Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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METEORITES Through +he Telescope By The Old Asfrologer Greefings. all comefs. mefeoriles, and earfh-bouncl Bishops. The skies have lighfened up a biJr lafely wifh several old comefs flashing by on fheir orbilal roques and some new ones spuHering abouf. Pal Val S+iegli+z and 'Big Boy Thomas sailed in under cover 01c some nighl misf +0 spend homecom- ing week-end on Second Weer. Comef Thomas. before Jraking +0 +he spheres again, inierviewed Mar- gie, bqu made no public com- menf. Homecoming dance came OH in grand slyle. The niqh+ was clear lfhe only Jrime in V. E. S. hisforyl, +he moon was bright and ouf of Jrhe dark came. Sfop i+. Kerner. ln recenf as+ronomical happeninns Adam l +ake my pic+ure, coachHl Maddux, on accoumL of his gangren- ous arm. was unable +0 ride +he Hal- lowe'en broomsfick wiJrh his currenf bewifching flame. Reusens Ruby. while Colonel FolleH. because of as- figmafism of +he eyes which he re- ceived in menfal combaf wifh a moJrh. invesiigafed some irregular piano playing in The qym during sfudy hall and. inquired Young man, are you an A s+udenf? The immedial'e an- swer was Man. yo' sho' is crazy! Up on Second Wesl' John Hyre has been noficecl melfing down Jrhe radio club's aerial wire +0 make a copper confainer. H's sfill puzzling fhe ole Asfrologer. And recenfly Armisfead has awakene'l mornings To find himsehC powdered under by Ski-Jump's boys from +he ofher endn o'l clorm. ' Affer +he Fishburne game +he fool'ball squad was seen racing Through +he woods frying +0 oblif- erafe +he effecfs of Mr. Maddux's good ole mounfain clew. THE METEOR Wilh Jrhe beginning of Jrhe seconcl scholaslic monlh' nof +0 be oufdone by +he ITall oi Jrhe year, +he solid grades Tell +00. Rumors have been picked up by The observafory +ha+ mighfy Second WeslL has been making expedifionary aHacks on Third West The +hwee+ dorm. The only losses have been a pair of suspenders and a pin-up girl. The +elescope fades now, and 0qu 0T Jrhe mis+ can be heard Jrhe Exalied One's voice echoing. Why did you leave if under Jrhe radical? As+ronomical Calendar Oc+ober SeFirsf dance of Jrhe year is held wi+h plenfy of Jrhe R.-M. W.C. elemenf presenf. Ociober l7e Nas+y Sfeve Ham- meH pockefs a pound cakeehere- affer +0 be known as +he '90 mile pas+ry. chober ZOvHWhop Carfer clis- plays a Jren year collecfion of Varga girls on +he walls of his bunk, asserJr- ing +ha+ he knows Jrhe girls person- all . lCIDcfober 23elvlr. FolleH denies +ha+ his Green Hornef aufomobile is propelled by Boy Scou+s cleverly concealed benea+h +he fenders. chober 24e LiHle Fooisie is s+ar+lecl +0 meef Margie on Jrhe sfairway on his way in a+ 2 A. M. chober ZoeThe Universi+y of .Tennessee is smeared by Wake Foresl' and Jrhe Exalfed One wifh- draws wifh a cough and has no comment chober 27e'iCarefree Caffrey refires for Jrhe nighiL and leaves or- ders nof +0 be disfurbed by any girls calling long disfance. chober 28- McDung Jrakes an overdose of hard cider and walks un- sfeaclily f0 +he infirmary +0 sober up. Ocl'ober 29-A goodly number of our brelhren Jrhrow aside all +hough+s of sfudy ancl wiJrh delirious cries of circus manage +0 make monkeys of Jrhemselves. Oci'ober 3leHallowe'en presen'rs H'self ancl deparfs. wifh no casuall'ies eonly a Tew'broken boHles ancl liffle girls screaming for Dickie Carring- ion. TEXAS TAVERN CHILI CON CARNE Hasfings. Cardwell. Harmon They Walk. They Talk, efc. . . . !! The V. E. S. B. and B. CircusaglL Since The edifor. on requeswL of fhe Taculiy adviser. demanded an ar+icle on Jrhe side show in our own Barnum and Bailey Circus. your repori'er begs reference +0 +he laws agains'r cor- poral punishmenf before physical vio- lence forces him +0 refire from Jrhe field. The odclesf +hing Jrhese eyes have seen recenHy is our adviser himself. Wha+ wi+h receiving subsidies from The governmenf for bus fare if he won'l' drive +he Green Bumble Bee larmor plafe and all four cylindersl on public highways. secrelly making molds +0 manufacfure generalsl in- signia and Confederafe money, and phofosfafing a cerfain lady's leHers for evidence in his breath of prom- ise suiJr. he cufs quife alfancy figure. Swashbuckling. daring. romanfic. wa+ch oul, girls, hells oh +he loose. alfhough Rober+ Ripley ancl +he clraH almoer have him. i The edifor said somefhing abouf a pic+ure going wifh +his ar+icle, a bean pole and Two +en+ pegs. The Torfune has n01L been mine +0 meel' Jrhe genileman, bqu I guess fhe Jrall lad is Cardwell. Jrhough I never have seen his face on accoumL of Jrhe low cloud ceilings around Lynchburg Jrhis Hme of year. Beside him sland Jrwo lowsfanding buiL upsfancling young Pagens loh-pun +he doorly Hasl'ings 9

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ALUMNI ..l927 Sfrofher Hale is living in Pearis- burgl Va. I93I Oliver Lewis is now living in Swickley, Pa. Ta suburb 01c PiH'sburghi. I936 Capt Geo. L. Baden. III. TMETE- OR, Jan.-Feb.. l946i, son of Dr. Bar- +on. is now Assisfanf Prof. of Milifary Science a+ +he Univ. of Illinois. Cap+. Barfon was Jrhe Head Counselor 5+ VES in I936. Rev. W. J. Gordon TTHE ME- TEOR. Jan.-Feb.. I946i is on fur- lough From his missionary work in Poinf Hope. Alaska. I942 L. S. Noffingham. Jr. TTHE ME- TEOR. Oc+ober. l945i. who was a counselor. member of +he V -Ciub because of his being manager of frack in I942. and was on +he Hop CommiH'ee for +wo years. is now go- ing +0 school a'r VMI. I944 Jim York. who'was a counselor. member of The V -Club. and 6 Me- feor phoiographer. is also affending classes 6+ VMI. I945 Jack ParroH. who was edifor of The Mefeor . member of The V - Club. counselor, and Senior Class Prophe'r for I945. visi+ed VES from VMI. where he is going +0 school. Whar+on Gaul and Chas. Hileman are a'r +he Marine Training Camp a+ Parris Island. S. C. The following alumni were af VES during Jrhe Homecoming week-end: Alberf Kemper, 'I8, and Mrs. Kem- per: Bransford Adams, '20. and Mrs. Adams: George Barlow, and Hen- derson Maddux. '24. and Mrs. Mad- dux; Bunny Henshaw. '25: Tho. Glas- cock. '29. and Mrs. Glascock: Rob- erf Runser and Mrs. Runser, William Baskerville, '30; Dob Ike Owen. '34: Rober+ Baskervill. Ralph Hardy, and Mrs. Hardy and daugh+er. Bill Gil- liam. and Vaughan Winborne. '35: Kennefh Ganf. '36: John Jenkins. and Lf. Arnold Sayer. '4I , .and Mrs. Say- er: Thomas Kirkpai'rick. '42: Gus Hafhaway and John Waller, '43: Da- vid Perkins and Robin Magi , '44; Hal Dunbar. '45: and Frank Aldred. Lewis Flemer. Gene Gilman. Pryor Perry. Davis Rianhard. Val Sfieglifz. Bill Thomas. and Chas. Weaver. '46. MUSIC Recorded Music The Classics The new season of +he Na+ional Broadcasfing Company Symphony has iusf opened wi+h Toscanini. i+s permanenf conducfor. In records +his monfh +here is a varied assorfmenf. Beginning wifh opera. Columbia has pu'r ou'r a mas- ferpiece in i+s new album, Two Monologues from Die Meisfersinger . Herberf Janssen and +he Me+ropoli- fan Opera Orchesfra. Vic+or has an album of songs from Vicfor Her- berf's OpereHas. sung by Dorofhy Kirsfen. Kreisler plays fhe violin solo in his own concerfo wi'rh Donald Vorhees and +he Vicfor Sfring Orchesfra. iVici. This is a beaufiful work and.w'ill be enjoyed by all +he lovers of vuohn music. Also ouf by Vicfor is Grieg's Symphonic Dances. played by Sevif- sky and +he Indianapolis Symphony. Columbia has released a new record- ing of Shumann's lsf Symphony. Erich Leinsdorf and Jrhe Cleveland Symphony. 8 Vicfor commemorafes its billionfh record wifh a de-luxe single rec- ord. Siars and Sfripes Forever and Semper Fidelis. played by The Bosfon Symphony wifh Kousevifsky conduding. Popular and Jazz The good old days are back. There are plenfy of good records, and any kind. from popular +0 +he noveify. This monfh Columbia has come up wifh +he besf recording. so far. of Old BuHermilk Sky : H's by Kay Kyser. wi+h an equally good side backing if up. Also in +he popular line Be++y Rhodes has puf ouf 6 won- derful recording of Rumors are Flying. Once again Benny Good- man has oufdone himself in pre- senfing a new s+ar. His lafesf re- lease, My Blue Heaven. feaiures Arf Lund wifh a vocal much bef- fer ihan Blue Skies. For +hose who like Harry James. his new re- cording of Beaumonf Ride is Jrops. H has a few new riffs. buf if's s+ill +he same old James. Somefhing new has been pu'r ou+ by Columbia. H's A Vicfor Borge ProgramC' classed as a novelfy, buf sfiil good. In our sixfh and iasi' held of music. jazz. Signafure Records has re-issued The Man I Love. by Coleman Hawkins. This record is abouf +he bes'r in The modern iazz field +0 be puf out and is a sure candidafe Tor every record collecfor's iibraryi no maHer whai fype 0T music he prefers. VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL Non - milifary. Superior preparafion for all col- leges af moderaie cosf. Accredifed High s+andard in schol- arship and afhlefics . . Gymnasium . . . I40 acres heaifhfuily and beaufifuliy sifuafed in Virginia mounfains. Foi Ca+aiog Wriie +0 George L. Barfon. Jr. M.A., PhD. Headmasier V. E. 5.. Lynchburg. Va. VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE SEARS-ROEBUCK 8: CO. Shop a+ Sears and Save I026 Main Sfreef Phone 447 FRANKLIN'S 57 Years of Fine Cloihing 92l Main Sireef THE METEOR

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METEORITES and Harman, from Jrhe cauldron in Hell's Kifchen. They're noI doubling ye+. bmL boiling and Jrroubling is whaf comes naiuraIIy. And so Jrhe manu- scripf +ha+ Iighfs fhe fuse of fhe force +ha+ blows +he hoJr air beIIows in fhe faculfy adviser's chesf peace- fully comes +o an end. TThe wrifer's comment Burn if possible: if not edif f0 safisfacfion. was enfirely foo low a self esfimafe.eEcI. hAny resemblance foihe original B.and B, Circus which came fo Iown Iasf week is purer accidenfal. People in +he Public Eye Akers. F. IWiId ArmI Denying ru- mors abou+ Smouse and Kay. Allen ITomI No. no. Mr. Barnum. your play won'+ work: buf Ie+ me show you one I perfecfed. Armisfead IC. SJ The pride of Char'es AHas. denying fhe necking prowess of fhe gangsfer's daughfer. Baird IKiIIerI Growling commands Io his gang Jfrom main. Baker IDissipafedI Parfaking of +he IiIJrhy weed on I'ye oIcIe raiI ai' each spare moment BaIIou ISkiiumpI Trying Io referee i'he orphanage nameebefween glances Jroward Jrhe sidelines. Braxfon ISIaIsI Being obnoxious. as usual. CorneH IBig-unI Defending Jrhe honor oi 3rd and smashing +he mioh'rv invaders from 2nd. Weer. CraiurI A. ICIemI Handing ouf dic- fionaries +0 Jrhe boys +0 enable Jrhem Io speII Craff correcfly. Duffey IS+uFFyI Arriving af fhe dance IaJre via Jrhe kifchen. FIemer ITommyI Forfeifing his da+e Io big brofher affer a nasfy knock in +he Woodberry game. Gorme ISIickI Obfaining exclusive righfs over a +axi run by a cer+ain female over week-ends. v Gower. P. IBaronI Preferring +0 s+ay here +0 gaze a? Mr. FoIIeH, rafher fhan go +0 +he circus. Hardy ILeroyI WeI'. I'II be. Clem. Iha1L mechanized horse called Jrhe 'Green Hornef' shouId have been made info une y'ars ago. Harris ILoverI Lookinq mighfy dreamy and choked-up when some- one pronounces +he sacred name of 5+. Mary's. Hyre IJohn-n-nI Temporarin for- geHing his Peakland Playmafes for Homecoming Week-end. l0 Kemper IBunnyI Having ahard fime wifh fhe joy boys of 3rd. Wesf. Maddux. T. ITuckI Forgeffing Jrhe puppy dog and ifs fuzzy conse- quences ancI sporfing a new chick a+ Macon. MCCIung I?UMI Reeling info sfucIy haII wifh a Jringo of apples on his breafh. Woods ISmoofh-oneI GeHing in good wifh Exalfed Oneesounds fa- miIiarI You Can'+ Teach an Old Dog Honesf, Jackson, I iusf don'f know whaf +he elder aenerafion's coming +0 ebui def'! They're sfricHy in +he rzroove,-a ru+ +hn+ is. They IUSI ain'Jr hep. or some+hin'. Cow! They Jralk Iiko fhey was sIurpin' a spinsIer. or somefhin'. all fhe Iime. Take my Lafin Jreacher. for ex- ampleehe's any+hinq bmL a solid sender. I was mindin' my own busi- nessedoin' m'frig.. or somefhin'. in his cIass fhe o'rher day, when he up an' inferrup's me and says, Young man, wha+ is +he corred IransIaJrion Ior Jrhe word 'super'? WelI. nafch, l rithr O'FF and says swell. fops. ya krow, real zoofy. Ya should've heard Hm oI' baf blow his fooehe hi+ Jrhe ceilin'! The ceilin'. +ha+ is. Creepers'. Ho acfed like I said somefhin' wrong. AII Jrhe Jrime he fhoughf if mean+ over or above or somefhin' Iike Ihaf. Gee whiz! The elders is sure off Jrhe beam. Like fhe sayin' noes. rIoggone. ya can'f feach an oI' Jrrick news.eor somefhin'. IAn original English IV fheme submiffed by Paul Taylor. BIO-X-RAY Rober+ M. Hughes. III Born: February I8. I929. Home: Norfolk. Virginia. Greafesf Concern: IsighI Anne. Pef Love: Anybody who Iikes Anne. Pe+ Ha+e: Being called Screws. Cusfomary Expression: Mr. Gan- naway. if we raiseoI ihe price of cia- aroHes a penny. fhink of all +he profif we could make. Spare Time OccupaHon: Ruining peop'e's films. Ambifion in Life: To have a car aJr V. E. S. AHer +hree years of hard work. Hughes has finaIIy gained Ihe priv- iIege of living in one of fhe quurious rooms in Jrhe Infirmary. Aside Irom fhe fad JrhaI he cheafs peopIe 0qu of I'heir Ias+ nickeI in Jrhe sfore. Hughes is a fine fellow. This year he is a senior and is confinuing as an ao- pareany permanemL member of +he frack feam. Also. he consisfenHy keeps his name high on Jrhe Honor Roll. Besf of all. he is a Virginian. Daniel Currie BeII Born: January 29, I927. Home: Duinn Iin Jrhe mounfainsI. Va. Spare Time Occupafions: HeIpinq Sweef Sfeve mourn his long Ios+ Barbara. UsuaIIy Seen: Sfudyinj IWho does- n'f who passe57I AmbiHon in Life: He doesn'f have any. Cus+omary Expression: Eafs so much, he never says much. Grea+e5+ Concern: Marilyn. does she or does she nof? Dan is in +he process oF spending his Jrhird year af V. E. 5.. offer serving a sfrofch in +he Navy. He is 'very acfive in Ihe school. bofh socially and ofherwise. Dan resides in +he Gym. and is one of Jrhe counselors for +ha+ exalfed harem. In Jrhe pas+ his acfivs ifies from Jren fill eIeven each nigh1L haven'+ been Jroo spedacular. bmL he's Ioarning Iasf. from The Pro ! Joseph Richard Gorme Born: chober I5, I929. Horne: Virginia Beach, Va. Greafesf Concern: Mary Lee. Ambifion in Life: To be an engin- eer. Spare Time Occupafion: Keeping Jrhe wolves away from Mary Lee. Usually Seen: Poring over solid. PeJr HaJre: Women wifhouf aufo- mobiIes. Cusfomary Expression: HSIWUI up, MacLeodI Dick is one of +he beach boys and is now in his +hird year of V. E. S. He is one of fhe reiurning foo+ball Ieerrmen and is busfing up Jthings aI Jrhe righI' guard sIo+. Dick is a coun- seIor and now resides on Wes+ Main. THE METEOR