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Le Cercle Francais held, on the
VoLUJ\!E X, No. 7
ATRAVELER'S AD- VENTURE AT A
VIRGINIA EPISCOP AL SCHOOL, L YNCHBURG,
VIRGINIA
JANUARY 15, 1926
FACULTY ENJOY VACATION
SUNDA Y
WITNESSES SERVICE
UNIQUE
NEWEST SPORT MAKES ITS APPEARANCE
P erhaps the most delightful chap- COUNTRY HOUSE el service of the year took place Sun- clay night. Early in the procedure
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and take notice of the country, for passed out. Then everything .il,TeW this winter will be greatly enhanced
Toby Moore.
Other Sojourners at the School
u ] M L ll • tle "ur. anc rs. acc spcnv 1
Christmas holiday at V. E. S. Most of their time was taken up in paint- ing the upper hall of the cottage in unison with the Costolos, who al- so lingered here, except for a hur- ried trip to Norfolk in the trusty
Chevrolet.
Mrs. Gannaway went home on the ~th of December to attend the wed- ing of her sister. She returned on
the 26th, and spent the remainder of the time here. Mr. Gannaway must have been very lonely during the vacation until her return, but be was occasionally cheered by Yisits from his sister and her friends from R.-M. W. C.
Among the quiet, uneYentful Christnnses must also be placed those of the Dawsons and Bankses,
who spent their time here.
· Mr. Mattfield spent all of his va- cation here, except for a several clays' trip to the Boys' Home, in the wilderness of Covington.
Mrs. Holt and her daughter, Eliz- abeth, followed the good example of most of the faculty in spending their holiday at V. E. S. Mrs. Holt, we hear, yielded to the Christmas spirit, and the fare was e·xcellent during the holidays.
The Travelers
Mr. Crockett visited in Bluefield
for a few days and after a week-end
I wished if possible to find a house where I could spend the night. As the sun was setting, I saw not far off a small log house, and as I drew nearer, I perceived that it was a very desolate looking place. It was set back in the woods with a cleared space in front. I drove up, dis- mounted, and tied my horse to a tree. The place looked a-s if no one lived there, but I decided to try and
see anyway . After I had knocked on the door two or three times, it was opened to my relief by an old man. He was just the kind of an old man one would imagine would live in such a place. He was a sort of hermit, I guess, with long white hair and a beard which came to his
waist. His clothes were worn and were sadly in need of repair.
" 'Good evening,' I said, taking off my hat and trying to look as genial as possible. As he did not
reply, I continued, 'I would like to get you to take me in for the night as the town to which I am going is quite a distance off and I do not like to travel at night.'
"The old man, who had been all the time looking me over, replied: 'Well, stranger, I ain't used to tak- ing people in my house, but as you
seem to be a respectable looking man, I reckon I can take you in for the night.'
" 'I certainly will you will,' I replied.
completely clark and the students bY its appearauce. Rumor has it warmth together with the heroic ef-
appreciate
"He led me into the house, which J
consisted only of one large room J which we were now entering. This
On December 19th, the happiest On Decembe~ 12th tile Mites, m clay of our school year-the day we
it if
started to leave. For once the Fates were kind to V. E. S. and it was not until the last boy had gone that the lights came merrily on again.
that this game is likely to be brought forts of Dr. Pendleton and Sandidge under the head of Garnet ancl White
, MINOR
SUCCESS IN FIRST GAMES
TEAMS HA VE
MEDIOCRE
PARADISE REGAINED AND LOST LE CERCLE FRANCAIS HOLDS FINAL PRE-XMAS MEETING
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Mr. T aylor F. J ohnson, erstwhile
physical culture expert, has succeed- DELUGE HITS "LES INFANTS"
Rector Holds Family Reunion
Dr. Pendleton remained at school
during the holidays. However ab-
horrent the idea of Christmas at school may seem to us, he was un-
affected, for we hear that the apart- ment was the scene of a happy fami-
ly reunion. Among those pre@tmt were Dr. Pendleton's sister, Mrs.
eel at last in introducing his pet OF THE FIRST DORM
the lights gave an ominous flash ancl scheme to the bewildered school, Durino· the vacation the cold
Ioncehadafriendwhotoldme 1 tl1 0f this little adventure which he had then went entirely out, but they name.)', e game
C 0 on-
came on before we were able to prof-
it. However, better fortune was in
soccer.
trary to general opinion, this latest weather attacked the pipes of the
acldition to V. E. S. atllletic life West Building with so much vigor has met with the approval of a large
one night on stopping at a country house wh1le on a short journey to
the home of a relative.
"It was in the clays when every
one rode horseback when aoina any- h . h 0 0
w ere m t e country because the
roads were so bad. At the close of
myfirstclayIbegantolookarounddespairingly dismal groan andbasket-ballandthatourathleticlifeclition,butaperiodofspringlikeLander,Mrs.R.N.Pendleton,and
store for the illuminat.ion began visi- l)u)1ll)er Of l)oys ·' t1c' 1.t 1·s eve11 sat'd that a )'Oung flood was precipitated
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to have several " poison" enthusiasts in the first dorm. At one time it
bly to fail a second time. When the lights were quite low, Mr. Banks at- tempted to play the organ, but that faithful instrument only gave one
in the school. It is hoped that soc- ·11 J tl f f h
was thought school might have to
b
e
L. P. Bell and her clau!!hter, Mi~s ~
cerwt Je 1ereugeo manywo
are unable to master the mysteries of postponed to get the place into con-
Billy Leavell, Mr. and Mrs. h P. Chaffin, Alec Chaffin, Miss Douglas
activities, but t1is is, as yet, not a certainty.
frustrated this much-to-be desired end.
FooTBALL TEAM, 1925
room had a big fireplace opposite the first game of the Reason, were de- go home -finally arrived. We had night of December 16th, its last at home, he returned to school.
the door. It was one of those old- feated by Holy Cross 26-22. The been long awaiting this clay, and, al- meeting before Christmas. As usual, Mr. Baker retired to Norfolk,
timey fireplaces \Yhich extended al- score was a tie at the finish, so au Le Petit Journal was reacl. After where he spent a quiet Yuletide. though we were constantly assured that, different members unrlertook Mr. Barger and Mr. Johnston
most across the side of the room. extra five minutes were Teqtl ired for that " it can't be long now," some of to d esc rib e various individuals drove to Baltimore in the famous
Forcl. Everything went smoothly The Boys were the uext victims its ever coming. However, although Since a rather intricate vocabulary until the return, when the car tried
Some haunches of venison and sides of bacon hung by the side of it.
a decision. us bad almost begun to despair of around school, with varying success.
tive. He set about preparing some when, on J anuary 6th, they came out we could hardly realize it, on De- is required for such things, most of to sever relations with the tourists.
"The old man was not very talka-
supper, which we ate in comparative the descriptions followed very close- The occupants arrived at school mi-
silence. After supper we sat in on the decidedly short end of a 30-3 cember 19th, we were, beyond all ly the model given by Mr. Colton. nus the Ford, which is now in a
front of the fire, for it was in winter, score, the Tigers being their con- doubt, in the midst of it. After It might have been inferred from hospital for crippled cars.
these by an observer that every one
January 9th called for a game on handshakes, we joyfully boarded au- in school had "hair like Read's," and various ways. First, he got a great
Mr. Colton spent the holiday in I did not try to carry on any con- both the Boys' and Mites' schedules ; tomobiles, busses and trains, and that none of us are in the habit kick out of playing with his neph-
and smoked our pipes. As the old man did not seem inclined to talk,
querors.
so the two teams piled into the lusty ,.,·ere on our way. \Vhat mattered hair.
versation with him. I suppose that
living alone and scarcely seeing any
of washing our faces or combing our ew's toys, and even went so far as to
Chevrolet and "mushed" over the
it that the sky was covered with
- - -0·- - - VARSITY LOSES PRACTICE
School quintet in a practice game on
the Y. M. C. A. floor. The game
impersonate Santa Claus in a Chris- tian Endeavor entertainment. How- ever, he put away childish things and ended his vacation by seeing a prize fight.
VISITORS
Rev. D. L. Gwathmey of Wythe-
ville, a former instructor, paid us a call on December 8th.
one woull make a man quiet.
"When I had finished my pipe, I snow to Lynchburg. The Boys clouds? We could easily see the
told the old man that I wished to -Faile(] to come through a winner, silver lining then.
go to bed and asked him where I High School setting them back to The silver lining gradually faded,
was to sleep. Turning around in the tune of 32-19. Barber was the and on January 4th, amid impene-
his chair, he poi.ntecl to a bed in individual star for V . E. S. H ow- trable gloom, most of us- exhausted basket-ball ''hopes" journeyed to the corner which had escaped my - wended our weary back to V. E. Lynchburg to engage the High
notice and said: 'There's your bed, ever, the Mites led by King romped S., a "adder but wiser group.
very much, for I did not know what 1Swavely Prep and substituting Dan- thr old fellow might decide to do. ville Military Institute for Ran- After sharpening his knife for a clolph-Maron in the game schoclnlccl few minutes, he got up from his with the Bedford school on .January
At that meeting Mr. J ohnston was selected to direct further procluc- tionR, Mr. Mattfield remaining in the society only in an afl.visory capa- <'ity.
play his preaching talent in foreign pelds. This time the journey was short, no farther than Madison Heights, where he held services on
Sunday morning.
Our former professor, Mr. J oyner,
was a visitor at school on December
27th. However, we were prevented
f r o m s e e i n g h i m b y t h e detainin~ Christmas revelries.
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victoriously over the Mohawk Quint,
- - - 0•- - - DRAMATIC SOCIE.TY ELECTIONS
On the lOth of December the Dra-
matic Society elected eight new showed up well on the whole.
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THEY WON'T LEAVE HIM ALONE
stranger ; go rig·ht to bed when you feel like it.' I thanked him and told him that I thought I would accept
his invitation ancl go to bed at once
since I was very tirecl from the day's
ricle.
"I had not heen in bed long when
I saw from between my half-closed
eyes that the old man had reached
up on the mantlepiece and taken somewhat changed since it was given Bowman, Darden, Day, J., Lamb, down a lar!!e butcher knife and a in THE METEOR. The changes con- Strudwick, Sudduth, Tarr, and Win-
whetting stone. I did not like this sist of dropping the game with borne, R.
and returned to school
sh o u t in ~·,
" 16-l l,"
with great
gusto.
was close throughout, and though
we were defeated 24-20, the team a short visit before the holidays, and
REVISION IN BASKET-BALL
SCHEDULE
members whose talent had been shown in connection with the pre-
·The basket-ball scheclule has been sentation of "Officer 666." They are
many "Merry Christmases" and
GAME TO L. H. S.
Friday, January 8th, the V. E. S.
Singleton Belt was also here on "Hardly had he arrived at V. E. S. the 17th, stopping on his way home
when Mr. Baker was called on to dis- for the holidays.
Miss Virgilia Nash was here for was also present at the re-opening
of school.
Hev. J. J. Gravatt of Staunton
was a visitor at school on December 17th.