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THE METEOR
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WHAT THE ALUMNI
wa~ put into a position so that he added a point by n foul Rhot. The
STRONG ORANGE AND BLACK QUINTET NOSES OUT 23-18 VICTORY
(Continued from page 1) another point for W. F. S. by the
foul route. 'rhe Smith-Goldsmith combinatiou almost tallied for V. E. ~- but the only sc:ore of the quar-
FEBllU.~RY 26, 1926
ARE DOING whistle blew, and the game ended in which V. E. 8. had been defeated only after a severe struggle, the
No. 10 Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va.,
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AssoCiate Editors
A. B. PINKERTON AND B. Z. GORDON................................Assistant Editors made a member of the "13" society.
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W. B. DEw, JR.............................................................................News Editor Earle Moore '2+ is at work in a
P inkertoll
Goldsmith ................ (Capt.) Jones
F. E. BowMAN
Business Manager
F. H. MILLER Faculty Adviser
emy, Pearl for Fletcher.
Field Goals: V. E. S., Loffler, -!;
Substitutions :
S. .1\I. A., French, 3; Schofield, 2: for Pinkerton; Young for George;
B. GILDERSLEEVE
J. D. READ visit on the lOth.
Jimmy Heath and Roy Knight
Assistants
tors.
Billy Collins, '23, paid us a short
for George. Staunton Military Acad- Farinholt .................................. Nash
were down for the Woodberry game on the 13th.
Tom Brown, '21, is taking a course at Carolina by means of which he is able to study there for six weeks, and then work for the Southern Railroad Co. for six weeks and so on.
Bryson, Miller, Gamble and Heath came down last week-end with the
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universities as they are in secondary schools since the majority of students Crockett and Phil Hotchkiss, from
MR. H. w. MATTFIELD, JR. E;:DITORIALS
DEBTS AND DEBTORS
V. E. S. certainly would be a model school and an extraordinary one
J. MOYLER, JR.
if the debt-pests could be avoided.
able to find this fault without much effort. This is decidedly so in University of Virginia Glee Club,
"Do they ring two for supper?"
Wherever one goes, he is almost always prep-schools and colleges. But they are not as abundant in colleges and
naturally have more money in college.
In V. E. S., and in any other prep-school, there are debts of all
classes : personal debts, school-paper debts, athletic debts, and store debts. The G. A. A. and store, with Dr. Pendleton's assistance, collect what is
to sing at R.-M. W. C. "Dick'·' Beasley accompanied them. " Doc··
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owed them before the boys leave, and 1'HE METEOR usually gets ·its share V. in the end, but there is so much squabbling and unwillingness that the
one who is collecting feels as if he were robbing the debtor when he tries to collect. But the most important of all debts and the most overlooked
E. S. DEFEATED IN FAST GAME WITH S. M. A.
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or even as much as a dollar or more and ne,·er repay it. They may not 1dark for the Garnet and White de- even have any intention of paying. Of course this is not so in all cases, fenders, they filed out on the floor but in the majority it is very evident that boys easily forget to pay their with a ligh~ of de~ermination in
debts. Some boys are fortunate enough to have some money most of the theu eyes. fhe whJstle blew, and . . the half began with a bang. The .h:me. These boys are the prey.of the penmless who ask to be loaned a V. E. S. team had evidently found
dime or so and say that they wrll pay you Monday. Monday comes and a mine of pep somewhere, for they goes without you seeing the boy. Possibly he has avoided you purposely, redoubled their efforts of the pre- but you do not get your money. If you are lucky you may see it again, ceding quarters. After a few sec-
but in the majority of cases it is gone for good. onds of fast floor-work Golclsm1th . . caged the ball neatly, and the spee- r know of a~ mstance where a boy IS owed over seven dollars from tators went into an uproar. s. M. A.
last year, all of 1t m small sums of a dollar or so. He never expects to returned the compliment by putting see the money. He has tried to collect some of it, but the boy is larger the sphere into the basket but the than he is; so what can he do? There are many other instances where indominitable V. E. S. spirit came
boys owe money 'and easily forget about it. 'I'here must be some way to ~he top. S. M. A. seemed to lose . . . the1r power of close guardmg, and that th1s can be prevented. There 1s_no school rule by whJCh the lenders Loffler, quick to seize the opportuni-
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quarter ended with Staunton no·w in ~ the lead by the small score of 18-15.
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are helped to collect, and they certamly cannot make the debtor pay by ty, dropped the ball into the basket, force as perhaps.he has not got it to pay. So debts should either be thereby lessening the gap still more. a
absolutely prohibited, or there should be some kind of a rule whereby the Again Loffler brok_e loose and scored
The University of Virginia
lenders might be able to collect their own money.
THE GARNET AND WHITE CLUBS
The Garnet and White system was begun with the theoretical objective
from the center of the floor. Smith now was put m line for a score by
a foul, which he made good. As
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of perfect intramural athletic competition, but so far this millennium bas V. E. S. team was running wild now,
not been evolved. The idea has proven only mildly successful, and for two reasons: the bitterness and wrangling that is caused, and the air of pure professionalism that is so widespread. These failings have been apparent from the first, and they seem to become worse as the clubs grow older. The various other evils radiate from these basic faults; so the
But is it not impossible to remove the many stumbling blocks that stand in the first few seconds of play a
Fourth Quarter
abolition of those faults would aid greatly in the perfection of the system. · s. M. A. rallied somewhat, and
before the progress of the clubs? Are not the false policies and mistaken field goal was checked up for them. methods too deeply rooted to be eradicated? If this is so, the intramural Spruill, who had been substituted
• for Loffler, was not content to let idea is a detrimental failure, and it should be withdrawn for the best this pass; so he neatly dropped the
interests of the school. Time and again suggestions have been made ball into the cage from the charity
relative to the improvement of the Garnet and White methods, but they line, tallying one point. Smith
always seen to fall on deaf ears, and the clubs stubbornly continue a1ong again added to the score by way of I~~ the road that will lead to disaster. a foul goal. For the next few sec- ~i
The Garnet and White competition has penetrated into every part of onds there was frantic guarding by athletic life, and the result has been highly unsatisfactory. Instead of V. E. S., and only narrowly did the thinking of the teams as units, boys consider them as so many Garnets Academy miss scoring several times.
and so many Whites. The students are apt to think more about the intra- The tables turned, and in spite of ~oo mural than the varsity side of athletics, or at least, outside appearances S. M. A.'s efforts Spruill sent the ~~ would indicate that such is the case. This condition naturally detracts ball to its objective, bringing the ~ from school spirit, and if it should continue, would seriously injure that score to 20-19 in the favor of Stann- fi impoFtant phase of school life. Every year there has been a great deal of ton. Everything now became a des- ~ Garnet and White asperity. This bitterness, while it may start uninten- perate battle of good foot-work and oo tinally, is certainly an unnecessary drawback to the school. The profes- guarding, in which S. .1\L A. came H sionalism that has contaminated the system needs no explanation. There out the better by a field goal. Smith i are eloquent examples on all sides. . again seemed to be rescuer of the H
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Hence the question narrows down to a choice between two alternatives: Garnet and White team, for he tal- ~i ~ ~~
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the sweeping reformation or the abolition of the Garnet and White clubs. lied a field goal. There were only a ~~ Each year the complaints become more numerous; so it may well be said few seconds of play left, and Dame ~~ '
that the system has reached a crisis. Whether it will change and move Fortune smiled on the Staunton ~o
forward or stand and fall rests entirely with th.e.;._s_t_u_d_e_n_ts_._ _ _ _ _ _ .;..ql.u_I_·n_t_. _F_~
Conway Sheild, '22, who has been an outstanding sprinter for '\Yilliam and Mary College has now been chosen to captain the track team {or the 1926 season.
Germain Brown, '21, is at present engaged in engineering work in
score being 23-21. Summary:
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Smith ...................................... Potts
forward
Goldsmith .............................. French forward
Loffler ................................ Schofielrl center
George ................................ Fletcher
guard
Farinholt ........................ Kevlighan guard
Substitutions: Virginia Episcopal School, Sprui ll for Loffler; Y oung
Al Kemper, '18, has received a Igreat honor at Virginia in being
Y. P. I., were a.lso on hand, thus staging, as it were, a diminutive alumni reunion.
though he had not punished S. M. A. sufficiently, Smith tallied another fi(dd goal. It looked as though the
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Fletcher, 2; Potts, 1; Kevlighan, 1. Loffler for Spruill. \Y. F. S.: Ivey
Goldsmith, 2; Smith, 1; Spruill, 1.
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Foul Goals: V. E. S., Smith, -!;
bells
Bud: "No, they ring the same one twice."
Spady: "It's cold without." Loffler: "Without what?"
Spady: "Without my reel fian- nels."
for Whisnant; Weaver for Fenner. Field Goals: Y. E. S.; Goldsmith,
Pinkerton, 1; W. F. S.:
Foul Goals: V . E. S. : Spruill, 2; Goldsmith, 1 ; Smith, 1. W. F. S.: Fenner, 3; Jones, 3; \.Yhisnant, 2; ~ash, 1.
Referee, Edmunds (Yirginia). ~~
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Spruill, 1.
Kevlighan, 2; Potts, 1.
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Smith, 1; Young, 1.
ter, following thi~. by Fanny.
Summary :
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Smith ................................ Whisnant
forward ............................
Farinholt, Jones, 4; Fenner, 3.
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