Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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Writing halfway through V.E.S. 50th year, one is tempted to some generalizations about schools, which, as all generalizations are expected to be, may be false. Schools can never be better than the net of their masters. It is hard, though not impossible, for them to be better than their headmasters. It is harder still for them to be better than the net of their boys, for the wonder of being a schoolmaster is that boys are far better, have far more to them than most ever dream of stopping to appreciate. Austin P. Montgomery, Jr., M.A. Headmaster 1961 - Many are the vicissitudes of a master’s day. He observes the late-riser sprint in disarray to breakfast, enjoys the blending of voice and organ in song in the chapel, pitches a few facts and ‘curves’ in the ‘historic’ ball park, legs it breathlessly down to first as the faculty wins another of the annual games from the students, aids the troubled boy by being a good listener to find a redoubt from which to make a sally, and@ all the while keeps an eye on the planning for a surreptitious jaunt to the Armory to hear a dance band. Around such diurnal activities, storied years cluster. The diffident lad returns a grateful young man and renews the old master’s will to be a man for all seasons. William L. Wyatt, A.B., Lib. Sci. Senior Master, Assistant Headmaster

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Interior: Langhorne Memorial Chapel, before renovation (Rededicated October, 1965) In 1943, Dr. George Barton, Jr. became headmaster. As time moved on, he was in the unfortunate position of having to deal with post-war confusion in acquiring and maintaining a capable staff. Barksdale gymnasium was added during his stay, to meet the school’s athletic needs. Roger Atkinson Walke, Jr. continued the precedents of the four men who had preceded him by keeping alive the spirit of expansion. In his four years, Mr. Walke initiated plans and began the work for many of the school’s more modern facilities. George Lloyd Barton, Jr., The Rev. Roger Atkinson Ph.D. Walke, Jr., M.A., B.D. Headmaster Headmaster 1943 - 1957 1957 - 1961

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JOHN W. GANNAWAY, M. A. University of Tennessee Master Emeritus R. MAXWELL MEADOR, B. A. umni Secretary Hampden-Sydney College Latin ROBERT I. LEE, JR., B. S. | Georgia Institute of Technology | University of North Carolina at Raleigh | Head of Mathematics Director of Athletics WILLIAM P. PARRISH, Ph. D. St. Francis College Georgetown University Virginia Episcopal Theological Seminary THOMAS A. WRIGHT, B. S. Head of Science; Religion Lynchburg College Mathematics RUSSELL C. CHEW, B. S. Virginia Military Institute Biology; English | ARTHUR J. CARNES, III, B. S. LICENCIADO University of Virginia | Syracuse University Universidad De Salamanaca Head of Modern Foreign Languages Director of Drama THOMAS H. GUNN, B. S. High Point College Director of Music English; Religion BERTRAND R. HUDNALL, II, B. A. Washington and Lee University University of Virginia English