Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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The Meteor November l3. W46 Volume XXXI No. 2 Issued by l'he sfudsnfs of line Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg. Virginia, monlhly during +he school year I946-47 excepl holidays. Subscripfions. 25c per copy: $2.00 per year EDITORIAL BOARD J. T. CARPENTER. JR. Edifor-ineChiei THOMAS H. ALLEN ................................................... Managing Ecli+or JAMES W. BALLOU ...................................................... Sporls Edilor MR. JOHN D. FOLLETT ................................................. Factu Advisor Repor+ers ROBERT FIELD PERRIN GOWER STANLEY SMlTH TUCK MADDUX ROBERT NUTT BROWN FINCH ANDREW RAMSEY RICHARD DUFFEY JOE CHERRY PHIL CRAFT Arfisf PAU L TAYLO R MACON L. HARDY Phofographer DR. 6. L. BARTON, JR. BUSINESS BOARD G. SCOTT TAYLOR ........................ SWAIN H. N. STEPHENSON ........... ROBERT J. FIELD .......................... ........................... Business Manager .................. Assisfanl Business Manager ........................ Circulafion Manager Entered as second-class malfer Seplember 28, 1928, af +he Posloffice af Lynchburg. Virginia. under fhe Acl of March 3. I879. OPINIONS Pa+ronize Our Adverfisers! Since +his second issue of The Mefeor is paid for largely by pro- ceeds from adverfising. we can +hink of no more TiHing iime for a re- minder +0 +he sludemL body 01C +he impor+ance of our adverfisers. Hav- ing assisfecl in +he solici+a+ion of ads for +he I946 Mefeor. we experienced +he kindhear'redness oi Jrhe many Lynchburg merchan+s whose coniri- bulion amounls, Tor +hem. +0 liHle more ihan a donafion. We. by pa- Jrronizing +hose who are helping us. can alleviafe +his sii'uai'ion. We have many new adverfisers Jrhis year. Lei's show +hem. as well as l'hose who have helped us +hrough +he years our grafilude by giving +hem all Jrhe busi- ness we have. Jusf remember, if +hey Torgof us. The Mefeor would be unable +0 confinue publicafion. Self vs. Honor The efernal weakness of man is his fendency +0 puf considerai'ion for seli Tirer in everylhing. This principle is recognized in Jrhe Jreachings of 4 Chrisfianify. indeed in any sensible philosophy of life. Modern evidences of Jrhis fendency are by no means lack- ing. The failure of +he Unifed Na- lions +0 work harmoniously so far is undoubfedly occasioned. no+ by +he wiclely varied cusfoms and ideologies 01c Jrhe members. bu+ by Jrhe absolufe selT-concern of every na+ion presenl a+ Jrhe meeiings. The common ground so sirongly urged by ob- servers will be found only when Jrhe represenlafives forgei +he peHy in- feresfs oi +heir own counfries and +hink abouf +he world in which we and all +he coming generalions will have +0 live. Anofher example is lo be found in our own school, in The aififude held by many boys foward +he besi school ins+i+u+ions, chief among which is +he Honor Sysfem. Some boys subscribe hearfily +0 Jrhe Honor Sysfem. as long as if doesn'l enfail JFor Jrhem any in- convenience or Jrhe menial anguish ihaf so oiien comes fo fhe frue up- holder' of honor. Oihers may be scrupulously clean wi+hin Jthemselves. bu'r refuse +0 aid in keeping +heirsur- lit; roundings unsulliecl. While +he for- mer affifucle is considerabl +he worse of Jrhe iwo. +he holder of neifher oi +hem helps +he school lo his full abili+. Self-love. while. ac- cording +0 5 akespeare, is nof so vile a sin as seli-neglecfing . in our opinion is plenfy vile when pracficed +0 +he exclusion oi all inferesfs ou+- side oneself. The Jrhree members of our Honor CommiHee. whose picfures appear on Jrhe lroni cover. face a giganiic fask if +hey alone mus+ suppor+ Jrhe honor of +he school wifhouf any help from us. The sfudenf body. H's l'heir responsibilily, ancl +hey will do +heir best bu1L wilhouf a group of unsel- fish boys behind +hem. who are more mindful oi Jrhe school's welfare +han oi Jrheir own. Jrhey can never succeed. We. you and l. all of us. musf be- come members of fhaf group. THE SCHOOL lCon'linued from page 3l is ably exemplified by +he sessions each nighl befween Jrhe buildings. Ouiside of Jrhe yearly pilgrimage +0 Sf. John's Church in Lynchburg. Jrhe Choir makes few excursions off home ground. Nofable exceplions Jro +his cuslom have been one service a+ 5+. Paul's, in Lynchburg. and +hevisi+, during Jrhe Adveni' Season of I944, lo Sf. Slephen's. af Forest Bedforcl Counfy. This year's V. E. S. choir consiers of lwenfy members. a slighf ma- iorify of whom are veierans oi lasi year, +he res1L being recruils. The eleven carry-overs are Cardwell, Car- penler, Carier. Field lcruciierl, Gow- er, J.. Lewis. 6.. MacLeod, Mad- dux, W.. Reed, Taylor, P.. Wayland, and Wiggins +he eighf new members. Akers. F., Gafhrighf. Kerner. Lewis, C.. Taylor, 5.. Thomas. C.. Thomas. 6.. and Warren. W.'Hughes. while n01L a member oi +he choir. aller- naJres wifh Field in Jrhe posifion of crucifer on Communion Sundays. THE METEOR

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Volume XXXI THE SCHOOL LYNCHBURG. VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 13. I946 Opening Dance On Safurday. chober 5+h. affer Friday's game wifh Miller School. fhe Hop CommiHee presenfed fhe firsf dance of H18 curremL VES school year. The music was furnished by a renfed niccolodian, supplemenfed wifh records belonging f0 several 0F +he boys. The decorafions consisfed mainly in a crepe paper cenierpiece. con- necfed wifh +he balcony by pendamL sfreamers. Of course Jrhe ever presenf co'umns were used. As ior +he female element +he Hop Com- miffee. wifh Jrhe aid of Mrs. Bar- num. arranged +0 acquire 30 R.-M. W. C. girls as guesfs for +he eve- ning. Despife an early slump. oc- casioned by +he naiural shyness of VES boys. fhe dance was considered a success by all. Homecoming Ac+ivi+ies Homecoming Day. resumed affer Jrhe war on November IO, I945, was confinued in much Jrhe same paHern +his year on Jrhe day of +he Wood- berry Foresf game. Safurclay. Oc'ro- ber I9+h. A bonfire. prepared on Langhorne Field by Armis'read and recrui'rs from Jrhe 4-F squad. was Jrhe scene of a pep rally Jrhe nith before +he game. Then. on Safurday. came +he game. isee Sporfsi and a dance. +he second of Jrhe year. formal. held in Barksdale Gymnasium. The decorafions were of an under- sea effect complefe +0 fhe silhou- eHes oi: mermaids, fish, and an odo- pus. Bob Cieve'and and his orchesfra furnished Jrhe music and a large num- ber of sfudenfs. alumni. isee Alum- nii. and Jrheir daies were present Many of Jrhe alumni sfayed unfil Sunday. when Old V. E. S. and God of Mercy were used in Jrhe chapel services because of +heir presence. One group of guesfs espe- cially welcome were Jrhe many mar- ried alumni wifh Jrheir wives and families. THE METEOR V. E. S. CHOIR L. +0 R.: Car+er, Reed, Akers. F.. Taylor. 5.. Thomas. 6.. Maddux. W., Warren. W.. Wayland. Hughes iCruciferi. Gafhrighf. Taylor. P.. Thomas. C.. Lewis. C.. V Wiggins, and Carpenfer ' Abseni: Cardwell. Field. Gower. J.. Lewis. 6.. MacLeod. and Kerner Then and Now The V. E. S. Choir isee cufi. one of +he oidesf school organizafions. iasf monfh began, wifh Jrhe school ifself. +he 3Is+ year of ifs exisfence. Uniil +he spring of l9l9, when +he Lang- horne Memorial Chapel was com- plefed. if pari'icipai'ed in services in fhe Recfor's aparfmenf. and in +he siudy hall. During Hiis fime 'rhe choir -was direcied by a Mrs. Barger. a na- Jrive of Lynchburg. who came ouf +0 +he school weekly on Friday nighf +0 hold pracfice, and on Sunday f0 ac- company +he services. Mr. Banks fook charge of +he choir in +he fall of I920. on +he +hird Sun- day of his firsf year af VES. and has confinued +0 direci if +0 +he presenf +ime. The organ now used in fhe chapel was insfalied in +he fall of l92l. a giH of ero sisfers, Mrs. Bow- man and Mrs. Presi'on, in memory of a +hird sisfer. One of +he mosf musi- cally successful former VES choir members is Harrison Chrisfian. who was for a while associafed wifh +he Mefropolifan Opera Company. He now gives voice lessons in Lynchburg. O+her noiabie members have been Richard Banks, of Richmond. Va.. and John Grumiaux. of Norfolk. boJrh of whom. according +0 Mr. Banks. had oufsfanding fenor voices. This year's V. E. S. choir isee cufi. +hough slithy smaller, dii'Fers bu1L Iii- He irom choirs of previous years. Fri- day nighf pracfices. morning and evening services on Sunday. and +he weekly paymenf oi Jrwo merii poinfs +0 each member. inifiafed wifh +he meriJr poinf sys+em four years ago. all remain. Also re- maining is +he exempfion of +he members from Chapel offerings. which cynics insisf +0 be responsible for +he enfire membership. The fad +haf V. E. 5. boys like +6 sing iConfinued on page 4i

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THE SCHOOL The Privileged Following is +he Sepfember-cho- ber V. E. S. honor roll. The boys wiih averages from 85 +0 90 may s+udy ouf af nighf sfucly hall: wi+h averages over 90. ou+ bolh day and night I. Carpen'ler ...................... 98.4 2. Lewis, G. ....................... 95.6 3. He'rh ........................... 95 4. Braxfon ......................... 94.2 - 5. Alexander ...................... 94 6. Hughes ........................ 93.4 7. Pancoasf ....................... 93.3 8. Zander ......................... 92.6 9. Kemper ........................ 92.4 IO. Thomas. G. ..................... 92.4 ll. Daniel ......................... 92 12. Smifh .......................... 9l.6 I3. Baffle .......................... 90.8 14. Field .......................... 90.6 l5. Wellford ....................... 90 I6. Whifalzer ....................... 90 17. Allen .......................... 89.6 I8. Hardy ......................... 89.6 l9. Doyle .......................... 89.5 20. Bell, D. C ........................ 89.2 21. Skinner ......................... 89.2 22. Duke ........................... 89.2 23. Fennell ......................... 89 24. Thompson. J. .................... 89 25. Page ........................... 88.6 26. Andrews ........................ 88.4 27. Cardwell ....................... 88.4 28. Ogden ......................... 88.4 29. Armisieacl ...................... 88.4 30. Gower. P. ...................... 88 31. Cornell ........................ 87.8 32. Marshall ........................ 87.5 33. Alters. F. ........................ 87.2 34. Cherry, W. ..................... 87.2 35. Leilch .......................... 87.2 36. Thompson. R. ................... 86.4 37. Kerner ......................... 86.2 38. Nuff. R. ........................ 86 39. Ramsey. A. ..................... 86 40. Dial ........................... 85.6 4l. Gay ........................... 85.6 42. Wiggins ........................ 85.5 43. Marvin ......................... 85.4 44. Taylor. P. ....................... 85.4 45. Bullingfon ...................... 85.2 46. Dawson ........................ 85 Boy Scoufs While +his year's Boy Scouf acfiv- ifies af V. E. S. consisf of a confinw afion of +he Junior and Senior froops. +he Senior froop is divided info fwo qroups. fhe Sea and Air Scoul's, +he Sea Scoufs being somefhing new +0 fhe school. The Troop Commiffee. which serves all +hree divisions. is composed of Mr. Gannaway. chairman. Mr. Holla- day. and Mr. Magnuson. The Junior Troop. again under +he direcl'ion of Mr. Folleff. assisfed by Daniel and Doyle. have elecfed Har- man and Goiser Palrol Leaders. They hola weekly meefings in +he cabin. THE METEOR and slaged an affernoon hike on Sun- day. November 3rd. Rev. Marshall Milfon's Air Scoul UniiL sfarfed +he year wiih a lofal membership of Jrwelve boys. six of whom are new recruils. The unif holds weekly mee+ings and a few boys. on Monday mornings. are fak- ing flying lessons. Among l'hese are Cardwell. Clary, Farris. Finch. Mad- dux, T., and NuH, W. Through +he Air Seoul's some boys have requesled and are +0 receive iwo fransmiHers and +hree receivers from a B-25. The newly organized Sea Scouf Uni'r, under Mr. Phelps's direcfion. now comprises abouf liHeen members. The unif. organized wi+h Scoff Taylor as a prime mover. is looking over possi- bilifies oi equipmenl in Lynchburg and is hoping +0 purchase a boat probably a 20-foof whaleboaf. from +he Navy surplus supplies. They are also +hinking of giving. in coniunc- lion wiJrh +he Hop CommiH'ee. one of +he minor dances as a Sea Scouf dance. Teachers Also Graduafe Mr. and Mrs. Dawson are now liv- ing in Alexandria. where Mr. Dawson is assisfing his bro+heri in +he man- agemenf of a hofel-fourisf camp. Mrs. Payne is enjoying a well-earned and long-soughf refiremenf a+ her home in Amherst Va. Mr.'Bell is now on +he 'faculfy of Champlain College. Plaffsburg. New York. which has recenfly been esfab- lished lo fake care of +he overflow of sludenfs from Easiern colleges. Mr. Carroll is now resuming his war-in+errup+ed refiremenf on his farm five miles sou+h of Lynchburg. Mr. Jarrard is con+inuing his l'eaching career at +he Emory School. Oxford. Ga. Mr. GarneH is leaching of Fish- burne Milifary School. Mr. Ruhc'm. of Third Wesf fame. is now a+ Woodberry Foresf School. Mr. Sievenson is now an insfrucfor af Washingfon and Lee Universify. his alma mal'er. Mr. Grail has refurned lo feach a+ +he prep school which he aHended in +he Unifed Sfafes. lhe Slanford School in Wilmingfon. Del. News in Brief John F. Reed. II. has refurned +0 +he school and resumed +he dufies as counselor which he lefl in I943. He is living in +he gymnasium. On Sunday, chober 20+h. Dr. and Mrs. Barl'on leif Jrhe school Jfor fen days. which consfiiufecl Dr. Barfon's vacal'ion. They visifed friends in Buf- falo. N. Y.. Niagara Falls. N. Y.. and Niagara Falls, Ont. refurning on Oc- fober 30+h. During Dr. Barfon's ab- scence Mr. Banks. ac+ing in his posi- +ion as Senior Masfer, was in charge of +he school. On Wednesday. chober 9+h. +he frus'rees oi Jrhe school held +heir an- nual meeling in +he recepiion room in +he Main Building: but in +he words of Dr. Bar+on. purely rou+ine busi- ness was enacfed. One inieresfinq absenfee was Dr. Robin A. Magill. recfor of St. John's Church in Lynch- burg. who is now on a Jrour oiChinese MISSlOnS. Happy Birlhclay 2 Oclober .......................... Maddux. T. chober 8 .................... Slephenson. S. chober 9 ................................ Pollard chober 12 ............................ Pancoasf chober l4 .................................. Duke chober 15 .............................. Gormly chober l5 ........................ Sfoughlon chober l6 .............................. Ogden Ocl'ober l9 ................................ Casey chober 20 .............................. Kerner chober 23 .............................. Braxfon chober 26 .......................... Akers, M. chober 26 .................................. Gay chober 26 ........................ Cherry. W. chober 29 .............................. Frazier November 5 ............................ Woods The Peoples National Bank EIGHTH AND MAIN STS. LYNCHBURG. VA. Member F. D. l. C. SKILFUL CLEANING eis necessary if you wanf your Clofhes +0 always look fresh and fidy. 161cm -16 ' Rleunens an 0m Gun... r1 rhyme See Our Ageni Sfephenson. S.