Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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The Meteor December l7. I946 No.3 Volume XXXI Issued by +he sfudenfs of fhe Virginia Episcopal School. Lynchburg. Virginia. monfhly during +he school year I94b-47 excep+ holidays. - Subscripfions. 25c per copy: $2.00 per year EDITORIAL BOARD J. T. CARPENTER, JR.' Edifor-in-Chiei THOMAS H. ALLEN ................................................... Managing Eclifor JAMES W. BALLOU, JR ................................................... Sporls Edilor MR. JOHN D. FOLLETT ................................................. Faculfy Adviser Repor+ers ROBERT FIELD PERRIN GOWER STANLEY SMITH TUCK MADDUX ROBERT NUTT BROWN FINCH ANDREW RAMSAY RICHARD DUFFEY JOE CHERRY PHIL CRAFT Arfisf PAU L TAY LO R MACON L. HARDY Phofographer DR. G. L. BARTON. JR. BUSINESS BOARD G. SCOTT TAYLOR ........................ SWAIN H. N. STEPHENSON ............... ROBERT J. FIELD .......................... ........................... Business Manager .................. Assisfanf Business Manager ........................ Circula+ion Manager Entered as second-class maHer Sepfember 28, I928. af +he Posfoffice af Lynchburg. Virginia. under +he Ad of March 3. I879. OPINIONS Everybody's Business Wha+'s everybody's business is nobody's business. This senfence. used recenfly by +he Headmasfer in a falk +0 +he s+udenf body. is as frue as if is old. His subiecf was Jrhe need for decreased elecfrical curren+ con- sumpfion in +he school, because of The coal sfrike. which greafly ham- pered currenf produciio'n. Every- body should furn off Iighfs. but being human. nobody would. unless urged +0 do so. The coal s+rike i+self. re- cenHy +ermina+ed. was, we believe. anofher case of everybody's business. Years ago. everybody should have helped ease The miners' plight buf nobody excepf John L. Lewis did. When he wen'r loo far. everybody should have done some+hing aboqu if. buf nobody did. hence we had a com- plefe sfrike of coal miners. floufing U. S. governmenl' aufhorify and dis. rupfing +he na+ional economy. Every- body did somefhing +hen; +hey wemL wifhouf heal: fransporfafion. and ofher necessifies ancl conveniences. Everybody's businesses are everrwhere a+ V. E. S. S+riking ex- amp es are +he smoking si+ua+ion and 4 +he spirif of vandalism +ha+ pervades fhe school. This is +he +hird consecu- +ive year +ha+ an ediforial on +his sub- iec1L has appeared in The Me+eor. We don'l' doubi your abiliiy +0 read; we ClOUbl' your abiliiy. or willingness. +0 +hink. From a very pleasanf and well-equipped place for recrea+ion and +he spending of leisure +ime in Jrhe fall of I944. Jrhe basemenl' of We51L Dorm has been reduced by boys of +his spirif +0 6 shambles. con- Jraining one or fwo wrecks of seals and much illicii iobacco smoke in +he fall of I946. Everybody should have checked such a fendency, bu+ nobody did, wiih fhe resulf lhaiL Jrhe place +ha+ was +he pridepic +he school has become a mark of degradafion and a cause of shame. Will +his go on un- checked. or will we defy +he adage? H won'+ go on if everybody +ends +0 his business. We. Jrhe siuclenf body. are everybody in +his case. Let's geJr +he business done! The V. E. S. library gral'efully ac- knowledges +he receipl' of a large number of books. a giH of Mr. G. B. Lamar. of Lynchburg. The nafure of +he books has n01L been defermined as yef. bmL if is hoped ihaf +he neces- sary processing will soon be complei- ed so +ha+ Jrhey will be in circula+ion for +he use oi +he sl'udenf body. On Wednesday. December 4. Mrs. John D. FolleH. who is now s+aying in Lynchburg. moiher ol2 Mr. FolleH. had a fall which resul+ecl in a broken leH' Jrhigh bone. The iniury was pain- ful +0 say Jrhe leasi'. and serious +0 a woman of Mrs. FolleH's years. and will no doubi occasion long hospifal- izafion and indisposifion. We wish +0 express our sympaihy +0 Mrs. FolleH' and +0 Mr. FolleH on his mofher's acciclenf wifh +he hope +ha+ her re- covery will be as speedy and as pleas- amL as possible. THE SCHOOL iConfinued from page 3i Mr. Banks, Jrhough he a+ iirsi +augh1L ancieni hisfory and Laiin, is primarily a feacher of English. having iaughiL all six courses of English dur- ing his +weni'y-six years' experience. He has been organisf and choir di- recior since his TirswL year af V. E. 5.. and Jrhis year's appoinfmenf as senior ' masfer accounfs Tor Jrhe +hird of his +i+les. His farm. some fwenfy miles souih oi Lynchburg. has been a source of pleasure +0 many V. E. 5. boys. as well as repuledly 'ro himself. and his Sunday nigh+ readings iand Mrs. Banks's refreshmenfsl cons+ifufe a favorife V. E. S. insfiiufion. An in- ciden+ in Hue immediaie present al- ready handled in l'he Asfronomical Calendar, is +he +wen+y-six+h consecu- five failure of his annual predicfion of snow on Dec. 7. A iribufe was considered in +his arficle. buf anyfhing I'The Mefeor could say would look poor beside +he record of everyfhing Mr. Banks has done for +he school. Lei us consider +his record. and our +hough+s and ac- +ions will be a beHer fribufe ihan any possible words. Sky Pilof Resigns On Sunday. December I. Rev. Marshall Milfon gave his las+ sermons a+ V. E. S. and Sf. Sfephen's church in Foresl'. His resignaiion irom +he V. E. S. siahc was accep+ecl by Dr. George L. Barion. Jr.. who also siai- ecl fhai a successor has nof been ap- poinfed as yef. Mr. Milfon came +0 V. E. S. in +he1call of I944. and aside from his duiies as chaplain. and in- sirucfor 01C R. l.. was also lrack coach. THE METEOR

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Volume XXXI LYNCHBURG. VIRGINIA. DECEMBER I7. I946 No.3 - THE SCHOOL llSenior MasI'er, Organist and Choir Direcfor Mr. Joseph Kenfworfh Banks. whose appoinfmenf as senior masfer of Ihe school was announced by Dr. Barfon af Ihe beginning of Ihe school year. became a+ Ihaf lime only in name wha'r he has been in effecf for many years. Mr. Banks was born on April 3rd. l898. af Hunfman. Tennessee. son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Banks. He aHended local schools and had one year af Casfle Heigh+s Milifary Academy. In I9I6 he ma+ricula+ed af Jrhe Universify of Tennessee. grad- uafing wifh a B. A. degree in I920. The universify being a land granf in- siifufion. all sfuclenIs are required +0 parficipafe in +wo years of miIH-ary drill, and during his service Mr. Banks was in Jrhe Ia51L fwo monfhs 01C World War I. In Sepfember I920 Mr. Banks came Io V. E. S. The following summer. l92l. he was married +0 Miss Mar- gare'r McAnquy oi Bolivar. Tennessee. also a graduafe oi Jrhe Universify oi Tennessee. class of I920. During +he session I92I-22 Mr. and Mrs. Banks lived in +he iniirmary in Jrhe aparf- menf where Ihe Dixons now reside. The following year. however. Ihey moved info Jrhe house which Ihey now occupy and which had iusmL been com- plefed Ior Ihem, The Bankses have Iwo children. a daughfer Margaret born in I922. and a son. Jo. Jr.. born in I934. Mar- garef affended RrM. W. C., where she received a degree in science. On January I. I944 lsee The Mefeor. I944l she was married in +he V. E. S. chapel +0 Mr. Viclor Kehrer of PiHs- burgh, Pa.. a former Ieacher of sci- ence aI V. E. 5. Since Jrhen Jrhey have bofh assis'red in work leading 'Io Ihe periecfion of +he afomic bomb. a+ New York. N. Y.. and Oak Ridge. Tennessee lsee The Meleor, Oct. I945I. Jo is now aHencIing Roberf E. Lee Jr. High School. lConIinued on page 4l WEST DORMITORY I' . . . OPENED FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF SCHOOL . . . Then and Now Wifh Ihe opening of Ihe Ihiriye iirer session of VES many new voices and fhe sounds of sfrange Ieef echo Ihrough Ihe halls of Jrhe old Wes'r DormiJrory. This is ifs +hir+ie+h anni- versary. H was buihL in Ihe summer of I9I7 and opened for Jrhe second session of school in Sepfember of Jrhe same year +0 provide for Ihe ine creasing number of sIucIenIs. The building owes ifs exisfence +0 Ihe perseverance and hard work of Bishop Jeff. Wiih Ihe aid of eighf oi Ihe moswL oulsfanding business men of Lynchburg a loan of Iilfy fhousand dollars was raised for Jrhe project The job was Ihen handed over 'Io Mr. Burnham. a Lynchburg archifecl'. wiI'h a rough skefch which Bishop JehL had made. The TimL few days afler +he open- ing Oi: school Jrhe boys had Io go from one floor +0 Jrhe oiher by ladders. And when +he s'reps were be- ing puf in a large iron landing fell and crashed info Ihe concrele floor barely missmg a boy. The building has undergone several changes +hrough +he years. In I920 +he library was moved from Ihe Main Building +0 +he soufheas'r corner of Ihe Jr-ir51L floor. In Jrhe summer of I945 anofher room was added +0 Jrhe masfer's quariers on Ihe second and Ihird floors. Lasf year Jrhe li- brary. which is now a living room. and +he masfer's room on FirmL Wesf were converfed in+o aparfmenIs for Mr. Milfon and his family and are now vacanf following his resignafion. The lower end of fhe hall was l'hen waIIecI OFF and now includes fhe li- brary. In Ihe basemen'r +he one room +haI is vacanl now was once a classroom and las+ year belonged Io +he Air Sqouis. The recreafion room and Jrhe radio club's room were used for s+or- age. The V-club's room is +he only one IhaiL has been consfanHy in use. The building also includes an ele- vafor. scene of many escapades. and an aHic sl'orage room for Jtrunks.

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-He'graduaied Trom V. M. l. in 1934. and from There he enlered The Virginia Theological Seminary. and before coming +0 V. E. S. was recfor of Jrhe Episcopal parish a+ Brandon. During The war he was a member of +he R. A. F. Ferry Command. Upon leaving Lynchburg Mr. Mil- fon look a posi+ion a+ Peninsular Air- port near Newporf News. as flying inslruclor. flying being one of his maior hobbies. This job. however. is only femporary. as he plans +0 resume educafional work nexl' fall. Oc+ober-November Honor Roll l. Carpenfer ...................... 98. 2. Helh .......................... 94.6 3. Daniel ......................... 93.6 4. Whifaker ....................... 92. 5. Alexander ...................... 9L8 6. Kemper ........................ 91.8 7. Doyle .......................... 9l.5 8. Hughes ........................ 9l.2 9. Wellford ....................... 9l.l 10. Lewis. G. ....................... 90.6 ll. Thomas, G. ..................... 90.4 I2. Braxfon ........................ 90.4 l3. Smifh .......................... 90.2 M. Thompson, J. ................... 90.2 l5. Field .......................... 90. I6. Wiggins ....................... 89.7 17. Bell, D. C.. ...................... 89.6 18. Jones, H. ....89.2 l9. Nuf'l. R: ..89.l 20. Zander ..88.8 21. Cardwell ..88.2 22. Duke ................. ..88.2 23. Pollard ..................... ..88.2 24. Taylor. P. ....................... 88.2 25. Ramsey. D. ..................... 88.1 26. Skinner ........................ 88. 27. Page .......................... 87.8 28. Pancoasf ....................... 87.8 29. Armisfead ...................... 87.6 30. Fennell ........................ 87.6 3l. Baffle .......................... 87.2 32. Leifch ......................... 37. 33 Bullinglon ...................... 86.8 34. Maddux. T. ..................... 86.8 35 Gower P 36 Cherry W 37 Brooks ......................... 38 Thomas C 39. Allen .......................... 40 Hyre .......................... 4I Ogden ......................... 42 Reed .......................... 43. Gay ........................... 44. Taylor. S. ............ 45. Langhorne 46. Cornell ........... 47.Kerner 48. Andrews 49. Marshall Parole from Jail Al 4:45 P. M., Wednesday. No- vember 27fh. +he V. E. S. sfudenf body began The firsf formal holiday, ouls'ide of regular weekends. in Jrhe school year. The occasion being Thanksgiving. This liHle bi'r of Heaven lasfed unfil I 1:00 p. m.fhe nexfnighf. THE METEOR when Il9 fired bmL happy inmafes filed back +hrough +he sleel doors. They mighiL have been even more happy had Jrhey realized fhaf Chrisf- mas vacafion. +ha+ Mecca of all V. E. S. pilgrims. was only four weeks 0H. During Jrhe blessed inlerim many boys presenfed Jrhemselves +0 Jrhe ouf- side world for The lirs+ fime in +hree long monfhs, while olhers remained af +he school gorging l'hemselves on a Thanksgiving dinner +ha+ would be a +ribu+e +0 anyone's culinary art The Chrisfmas vacalion. +he lime un+il which many boys can fall in sec- oncls. will begin on December 20+h and end on January 61 I947. ln +his conneciion a Chrisimas Dance. +0 be held December I4. had been planned by The Hop CommiHee. bqu +he plans were nullified by +he expressed pref- erence of +he sfudenf body +0 affend The Duke-Virginia baskefball game in +he Lynchburg Armory Jrhe same nighl'. a To Acquire Charm and Poise Once more The gym has begun +0 resound every ofher Sal'urday nighf from eigh+ +0 fen o'clock wilh sounds of ancienl' records being played over and over again on an ancienl' phono- graph. of clumsy feet of +he silly laughs of Jrwelve-year-old girls and of a voice counling l-2-3-4. +hen a shrill whisHe and a loud cry. double break! These noises are due, of course. +0 Jrhe annual descen'r of Miss Floyd Ward's dancing class on V. E. S. This class. conducfecl by Miss Ward or one of her sisiers. has almosf become a V. E. S. ins+i+u+ion affer so many years of occupancy. The order of in- sfrucfion remains The same This year as in previous years. From 8 p. m. +0 8:30 Jrhere is inslrucfion for begin- ners. of which +here is a goodly num- ber Jrhis yearT and from 8:30 +0 9:45 advance ins+ruc+ion, such as jive. and general dancing. Boys may have any Lynchburg girl +hey wanf invifed +0 Jrhe Cofillion. On December 7+h Miss Ward gave her annual Chrislmas parfy. which was one of +he special occasions she sug- ges+ed in her Talk +0 The s+uclen+ body on November 7+h before +he begin- ning of +he class. TSuggesfed reasonelhe lame-brains gief ouf of an hour and a hahc of reporf period. Happy Birfhclay November l2 .................... Thomas. C. November l5 ............................ BaHle November 17 ........................ Wiggins November 26 .......................... Shirley November29 ...................... Cherry. J. December4 ........................ Murray. P. December 8 ................................ Page December l0 ............................ Hefh December IS ............................ Fenell December I9 ............................ Baker Disciples of Culberfson All'hough carol playing was illegal a+ V. E. S. unfil lasf year, many games. especially con+rac1L bridge. achieved a greaJr prominence affer ifs sancfion- ing. and +his prominence has been +ransferred. wifh grea'r fervor, +0 This year. Almosf any Jrime on weekends and many school day affernoons. The girls gafher for sessions loeir fav- ori+e sport Somelimes. however. +he smoke becomes so Jthick ihaf one can scarcely penefrafe Jrhe haze +0 ascer- lain whefher if is bridge or one of ifs more disrepu+able colleagues +ha+ is going on. In fact +he aimosphere is much like +ha1L o1C poker playing. min- us, of course m, +he boffles. The main hounds are Bell. D. C.. bofh Gowers. Reed. Craft P.. Duffey. ancl Zander. and +heir +hea+res of operafion +he gym. +he infirmary. +he greaf oufdoors, or iusf any place where one can pu+ four chairs and a fable and a good supply of weeds. 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. grufdlfie ' glednem an? Q '3 GMM'I hry'm See Our Agenf Sfephenson, S.