Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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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.

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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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gm Murray. A. lMgr.l SPORTS THE V. E. S. VARSITY FOOTBALL LETTERMEN LeH +0 right firsl' row: Akers. F. lMgr.l; Maddux. T.; Page: Allen; CorneH: Ballou lCap+.l; Lewisx 6.; Gormly; Hyre: Second r'ow: Mr. Barnum lHead Coachl: Gower, J.: CraH, A.: Maddux. W.; Gower, P.; Kemper: Whifaker: Hefh: Burks: Flemer: Lewis. C.: Kerner: Ogden; Mr. Bailey lAser. Coachl From +he Sidelines By J. W. Ballou. Jr. As if is +he cusiom of +he Sporfs Edi+or of The Mefeor +0 pick Jrhe Bishops' All-OpponemL feam. here is Jrhe I946 ediiion. LEePeferson. Woodberry Foresfe Favorife pass receiver and dangerous on encl-arounds. LTePhilips. Woodberry Foresfe The work horse in a powerful line. LGv-Gregory. E. H. S.-Fif+h man in +he Bishops' backfield all affernoon. CeConway. R.-M. A.-Rugged line backer and leader of a band of scrappy Yellow Jackefs. RG-Davenporl. Sf. Chrisfopher's eConsfanHy breaking up plays be- fore +hey had a chance +0 sfarf. RTeTraugh. R.-M. AeOne of +he mosiL polished performers who came againsf +he Bishops all year. 6 REeDilweg. E. H. Sr-His end was nol' fumed all aflernoon. Back-Davidson, Woodberry For- es+-His +ouchdown record speaks for i+s self. Backe Rumsey. R.-M. A.e-Big. fast and a wonderful defensive man. Back-Holland. E. H. S.-His quick opening play +hrough +he cen- +er was deadly. Back-Des Porfes. 5+. Chrisfopher's -Jack-of-all Jrracles of Jrhe Sainfs' backfield. Baske+ball Prospecfs The '46 edifion of Jrhe Garnef ancl While quin+ is quickly rounding info shape under Jrhe waichful eye of Coach Barnum. The squad is headed by five refurning leHermen and sev- eral oufsfanding new boys. H is dif- ficuH +0 defermine who will be in +he s+ar+ing lineup when Jrl'ie opening game wifh Bedforcl High School rolls around on January l8. as +here are several boys who are sfill showing +he effecfs of foofball and some more who are slow in gaining an eye for +he basket The five vel's are Bunny Kemper. Tom Allen. Jim Ballou. John Hyre. and Johnny Gay: while a+ +his wrifing +he new boy crop is head- ed by Al CraH'. Tommy Flemer. George Caffrey. Bob Whifaker. and +he Warren lwins. The iunior leams. l5 years and un- der I7 years and under. under Jrhe direc+ion of Mr. Phelps and Mr. Wy- aH', are expecfed +0 enfer ci+y league compefifion +his year as has been +he cuslom. THE METEOR