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On the night of January 18th, able to locate it in a short time. up two for Virginia EpiscopaL
VoLUME X, No. 8
V. E. S. LOSES TO D. M. I. Thrilling Game Requires Three Ex-
tra Quarters to Settle 29-27 Score
The Garnet and White quintet
narrowly missed a second victory
Saturday .16th, when \they forced
D. M. I. to three extra periods. Not-
withstanding the fact that the game
VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOO~ LYNCHB~U~R~G~,~V~I~R~G~I~N~I~A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~J~A~NU~A~R~Y~2~9~,~19~2~6
was played away from home and on
an unfamiliar court they rendered ridiculously conceited. Because of
ancl Four boys. 'rhi delicate opera- with dire results. L. H . S. Juniors boys in each form ; o three more de-
a good account of themselves. this and this alone he had never made a fraternity. It is perhaps
V. E. S. at the beginning of the hard to believe that conceit could be game attacked the enemies' territory as serious as it was in Charlie's case.
with such vigor that they scored I had endured Charlie for two ten points by the time their op- years when one day I challenged
ponents had made two. The end him. It was unintentional but ef-
fective. He came in after a basket-
the Tigers romped away with a 3± to students who will defend V. E. S. after the regular four quarters. The
game a long time, Spruill made
good showing. Before the game end-
ed, he slipped a neat one through
the basket from the center of the
court, and during the three extra one thing you can not do."
V. E. S.
forward fessor Hunter says is good, I - I- Young ................................ Pritchett I'll swim the pool in the gynm."
center "Don't be a fool!" said Charlie. George ..............................:..... Cowan "You can't swim."
"He seems to be getting along
nicely in most of his subjects. You haYe been at work, but to date it is
guard
Loffier (Capt.)-··········· oo ap .
"I don't expect to lose," I replied. Last month he got sixt:v-two, ixty, wayward son, or one of Crowther's
C k (C t ) Substitute : V. E. S.~pruill
"All right, and if I lose, you can I th t
put anything a)out me a you want in your crazy old paper."
seventy-three, sixty-seven, and sixty-
"hot" letters that started the con- fiagration.
THE BANXSES ENTERTAIN
guard
THE FAILURE
B O Y S A N D M I D G E T S C O N T I N U E DANVILLE QUINT MEETS DEFEAT IN RETURN ENCOUNTER WITH FAIR SUCCESS
Dame F ortune was indeed kind Charlie Long. He 1ras a splendid athlete, talented in music, handsome
and witty. Long was what might be called the ideal fraternity man. My position as his roommate might have been envied by some, but there was another phase to tl1e question.
Cbarlie had one great failing that killed his popularity. (No. He did not have halitosis.) He was
There's nothing to writing." The last word he pronounced with an air of disgust.
was again called away from us. This posing building, was ravaged by . flames on Monday, the 18th. Due to
to
On January 16tJ1, the Boys and LOWER ENGLISH FORMS EN-
of the first half found the Garnet ball game, in which he had starred,
and White defenders with a thirteen and bored me by explaining how battle. King with ten tallies, was submit himself to a try-out, and a
to eight score to their credit.
V. E. S. continued in the lead
until near the end of the game, when Danville awoke from its slumbers, and with a strong rally
wonderfully he had played.
"If they had only thrown the ball to me," was his most frequently re-
peated expression.
"Sure," I said sarcastically. Then he regaled me with more
and more detail about his great performance. As I was writing a dramatic criticism for the "Comet," I finally gave vent to my feelings.
"Don't be so damned conceited," I snapped.
"You little fool," he said, "I'm not bragging, I'm really good. If you were as good at tennis, or swim- ming, or basket-ball, as I am, you
would brag too." He stopped to get
his breath. "You can't talk any-
great number of aspirants are ex- pected.
---0·-~- AUTHORITIES AWARD LENGTH-
IER SPRING HOLIDAY
In an overwhelming and entirely
tied the score twenty-three.
twenty - three to
burg H igh School came, saw, and
was conquered. As the second prac- unexpected burst of liberality, the
The first extra period ended with the teams still hotly contending for the winning point ; and running neck and neck, twenty - seven to twenty-seven. The second extra per- iod remained unbroken as far as scoring was concerned, but none the less vigorous. Just before the end
showed up exceptionally well, but Easter vacation by one day. It is
First Quarter
In first few moments of play Dan- ville netted two points from the
free-shot line out of three tries. Fast team work on both sides prevented scoring, until Young chalked up a point by the foul route. After a
of the third extra period, D. M. I. corner of the court.
"'h ·
caged the winning goal from the way. You seem to think that some
The work of E. Wood of the t. ·ll t c1 f M h
vaca 1011 w1 ex en rom ... .arc pretty dribble down the floor Loffler
V. E. S. presented a strong de-
fense, forcing fueir opponents to "Well," I said.
long shots. Although not in the
good."
"Why don't you do something.
A T
'l'he post office, Reusens' most im-
of those rotten stories of yours are
caged a neat one and Goldsmith fol- lowed this with a foul shot. The contest see-sawed back and forth, first in one team's territory then in tbe other's until Danville dropped in a field goal and almost immediately followed this with a foul and a field shot r espectively. l<'arinholt went in
Midgets went to town. The Boys
waged a victorious battle against the
Mohawks, .J.2-22, while tl1e Midgets has arrived and most of the pre- were beaten to the tune of 2-k to 15, examination week was taken up by by P ark Athletics.
The next two games in which the
Boys participated were attended tion has reduced the number to four
took them into camp 33 to 11, while bates wiJl disclose the identify of the
"Charlie," I said slowly, "there is
periods he added two other field "Aw come down out of your tree, Church on Ri1'ermont, in the absence the great importance of the grow- The quarter closed with the ball
time it was to preach at St. John's goals from the same quarter. For Scribe, you know anyone can write of lVIr. Browne.
illg city, a hurried meeting of Con- gress was called and $2,000,000 was donated toward the erection of a
for George and Spruill for Smith. under our opponents' basket.
D. M. I.
Goldsmith -······················· Bernstein I know I could write one."
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the world to do." is undoubtedly of great importance,
"Heck! You just think it up and Coming back to school on the
put it down. There's nothing to it. trolley the other day, I heard one for it is rumored that some of our
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It is one of the hardest tbings in OVERHEARD IN A STREET CAR new marble structure. This move
D. M. I., Bernstein was high point a story."
man, leading with five field goals and three fouls to his credit.
T he line-up :
forward "'rhat's where we differ," I aid. mother telling another how well her Smith .....................•.................. Pace "If you can write a story that Pro- son was doing at V. E. S.
Second Quarter
Loffier and "Goldy" each tallied two points from the floor, following which an exhibition of pretty team- work brought us within an ace of
"Charlie, you can't write a story.
Mr. and Mrs. Banks were hospita- smith, 4; Spruill, 4; Young, 3; Lof- and Jearn to swim,'' he said, not as fect. Don't you think that was fine? ble as usual last week-end. They
tier, George. D. M. I.- Bernstem, cl1eerfully as might be expected. They won't let him come on week- entertained Miss Eleanor Smith and 5; Pace, 4; Cowan, 2; Cook. "I won't bave time," I clmckled. ends any more, though, and just be- Miss Margaret Gilliland at supper
Foul Goals: V. E. 8.-LofHer. "I'll he busy thinking up something cause he came home one Saturday here on the night of Saturday the
D. M. I. Bernstein, 3; Cowan, Cook. to put in the 'Comet' about you."
23rd.
Referee: Parkhurst.
FRENCH CLUB MEETS UNDER DIFFICULTIES
I noticed a little worried expres- when he had what lJe said the head-
Ui ne i z"r knt
eel as the SeS es1No' he sait
'CW was elect- sa1 ·
y o U 'ved t hat the 1 About fifteen ~in"?-tes later ~ur honor system. Tiis talk was very
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led upon to "l'n; going over there now," he ·d
Mr. Crockett made us a short talk in study hall on the subject of fue
Since this new proof of the bar- With the exception of a foul shot
barity of our surroundings, Mr. by Danville at fue very last, neither
Costolo has begtm taking daily team scored during the remainder of the game, which ended with Dan-
wrestling practice (much to the ville on tbe short end of a 20-17 confusion of Shannonhouse and score.
Dunn) m1der Mr. Baker. ·
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sion on his face as I said this, but it soon disappeared.
The following afternoon when I came in, I found Charlie writing at
master called 'cletaining penalties'. I can't help thinking that is simply honicl. Don't you?"
N. 'r. G. ---01---
MR. CROCKETT GIVES STUDY HALL A TALK
fourth quarter
opened with
Le Cercle Francais met at Mrs. a terrific speed. At length he stop-
On the night of Friday, the 22nd,
Mr. Costolo's car was stolen when
he left it for a few minutes in
Lynchburg. He immediately noti- D. M. I., 16. The balcony went wild.
fied the police, and luckily they were Danville lost another point from the gift-box, and SaTah Young chalked
Ladd's C''he 13th ·'~ ·
~ning of January peel and turned around. "Well," he "Qheavals in the Haicl, "I've just finished it. It's a
. ·he rettlo 5 \t refreshmellts real good love story."
cuhr·essor h~ were 1101, h
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1 sual JY one o
f "Show it to Professor Hunter" '
\maintained hero retumed, brmgmg back With
1 and pre- l1im a pained expre, sion anrl no impre,sive, and we hope that, since
itchenette,
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manuscript.
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he has made a beginn in g, we ~hall hear from him often in the future.
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see, sixty is the passing grade out
uncertain whether it was an epistle
there, or at least, so Johnny says. from some dissatisfied parent to his
fire on his work. The best thing of "Shake!" I almost shouted, and all, however, is his conduct grade.
for Smith, Farinholt for George. 11·e shook hands. Y ou remember how bad he used to D. ·M. !.- Wentz for Pritchett. \Ve were both silent for a minute be. By demerits tbe report had
as we considered the consequence~.
Field Goals: V. E. 8.-Gold- "You had better chuck that story ninety-eight-two points from per-
GAGED IN DEBATES
Barksdale Gymn Scene of Close Match
On Saturday, January 16th, the Virginia Episcopal basket-ball team returned from Danville, defeated after a game which required three extra periods for a decision. Satur- day, January 23rd, however, told an entirely different story, for the Dan-
ville quintet was beaten by a 20-17
score in a game which was concluded
The annual period of debating
the elimination of the English Three
game was nip and tuck from the against St. Christopher's in Rich- opening whistle to the last, with the
Institute boys on top one moment a.ncl the V. E. S. basketeers the next. The work of Goldsmith, who was
individual hi-point man with three field goals and one foul shot to his credit, and that of Young who came ' next with five points featured for the victors. Capt. Loffler and Spruill
also showed good form with two goalseachfromthecenterofthe field. Pace, Bernstein, and Cook up- held the vanquished team's reputa-
tion for fast fioorwork, the dribbling of the first being of a most sensa- tional quality.
Both teams showed up well from a tice game of the year, the whole team powers that be have lengthened the defensive standpoint.
19 victory. Robinson was the star in both.
monel. It might also be well to state The same clay that Lynchburg was that the annual call for readers and
defeating the Boys, the Midgets left public speakers has been issued. Rivermont behind, 15-12. An extra Anyone 11·ho considers that he has
period was necessary to decide the high-point man.
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VARSITY WINS PRACTICE GAME
L. H. S. VICT'IM 19-15 Wednesday, January 13th, Lynch-
talent along these lines is asked to
perhaps the work of Y oung surpas-
sed tbat of the rest of his team. In change and that hereafter we shall
hoped that this will be a permanent adelition to cao-in.,. four .field goals .
o o always leave for vacatiOns on Satur-
and two shots from the charity line, d t
. ay anc1 re urn on a
he also played an excellent defensive· t f " I[
. seac1oona11one1ay..Lecommg
game.
High School wa,s also worthy o.:f 27th to April 6th.
mention.
WHAT! ONCE MORE1
On Sunday, the 24th, Mr. Baker
CONFLAGRA TION
REUSENS
T d · ues ay m-
leading sheik have been almost un- a goal that Danville rallied in time
balanced by the absence of expected letters: The government inspectors
to prel'ent. Danville missed a foul shot but came back a few moments later with a pretty field goal. Young returned this for fue Garnet and White with an equally brilliant shot. Spruill nonchalantly tossed one from the center of the floor for fue out- stand.ing shot of the game.
Third Quarter
Danville drew .first blood after the half when she caged the bubble from tJ1e free-shot line. The ball
was near each of the contestants' baskets in turn. A nifty bit of team- work term inatcd with a goal by Spruill. Anofuer scoreless period
ensued which Goldsmith bettered with two successive goals. Danville got one of these back before the end of the quarter.
Fourth Quarter
HELP! POLICE!
T he
both teams fighting hard. After a period of exciting floor-work Dan- ville missed a foul shot but tallied twice from the field. V. E. 8., 18;