Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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One unchanging and unchangeable aspect of Pendleton has remained throughout its forty-three years — the flood that occurs annually in its basement. With the removal of the wooden supporting beams in the thirties, space was created for boys to carry on formal fights. A boxing ring and spectator space provided entertainment for ten years. ; Today the masses are entertained by a T.V. set. They are surrounded by a battery of refreshment machines, a telephone and mail facilities. And nowadays, even the fights are less formal. Study is study. A boy may very well find himself in the same study hall his father used. But should he be a better student than the ‘old man’—he is free to study in the new library.

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i Third Main (1966) Third Main (about 1918) Four boys lived in the cubicles that were called stalls. As long as the curtains lasted across the doorways, there was that much privacy. Inside, head-high partitions separ- ated each stall. By sitting on top of one partition, a boy might easily visit several rooms at once. Today one must travel along linoleum-tiled floors to visit his neighbors. Flourescent lights and exit signs mark the way. One thing has not changed: there is still a broom to every room. As Jett Hall was nearing completion, a sudden and sobering revelation came to someone. The blueprints for the build- ing that had been planned as the one unit that would provide everything for everybody had not reckoned with the fact that people must eat. For forty-five years, therefore, students and faculty were fed in what was to have been a biology lab. Old Dining Room (1930s) Banks-Gannaway (1966)

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‘ O° ¢ bien f'] The Rt. Rev. Robert Carter Jetta Dp: Founder and Rector 1916 - 1920 The Rt. Rev. Robert Carter Jett is credited as being the father of the school which he envisioned and which he hoped would enable boys to reach “the full stature of manhood.” He was able to see his aspirations begin to take form, while serving as headmaster for the first four years of the school’s existence, after which time he became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. The arduous task of continuing to raise money and buildings then fell into the hands of Rev. William Gibson Pendleton. During Dr. Pendleton’s tenure, the first faculty home was built for Mr. Joseph Banks, a young and enterprising English master, who with Mrs. Banks was to witness the maturation of the school for more than forty years. In those years the turf began to fly; with the help of machinery and ‘bounders, Johnson Field was underway. The Rev. Oscar de Wolf Randolph continued in Rev. Pendleton’s footsteps by creating another and larger athletic field — the Buck Langhorne Memorial Athletic field, which was planned to be ade- quate for the school’s expanding needs. It was during this man’s head- mastership that the school was able to move through the depression and well into the war years. The Rev. William Gibson Pendleton, D.D. Rector 1920 - 1928 The Rev. Oscar de Wolf Randolph, B.S., D.D. Rector (This view, now the front hall) The Reception Room and Headmaster’s Office 1928 - 1943 |