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height, the three children. A lone ~~ heacl. H e darP not mo1·e, in ce to ~il
do SO might rui11 thepicture. The ~§
COMPLIMENTS OF
HARRIS-WOODSON
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Miss Elizabeth Holt fa>ored us - - - ·0•- - -
RECTOR ATTENDS CONFERENCE On the twenty-third of March, Dr.
Pendleton went to Roanoke to attend a church meeting, the purpose of which was to decide on a church con- ference which 1rill be held here in June after finals.
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AN EVENTFUL RETURN
On the morning of Tuesday, April 6th, four boys left Norfolk for L~·nchburg i n a n o l d s e c o n d - h a n d
Forc1. These boys were deWitt, Win- borne, Rhett, and Wilkinson. They
pils may recei,-e special assistance in thi difficult subject.
lt has been proposed at H anard that the Univer&ity should accept the English system of ha1·ing a univer- sity divided into ,·arious colleges as at Cambridge and Oxford.
Chicago school children recently passed an arithmetic examination in which their grandparents failed fifty years ago. •
The South Dakota AgTicultural College has de1·eloped a species of
Famous College
Songs
d~parted from X orfolk
o clock an,d, started on
stopping for gas and oil at Ports- mouth. When just twenty-five miles from Petersburg, the Ford had a puncture Ill the rear wheel, but it "·as not stopped soon enough and a
that t~1e oil 11·as '!gain gone. " Old Un-
couscwus," as the F ord is called, had
three more quarts of oil put in her.
Just as the boys were about to pull
out, the mechanic looked under the
car aud found t hat a st eady sh ea.m of
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a broken starter. He took the clam- aged part off, but couldn't get the right things to fix it; so anothjer 40 minutes was 1rasted in putting it
back all over again.
Petersburg r e a c h e d, "Uneon-
scions" was carried to a Ford shop and seemingly fixed. The perverse oil, however, continued to leak a lit- tle. Some fifty miles outside of Petersburg, a fast freight took up a race with the Y. E. S. foursome. Something happened to the carbu- retor, and it added to difficulties by beginning to leak gas. The car kept on running, though, and it was going clown the road wide open when the unlucky ''Liz" hit a rock and pllllc- turecl both tires on the right side. Six o'clock sa11· the boys on a lonely
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c:iti~ship.
7 e n ship include a knowledge of
about eight their way,
perfectly goodmner-tube was ruined. sheep with short tails.
De\\itt,_ the mechanic, changed the tire, With the help of others, in about forty-fi,·e minutes. The travel- er5 got oil for the second time at a garage about a quarter of a mile up th e roa d. The engine was leaking fast, but the occupants didn't know
it at the time.
The third stop for oil and gas wa~
about three miles out of P etersburg. Once more the thir ty gas tank was filled, and the garage man discovered
~The da')'S may come, the da-a')'S mil')' g o - ' '
oil 1ras coming out. "Unconscious" and :Hisses Westcott and Hensleigh
school.
Rev. S. J. Hutton, who is chaplain at Gilman Country School, paid us a call on the 1Oth of April. Mr. Hutton is deeply interested in school work, and in this connection has taken a year at Cambridge in addi- tion to a post-graduate course in New York. He is· considering the
chaplain's position here next year, which is open because of i\Ir. Baker's call to Baton Rouge.
.Jfr. Banks' sister, Mrs. Robertson, and her little daughter, Joberta, of Viola, T ennessee, are 1·isitors at V. E. S. Mr. R.obertson was also here for a short visit.
Miss· Virgilia Nash of C. E. I. spent the greater part of the holi- days at V . E. S.
ettled down, and DeWitt crawled
tmderneath and "·as confronted with were visitors of the week-end at
country high11·ay with 35 miles to go,
and 30 minutes to do it in. At ev-
en-thirty "Unconscious" was on top with a visit on the seventh.
of a mountain 11·ith another fiat tire, this making a total of six for the trip. The ad,·enturers· reached L_yllchburg at ten o'clock after a ter- rible 237 miles, which was too much for a Ford to cover in one day. The
quartet pushed the veteran up the hill from the railroad bridge to get some more gas, hut the station was closed. Finally they got some of the preciou. fluid, and four tired, worn- out boys reached their alma mater at half-past eleYen. After such
trials, one might expect the heroes to receive a warm \l'elcome, but the au- thorities thought differently, and the
only reward was fiye demerits for each of the unfortunates.
- - - •0·- - - AMONG THE SCHOOLS
The Northwestern High School of Detroit is now grading its pupils in
WHOLESALE GROCERS 915-917-919 Commerce Street
Lynchburg, Virginia
· "The elements of good his snowy white hirt is rapidly los-
Every Requisite for Gym- nasium, Track, Field, Base-
ball, Football, Basket-ball, Tennis and Swimming
K O D A K S
c1nc affatrs, a re pect for authonty,
consideration for the rights of others,
ashes.
Finally eYerything is ready, and
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the citizenship mark is established,
in the back. Old Dobbin snorts im- o§~i patiently at the fly Oil the tip of his· ~~
nose and breaks into a slo11' amble. §~ The photographer's at last. Hr ~~
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pupil '~
teachers show whether
QJUALI Y J
BA~~RS
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the,);. con~ider him honest, prompt, c-ourteouR, and dependable."
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ly arlopterl, wou ld solve the worries of many a buRiness manager.
The Columbia Scholastic Press
at the anunal colll·ention.
.\ special \'. :H. I. tour of Europe
STEAM BAKERY
A~~ociation
l11mse · very unpopu ar w1h lather. '_________________ SuCicleuly the strai 11 become' too
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the OlwlterboJ·, of Danville (Va)
r e c e n t l y
l-1igh ~chool, second prize in class B
a w a r d e d
l'i:ion of Col. F. A. E. "Jiosley. All thcu disaster. Finally e1·erythi11g is C'aclet.~ wiRhing to do so may go on fixerl, and the picture taken. A.·they
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TliE PROGRESS OF GARDENING
l\Ir. Lacld's flower garden has in- deed proved a good precedent. This spring a number of new gardens have been started, and they ,,·ill do much to enhance the attractiveness of the campu,;. .i\Iuch more may be sa.icl of them, but perhaps it is beRt to wait until they are in bloom, rather than make uncertain prerli(;-
tion s.
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LARGE LIST OF VISITORS
Dr. P endleton's sister, i\Irs. Bell,
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of Chatham Episcopal I nstitute,
ON HA VING TAKEN
809 Main Street
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ONE'S PICTURE
D. B. RYLAND & COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1870
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JEWELERS AND SILVERSMITHS
Lynchburg, Virginia
All is bustle and confusion in the
house to-day. The annual trip to ~~~~.a~~~~i~~~~~~~~~~i~~~=~~i~:S ~§
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the photographer's is to take place. §
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JOHN B. WINFREE, Jr., President A. B. CHEWNING, Sect.-Treas.
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HSHOES ~i
Everyone must be dressed in his best
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Sunday clothes, for one photograph ~~
must go to Grandma, and another to ~ rich Aunt Emma (who might leave ~
Our success in pleasing young men with Shoes is not just "luck" - it's due to our knowl- edge of young men's wanta and our ability to provide for them.
Our new Fall Shoes are ready and our lines are all a-tingle with swell new Style
Features!
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the family that five thousand dol- §
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LYNCHBURG, VA.
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The Hill School News propo.·es
that a~ it is a part of the institut ion and father in the bac:k, ancl sitti.'g ~~
which it repre ents, it should receive Oil three t hair of precisely the samo i~
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financial assistance from the school
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