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VoL. X
No. 7
On the evening ol' December 9th,
Dr. and Mrs. Pendlctou entertained
the football squad for dil1ner i11 the apartments. ~ome o[ the men had before experienced the hospitality ol' the PencUetonR, and kne11· what to e.\pect, but the other~ were complete-
F. E. BowMAN
Business Manager
F. H. 111ILLE!l Faculty Adviser
J. MOYLEB, JR.
THE
JANUARY 15, 1926
SUMPTUOUS BANQUET FOOTBALL MEN
FOR
to were moRL n1nusing, particularly some ,wlrdion,; l'l'nrlcrerl by tlw agony quartL·L n1HI sPveml duets, 1rhi('h 11'1'1'1', lH>II'<'I'f'l', completely eclipRerl b_y "'l'lw Little Brown P ants," ~ung by Dr. P endleton. Spa- dy's bricl' oratioH on the ~ubject of "Making Potnto-Pec•l Wine on the Eastern Shon-." nlso made a hit.
A TRA VELER'S ADVENTURE A T A COUNTRY HOUSE
(Continued from page 1) ehair and sbrted across tlw room
toward the bed in which I was ly- ing. 'l'his action frightened me con- Riderably, and I resolvPd that if he should offer me any violence I would try to protect myself as well as I could.
t o
Assistants B. Glr.DEIJSLEEI"E
J. D. READ
MR. H. W. MATTFIELD, JR.
METEOR
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Iuued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va., semi-monthly during the session of 1925-26
Member of the School Federation
Subscription, 15 cents per copy ; $1.75 per year Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editors . . I was food in abull(1auce, which wa s A. B. PINKERTON .\KD B. Z. GonDoN________________________________Assistant Editors doubly enjoyed after their ~trict
W. B. DEW, JR.............................................................................Ne~s ~cl~t~~ pleclg~. R F :\hsoN, JR.....................................................................AthletlC Eel t
A: I~. LoFFLER, JR.........................................................................Meteorites had to
T. :\L FoRSYTH........................................................................Alumni Editor general amusement. The v:niety G. H. BoYD.................................................................... Circulation Manager ' and novelty of the means l'E'RortE'(l
There were serious talks by Mr. R. B. EMBREE, JR...................________________________________________________Editor-in-Chief ly taken by smprisc at the gorgeous Costolo, l\Ir. Barger, and others, and
~~-hat s e e m e d
E D IT O R IA L S
MORE BACKING FOR THE METEOR
It may be remembered that several months ago THE METEOR printed an editorial asking the student to ('Ontribute to the paper and explain- ing its position in the school. One or two boys have responded. How- el·er, with the aid of games and ne1rs. the staff have been able to fill the publication so far, in spite of the lack of support. But it will hardly be possible to print the next few issues 11·ithout outside material unless I
the students give us some help. If we print extraneous article , every- body is prompt to criticize aucl tell us what to publish: but when it come~ to doing anything to remedy the situation, the boys immediately lose all interest. It is foolish for anyone to think that we can make something out of nothing. When we have few games and little news it is impossible to fill THE METEOR without the outside material that seems so e.\cessively boring to the school in general. However, the
school in geueral has in the past offered nothing but suggestions and the purpose of this editorial is to encourage them to give us material aid.
CoACH BARGER und CAPTAIN LOFFLER Snapped Jus! Before Baskel-ball Pmclice
J.here are many different types of art.icles that will be useful. P?ems l The Frankford (Pa.) Hio-h School are desirable. and 1t will be recalled that one has already been pnnted I . . " .
this year. A good many more original jokes are needed. In short, almost began Its dramahc season clurmg the
an~- well-done, independent writing will be accepted. But where are fall by a presentabon of "T1vo these greatly-needed contributions~ They never appear. Crooks and a Lady," a play given at
Perhaps the school's greate t failing consists of sitting still and v. E. s. some time ago. simply "holding their own," and this is nowhere more apparent than with
'I'HE METEOR. HoweYer, the New Year may bring happier results, and we look forward to more and better support.
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WHA T IS THE SECRET OF POPULARITY ~
The Hampden- Sidney Dramatic Club has given "Stop Thief" as the main bill for this year.
At Roanoke College "Kemp_v" was given in November with consider-
What iR the secret of popularity? It is this: When you come to able success.
school, just make·a jack-ass out of yourself and you will make a big hit. Get as many demerits as you can without being shipped. Go around school with a chip on your shoulder and act as hard as you can to the teachers. If Mr. Mattfield sticks you with just cause, go up to his room and bother him to death; argue "·ith him until he wa\'es his arm.- about and almost goes crazy. All the boys like to see him that way; they like to Ree him made as uncomfortable as possible-. Never take advantage of any kindness that "Doc" or any of the teachers offer. If you do, you will be made unpopular for "Licking." Break bounds every chance you get.
Go to all the parties you can whether you have the money or not, and don't think of the folks at home. Make it disagreeable for the counselors. Use your week-ends to run around town with girls. Keep the clothing stores busy supplying you with Oxford bags. If'your parents have to work hard and sacrifice a great deal to send you here pay no attention to them. Keep spending and borrowing. When the c~ll comes
for boys to sing in the choir, don't you go out. Don't go out for the teams, because you can't talk to girls and play in the games too. If you expect to become popular, do not study. Make a fuss in study hall and refuse to take things seriously. When you go home for the holidays, get drunk and make a bad name for the school. In fact, just make a
mess out of yourself. The whole secret of popularity is shown in the slump of our teams. To be plain, if you want to become popular, never have
the old school spirit and never support the teams. THE PROSAIC SIDE
Hotchkiss School will give "The First Y ear" as tlleir mid-year pro- duction. It will he remembered that
1\fessrs. Colton and .Johnston starrerl in this plaY when it was giYen by the Fort Hill ('lub in LyJl chburg. Instead of having any option in their
choice of sports between football an!l basket- ball seasons, all boys at Hotchkiss have had to play touch football, which it is stated originated
"This prosaic side is very im- portant to a poet, or to any man who would touch and move his fellow- men." l\11en we are reading a piece of literature, we are constantly
striving consciously or unconsciously to form an estimate of its author. How often we are inclined to feel that he is a "high-brow!" The man may be presenting noble thoughts in perfect English, but the whole seems far distant from us and our own ex- periences. The author never lapses;
There are
of the matter. T o create gTeat litera-
ture hasn't a writer to deal with life,
to ha1·e a human feeling for it? And
isn't life a Yery prosaic thing after
all? There are very few people who
do not lead prosy existences. The
duty of a writer, I think, is to take
these very commonplaces of life and
by imbuing them with a bit of charm
and personality, lift them out of the Th e D,ial, Kensington H i g h realms of the insignificant. Those
he is always immaculate.
never any weak placas in his work where he talkR in a prosaic and un- lofty manner. Yet, if these places arc not too numerous, they add amaz- ingly to the charm of a bit of litera- ture. We have a sympathetic feeling with its author: he's human; he fails just as we do at times.
High School, Alexandria, Va.
The 0. Q.. Fishbume Militan·
School, W aynesboro, Y a.
The Siren, John GorriE' Junior
High SchooL Jacksonville, Fla.
The OhevTon, ShPnandoah 1\Iili-
tary Academy, Winchester, Va.
The Reco1·d, Lawton School, Phil-
adelphia, Pa.
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Mention "The Meteor" •
-it identifies you
Now, let us c·onsider another phase
two famous poems by Milton, L'Al- legro and IlPenseroso, deal with the commonest things in life. Yet the poet by his way of thinking has ex- alted them to noble heights.
Yes, the man who would be a true master of literature, must find room in his genius for the prosaic. He must hare a strong sympathetic feel- ing for it. And the larger his . ympathy with prosy life, the more
worthy his creations will he.
School, Philadelphia, Pa.
T he Monthly C'hron'icle, Episcopal
THE METEOR
entertainment afforded them. There
a f t e r
toasts were made to ex-Captain Dey- and, stretcl1ing out his hand, shook
Aft~r (1inner each ol' them contri bute someth ing to the
erle and Captain-elect Uolllsmith. me, saying as he did so: 'Stranger, The J-iniHhing touch was supplied stranger, would you like to have
NEWS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
at this school.
T he L eys School. of
Cambridge. Englam1, has had a successful foot- ball season. The usual round of school activities has gone on (luring
the fall term.
Peddie School recentlY (ledicated
their new $400,000 class-room and administration building beJ'ore an imposing gatheTing- of prominent alumni and public men of New .Tcr- sey. This structure i a memorial to formed Peddie men "-ho Rcnec1 in the Great War.
THE METEOR takes pleasure in an- nouncing the addition of the follow- ing exchanges to its list :
.
hr thP prcHL'11ee oI' 111i.;s Polly An- (ln•11's, 1\liss J ett Baker, 1\liss Kitty
Bell, anrl 1\fiRf; a town in Ohio named after you."
Pechin: "Which "1\larblehead."
" F i n a l l y ,
me an eternity he reached my bed