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THE METEOR
THE METEOR ALUMNI NEWS
11·ho is a JllagJcnw, cntel'i.ainctl thP ~chool on Saturday CI"Cning with a
liociH~}' t e a m d c l ' ( ' a t c r l S o u t h K e n t ~-0 011 tlH• Kent rink, and the uext rlrl.
Pawling
The Pa1rIing School hockey team wa,.: clcfcaterl 1-0 in their opening enc·ounter with the J a.maica High
performance of sleight of hand.
'rhe basket-ball team played a practice game wi tll thr· .B'eroe Paper Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va., elected captain o[ Cross Country for Box Co.'s team on ~aturrlay, tl1e
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J ,u,TU,\HY 29, 1926
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
No. 8
Freeman Da.IICC', '22, ha1·ing rle- t:ided to retum to "\r. P. L for a post -graduate year, has been re-
R B. EMBREE, JR...................................................................Editor-in-Chief in Florida during- the early fall, and nesday in its first game, 5-3. The
sayR he "·as engaged in construction line-up: C'hilds, Capt., l\IcLennan,
Associate Editors B z G
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· · INKERTON AND · · ORDON................................ ssls an , ors then proceeded northward to Atlanta
R. F. MASON, JR.....................................................................Athleb c Ed:,tor prominent A. K. LoFFLER, JR.........................................................................M_eteontes that city.
\\"are, C'happcll, Reinmuncl, Rudel, Bickford.
On Saturday, .Ja11uary 9th, Dr. Dorizas deliverecl an interesting ]cc- ture on tl1e Balkans awl in the after- noon gave a wrestli11g exhibition in the gymnaRium.
The swimming team is practicing for its first meet on February 6th, the gym teams are working on the apparatus, and the boxing, life-sav- ing, and winter track squads are
working out daily.
Kent
The Winter 'rerm opened on Wednesday, January 6th, and a School meeting was held that even-
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work. Our climinutil'e globe-trotter W. B. DEW, JR.............................................................................News ~dltor where he is now in the employ of a
School of
W ashington,
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automobi le
T. M. FORSYTH.................................................................~------Alumm Edl!Or Speaking of globe- trotters, our
G. H. BoYD.................................................................... Clrculatwn 1\faua,er friend Eel E1·ans haRdecided to drop
F. E. BOWJIIAN
J. MoYLER, JR.
J. D. READ MR. H. w. l\1ATTFIELD, JR.
:·khool team
latter team is the champion sextet oE Long Island and Xew York City. The game, as the score indicates, ''as intensely fought, the second period ~·iclrling the only tally of the
ganlE' by tl1e Jamaica team. The basket-ball team has been practic- ing rlaily, ancl it is hoped that a
winning team wiJl take the floor in the first game against Eastman on the 2:3nl.
Last Saturday night the school wa~ entertained by "The Phantom
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B. GILDERSLEEVE Business Manager
F. H. MILLER Faculty Adviser
Assistants
his studies at the University of •
Michigan and take a trip around tbe world, thus letting little brother
'
Bob catch np with him. Tt may be of interest to state that he is to make this trip in company with Major Wells, one of the famous 'round the world fliers.
Shepperd Strudwick, last year's
editor-in-chief of THE METEOR, has
been doing exceptionally well at
EDITORIALS
MID-YEAR LAXITY
Every year there comes a general letting-up in all branches of school
life, which begins immediately after the mid-term exams and usually continues until spring arrives with baseball, track, and other diYersions.
This year, indications predict, will be no exception unless 1re make a
drastic reformation. This editorial is written with thi~ in Yie11·, and m e<1 Sports Editor 011 tbc Lynchb~Lrg
the hope that po sibly some one will read and profit by it. v
-' eu·s.
There are many reasons for this period of laxness and 8ome are 1·ery Elmer Miller, '2+, . topped 01-er plausible. Basket-ball is perhaps the least interesting of the round of for a short while, 011 the 15th, en
sports; so its presence in the slowest part of the year can do little to accentuate a spirit of enthusiasm. The list of other athletic activities is small. 'Vrestling is excellent exercise, but neither is it extremely attrac- tive nor does it last for any length of time. Soccer is compulsory. The end of examinations brings a let-up in study and concentration that is apt
to continue throughout the remainder of the year. Lent brings enforced
idleness, and idleness is a harbinger of demerits. Hence, 11·e find every-
thing propitious for a recurrence of enfeebled School Spirit, something
that must not happen and that will not happen if e1·ery one does his part. I1-ille l\Iilitan Institute.
THE NEW IS HERE
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Designed especially for V. E. S.
There are various 11·ays to avert this period of laxness. The easiestI
and best is for the school to dismiss any ideas of taking a rest during the· were recently awarcl;d their numerals ensuing weeks. \''hile it may be hard to break an old tradition, it is to for their 11:ork 1~ith the freshman the benefit of all concerned to eliminate this year!;· period of ease and cross-countr~· team. Braxton, '22, a slothfulness. Possibly the simplest way to meet the situation is to have ·member of the 1·arsitv in this Rame a holiday as we had last year, but tmfortunately there iR no pre1·alent sport, receiYecl his letter.
malady; so we shall have to tend to the matter ourselws. Come out and Charles Hunter, '2+, favorerl us support the teams, force yourselves to take some interest in school actiYi- with a Yery abbreriatecl visit on the tis and keep reasonably well behaved. If this is clone, there 11·ill be no HJtl1. when he, aR a Y. J\1. J. stu-
mid-year slump.
dent, had a holiday.
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JANUARY 16th Choate
School started at -± :00 o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, .Tanuar~· .), 1926. Si11ce then all activities h ave commenced. Basket- ball,
hockey, wrestling, and the other win- ter sports are having regular prac- tice. Choate played Terryville High in basket-ball on Saturday, the 9th. The game ended 38-2+ in favor of the Blue and Gold. Tracy, Poole, and Ely played well. The News
competition has already started. Brief heelers will be calied out next week. The Dramatic Club is having many rehearsals in preparation for
their performance at Festivities time.
Exeter
THE SIMPLE LIFE
Among the objectives which the founders of the school proposed for themsell'es when they established it, was the idea that simplicity of living should characteri ze the new institution. In deed, nothing else 11·as pos- sible in ,·iew of what they aimed to accomplish.
During our brief history we have adhered remarkably well to the stanrlarrls of simple living, particularly when 11·e consider the great in- crease in luxury in the country as a whole. While 1Ye now enjoy a greater degree of comfort and convenience than ten years ago, as compared witl1 the nation we are living in a state of simplicity, which is unquestionably at times irksome to many boys.
Hence, it is that we find demands at different periods for a Yariety of "extras," in themselves pleasant, but not at all necessary for one's well- being. To some boys school, it seems, is strangely incomplete if we do
not ha,-e an annual, or more dances with Garber-Davis or \Yeiclemeyer for music, or an excessive equipment of clothing, comprising all the latest no1·elties in bag-like trousers and freak bowler hats. To these in- dividuals it seems unreasonble that the school should still remain wedded
to its irleas of simplicity.
Yet, they must con i(ler that in a. sense we have no option in this
matter. 'ro cater to the extravagant tastes of the few would be a sac:rifice
of faith, a failure to maintain in part those ideals for which V. E. S. was called into being. More than that, we must always keep in mind that large bodY of students who cannot meet the demands of luxury upon their
lim itecl means. It is natural that they should like to do what the small miuority can easily do; but they can clo it only at a sacrifice which they can ill afford to make.
Or if they do without, there is natural regret for what they haven't
got, to whic:h will invariably be added the feeling sometimes that they are
failing to ~upport school activities, no matter what their desires may be.
A fter the
three weeks, the Winter Term began on Wednesday, January 6th.
Saturday afternoon the Academy hockey team, after only a few clays of practice, lost to the Exeter Hockey
On the other hand, simplicity of life can haYe its uses even for the Club bY a score oE -±-1 in the first
wealthiest. Indeed, there are many who believe that our country is perilous!~· near one of those period of extreme extravagance and luxury which haYe ever immediately preceded the fall of great empires, and that
our salvation rests upon a deliberate return to the simplicity of colonial
~nd pioneer life. Part of President Coolidge's great personal popularity
1s undoubtedly due to the belief that he typifies and stands for such a kind of li1·ing.
Surely then, our educational institutions must clo their share. In fact a Lynchburg lady with keen interest in education only recently told me that she has felt a growing desire throughout the country for a simpler and saner kind of schooling. Schools like ours, which combine good
scholarship with high ideals and simple standards of living, will in- creasingly make a greater appeal to a larger and more important clientele. To be false to our ideals, then, would seriously impair our capacity for
general usefulness.
May I not, therefore, present simplicity of living as an aim for V. E. S.
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game of the season.
Exeter defeated Cushing Aca-
demy, 25-13, in basket-ball Satur- day evening. The Red and Gray showed up very well, considering the teams Jack of practice, and should prove a very strong combination by the end of the season. Marsters, for- ward, and VanDerbeck, guard, star- reel for the Academy.
Hill
The School returned on January
7th for the Winter Term. In ac- cordance with the health program all unnecessary meetings are abandoned.
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to support as worthily as we have maintllined all our other ideals?
}'E-SAFETY
nd Films Fountain Pens
next year. This cinder star of great sr·ore being -±-l-16.
repute has also been elected to cap- tain 'l'ecl1's 1026 track team.
Hotchkiss
J. H. Frazier, '2-±, honored us with
a three cla~·'s visit, l'rom the 16th to The hockey team began practice the
School re-opened on .1anuary 7th. the 19th of January. ''Honey" was next clay and defeated Pawliug \Yecl-
Carolina. H e ma de A's on all his subjects for the first term, and also
has had a poem and a story publish- eel in the Carolina Magazine.
in~:
meml-ier. '
Willis Johnson found time to
come out last Saturday the 23rd, and witness our victor:/ 01-er Dan-
I
.\.ndrew~. ·Beasley aJHl Hutcheson
Christmas
vacation of
Professor Fleming of Swarthmore,
L YNCHBURG,
company of ·
at which the
pressed high hopes for the success of tl~e scholasti c and athletic achieve-
Eel Lockett, '2+, has been appoint- ments of the term.
On Friday night, J anuarv 8th. a
1.0~dc t o R a l e i g h , N o r t h C a r o l i n a . "Peanut" was going to that place in bellalf of the glee club of the Uni- verRity of Yirginia, of which he i,; a
School .meeting was held in which the recently- elected Bishop Camp- bell gave an interesting talk on the work of the Libe rian missions.
On Satunlay, January 9th, the
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H eadmaster ex-
of Long
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