Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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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

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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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To be deacTivaTed soon. While aT V. E. S., LT. FosTer was a member of The V -Club, The MeTeor sTaTT, and The G. A. A., and was counselor, The sec- reTary oT The Senior class, and end on The All-STaTe FooTbalI Team. He aTTended The UniversiTy oT Virginia aTTer leaving V. E. S. LT. Roberi' Seager, II, U. S. MariTime Service, was married To Miss Caroline Parrish aT Marion, Va., on AugusT I4, I945. LT. Seager was Head Counselor and ediTor oT The MeTeor while aT V. E. S. and aTTend- ed The CiTadeI in SouTh Carolina im- mediaTeIy prior To his entry inTo The service. I945 Hosp. App. Zfc Willilam W. Field, Jr., has compIeTed HospiTaI Corps School aT Bainbridge, Md., and has been Transferred To PorTsmouTh, Va. Since SepTember he has paid The school several visiTs. J. S. Wellford, Jr., U. S. N., visiTed school in OcTober. He had compIeT- ed his booT Training at Bainbridge, Md., and was To return There upon The expiraTion oT his leave. William G. Long is now attending The UniversiTy oT NorTh Carolina. Charles Hileman visiTed The school lasT monTh prior To his inducTion inTo The U. S. Navy on OcTober 3rd, I945. He expecTed To be senT To Bain- bridge, Md. James J. WhiTe visiTed The school during The pasT monTh. He entered The U. S. Army on October l7Th, I945. Graham Koch, who enTered The Air Corps during The lasT school Term, visited here last monTh. He is now a privaTe and is sTaTioned aT Amarillo, Texas. ArThur Lloyd visiTed V. E. S. on his way To The UniversiTy oT Michigan, where he plans To Turther his scholas- Tic career. Among Those alumni in aTTendance aT The E. H. S. Ihomecomingl game November IOTh were The following: Charles Cardwell, 'I9, and Mrs. Cardwell: Henderson Maddux, '24, and Mrs. Maddux: Armistead Long and Richard HoIIoerTson, '3O: Robert Riley, '4O: Charles Phillips, Adam Thorp, Frank Riley, and Jarvis Proc- Tor, '42: John T. Gregory .'43g Allen Magill, '44: William Long, Mason Thomas, Robert ArThur, William WhiTe, Dan Bell, William Field, Bev- erley Owens, Hal Dunbar, Jesse Wal- Ier, Dan WesT, Ralph Alexander, and John Gower, '45, THE METEOR EXCHANGES The MeTeor acknowledges receiv- ing The Tollowing school pubIicaTions: The S+onewaII Jaclcson Journal, STonewaII Jackson High School, CharIesTon, WesT Virginia. The CQ, Fishburne MiliTary School, Waynesboro, Virginia. The Deerfield Scroll, Deerfield, MassachuseTTs. The News LeTTer, UniversiTy of Virginia, CharIoTTesviIle, Virginia. The Boys' Appeal. Boys' Home, CovingTon, Virginia. The MounTain Echo, Blue Ridge School, Bristol, Virginia. CANCER Quiz DO YOU KNOW- THAT-persistent indigestiong sores of the lip, mouth or tongue that won't healg changes in the size or color of warts, moles or birthmarks, or, sud- den loss of weight, MAY be early cancer symptoms? THAT-many cancers can be cured when recognized early and treated promptly by your doctor or an approved clinic? THAT-the only medically ap- proved methods of cancer treat- ment are Surgery, X-Rays and Radium? THAT-your best investments are periodic check-ups by your doctor? Chances are that you may NOT have cancer.. But if your doctor or clinic says you have - DON'T FEAR. Cancer is curable if rec- ognized early and treated promptly by competent physi- cians or clinics. AVOID QUACK CURES! For further informa- tion Write to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 350 Fifth Avengxe New York City Come In and Loolc Over The NEW FALL STYLES Wills-Camp Co. 8I9 Main STreeI' See SCOTT I I A YOUNG STORE CATERING TO YOUNG MEN Knight-Sneed Co. ' 8I7 MAIN STREET Fashions in Fashions A Young STore Tor Young Men See RIANHARD ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT MUSIC DEPARTMENT PHILLIP'S BROS. In corporaTed 906 Main STreeT Uilissqniflfarrgzl 805 Main STreeT DAVIS RIANHARD, AgenT The Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION JEWELERS f X, If OPTICIANS ig t f e fgf f ,rf Qfefzff f If 97 L Good QuaIiTy ' Value RighT MEN'S FURNISHINGS 5