Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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THE SCHOOL Mr. J. S. Magnuson was born in Chicago, Ill.. bu1L his home has been Kansas Cify. Mo., for many years. Affer gradualing from Cenfral High School in Kansas Cify he wenf on +0 Befhany College in Lindsborg, Kan.. where he received an A. 8. degree. He received a M. A. in Lalin aJr +he Universify of Kansas and was leach- ing fellow and research assislanf af +he Universily of Chicago for six years. where he complefed all Jrhe work for a Ph. D. degree excepl +he disserfaiion. He Jraughl for five years as a hiqh school principal in Kansas. a+ +he Terrell School in Dallas. Texas. and was professor of Lafin and Greek aJr Jrhe Universify of Iowa for nine years. During +he war Mr. Magnuson worked for Jrhe governmemL a+ Jrhe Norfh American Airplane planf in Kansas Cify. He is a member of +he Phi Della Kappa and Efa Sigma Phi Traiernifies. He has one son. a pro- fessor af UNC. He leeches Spanish. French. German. and Lafin ancl suli- fers Jrhe hardships of liie on +hird Wes+. He also has +he misfor'rune of being Mr. FolleH's assisl'an'r in kee - ing +he clemerif and column recorcl: Mr. Ellsworlh Phelps. Jr. was born in Washingfoni D. C.. in I9I7 and was educaied in Norfhampfon. Mass. Jrhrough high school. In I939 he re- ceived a B. S. in malhemal'ics from MassachuseHs Slale College in Am- hersl', where he was also a member of The varsify baseball feam. From chober I939 lo June I945 Mr. Phelps was employed by +he Glenn L. Marfin Aircrafl' Co., of Balfimore. Maryland, as a supervisor of produc- fion planning and insfruclor of new personnel. In June he enfered fhe U. S. Navy and affended radio Jrech- nician school buf was discharged in April I946 before compleHng +he course. Mr. Phelps is married and has one daughfer, Elizabefh. born on Sept 2l. I944. He is The coach of iunior Toolball, will coach varsil'y baseball, and leaches plane geomefry and al- gebra. The Phelpses live on Second Main in fhe aparlmenl recenfly va- caled by +he Bells. Mr. William L. WyaH' was born in Nor'rh Wilkesboro. N. C., in l9l9 and was reared in Winsfon-Salem, where he affendecl Reynolds High School. He received an A.B. in Laiin and His- Jrory from Salem College and did graduafe work in American his+ory THE METEOR NURSE AND DIETITIAN MISS CLARKE. MISS ALVlS af UNC. AHer leaching Tor Jrhree years af Jamesfown High School. N. C.. he eniered +he army as a peace- fime clraHee in chober I94l. Mr. WyaH rose in The ranks from privafe +0 capfain, being a+ Kelly Field. Tex.. Camp Lee. Va.. and Garden Cify Airfield. Kan.. during +his process. He saw foreign service in The CBI Thealer as a rail Transporlalion offi- cer. Air Service Command. He re- furned +0 Jrhe U. S. in Feb. I946 and from +hen uniil May. when he was placed on inacfive duly. he was af For'r Bragg, N. C. Al VES Mr. WyaH Teaches hisfory ancl Lafin. and is backfield coach for varsily foo+ball. He is married and lives on +he sec- ond floor of The Infirmary in Jrhe aparlmenf recenfly vacafed by +he Carrolls. They Also Serve Miss Anne Clarke, +he school nurse. is a graduale of Si. Luke's Hospilal in Richmond. Virginia. AHer com- ple'ring her courses There she held posifions al Wesibrook Sanaforium ancl a+ New Alfamonf Hospifal in Chrisliansburg. Virginia. Al' +he be- ginning of school she came from Chrisfiansburg. her home. +0 fake charge of +he Infirmary and Jrhe V. E. S. sl'uclenf heall'h. Miss Margarel' A. AlvisI Jrhe dieli- Jrian. is a nafive 0T Lynchburg. She graduafecl Trom E. C. Glass High School in I942 and from Farmville Slafe Teachers College in I945. She faughl' one year a+ Wesf Point Vir- gina. before coming here. Af V. E. 5., Miss Alvis lives on Jrhe second floor of Jrhe Main Building. Mr. Henry C. Dixonl Jrhe bursar of 7 +he school, was reared a+ Clusler Springs, Virginia. There he aflendecl and was gradualecl from +he high school. He is also a graduafe oi Phillip's Secre+arial Co'lege. He was fhen employed by ScoH. Homer and Mason. Inc.. of Lynchburg' Virginia. for Jrwo years. He was in Jrhe service from July I944 uniil June 29. I946, when he received his discharge. He came +0 V. E. S. lamL August Mr. Dixon is married and lives on Jrhe sec- ond floor of Jrhe Infirmary in whal was formerly The Jarrardis aparfmenl. Dances! On Jrhe nighiL of chober 5+h. +he clay following +he Miller School game, Jrhe Hop Commiflee will pro- vide V. E. S. wifh ifs liirs1L dance of +he l946-47 dance season. a iuke box dance held in +he gymnasium. The week-end oi chober I9-20fh will be homecoming week-encl aJr V. E. 5. On Sal'urday ailernoon Jrhe homecoming game wifh Woodberr will be played on Johnson Field. Tha+ nighf lrhe homecoming dance will be held in +he gymnasium. The dance will be formal and The music will be furnished by Bob Cleveland and his orchesfra. A large number of alumni and friends are expecfed. On December l4+h Jrhe Chrislmas Dance will be held. This dance will be similar +0 Jrhe Miller School Dance wifh recorded music. The winfer sea- son will also confain Miclwinl'ers. which will Jrake place on Jrhe Salur- clay nighf ending examinafion week. This foo will be formal wifh an or- cheslra. April marks +he monih 0T +he Spring clance followed by Jrhe 'Final dances af The end of +he year. The V Club dance will be held on Saf- urday night May 3l51L and +he final dance on Monda night June 2nd. These dances wil follow +he lines of +he ofher lwo major dances pre- senfed during The school year. .3

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The Meteor Volume XXXl chober 8. 1946 No. l Issued by line sfudenfs of +he Virginia Episcopal School. Lynchburg. Virginia. monlhly during The school year 1946-47 excepf holidays. Subscripfions. 25c per copy: $2.00 per year EDITORIAL BOARD J. T. CARPENTER. JR. l'zclilorein-Chieic THOMAS H. ALLEN ................................................... Managing Edifor JAMES W. BALLOU .................................. . .................... Sporls Eclifor MR. JOHN D. FOLLETT ................................................. FacuH'y Advisor Reporfers ROBERT FIELD PERRIN GOWER STANLEY SMITH TUCK MADDUX ROBERT NUTT BROWN FINCH ANDREW RAMSEY RICHARD DUFFEY PHIL CRAFT Arlis+ PAU L TAY LO R JOE CHERRY MACON L. HARDY Phofographer DR. 6. L. BARTON. JR. BUSINESS BOARD G. SCOTT TAYLOR ........................ ROBERT J. FIELD .......................... ........................... Business Manager ........................ Circulafion Manager Enlered as second-class mailer Seplember 28. 1928. al The PosloHice a+ Lynchburg. Virginia. under fhe Acf of March 3. I879. OPINIONS The Roofers Also Serve School SpiriH! Thaf's whaiL we need and plenly of if!!! Your foo'r- ball players will play beffer ball il: +hey know you are behind +hem and are roofing for all you're worfh. H's bad enough +0 be geHing harcl knocks lrom Jrhe opposing feam. bqu lo know +ha+ your own schoolmafes ancl bosom buddies have gone +0 Reusens. or +0 Peakland. or are OFF wifh some babes inslead of being down on +he field sharing whaf may come wi+h +heir Jream is even worse. ThaiL alone is enough +0 make any one wanf +0 give up. H has amused us very much +0 observe +he keen inleresf Jraken in Jrhe oufcome oi +he Nafional League pennanf race which means nofhing ma+erially +0 any of us. There is also a greaf deal of supporiL for such schools as Carolina, N. C. Sfale. Da- vidson, Virginia. V. P. I.. and olhers which comes mosHy from slafe pride and maybe a liffle malerial or cash value. This is all as if should be. bu1L we mumL devole more suppor+ and spirif To our own school. which is Jrhe momL imporfanf af presen+. 4 To have +0 +alk abomL school spiril may seem slrange +0 some of you new boys. somefhing Jrhaf should be sponlaneous: buf +he spiriiL lasf year was af a very low ebb and was no- l'icecl by numerous oufsiclers. There's no reason why +his subieCiL should be broughf +0 your affenfion again. Lef's all gel ouf and ialk up Jrhe a+hle+ic confesfs. AND BY ALL MEANS BE PRESENT AT THEM WITH FULL SUPPORT AND CO- OPERATION WITH THE CHEER- LEADERS. Please. fellows, keep +his Jrhing of school spiril a volunlary. hearf-fouching affair. For Making a Full Man Friends and frequenfers of +he li- brary will no doubf be inferesfed +0 know of several improvemenfs and enhancemenfs which have been made during Jrheir absence. Due +0 +he indefafiqable efforls of Mr. Follei't many books 0qu of circu- lafion due +0 need of repair. have relurned +0 +he shelves. The library has also been Jrhe recipienf of several giHs. One of +hese, of over ISO books. was made by Brig. Gen. J. M. Alexander. whose son. Mike. is an alumnus of +he school. The Jones Memorial Library of Lynchburg has presenied us wifh a collecfion con- sis+ing mainly of mysfery sfories. In a slighfly differen+ field. Mr. and Mrs. Waller Wills oi Lynchburg have clonafed complefe Tiles of +he Na- Jrional Geographic Magazine. begin- ning wifh Jrhe year I910. This collec- lion also coni'ains many old copies of Forfune and Life magazines. THE SCHOOL fConfinued from page 3i ball and will assisf Mr. Milfon in coaching Jrrack in The spring. Mr. Barnum leaches science and lives. wifh his family. in +he house where +he Dawsons had lived for 25 years. Mr. Bales McC. Gilliam was born in Richmond. Virginia. in I9l8 bqu has spenf his life in Lynchburg. He is a graduale of V. E. 3.. having been here from l93l +0 I936. He received a B. A. in liberal arfs from V. M. l. in I940. fogeJrher wilh a reserve com- mission in Jrhe Cavalry. He was placed on acfive duly in Jrhe spring of I94l. He was an adiu+an+ of +he War Deparfmenl General SfaH and was wi+h +he 29+h Division, +he 8+h Air Force Supply Division, +he ETO ln+elligence Headquarfers. ancl +he Berlin Disfricf Infelligence Division. Half his period of service was spemL in +he lasf organizafion. He was dis- charged from Jrhe service in February. . I946. Mr. Gilliam is married. his wife be- ing +he former Miss Iris Massingham of Salfburn. Yorkshire. He does nof live a+ +he school, butL comes 0qu each day Jfrom Lynchburg Tor his classes. Mr. Heniy T. Holladay was born in Orange, Virginia. in 1902. He is a graduafe of Orange High School and Hampden-Sydney College. where he received a B. A. in I922. He did posl-graduafe work a+ Columbia Universily and Johns Hopkins Uni- versify ancl graduafe work in Lafin a+ The Universify of Virginia. He has +augh+ af McGuire's Universi+y School in Richmond. Va., a+ Kenfucky Milifary lnsfil'ul'e, and was headmas- +er of 5+. Paul's School in Bal+imore. Maryland, Before coming lo VES Mr. Holladay was Jreacher 0T La+in a+ EHS. He occupies +he masler's room on Second Wesl and Jreaches La+in and Spanish. THE METEOR

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THE SCHOOL Then And Now The school sfore was originaliy in wha1L is now +he mail room. Then if Was moved fo Jrhe basemenf of Wesf Dormi+ory. Affer severa1 years +here if was moved +0 where if is now. The Mefeor used +0 be a liferary. 'quar'rerly magazine under Jrhe ad- visership' of Mr. Mafiiield. Under 'Mr. Banks direc+ion if was a semi- monfhly newspaper. Now. once again. +he shideniL pubiicafion has re- furned nearly +0 ifs original sfafe. The fron'r lawn was once a corn- field wi+h a road in +he midd1e. The school cleaned if up, planfed grass and Jrrees. The more romaanally in- clined boys find +hese frees a ioy +0 si+ under 1 There was once a sma11 frame gym- nasium on Jrhe upper'ioofball Tie1d which underwenf The sad fafe of burning down. The Maddux brofhers' Tafher was one of +hose indirecfly re- sponsible for +he conHagrarion. The school hasn'+ aiways had +he bell now used. There was a smaHer Ibe11 now used by The Presby'rerian Orphanage Home. The bell now used at V. E. S. belonged +o a Lynch- 'burg church. The bell Jrower used +0 be a windmill. The Johhson A+h1e+ic Field. or The lower field. as if is generally called, was originally a ravines H was dragged and worked un+i1 a p1ain was 'obfained. Fie1ds once 1ay where +he Banks and Gannaway-Barnum houses now sfand. The business oT'Fice and +he Head: masrer's' office have been reversed +wic'e,ire+urning 1a51L year +0 Their origina1 posifion. Before +h'e Chapel was builr, +he 'serviceswere held in +he Recforis hallway. When +he school was built no pro- 'vision'was made for a dining room or kifchen. The presenf dining room was infended for a laborafory and +he ki+chen was a sforeroom. There used +0 be +hree ferms. one ending in December, anorher in March and Jrhe fhird in June. In +he new gymnasium +here used 10 be +he same kind of railing around +he balcony as Jrhere is on Jrhe sfairs. One day while a game was being played. fhirfy-fwo boys who were leaning on +he rail raiher heavily. suddenly Telf i+ go ou1L from under 6 +hem, They fe1l +0 'rhe floor eighiL ieef be10w. Sirangely enough, none- were shuri'. The faculfy room was used af firsfi as a lumber eroreroom. N01L much change. eh? There were no sfairs in +he Tirsf floor recep1ion room going up +0 Jrhe Headmasier's aparfmenis. H cosr abouf eigh'r hundred dollars +0 pu.+ Them in. When Jrhe school was eriil new, There were no folding Jrables in +he bunks. Each boy broughf his oWn card fable and lamp. When beds were dumpedeand +hey were dumped rhen as now, +he fable in- variably wenf over foo. In Jrhe middle of whaf is now Jrhe upper fooiball field, rhere was once a good-sized hill. A sieam shovel worked +here for abouf Jrwo monfhs +0 1eve1 if 01?. 1 Turning from +he inanimare +0 Jrhe animafe. Jrhere has been only one ero-year Head Counselor before . Page in +he hisi'ory of +he school. He was Ellison Lofh. who held +he posi- Jrion in +he 1920-21 and '21-22 ses-s sions. Mr. Bai1ey and Mr. Gilliam are Jrhe Jrhird and Tourfh alumni. respec+ive1y. who have refurned +0 fheir seaJr of learning fo Jreach. The Tirsf was James E. Edmunds. who Jrauthr in I939-40. and Jrhe second J. E. Poin- dexfer. Jreaching in I940-41 rand a+ +he same Jrime becoming Dr. Ran- do1ph's son-in-law. This year's enrollmenf of 124 boys is Jrhe largesf +he school has had since 1941-42. when 129 s+uc1en+s were present Also. The gymnasium is used as sfudenfs' living quarfers for Jrhe firmL Jrime since 1'ha1L session. If now has Jrhe honor of she1+ering +he +hir- Jreen refurned veferans. Even +he In- firmary is in service +his year, wifh fwo of i+s Tirsf-floor rooms being used for living quarfers. TMainly copied from Jrhe column Con- frasfs in THE METEOR. chober, 1943. College Pharmacy RIVERMONT and NORFOLK AVENUES PHONE I046 S+uden+ Governmenf Near +he end of schoo1 each year Jrhe enfire sfudenf body nominaie from Jrhe 1i51L of boys refurning Jrhe nexf year a group of counselors. designaring one boy for The posifion of Head Counselor and +wo orhers +0 form, wi+h him. Jrhe Honor Com- miffee. From Jrhe mosf-named candi- dafes +he Tacul'ry picks a ceriain number of boys who will c1irec1L +he s+uden+ governmemL during The Torfh- coming year. This year's counselor body consisfs of Thirfeen members. an increase of Three over Iasf year. necessifafed by a larger sfudenf body. The Honor Commiffee consisis of John M. Page of Brandon. Vt. Head Counselor: wi+h Lewis M. Armisfead of Church- 1anc1. Va., and Thomas H. Allen of .Kernersville, N. C.. as The +wo re- maining commiHeemen. Bo+h Page and Armisiead are filling +heir re- specfive posifions Tor +he second consecque year. Anofher repeaf performer is Jim Ballou of Oxford. N. C.. who be- came a counselor in January. 1946. Also refurning +0 Jrheir counseior posifions are Dan Bell of Dub1in. Va., and Tuck Maddux of Marshall. Va., who were bofh counselors during +he 1944-45 session. Those who are filling Jrhe posiJrion Tor Jrhe firmL Hme Jrhis year are Jack Carpenfer oi Affon. Va., Phil G. Craer of Toledo. Ohio, J. Richard Gormly of Virginia Beach. Va., Per- rin W. Gower of Raleigh. N. C.. A1- berf S. Kemper oi Blueiield. W. Va., George H. Lewis of Porrsmoquh. Va., and Roberf H. NuhL of Greensboro. N. C. ZMW TTFashions in FoodsTi SOUTHERN CAB COMPANY PHONE 2-9-4 THE METEOR