Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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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.

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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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l SPORTS From +he Sidelines By J. W. Ballou. Jr. Wifh over half +he season gone +he Bishops come up +0 +heir Jrhree remaining games wiih a 2-2 record. We hold viciories over Miller School and Hargrave and have suffered de- Teai' ai The hands of Woodberry and Fishburne. The coming E. H. S. baHle should be a greai' game. Though +he Maroons are undefeaied +hey are heading for a fall if fhe Bishops show +he same spirif +hey have showed in praciice since The Fishburne deieai'. Affer ihaf come Jrhe gamesl wifh Randolph-Macon and 5+. Chrisio- inher's. bofh oi which will be baffles clown +0 Jrhe final gun. R. M. A. will play here November 16. and Jrhen we will close +he season in Richmond +he following Safurday. Na+ional VRecords Upsefs are numerous all over Jrhe couniry; e. g.. Rice 18. Texas l3: Tennessee 12. Alabama 0; Wake Foresi I9. Tennessee 6: N. C. Siaie I3, Duke 6; Illinois I3, Michigan 9; Princefon I7. Pennsylvania I4. Army is siill rolling on. and if looks as if ii will coniinue +0 do so. even paer Noire Dame and Pennsylvania. in +he mid-wes+ Noire Dame is The only maior unbeafen-unfied Jream. Down Soui'h if's Georgia. siill undefea+ed. and Norfh Carolina, beafen only by Tennessee. Jrhough Jrhey boih face Tough foes +he resf oi +he year. U. C. L. A. gels closer +0 +he Rose Bowl each week, while Jrhe SoulhweSiL is a Jrurrnioil due +0 Rice's upsei of Texas. Disasfer for Them Oct SeCaerain Jim Ballou led Jrhe V. E. S. Bishops +0 a 32 +0 6 We fory over a scrappy Miller School feam on Johnson Field in Jrhe opening game of Jrhe season. Ballou accouni'ed igrjhree oi +he Bishops iouChdowns and Isparked +he drives JrhaiL se'r up +heiofher Jrwo scores. The V. E. S. cap'rain caughi +he kickbff; opening The second hahc on his own 10-yard line and ran s+raigh+ clown +he cenier of +he field behind almosfr periemL blocking for 90 yar vs anlwa Nscexre. Txhe, kick for exira 5gp inJlevai'Iia'vs'i'iblr-iilclgigtl;ibui' Ballou scooped up The ball and wenf Jrhrough Jrhe line for The point V. E. S. kicked OFF +0 Jrhe Milleriies. bui Jrhey were unable +0 gain and puniecl. This +ime Ballou +ook fhe balldn his I5 and f6 scampered 85 yards down +he side- lines for his second Jrouchdown in four minufes. The Bishops. running from a modi- fied single wing wifh an unbalanced line, +ook an early lead in Jrhe game. scoring on +he fiHh play aHer Web Maddux recovered a Miller School fumble. The Bishops marched +hir+y yards for Jrheir Tirsf six poinis. Ballou carried Jrhe ball info pay diri on a line buck from +he 3. Tuck Maddux kicked Jrhe exira poini, giving The Bishops a 7 +0 0 lead. V. E. S. scored again in +he second period when Corneii', Bishop cenier, infercepfed a' Miller School pass on The visiiors' 45 and carried ii +0 +heir 35. The home ieam +hen advanced l'o +he Miller 2-yard line and Perrin Gower wen'r over cenier for Jrhe iouchdown. The Garnei and Whi+e fallied +heir Jrhircl marker in +he same period when John Hyre recovered a blocked Mil- ler School puni on The visifors' l3. Ballou carried The pigskin +0 The 3 and on +he nexr play Hyre plunged Jrhrough Jrhe line info pay dirf. Trailing l9 lo 0 Miller rallied Tor ifs only score in Jrhe closing minuies of +he first half when Bosserman caughi a pass on +he V. E. S. I5 and crossed Jrhe goal line sianding up. The Jrry for exfra poini was blocked. making +he halHime score I9 +0 6. The Two Jrouchdown iaun+s by Bal- lou in 'rhe Jrhird quarier closed 0qu +he Bishops' scoring, as Coach Barnum poured a large number of reserves in- +o Jrhe game during Jrhe second half. Bob Whil'aker and Gene CorneH led Jrhe rugged V. E. S. line in sfemming +he Milleri+es' running afiack. V. E. S. Pos. Miller School Whiiaker ............ LE .................. Terry Kemper .............. LT ................ Plumb W. Maddux ...... LG ........ Cummings Cornefi ............ C .................. Morris Gormly .............. RG .......... Coleman Flemer ................ RT .......... Suiherland CraH1 .................. R E ................ Profiiif T. Maddux ........ QB .............. Shlfleil Ballou iC.l .......... LH ................ Reese Allen .................. RH .................. Buck Hyre .................. FB.. Bosserman iCl College Pharmacy RIVERMONT and NORFOLK AVENUES PHONE 1046 ' Bishops Down Cade+s Oci'. TZe-The Bishops +ook +heir second si'raighwL viciory as They Jrrouncecl Hargrave MilifaryfAcad- emy 20 +0 0 on rain-soaked Johnson Field in a game marred by irequemL penaliies. The Cadefs +hrea+ened in +he TirsiL period when Jrhey recovered a fumble on Jrheir own 45 and marched +0 +he V. E. S. 20 on +hree quick passes. The Bishops rallied and held Jrhe visifors. gaining possession of +he ball on +heir own 15. Wifh Ballou ancl Perrin Gower car- rying +he ball +he Bishops siarfed Jrhe 85-yard drive ihai neHed +hem +heir Tirsi seven poinfs. piling up five firsi' clowns before Hyre plunged +hrough +he line for +he score early in +he second period. Ballou kicked +he ex- Jrra point puHing The Bishops ahead 7 +0 0. The Bishops siarfecl rolling again iusf before +he half ended and when +he whisHe blew +hey were on +he Cadef 5-yarcl line, wiJrh The score sfill 7 +0 0. V. E. S. scored again in Jrhe fhird quarier when CorneH inferceptecl a Hargrave pass, giving Jrhe Bishops +he ball on Jrhe midfield sfripe. On Jrhe nex1L play Allen Jrhrew a pass +0 Bal- lou on Jrhe 45. and he gof away for a +ouchclown. Tuck Maddux kicked Jrhe poinf, making The score 14 +0 0. Anofher iniercepied pass. +his fime by Tuck Maddux. pui Jrhe Bishops on Jrhe Hargrave 30-yard line on +he lasi play of +he +hird quarJrer. The Bishops advanced +0 +he'Har- grave IS on Hyreis running and a iive-yarcl penaliy, ancl Ballou skirfecl end for Jrhe final score. The Ciadei's aerial offensive was oufsfanding as Jrhey comple+ed 8 ou+ oi I6 ai+emp+ed passes, while Jrhe Bishops aHemered only 2 passes, compleiing l for 50 yards and a fouchdown. V. E. S. Pos. H. M. A. Whifaker ............ LE ................ Barbee Kemper .............. LT .............. Roberis Gormly .............. LG ............ E. Smifh Cornell ............ C ................ McGriH W. Maddux ...... RG .............. Hesi'er Flemer ................ RT ................ Easley Crafi ......... ' ......... RE .................. ElleH T. Maddux ........ QB .................. Lingi Allen .................. LH: ............... Loyzes Ballou ..;; ............ RH .......... Willerson Pp Gower ............ FB .................. Cobb 'THE METEOR