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THE METEOR
YoL. X JuxE ~. 1926 No. 16
Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va., semi-monthly during the session of 1925-26
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Editor-in-Chief
R. B. EMBREE, JR. ___________ ··········----·················-······················Editor-in-Chief 1
Associate Editors
A. B. PINKERTON AND B. Z. GORDON··-···--·····--·················Assistant Editors
W. B. DEw, J R..............................._............................................_News Editor R. F. MASON, JR·-·················-·······························------------------ Athletic Editor
A. K. LoFFLEll, JR.·----·---···············-·--····---------·-·······················---···Meteorites T. M. FoRSYTH........................................................................Alumni Editor
G. H. BoYD.....-----·-···-···········-····························----··------ Circulation Manager -------------------------------------------------
Assistants
F. E. BOWMAN B. GnDEllSLEEVE N. T. GREEN, JR. F. H. MILLER J.D. READ
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Business Manager J. MoYLER, JR.
Faculty Adviser
MR. H. w. MATTFIELD, JR.
BASEBALL TEAM, 1926 Dunn: "If you were my wife, I
EDITORIALS
A PLEA FOR INDIVIDUALISM
would give you poison."
She: "If you were my husband, and I ever agreed on anything?"
Carolina boy~ who were too proud IndiYidualism is a rare quality in this modt>rn age, but it i one that to attend, and J\e11rton, who was sud-
I"cl take it."
Farinholt: "If Minuie in Indian
means water, what does Minnesota
mean'" Gilderslee1·e:
Palmer: "I'd be wrong."
.-\. bachelor is a man who is both-
ered with only one pair of cold feet.
has always been apparent among the past graduates of this ~chool.
is no unnecessary thro11ring of bouquets to deck the close of this year. It eel to stay at school making up bark
is the statement of a fact, an appeal to the boys who leaw tl1is June. The work. There was an excellent sup- departing students ha1·e a standard to uphold, and the purpose of this per of four courses. which the class
sure I
don't
editorial is to imJ,rP-ss upon them its importance.
One thing that has always struck ·people who inYPstig·ate the colleg:es extent.
seemed to a.ppreciate to the greatest and unil'ersities where the majorit_v of our alumni study is the total absence Howel·er, the most iustructiYe part
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of a distinct Y. E. S. type. This remark is most frequently made with f th
ft tl al e program came a er 1e me , re erence t 1e nll:ersi y o 1 Irgim_a, an IS' to 1e ever astmg ere It when each member of the class was
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of both t!Ie schoo! ana her representatives. The pen;on of to-cla'" who IS I U f 1 'rhe ost
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above the f>::eole tendency to follo11· the ~nob IS one who Ehould be honestl~·Irepresentative of these were Pinker- aclllllred. Far too many modern Amencans _are able to do JUt what the ton's ex lanation of his slee in leaders do and no more. A few persons w1th some personality lead m mania, Juno's yucal gem, andpth~ e\·ery moYement. They start somethmg_ an~ the pubhc, hke a flock of duet rendered bJthe Gordon broth-
sheep, follow on their heels. Tlus Situation ts precisely as true m college s "Oo· ,, .
as anywhere else. The most outstanding representative of a prep school ~~:morez~eri~~bus~~~ssconcernin '
IS taken for a moLlel, and soon a type l!haracten sbc of that school and no tl f t f tl ·La s as cliscttss~ tl h . Th" . tl . "t bl lt f l k f . a· "l al' 1e u ure 0 le c s ' IV
.,_.ono 1 '
o 1er as ansen. Is 1s 1e mev1 a e resu o a a.c· o Ill !vicu 1t:v ell. TentatiYe plmls were made for among freshmen representabYes of secondary schools. Usually the boy . 1-0 ·t fi. als aJJd the rneet-
h l t tl · ]j · '" 1 1 h· t l l b t . 1 a reun n nex . n, ,, ,
as os 11s· qua t.1· bc'LOre 1e eaYes lS prepara ory sc1oo, u see1mng :v · .. 1 . 1 b . some sill·a-· a- on
d.· a·ff. r ESf f d , mg11a~casec} ,.,111,.,
VB.. BROWNE PREACHES IN V. E. S. CHAPEL
MR. BAKER JOURNEYS TO ROANOKE
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
1 • _<. ., or some o our stu _ents are able to the art of the entire class.
con 1t10ns are 1 erent at
remam d1fferent, and they continue to keep abo,·e the mob m college. They _ _P_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ __
do not reach this end by living the liYes of freaks, but b_v being individual- istic and refraining from doing just what some other Y. E. S. graduate does.
To some people tlus absenre of a typical class in the various colleges of our alullllli may seem a deplorable situation. However, the people who actually think and whose ideas amount to something, agree that the in- dividualistic hoy is a far higher t_vpe than the mob-folloll·pr. The person who disagrees iJS either one who is incapable of thinking abont serious problems, or one who has the erroneous idea that to be ineli1·idualistic; he must be a freak. This is not the case. He may be a differently superior man in whatever part of college life he participates. Determination and character are the two major requirements. Perhaps the going will not be easy at first, but the boy who remains elifferent from the crowd will always come out on top, so let me close with an appeal to all the senior class. May they remember that a school's reputation will be bettered rather than harmed by individualism among its g~·aduates. If this is kept in mind, it is not likely that future years will see the rise of any flabby group of boys known as the V. E. S. group.
-----0----- M R . COSTOLO
Once more, it j,g our difficult task editorially to bid fare\\·ell to a 1·aluecl member of our staff. And again we are faced with saying the usual thread- bare platitudes, appropriate to such an occasion, or in avoiding them, we should have to use unbecoming superlatives·, which would not appeal to a man of Mr. Costolo's modesty, or really adequately express wbat we want
to say.
Our first thougllt is to lan1ent our loss athletically, for our one chaJn-
pionship team deYeloped under Mr. Costolo's leadership. Our chief reg~·et should, however, be that we shall have difficulty in replacing the splendid, clean spirit behind his athletic skill. This, more than victories, has made :Ur. Costolo a. person of first importance in our school. It is· such men who are a living, effective answer to unfair critics of athletics.
But this fine spirit has been present not only on the athletic field, but everywhere else in school, so that there is no one who has·had much contact with Mlr. Costolo who should not be the flner personality foT the acquain- tance.
So we say, hats off, and lots of luck!
He: "You lire in the next house don't you?''
She: "Yes."
He: '·I hHetd seen much of you.''
She: "Xo, I live on the other side of the house.''
G. A. A. AWARDS BASEBALL LETTERS
AN EXPI.ANATION
THE lHETEOH has made no attempt this year to make this last issue in any way elaborate, in part because a good deal of the m.aterial has al- ready appearecl in earlier numbers,
partly because it is difficult to ob- tain articles of a literary cha.racter mitable for a special supplement, and partly because certain financial
conditions make it unwise.
The paper has thi year made some special expenclittues in addi- tion to the current expenses. Al- though the aJ110tlDt of advertising
matter and res11ltant income have ~ been less. Furthermore a. consider- ~o·
~. able number of Rubscriptions have o
not been paid. While the METEOR i has a resene fund, it does not feel ~ called upon to use this money to ~
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:Jfr. Baker held services in St. pa~· for the delinquencies of appar- ~.
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Last Sunday, May 23, the Rchool
received a pleasant surprise in t!Ie
form of a sermon from an old fr-~nd, 23rd. We feel that when Mr. Baker
the Reverend Thomas :u. Bt wue.
Mr. Browne's setmon was on 'Good he will be missed not only by our- wi.ll pa for his subscription, we ~
J o h n ' s c h u r c h a t R o a n o k e o n _t h e
fails to return to V. E. S. in the fall next YC'I1r will take thE' paper a.11d i~
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Sportsmanship,'' and we f l sure selves but by this entire section of shall b able to reduce the rate to that it was e11joyed bv t e entire Yirginia, where he haS' preac ed so $1.50. That rests, of course, with ~~
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SENIORS HOLD BANQUET
On the night of Tuesday, May 25, the class of "26 held its annual ban- f}Uet at :Jenny'~ 'l'ea Shop. 'rhere 11·ere about thirty of the class pres-
ent, the only absentees being several
Bryant (after long pause): "I wonder what would happen if you
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