel home. My only hope is lhal lhey con- linue lhe drall so lhal we can be relieved lo come home. From whal l've been reading in lhe papers lhe drall will slop. Il seems as if lhe people have lorgollen lhal we wanl a chance lo live as civilians. We, lhe combal men, won lhe war and il seems lo me lhal il is only lair lo lel lhe ones who didn'l lighl, come over lor occupalion and make sure lhere isn'l anolher war. Il is quile evidenl lhal lhe people don'l see lhings lhal way. So il looks like I won'l be home for a couple ol years. Now lhal censorship has been Iilled I can lell you lhe whole slory aboul lhe LeopoId- ville. We gol orders aboul noon, Decem- ber 23rd, lo be ready lo sail lor France by 6 o'clock. We were ready and on lhe lrain headed lor Soulhhamplon by 6 o'clock. We boarded lhe ship and were ready lo sail in a very shorl lime. My company was pul in lhe wrong comparlmenl by mislake and anolher company look lhe comparlmenl lhal we were supposed lo lake. lThe lor- pedo hil lhal comparlmenl and lhe whole company was kiIIed.I We didn'l sail unlil lhe nexl morning lDec. 24-lhl. ll was a beaulilul day and everybody was happy even lhough we were headed lor lhe Bulge and would be lighling lor our lives in a couple ol days. Toward evening lhe waler was gelling rough. I was up on deck gelling a Iillle fresh air and remarked lo one ol lhe boys. I would hale lo be in lhal waler, never dreaming lhal in lwo hours I would be in il swimming lor my lile. I wenl below and lriecl lo sleep unlil we docked be- cause once we hil land I knew lhere would be no more sale sleeping. The boys were all singing Chrislmas Carols and were as happy as anybody could be under lhe cir- cumslances. Al aboul 9 o'cIock lhe lorpedo hir us. I was lhrown oul ol my hammock by lhe concussion of lhe lorpedo. We wenl up on deck and everybody was as calm as could be. The boal was sinking bul we didn'l know how lasl so we weren'l worried much. We were iusl lhree miles oll Cherbourg and we could see lhe lighls. A deslroyer pulled up along side ol us and we slarled iumping from our boal lo lhe deslroyer. Aboul 800 men gol on including lhe Caplain ol lhe ship and all lhe crew. Aboul I5 minules eller lhe deslroyer lell. lhe boilers blew up and lhe ship slarled sinking lasl. There was nobody lo lell us lo abandon ship excepl lhe Army ollicers and lhey dicln'l know any- lhing aboul lhe ship. Aller lhe boilers blew we knew lhe ship would sink in a very few minules bul we didn'l jump overboard be- cause we had orders lo slay on unlil we had orders lo abandon ship. The orders never came so we slayed on unlil lhe Iasl minule. Everybody slarled jumping' al lhe same lime. Guys were jumping onleach olher and necks were broken by lhe dozen in lhe mad scramble lo gel off lhe boal. The boal sank lwo minules afler we slarlediumping. A lol wenl down wilh lhe boal. 'Aller lhe boal sank, we were all grouped 'rogelher and everybody was yelling and screaming. I swam away lrom lhe crowd, because il was sure dealh lo slay all logelher. The scream- ing and yelling soon lurned lo prayers. There wasn'l a man in lhal waler lhal nighl lhal didn'l lurn lo God lor help. . . The waler was cold and I was losing my slrenglh lasl. My lile preserver wasn'l doing much good because il was so small. I had on an over- coal. lield iackel and lwo pair ol underwear. Thal weighed a lol. I was lucky lo even gel a lile preserver. Some ol lhe men didn'l even have any because lhere weren'l enough in lhe boal. I was so lired and cold and lull ol sall waler lhal I didn'l care whal anymore. ll would have been easy lo die lhen. Every lime I would lry lo open my moulh lo brealhe a big wave would come over me. Il would have been easy lo sink oul ol sighl inlo peace and quiel away from all lhe com- ing horrors ol war. l'II never lorgel how I lell lhen. Then I slarled lhinking aboul lhe lelegram you would gel lor Chrislmas. I gave a look around lo seeiil I could find a lConlinued on Page EIeven.l

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Glhr illilvtrnr VOLUME XXX NOVEMBER 27, I945 NUMBER 2 QXQIRI. SCIIDLB., F NN annm: I 'ff XB -Vfassociw Issued by The sTudenTs oT The Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Virginia, monThIy during The school year oT I945-'46 excepT holidays. SubscripTions, 25c per copy: 52.00 per year. EDITORIAL BOARD DONNELL VANNOPPEN, Jr.. EdiTor-in-ChieT DAVIS L. RIANHARD ....... ..........,,.............,,.......,. ....... M a naging EdiTor FRANCIS K. ALDRED ...,......, .........,. ....,,.....,.. ............. S p o rTs EdiTor W. PRYOR PERRY ..................... .,....,.............. ........ E x change EdiTor MR. JOHN D. FOLLETT .......,.,.........................,.. ............ E aculTy Adviser REPORTERS VAL STIEGLITZ MACON HARDY JACK CARPENTER ARTISTS BILL THOMAS PAUL TAYLOR EDGAR BETTY PERRIN GOWER ANDREW RAMSEY . RICHARD GUNDRY CHARLES WEAVER JOE CHERRY FRANCIS ALDRED PHOTOGRAPHERS DR. G. L. BARTON, Jr. GENE GILMAN BUSINESS BOARD DAVIS L. RIANHARD .................................................................... Business Manager JAMES W. BALLOU ..............................................,..... AssisTanT Business Manager EDWARD SENEFE .......... ..,..,.... A ssisTanT Business Manager ROBERT J. FIELD ....,...... ........... ................ . ...............,.. C i rculaTion Manager EnTered as second class maTTer SepTember 28, I928, aT The PosToTTice aT Lynchburg, Virginia, under The AcT oT March 3, IB79. OPINIONS Honor Honor is a very delicaTe planT. Properly nurTured and consTanTly cared Tor, iT can grow inTo a Thing of beauTy and ioy and proTiT To iTs proud possessor. BuT like all delicaTe Things iT is easy To blighT honor and To de- sTroy iT uTTerly. One slighT misTake, and The careful husbandry oT monThs and years is seT aT noughT. The Three boys whose picTures ap- pear on The TronT cover are The chieTi culTivaTors and husbandmen oT The honor oT The Virginia Episcopal School. WiThouT The assisTance oT The oTher nineTy odd boys They can do liTTle To shield The honor oT The school Trom The cold blasTs oT peTTy cheaT- ing, Trom The chinch worms oT liTTIe lies, Trom all The oTher small aTTackers of The honor sysTem which in The end can make iT wilT and die. WiTh The 4 day aTTer day, week aTTer week, monTh aTTer monTh help oT The enTire sTudenT body They can win This TighT and preserve The honor of The school To sTand Tor all The years To come as an example oT whaT can be accom- plished by boys who really love and revere Their school. They need your help-and yours- and yours. A I. U M N I I9I8 Mr. and Mrs. AlberT Kemper re- cenTly visiTed Their son, AIber+ S., III. who is now aTTending V. E. S. Mr. Kemper was also presenT aT The meeT- ing oT The Board oT TrusTees oT The school, oT which he is a member. I922 LT. John W. Adkins, of The U. S. Navy, and Mrs. Adkins recenTly visiT- ed The school. I926 Dr. Royall E. Smifhey, oT Chris- Tiansburg, Va., aTTended a recenT TooTball game aT The school. I928 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lee aTTended a recenT TooTball game. Mr. Lee, who was a prorninenT aThleTe while aT V. E. S., has iusT been discharged Trom' The U. S. Army. I930 James PriTcheTT and his wiTe aT- Tended a chapel service aT school lasT monTh. I93I LT. WaITer E. HoIberTon oT The U. S. Army was aT school. LT. Hol- berTon, who enTered The Army in Oc- Tober, I94-I. has recenTly reTurned Trom service in lTaly. I932 FirsT LieuT. SpoTswood Allen, of AmhersT, Va., a B-I7 piloT, is among I2 Virginians, all Tormerly held in German prisoner-oT-war camps aTTer Their capTure when shoT down over Europe, who have arrived aT San An- Tonio, Texas, Tor processing. LT. Allen will eiTher be reTurned To inacTive service or reassigned To duTy aT The camp. I938 James SaI'TerTieId recenTly was aT V. E. S. He has received his dis- charge Trom The U. S. Army and is now connecTed wiTh The Lone STar CemenT Co. I 940 LT. Wilkie Lane was aT V. E. S. lasT monTh. LT. Lane enTered The U. S. Army in June, l94O. and has received The CombaT lnTanTry Badge and The Purple HearT. He reporTs ThaT he is now very hopeful of a discharge in The near TuTure. I 942 PvT. John Taliaferro oT Virginia Beach, Va., now oT The U. S. Marines, visiTed school on a furlough. He en- Tered The service in June, I943. L. S. NoTTingham, Jr. lMeTeor, De- cember, I944, OcTober, l945l, has iusT been discharged Trom The U. S. Army. Ensign Edwin Lee Nelson, of The U. S. Navy, visiTed school. Ensign Nelson, who was a member oT The- MeTeor sTaTT and Tennis Team while aT V. E. S.. was wounded aT Okinawa. Second LieuT. H. W. FosTer, Jr., is now wiTh The l3Th lnTanTry, 8Th Di- vision, aT I:orT Leonard Wood, Mo., buT reporTs ThaT his division expecTs THE METEOR